CCRMA Concerts
Concerts at CCRMA feature new and recent computer music by graduate students, faculty, and guests. Classic works and recent music from other studios and composers are also occasionally programmed. Colloquia and concerts are announced via a mailing list.
Recent Concerts
scapegoat - new music for sax, percussion, and electronics
Date:Tue, 04/10/2018 - 7:30pm - 9:00pmLocation:CCRMA StageEvent Type:Concertscapegoat is an experimental saxophone and percussion duo. Close creative collaboration and multi-media projects form the basis of their pursuit for artistic innovation and expression. Programmes are designed to broaden and challenge the musical experience of the audience, through original works featuring live electronics, performer-controlled sonic and visual amplification, video and lighting design, and improvisation. scapegoat's 2017/18 season features new commissions of composers Pierluigi Billone and Michelle Lou funded by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, with residencies and performances as part of an Australian tour, a Californian tour, and at the Ultima Festival (Oslo) and Open Ears Festival (Kitchener).
FREEOpen to the PublicCEMEC 2018
Date:Sat, 04/07/2018 - 7:30pm - 9:00pmLocation:CCRMA StageEvent Type:ConcertThe California Electronic Music Exchange Concerts (CEMEC) form a series of events designed to strengthen the connections between the various California educational institutions that maintain computer and electronic music programs. These events are run and curated by the graduate students and faculty of each participating institution. The 2018 series of California Electronic Music Exchange Concerts will be held at the campuses of UCSD, UCSB, Mills, CCRMA/Stanford, UC Santa Cruz, and CalArts throughout April 2018. The Stanford/CCRMA leg will be held on April 7th from 7.30PM
FREEOpen to the PublicJaap Blonk
Date:Thu, 04/05/2018 - 7:30pm - 9:00pmLocation:CCRMA StageEvent Type:ConcertAhead of his Other Minds Festival performance in SF, Jaap Blonk presents “Songs of Little Sleep" and other recent works for voice and electronics. As a vocalist, Jaap is unique for his powerful stage presence and almost childlike freedom in improvisation, combined with a keen grasp of structure. He has performed around the world, on all continents. With the use of live-electronics the scope and range of his concerts has acquired a considerable extension. Besides working as a soloist, he collaborated with many musicians and ensembles in the field of contemporary and improvised music, like Maja Ratkje, Mats Gustafsson, Joan La Barbara, The Ex, the Netherlands Wind Ensemble and the Ebony Band.
FreeOpen to the PublicMichiko Theurer - Circling the Waves
Date:Tue, 04/03/2018 - 7:30pm - 9:00pmLocation:CCRMA StageEvent Type:ConcertCircling the Waves is a multimedia performance designed by violinist and artist Michiko Theurer. It interweaves music commissioned from six composers around a central series of paintings created by Michiko. The project is inspired by Virginia Woolf's novel The Waves, and explores a multiplicity of independent voices wrapping around a shared visual space.
FreeOpen to the PublicJordan Rudess - CCRMA Encore
Date:Thu, 03/08/2018 - 7:30pm - 9:00pmLocation:CCRMA StageEvent Type:Concert
CCRMA visiting artist Jordan Rudess presents one last evening of keyboard and technological virtuosity and dexterity to close out his current residency at the Knoll. For this show he will perform selections from his Bach to Rock solo piano tour as well as his own synthesizer improvisationsFREEOpen to the PublicJonathan Berger- Vân-Ánh Võ - Kronos Quartet - Rinde Eckert - My Lai
Date:Sun, 03/04/2018 - 7:00pm - 8:30pmLocation:Zellerbach Hall - BerkeleyEvent Type:ConcertCal Performances presents - MY LAI - the Kronos Quartet’s fully-staged collaboration with CCRMA composer Jonathan Berger and librettist Harriet Scott Chessman that explores the aftermath of My Lai—a tragic episode in the Vietman War when American soldiers massacred hundreds of unarmed villagers—from the perspective of the helicopter pilot who tried to intervene. Berger’s score blends Rinde Eckert’s voice with the strings of the Kronos Quartet augmented by traditional Vietnamese instruments played by Vân-Ánh Võ, and an electronic soundscape of helicopters, voices, and snippets of American blues.
$38-68: available from: https://calperformances.org/performances/2017-18/new-music/kronos-quartet-rinde-eckert-van-anh-vo-my-lai.phpOpen to the PublicMari Kimura
Date:Fri, 03/02/2018 - 7:30pm - 9:00pmLocation:CCRMA StageEvent Type:ConcertPlease join us post-Open House for a special evening of music by virtuoso violinist/composer/technologist Mari Kimura.
FREEOpen to the PublicSonic Exploration with Dream Theater's Jordan Rudess
Date:Thu, 02/22/2018 - 7:30pm - 9:00pmLocation:Memorial ChurchEvent Type:Concert
Please join us at Stanford Memorial Church as CCRMA presents an evening of Sonic Exploration with Dream Theater's Jordan Rudess. Voted "Best Keyboardist of All Time" by Music Radar Magazine, Jordan is best known as the keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire for platinum-selling Grammy- nominated prog rock band, Dream Theater. A classical prodigy who began his studies at the Juilliard School of Music at the age of 10, Jordan's music is a unique blend of classical and rock influence.
FREEOpen to the PublicNatasha Barrett on the New Stage
Date:Sat, 02/17/2018 - 7:30pm - 9:00pmLocation:CCRMA StageEvent Type:ConcertNatasha Barrett presents an evening of 3D surround works using the full capabilities of our newly remodeled audio diffusion system in the CCRMA Stage. 56 speakers and 8 subwoofers in full 3D glory!
http://www.natashabarrett.orgFREEOpen to the PublicZachary James Watkins
Date:Wed, 01/31/2018 - 7:30pm - 9:00pmLocation:CCRMA StageEvent Type:ConcertOakland based Zachary James Watkins will perform an evening of solo music for guitar, electronics, and devices. Among many other things Zachary studied composition with Janice Giteck, Jarrad Powell, Robin Holcomb and Jovino Santos Neto at Cornish College. In 2006, Zachary received an MFA in Electronic Music and Recording Media from Mills College where he studied with Chris Brown, Fred Frith, Alvin Curran and Pauline Oliveros. Zachary has received commissions from Documenta 14, the Kronos Quartet, The Living Earth Ensemble, sfsound and the Seattle Chamber Players among others.
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