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.
Jim Staley w/ Kyoko Kitamura, Ikue Mori, and Nate Wooley
Saturday, December 4, 2010. 8:30 pm
Trombonist, composer, and founder of Roulette Jim Staley has been shaking up the downtown experimental music scene for over 30 years. Working […]
Andy Laster: Yiash + Recent Music for Strings
Friday, December 3, 2010. 8:30 pm
Andy Laster’s Yiash will perform arrangements of early 20th-Century Egyptian pop by Jewish composers Zaki Murad and Dawud Husni, among […]
INTERPRETATIONS : Muhal Richard Abrams 80th Birthday Celebration
Thursday, December 2, 2010. 8:00 pm
World-renowned pianist and composer Muhal Richard Abrams has been in the forefront of the contemporary music scene for half a century. A […]
The Voicing of Progression – an Evening of Tributes to Composer/Guitarist/Educator Dennis Sandole
Tuesday, November 30, 2010. 8:30 pm
Featuring: Ian Ash – drums, percussion; Rob Brown – saxophone; Bruce Eisenbeil – guitar; David First – guitar/laptop; […]
Adam Rudolphs Go Organic Orchestra
Monday, November 29, 2010. 8:30 pm
Unique in the realm of approaches to improvisational conducting, Go: Organic Orchestra utilizes a composed non-linear score consisting of sound […]
Adam Rudolphs Go Organic Orchestra
Monday, November 22, 2010. 8:30 pm
Unique in the realm of approaches to improvisational conducting, Go: Organic Orchestra utilizes a composed non-linear score consisting of sound […]
COMPOST Q: Morgan Powell, Dorothy Martirano, Yu-Chen Wang, Erik Lund, Armand Beaudoin, Kirstie Simson
Saturday, November 20, 2010. 8:30 pm
improvisation “¢ composition “¢ dance A seasoned, multi-dimensional collective steeped in improvisation, composition, and dance […]
Volume (III) – Maria Chavez, Stephan Moore, Shelley Burgon, Suzanne Thorpe
Friday, November 19, 2010. 8:30 pm
Volume (III) is an improvising quartet featuring electro-acoustic harpist Shelley Burgon, turntable-ist Maria Chavez, laptop artist Stephan […]
INTERPRETATIONS : Jon Gibson & Ralph Gibson / Alexandra Gardner & NOW Ensemble
Thursday, November 18, 2010. 9:00 pm
Jon Gibson & Ralph Gibson
INTERPRETATIONS : Jon Gibson & Ralph Gibson / Alexandra Gardner & NOW Ensemble
Thursday, November 18, 2010. 8:00 pm
An evening of stunning visuals and music from Jon Gibson and Ralph Gibson, and new electro-acoustic chamber works by Alexandra Gardner, […]