Tuesday, April 11
Tue 4/11 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St
SF]sfSoundSalonSeries presents loadbang
New York City-based loadbang performs works for trumpet, trombone, bass clarinet, and baritone voice by Tim McCormick, Aaron Cassidy, Aaron Helgeson, Joji Yuasa, and Gerard Grisey.
More... Tue 4/11 8:00 PM The Nunnery [3016 25th. St
SF]Salon At The Nunnery with Blake McGee...some very fine music, food and drink, FREE CD & Admission
More... Wednesday, April 12
Wed 4/12 7:30 PM Canessa Gallery [708 Montgomery St
SF]For our April event at Canessa Gallery we're excited to present an evening of obscure electronics featuring Alex Abalos, John Vance from Minneapolis, and Google Mobile Orchestra (Daniel Iglesia and Curtis Ullerich).
More... Wed 4/12 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St
SF]Evening with Jennifer Walshe, Composer-in-Residence, Stanford University
Jennifer Walshe shares her work ALL THE MANY PEOPLS for solo voice, film and electronics. Born in Dublin, Walshe is a composer, performer and visual artist of whom the Irish Times has said that "without a doubt, hers is the most original compositional voice to emerge in Ireland in the last 20 years.”
More... Thursday, April 13
Thu 4/13 7:00 PM Southern Exposure [3030 20th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110]Start off your evening with local poets Gillian Olivia Blythe Hamel, Peter Burghardt, and Robert Andrew Perez. The three co-publish speCt!, an artbook press that prints small-batch, single-author chapbooks, and each has been widely published in poetry journals. Perez, whose first collection, the field, was published with Omnidawn Publishing, is a recipient of the Lannan Literary Award for poetry. Then get the dance party started with Oakland's own Ambr33zy BA! making the dance floor a safe space for all creative freaks, oddballs, and disco grannies to be themselves and shake their ass! For this special night, Ambr33zy BA! with friends Ka'ra Kersey and Simmi will come together on one stage to bring high energy world music that will sweat your wig off in the name of LOVE!
More... Thu 4/13 7:30 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr.
Stanford]Luigi Nono's - Post-prae-ludium n.1, 'per Donau', Lecture and Performance -
Dr. Juan Parra and Dr. Jonathan Impett from ORCiM Orpheus Institute in Ghent present a lecture-performance focused around Luigi Nono's seminal electroacoustic tuba work Post-prae-ludium n.1, 'per Donau'.
More... Saturday, April 15
Sat 4/15 7:30 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr.
Stanford]The California Electronic Music Exchange Concerts (CEMEC) form a series of events designed to strengthen the connections between the various California educational institutions that maintain computer and electronic music programs. These events are run and curated by the graduate students and faculty of each participating institution. The 2017 series of California Electronic Music Exchange Concerts will be held at the campuses of UCSD, UCSB, Mills, CCRMA/Stanford, Santa Cruz, and CalArts throughout April 2017. The Stanford/CCRMA leg will be held on April 15th from 7.30PM
More... Sunday, April 16
Sun 4/16 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street
Oakland]Doors That Only Open in Silence (open participation 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. Audience & participants encouraged to donate some cash for space rental. Over by 10pm.
More... Sun 4/16 8:00 PM Resource Center for Nonviolence [612 Ocean St.., Santa Cruz]Mivos Quartet, “one of America’s most daring and ferocious new-music ensembles,” have performed everywhere from museums to metal clubs. They will play acoustic and electro-acoustic compositions by Patrick Higgins, Mario Diaz de Leon, Martin Stauning, Anahita Abbasi, and Scott Wollschleger.
More... Monday, April 17
Mon 4/17 8:00 PM The ROOM Series (at Royce Gallery) [2901 Mariposa St
between Harrison & Alabama
SF]The Room Series presents: SPLINTER REEDS
Splinter Reeds, the Bay Area’s first reed quintet, give a concert as part of The ROOM Series at The Royce Gallery in San Francisco, CA.
