Center for New Music – Past Concerts
NYC Pianist Daniel Colalillo: New Sounds?
Sunday, June 11, 2023 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA, United States
Program includes works by
John Corigliano,
Stephanie Ann Boyd,
John Adams,
Lowell Liebermann,
Joan Tower,
George Walker,
James G. Lindsay,
Harry Stafylakis, and
Erkki-Sven Tüür.
$15 ($10 member/student)
Center for New Music: 'turntable drawing no. 16' release party
Saturday, August 27, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA, United States
$10-$25 ($5-$20 C4NM member/student)
Center For New Music: Inward Expanse – Aaron Larget-Caplan, Guitar
Sunday, April 3, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA, United States
Program includes works by
Tom Flaherty,
Lainie Fefferman,
Lou Bunk,
Antonio Celso Ribeiro,
Brian Schrober,
Laurie Spiegel,
Anthony R. Green,
Štěpán Rak,
Ken Ueno, and
John Cage.
$15 ($10 C4NM members)
C4NM: Commemorating The 75th Anniversary Of The Death Of Anton Webern
Saturday, March 26, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA, United States
Program includes works by
Anton Webern.
$15 ($10 student)
Never Ending Artist: Agustín Castilla-ávila & Isabella Heigl
Friday, March 25, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA, United States
“Never Ending Artist” is an improvisation performance by Isabella Heigl (painting) and Agustín Castilla-Ávila (electric guitars) inspired b…
$15 ($10 C4NM members)
Center for New Music: Surround Sound Salon Series (SSSS) #4
Sunday, February 20, 2022 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA, United States
John Bischoff
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Bitplicity
Sally Decker / Brendan Glasson — New work TBA (world premiere)
Chris Brown — Vav
Sally Decker / Brendan Glasson — New work TBA (world premiere)
Chris Brown — Vav
$15 ($10 member/student)
E4TT | Below the Surface: Music by Women Composers
Saturday, January 29, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA, United States
Online and in-person
Program includes works by
Emily Doolittle,
Lisa Bielawa,
Sarah Kirkland Snider,
Elena Ruehr,
Gabriela Ortiz,
Angélica Negrón,
Akshaya Avril Tucker,
Jungyoon Wie,
Seo Yoon Soyoona Kim, and
Manjing Zhang.
Online: Free | In person: $15 ($10 members)
Center for New Music: Piano Recital with Tin Yi Chelsea Wong
Saturday, November 13, 2021 @ 10:30pm – 12:30am (EST)
Online and in-person
Tin Yi Chelsea Wong displays 20th-c. European & 21st-c. North American composers in conversation on this unique recital. Works by György Ligeti, Grażyna Bacewicz, Gabriela Lena Frank, Jonathan Bailey Holland, & more.
Free (Online: Free | In person: $20-$15)
Center for New Music: The Chromelodia Project Premiere of 'Occhio'
Saturday, September 11, 2021 @ 11:00pm – 1:00am (EDT)
Online event
The Chromelodia Project – a trio blending just intonation, improvisation, & interactive computer music – premieres Chris Brown’s concert-length song cycle Occhio, set to poetry by Erika Dagnino.
Free (Donations accepted)
Beyond Borders: Birds – Improvisations – Environments
Saturday, August 14, 2021 @ 11:00pm – 1:00am (EDT)
Online event
Concert featuring birds (yes, birds!) & musicians from Europe & the Americas, creating & performing COVID-inspired works via Zoom, video, & social distancing.
Free (Donations accepted)
Center for New Music: Feedback – Self vs. Other
Saturday, July 10, 2021 @ 10:00pm – 12:00am (EDT)
Online event
Flutist Jessie Nucho & composer Brett Austin Eastman present the second of their three-part series exploring the nature of feedback in our lives. Works by Eastman, Chelsea Loew, Jen Wang, Phoebe Bognár, & Evan Williams.
