Friday, April 17
Fri 4/17 7:30 PM Meets the Eye Studios [939 Terminal Way
San Carlos, CA 94070]Streaming and in-personJoin us for a one-of-a-kind PWC concert experience at Meets the Eye Studios (in-person and livestream), featuring a multimedia performance of Freida Abtan’s new opera for chorus and video, The sound of grief. This PWC commission reimagines the Orpheus myth and his overwhelming grief that threatens the living world.
More... Fri 4/17 7:30 PM The Bing Concert Hall Studio [327 Lasuen St, Stanford, CA 94305, USA]Streaming and in-person:
Click for stream CCRMA Presents: The Binging | Concert 1
Jack Distortion, a sound designer, becomes the winter resident engineer at the isolated Overdrive Hotel, hoping to cure his crippling composer's block. He settles in with his wife, Wendy, and his son, Danny, who's plagued by multichannel sonic premonitions—an ability they call "The Binging." As Jack's composition hits a wall of feedback and Danny's auditory visions grow more dissonant, Jack discovers the Bing Studio's secret acoustic properties and begins to unravel into a surround-sound fanatic, hell-bent on placing his family in the perfect listening position.
More... Fri 4/17 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St
SF]Thingamajigs Performance Group (Bay Area + Beyond)
Skylighght (Gelsey Bell and Erin Rogers) (New York) (West Coast Premiere)
More... Saturday, April 18
Sat 4/18 4:00 PM Meets the Eye Studios [939 Terminal Way
San Carlos, CA 94070]Streaming and in-personJoin us for a one-of-a-kind PWC concert experience at Meets the Eye Studios (in-person and livestream), featuring a multimedia performance of Freida Abtan’s new opera for chorus and video, The sound of grief. This PWC commission reimagines the Orpheus myth and his overwhelming grief that threatens the living world.
More... Sat 4/18 4:30 PM St. John’s Presbyterian Church [2727 College Ave, Berkeley, CA]Earplay: Josheff Fest vol. 3
A special Berkeley show! Join us for a tasteful mix of solos and large instrumental works as we continue our excursions into the unique soundworld of composer Peter Josheff.
More... Sat 4/18 7:30 PM Herbst Theatre [401 Van Ness Ave
SF]Claire Chase - Flute
Claire Chase is “the North Star of her instrument’s ever-expanding universe,” according to The New York Times, and “a rare combination of grace and guts” (Wall Street Journal). Density 2036 is her ambitious and far-reaching 24-year project to create a new body of flute repertory leading up to the 100th anniversary of composer Edgard Varese’s seminal 1936 flute solo, Density 21.5. Her San Francisco Performances debut recital program reimagines music for solo flute.
More... Sat 4/18 7:30 PM The Bing Concert Hall Studio [327 Lasuen St, Stanford, CA 94305, USA]Streaming and in-person:
Click for stream CCRMA Presents: The Binging | Concert 2
Jack Distortion, a sound designer, becomes the winter resident engineer at the isolated Overdrive Hotel, hoping to cure his crippling composer's block. He settles in with his wife, Wendy, and his son, Danny, who's plagued by multichannel sonic premonitions—an ability they call "The Binging." As Jack's composition hits a wall of feedback and Danny's auditory visions grow more dissonant, Jack discovers the Bing Studio's secret acoustic properties and begins to unravel into a surround-sound fanatic, hell-bent on placing his family in the perfect listening position.
More... Sat 4/18 7:30 PM The Sound Room [3022 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94611]Marcus Shelby Sextet presents the music of Charles Mingus
Darren Johnston (trumpet)
Tony Peebles (alto)
Danny Lubin- Laden (trombone)
Greg Jacobs (piano)
Jemal Ramirez (drums)
More... Sat 4/18 8:00 PM The Great Star Theater [636 Jackson St, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA]Carnival of Psychos is a one-act opera with silhouettes and circus. Synopsis? Patient 51 escapes an insane asylum, falls headfirst into a traveling carnival and flees across the desert from the authorities—a wake of vultures. Carnival of Psychos isn't a place, but a theatrical escape hatch into terror and lunacy.
More... Sat 4/18 8:00 PM Ugra Deva Loka [1035 22nd Ave.
Unit 14
Oakland, CA
94606]David Slusser:
John Zorn Collaborator and Emmy Award winning sound artist
Kole Galbraith (Seattle)
Musician and sound artist originally from Wenatchee, Washington. He settled in Seattle after living in Germany, Mexico, and Austria. While traveling, Kole immersed himself in improvised experimental music across multiple genres ranging from free-jazz, harsh noise, new-music, and metal.