The quintet performs a world premiere work by
Theresa Wong, alongside pieces by Eric Wubbels,
Ken Ueno, and Tom Johnson featuring narration by
Pamela Z, in an evening of contemporary reed music.
More... Thursday, April 20
Thu 4/20 7:00 PM Southern Exposure [3030 20th Street, San Francisco]Live performances by Ronaldo V. Wilson and Club Chai in conjunction with 'Recapturing Memories of the Black Ark,' a sculptural installation by Gary Simmons currently on view at Southern Exposure.
More... Thu 4/20 7:30 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr.
Stanford]Bass2Bass - with Michelle Lou and Scott Worthington
Bass2Bass is a five string electric bass duo comprised of SoCal bassist/composers Scott Worthington and Michelle Lou. Seeing a dearth in new music written for the instrument, the duo decided to form in 2016 and commission new pieces that feature the expressive range of the electric bass in contemporary music. Their inaugural west coast tour presents three new works by composer/performers Sabrina Schroeder, Weston Olencki and Scott Worthington.
More... Friday, April 21
Fri 4/21 8:00 PM Z Space [450 Florida St
SF]Join us for SFCMP in concert for a weekend festival celebrating the great Lou Harrison whose 100th birthday we celebrate in 2017. 1 film, 3 concerts, composers talks, food, friends and great music at the beautiful Z Space. Attend with an All-Weekend Pass for $60, or attend individual events. Concerts are $25 each (or $15 for a group of 4 or more tickets). The Friday night film is $10. Get your tickets now.
A cash bar serving alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages is available before the events.
More... Fri 4/21 8:00 PM 542 Washington (House Show) [542 Washington Ave, Richmond CA]Dillon Vado is a local drummer and vibraphonist. This concert will feature all original music by Dillon Vado and improvisations from the band. Featuring Dillon Vado on vibraphone, Beth Schenck on alto sax, Greg Sankovich on piano, Alan Hall on drums, and Jeff Denson on bass.
More... Saturday, April 22
Sat 4/22 7:30 PM BRAUN REHEARSAL HALL - STANFORD [Department of Music
Stanford University
541 Lasuen Mall, MC:3076
Stanford, CA 94305-3022]Natasha Barrett’s work encompasses sound-art, sound-architectural installations, interactive techniques, collaboration with experimental designers and scientists as well live performance and improvisation. She will be in residence at Stanford/CCRMA for several weeks beginning mid-April presenting lectures as part of the Music222 course, public talks, graduate master classes, and presenting a concert of her 3D sound works on Saturday April 22nd with CCRMA’s GRAIL (Giant Radial Array for Immersive Listening) multichannel system, which will be installed in the Braun Rehearsal Hall for the duration of the quarter. Don't miss this very special event with one of the greatest composers in the spatial music realm!
More... Sat 4/22 8:00 PM Musically Minded Academy [5776 Broadway
Oakland, CA]Celebrating Duke’s Birthday Part 1: Stray Horns play Ellington
Named for Duke Ellington’s protege and intimate collaborator Billy Strayhorn, this little big band will explore corners of the ducal canon that still resonate in modern music. Trends like Exotica and the Bebop revolution will be shown to have clear precedent in the repertoire of the great Ellington Orchestra. Duke’s unique mastery of song form will be displayed in mash-ups, straight readings and updated approaches.
More... Sunday, April 23
Sun 4/23 2:00 PM The Nunnery [3016 25th. St
SF]the return of GHOST In The HOUSE - Second Sight CD Release Show
More... Sun 4/23 7:00 PM Incarnation Episcopal Church [1750 29th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94122]A choral concert with Masterworks Serenade, under the direction of Dr. Bryan Baker. Founded in January 2008 by Dr. Bryan Baker, Serenade is a chamber choir of 26 singers selected by audition primarily among members of Masterworks Chorale. The singers are committed members of the chamber choir, devoting many hours to rehearsal and performance with Serenade. Its varied repertoire, which partially overlaps that of Masterworks Chorale, ranges from classical to contemporary, spirituals and popular pieces.
