The next San Francisco Tape Music Festival is being pushed back to the summer of 2010, so now’s your chance to sit in total darkness with strangers and hear a varied program of great music diffused over 14+ high-quality loudspeakers. At 7:30pm, the local tape music activists present an evening of multi-channel works by members of the collective as well as acousmatic and classic pieces.

Program:
Steve Reich “It’s Gonna Rain” ( multichannel diffusion version ) (1965, 17m)
Pierre Schaeffer “Etude Pathetique ou Etude aux Casseroles” (1948/71, 3.5m)
Jonty Harrison “Unsound Objects” (1995, 13m)
Pippa Murphy “Caspian Retreat” (2002, 10m)
Thom Blum “Combustible” (2009, 10m)
Cliff Caruthers “Cupido’s Suitcase” (2009, 7m)
Matt Ingalls “Sonatina” (2009, 9m)
Kent Jolly “Holding Pattern” (1998, 8m)

Arrive early for a 6:00p program features new works by 8 composers enrolled in Mills’ undergraduate program.

Links: Event details

Cost: FREE

Tags: Concert, Experimental, Free, Live Music, Oakland, Odd & Weird
Categories: East Bay, Live Music Submitted by Johnny Funcheap