Past events back to 2002, with links to interesting people, places, pictures and press
In reverse chronological order
2009 -- 2008 -- 2007 -- 2006 -- 2005 -- 2004 — 2003 — 2002

2009

San Francisco -- Amy and the Cello ChiXtet play an acoustic set at Cello Bazaar. Bazaar Cafe..

Oakland -- Benefit brunch and House Concert to raise funds for Amy X Neuburg & iolstice upcoming performances and recording.

Los Angeles -- Amy and the Cello ChiXtet participate in the LA Philharmonic's West Coast Left Coast Festival. Venue: Colburn School.

Oakland -- Amy does something-or-other in the This Here Show improv series at Temescal Arts Center. A variety show of short works by improvising artists in various disciplines.

San Francisco -- Amy and Solstice perform in the Speakeasy Supper Club dinner / variety show to benefit the 2010 Women on the Way Festival. Shotwell Studio.

Berkeley -- The much-awaited resurrection of Amy's "Beliebig Füllen" (Fill as Desired) song cycle, for Solstice vocal ensemble with live looping electronics, at the new Freight & Salvage. Commissioned originally by the Jewish Music Festival. The evening also includes world-music songs performed by Solstice, and some new works in progress by Amy.

Fallon, Nevada (near Reno) -- Amy and the Cello ChiXtet perform in the Churchill Arts Council concert series. 3 PM lecture/demo, 8 PM concert.

San Francisco -- Amy performs in the 10th annual San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, Brava Theater. Festival runs Sept. 16 through 20.

San Francisco -- Amy and the Cello ChiXtet perform in the Yerba Buena New Frequencies series, sharing bill with Juana Molina. Yerba Buena Forum.

Oakland -- Amy improvises with percussionist Joel Davel in the This Here Show improv series at Temescal Arts Center. A variety show of short works by improvising artists in various disciplines.

Oakland -- 21 Grand. Blippoo Box duet with Gino Robair at annual Skronkathon.

Oakland -- Amy participates in the annual "Garden of Memory" solstice celebration -- a walk-through new music event at the Chapel of the Chimes columbarium.

San Francisco -- CD release concert at Great American Music Hall for Amy X Neuburg & the Cello ChiXtet's "The Secret Language of Subways." With cellist Zoe Keating opening.

Oakland -- Amy improvises with live analog electronics in the This Here Show improv series at Temescal Arts Center. A variety show of short works by improvising artists in various disciplines.

2008

Oakland -- Solo and duet improvisations (with Pamela Z) as part of the Chapel of the Chimes Winter Solstice concert, featuring new music and early music ensembles.

New York -- Solo concert at Roulette, With special guest Steve Espinola on live acetate disc recording and Victrola playback, collaborating with Amy on a new song for voices and live 78 looping.

Oakland -- House dinner/concerts, 4-course vegan dinner by chef Philip Gelb.

The Hague, Netherlands -- Nieuwe Kerk, Duinstraat 4, Scheveningen. Songs and improvisations with live analog and circuit-bent electronics. With Joker Nies from Germany, Rob Hordijk and Kassen from The Hague.

Oakland -- Solo concert at Wisteria Ways house concert series. Rockridge area.

Emeryville, CA -- Solstice vocal ensemble includes in their evening program a selection from Amy's "Beliebig Füllen" song cycle. Strings, 6320 San Pablo.

San Francisco -- Amy participates in Pamela Z's ROOM series: "Mouth" featuring eight Bay Area vocalists. Royce Gallery,

San Francisco -- Amy contributes a bit of backing vocals to Emily Bezar's CD release concert, celebrating Emily's new CD "Exchange." Cafe du Nord.

San Francisco -- Amy participates in Pamela Z's ROOM series: "Batterie" featuring four Bay Area percussionists. Royce Gallery,

Oakland -- Amy participates in the annual "Garden of Memory" solstice celebration -- a walk-through new music event at the Chapel of the Chimes columbarium.

Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH -- April 29 concert as part of the Dartmouth New Music Festival. Class presentations April 30.

