Fri-Sun 1/9-11: SAN FRANCISCO TAPE MUSIC FESTIVAL

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The San Francisco Tape Music Festival 2026 Friday, January 9, 8:30pm Saturday, January 10, 7:00pm Saturday, January 10, 9:30pm Sunday, January 11, 7:00pm Victoria Theatre 2961 16th Street San Francisco $20 general ($10 Sat 9:30 concert) $10 balcony (underemployed et al.) $50 fest pass (general seating all concerts) CLICK HERE for advance ticket purchase cash and venmo accepted at the door beginning one hour before start time   The Bay Area's legendary annual event dedicated to the performance of audio works projected in three-dimensional space, The San Francisco Tape Music Festival features four distinct concerts of classic audio art and new "fixed media" compositions by local and international composers. Hear members of the SF Tape Music Collective, along with guest composers, shape the sound live over a pristine surround system (24 high-end loudspeakers) with the audience seated in complete darkness. It's a unique opportunity to experience music forming, literally, around you.   This year's program features composers HORACIO VAGGIONE, YASUNAO TONE(1935 - 2025), BARRY VERCOE (1937 - 2025), MONIQUE JEAN, ROBERT NORMANDEAU, and ELAINIE LILLIOS, among many others. Sound design excerpts from DAVID LYNCH'S (1946 - 2025) Twin Peaks: The Return will also be presented.     The local sound art community is also well-represented, with works by THOM BLUM, CLIFF CARUTHERS, NATHAN CORDER, THOMAS DIMUZIO, JAMES GOODE, MATT INGALLS, DAVID MICHALAK, KRISTIN MILTNER, BARBARA NERNESS, MAGGI PAYNE, STELLA SINGER, and DONALD SWEARINGEN(1950 - 2025) performed throughout the festival.   Saturday's 9:30 PM concert focuses on late-night-appropriate works that lean toward ambient and long-form sonic exploration.    The festival concludes on Sunday night with a major presentation of BERNARD PARMEGIANI'S monumental 1984 masterpiece, La Création du monde, performed in its full, concert-length duration from a newly released four-track version.     P R O G R A M Friday January 9, 2026 (8:30pm) DAVID LYNCH - Sound Design Excerpts From Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)     HORACIO VAGGIONE - Gymel III (2024) YASUNAO TONE - ATAK016 MUSICA SIMULACRA Book2-95 (2010 excerpt) BARRY VERCOE - Synthesism (1971) MAGGI PAYNE - Apparent Horizon (1996) PETE STOLLERY - Quiet City (2022) JAMES GOODE - Protean Septet (2001 excerpt) MATT INGALLS - Scherzo (20xx) DAVID MICHALAK - Last Night At the Gazebo Races (2017) DONALD SWEARINGEN - work tba Saturday January 10, 2026 (7:00pm) DAVID LYNCH - Sound Design Excerpts From Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)     ELAINIE LILLIOS - Nightsky (2022) NIKOS STAVROPOULOS - Par une belle fin d'apres-midi (2024) RENAN ZELADA CISNEROS - utility frequency (2024) BIHE WEN - Atmo- (2023) THOM BLUM - Resilience (2025) CLIFF CARUTHERS - new work (2025) KRISTIN MILTNER - Stunned Night (2007) BARBARA NERNESS - Under the Surface (2024) STELLA SINGER - Culverts (Bushy Dell Creek) (2025) Saturday January 10, 2026 (9:30pm) DAVID LYNCH - Sound Design Excerpts From Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)     ROBERT NORMANDEAU - Le ravissement (2021)     MONIQUE JEAN - Tumultes (2024) STÉPHANE ROY - Après, les cendres (2023) NATHAN CORDER - From Hemlock, the Menagerie Fades (2025) THOMAS DIMUZIO - Fog and Rails (2025) Sunday January 11, 2026 (7:00pm) BERNARD PARMEGIANI - La Création du monde (1984 four-track long version) DAVID LYNCH - Sound Design Excerpts From Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)     equipment kindly provided by The Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) at Stanford University and sfSound