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.

Susan Braham

Friday, April 10, 1992. 9:00 am
“The dancer/choreographer performs parts of a new work Hide/Reveal with dancers conner McTegue and Stacey McKenzie. Also, improvisations […]

Gary Lucas & Jeff Buckley

Sunday, April 5, 1992. 9:00 pm
Songs with Jeff Buckley and The Black and the Red, fireworks for solo guitar by a warrior-poet using a ’63 Fender Strat, a ’47 […]

Woof Quack and Miaow

Woof Quack and Miaow
Saturday, April 4, 1992. 9:00 pm
Community Event
Guitar solos that have been folded a dozen times, music transcribed from snowflakes and trees, algorithmic ragas and bluegrass, diamond cithara […]

J.A. Deane and Martin Schütz

Friday, April 3, 1992. 9:00 pm
The electro-trombonist and electric cellist in a four-channel spatial jacuzzi of processed, dislocated acoustic sounds; bowed cymbals and blown […]

“Blue” Gene Tyranny

Friday, March 27, 1992. 9:00 pm
The composer performs his pieces for piano and electronics including x,y,z harmonic studies for The Driver’s Son from his music-theatre […]

Wayne Horvitz

Thursday, March 26, 1992. 9:00 am
The pianist/composer/bandleader performs solo compositions for piano, amplified piano, and electronic keyboards plus group improvisations with […]

Robert Een

Saturday, March 21, 1992. 9:00 am
The cellist/vocalist performs his work with Carter Burwell on accordion, Wayne Hankin on medieval bagpipes, recorders, and string drum, and […]

Catherine Jauniaux

Friday, March 20, 1992. 9:00 pm
The vocalist and inventor of tongues juggles octaves and roles in two contrasting duos with Ikue Mori and Tom Cora. Vibraslaps incorporates […]

Jason Hwang, Glass Shadows

Saturday, March 14, 1992. 8:00 pm
“Glass Shadows” with Zen Matsuura on trapset and Korean percussion, Dan O’Brien on string bass, J.D. Parran on alto and bass […]

Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris, Songs and Monologues from Modette

Friday, March 13, 1992. 9:00 pm
Composition for trio by the cornetist with vocalist Arnay Burton and pianist Myra Melford including portions of Modette with text by Alan […]