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01/10/2015 - 02/23/2015

Saturday, January 10
Sat 1/10 12:00 PM Noisebridge Hackerspace [2169 Mission St SF]
godwaffle noise pancakes  More...
Sat 1/10 6:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Felt Has Feelings:
an interactive installation of autonomous sonic inventions
by Bryan Day
Bryan Day is a improviser, instrument inventor, illustrator and installation artist based in Richmond, CA. His work involves combining elements of the natural and man-made world using field recordings, custom audio generation software and homemade instruments. Dayís work explores the parallels between the patterns and systems in nature to those in contemporary society.

“For 'Felt Has Feelings' I will be presenting a collection of invented instruments spanning the last 15 years. These run from the oldest piece displayed, a metal-contact controlled synthesizer, featuring three separate square wave oscillators, to ultra-portable frame instruments, to interactive sound quilts.  My newest pieces in this show are semi-autonomous stringed and friction instrument.  Pitches are controlled by electromagnets and the percussive manipulations of filaments controlled by microcontroller.  Cameras process nearby movement and translate it into physical sound.”  More...
Sat 1/10 8:00 PM Victoria Theater [2961 16th Street San Francisco]
The San Francisco Tape Music Festival 2015: Frank Zappa, Carla Scaletti, Thom Blum, Byron Evora, Kent Jolly, Cheryl Leonard, Collin McKelvey, David Arango-Valencia, Francisco Eme, James O’Callaghan, Matthew Schoen, and Pierre-Luc Senécal  More...
Sat 1/10 8:00 PM VAMP music • art • consignment [331 19th Street Oakland]
"The Moon is your Moon" - a photo exhibit by Collette McCaslin!

Music will be provided by the Rent Romus Trio
Mark Pino - percussion
Shanna Sordahl - cello  More...
Sat 1/10 9:30 PM Duende [468 19th Street Oakland]
Total M.A.S.S. (Michael Manring, Alex Cline, Steuart Liebig, Scott Amendola)  More...
Sat 1/10 9:30 PM Studio Grand [3234 Grand Ave, Oakland]
String (band) Music Double Bill!
BANDERSNATCH (Alisa Rose, violin - Jesse Appelman, mandolin - Max Johnson, bass (from NYC!)
Lisa Mezzacappa's INTERLOPERS (Murray Campbell, violin - Crystal Pascucci, cello, John Finkbeiner, guitar - Tim Perkis, electronics - Lisa Mezzacappa, bass)  More...
Sat 1/10 11:00 PM Victoria Theater [2961 16th Street San Francisco]
The San Francisco Tape Music Festival 2015 Special LATE SHOW: BRIAN ENO (16-channel World Premiere), PAULINE OLIVEROS, AUGUSTO MEIJER and CLIFF CARUTHERS  More...
Sunday, January 11
Sun 1/11 3:00 PM Maybeck Recital Hall [1537 Euclid Ave. Berkeley, CA 94708]
The Steve Adams/Vinny Golia Duo will give a rare performance on unusual woodwinds at the Maybeck Recital Hall. Steve and Vinny have been playing together since 1988 in a wide variety of ensembles, and their infrequent performances as a duo showcase the essence of their versatility and musicality.  More...
Sun 1/11 7:00 PM Gold Lion Arts [2733 Riverside Blvd Sacramento]
Sunday, 1/11 Second Sunday Sessions
(Hosted by Alex Jenkins), 7pm $10 All ages

Set 1: Ice Age Trio (Jack Chandler, Ron Ochoa and Paul Relvas)

Set 2: Steuart Liebig/ Jon Bafus/ Ross Hammond Trio  More...
Sun 1/11 8:00 PM Berkeley Arts [2133 University Avenue, between Shattuck & Oxford, walking distance from downtown Berkeley BART]
8 pm Bleeding Vector: Lorin Benedict - voice; Eric Vogler - guitar This (more than) decade-old duo of guitar and voice will feature a melange of well-worn standards and original compositions. 9 pm Phillip Greenlief - tenor saxophone; Max Johnson (NYC) - bass; Jordan Glenn - drums Music in the moment; don't miss it, come hear the present tense before it becomes the past.  More...
Sun 1/11 8:00 PM Victoria Theater [2961 16th Street San Francisco]
The San Francisco Tape Music Festival 2015: SFSOUNDGROUP performs electroacoustic works by French and American composers. PIERRE BOULEZ (violin and live electronics), LUC FERRARI (improvising ensemble and tape), BERNARD PARMEGIANI (tape), HORACIO VAGGIONE (tape), MARIO DAVIDOVSKY (ensemble and tape), ROBERT ERICKSON (ensemble and tape), HANS TUTSCHKU (oboe, bass clarinet, and iPads), and Matt Ingalls (clarinet and tape).  More...
Monday, January 12
Mon 1/12 8:00 PM CNMAT [1750 Arch Street Berkeley]
San Francisco-based woodwind quintet Splinter Reeds will perform new works by Berkeley composers. The event will feature music by Kayla Cashetta, Andrew Martin, Matt Sandahl, and S. Howard Rubin  More...
Mon 1/12 8:30 PM Spice Monkey [1628 Webster St Oakland]
Avant-Jazz & Experimental Noise Every Monday - sponsored by Oakland Freedom Jazz Society

KEY WEST
Brian Pedersen-sax, Rent Romus-sax, Josh Marshall-sax, Randylee Sutherland-euphonium, Mark Blatnik-cello, Shanna Sordahl-cello, Dave Dupuis-upright bass, Sung Kim-ozukuri2, Robert Lopez-drums
9 Fingers
Andrew Jamieson - keyboard , Dave Douglas - Drums  More...
Wednesday, January 14
Wed 1/14 7:00 PM NOHspace at Theatre of Yugen [2840 Mariposa Street San Francisco, CA 94110]
permutations011415: Athletics - Permutations is very proud to present in its first San Francisco iteration and west coast season opener, the Bay Area's newest new music ensemble, Athletics, in a concert and pre-party warmup for the New Music Gathering.
6 contact mics, drumsets, 7 guitar pedals, no-input mixer, 2 prepared trombones, Bari sax shredding, amplified voices, air guiros, nucleus jamz, CD players, way too many cables to count, original works, world premieres, laptops, feedback, beer.  More...
Wed 1/14 7:30 PM Canessa Gallery [708 Montgomery St SF]
New Intermedia work by Alexandra Hay.

