[Microsound-announce] 8/18-8/21 San Francisco Electronic Music Festival

[Matt Davignon]

THE SAN FRANCISCO ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL 2005
Thursday, August 18, 2005 
through Sunday, August 21, 2005
SomArts Cultural Center 
(934 Brannan Street, San Francisco)
8PM
Further Information: 
http://sfemf.org/sfemf2005.html
(Full calendar listing below)

The 2005 San Francisco Electronic Music Festival
consists of four evenings of electrifying performances
by internationally recognized artists and musicians in
the electronic music field. This year's impressive
line-up features both respected pioneers and emerging
artists whose work spans the sonic spectra -- from
ambient to rhythmic, from atonal to melodic. As the
only San Francisco music festival dedicated solely to
electronic music, the SFEMF brings together the varied
practices of artists working with laptop generated
sound, processed live acoustic instruments, amplified
found objects, projected video, improvisation, and
performance art.

For this year's festival, SFEMF has invited three New
York-based visiting composers, including renowned
trombonist/improviser, electronic music composer, and
MacArthur Fellowship recipient George Lewis
(performing new work on his custom software);
electronics pioneer Morton Subotnick (performing a
piece from his ongoing series "Gestures," which
involves a laptop and a 6.1 surround sound system);
and Zeena Parkins, a pioneer of the electric harp who
describes her harp as a "sound machine of limitless
capacity" and who is respected for her repertoire of
experimental playing techniques.

SFEMF 2005's local artists include vocal and
electronics duo Chaos Butterfly, composer/soundscape
architect gal* in_dog (AKA Guillermo Galindo),
prepared Fender Rhodes piano artist Eric Glick Rieman,
mechanical sound installation artist Matt Heckert,
pioneer computer network ensemble The Hub, harp and
electronics composer Victoria Jordanova, laptop and
video artist Blevin Blectum, gesture controller and
laptop artist Patrice Scanlon, and experimental techno
artist Sutekh.

SCHEDULE:

Thursday, August 18, 2005
Chaos Butterfly
Eric Glick Rieman
George Lewis

Friday, August 19, 2005
Victoria Jordanova
gal*in_dog (aka Guillermo Galindo)
Morton Subotnick

Saturday, August 20, 2005
Matt Heckert
Patrice Scanlon
The Hub

Sunday, August 21, 2005
Sutekh
Blevin Blectum
Zeena Parkins

TICKETS:
Tickets & Passes: $15 General; $12 Student; $45 full
festival pass, purchase online at www.sfemf.org or at
the door.

INFO:
Festival hotline: 415.861.3257; SomArts 415.552.2131, 
Much more information is available at http://sfemf.org/sfemf2005.html