David Bithell: Events

November 2007:	Friday, November 16 2007 -- Electric LaTex Festival -- Round table discussion with regional faculty in music technology and intermedia. UNT Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater. Denton, TX. 3:00pm.
	Wednesday, November 14 2007 -- Slash Arts Series -- Princeton University Tapin Auditorium. Princeton, NJ. 4:30pm.
	Monday, November 12 2007 -- SUNY Stony Brook. I will be giving a lecture/demonstration of my work. Co-sponsered by the Department of Music and the Laboratory for Technology Arts. Stony Brook, NY. Time and Location tba.
	November 8 - 10 2007 -- International Digital Media and Art Association (iDMAA) Conference. Performance at the Painted Bride Art Center (Nov. 8 - 7:30pm) and Panel Discussion at the Holiday Inn (Nov. 9 - 11am). Philadephia, PA.

August 2007:	Sunday, August 26 2007 -- sfSound -- Anton Webern's Concerto op. 24 and a host of new short works written especially for sfSoundGroup, by composers including Liz Allbee, Mark Applebaum, David Bithell, Christopher Burns, George Cremaschi, Dina Emerson, James Fei, Matthew Goodheart, Matt Ingalls, John Ingle, Marisol Jimenez, Christopher Jones, Jon Leidecker, Hyo-shin Na, Pauline Oliveros, Dan Plonsey, Jon Raskin, Monica Scott, Moe! Staiano, Erik Ulman, Zachery Watkins, and others. ODC Theater, San Francisco. 8pm.

July 2007:	Sunday, July 22 2007 -- sfSound -- Two classics for soloist with electronics - Jacob Druckman's Animus I for trombone and tape, and Steve Reich's Reed Phase for clarinet and computer. Plus Elliott Carter's gripping song cycle Tempo e Tempi, the Chris Jones performing the bay area premiere of "Separate Machines" for solo piano, and new electro-acoustic works by Christopher Burns and Matt Ingalls. ODC Theater, San Francisco. 8pm.

June 2007:	Sunday, June 24 2007 -- sfSound -- Featuring Edgard Varese's classic ensemble work Integrales (1925), Christopher Jones performing Helmut Lachenmann's monumental Serynade for solo piano, and premieres of chamber pieces by David Bithell (the eye (unblinking)) and Christopher Jones. Plus an improvisation by George Cremaschi, John Ingle, and Kjell Nordeson. ODC Theater, San Francisco. 8pm.

April 2007:	April 16 2007 -- "IMAGE-THEATER-SOUND-ART" A Concert of New Genres. New works by students in my Intermedia Performance Art course. UNT Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater. Denton, TX. 8pm.

March 2007:	March 24-26 2007 -- NODUS Concert -- Florida International University. I will be giving a lecture on my work (Monday, March 26) and performing as a guest artist on an evening concert (Saturday, March 24). Miami Art Central. Miami, FL. 8pm (concert).
	Monday, March 12 2007 -- Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia (CEMI) presents a concert of works by Mario Davidovsky with the composer in attendence. I will be conducting Davidovsky's Romancero for Sop, Fl, Cl, Vn, and Vc. UNT Recital Hall. Denton, TX. 8:00pm.
	Monday, March 5 2007 -- Aural Tick Festival -- Texas A&M University. I will be giving a lecture on my work and performing as a guest artist on an evening concert. Supported by the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research and the Department of Performance Studies. Rudder Forum. College Station, TX. 3pm (talk) 8pm (concert).

February 2007:	Saturday, February 24 2007 -- SPARK Festival of Electronic Music and Art -- University of Minnesota. I will be performing my intermedia work The President Has His Photograph Taken. Ted Mann Concert Hall. Minneapolis, MN. 7:30pm.

December 2006:	Friday, December 1 2006 -- EARS -- University of Texas, Austin Electro-Acoustic Recital Series. I will be performing my intermedia work The President Has His Photograph Taken. McCullough Theatre. Austin, TX. 8pm.

