Sun 5/19 12:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Godwaffle Noise Pancakes now in it's 24th year! Join us for noise music paired with gourmet, vegan pancakes!!  More...

Sun 5/19 7:00 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
Berlin-based violinist SARAH SAVIET explores shifting limits: between interpreter and author, idea and body, virtuosity and failure, periphery and interior. This performance will include her own music which engages with texts by Bauhaus textile artist Anni Albers, as well as music by British composers Jack Sheen and Lawrence Dunn.

SAM WEISER (violin) and DUSTIN CARLSON (guitar) both exist in the spaces that straddle classical and improvised music. They have been working together for the past six months on Dustin's new suite for solo violin, entitled, "Her Warrior Longs to Rest". The piece is inspired by the Grave of Griffin Warrior (ca. 1450 BC), one of the wealthiest burials found in Greece in the last 70 years. In addition, the performance will also include Dustin's music for solo guitar, as well as duets.  More...

Sun 5/19 7:00 PM Gray Area Art And Technology [2665 Mission St. SF]
Forest Scenes - MIZU + Maria BC  More...

Sun 5/19 7:30 PM Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave Albany]
Russian Telegraph  More...

Sun 5/19 8:00 PM Berkeley Finnish Hall [1970 Chestnut St. Berkeley]
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The Finnish Heritage Society & Outsound Presents
San Francisco-based composer-bandleader Joshua Allen and his high-energy innovative 25-piece Deconstruction Orchestra will perform Constructions #31, 32, and 33, original deconstructivist-inspired music of cell structure game compositions

Opening will be composer Heikki 'Mike' Koskinen's Northern Winds. A project featuring new and old Finnish music arranged in innovative new ways, exploring the universal connections between immigrants and their motherlands.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/northern-winds-deconstruction-orchestra-tickets-898957083837  More...

Mon 5/20 7:30 PM Old First Concerts [1751 Sacramento St. SF]
Earplay – New Conversations  More...

Tue 5/21 7:00 PM Make-Out Room [3225 22nd St SF]
Jazz at the Make-Out Room (formerly the Monday Make-Out) continues! A wily evening of cutting-edge jazz, free improvisation, and creative music.
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Tuesday, May 21, 6pm doors/7pm show

7pm Jaroba
(Jaroba - reeds + Steve Munger, Paul Winstanley)

7:45pm WAG Plays Greenlief
(Steve Adams, Phillip Greenlief, Cory Wright - reeds)

8:30pm David Lechuga
(David Lechuga - guitar + TBA)  More...

Tue 5/21 8:30 PM Little Hill Lounge [10753 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito]
Eli Knowles and Rent Romus  More...

Thu 5/23 7:30 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford]
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Fernando Lopez-Lezcano: Phase Changes

CCRMA's own Fernando Lopez-Lezcano returns to the Stage for a live performance with his modular synthesizers and other bleeps-and-blops-making devices.  More...

Thu 5/23 8:00 PM Noisebridge Hackerspace [272 Capp St SF]
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Resident is a monthly electronic audiovisual open mic event started in 2017. Resident is casual and cool, and the community you'll find is like no other for aspiring electronic musicians in the Bay. No judgments, no bullshit, just positive support and openness to new ideas.

Now in person at Noisebridge!!
Sign ups and line up
Resident Electronic Monthly @ Noisebridge
Setup for performers starts at 7 pm, show starts at 8 pm.  More...

Fri 5/24 5:00 PM Indexical [Tannery Arts Center 1050 River St. #119 Santa Cruz]
Framed Listen: Cel Genesis  More...

Fri 5/24 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound; The Living Room  More...

Fri 5/24 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
A new multichannel sound composition & installation by Dave Shaff. Featuring musical excerpts from the album holistic management by Joel Reber.  More...

Fri 5/24 8:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Rent Romus Spirit Quintet  More...

Sat 5/25 7:00 PM Fellowship Hall at Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists [1606 Bonita Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709]
Sleight Ensemble presents TRANSIT FUTURES, an artistic exploration of historical, current, and future transit system in our local environment. The program will feature the premiere performance of "Bay Transits: Artifacts and Futures", as well as other selections by ensemble members. Featuring Erika Oba (flute), Stephanie M. Neumann (saxophone/voice/sound design), Jacob Lane (piano), guest artist Jamael Smith, (bassoon), and Alan Zignoto (video artist). This project was generously funded by the Berkeley Civic Arts Grant.  More...

Sat 5/25 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
A new multichannel sound composition & installation by Dave Shaff. Featuring musical excerpts from the album holistic management by Joel Reber.  More...

