Serving the San Francisco Bay Area New Music Community

Sun, Sep 14 2025 7:15 PM

West Oakland Sound Series
2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland
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Silvia Matheus
MATTHEW EVAN TAYLOR + Theresa Wong + Kjell Nordeson + Lisa Mezzacappa + Matt Ingalls

Silvia Matheus, composer and sound artist, presents Recycling — a solo performance with Kyma, Eurorack, and Buchla systems. Past works are dismantled and rebuilt live, their fragments reshaped by algorithmic processes and hands-on control. The result is a constantly shifting sonic environment where memory and invention collide, creating an experience that is irreproducible and shared in the moment with the audience.

Recently relocated to the Bay Area to serve as Assistant Professor of Composition at the University of California, Berkeley, MATTHEW EVAN TAYLOR (winds) performs a solo work and group improvisations with local musicians Theresa Wong (cello), Kjell Nordeson (percussion), Lisa Mezzacappa (bass), and Matt Ingalls (clarinet).

Cost: $10-$25 sliding scale
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Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
avantNOIR, a suite of compositions for jazz quartet plus guests, is a musical companion to the crime novels of Dashiell Hammett and Paul Auster. All music by Lisa Mezzacappa.