Performances

CELEBRATING ELECTRONICS: MUSIC BY JOHN BISCHOFF
FEATURING JAMES FEI AND TIM PERKIS

Saturday, April 24, 2021
7:00 PM PDT
Mills College Performing Arts Online Event

Mills Music Now
Presented by Mills College Music Department and Center for Contemporary Music

This online event is free and open to the public. Registration is required:
https://performingarts.mills.edu/2021/04/bischoff-fei-perkis.php

Composer John Bischoff will present two solos that use the imperfect tones and sub-audio clicks of analog circuits to drive an array of digital synthesis elements. He will also be joined by electronics wizards, James Fei and Tim Perkis, in a new trio configuration. Inspired by the legendary League of Automatic Music Composers—Bischoff and Perkis were original members of the group—the trio spins parallel threads of electronic sound triggered by individual action, machine interjection, and event patterning culled from the instantaneous data flowing between their systems.

John Bischoff, electronics
James Fei, electronics
Tim Perkis, electronics

P R O G R A M

Visibility Study (2015)
John Bischoff, electronics

Bitplicity (2020)
John Bischoff, electronics

League Trio (2021)
John Bischoff, James Fei, Tim Perkis - electronics

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Saturday, December 3, 2016

THE MUSIC OF MARK TRAYLE

The superbly imaginative, sonically expansive work of composer and sound artist Mark Trayle (1955 - 2015) is the subject of this tribute by friends, colleagues and former students in The Hub and Bitpanic. Co-founded by Trayle in 1986, The Hub emerged out of the Mills College scene to become the most influential improvising electronic ensemble since Musica Elettronica Viva (MEV). Known for using networked electronic and digital systems of its own devising, the Bay Area group currently consists of John Bischoff, Chris Brown, Tim Perkis, Scot Gresham-Lancaster, Phil Stone and Matt Ingalls. Adding to the computer music lineage pioneered by The Hub is the recently formed collective Bitpanic. Based in Los Angeles, it comprises Casey Anderson, Scott Cazan, Clay Chaplin, David Paha and Stephanie Smith - all one-time students of Trayle at CalArts.

8:30 pm
REDCAT
631 West 2nd St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012

http://www.redcat.org/event/music-mark-trayle

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Sunday, September 25, 2016

SF MUSIC DAY:
BARBEDWIRE
with Phillip Greenlief (sax), John Bischoff (electronics), and Gabby Fluke-Mogul (violin)

The ninth annual SFMusic Day, a free daylong festival celebrating the diverse and dynamic music being made in the Bay Area right now. Come for the music you already know you love - - from Baroque ensembles to string quartets to jazz combos - - and stay to sample all that our vibrant music community has to offer. With fresh young voices sharing the stage with established local heroes, and timeless repertoire presented alongside inventive new works, SFMusic Day encourages listeners to open up their ears, explore and enjoy.

6:00 pm
(but multiple groups in different spaces 12noon to 8:00 pm!)
Veterans Building (Herbst Theatre - Green Room - Atrium Theater - Education Studio)
401 Van Ness Ave
San Francisco, CA 94102

http://www.sffcm.org/concerts/sfmusic-day/ensembles/contempurary-new-music/

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Thursday, September 8, 2016

JOHN BISCHOFF & SAM HAAR

Studio Grand brings you an evening of electronic listening music. John Bischoff will perform a set of solo electronic works that incorporate a custom analog circuit played in tandem with laptop digital synthesis. Philadelphia-based electronic musician and sound artist Sam Haar (of live-techno duo Blondes) presents a set of new music.

9:00 pm (doors); 9:30 pm (sound)
Studio Grand
3234 Grand Ave
Oakland, CA 94610

http://www.studiograndoakland.org/calendar/2016/8/22/sam-haar
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Friday and Saturday - April 1 and 2, 2016

ELECTROACOUSTICA
The 2nd Annual Electronic Music Festival at Foothill Junior College

Concert One (April 1st):
MARYCLARE BRZYTWA
JOHN BISCHOFF
KYLE BRUCKMAN

An impressive lineup of experimental electronic composers will perform their own work over two nights of diverse concert programs. Concert One (April 1st at 8PM) features John Bischoff on custom electronics, Kyle Bruckman on oboe with electronic processing, and the premiere of a new ensemble composition by MaryClare Brzytwa featuring David Tanenbaum and Taurin Barrera. Concert Two (April 2nd at 8PM) features the tape music of Charles Amirkhanian, Thomas Dimuzio on the Buchla 200e modular synthesizer, and the premiere of a new composition by Eric Kuehnl for voice and electronics featuring Milissa Carey.