Sun 5/26 7:00 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
PACIFIC PYTHAGOREAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
In a co-presentation with sfSound's West Oakland Sound Series, the DEL SOL STRING QUARTET hosts the Bay Area's only festival celebrating 'just intonation’ compositions with an all-star lineup showcasing experimental and traditional styles!  More...

Mon 5/27 7:30 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford]
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Guillermo Galindo: Nexo Organico/Organic Nexus

Guillermo Galindo presents a live score to a black and white post-apocalyptic animation film that shows a nuanced dialogue between classical taxonomic systems rooted in European codices and contemporary biogenetic sciences and corporations. The latter, often linked to extractivism and genetic modification for commodification, face tension within this artistic exploration. The piece reflects a post-human symbiotic mutant world inhabited with entities that are part fish part animal, part human and part plant.  More...

Wed 5/29 8:00 PM Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave Albany]
Phillip Greenlief + NELS CLINE + Scott Amendola TRIO
performing two sets for an intimate evening at Ivy Room  More...

Wed 5/29 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Natural Information Society + Togetherness Ensemble  More...

Thu 5/30 7:30 PM Brava Theater Center [2781 24th St San Francisco]
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
RE:Voicing 2: Worlds Apart  More...

Thu 5/30 7:30 PM Brava Theater [2781 24th Street San Francisco]
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players: RE:voicing 2: Worlds Apart  More...

Thu 5/30 8:00 PM Mitchell Park Community Center [3700 Middlefield Rd Palo Alto]
Earthwise welcomes Nels Cline Phillip Greenlief Scott Amendola Trio  More...

Fri 5/31 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound; Social Stutter Saxophone Quartet  More...

Fri 5/31 8:00 PM Dresher Ensemble Studio [2201 Poplar St Oakland]
Grex presents Auntie + Tebs

Karl Evangelista (guitar, voice), Rei Scampavia (keys, voice), Robert Lopez
with Special Guests Bobby Bradford and Francis Wong

Oakland experimental duo Grex presents "Auntie + Tebs," a brand new musical work that celebrates the sound of change - and the cost of making noise. "Auntie + Tebs" blends cutting-edge sounds drawn from the realms of jazz, rap, and electronic music with visuals and spoken word, underlining the relationship between Bay Area activism and hard-fought battles in countries like the Philippines and South Africa.

EVENT WEBSITE / TICKETS  More...

Fri 5/31 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
A new multichannel sound composition & installation by Dave Shaff. Featuring musical excerpts from the album holistic management by Joel Reber.  More...

Sat 6/01 1:00 PM San Francisco Public Library, Koret Auditorium [100 Larkin Street]
Surplus 1980  More...

Sat 6/01 8:00 PM Dresher Ensemble Studio [2201 Poplar St Oakland]
Grex presents Auntie + Tebs

Karl Evangelista (guitar, voice), Rei Scampavia (keys, voice), Robert Lopez
with Special Guests Bobby Bradford and Zoh Amba

Oakland experimental duo Grex presents "Auntie + Tebs," a brand new musical work that celebrates the sound of change - and the cost of making noise. "Auntie + Tebs" blends cutting-edge sounds drawn from the realms of jazz, rap, and electronic music with visuals and spoken word, underlining the relationship between Bay Area activism and hard-fought battles in countries like the Philippines and South Africa.

EVENT WEBSITE / TICKETS  More...

Sat 6/01 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
A new multichannel sound composition & installation by Dave Shaff. Featuring musical excerpts from the album holistic management by Joel Reber.  More...

Sat 6/01 9:00 PM RUBBER (() CEMENT live KALX BROADCAST [90.7 KALX FM https://www.kalx.berkeley.edu/media/live-streaming/]
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Rubber (() Cement live broadcast in rare audio treat to pitch a Universal Goal For Audio moment to stop the scheduled earthquake around the 9pm time slot. Use this code for free listening online: #000  More...

Sun 6/02 4:00 PM Old First Concerts [1751 Sacramento St. SF]
Blaise Bryski plays Mark Winges  More...

Sun 6/02 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Doors That Only Open in Silence (open participation, non-hierarchical workshop in free improvisation)

The monthly series of improvisation research at Temescal Arts Center continues. Bring your instrument or come to listen. No advance notice needed — just show up. Small groups will be randomly assembled from submitted names immediately before each group plays. We try to keep transition time between groups at a minimum. Over by 10pm. Donations for the venue rental are encouraged.  More...

Fri 6/07 7:00 PM Sound & Savor [1131 24th St Oakland]
Theresa Wong solo and 4 course Matsumoto Farm Peach Menu (vegan)  More...

Fri 6/07 8:00 PM The Back Room [1984 Bonita Ave Berkeley]
Paul Hanson, Michael Manring & Scott Amendola  More...