$5-$15 suggested donation
SOLO BUT NOT ALONE: New Works By NACUSAsf Composers [LIVE]
Saturday, June 19, 2021 @ 11:00pm – 1:00am (EDT)
Online event
The Bay Area Chapter of NACUSA presents a concert of works written by its composer members. 5 outstanding Bay Area musicians will perform solo works for piano, clarinet, viola, harp, or percussion.
Free (Donations accepted)
Center for New Music: Emigres & Exiles – Series Finale
Saturday, June 12, 2021 @ 10:30pm – 12:30am (EDT)
Online event
Exploration of rarely heard chamber works by film composers who fled Europe in the 1930s & ‘40s & went on to create the characteristic Hollywood sound. Also features music by Polish composers of that era.
Free (Donations accepted)
Center for New Music: Jane Rigler + Tessa Brinckman – 'Women in Parallel Empires'
Saturday, May 22, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Online event
Flutists Jane Rigler & Tessa Brinckman present the world premiere of their 22-minute acousmatic video, a “space opera”, in posthumous collaboration with Cécile Chaminade’s Sérénade aux étoiles.
Free (Donations accepted)
Center for New Music: Circadian String Quartet presents 'Vita Oscura' [LIVE]
Friday, May 21, 2021 @ 10:30pm – 12:30am (EDT)
Online event
Dmitri Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Davide Verotta – Vita Oscura(world premiere)
Davide Verotta – Vita Oscura(world premiere)
Free ($15 ($10 C4NM members))
The Cassandra Project: Women’s Prophetic Voices | E4TT [LIVE]
Saturday, April 17, 2021 @ 10:30pm – 12:30am (EDT)
Online event
Concert of world premieres inspired by Cassandra, the priestess in Greek mythology who was cursed to utter the truth but never believed. Works by Mary Kouyoumdjian, Valerie Liu, David Garner, & more.
Free (Donations accepted)
Moments in Spring – featuring new works by NACUSAsf composers [LIVE]
Saturday, April 10, 2021 @ 11:00pm – 1:00am (EDT)
Online event
The Bay Area Chapter of NACUSA presents a concert of new works written by its composer members & performed by a variety of chamber groups & soloists. Includes a performance by the Agnieszka Laska Dancers.
Free (Donations accepted)
Center for New Music: Phillip Greenlief Solo – Evelyn Davis Solo [LIVE]
Saturday, February 13, 2021 @ 10:30pm – 12:30am (EST)
Online event
Phillip Greenlief celebrates the release of his newest solo saxophone recording POLYPHONETIC FOR SUN RA TED BRINKLEY AND DAVID BOYCE with a rare solo concert, including a solo set from pianist Evelyn Davis.
$15 ($10 C4NM members & students)
Center for New Music: A February Musical Collage | NACUSA San Francisco [LIVE]
Friday, February 12, 2021 @ 11:00pm – 1:00am (EST)
Online event
The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of NACUSA presents a concert of 7 new chamber works for solo & duo combinations of voice and/or instruments.
$20, or pay what you can
Center for New Music: Rhapsody – Music by Women Composers [LIVE]
Saturday, January 30, 2021 @ 10:00pm – 11:00pm (EST)
Online event
Elinor Armer – Matrix
Anna Clyne – Rest These Hands for solo violin
Jessie Montgomery – Rhapsody No. 1 for solo violin
Tania León – Tumbao
Claudia Montero – Buenos Aires en Tres
Caroline Shaw – in manus tuas for solo cello
Jennifer Higdon – Echo Dash for violin & piano
Missy Mazzoli – Heartbreaker
Vivian Fung – Primitive Dance and Folksong
Grażyna Bacewicz – Mazovian Dance
Anna Clyne – Rest These Hands for solo violin
Jessie Montgomery – Rhapsody No. 1 for solo violin
Tania León – Tumbao
Claudia Montero – Buenos Aires en Tres
Caroline Shaw – in manus tuas for solo cello
Jennifer Higdon – Echo Dash for violin & piano
Missy Mazzoli – Heartbreaker
Vivian Fung – Primitive Dance and Folksong
Grażyna Bacewicz – Mazovian Dance
Free (Donations accepted)
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