The Soundwaves series will end in July 2024. Here is a poster for the final four shows:
Thanks to all the performers, audience members, the Friends of Santa Monica Public Library and the Amphion Foundation for funding, and our presenting partners: Microfest, Angel City Jazz, Cold Blue Music, Dog Star Orchestra, Santa Monica Cultural Affairs, Jacaranda Music, Pianospheres, and Golden Spike Press.
Here is a full list of the almost 100 shows. Links will be added so this can become an index to this site, which will remain as an archive.
2016:
January 20: Cold Blue Music (Michael Byron, Michael Jon Fink, Jim Fox, Peter Garland, Daniel Lentz)
February 17: Judicanti Responsura (Joseph Mitchell & William Roper)
March 16: Ulrich Krieger
May 11: Anne LeBaron
May 18: Nicole Mitchell and Randy Gloss
June 15: Vinny Golia
July 20: Alex Cline and Areni Agbabian
August 17: Dana Reason Trio
September 21: Just Strings (John Luther Adams & Lou Harrison)
October 19: Justine Aronson and Richard Valitutto
November 16: Vicki Ray
December 21: “In C” Workshop
2017:
January 18: Emily Hay and Steuart Liebig
February 15: West Coast Chamber Jazz Trio
March 15: Michael Pisaro
April 19: Bonnie Barnett Group
May 17: Partch
June 7: Southland Ensemble Plays Oliveros
July 19: Sean Sonderegger’s Magically Inclined
August 16: Tom Peters Plays Tom Johnson
September 7: Michael Vincent Waller
September 20: Quartet for the End of Time
October 18: Tone Drift (GE Stinson, Kris Tiner, & Steuart Liebig)
November 15: Eric Barber Magneticism
December 20: Graphic Scores Workshop (Ellen Burr, Sarah Belle Reid, Scott Worthington, CSU Fullerton New Music Ensemble)
2018:
January 17: Nathan Hubbard Quartet
February 22: Mattie Barbier
March 21: Aron Kallay: Beyond 12
March 29: Pianospheres: Vicki Ray
April 4: Elana Mann and John Burtle (mark so, Dana Reason, Corey Fogel)
April 11: Jack Wright, Evan Lipson, Zach Darrup
May 16: Cold Blue Solos: Michael Byron/Daniel Lentz
May 24: Pianospheres: Steven Vanhauwaert
June 14: Pianospheres: Nic Gerpe with Pasha Tesitlin
June 28: Elliott Levin/Don Preston/Bobby Bradford Sextet
July 18: Brad Dutz Quartet
August 9: Anne Rhodes and Carl Testa
September 6: Pianospheres: Mark Robson
September 19: Phillip Greenlief Trio
October 3: Angel City Jazz Festival Young Artists Competition Finals
October 17: Brightwork New Music
November 14: Wayne Peet Quartet
November 15: Pianospheres: Gloria Cheng
December 19: Tofighi, Denney, and Fink
2019:
January 30: Jacaranda: Premonitions
January 31: Andrew Raffo Dewar
February 13: Wayne Horvitz and Sara Schoenbeck
February 21: Pianospheres: Vicki Ray & Tom Chiu: Morton Feldman’s “For John Cage”
March 20: Daniel Corral
March 28: Pianospheres: Susan Svrcek Plays Schoenberg
April 10: Jacaranda: Lukas Foss
April 17: Nicole Mitchell and Alex Lough
May 15: Carillon Quartet
May 22: Jacaranda: Vivid Reveries
June 6: Brendan Constantine: John Cage “Lecture on Nothing”
June 26: Elliott Sharp
July 10: Desert Magic
July 17: Thollem McDonas and Alex Cline
August 21: Bobby Bradford Sextet
August 29: Continuum
September 18: Michael Vlatkovich Wind Quintet
October 1: Angel City Jazz Festival Young Artists Competition
October 3: Michael Vincent Waller
November 6: Andrea Centazzo
November 7: Jacaranda: Partch
December 4: Jacaranda: David Kaplan: “Gideon’s Suitcase”
December 11: Brendan White Plays Hindemith
2020:
January 9: Pianospheres: Richard Valitutto
January 15: Daniel Rothman
February 26: Yves Charuset, Lisle Ellis, Peter Valsamis
February 27: Pianospheres: Thomas Kotcheff Plays Frederick Rzewski
2022:
June 4: West Coast Chamber Jazz Trio
July 2: Dan Rosenboom Quintet
2023:
January 7: Lauren Baba Sextet
February 4: Jacaranda: Philip Glass
March 4: Randy Gloss Percussion Ensemble
April 1: Scott Worthington
May 6: Cosmic Vibrations
June 3: The Smudges
July 1: Conducted Improvisation Workshop (Sean Sonderegger & Miller Wrenn)
August 5: Wilfrido Terrazas
September 2: Patrick Shiroishi Saxophone Quartet
October 7: Anna Homler
November 4: Michael Jon Fink: Trio Through the Looking Glass
December 2: Ben Goldberg/Todd Sickafoose/Scott Amendola
December 9: Cathy Milliken
2024:
January 5: The Soapbox with Elliott Levin
February 3: Wendy Richman & Tim Feeney
March 2: Chris Jonas Quartet
April 6: Cold Blue Music
May 4: Joe Baiza
June 1: Steuart Liebig minim
June 22: Isaura String Quartet
July 6: The Present Quartet
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