Alexandra Hay will be performing three new pieces for projector & live electronics.  More...
Thursday, January 15
Thu 1/15 9:30 AM San Francisco Conservatory of Music [50 Oak St. San Francisco]
January 15–17, 2015 launches the first New Music Gathering, an annual coming-together of people focusing on topics of current music made in the classical music tradition. Combining concerts, discussions, and presentations about new music and its creators and activists, New Music Gathering brings top contemporary musicians, artists, administrators, and musicologists together to meet, talk, and foster relationships in the new music community. The 2015 debut is headlined by International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) cofounder and flutist Claire Chase; pianist, writer, and producer Sarah Cahill; the Grammy Award–winning Kronos Quartet; internationally renowned pipa virtuoso Wu Man; and the boundary-breaking ensemble The Living Earth Show. This year’s event, hosted by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (50 Oak Street) and Center for New Music (55 Taylor Street), will focus on “Artist-Led Ensembles” with over fifty presenters and performing acts over the course of three days.  More...
Thu 1/15 6:30 PM Rooz Cafe [1918 Park Blvd Oakland]
Rooz Special: Lewis Jordan Trio + Jameson Swanagon/Theo Padouvas + Vertical Hold

A special evening of contemporary jazz, small group improvisations, and songs simultaneously big and small--featuring a new iteration of the Lewis Jordan Trio (including a first-time collaboration with percussionist Dave Mihaly), a solo/duo program from Jameson Swanagon and Theo Padouvas, and Sacramento's all-star Vertical Hold (with Ross Hammond and Tony Passarell).  More...
Thu 1/15 8:00 PM Luggage Store Creative Music Series [Outsound co-Presents @ The Luggage Store Gallery 1007 Market St. SF]
8pm Dave DeFilippo
synth modules, feedback/analysis techniques and programs for touch input
9pm Jim Ryan Trio
Jim Ryan - saxophones, kalimba, flutes, electronics
Mark Pino - drums, percussion, pedals, voice
Eric Marshall - electric bass

This will be one of the last shows for Jim Ryan as a local performer who will be moving to the East Coast in February  More...
Thu 1/15 8:00 PM Counterpulse [1310 Mission Street San Francisco]
Sonic Body Series #8  More...
Thu 1/15 9:00 PM Duende [468 19th Street Oakland]
Aaron Novik's Cosimo Lissy  More...
Friday, January 16
Fri 1/16 10:00 AM San Francisco Conservatory of Music [50 Oak St. San Francisco, CA]
January 15–17, 2015 launches the first New Music Gathering, an annual coming-together of people focusing on topics of current music made in the classical music tradition. Combining concerts, discussions, and presentations about new music and its creators and activists, New Music Gathering brings top contemporary musicians, artists, administrators, and musicologists together to meet, talk, and foster relationships in the new music community. The 2015 debut is headlined by International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) cofounder and flutist Claire Chase; pianist, writer, and producer Sarah Cahill; the Grammy Award–winning Kronos Quartet; internationally renowned pipa virtuoso Wu Man; and the boundary-breaking ensemble The Living Earth Show. This year’s event, hosted by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (50 Oak Street) and Center for New Music (55 Taylor Street), will focus on “Artist-Led Ensembles” with over fifty presenters and performing acts over the course of three days. Advance Tickets: $60 full conference pass, $30 day pass.  More...
Fri 1/16 7:00 PM Berkeley Arts & NewNow Performances [2133 University Avenue Berkeley]
NextNow Performances Presents - HARDLY STRICTLY PERSONAL - A Celebration of Post-Beefheart Art - 25 projects/ 86 Artists in Experimental and New music come together to play a benefit for Earth Juatice and The Coalition On Homelessness. A 'Party of Very Special things to do' - 25 views very diverse views on to the life words paintings music of the late Don Van Vliet (AKA Captain Beefheart)...http://nextnow.edgebuzz.tv  More...
Fri 1/16 8:00 PM Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists [1924 Cedar Street Berkeley, CA]
In association with Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Jazz@YBCA Program, Jazz in the Neighborhood is proud to present the Ben Goldberg School.  More...
Fri 1/16 9:30 PM Studio Grand [3234 Grand Ave, Oakland]
THE DIRTY SNACKS ENSEMBLE

JOIN THE DIRTY SNACKS ENSEMBLE FOR A NIGHT OF ORIGINAL WORKS FROM THEIR UPCOMING RECORD AND A FEW BRAND NEW PIECES!  More...
Saturday, January 17
Sat 1/17 10:00 AM San Francisco Conservatory of Music [50 Oak St. San Francisco, CA]
January 15–17, 2015 launches the first New Music Gathering, an annual coming-together of people focusing on topics of current music made in the classical music tradition. Combining concerts, discussions, and presentations about new music and its creators and activists, New Music Gathering brings top contemporary musicians, artists, administrators, and musicologists together to meet, talk, and foster relationships in the new music community. The 2015 debut is headlined by International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) cofounder and flutist Claire Chase; pianist, writer, and producer Sarah Cahill; the Grammy Award–winning Kronos Quartet; internationally renowned pipa virtuoso Wu Man; and the boundary-breaking ensemble The Living Earth Show. This year’s event, hosted by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (50 Oak Street) and Center for New Music (55 Taylor Street), will focus on “Artist-Led Ensembles” with over fifty presenters and performing acts over the course of three days. Advance Tickets: $60 full conference pass, $30 day pass.  More...
Sat 1/17 10:00 AM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
10 AM - 4:30 PM

C4NM hosts a full day of events as part of the New Music Gathering, a three-day conference for contemporary classical musicians.

Events include panel discussions on community and scene building (10 AM), technology in new music (11 AM), a curated noontime concert featuring Isaac Schankler, and an open rehearsal plus discussion with Kronos Quartet and pipa virtuoso Wu Man (2 PM).  More...
Sat 1/17 1:00 PM Berkeley Arts [2133 University Avenue Berkeley]
NextNow: A Celebration of Post-Beefheart Art
NextNow presents Hardly Strictly Personal - A Celebration of Post-Beefheart Art - a festival to benefit the good works of Earth Justice and the Coalition On Homelessness.  More...
Sat 1/17 3:00 PM Musicians Union Local 6 [116 9th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103]
AFTERNOON / David Leikam/zBug featuring Timothy Orr & Sean Price ... zBug is the premiere industrial jazz unit that presents structured improvisational compositional music sets, based on architecture. ArtsEarth presents AFTERNOON / the new concert series once-a-month featuring the best in music from the San Francisco Bay Area and internationally.  More...
Sat 1/17 5:30 PM Episcopal Church of the Incarnation [1750 29th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94122 (between Noriega and Moraga)]
Sunset Music and Arts' 2015 Winter/Spring season kicks off on January 17, 2015 with recital by Leon Rosen in a program of original compositions titled 'Compositions from the heart of winter.' The compositions and improvisation draws its inspiration from Jewish liturgical songs, and works by other great Jazz artists. The program will be followed by 'Favorite songs from Broadway shows and more' with Sally Porter Munro (San Francisco Opera) and accompanied by Vaughn Jones.  More...
Sat 1/17 7:30 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford, CA 94305]
Contemporary cello specialist Severine Ballon presents new music for solo cello and solo cello with electronics, written by Stanford composers.  More...
Sat 1/17 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Thollem/Robair Trio Music Minus One with Special Guests

