17th Annual Outsound New Music Summit at Community Music Center

Over the course of 16 years, the Outsound New Music Summit has become one of the primary festivals in California for new, experimental, improvisational, and composed music. From July 22 through July 28, 2018, Outsound will present the 17th Annual Outsound New Music Summit!
The Summit will include a world premiere of the Harmonic Series Gamelan by Pet the Tiger Inventors Collective, a night of new works by SO AR featuring Shanna Sorhdal and Robert Lopez, a first-time festival appearance of jazz masters Marilyn Crispell and Bobby Bradford, as well as performances by CDP Ensemble, an electro-light musical performance by Tim Thompson, and a night dedicated to pioneering saxophonist Ralph Carney with Rubber City and the Ralph Carney Memorial Octet featuring longtime collaborator David Slusser....

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Over the course of 16 years, the Outsound New Music Summit has become one of the primary festivals in California for new, experimental, improvisational, and composed music. From July 22 through July 28, 2018, Outsound will present the 17th Annual Outsound New Music Summit!
The Summit will include a world premiere of the Harmonic Series Gamelan by Pet the Tiger Inventors Collective, a night of new works by SO AR featuring Shanna Sorhdal and Robert Lopez, a first-time festival appearance of jazz masters Marilyn Crispell and Bobby Bradford, as well as performances by CDP Ensemble, an electro-light musical performance by Tim Thompson, and a night dedicated to pioneering saxophonist Ralph Carney with Rubber City and the Ralph Carney Memorial Octet featuring longtime collaborator David Slusser.

Full Schedule
Sunday July 22 - Skatchbox Building Workshop with Tom Nunn
Sunday July 22 - Touch the Gear Expo
Monday July 23 - "The Breath Courses Through Us"
A documentary film about the New York Art Quartet
directed by Alan Roth
Tuesday July 24 - Sonic Foundry III Inventors Night: Tim Thompson & Pet the Tiger Inventors Collective
Wednesday July 25 - The Art of Noise: XAMBUCA & SO AR
Thursday July 26 - CarneyVal, A Night dedicated to Ralph Carney: Rubber City & Ralph Carney Memorial Octet
Friday July 27 - Night of Stone: CDP & Dire Wolves
Saturday July 28 - Ask the Ages: Bobby Bradford's Brass 'n' Bass & KREation Ensemble featuring Marilyn Crispell

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