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.
Takashi Kazamaki and Kalle Laar
Thursday, April 26, 1990. 8:30 pm
The drummer from Tokyo who plays standing with a seed-filled snaredrum in duos with the Bailey/Kaiser/Sharrock/Chadbourne-styled guitarist from […]
Alvin Curran
Sunday, April 22, 1990. 8:30 pm
“April Fools (The Ed Norton Lecture)” by the world-renowned composer/performer and thought provoker. Alvin Curran (born December […]
Jim Staley, Sally Silvers, and John Zorn
Saturday, April 21, 1990. 8:30 pm
The Exoskeletal Shadow of Laminated Desire” by a trio of Jim Staley, trombone/didjeridu; Sally Silvers, dance; and John Zorn, reeds.
Gruppe Fine
Friday, April 13, 1990. 8:30 pm
From East Germany, three extraordinary performers in a rare appearance here: FINE, the dancer; Dietmar Diesner, saxophone; and Christoph […]
Laurie Carlos & Don Meissner
Saturday, March 31, 1990. 8:30 pm
Dancing, singing, speaking, and computer-driven electronic keyboards including “Monkey Dances”, “Nonsectarian Conversations […]
Anthony Coleman: By Night
Friday, March 30, 1990. 8:30 pm
Salient semaphores and plangent pith in solos for piano, organ, sampling. Plus duos, trios, and quartets with his band By Night: Jim Pugliese, […]
Denman Maroney
Thursday, March 29, 1990. 8:30 pm
“Pianoology/Music of the Spheres”, a musical souls-journey for two digital sampling keyboards. Performed live and in 16-bit splender […]
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Sunday, March 25, 1990. 8:30 pm
“Ed Harkins and Phil Larsen are two music/theatre composer/performers from San Deago using trumpet, bass baritone, sleight-of-hand, […]
William Duckworth
Saturday, March 24, 1990. 8:30 pm
Slow Dancing in Yugoslavia Guy Klucevsek, accordion Simple Songs About Sex and War words by Hayden Carruth Barbara Noska, soprano John Dulik, […]
Joey Baron / Zeena Parkins
Thursday, March 22, 1990. 8:30 pm
“Baron’s solo music is like a motorcycles made by Rolex. Parkings will perform solo using three harps: electric, acoustic, and a […]