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2008 in chronological order
January 16	KQED TV (San Francisco Bay Area channel 9) -- Re-airing of "Spark" episode featuring Amy and the Cello ChiXtet. 7:30 PM.
February 9	San Francisco -- Solo performance at Bang on a Can Marathon. 6 PM in the Yerba Buena Center entrance hall.
February 13	Long Beach, CA -- Class presentation at Cal State Long Beach, 3:15 PM.
February 14	Santa Barbara, CA -- Performance/demo & presentations at UC Santa Barbara. !! AM & 1:30. Also at 3:30 February 15.
February 15 & 16	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.
March 12, 14, 15	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." 8:00 PM. Tickets available at cityboxoffice.com.
March 30	San Francisco -- Performance in the Switchboard Music Festival at Dance Mission Theater. Festival runs 3 PM to 10 PM. Amy's on at 6:55 PM.
April 7	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 will not be there but her voice will. 8:00 PM
April 19 & 20	Santa Monica, CA -- Repeat of February concert of works with the Robin Cox Ensemble plus solo works. Miles Memorial Playhouse. 8:00 PM. Purchase tickets.
April 25	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.
April 29 & 30	Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH -- April 29 concert as part of the Dartmouth New Music Festival. Class presentations April 30.
June 21	Oakland -- Amy participates in the annual "Garden of Memory" solstice celebration -- a walk-through new music event at the Chapel of the Chimes columbarium. 5 to 9 PM.
July 11	San Francisco -- Amy participates in Pamela Z's ROOM series: "Batterie" featuring four Bay Area percussionists. Royce Gallery, 8 PM. More info at Pamela's calendar page.
July 29	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, 8 PM.
August 22	San Francisco -- Amy participates in Pamela Z's ROOM series: "Mouth" featuring eight Bay Area vocalists. Royce Gallery, 8 PM. More info at Pamela's calendar page.
September 24	Emeryville, CA -- Solstice vocal ensemble includes in their evening program 1 or 2 short selections from Amy's "Beliebig Füllen" song cycle. Strings, 6320 San Pablo. 8 PM.
October 18	Oakland -- Solo concert at Wisteria Ways house concert series. Rockridge area. 8 PM. $15 to $20 donation. Reservations highly recommended -- email Wisteria Ways through their web site
October 25	The Hague, Netherlands -- Nieuwe Kerk, Duinstraat 4, Scheveningen. 8:30 PM. Songs and improvisations with live analog and circuit-bent electronics. With Joker Nies from Germany, Rob Hordijk and Kassen from The Hague.
December 6	Oakland -- House concert, 4-course vegan dinner by chef PhilipGelb. 7 PM. Contact Amy for details.
December 13	New York -- Solo concert at Roulette, 20 Greene St. in SoHo. 8:30 PM. $15 general. Call (212) 219-8242 for reservations.

NEUS!
[This section sort of semi-updated in December 2007]

Amy & ChiXtet on TV
In March 2007 KQED TV's "Spark" program featured Amy and her ChiXtet preparing for the premiere of "The Secret Language of Subways." See the program in streaming video.

Recent ACF interview -- Coffee-induced!
Sort of funny. Amy interviewed by Philip Blackburn of American Composers Forum. Scroll way down.

In the works
Recording song cycle "The Secret Language of Subways" featuring The Cello ChiXtet, with producer/engineer extraordinaire Bruce Kaphan . Tax-deductible contributions to help keep this project going are always welcome, as are performance opportunities.

Composing new work for Robin Cox Ensemble, to premiere February 2008 in Santa Barbara.

Scoring dance pieces for choreographers Nicole Richter and Cynthia Adams, presentation details TBA.

Contributing vocals to a CD by guitarist Barry Cleveland.

Amy will participate in a new radio play/opera "Waratorio" by Lawrence Ferlinghetti.

