December 2003 |
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CONCERT CANCELLED Wednesday, December 17 |
7:30 PM | CNMAT | Claricello | Concert | Free and open to the public |
Claricello, a professional chamber ensemble based in Colorado, will be presenting a concert of contemporary classical music written for clarinet and cello. This concert will highlight the broad range of styles and sound colors found in the music of living composers. The program will feature works by composers including Shulamit Ran (Israel-USA), Ollie Kortekangas (Finland), Phyllis Tate (England) and San Francisco based composer Belinda Reynolds. This chamber music concert will be a rare opportunity to experience live 20th century classical music written for clarinet and cello and to learn more about the people writing music today. Since 1998, when Claricello was
officially formed, their purpose has been three-fold: first,
to explore the sonic and musical possibilities and repertoire
of clarinet and cello; second, to create a conversational concert
format in which to engage audiences and spark interest in and
a connection to live classical music; and finally to explore
multidisciplinary possibilities by working with other artists
and performers to create new works or to reinvent old ones. As Claricello, Lara Turner and
Jason Gresl continue taking advantage of a variety of performance
opportunities, playing pre-existing classical works for clarinet
and cello as well as their own arrangements and incorporating
an interactive element into their concerts by sharing facts and
stories related to the works performed. They have given concerts
around the country and locally in Colorado in such venues as
the Boulder and Denver Public Libraries and the Boulder Museum
of Contemporary Art, as well as several performances on behalf
of the CU-in-Residency program. Lara and Jason have been
regular performers on the Pendulum New Music Series in Boulder
as well as the Loon Lake Live! Chamber Music Festival in upstate
New York. This past summer they were invited to perform
a concert and were semi-finalists in the Zinetti International
Chamber Music Competition in Italy. Individually, Lara and Jason have attended several music festivals including Aspen Music Festival, Blossom Music Festival and the National Repertory Orchestra. They continue to freelance and perform with other ensembles including the Boulder Philharmonic, Cheyenne Symphony, Fort Collins Symphony and Experimental Playground Ensemble. They have extensive new music experience and have worked with such American composers as John Harbison, Richard Toensing and Judith Lang Zaimont. Current composer collaborations involve David Kirtley (USA), Lars Graugaard (Denmark) and Burkhardt Soll (Netherlands).
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Friday, December 12 | 8pm | CNMAT | Chris Chafe and Roberto Morales | Concert | $10 general/$5 students |
Composite Moments: Augmented reality (before image, with image) An augmented reality system can be viewed as a collection of related reference frames. Good registration in which a synthetic image appears over a real scene requires representation of the two images in the same frame of reference. Interactive computer music systems and their players do this without image and have been for a long time. This duo concert matches our own experiences in a world populated with acoustic, pseudo-acoustic and synthetic instruments. Three video pieces on the program add a dimension of visible motion to this theme of composited gesture. Chris Chafe - Celleto and live electronics Roberto Morales Manzanares - Flutes, Piano and live electronics Bio - Chris Chafe Chafe is a composer/ cellist / music researcher with an interest in computer music composition and interactive performance. He has been a long-term denizen of the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, Stanford University where he directs the center and teaches computer music courses. His doctorate in music composition was completed at Stanford in 1983 with prior degrees in music from the University of California at San Diego and Antioch College. Two year-long research periods were spent at IRCAM, and the Banff Center for the Arts developing methods for computer sound synthesis based on physical models of musical instrument mechanics. Current projects include the "SoundWIRE" experiments for musical collaboration and network evaluation using high-speed internets for high-quality sound. He has performed his music in Europe, the Americas and Asia, and composed soundtracks for documentary films. Two recent discs of his works are available from Centaur Records. In Spring 2001, a collaboration with artist Greg Niemeyer entitled Ping was exhibited at SF MOMA and online via the Walker Art Center. A second collaboration, Oxygen Flute, was created for the San Jose Museum of Art. A CD of music from both installations is also available. "Organum" is their present project, a completely synthetic animation being developed for digital planetariums and individual game play. Bio- Roberto Morales As a composer, he has written
music for theatre, dance, movies, TV and radio, been commissioned
and participated in festivals in Europe, US, Mexico and Latin-America.
