Name: New Queer Sound: Bob Ostertag, Amanda Chaudhary, and Bill Hsu
Start: 2026-06-25T19:30:00-07:00
End: 2026-06-25
Location: Center for New Music

New Queer Sound: Bob Ostertag, Amanda Chaudhary, and Bill Hsu

Center for New Music

New Queer Sound/Media showcases work by queer musicians, artists, and performers. June features Bob Ostertag, Amanda Chaudhary, and Bill Hsu

New Queer Sound/Media showcases work by queer musicians, media artists, and performers. The June 2026 edition features three solo sets, by Bob Ostertag, Amanda Chaudhary, and Bill Hsu. Bob Ostertag has been playing and recording music, and writing journalism and books, since the late 1970s. He has performed at venues such as Lincoln Center (New York), Hiroshima Museum of Art, and Institute for Contemporary Art (London). His musical collaborators include the Kronos Quartet, John Zorn, Mike Patton, Justin Vivian Bond, Fred Frith, and EDM DJ Rrose. He was an original member of the media guerrilla group The Yes Men. He directed, edited and produced Thanks to Hank, a documentary on the unsung hero of the AIDS epidemic in San Francisco. He works with Manos Amigues, an LGBT-run soup kitchen in Mexico City, and Kebaya, a shelter for victims of sexual violence in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. More info: https://bobostertag.com/ Amanda Chaudhary is a composer, bandleader, electronic musician, jazz keyboardist, and visual/sound artist. She blends experimental electronic sounds with jazz, funk, dance music and other idiomatic styles into her visually captivating performances. Amanda has performed, recorded, or collaborated with such diverse artists as Amy X Neuburg, G Calvin Weston, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Rent Romus, Tom Djll, Moe! Staiano, Vacuum Tree Head, and David Wessel. She is also the author of the popular video channel CatSynth TV, where she discusses music, art, culture, and, of course, cats. More info: https://amandachaudhary.com/ 10 INPUT "Do you like modular synths? (Y/N) ", A$ 20 IF A$ = "N" OR A$ = "n" THEN GOTO 100 30 INPUT "Do you like strange and exotic sounds? (Y/N) ", B$ 40 IF B$ = "N" OR B$ = "n" THEN GOTO 100 50 INPUT "Do you like syncopated rhythms? (Y/N) ", C$ 60 IF C$ = "N" OR C$ = "n" THEN GOTO 100 70 INPUT "Do you like jazz harmonies and riffs? (Y/N) ", D$ 80 IF D$ = "N" OR D$ = "n" THEN GOTO 100 90 PRINT "Then you will love this bright, mysterious" 95 PRINT "and enchanting set by Amanda Chaudhary!" 100 END Bill Hsu works with electronics and interactive video. He has collaborated with Peter van Bergen, John Butcher, Tom Djll, James Fei, Matt Heckert, Matt Ingalls, and other musicians and artists. More info: https://billhsu.net/

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