Past events back to 2002, with links to interesting people, places, pictures and press
In reverse chronological order

2007 -- 2006 -- 2005 -- 2004 — 2003 — 2002

	2007
November 21	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.)
November 18	Radio (Los Altos Hills, CA) -- Live on-air concert on KFJC 89.7 FM. 11:00 AM.
November 17	San Francisco -- Brief set as part of the annual Bay Area Oberlin Alumni Concert. Community Music Center.
November 3	Berkeley -- Freight & Salvage. Amy and her Cello ChiXtet perform "The Secret Language of Subways" -- a song cycle for voice, cello trio and live electronics.
November 2	Oakland --21 Grand -- Guest appearance improvising with dud as part of Oakland Art Murmur.
October 15	Ewing, NJ -- Classroom presentation at music tech department of the College of New Jersey,
October 13 & 14	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.
July 30 - August 6	Frandeux, Belgium -- Chateau Sonore electronic music festival. Jams, workshops, performances, geek hang. Amy performs on Saturday August 4. .
June 21	Oakland -- Participant in Garden of Memory walk-thru new-music event at Chapel of the Chimes.
June 10	Madison, WI -- Cafe Montmartre, 6 to 8 there's a cool circuit-bending workshop with Beatrix* Jar.
June 9	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.
May 20	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.
May 10-12	Oberlin, Ohio -- Oberlin Conservatory. Performances in TIMARA Department festival and reunion, including solo show and live modern dance accompaniment.
April 17	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.
March 28 & 30	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."
January 5	San Francisco -- Opening for The Tubes. Yes you read that right. The Independent, 628 Divisadero.
January 4	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
December 15, 16 & 17	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.
October 28	San Geronimo, CA -- San Geronimo Valley Community Center.
October 21	Santa Cruz -- Y2K6 Looping Festival at Alchemy, solo set. Festival runs noon to midnight Oct. 21 and 22.
October 20	Oakland -- Loopers Delight 10th Anniversary Party featuring duet looping performance.. Improv set with Rick Walker. Sunshine Biscuit Factory.
September 16	Oakland -- Solo concert and professional video shoot. The Oakland Metro.
July 13 & 14	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.
June 21	Oakland -- Amy participates in the annual "Garden of Memory" solstice celebration -- a walk-through new music event at the Chapel of the Chimes columbarium.
June 10	Haarlem, Netherlands -- Patronaat Cafe. .
June 6	Amsterdam, Netherlands -- De Nieuwe Anita.
June 2	Berlin, Germany -- Solo performance at Berlin Poetry Festival. Sharing evening with Iva Bittova and Sainkho Namtchylak.
April & May	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.
March 16	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.
February 5	San Francisco -- 3-minute vocal improv with dancer Claudine Naganuma, at ODC's performance extravaganza celebrating their new studio spaces.
January 16 to 31	Woodside, CA -- Winter residency at Djerassi Resident Artists Program.
January 13 & 14	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.
January 7	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
December 10	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.
October 15	Woodside, CA -- Performance as part of a benefit evening for the Djerassi Resident Artists Program.
October 8 & 9	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.
September 22	Colorado Springs -- Residency/performance at Colorado College.
September 17	Berkeley -- Live accompaniment to several dance works by Claudine Naganuma in her "Voices of the Powerful Child" dance concert. Julia Morgan Theater.
August 6	New York -- at Makor, a double bill with longtime friend and outré-jazzesque-diva extraordinaire Emily Bezar.
July 26 through August	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.
June 21	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.
June 3-5	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.
May 9	New York -- East Coast premiere of 3 new songs for voice and electronics, at Cornelia Street Cafe. Part of a ComposersCollaborative Inc concert series.
April 27-30	Oberlin, Ohio -- Composer residency at Amy's alma mater Oberlin College/Conservatory -- workshops, master classes. Concert on Saturday April 30.
April 9	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.
February 26	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
December 11	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..
December 5	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.
November 8-12	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.
October 4-16	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
