Roper: Events of Interest - 2024
- 11/23 tuba and percussion duo Judicanti Responsura is joined by violist Cassia Streb, for two programs featuring compositions by Joseph Mitchell and William Roper. An afternoon program will be presented at the Edendale Branch Library and an evening show at Automata in Los Angeles’ Chinatown.
- 10/16 The Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra performs on the L.A. Philharmonic’s Noon to Midnight Festival.
- 10/24 The Unwrinkled Ear pairs CuZns - Bobby Bradford and William Roper, with guitarist Jeff Parker for an evening of free improvisation.
- 10/21 a screening of my documentary “Sidelining the Sidemen (and Women). Screened at the Edendale Branch Library.
- 10/10 premiering Solange Knowle’s piece for two tubas, “Not Necessarily In Arms Reach” at Walt Disney Concert Hall.
- 10/01 a screening of my documentary “Sidelining the Sidemen (and Women). Screened at October Revolution in Jazz 60th Anniversary Celebration ‘24 Los Angeles, CA at CalArts.
- 09/07 a screening of my documentary “Sidelining the Sidemen (and Women). Screened at The Healing Force of the Universe.
- 07/30 release of the recording project FRICE, featuring Bobby Bradford, Frode Gjerstad, William Roper and Alex Cline.
- 07/19 a musical celebration of Bobby Bradford’s 90th birthday at The Healing Force of the Universe.
- 07/13 a screening of my documentary “Sidelining the Sidemen (and Women). Screened at The World Stage Performance Gallery.
- 06/21 Just Jazz Monterey presents The Francis Wong Trio (Francis Wong, Karl Evangelista, William Roper). Wave Street Studios in Monterey. 8PM.
- 06/17 Aaron Hynds performs my composition “Procyon lotor,” at the Midwest Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference, in Bowling Green, OH.
- 05/04 performing in Pearl Ubungen and Salim Washington’s “Cabaret Sandia - watermelon cabaret.” Clarion Performing Arts Center, 2 Waverly Place, San Francisco, CA
- 06/01 - 06/30 Music For Your Inbox presents CuZns (Bobby Bradford & William Roper) in a special video performance. Available for viewing for the month of June.
- 05/19 Performance with Heidi Duckler Dance in collaboration with Jessie Cox, Los Angeles, CA
- 03/10 Duo Roper v Wong @ Studio Gen Japan Center East Mall, S.F., CA
- 03/10 Francis Wong's ensemble drawn from Asian Improv Arts members @ Thi Ca Su Viet 11, Legion of Honor Gunn Theatre in San Francisco, CA
- 03/02 Premiere of my composition “Divulgence,”for contrabass violin and soprano. Performed by Zoe K. Elias. San Diego, CA
- 02/10 Premiere of Simon Leung's video opera Act 2 @ ICA, Los Angeles, CA
- 02/10 Purple Gums (Bobby Bradford, Francis Wong, William Roper) @ Byrd and Beckett Books, San Francisco
- 01/07 Mark Menzies plays “My Head Is Always Down For I No Longer Look For You,” at the 16th Annual SoundON Festival Series, La Jolla, CA
2023
- 12/30 My Name is Friday We're a Cop (Vinny Golia/William Roper) @ Gold Diggers, Los Angeles, CA
- 12/14 w/ Wasteland Ensemble performing Chacon's American Ledger I, Los Angeles, CA
- 10/16 w/ Vinny Golia and Josh Gerowitz @ the Angel City Jazz Festival. Los Angeles, CA
- 10/14 My Name is Friday We're a Cop (Vinny Golia/William Roper) @ High Desert Soundings Festival of New Music, Wonder Valley, CA
- 09/03 P.A.P.A. @ Zebulon, Los Angeles, CA
- 08/30 P.A.P.A. @ L.A. Metro, Los Angeles, CA
- 08/25 Trio with Marc Perez and Ethan Marks @ Automata, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
- 07/18 – 08/14 Resident Artist @ Oberfalzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany
- 07/14 CuZns (Bobby Bradford/William Roper) @ Automata, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
- 06/18 Orchestre Surreal @ Artist's Theater, Laguna Beach, CA
- 06/17 P.A.P.A. @ Levitt Pavilion – McArthur Park, Los Angeles, CA
- 06/16 P.A.P.A @ The World Stage, Los Angeles, CA
- 06/04 appearing with the Pan African Peoples Arkestra at National Sawdust in Brooklyn.
- 05/19 & 20 Remembrance Rising, An interdisciplinary work featuring poetry, dance, and music in dialogue with the public art piece Comfort Women Column of Strength Memorial in St. Mary’s Square in San Francisco Chinatown. Featuring composer/saxophonist Francis Wong, dancer and poet Lynn Huang, dancer Flora Hyoin Kim Han, tuba performer William Roper, violinist Sandy Poindexter, and multi-percussionist Karen Stackpole. Parallel to the performing arts work is a companion zine set, created and illustrated by Katie Quan, focusing on the experiences of comfort women, Jan Ruff-O’Herne and Maria Rosa Henson. Both projects are made possible through the inaugural Comfort Women Research and Creative Scholarship Small Grant Awards program. Presented by Asian Improv aRts, API Cultural Center, and Lenora Lee Dance.
Performances: Admission - free
May 19, 2023 7pm-8pm, Manilatown Heritage Foundation, 868 Kearny St., San Francisco, CA 94108
May 20, 2023 2pm-3pm, St. Mary’s Square, 651 California St., San Francisco, CA 94108
- 04/28 My work West Adams Onigiri, is incorporated into John Kennedy's new work Sidewalks! Premiere at Luckman Theatre, Luckman Fine Arts Complex, CSULA.