Berkeley -- CNMAT at UC Berkeley. Amy co-presents circuit-bending wildman Joker Nies from Germany. With percussionist Gino Robair, guest appearances by Amy and by instrument designer Rob Hordijk from Holland.

Santa Monica, CA -- Performance of original works for and with the Robin Cox Ensemble. Miles Memorial Playhouse. Includes new arrangements of Amy's songs plus a new instrumental work "Zenonos Khoros" written specifically for RCE.

Long Beach , CA -- Cal State Long Beach. The Robin Cox Ensemble performs Amy's "Zenonos Khoros" (Dance of Zeno) along with other works -- concert features composer Bill Ryan. Amy was not there but her voice was.

San Francisco -- Performance in the Switchboard Music Festival at Dance Mission Theater.

San Francisco -- Theater Artaud. With the Cello ChiXtet, performing selections from "The Secret Language of Subways." Part of an evening featuring Paul Dresher's "The Tyrant."

Santa Barbara, CA -- Performance of original works for and with the Robin Cox Ensemble. Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum. 8 PM. Includes new arrangements of Amy's songs plus a new instrumental work "Zenonos Khoros" written specifically for RCE.

Santa Barbara, CA -- Performance/demos & presentations at UC Santa Barbara.

Long Beach, CA -- Class presentation at Cal State Long Beach.

San Francisco -- Amy participates in Pamela Z's ROOM series: "Mouth" featuring eight Bay Area vocalists. Royce Gallery,

KQED TV (San Francisco Bay Area channel 9) -- Re-airing of "Spark" episode featuring Amy and the Cello ChiXtet.

2007

San Francisco -- Juvenile Hall. A performance/demo as part of the arts program run by the Queen's Bench Foundation, bringing performers and art projects to the kids in lockup as a result of abusive family situations. (Not open to the public.)

Radio (Los Altos Hills, CA) -- Live on-air concert on KFJC 89.7 FM.

San Francisco -- Brief set as part of the annual Bay Area Oberlin Alumni Concert. Community Music Center.

Berkeley -- Freight & Salvage. Amy and her Cello ChiXtet perform "The Secret Language of Subways" -- a song cycle for voice, cello trio and live electronics.

Oakland --21 Grand -- Guest appearance improvising with dud as part of Oakland Art Murmur.

Ewing, NJ -- Classroom presentation at music tech department of the College of New Jersey,

Princeton, NJ -- Princeton University. Solo concert, panelist in symposium on Text & Music. Concert Saturday Oct. 13 Taplin Auditorium. Symposium Sunday Oct. 14 East Pyne Auditorium.

Frandeux, Belgium -- Chateau Sonore electronic music festival. Jams, workshops, performances, geek hang.
Amy performs on Saturday August 4. .

Oakland -- Participant in Garden of Memory walk-thru new-music event at Chapel of the Chimes.

Madison, WI -- Cafe Montmartre, 6 to 8 there's a cool circuit-bending workshop with Beatrix* Jar.

Milwaukee. WI -- Performance of Louis Andriessen's vocal/chamber work "M is for Man, Music, Mozart" with Present Music ensemble. Also solo set of songs for voice and electronics. Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts @ UWM.

San Francisco -- Solo concert to benefit the Djerassi Resident Artists Program. IDEO building at Pier 28. Concert, wine & hors d'oeuvres, and discussion with Amy about her work.

Oberlin, Ohio -- Oberlin Conservatory. Performances in TIMARA Department festival and reunion, including solo show and live modern dance accompaniment.

San Francisco -- Amy X Neuburg & her Cello ChiXtet perform songs from "The Secret Language of Subways." Cafe du Nord. With openers Debora Petrina (Italy) and Emily Bezar.

KQED TV (San Francisco Bay Area channel 9) -- See Amy and her Cello ChiXtet on KQED's "Spark" program. Includes interviews and footage from rehearsal and performance of "The Secret Language of Subways."

San Francisco -- Opening for The Tubes. Yes you read that right. The Independent, 628 Divisadero.

