Events

HANNA BROBACK + JOHN TESKE + NOEL KENNON (String Trio, Seattle) is an ensemble currently working with sustained frequencies, harmonic structures, and open form composition. This evening, joined by ADAM LION (Vibraphone, LA), they will perform pages from Noel's typewriter score, 13 harmonic weather formations. This music unfolds slowly and attempts to sound a slow […]

Berlin-based double bassist REBECCA LAWRENCE performs Imaginary Light, a program of contemporary works for solo double bass. Through extended techniques and alternative tunings, the sonic compass of the double bass is exposed, expanded and illuminated. Known for her collaborative work as a contemporary and early music double bassist in Europe and the USA, Rebecca is […]

Clarinetist BEN GOLDBERG joins DILLON VADO (vibraphone) and TIM BULKLEY (drums) in a set of trio improvisations. Sound knowledge and awareness from planet Neptone. The practice of remembering what you can't forget. Come have a listen; you won't believe your ears. Or else, you will believe your ears but there might be something else you don't […]

FRED FRITH (bass/viola) has been a dauntless explorer, improviser, and collaborator in the half-century since he made that breakthrough. From leaving Henry Cow to start Art Bears, from leaving England to enlist in a hyperactive New York improvisational circuit that led him to join Naked City and launch his own Massacre, Frith has situated his […]

LEVITATOR is a Bay Area–based trio featuring KJELL NORDESON (drums), SAFA SHOKRAI  (bass), and MARK PASCUCCI-CLIFFORD (vibraphone). Performing original compositions and improvisations, the group has been developing its sound together since 2021. Rooted in the jazz tradition while drawing from free improvisation and contemporary creative music, Levitator’s music balances structure, spontaneity, and collective interplay. Two […]

Moe Staiano conducts his electric guitar ensemble in the premiere of his second guitar composition, Music for 48 Guitars (24guitar version). Moe Staiano conducts his electric guitar ensemble with the premiere of Music for 48 Guitars (24 guitar version). This is an exploration of tonal interplay and contrasting rhythms with eight electric guitars, bass, drums, […]

Boston-based DEPARTURE DUO (Nina Guo, soprano and Edward Kass, double bass) probes the experimental side of soprano and double bass with commissioned pieces from Christian Wolff, Erin Gee, and Andrew Watts. In a program that pushes their high-low combination through the Looking Glass, Departure Duo invites listeners to a world where voice and instrument become […]