More... Thursday, April 27
Thu 4/27 6:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St
SF]Composer Reading Session with The Living Earth Show
This year's C4NM Ensemble in Residence, The Living Earth Show, will read and workshop up to six works for guitar and percussion. Composers may submit up to five minutes of music for this opportunity, and will receive 20-30 minutes of time with the ensemble, and a recording of the entire session.
More... Thu 4/27 8:00 PM ODC Dance Theatre [3153 17th Street at Shotwell
SF]TOUCH BASS is a new collaboration of choreographer Risa Jaroslow with bassist and composer
Lisa Mezzacappa. The work features three dancers, three bassists and three double basses in an exploration of our physical and emotional vulnerabilities—using the fragility of a big, beautiful string instrument as a metaphor for our own real and imagined limitations.
Lisa Mezzacappa, bass + Eric Perney, bass + Matt Small, bass
More... Friday, April 28
Fri 4/28 6:00 PM Copperfield's Books in San Rafael [850 4th St
San Rafael, CA]Jazz In The Neighborhood Presents: Actual Trio in San Rafael
More... Fri 4/28 7:30 PM Point Richmond Jazz [201 Martina St., Point Richmond, 94801 CA]The Jacob Szekely Trio with cellist Jacob Szekely. With the Jacob Szekely Trio, Szekely has created a unique musical tapestry that incorporates the richness of jazz improvisation, the structure of classical music and the edginess of rock into its own alchemy which Szekely calls rock chamber jazz.
A risk taker who generally went with the first takes in the studio, Szekely has created an album that expands the sonic culture of the cello and showcases the influences of classical, jazz, funk, rock and East Indian music. His compositions are highly complex, yet always have groove at their core. Szekely explains " I've always been interested in pushing my instrument and myself. I was inspired by Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Jimi Hendrix early on but didnt tell my teachers at conservatory, because that didnt jibe with the classical tradition. It always felt like I was trying to bust out of the cello closet! '
More... Fri 4/28 8:00 PM ODC Dance Theatre [3153 17th Street at Shotwell
SF]TOUCH BASS is a new collaboration of choreographer Risa Jaroslow with bassist and composer
Lisa Mezzacappa. The work features three dancers, three bassists and three double basses in an exploration of our physical and emotional vulnerabilities—using the fragility of a big, beautiful string instrument as a metaphor for our own real and imagined limitations. with
Lisa Mezzacappa, bass + Eric Perney, bass + Matt Small, bass
More... Saturday, April 29
Sat 4/29 3:00 PM Re:sound A-168 [1595 Railroad Ave
Vallejo, CA 94592]Re:sound presents artists from far and near, please join us in Magazine A-168.
Jason Kahn (Switzerland)
Jean-luc Guionnet (France)
Adria Otte,
Kristina Dutton and Kanoko Nishi-Smith string trio (Oakland)
More... Sat 4/29 3:00 PM Finnish Kaleva Hall [1970 Chestnut St.
Berkeley]Spring "Vappu" Festival
Featuring
Kaleva Dance Ensemble plays live contemporary and traditional music of Finland including a sing-a-long
&
Rent Romus' Life's Blood Ensemble presents "Otherworld Finland" in honor of 100 years of Finnish Independence and ten thousand years of spirit.
Rent Romus - alto saxophone, flute;
Joshua Marshall - tenor saxophone; Heikki "Mike" Kosikinen - e-trumpet/tenor recorder; Safa Shokrai - double bass;
Timothy Orr - drums
also
Kids Crafts Tables
Finnish Folk, Pop, Rock, Hip Hop and beyond with DJ Renttu
Food, Drink, and Balloons
More... Sat 4/29 8:00 PM California Jazz Conservatory [2087 Addison Street
Berkeley]Composer/performer collective LA Signal Lab, founded by Dan Marschak, Hitomi Oba, Nick DePinna, and Noah Meites, comes together with Los Angeles’s most dynamic and exciting new-music groups, HOCKET and Aperture Duo to perform new works crossing improvised and through-composed music in a concert centered on “Water and Power”.
