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.
Randy Hutton / Rain Worthington
Saturday, October 18, 1986. 9:00 pm
Guitarist Hutton joins dancer Karen Heifetz in a collaborative work “Patter” and Worthington’s synthesizer tangles with […]
Festival of Improvisation: Women in Improv (Day 2)
Friday, October 17, 1986. 9:00 pm
A festival of improvisational music organized by Judy Dunaway and Cinnie Cole with Polly Bradfield, Marion Brandis, Jill Burton, Lesli Dalaba, […]
Festival of Improvisation: Women in Improv (Day 1)
Thursday, October 16, 1986. 9:00 pm
A festival of improvisational music organized by Judy Dunaway and Cinnie Cole with Polly Bradfield, Marion Brandis, Jill Burton, Lesli Dalaba, […]
Bill Barnes
Saturday, October 11, 1986. 9:00 pm
The poet/trombonist and one of the most subversive minds ever to embrace commercialism offers his latest saga.
Fred Frith
Friday, October 10, 1986. 9:00 pm
Solo guitar improvisations by the free-style pioneer and founder of the second generation.
Anne La Berge & John Fonville
Thursday, October 9, 1986. 9:00 pm
Two virtuoso California flutists present solos, duos, improvisations, prepared recorders, and the microtonal “Mong Songs.”
David Shea and Ed Herrmann
Wednesday, October 8, 1986. 9:00 pm
Philosophagus Mr. Shea presents “Rhizomorphization” for voice, lips, tapes, etc. and Herrmann brings his electronic explorations […]
Robert Een & John Kuhlman
Tuesday, October 7, 1986. 9:00 pm
Solos and collaborative works for amplified cellos, electric and prepared guitars, voices, piano, and percussion. Robert Een—Cello, Voice John […]
Tenko, Kamura, & Zeena Parkins
Sunday, October 5, 1986. 8:00 pm
Tenko, Kamura (voices) & Zeena Parkins (harp, piano, processing) Tenko is a Japanese musician who has been performing improvised music for […]
David Weinstein
Saturday, October 4, 1986. 9:00 pm
“Power Muzak” for electronics, sampling, and voices. Montovani meets Apollo 11 as sincere indulgence kisses surrogate heroism.