- 04/22 participating as a member of the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra in Horn Calls, a collaborative performance between members of the AACM & PAPA.
- 04/17 guest speaker at CalArts Performance Forum in ROD Hall 11:00AM.
- 04/14 appearing with Pablo Calogero & Christopher Garcia's "Aya y Ma" at The World Stage.
- 04/07 Purple Gums at The World Stage. Purple Gums is Bobby Bradford, Francis Wong, William Roper. 8:00PM.
- 03/19 Francis Wong's ensemble drawn from Asian Improv Arts members at Thi Ca & Su Viet 10. 1:30PM. Legion of Honor Gunn Theatre in San Francisco, CA.
- 03/16 Francis Wong's Special Quartet at Bird and Beckett Books. 8:30PM. 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, 94131
- 03/12 appearing with the Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra, Townhouse, 52 Windward Ave., Venice, CA 6-10PM.
- 03/05 CuZns (Bobby Bradford & William Roper) appearing in collaboration with Garth Powell on Open Gate Theatre's New Music Sunday series returns with a bang. Neighborhood Unitarian Church, 301 N Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena..
- 02/03 appearing with Southland Ensemble to perform James Tenny's Harmonium 1, Harmonium 7 & In A Large Open Space.
- 01/20 Conflict & Mutuality Panel/ Invisible Tea House. Friday, January 20, 2023, 6:30 PM, Pasadena Buddhist Temple, 1993 Glen Avenue, Pasadena CA 91103
- 01/06 Raku Full Moon Project, led by Artist in Residence Alan Nakagawa, the Raku Full Moon Project (Jose Salcedo) will take place with live traditional Koto Music (Hiroko Masuda and June Chin) and Experimental Soundscapes (Nakagawa with Zoe Kumagai and William Roper) at the Pasadena Buddhist Temple. Pasadena Buddhist Temple. 1993 Glen Ave, Pasadena, CA 91103. Register to attend HERE.
2022
- 12/5 CuZns (Bobby Bradford & William Roper) will again share the bill with The Smudges on the Vernacular New Music Series at the Oracle Tavern and Coffee, 1640 N. Spring St., L.A. 90012.
- 12/3 Michiyo Yagi's Talon Hyper - Koto Ensemble Vol. 4 with guest clarinetist Yuko Komori, will premiere my Breeze Through Azabu, for four kotos and clarinet. This piece was commissioned by Michiyo Yagi with support from Arts Council Tokyo. Info at Koen-Dori Classics.
- 11/10 & 12 premiere of Juvenile Terrestrial References - String Quartet #2, by the Koan Quartet at LACSA and YOLA at Torres. These performances are not open to the general public.
- 10/21 & 22 w/ Heidi Duckler Dance and Jessie Cox
- 09/24 w/ Der Madderhorns @ Enegren Brewery Oktoberfest
- 09/16 w/ Bobby Bradford and Friends @ LACMA
- 08/28 w/ Renèe Petropoulos' "Analog Among Nations: 2022" @ The Wende
- 08/27 w/ Renèe Petropoulos @ The Broad
- 08/13 w/ Pan Afrikan People's Arkestra @ Getty 25
- 07/23 w/ Wild Up playing Julius Eastman's Femenine
- 07/16 w/Jonathon Mandabach at a secret location
- 07/15 w/ Ute Wasserman, Danny Frankel & Vicki Ray
- 06/30 w/ Asian Improv aRts 35th Anniversary Festival
- 06/22 an improvised set with vocalist Dominique Matelson at 3141 Glendale Blvd., in Atwater Village. 7PM. Free, though donations are strongly encouraged.
- 06/19 w/Wild Up, playing Julius Eastman's Buddha. All day long 2220 Arts + Archives, Los Angeles, CA
- 06/11 w/ Pan Afrikan People's Arkestra @ The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA as part of Memory - Material
- 06/04 w/ Pan Afrikan People's Arkestra @ RedCat
- 05/30 w/ Francis Wong's Special Quartet @ Bird and Beckett
- 05/29 w/ Asian Improv National Ensemble @ Thi Ca Su Viet 9
- 04/24 w/ B.Bradford_Stealin' Home @ Union Station
- 04/08 w/ Southland Ensemble @ L.A. Philharmonic's Noon to Midnight
- 04/08 w/ Vijay Anderson Quintet - @ 2220 Arts & Archives
- 04/07 w/ Vijay Anderson Quintet doing a workshop and performance - @ CSUFullerton
- 03/30 w/ Alabaster DePlume - @ the Lodge Room
- 03/22 CuZn's doing workshops and a performance with the jazz band @ New Roads School
- 03/13 w/ the Pan Afrikan People's Arkestra - Lodge Room
- 03/12 CuZn's w/ Smudges + premiere of two of three movements of "Choofa," commissioned by The Smudges @ ArtShareLA
- 02/27 Purple Gums @ Bird & Beckett-S.F. stream
- 02/05 Opening-OCCCA Art Opening (two paintings and an assemblage work) Virtual Tour
- 01/24 Edendale Up Close - streaming stream
- View Chung King Corpse, an event that was part of SASSAS' Mapping Sound, day-long extravaganza in Fall 2009.
The "lite" bio The other bio Discography Compositions Judicanti Responsura Chobraty Land Ob Cotton Abe Lincoln
Read commentary and see photos from many of these events on Roper's blog at Peripatetic Roper.
Roper performs his composition Cygnus olor for solo cimbasso (travel tuba, in this case.)
Watch Roper's October 5, 2011 improvised performance on Ear Meal.
William Roper is a Miraphone artist and plays Warburton mouthpieces.
See the video of Fanfares and Arhoolies, a site-specific work for 12 lip-reed and 1 percussion players on youtube
