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Quinteto Latino at Chico State
Chico Performances has been presenting stellar events for over 40 years. QL looks forward to making their debut there with a unique program of traditional and contemporary music by Latina/o/e composers. Come to Chico State’s lovely Arts Recital Hall for music of Paquito d’Rivera, Gabriela Ortiz, Gabriela Lena Frank and many more! Sunday, November 3, 20242pm $41 | youth age 17 and under $17 | Chico State student $17 West Oakland Sound SeriesDresher Ensemble Studio2201 Poplar StreetOakland
Read MoreDuo performance with flutist Meerenai Shim
Bay Area flutists Diane and Meeranai Shim perform Robert Dick’s duo Time is a Two Way Street. Meerenai will premiere Whispers on the Wind for flute and electronics by The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker. Diane will perform Mario Davidovsky’s Synchronism No. 1 for flute and pre-recorded tape, Dai Fujikura’s Glacier for bass flute, and Alyssa Aska’s Circles.lines for glissando flute & tape. The second half of the evening features The Holy Martins, Kasey Knudsen (alto saxophone), Lorin Benedict (voice), and Eric Vogler (guitar). They have been playing in this configuration for over 15 years, during which time the group has explored a broad range...
Read MoreMezzacappa’s Music for More Than a Few of Us
Silvia Matheus (computer and electronic music composer, sound artist, and improviser) teams up with Ric Louchard (pianist, composer, and improviser) to create The VisitoR, a performance where electronics and acoustics meet and interact. The VisitoR goes beyond a simple two-person conversation, embracing a lively interplay of actions that flow freely. The soundscape blends algorithmically generated sounds with fixed compositions, all layered with live-processed acoustic elements, creating a rich and dynamic auditory experience. This piece will be presented in a multiple-speaker configuration. Bassist and composer Lisa Mezzacappa presents a set of new and newly-arranged...
Read MoreBertoncini & Lehn | Oakland Reductionist Orchestra
Tiziana Bertoncini (Italy) and Thomas Lehn (Germany), violin and analogue synthesizer, move in an abstract territory, their approach to sound is contemporary. Nevertheless their consideration to music is quite classical insofar as based principally on tension/release, rupture, intensity and expressivity in all its facets. The concert concludes with the duo joining THE OAKLAND REDUCTIONIST ORCHESTRA in an improvised set. A supergroup of local musicians with a predilection for lowercase/fricative/reductionist acoustic improvisation that often sounds more electronic than acoustic, this ensemble grows out of a rich tradition of “American reductionist” music that...
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Diane Grubbe has appeared as a soloist with the Siena Music Festival in Italy, the San Francisco Concerto Orchestra, L’Orchestre de Notre Dame in San Francisco and the Calabasas Chamber Orchestra in Southern California, with whom she recorded the Vivaldi Piccolo Concerto for their CD The Baroque Concerto.