Berkeley -- Freight & Salvage. A few songs with the Cello ChiXtet as part of an all-star lineup of local musicians, to benefit violinist/composer Irene Sazer who is battling cancer.

2006

San Francisco -- THE BIG SHOW! Premiere performances of Amy's "The Secret Language of Subways" -- an evening-length song cycle for voice, cello trio and live electronics. Featuring cellists Jess Ivry, Elaine Kreston, and Beth Vandervennet. Dance Mission Theater.

San Geronimo, CA -- San Geronimo Valley Community Center.

Santa Cruz -- Y2K6 Looping Festival at Alchemy, solo set. Festival runs noon to midnight Oct. 21 and 22.

Oakland -- Loopers Delight 10th Anniversary Party featuring duet looping performance.. Improv set with Rick Walker. Sunshine Biscuit Factory.

Oakland -- Solo concert and professional video shoot. The Oakland Metro.

San Francisco -- Z Program 50 -- Pamela Z's birthday extravaganza. Amy performs in a piece comprising 50 mini-movements, with an assortment of Pamela's friends and collaborators. Royce Gallery.

Oakland -- Amy participates in the annual "Garden of Memory" solstice celebration -- a walk-through new music event at the Chapel of the Chimes columbarium.

Haarlem, Netherlands -- Patronaat Cafe. .

Amsterdam, Netherlands -- De Nieuwe Anita.

Berlin, Germany -- Solo performance at Berlin Poetry Festival. Sharing evening with Iva Bittova and Sainkho Namtchylak.

New Zealand -- Composer-in-residence at The Christchurch Arts Centre. Also solo concerts.

April 26 -- Solo concert in Christchurch Jazz Festival -- Great Hall at The Arts Centre.
April 30 -- Happy Lounge, Wellington -- solo set + improv set with local musicians.
May 3 -- Adam Art Gallery, Wellington
May 21 -- Presentation of Amy's composer-in-residence project: "The Traveler" -- a site-specific work for 15 moving vocalists; Christchurch Art Gallery foyer, 1:00 and 3:00 PM, free admission.
May 22 -- Lecture/demo at University of Canterbury Music Dept.May 24 -- Guest appearance with pianist/composer Gao Ping; 2 improvisations for looped piano and voice. The Great Hall at The Arts Centre, Christchurch.

Berkeley -- Premiere of Amy's new work "Beliebig Füllen" -- a set of short songs featuring female vocal sextet with live looping electronics, commissioned by the San Francisco Jewish Music Festival. Part of an evening entitled "Jewish Fringes" -- new works by Bay Area composers Paul Dresher, Daniel David Feinsmith, Amy X Neuburg & John Schott. Berkeley Repertory Theater.

San Francisco -- 3-minute vocal improv with dancer Claudine Naganuma, at ODC's performance extravaganza celebrating their new studio spaces.

Woodside, CA -- Winter residency at Djerassi Resident Artists Program.

San Francisco -- with dancer/choreographer Claudine Naganuma as part of Venue 9's "Women on the Way" series -- also several recent solo works. Dance Mission Theater.

Milwaukee -- Premiere of Amy's piece "The Metaphor" for chamber ensemble, voice, and live looping electronics, commissioned and performed by Present Music new music ensemble. Also several solo works from her standard repertoire. Milwaukee Art Museum.

2005

New York -- at Roulette, with cellist chix Jess Ivry, Elaine Kreston, and Kelley Maulbetsch. Performing works in progress from the song cycle "The Secret Language of Subways" for voice, electronics and cello trio, plus some new solo works.

Woodside, CA -- Performance as part of a benefit evening for the Djerassi Resident Artists Program.

Hudson, NY -- The role of Susan in Jeffrey Lependorf's one-act opera "Oh Bill, Oh Susan." With baritone John Schenkel as Bill. Also Lependorf's six duets on Gertrude Stein, with soprano Beth Eakin. At Basilica Industria, as part of the Hudson Arts Walk.

Colorado Springs -- Residency/performance at Colorado College.