To celebrate their duo album on Setola di Maiale "Trio Music Minus One (For Dennis Palmer)", Thollem Electric and Gino Robair have invited some local sonic inspirators for a round of trios that will vary dramatically in timbre and character over the course of the concert. The first half the duo will be joined by the insurmountable genius of saxophonist Larry Ochs from the Rova Saxophone Quartet. The 2nd half Gino and Thollem will be joined both by cellist Crystal Pascucci for a trio followed by another trio with violinist Christina Stanley.  More...
Sunday, January 18
Sun 1/18 7:00 PM Gold Lion Arts [2733 Riverside Blvd Sacramento]
Rent Romus' Life's Blood Ensemble perform The Otherworld Cycle - visions of the Kalevala
Ron Heglin•Voice, Heikki Koskinen•Recorder, E-trumpet, Kantele, Bob Marsh•Voice, Suki O'Kane•Percussion, Joshua Marshall•Tenor Saxophone, Bill Noertker•Bass, Timothy Orr•Drums, Crystal Passcucci•Cello, Mark Pino•Percussion, Mika Pontecorvo•Flutes, Rent Romus•Alto Saxophone, Kantele, Flutes, Bells, Shanna Sordahl•Cello  More...
Sun 1/18 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Weston Olencki/Katherine Young/Architeuthis Walks On Land

SF trombonist Weston Olencki and Chicago-based composer/bassoonist Katherine Young will present a concert featuring the results of over a year of collaboration with a new work for trombone and electronics. Young will also perform a set as a part of Architeuthis Walks On Land, with violist Amy Cimini.  More...
Sun 1/18 8:00 PM Viracocha [998 Valencia St. SF]
David James's GPS

David James-Guitar, Vocal; Alan WIlliams-Trombone; Beth Custer-Clarinet; Dina Maccabee or Charith Premawardhana-VIola; Lisa Mezzacappa-Bass; Jan Jackson-Drums  More...
Sun 1/18 8:00 PM Berkeley Arts Festival [2133 University Avenue Berkeley]
Jerry Kuderna presents "A Half Century of American Piano Music": Roger Sessions Five pieces (1975), Robert Helps Nocturne (1973), Elliot Carter Two Thoughts About the Piano (2006-7), Milton Babbitt: Post Partitions (1966)  More...
Monday, January 19
Mon 1/19 7:30 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford, CA 94305]
Thomas Ankersmit Performs Live Electronics Set  More...
Mon 1/19 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Autoduplicity

Autoduplicity is an exploration of music for bodies and speech - our shared instruments - and investigates how these ordinary sounds can be transformed into powerful musical ideas reflective of the human experience. The program also probes themes of blurred identities and realities, questions of sanity, the movements of our bodies, and the rhythms of our speech.  More...
Mon 1/19 8:00 PM Era Art Bar and Lounge [19 Grand Ave Oakland, CA]
Bells Atlas

Young Nudist
Michael Coleman, Piano
Jordan Glenn, drums
Andrew Conklin, guitar
Mark Allen-Piccolo, bass  More...
Mon 1/19 9:00 PM Spice Monkey [1628 Webster St Oakland]
Dapplegray  More...
Wednesday, January 21
Wed 1/21 7:45 PM Second Act [1727 Haight St. SF]
DaMaDa
Miaozu, Zhuangzu, Yi Zu, Xinjiang and northwest Chinese tribal musics meld with American free jazz interpretivity right before your ears.
http://damada.net/video/

Theremin Barney
His instruments, amps, effects, unpredictable and unnamed devices are all one-of-a-kind designs, all built by hand and usually analog. Past playmates have included Victims Family, Throbbing Gristle, Social Unrest, Jean Jacques Perrey, L7, Hawkwind, DJ RAZ, and Farflung.
https://vimeo.com/103063345

Djll Mazawa
Tom Djll lays down slabs of sound, etching them with timbres from his kit of synth circuits. Julia Mazawa raises timbres from etched slabs, laying and delaying their path from tonearm to circuit to soundspace. Pick up the signal rising down from this twisted pair.
https://soundcloud.com/juliamazawa
https://djll.bandcamp.com/

SL Morse
Combining composition and improvisation, SL Morse is the project of Sarah Lockhart (drums) collaborating with other musicians. Tonight's performance of “The Yellow Wallpaper” features Sarah's long-time collaborator from past projects (Tainted Pussy, Aurora Nonet), Aurora Josephson (voice/small percussion).
https://soundcloud.com/sl-morse/slmorse-061510  More...
Wed 1/21 7:52 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
sfSoundSalonSeries: Séverine Ballon

French cellist Séverine Ballon performs new solo works written by local composers Franck Bedrossian, Erik Ulman, and Stanford Graduate Composers.  More...
Thursday, January 22
Thu 1/22 8:00 PM Luggage Store New Music Series [Outsound co-Presents @ The Luggage Store Gallery 1007 Market St. SF]
8:00pm Collette McCaslin (formerly CJ Borosque)/Sheila Bosco
9:00pm HUGE STATUE OF JESUS
Adam Adhiyatma - guitars, clarinets, electronics, voice, Alex Cohen - guitars, tubes, percussion, voice, Kim Nucci - saxophones,clarinet, flute, electronics, voice  More...
Friday, January 23
Fri 1/23 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Jen Shyu’s “Solo Rites: Seven Breaths”, directed by Garin Nugroho (performance and pre-concert screening of fieldwork footage)

Jen Shyu’s solo performance — that of a woman living simultaneously in multiple cultures and "projecting her ancestry" through contemporary monologue — reveals a personal journey of loss and redemption made universal through the exploration of losses that plagues our modern world: loss of tradition, habitat, and public spaces. Sonic, visual, and visceral rites and reflections are discovered by pilgrimage through Taiwan, East Timor, Indonesia, Vietnam, and South Korea. Renowned Indonesian film and stage director Garin Nugroho (Opera Jawa, Under the Tree, Daun di Atas Bantal) directs Solo Rites: Seven Breaths, infusing his distinctive vision for celebrating the exhilarating and sacred into the work.  More...
Fri 1/23 8:00 PM Community Music Center [544 Capp Street SF]
In association with Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Jazz@YBCA Program , Jazz in the Neighborhood is proud to present Darren Johnston's Wind Over Walls Quintet featuring Myra Melford.  More...
Fri 1/23 8:30 PM Studio Grand [3234 Grand Ave, Oakland]
Benefit Show for Outsound w/Grex, Jim Ryan, Teddy Rankin-Parker, + Moe! Staiano Ensemble
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An exciting group of Bay Area creative musicians convene for a special benefit for Bay Area non-profit Outsound Presents, including innovative art rock trio Grex, acclaimed solo cellist Teddy Rankin-Parker, avant-garde composer/percussionist Moe! Staiano, and singular Beat poetry survivor Jim Ryan.  More...
Saturday, January 24
Sat 1/24 8:00 PM The Ridge Space [634 15th St Oakland, California 94612]
At The Ridge Space

HORAFLORA
CHINESE FIRE DRILL (Dave Dupuis-Baritone Hurdy Gurdy, Brian Pedersen-Clarinet, Sung KIm-Ozukuri 2 and Nuns Horn
PUNCH AND JUDY (Crystal Pascuccii-Cello, Tim DeCillis-Drums)
THE HAITIAN COFFIN
Featuring the second trumpet of the Divine Horseman

