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
Zachary 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.
FREEOpen to the PublicCCRMA At Bing - Greatest Bongs
Date:Fri, 01/26/2018 - 7:30pm - 9:00pmDate:Sat, 01/27/2018 - 7:30pm - 9:00pmLocation:BING CONCERT HALL - MAIN HALLEvent Type:ConcertCCRMA presents two concerts of the best of CCRMA's recent electroacoustic multichannel music, deploying our GRAIL (Giant Radial Array for Immersive Listening) speaker array on the main stage of Bing:
Friday January 26th:
Mark Applebaum
Jonathan Berger
Alex Chechile
Chris Chafe
Elliot Canfield-Dafilou
Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
Anders Tveit
Saturday January 27th:
Constantin Basica
Chris Chafe
Christopher Jette
Jarek Kapuscinski
Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
Anders Tveit
Nick Virzi
FREEOpen to the Publicthe first time you closed your eyes
Date:Mon, 01/22/2018 - 7:30pm - 8:40pmLocation:CCRMA STAGEEvent Type:ConcertJane Rigler, Christopher Jette and Matt Wright present an evening of improvised electro-acoustic music. "the first time you closed your eyes" provides a contemplative point of departure for the sonic explorations. The two ~22 minute sets take advantage of the 64 channel array of speakers on the CCRMA stage. The performance will combine flute, a monochord and a cybernetically controled feedback network.
FREEOpen to the PublicThe JACK Quartet Plays Stanford Composers
Date:Fri, 01/19/2018 - 7:30pm - 9:00pmLocation:CCRMA StageEvent Type:ConcertThe JACK quartet present a concert of works by Stanford Graduate Composers and Faculty on the CCRMA stage. The program includes pieces by Constantin Basica, Julie Herndon, Jessie Marino, Charlie Sdraulig, Davor Branimir Vincze, Nick Virzi, and Mark Applebaum.
Deemed "superheroes of the new music world" (Boston Globe), the JACK Quartet is "the go-to quartet for contemporary music, tying impeccable musicianship to intellectual ferocity and a take-no-prisoners sense of commitment." (Washington Post) "They are a musical vehicle of choice to the next great composers who walk among us." (Toronto Star)FREEOpen to the PublicWeston Olencki and Eric Wubbles - New Works For Piano, Trombone, and Electronics
Date:Sat, 01/13/2018 - 7:30pm - 9:00pmLocation:CCRMA StageEvent Type:ConcertComposer/performers Weston Olencki and Eric Wubbels will present new work written by and for the duo. The two works explore shared concerns of virtuosity, synchronization, and hybridization using languages developed through intensive long-term collaboration and friendship.
Program:
Weston Olencki - recasting [2016-18], premiere; prepared piano, transducers, synthesizers, electronics, objects
Eric Wubbels - contraposition [2016-17]; trombone + prepared piano
Bios:FREEOpen to the PublicSéverine Ballon: Works for Cello and Multichannel Electronics
Date:Tue, 11/28/2017 - 7:30pm - 9:00pmLocation:CCRMA StageEvent Type:ConcertSéverine Ballon presents an evening of works for solo cello and cello with multichannel electronics. Her work focuses on regular performance of key works of the cello repertoire, as well as numerous collaborations with composers; in addition, her researches as an improviser have helped her to extend the sonic and technical resources of her instrument. She studied the cello at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin and in Lübeck with Joseph Schwab and Troels Svane. During 2004-05, she was an academist at the Ensemble Modern (Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie). She perfected her contemporary cello technique with cellists Siegfried Palm, Pierre Strauch, and Rohan de Saram.
FREEOpen to the PublicChartreuse
Date:Thu, 11/09/2017 - 7:30pm - 9:00pmLocation:CCRMA StageEvent Type:ConcertChartreuse is violinist Myra Hinrichs (Chicago), violist Carrie Frey (New York City), and cellist Helen Newby (San Francisco). The tricoastal trio aims to take advantage of the distance by pooling the strengths of their chosen cities, commissioning new works from composers across the U.S. and in Norway and collaborating with fellow performers in each of their musical residences on "Chartreuse +/-" projects. The trio has toured extensively in the U.S. Northeast, the Midwest, and California, as well as in Norway.
