Sun 1/25 7:15 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
Made by Fae Ordaz and Penina Biddle-Gottesman, the first String Thing was born from a bucket of discarded piano bass strings. Fastened with nails to two blocks of scrap wood, at their best they produced a low resounding thud. A year later the second String Thing came to fruition, this time made of harpsichord strings and a cigar box, fashioned with guitar pegs, heart-shaped holes, and bridges. These strings are strong and thin, bending and stretching with the bodies that animate them. STRING THING #2 exists in the space between the two bodies that wear it, and the bonded trust. They are its backbone. Without them it makes no sound.

San Francisco based percussionist and Artistic Director of The Living Earth Show ANDY MEYERSON performs solo and with special guests. Meyerson is the drummer and co-founder of queer nü metal collective COMMANDO, music director of renegade dance company Post:ballet, drummer for Russian feminist protest and performance art group Pussy Riot, the artistic director and CEO of uncompromising experimental chamber music record label Earthy Records, and a renowned solo artist.  More...

Wed 1/28 7:00 PM Black Cat Jazz Supper Club [400 Eddy St San Francisco, CA 94109]
Join us for the live performance of Lorin Benedict 4tet at Black Cat Jazz Supper Club  More...

Wed 1/28 8:00 PM Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave Albany]
Amendola/Frith/Dimuzio/Goldberg/Ochs aka Strolling Gnomes
performing two sets for an intimate evening at Ivy Room  More...

Thu 1/29 7:30 PM Wyldflowr Arts [809 37th St Oakland]
Philip Gelb Residency — Day 1

Solo Shakuhachi & Buchla

Philip Gelb’s first solo shakuhachi performance in the Bay Area in over a decade, blending traditional and modern works with Buchla modular synthesizer.  More...

Fri 1/30 6:00 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
ERIK JEKABSON QUINTET  More...

Fri 1/30 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound: Karl Evangelista Plays Sonny Sharrock’s “Guitar,” Brown/Kumaran/Katz

Karl Evangelista - guitar
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Trio: Ari Brown - trumpet, Elango Kumaran - voice, David Israel Katz - voice

Other Dimensions in Sound is our Friday music series curated and hosted by Boohaabian multi reed player extraordinare David Boyce. Each week David will be inviting different musical guests to join him in our galeria for a night of sonic sustenance.

This month: fiery Filipino-American guitarist Karl Evangelista performs the entirety of Sonny Sharrock’s “Guitar” album - solo, as intended. The trio of Ari Brown, Elango Kumaran, and David Israel Katz joins.  More...

Fri 1/30 7:30 PM Bing Concert Hall [327 Lasuen St, Stanford, CA 94305]
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CCRMA at Bing: The Silence of the Amps | Concert 1

Young CCRMA trainee Cadence Starbing seeks help from the brilliant, sonically deranged Dr. Audible Lecturer to catch another serial sampler, "Buffer Bill," who strips his audio sources for a patch. Dr. Lecturer agrees to help only if Starbing shares personal details about her traumatic sonic past, creating a dark, psychoacoustic bond as she races against time to find Bill and save his latest multichannel audio capture—the composer's piece—all while confronting her own inner feedback loops and Lecturer's dangerous modulations.  More...

Fri 1/30 7:30 PM Wyldflowr Arts [Oakland]
Philip Gelb Residency — Day 2

Kra Pao

An improvisational ensemble exploring the dynamic interplay between modular synthesis and acoustic instruments, featuring an all-star lineup of creative musicians.  More...

Sat 1/31 7:30 PM Wyldflowr Arts [Oakland]
Philip Gelb Residency — Day 3

Pauline Oliveros Tribute

An all-star cast of Bay Area musicians honors the visionary composer and Deep Listening pioneer Pauline Oliveros.  More...

Sat 1/31 7:30 PM Bing Concert Hall [327 Lasuen St, Stanford, CA 94305]
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CCRMA at Bing: The Silence of the Amps | Concert 2

Young CCRMA trainee Cadence Starbing seeks help from the brilliant, sonically deranged Dr. Audible Lecturer to catch another serial sampler, "Buffer Bill," who strips his audio sources for a patch. Dr. Lecturer agrees to help only if Starbing shares personal details about her traumatic sonic past, creating a dark, psychoacoustic bond as she races against time to find Bill and save his latest multichannel audio capture—the composer's piece—all while confronting her own inner feedback loops and Lecturer's dangerous modulations.  More...