The Ridge will be open free to the public from 4pm to 7:30pm with the sound installation Chorus: A Melodrama by Michael Mersereau.
https://www.facebook.com/events/626849400783453/  More...
Sat 1/24 10:00 PM Studio Grand [3234 Grand Ave, Oakland]
KGB (Knudsen, Goldberg, Benedict) + The Nathan Clevenger Ensemble  More...
Sunday, January 25
Sun 1/25 6:30 PM Studio Grand [3234 Grand Ave, Oakland]
A transformative night of two solo performances by pianist, composer, sound artist Motoko Honda (USA/Japan), followed by vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, dancer Jen Shyu (USA/East Timor/Taiwan)  More...
Sun 1/25 7:00 PM Hertz Hall [UC Berkeley campus near corner of College and Bancroft Berkeley]
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players

Project TenFourteen: Concert #2 - The World Premiere of Polish composer Agata Zubel’s where to as well as the World Premiere of Slow Portraits 3 by Du Yun. Also on the program, two works by Harrison Birtwistle: The Axe Manual and Gigue Machine. Special guest pianist Nicholas Hodges joins the SFCMP ensemble and our Steven Schick on percussion. 7:00 pm (pre-concert talk 6-6:30)  More...
Sun 1/25 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Doors That Only Open in Silence #2 (open participation improv workshop)

Trios & quartets randomly drawn from a hat, plus the LAB IMPROVISATION GROUP (Jacob Felix Heule, Tom Djll, Kanoko Nishi-Smith, Suki O'Kane, Tim Perkis)

Bring your instrument, & put your name in the hat. audience & participants encouraged to donate some cash for space rental. Over by 10pm.  More...
Sun 1/25 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
New Year Koto Concert

The New Year Koto Concert by three koto players. Shoko Hikage, Tomohiro Tanaka and Kayo Toki will perform koto & shamisen music include a Japanese Traditional koto music, Japanese folk songs, new music works by Shingo Edo, Hyo-shin Na, Katsuhiko Yoshizaki and more.  More...
Monday, January 26
Mon 1/26 8:00 PM Spice Monkey [1628 Webster St Oakland]
Sound Quartet ( Aram Shelton, Mark Clifford, Safa Shokrai, Britt Ciampa)  More...
Tuesday, January 27
Tue 1/27 7:00 PM UC Davis Nelson Gallery and Mondavi Performing Arts Center [1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616]
David Coll’s new work, Construction, is a two-part project that addresses the combination of music and installation art. Through fusion, gyration, alternation, dissolution, Construction is a two-hour event that will open the Music and Words festival. The assembled ensemble consists of artists Adam Carlin and Erich Richter; musician/musical director Kristina Dutton; and composers David Coll and Aaron Gervais.  More...
Wednesday, January 28
Wed 1/28 7:30 PM Second Act [1727 Haight St. SF]
Aural Films records, the label that publishes soundtracks for movies that do not exist. Is proud to present the San Francisco Fog Music Festival 2015. A four day event that brings together more than 20 different artists to present their sound and light interpretations of the weather event known as Fog.  More...
Thursday, January 29
Thu 1/29 12:00 PM Southern Exposure [3030 20th St. San Francisco, CA 94110]
Sound artist Chris Kallmyer and the Los Angeles Department of Weather Modification establish an office space and Northern Bureau headquarters at Southern Exposure. With five live programs and a gallery installation, the LADWM continue their sonic explorations into our experience of weather and the cultural history of weather modification practices. Kallmyer and other musicians from the LADWM use immersive sound, ritual and radical environmental experiments to end the California drought and create weather.
This installation is part of Sets, three two-week projects of process-based, video and performance work by Bay Area artists Christy Chan, Chris Kallmyer and Olivia Mole.  More...
Thu 1/29 6:00 PM California College of the Arts [Timken Lecture Hall 1111 Eighth St San Francisco CA]
Lecture by Christina Kubisch

Berlin-based composer, performance artist, and flautist Christina Kubisch is considered one of the most important and influential practitioners of the first generation of sound artists.  More...
Thu 1/29 7:30 PM Tom's Place [3111 Deakin Street Berkeley]
::Dialogue:: -- Myra Melford (piano) and Ben Goldberg (clarinet)  More...
Thu 1/29 7:30 PM Second Act [1727 Haight St. SF]
Aural Films records, the label that publishes soundtracks for movies that do not exist. Is proud to present the San Francisco Fog Music Festival 2015. A four day event that brings together more than 20 different artists to present their sound and light interpretations of the weather event known as Fog.  More...
Thu 1/29 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
The Del Sol String Quartet will present the second season of its “Soundings” Project, a series of three innovative performances that will explore the interface between new music and visual art. Each concert will focus on music by a contemporary composer—Pierre Jalbert (Concert 1), Huang Ruo (Concert 2), and Ken Ueno (Concert 3)—paired with artworks commissioned from three visual artists in various media.  More...
Thu 1/29 8:00 PM Luggage Store Creative Music Series [Outsound co-Presents @ The Luggage Store Gallery 1007 Market St. SF]
8pm onewayness
onewayness is Adam Holquist, an experimental electronic musician from Erie, Pennsylvania.
9pm Alphastare (Jeff Klukowski) vs Infinite Plastic Internal (Mark Pino)  More...
Thu 1/29 8:00 PM Slim's [333 11th St. San Francisco, CA]
Trance Mission, Fred Frith Trio and Jack O' The Clock  More...
Friday, January 30
Fri 1/30 5:30 PM Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [701 Mission St @3rd SF]
New Frequencies Fest
NEW FREQUENCIES LISTENING LAB
Adventurous Jazz and Improvised Music with Lisa Mezzacappa  More...
Fri 1/30 7:30 PM Second Act [1727 Haight St. SF]
Aural Films records, the label that publishes soundtracks for movies that do not exist. Is proud to present the San Francisco Fog Music Festival 2015. A four day event that brings together more than 20 different artists to present their sound and light interpretations of the weather event known as Fog.  More...
Fri 1/30 9:00 PM Studio Grand [3234 Grand Ave, Oakland]
OPENING RECEPTION // A Sung Kim Installation // With Friction and Empathy-Piloting the Satellite Sympathetic Resonators  More...
Saturday, January 31
Sat 1/31 2:00 PM Southern Exposure [3030 20th St. San Francisco, CA 94110]
Fog Meditation
Join Kallmyer and guests for an afternoon performance of fog-inspired music, with distant horns, slow moving sound and white-out conditions, taking us back to a pre-global warming San Francisco summer.
This event is part of Sets, three two-week projects of process-based, video and performance work by Bay Area artists Christy Chan, Chris Kallmyer and Olivia Mole.  More...
Sat 1/31 7:30 PM Second Act [1727 Haight St. SF]
Aural Films records, the label that publishes soundtracks for movies that do not exist. Is proud to present the San Francisco Fog Music Festival 2015. A four day event that brings together more than 20 different artists to present their sound and light interpretations of the weather event known as Fog.  More...
Sat 1/31 8:00 PM Berkeley Arts [2133 University Avenue Berkeley]
BOUNDLESS SOUND
A Night of Improvised Music to Benefit
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS

