Author Archives: Steve Peters

FLOOM is Maxx Katz‘s solo experiment in embodied improvisation, using flute, downtuned doom guitar, and extreme vocals. Maxx Katz is an artist, composer, and performer based in Portland, Oregon, whose work draws on vocabulary from performance art, free improvisation, jazz, contemporary classical, and heavy metal. A classically trained flutist with an M.A. in Music from the University of Virginia, … Read More →

Judith Berkson is a vocalist, pianist and composer living in Los Angeles, California. Her multi-disciplinary work explores tuning by navigating the small differences in pitch that alter perception and activate memory. She received her undergraduate from New England Conservatory, a masters in composition from Wesleyan University and a doctorate from California Institute of the Arts. Judith has collaborated with Kronos … Read More →

The Force Of Listening #4 presents nine sonic and visual works presented by artists from across the US to create an evening of experimental ambience, music, and sound art coming on the heels of this year’s Campbient session, organized by REALMOREREAL. Artists include Violet Palace (Olympia, WA), Leora Malka (Los Angeles, CA), Julia Edith Rigby (Santa Ana, CA), … Read More →

Ground Hum presents a night of deep listening and sonic exploration with Jake Muir and Raica. 

Jake Muir is a Berlin based sound artist, DJ, and field recordist. He approaches his practice as a listener first, carefully curating, layering and processing sounds that help him deconstruct and contextualize his lived experiences and influences. Using investigative software methodologies, DJ techniques, and … Read More →

“…let the colors inside your eyelids take musical form for 19 glorious minutes of modular synth majesty.” (AnEarful on River of Life)

Tracing arcs from crystalline to the hypnotic and back, Mario Diaz de Leon performs a set of works for Buchla synthesizer, including the newly released “RIver of Life,” a prismatic meditation on a 32-note melody that draws inspiration … Read More →

Since January 2024, In Series has been working at a lofty goal: bringing composed music to a scene with more than its fair share of noise-niks, improvisers, nooks, and crannies. Having found a stable home at Capitol Hill’s Vermillion, series organizers Peter Tracy (cello) and Aaron Michael Butler (percussion) have curated concerts centered around works and performances by local … Read More →

Thomas Abrahamson will premiere new compositions for solo piano including a new piece for violin and piano ensemble (Libby Phelps on violin), all in the style of contemporary classical…ish. Also included in the program are OLD works composed in 2023. The night will include caffeine, refreshments, chocolate, caramel, and of course, notes, music, and crescendos that will make you … Read More →

Composer, producer, and performer Hahn Rowe has developed a uniquely personal sonic language, traversing a vast array of musical terrains and weaving them into ever-shifting, polymorphic soundscapes. At home in the studio as well as in the performance arena, he has worked to break down the barriers between traditional musical performance, sound art, and physical theater.

As an engineer, producer, … Read More →

Kin of the Moon plays music of Tom Baker and Neil Welch

Tom Baker has composed a substantial yet delicate musical exploration of our shifting climate. “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Glacier” is based on poetry by Craig Santos Perez. Scored for mezzo-soprano, alto flute, viola, saxophone, and guitar, the chamber ensemble movements  are interspersed with solo guitar meditations. … Read More →

Percussionist Michael Jones (he/they)  presents new works for percussion by Matt Sargent and Scott Wollschleger that explore time, touch, and exteriority. Based in San Diego, California, his recordings can be heard on the Naxos, New Focus, Edition Wandelweiser, Cold Blue, Sawyer Editions, and New World labels.  Michael’s debut solo album, Between Time and After, is  available from Chen Li … Read More →