8:00 pm
Lohman Theatre
Foothill College
12345 El Monte Rd.
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022

http://www.electroacoustica.org/

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Tuesday - March 1, 2016

CCRMA Concert
JOHN BISCHOFF

JOHN BISCHOFF will present a prepared slideshow outlining his musical history and approach to electronic music, followed by a discussion of recent pieces, both solo and for computer network band. At the conclusion of his talk, he will perform a set of solo works that incorporate a custom analog circuit of his own design.

5:00pm - 7:00pm
CCRMA Stage
The Knoll
660 Lomita Court
Stanford, CA 94305

https://ccrma.stanford.edu/events/john-bischoff

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Sunday - June 21, 2015

GARDEN OF MEMORY
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The yearly experimental music event held every June 21st to celebrate the solstice at The Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland, California. Wander through the alcoves, up and down, and find a diverse collection of Bay Area musicians and sound artists to listen to.
Chapel of the Chimes
4499 Piedmont Ave.
Oakland, CA

http://www.gardenofmemory.com

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Thursday - June 11, 2015
JULIE MOON and ADRIA OTTE
PHILLIP GREENLIEF'S "BARBED WIRE"
8 pm
Julie Moon and Adria Otte will present a set comprising of recent studies exploring configurations of duet improvisations, processing, and the negotiation of roles within these structures.Ê
9 pm
Phillip Greenlief's BARBED WIRE - a series of 37 graphic scores for trio, performed by
John Bischoff - electronics
Phillip Greenlief - reeds
Tim Perkis - electronics

Berkeley Arts
2133 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA

http://www.berkeleyartsfestival.com/days/20150611.htm

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Wednesday - May 20, 2015
SOUND ART/EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC with visual projections
Biggi Vinkeloe Roughtet: Biggi Vinkeloe, Don Robinson, Joe Lasqo, Scott Walton
Solo: John Bischoff
Unpopular Electronics: Gino Robair
Heartworm: Brandon Yahiro-Taylor
with animated visuals spontaneously composed by Megan McKearney

8:00 pm
The Second Act
1727 Haight Street (bet. Cole and Shrader)
San Francisco, CA

http://www.berkeleyartsfestival.com/days/20150611.html

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Friday, February 27, 2015
SUBTROPICS XXIII
John Bischoff: Audio Combine
(a set of 4 pieces)

7:30 pm
Audiotheque Concert
924 Lincoln Road, Studio 201
Miami Beach, FL

http://subtropics.org/xxiii/

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Saturday - February 7, 2015
DAY OF NOISE - 24 HOURS OF LIVE NOISE BANDS
KZSU Stanford 90.1 FM
1:00 - 1:30 pm (Bischoff set)

http: //kzsu.stanford.edu/
https://www.facebook.com/events/329053350635567/br>

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Wednesday - December 17, 2014
STRUCTURED AND OPEN IMPROVISATIONS:
John Bischoff - electronics
Matthew Goodheart - piano
Frank Gratkowski clarinet - sax
Shoko HIkage - koto
Aurora Josephson - vocal
Elzbieta Potak - violin
Jon Raskin - clarinet, sax
Nava Dunkleman - percussion

8:00 pm
Cener for New Music
55 Taylor Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

centerfornewmusic.com

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Monday - October 27, 2014
The Songlines Series:
The Hub

7:30 pm
Ensemble Room
Mills College
5000 MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94613

musicnow.mills.edu/songlines.php

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Saturday - September 6, 2014
CCM COMPOSERS + DAVID WESSEL
John Bischoff
James Fei
Guillermo Galindo
Maggi Payne
David Wessel

8:00 pm - Concert Hall
Mills College
5000 MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA

musicnow.mills.edu

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Sunday - August 31, 2014
Berkeley Arts Festival:
John Bischoff + Quattor Elephantis

8:00 pm
Berkeley Arts Festival
2133 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704

www.berkeleyartsfestival.com

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Selected Past Performances
2014: Bischoff-Brown-Perkis-Trayle @ Duende, Oakland

2014: Solo performance, Contours of Algorithmic Life conference, UC Davis

2014: Concert with The Hub, sfSoundSalon Series, The Center for New Music, San Francisco

2014: Solo performance, Other Minds 19 Festival, San Francisco

2014: Bischoff-Brown-Perkis, Active Music Series, Oakland

2013: Concert with The Hub, Berkeley Arts, Berkeley

2013: Vivo! International Symposium on Music and Coding, Mexico City

2013: Bischoff/Fei/Sonami Trio atÊLife Changing Ministry, Oakland

2013: Solo performance, Ad-Hoc Series, Los Angeles

2013: Solo performance, CCM Composers with guest Larry Polansky, Mills College

2013: Concert with The Hub, Network Music Festival, Birmingham, UK

2012: Ensemble performance, Bischoff-Brown-Fei-Perkis at the Berkeley Art Festival, Berkeley

