Top row (left to right): Damian Adams, Lucas Tecson, and Atron8te. Bottom row (left to right): Andrew Blanton, Peter Nyboer, Yessi Ambient, and LYFRM. Courtesy of the artists.
A Full Day of Live Music
Make Music San José is a free, day of music held on the summer solstice with performances and music-making events happening citywide from sunrise to sunset.
Schedule
Cafe
11–11:45am: Damian Adams | Acoustic jazz, classical & progressive rock
My name is Damian Adams, and I am deeply passionate about music. I am a music major at San Jose State University and in my fourth year. I play guitar, piano, bass, and some drums. My musical style is heavily influenced by progressive rock, jazz, classical, and folk music. I have written many acoustic guitar pieces and some on piano, which I would love to play for an audience. My style can be described as a mix of classical and jazz. I hope to take you on a journey with my music and help evoke imagery and emotion.
12–1pm: Lucas Tecson | Jazz/Pop
Lucas Tecson is a Filipino American singer-songwriter and educator dedicated to the intersection of identity and artistry. A full-time performer across California, Lucas made history by composing "Get Loud," the first official anthem for Silicon Valley Pride. From the San Francisco Pride A&PI Stage to his work as a private mentor, Lucas blends performance with activism, amplifying LGBTQ+ and BIPOC voices and empowering the next generation of musicians to also Get Loud and be proud.
Main Lobby | Column at SJMA
1–1:45pm: Astron8te
1:45–3pm: Andrew Blanton & Peter Nyboer
Interstitial Echo
Interstitial Echo is a real-time audio feedback chamber by Andrew Blanton with electronic improvisation by Peter Nyboer. The work operates as a distributed echo chamber, where sound and audience presence are folded into an evolving system of feedback and transformation. At its core, the performance treats the space itself as an instrument. Live audio generated through custom electronics is captured, delayed, and recirculated, forming layered echoes that shift over time. These sonic reflections are not fixed; they are shaped by the acoustics of the room and the presence of the audience, whose movement and attention subtly influence the texture of the work. Rather than presenting a fixed composition, Interstitial Echo unfolds as a collaborative process between performers, system, and audience. The work exists in the interstitial space between input and reflection, where each gesture becomes material for further transformation. The performance foregrounds listening as an active, participatory act, inviting the audience into a shared environment of resonance, delay, and continuous reconfiguration.
The second half of this performance will provide an opportunity for audience participation.
3–3:45pm: Yessi Ambient
3:45–5pm: LYFRM
Andrew Blanton is an Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator in the CADRE Media Labs at San Jose State University. He is also currently a Ph.D. student in music composition working at the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT) at the University of California Berkeley. His work has been performed and presented around the world in venues such as Google Cultural Lab in Paris, The University of Brasilia, The City University of Hong Kong, and STEIM Amsterdam among many others. His current work focuses on the emergent potential between cross-disciplinary arts and technology in the context of Composition, New Media Art, and building sound + visual environments through software development. Andrew has advanced expertise in percussion, 3D environments/graphics programming, creative software development, and developing projects in the confluence of art and science.
Peter Nyboer is a San Jose, California-based electronic musician, programmer, and product designer known for his work in music technology and electronic media. He is the current Product Director at Buchla USA and was a co-founder of Livid Instruments.
YESSI is a sound artist, dj and improvisatory shredder based in Los Angeles. Her live and hybrid electronic sets feature manipulated field recordings, sound design taken from her own film scores, freaky voice sampling and dense rhythmic layers.
LYFRM operates at the intersection of modular synthesis and psychoacoustic exploration—crafting immersive compositions that manipulate sonic space and psychological response. In their live sets, archival fragments are collaged and re-contextualized, building rhythmic artifacts and spectral reflections into an evolving soundscape that pulses with both machine logic and human memory; techno as ritual, space as narrative.
Support
Support provided by Art Bridges.
