University of California, Berkeley

November 12, 20228:00pm

ANGÉLICA NEGRÓNgo back and gone (Bay Area Premieres)
NATHALIE JOACHIMNote to Self (Bay Area Premiere)
DAN TRUEMANneither Anvil nor Pulley

The singular new-music ensemble Sō Percussion, celebrated for its “exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and bedlam” (The New Yorker), plays two concerts highlighting three millennial voices that are part of an inspiring generation of women composers revitalizing the contemporary music landscape. In this quartet’s first visit, two short pieces by Puerto Rican-born composer Angélica Negrón explore interactions between the quartet’s percussion instruments and pre-programmed electronic noisemakers, and Nathalie Joachim’s Note to Self combines pre-recorded loops of her own voice with virtuosic percussion writing as a way of processing her chronic anxiety.

October 24, 20257:30am

Babe the blue OX and the Schickele Family Denim Review

Sō Laboratories (Our Home In Brooklyn!)
20 Grand Avenue, #205, Brooklyn, New York 11205

Apparently this band has been making new music for 35 years and didn’t bother to tell many people. Why ruin it? Rose, Eddie, Hanna, Tim, Squiggy, Lemmy, Alfalfa they’ll all be there, with brand new ways to cut in song in pieces. Tell Everyone! Cuz it’s free (donation suggested) and there’s a fridge of beer and seltzer!

November 1, 20258:30pm

Sō Plays Madrid!

Durante 25 años, el cuarteto de percusión ganador de un  Grammy Sō Percussion, ha redefinido la música de cámara del siglo XXI mediante una emocionante combinación de precisión y anarquía, rigor y caos (The New Yorker).

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