EventDecember 3, 2021
On Friday, Dec. 3, the Dog Star Orchestra presents an evening of experimental music with Green Hour or Gray Future at the Wende Museum in Culver City, Calif. The orchestra…
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The fourth annual Co-Incidence Festival, a 10-day experimental music gathering at the Washington Street Art Center (WSAC) in Somerville, Mass., begins this Friday (Jan. 10). Seeking to expand the definitions…
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EventJune 22, 2019
Created by composer, guitarist and CalArts faculty Michael Pisaro in 2005, the Dog Star Orchestra ensemble and its namesake summer concert series features experimental music by emerging composers, including a…
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EventJanuary 11 - 20, 2019
On Friday, Jan. 11, Boston-area CalArts alumni will kick-off the third annual Co-Incidence Festival, a 10-day gathering of experimental music composers and performers, at Washington Street Art Center in Somerville,…
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EventMarch 25 - 26, 2017
The Knoxville, Tenn.-based Big Ears Festival curates a world-class lineup of musicians and filmmakers. This year, the festival runs from March 23-26 and includes many films and concert performances by CalArts’…
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Above: Excerpt from Michael Pisaro’s ‘Fields Have Ears.’ by Leann Lo, MFA-1 student in CalArts’ Creative Writing Program Composer Michael Pisaro, faculty at the Herb Alpert School of Music at…
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EventNovember 18, 2015
CalArts composition faculty Michael Pisaro is presenting the world premiere of his most recent work, Grounded Cloud, in a two-part concert Wednesday night (Nov. 18) at the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts…
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EventMay 4, 2014
This Sunday (May 4) at noon, the Playing the Voice: Contemporary Vocal Techniques, Repertoire and Performance class at CalArts, led by faculty Carmina Escobar, will stage a rendition of the late Robert Ashley’s…
Continue reading »Now it in its eighth iteration, the Dog Star Orchestra’s summer concert series expands beyond the Los Angeles County line. Beginning today (Aug. 28), the loose collective of CalArts’ musicians…
Continue reading »The CalArts Orchestra presents three new string orchestral works by visiting artist and Athens-based composer Anastassis Philippakopoulos tonight in The Wild Beast at 7:30 pm. Also on the program are…
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