Berkeley -- Live accompaniment to several dance works by Claudine Naganuma in her "Voices of the Powerful Child" dance concert. Julia Morgan Theater.

New York -- at Makor, a double bill with longtime friend and outré-jazzesque-diva extraordinaire Emily Bezar.

San Francisco -- Amy memorabilia on display in the lobby of the San Francisco Performing Arts Library, as part of an exhibit on 5 Bay Area composers.

Oakland -- Amy participates in the annual "Garden of Memory" solstice celebration -- a walk-through new music event at the Chapel of the Chimes columbarium. More info here.

Philadelphia -- Amy is the featured performing artist at the electro-music festival. Headlining performance on June 3, demonstration/discussion June 4. improvs and collaborations on June 5. Cheltenham Art Center.

New York -- East Coast premiere of 3 new songs for voice and electronics, at Cornelia Street Cafe. Part of a ComposersCollaborative Inc concert series.

Oberlin, Ohio -- Composer residency at Amy's alma mater Oberlin College/Conservatory -- workshops, master classes. Concert on Saturday April 30.

San Francisco -- Amy performs a concert of new works, works in progress, and rarely performed works for voice and electronics... including selections from her in-progress song cycle with cello trio (Sarah Fiene, Jess Ivry, Elaine Kreston) at The Lab. Opening acts: hey willpower, The Huts.

San Francisco -- An afternoon addendum to the 2005 Other Minds Festival, Amy performs songs by Marc Blitzstein in a Blitzstein Centenary Celebration, Yerba Buena Center Forum. Also with tenor John Duykers and pianist Sarah Cahill.

2004

San Francisco -- Amy is part of a stellar lineup of Bay Area new music folks at Pamela Z's CD Release event. The Lab -- 2948 16th St..

Mountain View, CA -- Amy performs a benefit concert for the Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation at the Computer History Museum. Includes auction, dinner, the works.

Chicago -- Amy in residency at the Inter-Arts department of Columbia College Chicago. Concert takes place at The Arts Club November 11. Lectures on Tues. 11/9 and Wed. 11/10 open to the public.

New Zealand -- Tour of festivals and universities:

Oct 4 -- Otago Festival of the Arts, Dunedin
Oct 6 -- Jazz School at Christchurch Polytech -- workshop, performance
Oct 7 -- Victoria University, Wellington -- lecture, performance
Oct 8 -- Massey University, Wellington -- workshop, performance
Oct 9 -- Victoria University -- workshop
Oct 11 -- Victoria University -- lecture
Oct 13 -- Waikato University, Hamilton -- performance
Oct 14 -- Waikato University -- lecture
Oct 15 -- Wellington Jazz Festival
Oct 16 -- Wellington Jazz Festival

Oakland -- A brief "unplugged" and completely improvised appearance in Option Anxiety, featuring dud. 21 Grand, 449-B 23rd St..

San Francisco -- Guest vocalist with prog-jazz virtuosi Jack West & Curvature. Connecticut Yankee -- 100 Connecticut St..

Santa Cruz -- Featured artist at Electron Salon #8, the Rio Theatre.

Berkeley -- at The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck, Berkeley, sharing bill with looping artists Andre LaFosse and Brian Kenney-Fresno.

New York -- Amy's 10-minute live-looping musical "Give Me Space" (with librettist Leslie Kramer) was selected by the Sloan Foundation for their "Science is a Cabaret" showcase. Ensemble Studio Theatre.

Oakland CD release for Residue at the Oakland Metro -- a joint release with Herb Heinz (Another).

New York CD release show for Amy's solo CD Residue. Joe's Pub. With guest artist Todd Reynolds -- violin & electronics.

New York -- participant in Raw Impressions Music Theatre workshop February 13-24, this time using "Technology." Final performances at La Mama.

Santa Cruz -- A new commissioned work "("Five Distractions") for New Music Works Ensemble 25th Anniversary concert -- "Day and Night of the Living Composers." UC Santa Cruz Music Center Recital Hall. Amy sings and performs live looping electronics wiith the ensemble.