More... Sat 4/29 8:00 PM ODC Dance Theatre [3153 17th Street at Shotwell
SF]TOUCH BASS is a new collaboration of choreographer Risa Jaroslow with bassist and composer
Lisa Mezzacappa. The work features three dancers, three bassists and three double basses in an exploration of our physical and emotional vulnerabilities—using the fragility of a big, beautiful string instrument as a metaphor for our own real and imagined limitations. With
Lisa Mezzacappa, bass + Matt Small, bass + Eric Perney, bass
More... Sunday, April 30
Sun 4/30 3:00 PM ODC Dance Theatre [3153 17th Street at Shotwell
SF]TOUCH BASS is a new collaboration of choreographer Risa Jaroslow with bassist and composer
Lisa Mezzacappa. The work features three dancers, three bassists and three double basses in an exploration of our physical and emotional vulnerabilities—using the fragility of a big, beautiful string instrument as a metaphor for our own real and imagined limitations. With
Lisa Mezzacappa, bass + Matt Small, bass + Eric Perney, bass
More... Tuesday, May 2
Tue 5/02 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St
SF]Inbal Segev: Cello & Electronics by Women Composers Featuring Music by Anna Clyne, Missy Mazzoli, Gity Razaz, & Augusta Read Thomas
New York-based cellist Inbal Segev, known for her "glowing, burnished tone" (The Washington Post) will perform a concert celebrating music for solo cello by women composers, including works by Anna Clyne, Augusta Read Thomas, Missy Mazzoli, and the West Coast premiere of a concerto for cello and electronics written for Segev by Gity Razaz called Legend of Sigh. Before Segev’s performance of Legend of Sigh, Donato Cabrera, Music Director of the California Symphony and Las Vegas Philharmonic, will read the Azerbaijani folktale on which the piece is based. Segev is in California to perform the world premiere of composer Dan Visconti's cello concerto written for her, Tangle Eye, with the California Symphony on Sunday, May 7. Equally committed to new repertoire and masterworks, Segev brings interpretations that are both unreservedly natural and insightful to the vast range of music she performs.
More... Thursday, May 4
Thu 5/04 7:30 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr.
Stanford]Burnt Dot is an experimental noise and improvisation ensemble founded by Sarah Belle Reid (trumpet) and Ryan Gaston (modular synthesizer). Join us for the release of our cassette Constant Ballet and the premiere of a new audiovisual work Rare Earth for Desert Plant, with digital artist Sahir Khan.
The Rare Earth hypothesis states that complex life is the product of an intricate series of coincidental cosmic conditions. The unlikelihood for these precise circumstances to align suggests that intelligent life is rare elsewhere in the universe—if it exists at all. But perhaps complex life is more varied than we know to look for. It might even be all around us, undetected or simply unnoticed.
An audiovisual performance piece inspired by the emergence of organized systems in chaotic environments, Rare Earth for Desert Plant is a ritual plea for interstellar contact. Using augmented trumpet, modular synthesizers, interactive visuals, and ceremonial objects, a beacon for intelligent communication is formed and activated.
more info: http://www.burntdot.com/rare-earth
More... Friday, May 5
Fri 5/05 6:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St
SF]MicroFest North: Opening Reception, Iconoclast Centennials
Panel discussion and demonstrations with Larry Polansky,
William Winant, Daniel Schmidt and Jonathan Glasier. Join for a celebration of alternate tuning with works by Harrison, Colvig, and Darreg, all of whom would have turned 100 this spring.
More... Fri 5/05 8:00 PM Old First Concerts [1751 Sacramento St.
SF]Clarinet Thing
Sheldon Brown, Eb, Bb, bass clarinets;
Beth Custer, Bb, A, alto, bass clarinets;
Ben Goldberg, Bb, contralto clarinets; Harvey Wainapel, Bb, bass clarinets
More... Fri 5/05 8:00 PM Episcopal Church of St. John [1661 15th St]Wild Rumpus presents premieres by Brian Baumbusch and Carolina Heredia plus music by Lou Harrison and J.L.Adams; featuring handmade puppetry, just intonation guitar, and homemade percussion!
