February 1, 2012 | Posted in So Forth
UCSD Palimpsest Conrad Prebys Hall Schick opened the night of good music with a solo performance of Bone Alphabet by Brian Ferneyhough. This was created for Steve when he first arrived at UCSD in 1992. He asked Ferneyhough for a …
January 27, 2012 | Posted in So Forth
Calder String Quartet UCSD The Loft This evening was sponsored by Art Power where Marty Wollesen does a stellar job of bringing good music to San Diego. There was a packed house, always a happy occurrence for contemporary music. The …
January 26, 2012 | Posted in Fresh Sound
Dave Good has written a nice piece about Bonnie and Fresh Sound for the San Diego Reader. Take a look at http://bit.ly/yBbWeg.
January 21, 2012 | Posted in So Forth
Soda Bar San Diego This is not my usual cup-of-tea, but it was presented by my friend, Sam Lopez and so I packed my earplugs and went. I have to admit I didn’t stay for the whole night but am …
January 18, 2012 | Posted in So Forth
Music by Steve Reich Conrad Prebys Hall (sold out) I can't possibly write about this without gushing all over the place so will keep the words to a minimum and show lots of photos. I went to two days of …
January 13, 2012 | Posted in So Forth
Neurosciences Concert Hall Mark Dresser, bass; Mary Oliver, violin; Han Bennick, drums; and Michael Dessen, trombone. It was great to have Mary back in her San Diego hometown (she lives in Amsterdam), along with Master Han Bennick from Amsterdam. This …
December 9, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
Miller Theater at Columbia University A sold out night and many of the NY contemporary music gang was there, for instance, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Uri Caine, Kaija Saariaho, Richard Carrick, David Shively, Matt McBane, Vicky Chow, Scott Johnson, Christian …
December 8, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
Brooklyn Academy of Music 6 pm Iconic Artist Talk Trevor Carlson, moderator with Daniel Arsham, stage design; Gavin Bryars, composer, performer; Paul Kaiser, media/set design; Patricia Lent,Cunningham Dance Co. These pre-performance talks are very helpful and interesting as I didn’t …
December 7, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
I read a great review in the NYTimes http://nyti.ms/sxLKH3 of this play and decided it was one I couldn’t miss. That was wise of me. I had never been to St. Ann’s Warehouse before and was impressed with the venue. …
December 5, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
Graduate Acting Program NYU Tisch School of the Arts Whitney Hunter, the Choreographer and my friend, invited me to this production at the Atlas Theater. It was a grad student production and very well done indeed. It was the story …