Thursday, March 5
Thu 3/05 7:00 PM First Congregational Church of Berkeley [2345 Channing Way, Berkeley]Pianist Annie Yim - The Poet Speaks: from Debussy to Pärt
MusicArt, in association with the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), presents a cross-disciplinary, poetry-inspired concert, featuring pianist Annie Yim.
‘The Poet Speaks: from Debussy to Pärt’, a MusicArt conceptual concert, combines the recorded voices of composers and poets with live piano, juxtaposing poems from two centuries with musical responses to them by Debussy, Ravel, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, and Philip Glass. Arvo Pärt’s Für Alina will be performed with a specially commissioned poem ‘Sunlight’ by Zaffar Kunial. The concert includes extracts from a new work ‘Mirrors’ co-created by composer Raymond Yiu, poet Kayo Chingonyi and pianist Annie Yim.
More... Thu 3/05 8:00 PM Mills College Littlefield Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd
Oakland]Signal Flow is a student run music festival held every spring at Mills College. All students graduating from the music program the year of the festival present their thesis pieces at various venues around the campus. Signal Flow pieces may be theses in composition, electronic music or improvisation and can take many different forms: installations, solo improvisations, chamber pieces and more.
More... Thu 3/05 8:00 PM Peacock Lounge [552 Haight St
SF]sPyDrnx
Cryptic solo stylings of Yasi Perata heretofore performing as Syrnx foretohere alighting in the Peacock on a wisp of spider silk. Do not miss this super rare light, shadow, sound show of pure post-person fire.
https://youtu.be/9YsGewMn6gE
Bjll DingallsIn the blur between acoustic and amplified, synthetic and analog, algorhythm and improvisation, clarity is forged anew only if you look ahead. Swinging serious sonic sledgehammers for a threefold lifetime now, Bill Hsu, Matt Ingalls, and Tom Djll lay the railroad into terra incognita.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK_phm8-3e8&feature=youtu.be&t=14547
Fletcher Pratt
Boundless in abstraction yet never disjointed, his sounds stretch like skin continuous across an impossible skeleton.
https://soundcloud.com/fletcher_pratt
Amanda ChaudharyAmanda Chaudhary's gaze, her custom software synths, her modular synthesizers, theramin, kids' toys, and all manner of folk instruments combine to confound and awaken the heretofore undiscovered sensibilities of her audiences.
https://www.catsynth.com/
More... Friday, March 6
Fri 3/06 7:30 PM Incarnation Episcopal Church [1750 29th Avenue, San Francisco, CA]Klezmer-Jazz Project: Alon Nechushtan is already known to savvy listeners for his deft piano playing and his work in klezmer (he leads the band Talat, which released a record on Tzadik’s Radical Jewish Culture Series) and his various jazz ensembles, with releases on Ayler Records and Between the Lines as well as the unexpected moodiness of his superstar 12-tet Dark Forces, with a release on Creative Sources.
More... Fri 3/06 8:00 PM Mills College Littlefield Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd
Oakland]Signal Flow is a student run music festival held every spring at Mills College. All students graduating from the music program the year of the festival present their thesis pieces at various venues around the campus. Signal Flow pieces may be theses in composition, electronic music or improvisation and can take many different forms: installations, solo improvisations, chamber pieces and more.
More... Saturday, March 7
Sat 3/07 7:30 PM Incarnation Episcopal Church [1750 29th Avenue, San Francisco, CA]DuoSF is quickly becoming recognized as one of America’s most promising young guitar ensembles. In a review of their debut CD, Classical Guitar Magazine wrote, “effortlessly played”, and “this interpretation is one of the very best I have heard…an outstanding recording of some lovely music in superb performances beautifully captured. One to hunt for!” Recent concerts have taken their exciting and engaging programs on tours of Southeast Asia with appearances in Indonesia, Malayisa and Thailand to the Kravis Center’s young artist’s series, the Musikfest Festival in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and to many guitar and chamber music series throughout California.