As an interpreter, Morales-Manzanares has participated on his
own and with other composers in forums of Jazz, Popular, Folkloric
and New Music in Mexico, Latin-America, USA and Europe. |
November 2003 |
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Wednesday, November 19 | 8:00 PM | CNMAT | Gareth Davis will present a concert of new music with special guest composer Nicola Sani | Concert | free and open to the public. |
The program will be: > AchaB II Nicola Sani Sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute in San Francisco Gareth Davis has performed at many prestigious festivals including the Huddersfield, Amsterdam, Ars, Vienna, Stockholm, Santa Fe, World Music Days and Salzburg. He has performed both contemporary and traditional repertoire on modern and period instruments and on folk instruments including the Romanian Taragota and Turkish Sol. Nicola Sani is the author of numerous instrumental and electroacoustic compositions, stage operas, dance operas and multimedia installations commissioned, produced and performed by internationally renowned Institutions, ensembles and performers within the most important seasons and festivals.
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Friday and Saturday November 14 & 15 | 8:00 PM | CNMAT | Laetitia Sonami | Concert | $10 general/$5 students |
Laetitia Sonami was born in France and settled in the United States in 1975 to pursue her interest in the growing field of electronic music. Her work combines text, music and "found sound" from the world, in compositions which have been descibed as "performance novels". She is creating and utilizing some of the most sophisticated technologies in order to create an intimate, spontaneous art form which transcends technology. |
October 2003 |
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8:00 PM | CNMAT |
John Schott - Guitar Roberto Morales - Piano, Buchla Piano Bar, Jarocho harp, flute, pre-Columbian flutes, electroacoustics David Wessel - Buchla Thunder and interactive electroacoustics |
Concert | $10 general/$5 students |
John Schott - Guitar Roberto Morales - Piano, Buchla Piano Bar, Jarocho harp, flute, pre-Columbian flutes, electroacoustics David Wessel - Buchla Thunder and interactive electroacoustics |
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8:00 PM | CNMAT |
Chris Brown - Piano and interactive electronics |
Concert | $10 general/$5 students |
Chris Brown - Piano and interactive electronics |
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8:00 PM | CNMAT | Joel
Davel - Marimba Lumina, percussion Roberto Morales - Piano, Buchla Piano Bar, Jarocho harp, flute, pre-Columbian flutes, electroacoustics Matt Wright - electroacoustics, percussion |
Concert | $10 general/$5 students |
Joel Davel - Marimba Lumina, percussion Roberto Morales - Piano, Buchla Piano Bar, Jarocho harp, flute, pre-Columbian flutes, electroacoustics Matt Wright - electroacoustics, percussion 8pm 1750 Arch Street Berkeley |
July 2003 |
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Sunday afternoon, July 27 | 3:00 PM | CNMAT | Douglas Ewart
- reeds Kash Killion - cello Kitundu - invented instruments David Wessel - electroacoustics |
Concert | $10 general/$5 students |
Kash Killion - cello Kitundu - invented instruments David Wessel - electroacoustics 1750 Arch Street Berkeley |
June 2003 |
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Saturday, June 21 | 8:00 PM | CNMAT | Kinder Bender Ensemble Amar Chaudhary Wayne Jackson Synthia Payne Tim Thompson Falling You |
Concert | $10 general/$5 students (no one turned away for lack of funds) |
Wayne Jackson Synthia Payne Tim Thompson Falling You |
Thursday, June 5 | 8:00 PM | Hertz Hall | The Music of Edmund Campion and Cindy Cox | Berkeley Edge Fest Concert | $22 |
The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players David Milnes, conductor Edmund Campion, sampler keyboard Lauren Carley, soprano Richard Lalli, baritone Matthew Wright, musical systems designer Danielle DeGruttola, cello Cindy Cox, piano |
Saturday, June 7 | 9:00 PM | Hertz Hall | Steve
Lacy, soprano saxophone George Lewis, trombone David Wessel, live electronics |
Berkeley Edge Fest Concert | $22 |
George Lewis, trombone David Wessel, live electronics Musicians and composers Steve Lacy, George Lewis and David Wessel perform established works and improvise new ones. |
May 2003 |
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Friday, May 16 | 8:00 PM | CNMAT | George Marsh, David Wessel |
Concert | Free |
George Marsh, percussion David Wessel, computer-based electroacoustics Research in the Arts (UCIRA) |
Sunday, May 11 | 8:00 PM | CNMAT | CNMAT/CCRMA Exchange Concert | Concert | Free | CNMAT/CCRMA
Exchange Concert including new works for instruments, electroacoustics and live video by graduate student composers from UC Berkeley's Center for New Music and Audio Technologies, as well as Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. |
Friday, May 9 | 8:00 PM | CCRMA | CNMAT/CCRMA Exchange Concert | Concert | Free | CNMAT/CCRMA