Fri 6/07 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
A new multichannel sound composition & installation by Dave Shaff. Featuring musical excerpts from the album holistic management by Joel Reber.  More...

Fri 6/07 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Stefan Maier + Michael Masaru Flora  More...

Sat 6/08 4:00 PM Building 34 [1024 Nimitz Avenue Vallejo, CA 94592 Coordinates: 38.098466,-122.2694642]
Re:Sound SUN convenes in Building 34 on Mare Island for an afternoon of sound, vision, and space from Yann Novak with G. Brenner (Los Angeles), CGRSM (Los Angeles), Christopher Robin Duncan (Oakland), Yasi Poursamad and Ami Radunskaya (Los Angeles). Come early to explore the island sounds and beautiful trails.  More...

Sat 6/08 8:00 PM Indexical [Tannery Arts Center 1050 River St. #119 Santa Cruz]
Stefan Maier + Sharkiface  More...

Sat 6/08 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
A new multichannel sound composition & installation by Dave Shaff. Featuring musical excerpts from the album holistic management by Joel Reber.  More...

Thu 6/13 8:00 PM Peacock Lounge [552 Haight St SF]
Rachel Beetz, Scott Arford, Anne Hege, John Bischoff
Thurs June 13 8pm-11pm Peacock Lounge, 552 Haight, SF
All-ages, $5-$15 no one turned away for lack of funds.  More...

Fri 6/14 5:00 PM Spruce Street Concerts [send email to harry@fullplatemedia.com]
Kahil El'Zabar and David Murray perform iin a private home in the Berkeley hills. There will be two sets: the first at 5pm, & the second at 7pm.  More...

Fri 6/14 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
A new multichannel sound composition & installation by Dave Shaff. Featuring musical excerpts from the album holistic management by Joel Reber.  More...

Fri 6/14 8:00 PM Gray Area Art And Technology [2665 Mission St. SF]
Gray Area and Recombinant Media Labs present
Drew McDowall – A Thread, Silvered and Trembling
with Chelley Sherman, CYRNAI, GAZAEBAL, & Nihar  More...

Fri 6/14 8:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
The Lost Trio
Fri, June 14, 8:30pm – 10:00pm  More...

Sat 6/15 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
The Lost Trio Redux  More...

Sat 6/15 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
A new multichannel sound composition & installation by Dave Shaff. Featuring musical excerpts from the album holistic management by Joel Reber.  More...

Sun 6/16 8:00 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
David Murray / Kahil El Zabar Duo  More...

Mon 6/17 7:00 PM The Back Room [1984 Bonita Ave Berkeley]
Kahil El'Zabar//David Murray Duo - Friends for Life Tour  More...

Mon 6/17 7:30 PM Duende [1075 Aileen St Apt B]
GOING AWAY PARTY FOR Phillip Greenlief featuring CITTA DI VITTI - an evening with citta di vitti, featuring music inspired by films of michelangelo antonioni with monica vitti. the trio will perform with video clips from the films that inspired the works. citta di vitti is: Phillip Greenlief - alto saxophone, compositions; lisa mezzacappa - contrabass; jason levis - drums  More...

Wed 6/19 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
- Ken Ueno / Karen Yu duo
- Kevin Corcoran / Jacob Felix Heule percussion duo
- combined quartet  More...

Fri 6/21 5:00 PM Chapel Of The Chimes [4499 Piedmont Avenue Oakland, CA 94611]
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Garden of Memory at Chapel of the Chimes

The annual Walk-Through Concert - Garden of Memory at Chapel of the Chimes returns again to celebrate the summer solstice.

ONLINE SALES ONLY. NO SALES AT THE DOOR. TICKETS WILL BE CAPPED AT 2750. TICKETS WILL SELL OUT.

The program will feature simultaneous performances in different parts of the building by Bay Area composers, musicians, sound artists, and other performers presenting a variety of acoustic and electronic music, installations, and interactive events; the audience is free to move throughout the building during the performances.  More...

Thu 6/27 8:00 PM Adobe Books [3130 24th St SF]
Sult

From Norway and Oakland, an acoustic trio of guitar, contrabass, and bass drum. Over the past 15 years Sult has created a thrillingly dynamic and visceral sound world, forging a musical unity while also asserting the radically unique languages of its three core members. Their raw acoustic improvisations crackle with an energy that makes indirect communications reverberate on a cosmic level. Their music evokes natural phenomena; storms, landslides, tectonic frictions, lightning splitting forests of trees. Sult exists on the outer edges of free improvisation and the avant-garde, echoing the multi-layered, sonic intensity of AMM's Crypt era as well as Mauricio Kagel's most physical/textural work and the existential force of Helmut Lachenmann's "instrumental musique concrète".  More...