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
Michiko 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.
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 Public