BOUNDLESS SOUND
A Night of Improvised Music to Benefit
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS
Fred Frith (guitar, voice)
Theresa Wong (cello, voice) DUO
&
DAPPLEGRAY
Jeanie-Aprille Tang (electronics)
Tara Sreekrishnan (piano)
Nava Dunkelman (percussion)  More...
Sat 1/31 8:00 PM San Francisco Conservatory of Music [50 Oak St. SF]
Special Event: Steve Reich: Drumming  More...
Sunday, February 1
Sun 2/01 4:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
BIRD & BECKETT Presents
Rent Romus' Life's Blood Quintet
with Timothy Orr, Adam Lowdermilk, Bill Noertker
and special guest Amber McZeal

"The rough stuff is sharp, engaging, and the softer spots draw you in." - Tom Hull  More...
Sun 2/01 5:00 PM Actual Cafe [6334 San Pablo Avenue Oakland]
The first Sunday of every month at the Actual Cafe:
John Schott's Actual Trio, with John Hanes and Dan Seamans

Rowdy, groovin', original Jazz from the acclaimed guitarist.  More...
Monday, February 2
Mon 2/02 8:00 PM Make-Out Room [3225 22nd St SF]
The Monday Make-Out
The cutting edge of Bay Area jazz and improvised music--

Set #1: Phillip Greenlief/David Boyce (improvised saxophone duo)

Set #2: Goddess Aphonic (psychedelic jazz/no wave)
(Britt Ciampa-dms, Mike Forbes-ts, Matt Chandler-el b)

Set #3: Quintet (first time meeting of Bay Area improvisers)
(Rob Ewing-tbn, Henry Hung-tpt, Raffi Garabedian-reeds, Matt Wohl-b, Hamir Atwal-dms)  More...
Mon 2/02 8:30 PM Spice Monkey [1628 Webster St Oakland]
Will Northlich-Redmond's Thwack

Thwack- WNR- perc, kalimba, conduction, Mark Clifford- drums/perc., Jordan Glenn - drums/perc.

Also performing... Luo Danna- vocals, Marc Schmitz- guitar, Dave Mihaly- drums, Michael Fortes- bass  More...
Wednesday, February 4
Wed 2/04 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
An evening of unaccompanied flute works that have redefined the sonic possibilities of the instrument. From the standard repertoire by Berio and Hosokawa, to subsonic, and nearly silent techniques of Sciarrino and Holliger. A representation of the different styles and trends from different parts of the world, explained by the performer himself.  More...
Wed 2/04 8:00 PM Yoshi's Oakland [510 Embarcadero West Oakland]
After more than a decade as a co-leader of the internationally acclaimed trio Minsarah, bassist Jeff Denson is forging into new territory with his trio that features Dan Zemelman on piano and Jon Arkin on drums.  More...
Wed 2/04 9:00 PM Duende [468 19th Street Oakland]
Jazz in the present tense.

We kick off New Frequencies Fest with a really killer offsite kickoff party at Duende, the popular restaurant and music club in Downtown Oakland. The band features Scott Amendola on drums, and special guests violinist Jenny Scheinman, guitarist Jeff Parker, and bassist John Shifflett. Tickets can be purchased directly through Duende’s website at www.duendeoakland.com.  More...
Wed 2/04 9:30 PM Studio Grand [3234 Grand Ave, Oakland]
Oakland Freedom Jazz Society presents Chen/Shelton/Rankin-Parker plus McCowen/Djll/Bruckmann  More...
Thursday, February 5
Thu 2/05 6:30 PM Contemporary Jewish Museum [736 Mission St San Francisco, CA]
Sun Ra’s musical afro-futurist film, Space is the Place (1972, 85min)  More...
Thu 2/05 7:30 PM Southern Exposure [3030 20th St. San Francisco, CA 94110]
Rain Ragas
In North India, music regularly ushers in the monsoon season. Join the LADWM for a concert of traditional and experimental ragas on sarode and tabla. Alam Khan, sarode player and son of Ali Akbar Khan, encourages precipitation with these rain-inspiring ragas.
This event is part of Sets, three two-week projects of process-based, video and performance work by Bay Area artists Christy Chan, Chris Kallmyer and Olivia Mole.  More...
Thu 2/05 7:30 PM Mills College Littlefield Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
A Lecture by Composer MORTON SUBOTNICK:
The Tape Recorder, the Transistor and the Credit Card: The Technological Big Bang A Personal History  More...
Thu 2/05 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
SFMusic Thursdays: Duo Camaraderie (sponsored by SFFCM)

Duo Camaraderie, along with guest artist clarinetist Rebecca D’Alessio, collaborate in Liebermann’s “Night Music” and Larsen’s “Barn Dances”. Local award-winning composer Omid Zoufonoun’s piece “By Shadow, By Light” will be premiered by the group as well. Enjoy an evening of exciting new music!  More...
Thu 2/05 8:00 PM Luggage Store New Music Series [Outsound co-Presents @ The Luggage Store Gallery 1007 Market St. SF]
Oa CD Release show:

8:15: Glou Glou (Gretchen Jude: Voice/Koto/Electronics, and Arjun Mendiratta: Electronics/Violin/Rocks)
8:45: Oa (Hugh Behm-Steinberg and Matt Davignon: Electronically-treated voices.)
9:30: Parties
Joe Morgan (The Late Virginia Summers), P.D. Wilder (Hotel Hotel & More States) and Andrew Weathers  More...
Thu 2/05 8:00 PM Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater [701 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103]
Henry Threadgill Double-Up, Tribute to Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris  More...
Thu 2/05 9:00 PM Duende [468 19th Street Oakland]
Scott Amendola Band with Jenny Scheinman, Nels Cline, Jeff Parker, and John Shifflett  More...
Thu 2/05 9:00 PM Winter's Tavern [1522 Francisco Blvd Pacifica, CA]
Reconnaissance Fly Live at Winters Tavern  More...
Friday, February 6
Fri 2/06 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Join improvisation mavens Fred Frith and Sudhu Tewari in a perfomance on homemades and guitar-like objects.  More...
Fri 2/06 8:00 PM Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [701 Mission St @3rd SF]
New Frequencies Fest
DOUBLE BILL: SATOKO FUJII DUO / RUDY ROYSTON'S 303  More...
Fri 2/06 9:00 PM Winters Tavern [1522 Francisco Blvd Pacifica, CA]
Tri-Cornered Tent Show Returns to Winters Tavern  More...
Fri 2/06 9:30 PM Duende [468 19th Street Oakland]
Ben Goldberg Trio with Trevor Dunn and Kenny Wollesen  More...
Fri 2/06 10:00 PM Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [701 Mission St @3rd SF]
New Frequencies Fest
MATANA ROBERTS
Coin Coin Chapter Two: Moonchile  More...
Saturday, February 7
Sat 2/07 3:00 PM Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [701 Mission St @3rd SF]
New Frequencies Fest
DOUBLE BILL: ROGER KIM’S ELLIOTT SMITH HOUR / Karl Evangelista’S GREX  More...
Sat 2/07 4:00 PM Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [701 Mission St @3rd SF]
New Frequencies Fest
JENNY SCHEINMAN
Solo Fiddle for Growing Boys and Girls  More...
Sat 2/07 5:00 PM Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [701 Mission St @3rd SF]
New Frequencies Fest:
Lisa Mezzacappa'S BAIT & SWITCH: avantNOIR
Aaron Bennett, tenor sax
John Finkbeiner, guitar
Lisa Mezzacappa, bass
Jordan Glenn, drums
with special guests William Winant, percussion and Tim Perkis, electronics  More...
Sat 2/07 6:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Serge Modular 40 Year Reunion Concert