Exchange Concert including new works for instruments, electroacoustics and live video by graduate student composers from UC Berkeley's Center for New Music and Audio Technologies, as well as Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. |
Tuesday, May 6 | 8:00 PM | CNMAT | Barre Phillips - bass Urs Leimgruber - saxophone Jacques Demierre - piano |
Concert | $10 general, $5 students |
Urs Leimgruber saxophone Jacques Demierre piano |
Monday, May 5 | 8:00 PM | Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley | Berkeley New Music Project | Concert | Free | The Berkeley New Music Project, in collaboration with the Berkeley Contemporary Chamber players, presents new works by graduate students in the composition program. Including world premieres by Mason Bates, Brian Kane, Peter Slavin, Reynold Tharp, and others. Reception to follow. |
April 2003 |
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Wednesday, April 30 | 8:00 PM | CNMAT | Mason Bates | Presentation | Free |
The Intelligent Dance Music Movement |
Tuesday, April 29 | 3:30 PM | CNMAT | Unsuk CHIN | Lecture | Free |
Unsuk CHIN Speaks about Her Music |
Thursday, April 24 and Friday, April 25 | 8:00 PM | CNMAT | Laetitia Sonami | Concert | Free | Postponed: These concerts will be rescheduled in the fall. The lecture/demonstration at 4 PM on Thursday, April 24 (Geballe Room, Townsend Center for the Humanities, 220 Stephens Hall) will be presented as planned...see below. |
Thursday, April 24 | 4:00 PM | Geballe Room, Townsend Center for the Humanities, 220 Stephens Hall | Laetitia Sonami | Lecture/Demonstration | Free | The UC Berkeley Consortium for the Arts joins with CNMAT to bring to campus Laetitia Sonami, a composer, performer and sound installation artist who designs and builds her own instruments. |
Wednesday, April 16 | 8:00 PM | CNMAT | Gianni Gebbia - alto saxophone Fred Frith - electric guitar Matthew Goodheart - piano Garth Powell - percussion |
Concert | $10 general/$5 students |
Fred Frith - electric guitar Matthew Goodheart - piano Garth Powell - percussion |
Saturday, April 12 | Noon - 4 PM | CNMAT | CNMAT faculty, researcher, and staff | Cal Day | Free | Come visit CNMAT during Cal Day, the campus-wide open house. |
Friday, April 11 | 8:00 PM | Community Music Center 544 Capp Street San Francisco |
Edmund Campion | Concert | $10 general/$5 students |
Melt me so with thy delicious numbers for Viola and reactive computer system Community Music Center 544 Capp Street San Francisco $10 general/$5 students info: 415-8640400 |
Tuesday, April 8 | 8:00 PM | Julia Morgan Theatre, 2640 College Ave., Berkeley | Empyrean Ensemble | Concert | Tickets: $18/10 -- For tickets,
call CBON: 925-798-1300 Information: 510-845-8542 |
co-sponsored by the Pacific Rim Music Festival Chen Yi, Qi (1996-97) Zhou Long, Dhyana (1990) Bright Sheng, Four Movements for Piano Trio (1990) Tan Dun, Concerto for Six (1997) Pablo Ortiz, Hipermilonga (1997) James Tenney, Harmonium #5 (1978) And a new work (Melt me so with thy delicous numbers...) by Edmund Campion. |
Sunday, April 6 | 8:00 PM | Studio theatre, Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, UC Davis | Empyrean Ensemble | Concert | Tickets: $16/8 -- For tickets, call the
UC Davis Ticket Office: 530-752-1915, 1-866-UCD-ARTS (toll free), 530-752-9424 (TDD). |
co-sponsored by the Pacific Rim Music Festival Chen Yi, Qi (1996-97) Zhou Long, Dhyana (1990) Bright Sheng, Four Movements for Piano Trio (1990) Tan Dun, Concerto for Six (1997) Pablo Ortiz, Hipermilonga (1997) James Tenney, Harmonium #5 (1978) And a new work (Melt me so with thy delicous numbers...) by Edmund Campion. |
Friday, April 4 | 8:00 PM | Music Center Recital Hall, UC Santa Cruz | Empyrean Ensemble | Concert | Tickets: $12/10/8 -- For tickets, call the UCSC Ticket Office: 831-459-2159 or visit tickets.com |
co-sponsored by the Pacific Rim Music Festival Chen Yi, Qi (1996-97) Zhou Long, Dhyana (1990) Bright Sheng, Four Movements for Piano Trio (1990) Tan Dun, Concerto for Six (1997) Pablo Ortiz, Hipermilonga (1997) James Tenney, Harmonium #5 (1978) And a new work (Melt me so with thy delicous numbers...) by Edmund Campion. |
March 2003 |
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Sunday, March 30 | 2:30 PM | Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum, Syracuse | Edmund Campion | Concert | Tickets: $15 regular; $12 students/seniors (available at the door) |
Music by prize-winning young composers. Sally Lamb Whitman Songs, 2003 Harold Meltzer Exile, 2001 Bonnie Miksch man dreaming butterfly dreaming man, 2001 Jacqueline Jeeyoung Kim Nol-ja (Let's Play), 2001 Edmund Campion Domus Aurea, 2000 312 Crawford Ave. Syracuse, NY 13224 |
Thursday, March 20 | 8:00 PM | The
luggage store 1007 Market St (nr 6th) San Francisco, CA USA 94103 tel. 415. 255-5971; fax. 415. 863-5509 |
Per Anders Nilsson and Ali Momeni | Concert | TBA | Per Anders Nilsson
and Ali Momeni is working with two computers as well as soprano
saxophone and percussion. Ali is a post graduate student at CNMAT.