More... Fri 5/05 8:00 PM The ROOM Series (at Royce Gallery) [2901 Mariposa St
between Harrison & Alabama
SF]Pamela Z and
Donald Swearingen will perform a 3-night run of Pascal’s Triangle
A new work of electroacoustic music and live interactive media inspired by the beauty, ubiquity, and indispensability of mathematics – Pascal’s Triangle uses sampled text and sounds, voice & electronics, spatialized multi-channel audio, and interactive video. The movements of this evening-length work will employ numbers, patterns, and structures derived from mathematical principles – vignettes that evoke the poetic elegance of numbers.
Tickets here... More... Fri 5/05 9:00 PM Gray Area Art And Technology [2665 Mission St.
SF]Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and Novi_sad at the 2017 Gray Area Festival
On Friday night of the Gray Area Festival, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and Novi_sad join us for an evening of auditory painting and sculptural soundscapes.
More... Saturday, May 6
Sat 5/06 8:00 PM The ROOM Series (at Royce Gallery) [2901 Mariposa St
between Harrison & Alabama
SF]Pamela Z and
Donald Swearingen will perform a 3-night run of Pascal’s Triangle
A new work of electroacoustic music and live interactive media inspired by the beauty, ubiquity, and indispensability of mathematics – Pascal’s Triangle uses sampled text and sounds, voice & electronics, spatialized multi-channel audio, and interactive video. The movements of this evening-length work will employ numbers, patterns, and structures derived from mathematical principles – vignettes that evoke the poetic elegance of numbers.
More... Sat 5/06 11:00 PM KPFA RADIO 94.1 [Berkeley]Steve McQuarry Presents Tribu live on KPFA RADIO 94.1 on the B.A.J.A.B.A. showcase on JaZzline, May 6th from 11pm until midnight. Tribu also plays in Oakland at the Chalaca Annexo nightclub on May 13th and May 27th from 7-10pm.
More... Sunday, May 7
Sun 5/07 11:00 AM KFJC 89.7 FM [www.kfjc.org]"The Eternal Question" - The Don Preston Special
4 hour overview of the career of keyboardist Don Preston, from the 1950s to today.
More... Sun 5/07 5:00 PM SAFEhouse Arts [1 Grove St.
SF]Strange Thoughts Salon Night
EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE / VOICEHANDLER
SPOKEN WORD / SCOTT HAWKINS & TRAVIS DAVIS
VIDEO INSTALLATION & ART TALK / JESUS AGUILAR & AMY HO
SCREENING & LECTURE ON THE DARK REALM OF THE AMERICAN GOTHIC/ COURTNEY COULSON
TAROT READINGS / DELLA WATSON
More... Sun 5/07 7:00 PM Incarnation Episcopal church [1750 29th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94122]An evening of almost all-German music for violin, viola, cello and double-bass. The program will include works by Beethoven, Kerzenmacher, Grunau, and Kreisler.
More... Sun 5/07 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St
SF]MicroFest North: An Evening with
Sarah Cahill, Lou Harrison on the Piano
"Equal temperament destroys everything and is not for the human ear," Lou Harrison once said. While the equal-tempered piano was not his favorite instrument, he composed a dazzling range of solo piano music. Sarah plays his Summerfield Set, several movements from the Suite, two Cembalo Sonatas, the early Jig and Range- Song, and several unpublished and rarely performed works.
More... Sun 5/07 8:00 PM The ROOM Series (at Royce Gallery) [2901 Mariposa St
between Harrison & Alabama
SF]Pamela Z and
Donald Swearingen will perform a 3-night run of Pascal’s Triangle
A new work of electroacoustic music and live interactive media inspired by the beauty, ubiquity, and indispensability of mathematics – Pascal’s Triangle uses sampled text and sounds, voice & electronics, spatialized multi-channel audio, and interactive video. The movements of this evening-length work will employ numbers, patterns, and structures derived from mathematical principles – vignettes that evoke the poetic elegance of numbers.