Sat 1/31 8:00 PM Indexical [Tannery Arts Center 1050 River St. #119 Santa Cruz]
Marguerite Brown + Electric Guitar Ensemble  More...

Sun 2/01 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Doors That Only Open in Silence (open participation, non-hierarchical workshop in free improvisation)

Monthly series of improvisation research at Temescal Arts Center. Bring your instrument or come to listen. Movement and other disciplines encouraged. No advance notice needed — just show up.  More...

Thu 2/05 7:00 PM Shapeshifters Cinema [567 5th St. Oakland]
The Do-Over Music Series at Shapeshifters Cinema

7pm - Marcus Stephens (sax/electronics)

8pm - Ben Goldberg (clarinet), Indigo Street (guitar), Mayya Feygina (bass), Jordan Glenn (drums) with expanded cinema  More...

Thu 2/05 7:30 PM Wyldflowr Arts [809 37th St, Oakland Oakland]
The Supplicants

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Richard Howell: winds, percussion
David Boyce: winds
David Ewell: bass
Sameer Gupta: drums  More...

Fri 2/06 7:00 PM Cupertino Library [10800 Torre Avenue Cupertino, CA 95014]
Before Your Eyes is a participatory multimedia performance created and performed by harpist and composer Renée Qin, with artists from Sound Palette.  More...

Fri 2/06 8:00 PM Indexical [Tannery Arts Center 1050 River St. #119 Santa Cruz]
blurness + Sean Keenan with Marc Perez + Shanna Sordahl  More...

Fri 2/06 8:30 PM SoundBox [300 Franklin Street SF]
SoundBox: Dream Awake, violinist and curator Alexi Kenney

https://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2025-26/SoundBox-Alexi-Kenney  More...

Fri 2/06 8:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
ALON NECHUSTAN QUINTET  More...

Sat 2/07 4:00 PM Building 34 [1024 Nimitz Mare Island Vallejo, CA 94592]
Re:Sound Migration featuring sets by the duo of Joshua Churchill and Konrad Steiner and Ven Voisey. Join us in Building 34 for an afternoon of sound, vision, and space with during the yearly migration of over one million shorebirds and hundreds of thousands of ducks, geese, hawks, and songbirds moving through our San Francisco Bay Area winter. Come early to explore the island sounds and beautiful trails.  More...

Sat 2/07 8:00 PM Hertz Hall [UC Berkeley campus near corner of College and Bancroft Berkeley]
Eco Ensemble
David Milnes, director

UC Berkeley’s acclaimed new-music ensemble in residence does not need to look far to access some of the world’s most compelling and innovative chamber music. The university’s much-admired music department boasts some of contemporary music’s leading lights, as both celebrated faculty and alumni with international careers.  More...

Sun 2/08 7:15 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
Brett Carson presents an evening of original compositions. These include Exeunt Ion for solo piano and Game Boy; Three text scores, a series of graphic scores exploring strategies for improvisation based on experimental poetics; and a new piece, Bacterial adhesion onto apatite minerals — electrokinetic aspects for keyboard, percussion, drum set, and electronics. Performers include William Winant, Jordan Glenn, DAVID KATZ, SAKI MINAMIMOTO, and Danishta Rivero.

Guitarist GIACOMO FIORE premieres Gift by MATT SARGENT, a set of 13 variations for guitar and electronics on the Shaker tune “Simple Gifts.” The piece was commissioned by Fiore for just intonation resophonic guitar, an instrument originally conceived for the composition of Lou Harrison’s Scenes from Nek Chand in 2002.  More...

Mon 2/09 7:30 PM Barbro Osher Recital Hall [200 Van Ness Ave SF]
Sarah Cahill's faculty recital  More...

