Bay Improviser Artists

Bruce Ackley
Saxophonist, composer, Rova member, band leader.

Steve Adams
Saxophonist, composer, Rova member, band leader

Josh Allen
Saxophone

Scott Amendola
drums, percussion, composer, band leader

Jon Arkin
Drums/Percussion/Electronics

K. Atchley/greensatan
electronics:
analog digital crypto

Kattt Atchley
voice n electronics n metal

Amma Ateria
electronics

Nancy Beckman
Shakuhachi

Lorin Benedict
improvising vocalist

Aaron Bennett
Winds

Tom Bickley
Recorder, Vocals, Electronics, co-founder and director of the Cornelius Cardew Choir

Mikko Biffle
Guitar

John Bischoff
Computer and Electronic Music

Black Cedar
Black Cedar is devoted to the performance and creation of existing and new chamber music for flute, cello, and guitar.

Myles Boisen
Guitarist, composer, band leader

Cornelius Boots
shakuhachi, Taimu (bass shakuhachi) & composition

Chris Brown
electronics and piano

Sheldon Brown
saxophone, clarinet, piccolo, flute, alto sax

Kyle Bruckmann
Oboe, English horn, analog electronics

Christopher Burns
composer, improviser, and multimedia artist

Sarah Cahill
piano

Ian Carey
trumpeter, composer, arranger, bandleader and instructor

Doug Carroll
Electric violin, cello

Brett Carson
Composer and pianist

Anita Chandavarkar
classical/jazz flutist/sax player/bansuri (Indian flute) improviser

Amanda Chaudhary
Amanda Chaudhary is a composer, bandleader, electronic musician, jazz keyboardist, and visual/sound artist. She is also the creator of the CatSynth blog and CatSynth TV video channel.

Tania Chen
Pianist, improviser, experimental musician, sound artist.

Nathan Clevenger
Oakland-bred and -based composer and multi-instrumentalist, working on the margins of new music, avant jazz, and contemporary composition.

Mark Clifford
vibraphonist, composer, and percussionist

Michael Coleman
keyboards

Rachel Condry
clarinetist, composer and improviser

India Cooke
Violin

Michael Cooke
Composer, multi-reeds : flute, saxes, bass clarinet, and bassoon

Kevin Corcoran
percussion & field recording

Patrick Cress
saxophonist and composer

Bill Crossman
jazz/world-music pianist, composer, and educator

Beth Custer
Clarinetist, composer, performer, and teacher

Andre Custodio
Drummer | Music Educator | Bandleader

Ben Davis
Cello

Matt Davignon
Drum Machine & electronically-modified sounds

Bryan Day
improviser, instrument builder, and conceptual artist

Tim DeCillis
Percussionist, Composer, Improviser

Solidad Decosta
spoken word artist, author, performer, pianist and composer

Dave DeFilippo
musician + researcher

Danielle DeGruttola
Cello, Electric Cello, Composer

Del Sol String Quartet
Riveting performances of new music with a global pulse

Ernesto Diaz-Infante
Composer, guitarist, improviser

Thomas Dimuzio
composer, musician, mastering engineer and label proprietor

Bjll Dingalls
Bill Hsu, Matt Ingalls, Tom Djll

James Diomede
Microphone, Electronics

Tom Djll
Trumpet, keyboards, electronics, composer, writer

Wade Driver
Drums, Exhaustophone, Guitar, Electronics, Sheet Metal, Free Cymbals, Anything and Everything

Jack Curtis Dubowsky
composer, pianist, bassist, keyboardist, arranger, filmmaker.

Nava Dunkelman
percussionist and improviser

Kristina Dutton
Violinist, Improviser, Composer

Karl Evangelista
Guitarist

Philip Everett
Drums

Thea Farhadian
Violinist/Composer/Educator

James Fei
saxophones and live electronics

Fetz
Audio/Visual

John Finkbeiner
guitar

Jenna Flohr
Violinist, Electro-Acoustic Composer, and Improviser

gabby fluke-mogul
Violinist, Improviser, Composer, Educator

Fred Frith
Guitarist, Composer

Raffi Garabedian
Saxophone

Ghost In The House
A soundtrack for the subconscious

Jordan Glenn
Drums

Ben Goldberg
clarinet

Barbara Golden
Composer, performer, producer.

Greg Goodman
improvising pianist

Phillip Greenlief
musician skater film junkie

Scot Gresham-Lancaster
Composer, Instrument Designer, Computer Musician

Wayne Grim
musician and sound artist

Ross Hammond
guitarist

Happy Valley Band
The Great American Songbook heard through the ear of a machine

Michelle Hardy
composer, improviser, world flute player with f/x

Ron Heglin
Trombone, tuba, voice

Matt Herman
San Francisco-based extended-range guitarist/looper with Storm Door, Disonova, and solo.