Performances by Kevin Braheny Fortune, Paul M. Young, Jill Fraser with Anne Graham, Stephen Golovin, Sergei Tcherepnin, Todd Barton, Doug Lynner, Slope 114, Jorge Bachmann, LX Rudis, Citizen Kylee.  More...
Sat 2/07 8:00 PM Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [701 Mission St @3rd SF]
New Frequencies Fest
ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO  More...
Sat 2/07 8:00 PM Mills College Littlefield Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
Morton Subotnick, one of the pioneers in the development of electronic music and multi-media performance and an innovator in works involving instruments and other media, including interactive computer music systems, returns to Mills College for a week-long visit as Jean Macduff Vaux Composer-in-Residence and a concert performance of his music.  More...
Sat 2/07 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
“All Caps No Space” is the concert version of a multimedia work-in-progress. This performance will showcase the culmination of a two-week collaboration and residency at The MilkBar among the talented and unique Addleds musicians Kyle Bruckmann, oboe/English horn; Tony Dryer, double bass; and Jacob Felix Heule, percussion and composer Linda Bouchard.  More...
Sat 2/07 8:00 PM Emerald Tablet [80 Fresno St, San Francisco, CA, 94133]
Oa CD release concert at Emerald tablet
Oa = Matt Davignon & Hugh Behm-Steinberg (pre-recorded voices and electronics)  More...
Sat 2/07 10:00 PM Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [701 Mission St @3rd SF]
New Frequencies Fest
Myra Melford, JOËLLE LÉANDRE & NICOLE MITCHELL TRIO  More...
Sat 2/07 11:00 PM Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [701 Mission St @3rd SF]
Ben Goldberg's ORPHIC MACHINE
with Nels Cline, Carla Kihlstedt, Greg Cohen, Ches Smith, Ron Miles, and Myra Melford  More...
Sunday, February 8
Sun 2/08 11:00 AM Maybeck Studio for the Perforiming Arts [1537 Euclid Ave. North Berkeley]
Sneak preview of Grammy-winning bassoonist Paul Hanson’s new JMF commission Homecoming, with
Grammy-nominated guitarist John Schott and bassist Jeff Denson. Come for a schmooze, shmear, and chance to hear stunning sounds in a perfect space.  More...
Sun 2/08 7:30 PM SIMM Series @ The Musicians Union Hall [Outsound Presents @ Musicians Union Hall 116 Ninth St @ Mission SF 94103]
7:30 9 Fingers
Andrew Jamieson/David Douglas
8:30 8:30 Brett Carson/Mia Bella D'Augelli  More...
Sun 2/08 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Guitarist Seth Josel presents a program of music by Berlin-based composers celebrating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.  More...
Sun 2/08 8:00 PM VAMP music • art • consignment [331 19th Street Oakland]
New Music at VAMP presents HAY FEVER plus JOHN McCOWEN(solo) plus CARTOON JUSTICE-DIAMORPH ENTROPIC ARCHITECTURE UNIT  More...
Sun 2/08 8:00 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Shapeshifters Cinema: Cheryl E. Leonard with Rebecca Haseltine and Oona Stern.
Expanded cinema works inspired by hydrology and Yosemite's frozen lakes performed live by Cheryl Leonard (music) and Rebecca Haseltine (video). Plus two pieces about climate change and the polar oceans created by Oona Stern and Cheryl Leonard.  More...
Monday, February 9
Mon 2/09 7:30 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford, CA 94305]
Electroacoustic musicians and sound sculptors Adam Tinkle and Joe Mariglio - henceforth collectively known as Creosota - explore the visual, sonic, and theatrical potentials of projected light, vibrated fluids, and laser microphony, in works inspired by Inferometrics.  More...
Mon 2/09 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
A new quartet, Existence, brings together Berlin-based artists, Satoko Fujii and Kappa Maki with Rova’s Bruce Ackley, and Bay Area percussionist, Jordan Glenn. The group is a convergence of distinct approaches to making thoughtfully crafted improvisations.  More...
Wednesday, February 11
Wed 2/11 7:30 PM Canessa Gallery [708 Montgomery St SF]
Starting by sending a diptych of visual score postcards by mail to musician Kevin Corcocan and dancer Peiling Kao and ending in a trio performance, composer Gretchen Jude will explore in new ways the lines between improvisation and composition, dance and music.  More...
Wed 2/11 7:57 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
sfSoundSalonSeries: Mazen Kerbaj

sfSoundSalonSeries: Beirut improviser Mazen Kerbaj performs a extended trumpet improvisations with local improvisers.  More...
Thursday, February 12
Thu 2/12 7:00 PM Explatorium [Pier 15 San Francisco, CA]
Resonance: Susie Ibarra  More...
Thu 2/12 7:30 PM Southern Exposure [3030 20th St. San Francisco, CA 94110]
American Rainmaker: A Weather Opera
A weather expert discusses weather modification in California and the LADWM, featuring Andrew Tholl and Archie Carey, perform the autotuned story of Charles Hatfield, an early experimental rainmaker.
This event is part of Sets, three two-week projects of process-based, video and performance work by Bay Area artists Christy Chan, Chris Kallmyer and Olivia Mole.  More...
Thu 2/12 8:00 PM Berkeley Arts [2133 University Avenue, between Shattuck & Oxford - walking distance from downtown Berkeley BART]
Joelle Leandre (France) - contrabass; Phillip Greenlief - woodwinds - Leandre and Greenlief will present their long-standing duo at Berkeley Arts! The duo has been working together since 2005, and recorded THAT OVERT DESIRE OF OBJECT, a series of improvised duets and solo pieces for the Relative Pitch label in 2009. This is their first performance since 2011. They will play two sets, starting at 8 pm  More...
Thu 2/12 8:00 PM Luggage Store Creative Music Series [998 Market St. (corner of market & Taylor) SF]
8pm Eric Glick Rieman and friends
Nava Dunkelman: percussion.
Stephanie Neumann: saxophones and voice.
Jakob Pek: guitars and percussion.
Eric Glick Rieman : uncharacteristically on modular synthesizer and box board
9pm Loop 2.4.3's Time-Machine_music - Thomas Kozumplik (aka Loop 2.4.3)
combines man's oldest instruments (percussion and voice) with electronics and time-based effects to create an other-worldly musical journey.  More...
Friday, February 13
Fri 2/13 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Switchboard Presents: David Wegehaupt & The Athletics and Big Butter & the Eggmen