More... Sat 3/07 8:00 PM Mills College Littlefield Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd
Oakland]Signal Flow is a student run music festival held every spring at Mills College. All students graduating from the music program the year of the festival present their thesis pieces at various venues around the campus. Signal Flow pieces may be theses in composition, electronic music or improvisation and can take many different forms: installations, solo improvisations, chamber pieces and more.
More... Sat 3/07 8:00 PM Spruce Street Concerts [send email to harry@fullplatemedia.com]Composer, improvisor, sound artist Alvin Curran in duo with percussionist
William Winant perform Curran's SHOFAR XXXL for shofar (the ancient Jewish rams-horn), electronics and percussion. Concert takes place in the intimacy of a private home in the Berkeley Hills. Wine and cheese will be provided. Seating is limited.
More... Tuesday, March 10
Tue 3/10 4:00 PM Sound Wheels - KZSU [KZSU Radio
90.1 FM]Jorge Bachmann! That's right, Jorge Bachmann comes to the show this week. The music he brings to the show is his own signature, gentle dark ambient minimalism influenced by his formal study in visual arts.
More... Tue 3/10 7:30 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr, Stanford, CA 94305][CANCELED] Vilbjørg Broch: Speaking in Mute Silence
CCRMA Visiting Scholar Vilbjørg Broch presents a concert with computer generated immersive audio works and voice.
More... Tue 3/10 7:30 PM Tom's Place [3111 Deakin Street
Berkeley]QUARTET
Kyle Bruckmann - oboe, english horn
Evelyn Davis - prepared piano
Haley Freedlund - trombone
Phillip Greenlief - saxophones
QUARTET is celebrating the arrival of Haley Freedlund, a fiercely intelligent improviser from seattle who is passing through the bay area this month. Greenlief has played with Freedlund in the great pacific
northwest and says, "she's got big ears, an expansive sound palette, and great sensitivity". what's not to like?
More... Tue 3/10 8:00 PM The Laundry SF [3359 26th St
SF]Resident is a monthly electronic audiovisual open mic event started in 2017. It is held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at The Laundry. Resident is casual and cool, and the community you'll find is like no other for aspiring electronic musicians in the Bay. No judgments, no bullshit, just positive support and openness to new ideas.
We stream every show on YouTube. Subscribe to this channel with the bell on to be alerted: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8cr5jzteStl_1C3t1ie0wQ
More... Friday, March 13
Fri 3/13 6:00 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street
Oakland]***CANCELLED***
Our musical guests will be Alexandra Buschman-Román(Las Sucias, Demon Sleeper, La Macacoa) and
Phillip Greenlief. To conclude the evening, drawings made by attendees will be configured into a graphic score for them read/interpret. Come see these heavies improv!
More... Fri 3/13 7:30 PM Incarnation Episcopal Church [1750 29th Avenue, San Francisco, CA]**CANCELLED**
The Beethoven 2020 Project: Oliver Brett (organ) and Dan Hively (horn)performs Beethoven's Horn Sonata in F and other works. Born in Kent in the UK in 1985, Oliver Brett was educated as a music and academic scholar at Tonbridge School and then as organ scholar of King’s College, Cambridge from where he graduated in 2007 with a degree in music. Since then, he has held positions at Westminster Cathedral, Durham Cathedral and most recently St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney. He is currently a doctoral student at the Eastman School of Music studying the organ with Prof David Higgs. He also serves as Director of Music at St Anne’s RC Church in Rochester, NY. He is a prize winning Fellow of the Royal College of Organists.
More... Fri 3/13 7:30 PM Radius Gallery [1050 River St #127
Santa Cruz]***CANCELLED***
Five years ago, Desert Magic, Laura, and Larry performed at Radius Gallery - now we're doing it again! Join us for a night of rounds, folk songs, musical settings of the tao te ching, dance and more!
More... Saturday, March 14
Sat 3/14 3:00 PM Mills College Art Museum, Rothwell Theater [5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94613]***POSTPONED***
A cross-disciplinary performance featuring choreographer Molissa Fenley, poet Bob Holman and composer Keith Patchel, inspired by Henri Matisse’s pioneering paper cut-outs. Matisse described his approach to creating these colorful paper compositions as “drawing with scissors.” The performance will be accompanied by an exhibition of Cut Outs from Matisse’s Jazz Suite, from MCAM’s Print Collection, in Slide Space 123, curated by Mills College Studio Art students.