New York -- concert in the Warmer by the Stove new music series, Lotus Music and Dance. With lotsa guest artists and some wacky improv.

2003

Mountain View, CA -- Participant in A Concerted Effort benefit concert for World AIDS Day, Ozone Cafe (at Silicon Graphics). Presented by the Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation.

Oakland -- Voice & electronics improv with Herb Heinz at The Oakland Box.

Phoenix -- Performance/residency at Arizona State University, as part of their Verbal Art Festival. Lectures/demos on Nov 5, 6; concert Nov 7, sharing bill with Charles Amirkhanian.

San Francisco -- Episodes from Piki & Poko in Starland screened at Film Arts Foundation Festival, Castro Theater. (Amy wrote the music.)

Santa Cruz -- Performance in the annual Santa Cruz LoopFest. Cayuga Vault.

San Francisco -- Featured vocalist in large-scale choral work "As I was walking I heard a sound..." by Miya Masaoka. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

Santa Cruz -- 15-minute solo set at the Woodstockhausen festival, UCSC Recital Hall.

Holland, Michigan -- Music by Amy in the Hope College performance of Iphigenia and Other Daughters -- a play by Ellen McLaughlin.

Berkeley -- Amy on The Shaman's Den live video webstream, Love Underground Visionary Revolution radio. Here are some images.

Brooklyn, NY -- Solo show at NorthSix, sharing the bill with Ikue Mori & Marina Rosenfeld (duo) and Pamela Z.

New York -- Solo show at Location 1 gallery, SOHO. Shared bill (and some duets) with Joshua Fried. Here's the video.

San Francisco -- Episodes from Piki & Poko in Starland screened at San Francisco International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Herbst Theater.

New York -- Solo performance in Bang on a Can Marathon at Symphony Space.

Brooklyn, NY -- Solo gig at M Shanghai Den, Williamsburg.

New York -- Performances of Raw Impressions Musical Theatre short musicals (Amy participated as lyricist), La Mama.

New York -- Informal lecture/demo at Columbia University.

New York -- Solo concert at Roulette . Here's the review.

San Francisco -- Performance at Other Minds Festival, Palace of Fine Arts. Here's the review.

2002

Santa Cruz -- Solo show at Cayuga Vault, sharing bill with John Whooley. Here's a press preview.

Oakland -- Halloween show at The Stork Club, also with Moe! Staiano, Brian Kenny-Fresno, and ArnoCorps.

San Jose -- Headliner at Women's Looping Festival, San Jose Museum of Art. Here's the press preview.

New York, NY -- Participants in Music Omi composer residency perform new works. Goethe Institute .

Ghent, NY -- Participants in Music Omi composer residency perform new works. Omi International Arts Center.

Santa Cruz Looping Festival, Cayuga Vault.

San Francisco -- Co-producer/co-moderator of 6-day Electric Words Festival, incl. 2 solo performances by Amy. Venue 9. Here's the review.

San Francisco -- 4 evenings of "Songs About Life & Death & Love & Insects" -- a large-scale multimedia theatrical presentation of Amy's songs. EXIT Theatre.

Oakland -- Sound design for dance piece by Nina Haft -- "Everyone then comes sometime." The Artship, Port of Oakland.

Los Angeles -- Solo show at Sacred Fools Theater. Shared bill with David Rodwin.

Los Angeles -- Solo show at Club Sixteen-Fifty. Opening for Elvis Schoenberg's Orchestre Surreal.

San Francisco -- Solo and with Men, Tongue & Groove.

San Francisco -- Vocal improvisations with Jack West & Curvature at Dada Festival, Legion of Honor building.

San Francisco -- Producer of (and performer in) concert of Bay Area Oberlin Alumni, San Francisco Community Music Center.

San Francisco -- Participant in discussion with 6 Bay Area women composers. San Francisco Performing Arts Library.

Berkeley -- Live dance/voice performance of "The Ring" with dancer/choreographer Nina Haft. East Bay Dance Festival, Julia Morgan Theater.