On Second Fridays at the Center for New Music, the Switchboard Presents concert series features split bills drawn from a roster of Switchboard alumni, Festival artists, and other acts who fall between genre lines.  More...
Fri 2/13 8:00 PM Gold Lion Arts [2733 Riverside Blvd Sacramento]
Ma series and Outsound Presents:
Shanna Sordahl+ Sharmi Basu + Shani Aviram  More...
Fri 2/13 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
A rare Bay Area performance from the noted composer Arnold Dreyblatt, who is visiting from Berlin. A pre-concert lecture will immediately precede the performance.
Program: Nodal Excitation, 1979 and Spin Ensemble, 2011
Dreyblatt has been composing music for his own and other ensembles for over thirty years. Often characterized as the most rock-oriented of American minimalists, Dreyblatt has cultivated a strong underground fan base for his transcendental and ecstatic music with his "Orchestra of Excited Strings".  More...
Fri 2/13 9:00 PM Life Changing Ministries [Oakland, CA]
Bill Nace/Jessica Rylan - Chiara Giovando - A Magic Whistle - Voicehandler  More...
Fri 2/13 10:00 PM Studio Grand [3234 Grand Ave, Oakland]
Studio Grand Presents Ackamoor + Molina in Ritual of the Collective Breath

Idris Ackamoor and David Molina perform improvised, ritualistic, cleansing ceremonies in the form of music. They play a multitude of traditional acoustic and invented instruments, which are processed with electronics. Using modern technology, Molina creates sparse to dense layers, which can range from hauntingly beautiful and meditative, to dark and unnerving soundscapes. Ackamoor uses his array of instruments anchored by his signature alto and tenor saxophones emphasizing extended range, explosive multi-phonics, lyrical beauty, and intense “outside” playing.  More...
Saturday, February 14
Sat 2/14 2:00 PM Southern Exposure [3030 20th St. San Francisco, CA 94110]
Love, Thunder
Saturday, February 14, 2015, 2:00 – 4:00 PM
The LADWM’s annual Valentine’s Day celebration articulates a love letter from precipitation to the people of San Francisco. Thunder needs you and wants you back. Bring an umbrella and a friend. This event is part of Sets, three two-week projects of process-based, video and performance work by Bay Area artists Christy Chan, Chris Kallmyer and Olivia Mole.  More...
Sat 2/14 3:00 PM Re:Sound [Magazine A-168 Railroad Ave. & Mercado Ct. Mare Island, Vallejo CA]
RE:SOUND presents Migration
In conjunction with the SF Bay Flyway Festival, RE:SOUND presents two days of immersive site-specific sound performances on the theme of bird migration. The performances take place in a decommissioned concrete munitions storage magazine measuring 55’ x 110.  More...
Sat 2/14 8:00 PM Berkeley Arts [2133 University Avenue Berkeley]
Eclectic Electric Emergency String (X)tet. --- Page/Marshall  More...
Sat 2/14 8:00 PM Mills College Littlefield Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN – Dewing Piano Recital

Pianist Marc-André Hamelin’s unique blend of musicianship and virtuosity brings forth interpretations remarkable for their freedom, originality, and prodigious mastery of the piano’s resources. He performs music by John Field, Franz Schubert, and Franz Liszt.  More...
Sat 2/14 8:00 PM Trinity Chamber Concerts [Trinity Chapel 2320 Dana Street Berkeley CA 94704]
Heart & Blood: Absolute mastery collides with non-conceptual intuition. Cornelius Shinzen (深禅) Boots performs on Taimu & jinashi shakuhachi flutes with Mark Deutsch on Bazantar (upright contrabass with dozens of sympathetic strings).  More...
Sat 2/14 9:30 PM Duende [468 19th Street Oakland]
The Lost Trio celebrates the release of MONKWORK with a West Coast Tour

Phillip Greenlief - tenor saxophone; Dan Seamans - bass; Tom Hassett - drums - The Lost Trio announces their 21st anniversary with a west coast tour celebrating the release of MONKWORK, their 5th release on Evander Music featuring an all Thelonious Monk program. The trio will also perform original compositions and selections from their near-surreal repertoire of over 600 songs. The Duende show will kick off the tour and lands on saxophonist Phillip Greenlief's birthday!  More...
Sunday, February 15
Sun 2/15 3:00 PM Re:Sound Migration [Magazine A-168 Railroad Ave. & Mercado Ct. Mare Island, Vallejo CA]
RE:SOUND presents Migration
In conjunction with the SF Bay Flyway Festival, RE:SOUND presents two days of immersive site-specific sound performances on the theme of bird migration. The performances take place in a decommissioned concrete munitions storage magazine measuring 55’ x 110.
re-sound.net  More...
Sun 2/15 4:00 PM Pacific Coast Brewery Company [906 Washington St Oakland, CA]
Myles Boisen's Past, Present Future  More...
Sun 2/15 5:00 PM The Emerald Tablet [80 Fresno Street, San Francisco]
Quiet Lightning has teamed up with Name Drop Swamp Records and The Emerald Tablet to produce a bimonthly series combining music and literature. Two musical performances, four authors. Lagunitas.  More...
Sun 2/15 7:00 PM In the Mood for Food [West Oakland. Address only given to those who are registered since this is a private home]
Joelle Leandre solo performance and 4 course gourmet meal.  More...
Sun 2/15 8:00 PM Berkeley Arts [2133 University Avenue Berkeley]
Jaroslaw Kapuscinski multi media  More...
Monday, February 16
Mon 2/16 7:30 PM Berkeley Arts [2133 University Avenue Berkeley]
India Cooke ~ Joëlle Léandre duo  More...
Mon 2/16 8:00 PM Spice Monkey [1628 Webster St Oakland]
Chen / Mersereau / Oppenheim
and Shelton / Stewart-Robertson Duo  More...
Tuesday, February 17
Tue 2/17 7:30 PM Tom's Place [3111 Deakin Street Berkeley]
Tim Daisy, with Kyle Bruckmann and Aram Shelton. Chicago percussionist Tim Daisy visits the bay area to perform solo and in duo and trio with local improvisers Kyle Bruckmann and Aram Shelton.  More...
Tue 2/17 7:30 PM CNMAT [1750 Arch Street Berkeley]
Please join us for this celebratory improvisational music concert in memory of David Wessel.  More...
Tue 2/17 7:43 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
sfSoundSalonSeries: Joana Holanda (BRAZIL) & Ignaz Schick (GERMANY)

sfSoundSalonSeries Joana Holanda performs new piano music from Brazil. sfSoundGroup performs compositions by electroacoustic composer/improviser from Berlin, Ignaz Schick.  More...
Wednesday, February 18
Wed 2/18 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
CANCELLED: Unfortunately Mr. Baker has been forced to cancel this performance. We hope to host him at a later date.