2012: Ensemble performance, with Roscoe Mitchell, et al, at Yoshi's, Oakland

2012: Solo performance, CCM Composers with guest Larry Polansky, Mills College

2011: Solo concert, The Art Center, Corvalis, Oregon

2011: Solo performance, The Experimental Music Yearbook Festival, BETALEVEL, Los Angeles

2011: Solo and duo performance with Mark Trayle, Issue Project Room, Brooklyn

2011: Bischoff-Perkis-Fei trio, "Tuesdays at Tom's Place," Berkeley

2010: Concert with The Hub, Sonorities Festival of Contemporary Music, Belfast, Ireland

2010: Solo performance of commissioned piece, SuperCollider Symposium 2010, Technische Universitat Berlin

2010: Solo and Duo performances with K. Atchley, European concert tour: Amsterdam, Prague, Ostrava, Cologne, Munich, Berlin

2009 Solo performance, 12th Annual Thingamajigs Festival, Meridian Gallery, San Francisco

2009 Solo performance, SMC 2009 (an international Sound and Music Computing conference), Porto, Portugal

2008: CCRMA at Stanford University with The Hub, Stanford, CA

2008: CEAIT Festival with The Hub, at the REDCAT, Los Angeles

2007: Molissa Fenley's 30th Anniversary Retrospective, Joyce Theater in New York

2007: Key-note speaker, Music in the Global Village Conference, Budapest, Hungary

2006: East coast concerts with the Hub: NYU and Columbia U., NY, and Wesleyan U., CT

2006: European concerts with the Hub: Cuneo and Padova in Italy, Paris, and Cologne

2006: Solo performance, DAMN Festival at UC Santa Cruz

2005: Open Systems Festival, Dortmund, Germany (performance w/ the Hub)

2005: Tesla/Podewil, Berlin (residency and performance w/ the Hub)

2005: LAMPO Series, Chicago IL

2004: DEAF 04 (with The Hub), Rotterdam, Holland

2004: FOR A LONG TIME & ELECTRIC MUSIC, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

2004: WOLFF PLUS CONCERTS, New York, NY

2004: DETRITUS NIGHT @ CREATIVE MUSIC THURSDAYS, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2004: SOUND REWOUND: CELEBRATING 20 YEARS of SOUND ART at THE LAB, San Francisco, CA

2004: SEVENTH ANNUAL ACTIVATING THE MEDIUM FESTIVAL, SomArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA

2003: Field Effects Series, San Francisco

2002: T-U-B-E , Munich, Germany

2001: SF Electronic Music Festival, San Francisco

2000: Festival of Electronic Music, College of Santa Fe,Ê New Mexico

1999: Solo Concert, New Langton Arts, San Francisco

1999: X-OR Festival - The Hague, Holland

1998: VII International Festival of Electroacoustic Music - Havana, Cuba

1997: Cultural Labryinth Series - 2779, San Francisco

1997: Arts in the Village festival (w/ the Hub) - Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA

1997: High Tides Festival with K. Atchley - The Intersection, San Francisco

1996: Sound Unwound Series - The Lab, San Francisco

1995: Concert - STEIM, Amsterdam

1995: Algorithmic Music Festival, Logos Foundation, Ghent

1995: Solo concert - Het Apollohuis, Eindhoven

1994: Governor's Conference on Art and Technology (w/ the Hub), Santa Clara

1993: Solo concert - Experimental Intermedia, New York

1993: Academie der KŸnste (Berlin) and Moers Festival, Germany

1992: Soundwork Northwest, Seattle

1992: Institute of Sonology, Holland

1992: Logos Foundation and Free University of Brussels, Belgium

1991: Electronic Music Plus Festival, Mills College

1990: Solo concert - New Langton Arts, San Francisco

1989: New Music America 1989, New York

1988: Fylkingen (Sweden) and Logos Foundation (Belgium)

1987: The Clocktower and Experimental Intermedia (w/ the Hub), NY

1986: The Network Muse Festival, The Lab, San Francisco

1984: Roulette (New York) and Wesleyan University (Connecticut)

1981: New Music America 1981, Japan Center Theatre, SF

1980: Visiting Artist, World Music Concert Series, Wesleyan University

1979: Festival D'Autumne, Paris