September 17	Oakland -- A brief "unplugged" and completely improvised appearance in Option Anxiety, featuring dud. 21 Grand, 449-B 23rd St..
June 19	San Francisco -- Guest vocalist with prog-jazz virtuosi Jack West & Curvature. Connecticut Yankee -- 100 Connecticut St..
June 11	Santa Cruz -- Featured artist at Electron Salon #8, the Rio Theatre.
June 10	Berkeley -- at The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck, Berkeley, sharing bill with looping artists Andre LaFosse and Brian Kenney-Fresno.
April 19	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.
March 13	Oakland CD release for Residue at the Oakland Metro -- a joint release with Herb Heinz (Another).
March 7	New York CD release show for Amy's solo CD Residue. Joe's Pub. With guest artist Todd Reynolds -- violin & electronics.
February 23 & 24	New York -- participant in Raw Impressions Music Theatre workshop February 13-24, this time using "Technology." Final performances at La Mama.
January 31	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.
January 10	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
November 23	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.
November 11	Oakland -- Voice & electronics improv with Herb Heinz at The Oakland Box.
November 5 - 7	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.
November 2	San Francisco -- Episodes from Piki & Poko in Starland screened at Film Arts Foundation Festival, Castro Theater. (Amy wrote the music.)
October 11	Santa Cruz -- Performance in the annual Santa Cruz LoopFest. Cayuga Vault.
October 10 & 11	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.
September 27	Santa Cruz -- 15-minute solo set at the Woodstockhausen festival, UCSC Recital Hall.
Sept 26 to Oct 4	Holland, Michigan -- Music by Amy in the Hope College performance of Iphigenia and Other Daughters -- a play by Ellen McLaughlin.
September 14	Berkeley -- Amy on The Shaman's Den live video webstream, Love Underground Visionary Revolution radio. Here are some images.
September 13	Brooklyn, NY -- Solo show at NorthSix, sharing the bill with Ikue Mori & Marina Rosenfeld (duo) and Pamela Z.
June 20	New York -- Solo show at Location 1 gallery, SOHO. Shared bill (and some duets) with Joshua Fried. Here's the video.
June 22	San Francisco -- Episodes from Piki & Poko in Starland screened at San Francisco International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Herbst Theater.
June 14	New York -- Solo performance in Bang on a Can Marathon at Symphony Space.
May 20	Brooklyn, NY -- Solo gig at M Shanghai Den, Williamsburg.
May 5 & 6	New York -- Performances of Raw Impressions Musical Theatre short musicals (Amy participated as lyricist), La Mama.
April 22	New York -- Informal lecture/demo at Columbia University.
April 12	New York -- Solo concert at Roulette . Here's the review.
March 6	San Francisco -- Performance at Other Minds Festival, Palace of Fine Arts. Here's the review.
	2002
November 8	Santa Cruz -- Solo show at Cayuga Vault, sharing bill with John Whooley. Here's a press preview.
October 31	Oakland -- Halloween show at The Stork Club, also with Moe! Staiano, Brian Kenny-Fresno, and ArnoCorps.
October 4	San Jose -- Headliner at Women's Looping Festival, San Jose Museum of Art. Here's the press preview.
August 19	New York, NY -- Participants in Music Omi composer residency perform new works. Goethe Institute .
August 17	Ghent, NY -- Participants in Music Omi composer residency perform new works. Omi International Arts Center.
July 13	Santa Cruz Looping Festival, Cayuga Vault.
June 20-29	San Francisco -- Co-producer/co-moderator of 6-day Electric Words Festival, incl. 2 solo performances by Amy. Venue 9. Here's the review.
May 16-25	San Francisco -- 4 evenings of "Songs About Life & Death & Love & Insects" -- a large-scale multimedia theatrical presentation of Amy's songs. EXIT Theatre.
May 16-18	Oakland -- Sound design for dance piece by Nina Haft -- "Everyone then comes sometime." The Artship, Port of Oakland.
May 3	Los Angeles -- Solo show at Sacred Fools Theater. Shared bill with David Rodwin.
May 2	Los Angeles -- Solo show at Club Sixteen-Fifty. Opening for Elvis Schoenberg's Orchestre Surreal.
April 14	San Francisco -- Solo and with Men, Tongue & Groove.
April 5	San Francisco -- Vocal improvisations with Jack West & Curvature at Dada Festival, Legion of Honor building.
March 31	San Francisco -- Producer of (and performer in) concert of Bay Area Oberlin Alumni, San Francisco Community Music Center.
March 16	San Francisco -- Participant in discussion with 6 Bay Area women composers. San Francisco Performing Arts Library.
February 8 & 9	Berkeley -- Live dance/voice performance of "The Ring" with dancer/choreographer Nina Haft. East Bay Dance Festival, Julia Morgan Theater.