Duck Baker

Solo fingerstyle guitar concert of original tunes, improvisations, jazz standards and a few surprises.  More...
Wed 2/18 7:30 PM Tom's Place [3111 Deakin Street Berkeley]
Nava Dunkelman - Bruce Ackley Duo
Matthew Goodheart - Solo

Ackley and Dunkelman explore woodwind and percussion combinations and colors through improvised soundscapes.

Matthew Goodheart, recently back from a year in Europe, offers a set of improvised solo piano music.  More...
Wed 2/18 8:00 PM Second Act [1727 Haight St. SF]
V.E.X. is Roxana and LuLu from Moira Scar doing industrial wave noise cabaret. Their implements include Farfisa and Kurzweil keys, drum machine, f/x, analog synth, sampler, and vox. Projections by Fred Rinne.

Thomas Dimuzio: This is the wizard the land of Oz wished for, boundless, benemalevolent, shrouded in torrents of sound, daring lions to speak and machines to feel. Come set your straw brains alight to melt your metal heart as your furry ears purr and yowl.

Eco Morti as AAH: Returns to SF this time in supernatural human form as AAH. Amanda Hendrix is a zoomancer, technician of the sacred, and experimental noise artist who carefully gathers and weaves endangered species sounds in pairs, disturbances and lullabys. Not to be missed!

Walter Funk's Hologlyphics plus Kwisp: Artist/Musician Walter Funk began Hologlyphics in 1994 attempting to merge music, video art and holography, leading to his pioneering use of volumetric displays and augmented reality for art. This is a special chance to witness hologlphics yourself and to lay ears on Funk's audiolectronics, electroacoustic gizmoids, and transformations.  More...
Wed 2/18 8:00 PM Gold Lion Arts [2733 Riverside Blvd Sacramento]
A night of acoustic improvisations with 12 string guitar and tabla.  More...
Thursday, February 19
Thu 2/19 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
SFMusic Thursdays: Sierra Ensemble: Persian Premier and European Gems (sponsored by SFFCM)

In the grant-winning Turkish American Composer’s Project of 2013, Sierra Ensemble collaborated with 12 Turkish composers, and Persian composer Aida Shirazi, whose “Trio for Horn, Violin, and Piano,” will receive its North American premier this evening. In addition, Brahms’ “Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano,” in Eb Major, Opus 40, will be performed.  More...
Thu 2/19 7:30 PM Gold Lion Arts [2733 Riverside Blvd Sacramento]
The Lost Trio returns to Sacramento!!!!  More...
Thu 2/19 8:00 PM Luggage Store Creative Music Series [998 Market St. (corner of market & Taylor) SF]
Ad-Hoc Groups night

Bring an instrument for some group improv! Instrumentalists will have their names drawn from a Puppy Surprise into trios and quartets for short (7 minute) sets. Confirmed participants: Jorge Bachmann, Tom Bickley, CJ Borosque, Matt Davignon, Brian Day, Philip Everett, Joe Lasqo, Josh Marshall, Mark Pino, Eli Wallace  More...
Friday, February 20
Fri 2/20 8:00 PM Turquoise Yantra Grotto [32 Turquoise Way SF]
Odds and Ends
Join us for a playful evening of free improv, poetry, comedy, storytelling and song with oddball performers Jaroba, Dave Mihaly and David Samas.  More...
Fri 2/20 9:00 PM VAMP music • art • consignment [331 19th Street Oakland]
NEW MUSIC at VAMP presents The SOUND EFFECT plus YoYo MaMa  More...
Saturday, February 21
Sat 2/21 7:30 PM Episcopal Church of the Incarnation [1750 29th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94122 (between Noriega and Moraga)]
Join the Circadian String Quartet in a program of folk inspired chamber music from Persia and beyond. The program will include music by Sahba Aminikia, Reza Vali , Béla Bartók, Astor Piazzolla, and Joseph Haydn.  More...
Sat 2/21 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Steel Bridge Trio is a new music trio organized by Chicago percussionist Tim Daisy and includes two mainstays of the Bay Area improvising scene: Aram Shelton on alto saxophone and clarinet and Safa Shofrai on bass. The group was formed as a vehicle for Tim’s original compositions and is the first group which has him featured primarily on the vibraphone.  More...
Sat 2/21 8:00 PM Berkeley Arts [2133 University Avenue Berkeley]
Talking with Spirituals by Andrew Jamieson  More...
Sunday, February 22
Sun 2/22 2:00 PM The Nunnery [3016 25th. St SF]
Amy X Neuburg & Thea Farhadian: Improvised duets and solos  More...
Sun 2/22 7:00 PM Hertz Hall [UC Berkeley campus near corner of College and Bancroft Berkeley]
Project TenFourteen: Concert #3 - World Premieres of we turn in the night in a circle of fire by Laurie San Martin as well as a new work by Ken Ueno, Zetsu. Also on the program, two iconic works of the 20th century: Luciano Berio’s Linea and Luigi Nono’s Hay Que Caminar Soñando. Steven Schick leads the SFCMP ensemble. Cal Performances Hertz Hall, Berkeley – 7:00 pm (pre-concert talk 6-6:30)  More...
Sun 2/22 7:30 PM SIMM Series @ The Musicians Union Hall [Outsound Presents @ Musicians Union Hall 116 Ninth St @ Mission SF 94103]
7:30 Fistortion
Greg Gorlen - electronics, Jay Korber - drums, Sung Kim - ozukuri, Brian Pedersen - clarinet/sax
8:30 Goddess Aphonic
Britt Ciampa- Drums, Matt Chandler- Bass, Mike Forbes- Sax  More...
Sun 2/22 8:00 PM Berkeley Arts [2133 University Avenue Berkeley]
Special concert: New Western instruments in today’s Indian classical music

Set 1, 8pm: North Indian Jugalbandi:

— Teed Rockwell: Chapman-stick®-based "Touchstyle Veena", Peter van Gelder: sitar, Samrat Kakkeri (सम्राट कक्केरी): tabla

Set 2m 9pm: Classic South Indian format: 

— Prasant Radhakrishnan (ప్రశాంత్ రాధాకృష్ణన్): sax & Rohan Krishnamurthy (ரோகன் கிருஷ்ணமூர்த்தி): mridangam  More...
Monday, February 23
Mon 2/23 7:30 PM Mills College Ensemble Room [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
Monday, February 23, 2015 7:30 pm, Ensemble Room
PFL TRAJECT

The improbable meeting of three musicians—Pascal Pariaud (winds), Jean-Charles François (percussion), and Gilles Laval (electric guitar)—is at the origin of the creation of the group PFL TRAJECT in 2006. The terms “traveling" and “trajectory” in their plural dimensions are the constituent elements that best define the groups improvisatory music.  More...
Mon 2/23 8:00 PM Berkeley Arts [2133 University Avenue Berkeley]
Ben Goldberg and Friends

An exceptional evening of improvised music with
Ben Goldberg - clarinet
Kirk Knuffke - cornet
Smith Dobson Jr. - drums
Hamir Atwal - drums  More...