November 2006:	Monday, November 20 2006 -- Nova Ensemble -- Featuring new choral works by Andrew May and Joseph Klein - I will be playing in Rzewski's Coming Together. Recital Hall, UNT. 8pm.
	Monday, November 13 2006 -- sfSound -- Featuring a solo electronics performance and ensemble music by Bay Area stalwart John Bischoff. ODC Theater, San Francisco. 8pm.
	Saturday, November 11 2006 -- The International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) in New Orleans. I will be performing my intermedia work The President Has His Photograph Taken. Tulane University campus. 11am.

October 2006:	Saturday, October 28 2006 -- Texelectronica 2006 - International Symposium / Exhibition on Art, Music, Technology, Society, and Culture. Evening performance including Lumen:Aria and The President Has His Photograph Taken. UNT Fort Worth ArtSpace. 8pm.
	Saturday, October 28 2006 -- Texelectronica 2006 - International Symposium / Exhibition on Art, Music, Technology, Society, and Culture. Symposium lecture and panel discussion on the topic of "Interactivity". Forth Worth Museum of Modern Art. 10am.
	Monday, October 2 2006 -- sfSound -- Featuring a new large-scale work composed for sfSound by NYC composer Dan Joseph, plus music by sfSoundGroup composer/saxophonist John Ingle, and New York composer Mary Jane Leach. ODC Theater, San Francisco. 8pm.

September 2006:	Monday, September 25 2006 -- I will present a talk "Lumen:Aria - A Case Study in Interaction and Improvisation" on the Music Now series at UNT. 11am.
	Monday, September 18 2006 -- I will perform Lumen:Aria on the Centerpieces concert at UNT's Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater. 8pm.

August 2006:	Monday, August 28 2006 -- sfSound -- An evening of live electronic music, featuring Alvin Lucier's The Only Talking Machine of its Kind in the World (1969), Terry Riley's Dorian Reeds, a new laptop solo by Christopher Burns, and a variety of approaches to improvisation with live electronics.. ODC Theater (17th and Shotwell in the Mission District), San Francisco. 8pm.
	Monday, August 7 2006 -- sfSound -- Composer-performer Kyle Bruckmann presents his electrifying solo work Gasps and Fissures, using oboe, English horn, amplification, and electronics to create "music of claustrophobic intimacy and impossible physicality." Plus, a new sfSound version of Gavin Bryars' conceptual/ambient classic The Sinking of the Titanic. ODC Theater (17th and Shotwell in the Mission District), San Francisco. 8pm.

July 2006:	Monday, July 17 2006 -- sfSound showcases composer-performer Scott Rosenberg, with a solo saxophone performance, his Hums for large ensemble, and a new wind quintet Eeert composed for sfSoundGroup. The second half of the program features works for large ensemble, including music by Morton Feldman, Robert Ashley, and Louis Andriessen.. ODC Theater (17th and Shotwell in the Mission District), San Francisco. 8pm.

June 2006:	Monday, June 26 2006 -- sfSound presents the premieres of solo and ensemble works by Jorge Boehringer, the premiere of David Bithell's katajjaq a 6, and Christopher Jones' Four Small Forms, plus music by Vinko Globokar and Magnus Lindberg. ODC Theater (17th and Shotwell in the Mission District), San Francisco. 8pm.

May 2006:	Monday, May 6 2006 -- sfSound presents works from the European, American, and contemporary Californian avant-gardes: Mauricio Kagel's Con Voce, Gerard Grisey's Solo Pour Deux, Anton Webern's Four Pieces for violin and piano, op. 7, John Cage's Concert for Piano and Orchestra, and premieres by Matt Ingalls and David Bithell. Trinity Chamber Concerts. Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana Street, Berkeley. 8pm

February 2006:	Saturday, February 25 2006 -- sfSound will perform in Boston at the Nave Gallery in Somerville. 8pm. Click here for more details.
	Friday, February 24 2006 -- sfSound will perform at Wesleyan University. 8pm.
	Thursday, February 23 2006 -- sfSound will perform at Merkin Hall in NYC as a part of the Interpretations Series. 129 West 67th Street, New York. 8pm.
	February 21-26 2006 -- sfSound will be in residence at Wesleyan University. We will be giving a concert, presenting colloquia, and reading student compositions.
	Friday, February 3 2006 -- I will perform Gaburo's Mouthpiece and my own The President Has His Photograph Taken as a guest artist with the Ensemble 20/21 at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA.

