Thu 5/16 4:00 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford]
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CCRMA Open House Concert

The first day of our Open House ends with a concerts featuring works by current CCRMAlites.  More...

Thu 5/16 6:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Join us for the opening reception for Peter Whitehead's "Difficult Listening for Beginners" the latest Window Gallery Exhibit! Peter will give a demonstration of his invented instruments. Reception with light refreshments at 6pm followed by artist talk/demo at 7pm. RSVP for this FREE event!!  More...

Thu 5/16 7:30 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford]
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CCRMA presents a solo show by Caroline Davis playing saxophone and electronics.  More...

Fri 5/17 7:00 PM Sound & Savor [24th and Adeline Streets Oakland]
Rent Romus/Eli Knowles duet and Cherry Menu  More...

Fri 5/17 7:30 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford]
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John Chowning & Friends

The second day of our Open House ends with a special 50th Anniversary concert curated by John Chowning.  More...

Fri 5/17 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Anna Friz + Gretchen Jude Ensemble  More...

Sat 5/18 4:00 PM Spruce Street Concerts [send email to harry@fullplatemedia.com]
Saxophonist Hafez Modirzadeh accompanies renowned poets Tongo Eisen-Martin, Poet Laureate of San Francisco, and Steve Dickison, director of the poetry center at San Francisco State University, as they read in a house concert in the North Berkeley hills. This concert & reading brings together people--2 poets and 1 musician--whose artistry breaks down the boundaries between music and language. Tongo Essen-Martin is an extraordinary propulsive poet who is a captivating reader. Steve Dickison's poetry is never far from music. And Hafez Modirzadeh has developed a unique improvisatory language drawing upon the cross-cultural traditions of jazz with traditional Iranian, Arab and Turkish music.  More...

Sat 5/18 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Carlos Giffoni / Alex Pelly + Sholeh Asgary + RM Francis  More...

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

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

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

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...

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.

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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.

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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...