Music: Past
Roulette’s Concert Series for New + Adventurous Music, launched in 1978, presents a wide range of experimental music including avant-jazz, new music, opera, world music, and electronic. This eclectic series features the work of well-known innovators in contemporary music, but a large percentage of the Series is devoted to emerging artists and composers.
Excerpts from Coincidents: A Multimedia Opera by Leroy Jenkins, Mary Griffin, Hisao Ihara
Thursday, January 5, 2012. 7:00 pm
Coincidents is the final opera by renowned composer, improviser, and violinist/violist Leroy Jenkins. Through song, documentary footage, […]
Phill Niblock – Annual Winter Solstice Concert
Wednesday, December 21, 2011. 6:00 pm
$15 General Admission $10 Members/Students/Seniors Phill Niblock is a New York-based minimalist composer and multi-media musician and […]
Out To Lunch: The Music of Eric Dolphy with the Russ Johnson Quintet featuring Myra Melford, Roy Nathanson, Brad Jones, and George Schuller.
Saturday, December 17, 2011. 8:00 pm
Out to Lunch is considered Eric Dolphy's recorded masterpiece, a work of brilliant complexity that pulls the listener into its ceaseless flow, […]
INTERPRETATIONS: Wadada Leo Smith at 70! Silver Orchestra and Golden Quartet
Friday, December 16, 2011. 8:00 pm
$15 General Admission $10 Members/Students/Seniors A Two-day celebration for innovative composer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith in honor […]
INTERPRETATIONS: Wadada Leo Smith’s 70th Birthday Celebration
Thursday, December 15, 2011. 8:00 pm
$15 General Admission $10 Members/Students/Seniors A Two-day celebration for innovative composer and trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith in honor […]
Amy X Neuburg, with Cory Smythe
Tuesday, December 13, 2011. 8:00 pm
$15 General Admission $10 Members/Students/Seniors Beloved Bay Area techno-songstress Amy X Neuburg returns to Roulette, this time in […]
Jamie Baum Septet
Monday, December 12, 2011. 8:00 pm
$15 General Admission $10 Members/Students/Seniors Jamie Baum- flutes Amir Elsaffar – trumpet Douglas Yates – alto sax/bass […]
Tori Ensemble – featuring special guests Ikue Mori, Shoko Nagai, Nate Wooley, and More
Saturday, December 10, 2011. 8:00 pm
$15 General Admission $10 Members/Students/Seniors Tonight’s event features traditional Korean music as well as group […]
Tori Ensemble
Friday, December 9, 2011. 8:00 pm
$15 General Admission $10 Members/Students/Seniors Tori Ensemble is a world music ensemble featuring Korean traditional artists and […]
Elliott Sharp: A CARBONic Evening
Thursday, December 8, 2011. 8:00 pm
$15 General Admission $10 Members/Students/Seniors Sharp presents two aspects of Carbon: the quartet and the orchestra. The smaller group […]