Serving the San Francisco Bay Area New Music Community

Sat, Jun 14 2025 6:00 PM

Berkeley Finnish Hall
1970 Chestnut St. Berkeley
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You are invited to join Outsound Presents in supporting the Bay Area creative music community!
Saturday, June 14, @ 6:00 pm featuring music from Richmond California based Bay Area artisan carpenter, creative instrument builder, and improviser Sung Kim.
All proceeds go into the pockets of performing musicians at the Outsound New Music Summit, and rental costs to keep a roof over their heads while they perform.

Menu:
- Assorted fresh green olives & baby pickles
RED beet salad with goat cheeses
MIXED GREENS, candied walnuts, choice of dressings
- Italian egg fettuccini & angel hair pasta
w house made pesto :cilantro walnut or traditional basil pesto with thai and green basil mix, topped w grana padana cheese.

crispy chicken cutlets sauteed in olive oil w panko & garlic breading
crispy potato wedges with green onions, bell pepper & dill, W DIPPING SAUCE.
Butternut squash with roasted pumpkin seeds & olive oil.
- Blackberry & Peach pie with Cream
Vegan option: Red curry with Coconut with veggies and rice.
Tufu Puffs w green onions & salads
Assorted Beverages
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ABOUT THE MUSIC
Sung Kim is an improvisor, sculptor, and instrument builder born in Seoul, Korea, and raised in Washington, D.C. In 1989, Kim studied ceramic sculpture at the Corcoran School of Art. It was at Corcoran that Kim started building his own variations of the guitar. Kim received his BFA in sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1999.

In Chicago, Kim began to deviate from the guitar to explore other techniques, tonalities, and sympathetic resonance. He also began collaborating with musicians to explore his instruments in an improvisational context. Kim now facilitates his musical and sculptural endeavors by owning and operating an architectural woodworking design/build studio in the San Francisco Bay Area.

"My work as an instrument builder was born out of the necessity to create a voice for myself to articulate and to compose. My instruments are all works in progress, and by treating them as such, I allow myself to constantly develop and build in an organic manner. Many of these pieces begin as individual components built as I develop solutions dealing with mechanics, playing techniques, and resonance. These components are then combined, modified, or discarded as needed."

Cost: $100 or more