FREEOpen to the PublicJenny Q Chai - Sonorous Brushes
Date:Thu, 11/02/2017 - 7:30pm - 9:00pmLocation:CCRMA StageEvent Type:ConcertPlease join us for an evening of multimedia works for piano, electronics, and video with Jenny Q Chai entitled "Sonorous Brushes" . An artist of singular vision, pianist Jenny Q Chai is widely renowned for her ability to illuminate musical connections throughout the centuries. With radical joie de vivre and razor-sharp intention, Chai creates layered multimedia programs and events which explore and unite elements of science, nature, fashion, and art. “Jenny Q Chai, who has studied with Pierre-Laurent Aimard, is following the more eclectic path…” New York Times.
Program: Sonorous Brushes
Claude Debussy: Etudes - Pour les quartes, Pour les huit doigtsFREEOpen to the PublicTransitions 2017 - Read More for RSVP Details
Date:Wed, 10/04/2017 - 7:30pm - 8:45pmDate:Wed, 10/04/2017 - 9:00pm - 10:15pmDate:Thu, 10/05/2017 - 7:30pm - 8:45pmDate:Thu, 10/05/2017 - 9:00pm - 10:15pmLocation:CCRMA StageEvent Type:ConcertPlease join us for our annual Transitions concerts on Wednesday and Thursday October 4th and 5th. These concerts will reveal our new immersive in-house (56.8) multichannel speaker system. The event is FREE but we require RSVP*** as the new system requires us to limit seating. BUT due to the limited seating we will have two shows each night at 7.30PM and 9PM
Wednesday Program (Two shows7.30PMand 9PM, 7.30 show is full!)
Hans Tutschku
Anders Tveits
Christopher Jette
Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
Thursday Program (Two shows 7.30PM and 9PM) -
Natasha Barrett
Roberto Morales
Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
Elliot Kermit Canfield-DafilouFREEOpen to the PublicCOLLISION STORIES
Date:Wed, 09/27/2017 - 7:30pm - 9:00pmLocation:CCRMA StageEvent Type:ConcertCOLLISION STORIES is a four-piece abstract sound brigade based in San Francisco, CA.
Members: Jorge Bachmann, Bryan Day, Michael Gendreau, and Mason Jones.
Instruments may include: analog and digital synthesizers, guitar, bass, turntables, percussion, theremin, and handmade sound machines.
The four members of San Francisco's Collision Stories came together after having encountered each other over a number of years, crossing paths here and there as they wove their strands through the experimental, psychedelic, improvisational, electronics, and avant-garde scenes. Once they finally gathered and spent an evening engrossed in collective sound-making it was evident that their diverse backgrounds coalesced into something unique and intriguing.FREEOpen to the Public
Upcoming Concerts
Pump up the Bings - CCRMA in The Bing Studio
Date:Thu, 04/19/2018 - 7:30pm - 9:00pmDate:Fri, 04/20/2018 - 7:30pm - 9:00pmLocation:Bing Concert Hall Studio SpaceEvent Type:ConcertPlease join us for two concerts of 3D audio multichannel immersive music and soundscapes at the Bing Concert Hall Studio Space. We will deploy our the full CCRMA Grail sound system for a selection of pieces from CCRMA and around the world -
Thursday April 19th:
Ake Parmerud
Mark Applebaum
Fernando Lopez-Lezcano
Scott Wilson
Yukiko Yoden
Eoin Callery
Dan Peterson
Friday April 20th:
Jonty Harrison
Rodrigo Cadiz
Julie Herndon
Larry Smith
Anna Tskhovrebov
... and maybe something special
FREEOpen to the PublicAkiko Hatakeyama
Date:Sat, 05/05/2018 - 7:30pm - 9:00pmLocation:CCRMA StageEvent Type:ConcertAkiko Hatakeyama is a composer/performer of electroacoustic music and intermedia. For this CCRMA performance she explores the boundaries between written music, improvisation, electronics, real-time computer-based interactivity, and visual media. In all of her works, storytelling, memories, and nature play an important role and she most often finds beauty in simplicity.
FREEOpen to the PublicWilfrido Terrazas – Alta – Flute Music from Mexican Composers in California
Date:Thu, 05/10/2018 - 7:30pm - 9:00pmLocation:CCRMA StageEvent Type:ConcertThis concert presents recent works by Carmina Escobar, Guillermo Galindo, Ivan Naranjo, Mauricio Rodriguez, Pablo Rubio and Wilfrido Terrazas offer a vivid picture of contemporary Mexican composers based in the California. Beyond allegorical references of a New Mexican Music, pure and fresh forms of musical expression come together to broad the musical map of the most uncompromising acoustic art. This event is kindly supported by the Cultural Affairs section of the General Mexican Consulate in San Jose, California.
FREEOpen to the Public
