Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Announces New Programming for ...

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Announces New Programming for 2012-2013folklore, but their presence is immediately and profoundly contemporary. With touchingdirectness and surprising humor, Madame Plaza comments on traditional notions of femininityand celebrates the essential freedom of both the body and the voice.San Francisco Contemporary Music Players in Association with YBCA PresentsJohn Cage: MusicircusSunday, October 28, 2012, 1 p.m.–5 p.m./YBCA Forum and GalleriesFREE admissionBig Idea: ReflectAmerican composer John Cage was one of the most influential and controversial musical voicesof the 20th century. For three days at the end of October, San Francisco Contemporary MusicPlayers celebrate the centennial of Cage’s birth with performances and activities that explorethe magic and mayhem that defined his long and notorious career. The celebration culminatesat YBCA with a new production of Cage’s exuberant musical carnival Musicircus. In this freemarathon concert, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and friends will performCage’s music and writings simultaneously throughout YBCA’s Forum and galleries. Audiencesare invited to come and go throughout the afternoon and to experience the full range of Cage’sgenius, from exuberant periods of raucous energy to moments of silence and contemplation.The day also features a variety of food carts, student performances, and a self-guided soundwalk, and is appropriate for all ages and all levels of musical knowledge or experience.New Frequencies Fest 2012Friday, November 16-Sunday, November 18, 2012YBCA’s annual music series, New Frequencies, gets a makeover this season and returns asNew Frequencies Fest 2012, a three-day mini-festival of music from around the world. NewFrequencies Fest 2012 expands your musical horizons with a wide range of programming,including: Women, Strings & Song, an evening of song from some of the finest contemporaryAmerican women songwriters and composers; Descarga SF/NY, a lively celebration of AfroCuban music and dance; and Chamber Music Day Live + Free, a melodic buffet of chambermusic from around the Bay Area.New Frequencies Fest 2012: Women, Strings & SongFriday, November 16, 8 p.m./YBCA ForumTickets: $15-$20 advance; $20-$25 at the door, $15 YBCA members; YBCA:You FREEBig Idea: SoarWomen, Strings & Song is an evening of song by contemporary women songwriters &composers who use the voice and strings as their principal instruments of expression. Thelineup includes Brooklyn-based cellist Marika Hughes; San Francisco’s acclaimed bassist andcomposer Lisa Mezzacappa who will be joined by New York vocalist, poet & improviser FayVictor; and the remarkable Parkington Sisters from Cape Code making their San Franciscodebut.New Frequencies Fest 2012: Descarga SF/NYSaturday, November 17, 2012, 8 p.m./YBCA ForumTickets: $20 advance; $25 at the door; $15 students, seniors, teachers advance; $20students, seniors, teachers at the door; $15 YBCA members; FREE YBCA:YOUBig Idea: SoarJoin us for a lively celebration of Afro-Cuban folklore and creative jazz improvisation, featuringthe inimitable sounds of the Proverb Trio. The evening opens with performances by OaklandbasedCuban drummer Sandy Perez y Su Ladé and the Ramon Ramos Alayo Dance8