America's only festival devoted to the performance of audio works projected in three-dimensional space, The San Francisco Tape Music Festival features four distinct concerts of classic audio art and new fixed media compositions by 35 local and international composers. Hear members of the SF Tape Music Collective, along with guest composers, shape the sound live over a pristine surround system (24 high-end loudspeakers) with the audience seated in complete darkness. It's a unique opportunity to experience music forming - literally - around you.
In a special collaboration with sfSoundGroup, the Sunday program features works for instruments and spatialized electronics, including the premiere of Ghosts of Ancient Hurricanes, a new comission by KEN UENO, the North American premiere of Force Fields by JONTY HARRISON, and DENIS SMALLEY'S classic Clarinet Threads. The festival also pays tribute to electronic music pioneer MARIO DAVIDOVSKY (1934-2019).
PROGRAM
(in 3-sets, order subject to change)
KEN UENO - Ghosts of Ancient Hurricanes (2020)
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DENIS SMALLEY - Clarinet Threads (1985)
MARIO DAVIDOVSKY - Synchronisms #2 (1964)
MATT INGALLS & SFSOUND - Blue Sedan (2020)
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JONTY HARRISON - Force Fields (2006)
MARIO DAVIDOVSKY - Synchronisms #3 (1964)
KYLE BRUCKMANN - Clutterfields (2019)
P E R F O R M E R S
Diane Grubbe, flutes
Kyle Bruckmann, oboe & english horn
Matt Ingalls, clarinets
John Ingle, saxophone, conductor
Tom Dambly, trumpet
Brendan Lai-Tong, trombone
Hadley McCarroll, piano
Kjell Nordeson, percussion
Benjamin Kreith, violin
Natalia Badziak, viola
Monica Scott, cello
Lisa Mezzacappa, bass
Ken Ueno, voice
(visit our website for more information on this, friday and saturday concerts)