More... Monday, May 8
Mon 5/08 8:00 PM Hertz Hall [UC Berkeley campus
near corner of College and Bancroft
Berkeley]Eco Ensemble/BNMP | premiere of new work for oboe & electronics by Maija Hynninen
More... Mon 5/08 9:00 PM Studio Grand [3234 Grand Ave, Oakland]Oakland Freedom Jazz Society Presents 9:30 pm - The Holly Martins: Lorin Benedict, voice; Kasey Knudsen, alto saxophone; Eric Vogler, guitar - The Holly Martins is a trio dedicated to playing structured improvisations which make heavy use of jazz underpinnings, but which lack the trappings of a traditional rhythm section. 10:30 pm
Phillip Greenlief solo - performs the west coast premiere of THE FIFTY STATES - a map score in four parts
More... Tuesday, May 9
Tue 5/09 7:00 PM Cyprian's Center [2092 Turk St]EVENT CANCELLED -- EVENT CANCELLED -- EVENT CANCELLED -- EVENT CANCELLED
The Lingua Incognita Session Nights is CANCELLED...there will be no event tuesday evening...an unforeseen injury will delay the event -- should return in the Fall
Apologies to those who were planning on coming.
More... Wednesday, May 10
Wed 5/10 7:00 PM KFJC Radio [89.7 FM www.kfjc.org]Vibrations of Fallen Angels: The Heliocentrics and their Music
The Heliocentrics are a London based psychedelic music collective who have broken the boundaries between funk, rock, electronic, ethnic traditions, and experimental music. We?ll explore their new kind of psychedelia as we share the best of all their releases from the very first to the latest.
More... Wed 5/10 7:30 PM Canessa Gallery [708 Montgomery St
SF]For our first of two May events at Canessa Gallery we are excited to present an evening of abstract electronic music by Medial Ages (London), Kio Griffith (Los Angeles) and Eurostache (San Francisco)
More... Friday, May 12
Fri 5/12 9:30 PM Studio Grand [3234 Grand Ave,
Oakland]Help KYN celebrate the one year anniversary of their release of their debut EP, Worlds. The night kicks off with an opening performance from Will Gluck, followed by a listening party of the EP accompanied by live visuals from Taurin Barrera. Afterwards, KYN will perform a set of new music exploring new sonic landscapes inspired by their recent trip to Berlin.
More... Saturday, May 13
Sat 5/13 7:00 PM Chalaca Annexo [428 3rd St. (@ Broadway)]Steve McQuarry Presents Tribu live in Oakland at the Chalaca Annexo nightclub on May 13th and May 27th from 7-10pm. Tribu fuses Latin rhythms with West Coast Jazz, re-interpreting the traditional sounds of Mongo Santamaria and Machito, accented by fresh Peruvian cuisine at Chalaca Annexo, 428 3rd St. (@ Broadway) in Oakland near Jack London Square. There is no cover charge.
More... Sat 5/13 8:00 PM First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley [2407 Dana St.
Berkeley, CA 94709]COMPOSERS INC.
The 4th annual !BAMM! (Bay Area Modern Music) concert.
More... Wednesday, May 17
Wed 5/17 6:00 PM Prelinger Library [301 8th Street, Room 215, San Francisco, CA.]MUSIC RESEARCH STRATEGIES presents Indexical Moment/um, a hybrid, "performing-ethnomusicology" series featuring Black Creative Musicians translating Improvisation with Music Research Strategies founder and Prelinger Library researcher-in-residence
Marshall Trammell.
RSVP via windvswindows@gmail.com
More... Wed 5/17 8:00 PM Peacock Lounge [552 Haight Street, SF, CA 94117]Spider Compass Good Crime Band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZoPlkkwxmg
Omniverous Sensillium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksw12lN7dlA
CL0NER
https://soundcloud.com/lonercloner
Braingoat
https://myspace.com/braingoat
Wed, May 17 at Peacock Lounge, 552 Haight
$5 Doors 7:45pm, bands 8-10:30pm, 21+
More... Thursday, May 18
Thu 5/18 7:30 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr.
