Performing at the Village Music Walk and our Saturday Afternoon Picnic Concert

red fish blue fish is the resident percussion group of the University of California, San Diego. Comprised of current masters and doctoral music students in UCSD's world-renowned contemporary music degree program, the group performs, records, and premieres experimental percussion repertoire under the artistic direction of Steven Schick.

The group has performed in Paris, Taipei, New York City, Washington DC, and Los Angeles at festivals such as the Bang on a Can Marathon, June in Buffalo, Green Umbrella Series, PASIC, and the Roots and Rhizomes percussion conference which was founded by rfbf alumni. The group commissions and works closely with a number of prominent living composers from Europe, Australia, South America, and North America including Roger Reynolds, Philippe Manoury, John Luther Adams, and many others. red fish blue fish's release of Xenakis's percussion works on Mode Records has received wide critical acclaim. Between 2010 and 2011, the group released recordings featuring works by Reynolds, Cage, Scelsi, and Stockhausen in 2010 and 2011. The group also gave concerts in UCSD's new Conrad Prebys Music Center in La Jolla, as well as the NYC Armory's Tune-in Festival in February. red fish blue fish and its members have performed regularly at the Carlsbad Music Festival since its early days.