Resonance Season 4

Explore distant realms of musical possibility with Resonance. The Exploratorium’s evening music series features contemporary musicians and sound artists performing and discussing their ideas, inspirations, and creative processes.

General museum admission is included in the price of Resonance tickets.

Resonance: Unheard Sounds & Undiscovered Music

Watch contemporary musicians and sound artists perform and discuss their work.

Please note:

Resonance went on hiatus after season 4.

Past Programs

Feb
12

Resonance: Susie Ibarra

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Percussionist Susie Ibarra draws on polyrhythmic traditions from her Filipino heritage and from cultures across Asia and Africa to create avant-garde compositions evoking narrative, imagery, and the natural rhythms of life.

Dec
11

Resonance: Dan Deacon

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Baltimore-based musician and composer Dan Deacon hooks listeners with strong melodic lines, immersed in a sea of competing rhythmic structures, distorted sound samples, and synthesized and acoustic textures. Deacon will build his Resonance performance around the Disklavier player-piano, influenced by the work of composer Conlon Nancarrow, who used player-pianos to explore music unplayable by human hands.

Oct
9

Resonance: Black Spirituals

Thursday, October 9, 2014

The second season of Resonance kicks off with Oakland-based sound-making duo Black Spirituals. Their music is an ecstatic intersection of the tone-generating electronics and guitars of Zachary James Watkins, and the heart-thumping acoustic percussion of Marshall Trammell.

Jun
12

Resonance: Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Join us for the fifth event in the series, this time featuring Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, an artist and multi-instrumentalist who works with voice to create spontaneous and ecstatic musical compositions.

Apr
10

Resonance: Original Soundtracks #5 and Starfield

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Join artist, musician, and composer Jem Finer as he performs "Original Soundtracks #5," which inverts the usual supporting role of the soundtrack, and "Starfield," which is based on the unique spectrum of light frequencies found in every star.

Feb
13

The Freddy McGuire Show

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Join video artist Anne McGuire and collagist Wobbly (Jon Leidecker), collectively the Freddy McGuire Show, as they present a performance that's part Hollywood musical, part documentary, part horror film, and part nature study.

Dec
12

Resonance: Angel City

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Join musician, composer, and jazz innovator Roscoe Mitchell, a founding member of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, as he performs "Angel City" with James Fei on woodwinds and William Winant on percussion.

Oct
10

Resonance: Selections from Antarctica, Music from the Ice

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Join us as we kick off the five-event Resonance series with composer/instrument builder Cheryl E. Leonard performing Selections from Antarctica: Music from the Ice with Phillip Greenlief.