Commode Minstrels in Bullface:
AI Demons from Naraka/Outer Space
Foreskin Sashimi:
Hardcore Gabber
Lime Eyelid:
low-fidelity, psychedelic solo project of musician Josh Schultz
More... Sat 4/18 8:30 PM Indexical [Tannery Arts Center
1050 River St. #119
Santa Cruz]Thingamajigs Performance Group (Bay Area + Beyond)
Skylighght (Gelsey Bell and Erin Rogers) (New York) (West Coast Premiere)
More... Sunday, April 19
Sun 4/19 4:00 PM Meets the Eye Studios [939 Terminal Way
San Carlos, CA 94070]Streaming and in-personJoin us for a one-of-a-kind PWC concert experience at Meets the Eye Studios (in-person and livestream), featuring a multimedia performance of Freida Abtan’s new opera for chorus and video, The sound of grief. This PWC commission reimagines the Orpheus myth and his overwhelming grief that threatens the living world.
More... Thursday, April 23
Thu 4/23 6:30 PM 836M [836 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA, 94133]Audiences are invited to watch staging and instrument design unfold in real time in this live rehearsal.
Anne Hege and vocalist Michele Kennedy refine Eurdice's Sounding Skirt, a motion-tracked costume that generates live musical accompaniment.
More... Saturday, April 25
Sat 4/25 5:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St
SF]Enter the world of dreams with Golden Dream Vulture. Computer musician Matthew Creer (they/them) and dancer-artist Laura Cohen (they/them) improvise with the live telling of local Dream Masters of the Bay Area. Audio and visual artist xtra.dae (they/them) will be performing a swirling set of sounds and projected images, and Pependiculous (Creer’s solo project) will open the program with microtonal wind synthesizers and harmonic rhythms.
More... Sat 4/25 7:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St
SF]Dafne Vicente-Sandoval and Charles Curtis
Dafne Vicente-Sandoval works at the intersection of bassoon acoustics, spatial resonance and amplification; Charles Curtis explores classical cello performance, precise tuning and sustained sound.
More... Sat 4/25 8:00 PM The Jazzschool [2087 Addison Street
Berkeley]A rare solo concert by internationally-acclaimed pianist, improviser, and composer
Myra Melford! A Berkeley resident for the past 20 years, Melford is a professor of Music at UC Berkeley and tours the world with her celebrated ensembles that showcase her breathtaking improvisational prowess and inventive original music. Much of her evocative music is inspired by visual art and literature, and in her solo performances she draws upon a staggering range of influences, from Chicago blues and boogie woogie to abstract soundscapes, to crystalline harmonic explorations. Expect music by some of Melford’s musical heroes and associates, dynamic original compositions, and freshly improvised creations.
More... Sunday, April 26
Sun 4/26 4:00 PM Old First Concerts [1751 Sacramento St.
SF]Streaming and in-person:
Click for stream Click to make donation Wooden Fish Ensemble
202 Years of Strings and Piano
Thalia Moore, cello
Richard Worn, double bass
Thomas Schultz, piano
Franz Schubert excerpt from Piano Sonata in C major, D. 840
Franz Schubert Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano, D. 821
Louis Moreau Gottshalk, arr. Schultz The Banjo
Hyo-shin Na Kafka’s Hands World Premiere
Hyo-shin Na Pushing Open the Garden Gate World Premiere
Hyo-shin Na Walking, Walking
More... Sun 4/26 6:00 PM Opening Ears Concert Series [1026 Pleasant Oaks Dr
Pleasant hill]Gibberishapalooza… an evening celebrating the joys of invented language.
More... Sun 4/26 7:15 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street
Dresher Ensemble Studio
Oakland]HOMMAGES TO JANÁČEK AND KURTÀG: MONICA SCOTT + KATE STENBERG + LINDA GREEN + HADLEY MCCARROLL + KYMRY ESAINKO -- Subtle colors, quiet nuances and intense communication - György Kurtág and Leos Janáček's music for pianos and strings will draw you into a magical world where every sound, every gesture conjures up memories or heightens awareness of the present.
More... Wednesday, April 29
Wed 4/29 12:30 PM The Jazzschool [2087 Addison Street
Berkeley]Composer, bandleader and creative foil for some of the world’s most inventive musicians, in-demand Berkeley drummer
Scott Amendola applies his rhythmic virtuosity to a vast array of settings. His closest musical associates include guitarists Nels Cline, Jeff Parker, and Charlie Hunter; Hammond B-3 organist Wil Blades; violinists Regina Carter and Jenny Scheinman; and clarinetist Ben Goldberg—players who have each forged a singular path within and beyond the realm of jazz. As a sideman, Amendola has performed and recorded with a vast, stylistically varied roster of artists, including Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, Laurie Anderson, John Zorn, John Scofield, Wadada Leo Smith, and Madeleine Peyroux, among many others.