Julie Herndon
composer/performer

Jack Hertz
Artist / Programmer / Synthesist

Jacob Felix Heule
percussion

Lars Hidde
Composer, Remixer, Performer, Producer/Engineer

Shoko Hikage
Koto

Molly Holm
singer and composer who blends jazz, improvisation, and North Indian Raga

Motoko Honda
concert pianist, composer, and sound artist

Jason Hoopes
Bassist / Educator

Bill Hsu
electronics and real-time video

Matt Ingalls
Clarinet, Computer Music

John Ingle
Saxophonist/composer/improviser

Carrie Jahde
Drums

Andrew Barnes Jamieson
pianist, keyboardist, composer and arranger

Gary “Jazz Bass” Johnson
Composer and Bassist

Darren Johnston
Trumpet

Lewis Jordan
alto saxophone, poetry

Aurora Josephson
Voice

Henry Kaiser
Guitarist, improviser

Kasey Knudsen
saxophonist, composer & educator

Heikki Koskinen
E-trumpet, recorder, piano, composer, educator

Henry Kuntz
tenor saxophone, musette, wood flutes, etc.

Todd Larson
Working as an improvising musician and composer, including ambient/electronic/soundscapes informed by architecture, urban life, nature.

Matt Lebofsky
Keyboards, electric bass, guitar, Warr guitar, drums

Dohee Lee
improvising Korean percussionist, dancer, vocalist

David Leikam
Bandleader, Composer, Improviser ~ Sonic Architect // Audio Projects: LKD, Musta3, Soft Coup, zBug

Cheryl E. Leonard
composer - performer - instrument builder

Aaron Levin
drums, percussion, & electronics

Ike Levin
Reeds

Sarah Lockhart
curator and video artist, drums

Scott R. Looney
piano, hyperpiano, electronics

Robert Lopez
Percussion

The Lost Trio
Phillip Greenlief, saxophones; Dan Seamans, bass; Tom Hassett, drums

Ting Luo
Piano Recitalist and Collaborator

Doug Lynner
performs, composes and records using vintage and contemporary analog modular synthesizers, digital and virtual synthesizers and traditional instruments

Joshua Marshall
saxophonist and composer/improviser

Franck Martin
I make noise, some people are nice with me and call it music.

Silvia Matheus
Computer and electronic music composer, video artist and sound designer

Kumi Maxson
bass (upright and electric)

Jenny Maybee
pianist, vocalist and composer

Collette McCaslin
Cornet, analogue electronics

Thollem McDonas
pianist/composer/improviser/vocalist/teacher

Randy McKean
saxophonist/clarinetist

Myra Melford
Pianist, composer

Lisa Mezzacappa
double bassist, improviser, composer

David Michalak
Filmmaker/Soundtracks/Lap steel guitar

Dave Mihaly
Drummer and music teacher

Roscoe Mitchell
composer, jazz instrumentalist and educator

Sangita Moskow
Sarod

Amy X Neuburg
composer/performer, voice and electronics, chamber works

Kanoko Nishi-Smith
piano, koto

Bill Noertker
bassist/composer/educator

Kjell Nordeson
percussion

Will Northlich-Redmond
multi-instrumentalist, composer, electronic musician, and educator

Tom Nunn
Improviser / Experimental Instruments

Peter Nyboer
audio and video artist and programmer

Larry Ochs
Saxophonist, composer, Rova member, band leader

Suki O'Kane
Percussionist, composer, instigator

Timothy Orr
drummer

Crystal Pascucci
cellist, composer and improviser

Maggi Payne
Composer, Recording Engineer, Flutist, Video Artist

Daniel Pearce
Drummer working in areas of free improvisation and jazz, long and short forms.

Jakob Pek
multi-instrumentalist, improviser, composer, and poet

Philip Perkins
Composer, sound designer, performer, audio engineer

Tim Perkis
Electronics

James Perley
Composer and interactive media artist

Dan Plonsey
Saxophonist, composer, band leader, webmaster

Eddie Pollard
Drums, machines, percussion, electronics, samples

Mika Pontecorvo
guitarist, flutist, live electronics, composer, improviser, process architect

Garth Powell
drums, percussion, composition

Rob Pumpelly
Drums

Jon Raskin
Saxophonist, composer, Rova member, band leader

Amy Reed
visual artist/composer/improvisor

rob reich
Yes, I'm the one who eats the music.

Wendy Reid
composer, violinist, teacher

Eric Glick Rieman
composer - prepared Rhodes, piano, and multi-instrumentalist performer

Danishta Rivero
improviser and sound artist

Gino Robair
Percussionist, Splatter Trio

Donald Robinson
Drums

Jake Rodriguez
bran(...)pos

Rent Romus
Saxophonist, composer, producer, curator

Rova Saxophone Quartet
Larry Ochs, Bruce Ackley, Jon Raskin, Steve Adams

Jake Rowland
Guitarist and visual artist in the SF Bay Area

Lx Rudis
electronics

Cecyl Ruehlen
Intermedia artist, focused on sound, electro-acoustic improvisation, installation, collaborative performance

Bruno Ruviaro
Composition, Electronic Music, Laptop Orchestra

Jim Ryan
Saxophones, flute, spoken word

David Samas
composer, cosmologist, poet, painter, performer, philosopher, farmer and father of 4

San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
Experience large-ensemble contemporary classical works of the most influential and innovative composers of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Dean Santomieri
electronic music and musique concrete

Richard Saunders
bassist and composer

Thomas Scandura
Drums

Gaea Schell
SF Bay area based pianist, composer, flutist and vocalist

John Schott
Guitarist, composer, teacher, human.

SCLOrk
Santa Clara Laptop Orchestra

Dan Seamans
Bassist and founding member of The Lost Trio, The New Klezmer Trio, and with bassist with Graham Connah's Jettison Slinky, Sonya Hunter, and many others