Thu 2/12 7:30 PM Wyldflowr Arts [Oakland]
Gautam Tejas Ganeshan Residency

Feb 12, 13, 14

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Thu 2/12 7:30 PM Tateuchi Hall [230 San Antonio Cir, Mountain View, CA 94040]
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Love’s Greeting, an intimate concert designed for shared listening and quiet connection.

Featuring live harp and violin, the evening pairs warm, romantic music with subtle multimedia visuals to create a gentle, atmospheric experience. Rather than a traditional recital, the concert invites you to slow down and enjoy music together—in a space shaped by sound, light, and presence.  More...

Thu 2/12 8:00 PM Peacock Lounge [552 Haight St SF]
Kristin Miltner, Blevin Blechdom, PCRV vs Appliancide, Dead Fern
Feb.12 8pm-11pm Peacock Lounge, 552 Haight, SF
All-ages, $5-$15 notaflof  More...

Fri 2/13 7:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Splinter Reeds  More...

Fri 2/13 8:00 PM Indexical [Tannery Arts Center 1050 River St. #119 Santa Cruz]
Matt Sargent and Giacomo Fiore + Chris Pierandozzi Everingham  More...

Fri 2/13 8:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
KAHIL EL’ZABAR & THE ETHNIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLE  More...

Sat 2/14 12:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
High end experimental sounds with gourmet vegan pancakes.

Amphibious Gestures------------------Leyya Mona Tawil----------Rot Diet---------------Adult Math----------Kink Disposal Unit (OR)  More...

Sat 2/14 7:30 PM First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo [72 Kensington Road San Anselmo CA 94960]
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Echo Chamber Orchestra takes a gentle poke at Valentine's Day with "The Grand Divorce.” Starting with the "Marriage of Figaro" overture, the orchestra will "split up" and perform music featuring the brass, woodwind, percussion and string sections. The ensemble will regroup to play the premiere of Reconciliation (Rorqual) by Marin composer Kevin Gordon.  More...

Sun 2/15 2:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
The San Francisco Chapter of The National Association of Composers, USA (NACUSAsf) returns to San Francisco’s Center for New Music for an afternoon concert of music written by its members. The program will feature new works for piano, oboe, violin, flute, and electronics by John G. Bilotta, Monica Chew, James W. Cook, Mary Fineman, Robert Fleisher, John F. McGrew, Amy Stephens, Davide Verotta, and Ludmila Yurina.  More...

Sun 2/15 7:15 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
Moe Staiano continues to explore works for electric guitar ensembles with his third work-in-progress composition, "Music for Eight Guitars (The Parting Gift)." This plans to be an exploration of tonal interplay and contrasting rhythms with eight electric guitars, bass, drums and percussion.

Bay Area tenor saxophonist JOSHUA ALLEN unveils a new direction of deeply intimate solo works. Following a challenging hiatus while recovering from two recent surgeries, Allen has spent months of intensive recovery dedicated to a meticulous "re-mapping" of his instrument.  More...

Sun 2/22 7:15 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
NOEL KENNON GROUP (Seattle)

GACHAPON, an improvisational New Music ensemble featuring Nancy Beckman, shakuhachi and percussion; CINDY SAWPRANO, musical saw, accordion, voice and percussion; Tom Bickley, EWI electronic wind instrument; and Dean Santomieri, taishogoto and guitar, performs with dancer CHRISTINA BRAUN.  More...

Sat 2/28 2:00 PM Saratoga Library [13650 Saratoga Avenue Saratoga, CA 95070]
Before Your Eyes is a participatory multimedia performance created and performed by harpist and composer Renée Qin, with artists from Sound Palette.  More...

Sat 2/28 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
IDRIS ACKAMOOR QUARTET  More...

Sun 3/01 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Doors That Only Open in Silence (open participation, non-hierarchical workshop in free improvisation)

Monthly series of improvisation research at Temescal Arts Center. Bring your instrument or come to listen. Movement and other disciplines encouraged. No advance notice needed — just show up.

Small groups will be randomly assembled from submitted names immediately before each group plays. Set up before 8:00 and be as ready to play as possible. We try to keep transition time between groups at a minimum. Over by 10pm.  More...