November 2005:	November 9-13 2005 -- IS ARTI Festival of Contemporary Music in Kaunas, Lithuania. The festival will include a concert of works featuring West-Coast electroacoustic music from David Bithell, Dorsey Dunn, Ali Momeni, Laetitia Sonami, and Vyautas Germanavicius. Additional performances planned in Latvia and at STEIM in Amsterdam.

September 2006:	Saturday, September 24 2005 -- Double Vision presents "Conway's Game of Life" a multimedia installation/performance. WORKS/San Jose, 8pm.

August 2005:	Monday, August 1st 2005 -- sfSound - John Cage's "Concert for Piano and Orchestra" featuring soloist Christopher Jones, my new arrangment of Erik Satie's "Entr'acte" from the ballet "Relache" accompanied by René Clair's surrealist film, the premiere of John Shiurba's "Moon Cycle" for soprano and ensemble, and new improvisational works by members of the sfSoundGroup. ODC Theater (17th and Shotwell in the Mission District), San Francisco.

June 2005:	Monday, June 27th 2005 -- sfSound - New and classic works for large ensembles, including sfSound's new arrangement of Krzysztof Pendercki's 1960's avant-garde classic "Fluorescences", Pauline Oliveros' choral work "Sound Patterns", Robert Erickson's "Pacific Sirens" for instruments and tape, Christian Wolff's "For five or ten people", and a new composition by Matt Ingalls. ODC Theater (17th and Shotwell in the Mission District), San Francisco.
	Friday and Saturday, June 10-11 2005 -- Rovaté 2005 -- Premiere of a new work by Larry Ochs featuring the Rova Saxophone Quartet. Presented by Rova:Arts in association with the Friend Center for the Arts at the JCCSF and San Francisco Cinematheque. Jewish Community Center of San Francisco's Kanbar Hall 3200 California St. (at Presidio), SF. $18-20, 8pm. for tickets call 415.292.1233

May 2005:	Monday, May 30th 2005 -- sfSoundGroup percussionist Chris Froh leads an ensemble of ten percussionists, three vocalists, and piccolo in a rare complete performance of Steve Reich's early masterwork Drumming (1970-71). Plus solo and ensemble improvisations by members of sfSoundGroup. Special $5 Admission! ODC Theater (17th and Shotwell in the Mission District), San Francisco.

April 2005:	Friday, April 29th 2005 -- An evening of Intermedia Works Featuring: DOUBLE VISION and guest artists David Bithell, Agnes Szelag/aggiflex, Shawn Irwin, Marielle Jakobsons, and Bill Wolter. WORKS / San Jose -- 30 North 3rd Street, San Jose, 8pm.
	Monday, April 11th 2005 -- sfSoundGroup performs new works written for the ensemble. Compositions by John Ingle, Marisol Jimenez, Jake Rodrigeuz, Erik Ulman, and the sfSoundGroup. ODC Theater (17th and Shotwell in the Mission District), San Francisco.

February 2005:	Monday, February 28th 2005 -- sfSoundGroup -- Special guest virtuoso-violinist Mark Menzies joins us for a survey of thirty-five years of new music from Germany, starting with Karlheinz Stockhausen's Kurzwellen for instrumentalists with shortwave radios and electronics. Also featured are works by Mathias Spahlinger, Olga Neuwirth, Helmut Lachenmann, and Bay Area resident Philipp Blume. ODC Theater (17th and Shotwell in the Mission District), San Francisco.