Per Anders works at the school of music, Göteborg University,
Sweden and is staying at CNMAT as a guest composer a couple of
months. This will be the world premiere for this duo and the music is structurized free improvisations. Basically there will be realtime interaction between the computers and the acoustical instruments as well as pure electronic and pure acoustical parts. Among tthe hings that the duo will work with will be additive rhythms, granular synthesis and additive synthesis. |
Monday, March 17 | 8:00 PM | Wheeler Auditorium | Luc Ferrari, William Winant, DJ Olive | Concert | $14 door, $10 advance |
from Leftfield Electronic to illbient Downbeat organized by ELSA Productions on behalf of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy Wheeler Auditorium, 8 p.m. UC Berkeley |
Sunday, March 9 | 8:00 PM | CNMAT | Natural Artefacts | Concert | $10 general, $5 students |
PerAnders Nilsson: Computer Ove Johansson: Tenorsax |
Sunday, March 9 | 4:00 PM | CNMAT | Natural Artefacts | Lecture/demo | Free |
PerAnders Nilsson: Computer Ove Johansson: Tenorsax |
February 2003 |
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Tuesday, February 25 | 8:00 PM | CNMAT | The McLean Mix | Concert | Free |
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Tuesday, February 25 | 4:00 PM | CNMAT | The McLean Mix | Lecture/Demo | Free | The UC Berkeley Consortium for the Arts joins with CNMAT to present the experimental media duo The McLean Mix (Priscilla and Barton McLean). |
Thursday, February 13, | 2-5 PM | CNMAT | Francois Paris and Michel Pascal | Talk | Free | Francois Paris, Director
of CIRM, and Michel Pascal: Introduction to CIRM and the electroacoustic music scene in France |
Tuesday, February 11 | 8:00 PM | CNMAT | Michel Pascal/CIRM | Concert | Free |
Jonty Harrison's "Splintering" (1997, 20mn), Christian Zanesi's "Saphir Sillons Sliences" (18mn), "Puzzle 99" (1999, 21mn), François Bayle's "Si loin si proche", part 2 of "La forme du temps est un cercle" (17mn). |
Tuesday, February 11 | 7:30 PM | CNMAT | Francois Paris | Talk | Free | Francois Paris, Director
of CIRM Introduction to CIRM and the electroacoustic music scene in France |
Sunday, February 9 | 4:30 PM | Jazzschool, 2087 Addison Street, Berkeley |
David Wessel, John Schott, Matthew Wright | Concert | $18 (general), $15 (students) and $12 (jazzschool students/seniors/children under 12) |
David Wessel (interactive electroacoustics) Matt Wright (interactive electroacoustics). |
January 2003 |
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Wednesday, January 1 | 8:00 PM | CNMAT | John Halle, piano Marka Gustavsson, viola |
Concert | Free |
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Just down the street from CNMAT, the Psychology Department sponsors a weekly colloquium in the hearing sciences, affectionately known as the ear club. They meet Monday afternoons at 4:00.
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CCRMA, Stanford University's computer music center, has an events homepage. Also, Klub Karma is a "space for semi-sporadic gatherings for those interested in sharing new music." They often present new music on Thursday evenings.
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