May 19, 2012 | Posted in So Forth
May 16, 2012 UCSD Concert Hall I will offer some photos and a few words about this marvelous concert. I will let Robert Bush’s review really speak about the music in his usual knowledgeable and articulate way. http://bit.ly/L41oY9 . The first half …
May 19, 2012 | Posted in So Forth
May 15, 2012 UCSD Music Dept. Experimental Theater How they keep coming up with amazing new works continues to dazzle me. Steve Schick not only teaches his grad student ensemble technique, he choses compositions which are varied, new, and highly …
May 18, 2012 | Posted in So Forth
May 12, 2012 Curated by Tristan Shone Electronic (dj) musicians performed throughout the night at the casual artist’s warehouse space in Little Italy. Tristan Shone curated the show and while I really liked what I heard, I only stayed for …
May 17, 2012 | Posted in So Forth
May 10, 2012 Fresh Sound Music series @ Space 4 Art What a night! I had looked forward to this concert for ages and, lo, I was not disappointed. The theme of the night was Eve’s 4 month trip down …
October 5, 2010 | Posted in Henceforth
"Shed" by Toca Loca, two pianos and percussion trio from Canada - Toronto, Montreal, and Halifax "Binibon" by Elliott Sharp
March 21, 2010 | Posted in So Forth
Two performances this weekend (March 19-20, 2010) that seemed worthy creative endeavors. The first was at Mo’olelo on Friday night, March 19th. This was an amazing performance written and performed by Robert Farid Karimi with "live soundscapes" by DJ D …
March 17, 2010 | Posted in Review | Tagged cities and eyes
This duet is a shock. More than a duet it is like an innumerable ant hill of musical creatures
March 17, 2010 | Posted in Review | Tagged sucker punch requiem
An utterly brilliant conceptual piece that mixes notated materials, electronic post-manipulations and improvisation to realize an expression of a fractured requiem to Jean-Michel Basquiat.
March 17, 2010 | Posted in Review | Tagged incidental
What impresses most here is the ambition of Olson’s vision . . .
March 17, 2010 | Posted in So Forth
March 4, 5, 6, 2010 Jewish Community Center San Francisco, CA March 4th 1. "Streichquartett 11 (1998-2000) Jurg Frey Composer from Switzerland This was performed by Quatuor Bozzini, a string quartet, from Montreal. Well, what can I say. This is one of …