January 2005:	January 20-22nd 2005 -- sfSoundSeries and ODC Theater present "CINEMA FOR THE EAR" THE SAN FRANCISCO TAPE MUSIC FESTIVAL ODC Theater (17th and Shotwell in the Mission District), San Francisco.
	Monday, January 10th 2005 -- sfSoundGroup -- LUMEN -- We kick off 1 of 6+3 concerts in our 2005 residency at ODC Theater with a sampling of what sfSound does best: 1 program featuring complex notation + virtuosic improvisation + electronic sound + 1 american experimental music classic + 1 creative transcription project. We premiere Emeryville composer David Bithell's highly original hour-length work that is part trumpet concerto, part performance art exploration. ODC Theater (17th and Shotwell in the Mission District), San Francisco.

September 2004:	Saturday, September 25th 2004 -- sfSoundSeries performs Burns, Xenakis, Huber, and a new arrangement of Feldman's Three Voices. San Francisco Community Music Center, 544 Capp St. San Francisco, 8pm, $10.

August 2004:	Saturday, August 28th 2004 -- sfSoundSeries presents a dual recital -- Kyle Bruckmann, oboe and Kathleen Gallagher, flute. San Francisco Community Music Center, 544 Capp St. San Francisco, 8pm, $10
	Saturday, August 5th 2004 -- sfSoundSeries presents early minimalism -- Glass, Reich, Lucier, and Andriessen. San Francisco Community Music Center, 544 Capp St. San Francisco, 8pm, $10.

July 2004:	Tuesday, July 20th 2004 -- sfSoundGroup performs at the Oakland Box Theater. Oakland Box, Telegraph Ave. Oakland, 8pm, $10.

June 2004:	Saturday, June 5th 2004 -- sfSoundSeries presents the music of Luciano Berio -- in original and reconceived settings. San Francisco Community Music Center, 544 Capp St. San Francisco, 8pm, $10.

May 2004:	Sunday, May 16th 2004 -- UC Berkeley Eisner Prize for the Creative Arts Concert. David Bithell "Lumen -- Aria" for trumpet and electronics, Roberto Morales music for flute, video, and electronics. UC Berkeley International House, 12pm -- FREE.

April 2004:	Sunday, April 4th 2004 -- Stanford University's Strictly Ballroom Series presents David Bithell. An evening of new works for trumpet, electronics, and experimental music theater. Campbell Recital Hall, Stanford Department of Music, 8pm -- FREE.

March 2004:	Saturday, March 6th 2004 -- Oakland Chamber Ensemble performs Dvorak, Copland, Janacek, and Stravinsky. With piano soloist Hadley McCarroll, conducted by Bryan Nies. Mills College Concert Hall, 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, 8pm, $15/$10.
	Tuesday, March 9th 2004 -- New Century Ensemble presents Tom Dambly performing Kenneth Gaburo's Mouth-Piece for trumpet and slide projections. REDCAT, Los Angeles, 8pm.
	Saturday, March 13th 2004 -- Gamelan Sari Raras, Heri Purwanto, director. Traditional central javanese music with dancers Matheus Wasi Bantolo & Olivia Retno Widyastuti. Crowden School, 1475 Rose (at Sacramento), Berkeley, 8pm, $10/$7/$3.
	Sunday, March 14th 2004 -- Gamelan Sari Raras, Heri Purwanto, director. Traditional central javanese music with dancers Matheus Wasi Bantolo & Olivia Retno Widyastuti. Sacramento State University, 3pm.
	Friday, March 19th 2004 -- sfSoundSeries presents the music of Helmut Lachenmann. San Francisco Community Music Center, 544 Capp St. San Francisco, 8pm, $10.

February 2004:	Sunday, February 29th 2004 -- Stanford University Music Department "Alea II". Ferneyhough's Bone alphabet, Rio-Pareja's Red threads of desire, Franzson's Auto da fe, and Roger Reynolds' "...the serpent-snapping eye" for trumpet, piano, percussion, and four-channel electronic sound. Campbell Recital Hall, 8pm, FREE.