More... Thursday, April 30
Thu 4/30 7:30 PM RootStock Arts Center [5741 Telegraph Ave
Oakland]Mat Muntz 3-day Residency: Day 1 Phantom Islands
More... Thu 4/30 8:00 PM Z Space [450 Florida St
SF]Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days
Produced and Performed by InkBoat
Presented by San Francisco International Arts Festival
Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days, breathes in the spaces of time between human incarnations. Broken yet boundless bodies enter the waiting room of the afterlife. As they re-enact their corporeal memories, consciousness folds in upon itself. 496 moons rise and fall. The band plays “Hazy Shade of Winter.”
More... Friday, May 1
Fri 5/01 8:00 PM Z Space [450 Florida St
SF]Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days
Produced and Performed by InkBoat
Presented by San Francisco International Arts Festival
Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days, breathes in the spaces of time between human incarnations. Broken yet boundless bodies enter the waiting room of the afterlife. As they re-enact their corporeal memories, consciousness folds in upon itself. 496 moons rise and fall. The band plays “Hazy Shade of Winter.”
More... Saturday, May 2
Sat 5/02 5:00 PM Z Space [450 Florida St
SF]Anima Mundi - Amnesia - Performed by Degenerate Art Ensemble
A 35-minute excerpt from Degenerate Art Ensemble's latest work, Anima Mundi. An immersive exploration into the connection lost and found that humanity has with the intricate tapestry of the natural world. Anima Mundi had its full premiere in Seattle in February of 2026 and here at SFIAF, the group will present Amnesia, one of the chapters of the work. Live music, dance, cinematic video.
More... Sat 5/02 6:30 PM Indexical [Tannery Arts Center
1050 River St. #119
Santa Cruz]Apmonia String Quartet performing Tony Conrad, Morton Feldman, Chiyoko Szlavnics, and Anthony Braxton
More... Sat 5/02 8:00 PM Z Space [450 Florida St
SF]Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days
Produced and Performed by InkBoat
Presented by San Francisco International Arts Festival
Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days, breathes in the spaces of time between human incarnations. Broken yet boundless bodies enter the waiting room of the afterlife. As they re-enact their corporeal memories, consciousness folds in upon itself. 496 moons rise and fall. The band plays “Hazy Shade of Winter.”
More... Sunday, May 3
Sun 5/03 3:00 PM Z Space [450 Florida St
SF]Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days
Produced and Performed by InkBoat
Presented by San Francisco International Arts Festival
Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days, breathes in the spaces of time between human incarnations. Broken yet boundless bodies enter the waiting room of the afterlife. As they re-enact their corporeal memories, consciousness folds in upon itself. 496 moons rise and fall. The band plays “Hazy Shade of Winter.”
More... Sun 5/03 5:00 PM Spruce Street Concerts [send email to harry@fullplatemedia.com]Ben Goldberg (clarinet) and
Scott Amendola (percussion) share an improvisational language and musical intimacy borne of a years-long collaboration. Artistically, they are as attuned to each other as two humans can be. In this stripped-down format of clarinet & drums, the absence of harmonic instruments sharpens the focus: melody and rhythm carry the full weight, and the space between them becomes part of the music. Goldberg can suggest entire harmonic worlds with a single line, while Amendola shapes the music’s direction through color, touch, and subtle shifts in pulse. The result is a conversation that is at once playful and precise—music that unfolds in real time, attentive to detail but never fixed. The intimacy of a living room is the perfect venue to watch this musical conversation between two masters of improvisation.
More... Sunday, May 10
Sun 5/10 5:30 PM The Jazzschool [2087 Addison Street
Berkeley]The Electric Squeezebox Orchestra is the Bay Area’s own 17-piece big band, led by trumpeter Erik Jekabson, playing music composed and arranged by its members. The composers and arrangers, some of the very best in the Bay, draw from a wide variety of influences but always come up with powerful music with groove, beauty and subtlety. The band, which started a steady Sunday residency at the Jazzschool, has collaborated with a number of special guest artists, including John Santos, Kenny Washington, Alan Ferber, Dayna Stephens, Mads Tolling, Sandy Cressman, Kellye Gray, Avotcja, Spok and Ben Goldberg. Learn more by visiting electricsqueezeboxorchestra.com
More... Friday, May 29
Fri 5/29 8:00 PM ODC Dance Theatre [3153 17th Street at Shotwell
SF]The Glance: A Laptopera
The Glance: A Laptopera is an immersive opera that reimagines the Orpheus myth for laptop orchestra and live voices. In this contemporary retelling, lovers Orphea and Eurydice struggle to build intimacy in a world shaped by constant surveillance, confronting their own limitations around trust and connection.
Co-produced by Laptopera Productions and 836M, The Glance was created by composer
Anne Hege with collaborators including electronic instrument builders Daniel Iglesia and Curtis Ullerich; vocalists Sidney Chen, Carmina Escobar, and Michele Kennedy; art director Kim Anno; lighting designer Mitchell Ost; and choreographer Carrie Ahern.
https://www.annehege.com/theglance
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