Composers get big nods from Gerbode and Hewlett Foundations
When the 2010 Composer Collaboration Awards call for proposals went out on May 10, 2010, music presenters, ensembles, and composers all over the San Francisco Bay Area called, paged, and…
We return to Now, already in progress
I first heard about the Long Now Foundation a couple years ago from friend and former bandmate Daniel Magazin. I remember visiting their web site and thinking that San Francisco…
Other Minds seeks Composer Fellows
If, like me, you’re a composer and you routinely ask yourself “What am I doing six months from now? Can I get something on the calendar?”, Other Minds has a…
It’s that time of year again.
The beginning of June has taken on a certain meaning to the San Francisco Bay Area new music community, and every single one of us would erase that meaning if…
They really didn’t plan it this way…
A year ago at this time, Susan McMane, Artistic Director of the San Francisco Girls Chorus, had no idea what a hot-button issue immigration would be in June 2010. For…
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Let’s Ask Gyan Riley
The 15th Other Minds Festival kicks off this evening, offering San Francisco a three-day immersion in contemporary music from around the world. One of the locals headlining this year is…
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Let’s Ask Lisa Bielawa
2009 Frederic A. Juilliard/Walter Damrosch Rome Prize winner Lisa Bielawa has returned to her hometown of San Francisco to take part in the 2010 Other Minds festival. Her piece, Kafka…
Unwrapping Small Packages on a Saturday Night
I like to plan ahead. But does that just mean I’m too old to decide where I’m going at the last minute, like the Generation Y and Z impulsives we…
Let’s Ask Matt Davignon
Experimental music impresario Matt Davignon is known all over the San Francisco Bay Area for organizing unusual music performances. In addition to being responsible for such events as the San…
The Noises of Art
Many of us can recall a time, back in the day, when we brought cups of strong coffee to class and heard a professor tell us about the distant early…