Stanford]Join us for a multimedia, robotic, and generally chaotic doubleheader concert with artists Bryan Jacobs and On Structure.
The Portal is a fully staged multimedia performance created, designed and performed by the performance duo On Structure (Natacha Diels and Jessie Marino). This 30 minute work of choreographed performance rituals uses live electronic sound, video projection, and DIY animatronics to stage a joyfully chaotic world which use folkloric songs, televised dramas, and amusement park scenography to tell the hidden mythologies of the Uncanny Valley. The Portal is a performance platform; part Video Game, part Ritual Alter, part Twilight Zone. On stage, the two heroines are jostled between the analog and digital worlds - preparing, practicing and perfecting their choreographed rituals as they move through different visual mediums, electronic sound worlds, and dreamscapes. Their playful actions respond to, mimic, or comment on their visual surroundings creating playfully menacing dramatic spaces where the line between reality and virtual reality is flickering in and out of focus.
Bryan Jacobs will present a menagerie of robotic and mechanical instruments - for more information on his various creatures see: http://bryanjacobsmusic.com.
More... Friday, May 19
Fri 5/19 8:00 PM St. John's Episcopal Church [14 Lagunitas Rd
Ross, CA 94957]Marin Baroque Presents:
AGAVE BAROQUE
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2933049
The Fantastical Mr. Biber: the experimental harmonies, virtuosity, and modernism of Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
More... Fri 5/19 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St
SF]Aluminati – David Samas,
Tom Nunn, Ian Saxton and Derek Drudge - presents its premiere performance using all metal instruments including aluminum rods suspended on inflated balloons (harmonic rods), stroke rods, end-struck rods, heat-bent rods (zing trees), bowls, chaseplate and other metallic paraphernalia. The harmonic and enharmonic chorus of tones are heard through varyingly dense harmonic/percussive textures with melodic elements, hocketing and other contrapuntal relationships, within an architectural compositional context.
RTD3 - Ron Heglin (trombone, voice),
Tom Nunn (original instruments) and Doug Carroll (cello) - have played together for decades. Ron speaks, sings and chants songs and stories from unrecognizable languages. Tom brings his own unique sounds of an alien kind of music with his original instruments. Doug celloistically sings the melodies of a mind and soul divested of any sense of normalcy!
More... Sunday, May 21
Sun 5/21 12:00 PM KFJC 89.7 and kfjc.org [kfjc.org
89.7 FM]A & G w/ Friends
A + G w/ Friends live in the pit. A (Anna Homler) and G (
Gino Robair) with Friends (talking dolls, styrofoam cups, children's toys, bent circuitry and more) perform their brand of rebellious improvisation. Sound never heard so good. LIve, on the air, with webcam viewing. kfjc.org
More... Sun 5/21 7:00 PM Incarnation Episcopal Church [1750 29th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94122]A concert with trumpeter Ari Micich and friends. Ari Micich has performed with the San Francisco Symphony, New World Symphony and many Bay Area orchestras and ensembles. He has toured internationally and has held positions with the KwaZulu Natal Philharmonic in Durban, South Africa and the Berkeley Symphony in Berkeley California.
More... Sun 5/21 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street
Oakland]Doors That Only Open in Silence (open participation 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. Audience & participants encouraged to donate some cash for space rental. Over by 10pm.
More... Sun 5/21 10:00 PM KFJC 89.7 and kfjc.org [kfjc.org
Foothill College
Los Altos Hills, Calif]KFJC's annual 28 hour birthday tribute to Sun Ran and his Arkestra. Astral exploration through the space and times of all things Sun Ra, music, poetry, art and philosophy. From the Afro-centric to the outer-galactic. Sunday, May 21, 10 pm until Tuesday, May 23, 2am.
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