More... Thursday, March 19
Thu 3/19 7:30 PM Episcopal Church of the Incarnation [1750 29th Ave
SF]***CANCELED***
Pianist Janis Mercer and baritone John Smalley perform Second Viennese art songs by Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, Alban Berg, Hanns Eisler, Egon Wellesz, and Viktor Ullmann. Featured works include selections from Schoenberg’s Book of the Hanging Gardens Op. 15, Berg’s Seven Early Songs, Webern’s Satz for piano and Eisler’s Hölderlin Fragments.
More... Thu 3/19 8:00 PM Luggage Store Creative Music Series [1007 Market Street
SF]***POSTPONED***
foreignfirehella real jewish ritual
A cappella semi-improvised chanting vocal quartet for original poetry and bookart
M-KAT Ensemble CD release of Eight Durations
Kersti Abrams - saxes and flutes, Thomas Harrison Jr. - bass guitar
Andrew Joron - theremin, Mark Pino - drums
More... Thu 3/19 9:00 PM Brix 581 [581 5th St, Oakland]***CANCELED***
Supervoid is an ambient/experimental/electronic Oakland monthly featuring live performances and DJ sets.
More... Friday, March 20
Fri 3/20 7:30 PM Incarnation Episcopal Church [1750 29th Avenue, San Francisco, CA]***CANCELED***
Vocal and piano music by Arnold Schoenberg, Hans Eisler, Anton Webern, Alban Berg, Egon Wellesz, and Viktor Ullmann. Featured works will be selections from Schoenberg’s Book of Hanging Gardens Op. 15, Berg’s Seven Early Songs, Webern’s Satz for Piano and Eisler’s Hölderlin Fragments.
More... Fri 3/20 8:00 PM Minnesota Street Project Atrium [1275 Minnesota Street
San Francisco CA 94107]***CANCELED***
TIDES is a multi-media project with live musical performance, conceived by media artist Ian Winters, exploring the rapidly changing tidelands of San Francisco Bay. Based on the rhythms of the tides and city, TIDES explores the intersection between video, contemporary music and performance, and includes new music created by composers Brian Baumbusch and Wayne Vitale along with video by Winters. The eclectic music of TIDES features acoustic and electronic elements and is performed live by members of Lightbulb Ensemble and guest players including McKenzie Camp (vibraphone), Jennifer Ellis (harp), Otis Harriel (violin),
Matt Ingalls (clarinet), and Margaret Halbig (piano).
More... Fri 3/20 8:00 PM Hertz Hall [UC Berkeley campus
near corner of College and Bancroft
Berkeley]**CANCELED**
Splinter Reeds
Splinter Reeds is the West Coast's first reed quintet, comprising five innovative musicians with a shared passion for new music. The ensemble is committed to presenting top tier performances of today’s best contemporary composition, showcasing the vast possibilities of the reed quintet, commissioning new works, and collaborating with fellow musicians and artists.
More... Saturday, March 21
Sat 3/21 7:00 PM Old First Concerts [1751 Sacramento St.
SF]***POSTPONED***
The concert at Old First is postponed but Del Sol Quartet will livestream music on Saturday, March 21 at 7 pm Pacific Time –
PPMF LIVESTREAMPacific Pythagorean Music Festival
featuring
Del Sol String Quartet, Giocomo Fiore, Stephen Kent, Marguerite Brown, Cornelius Cardew Choir, and the PPMF Festival Orchestra directed by John Kennedy
More... Sat 3/21 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St
SF]**CANCELLED** “Cloud About Mercury Revisited” with Feat of Clay, featuring trumpeter Eric Dahlman, zendrummer
E. Doctor Smith, bassist Edo Castro Woodhouse and guitarist Peter McKibben. in 1990 Dahlman and Smith were inspired by the music of guitarist David Torn’s 1987 ECM album “Cloud About Mercury”, featuring drummer Bill Bruford, bassist Tony Levin and trumpeter Mark Isham, and formed the Boston quartet Feat of Clay with bassist Michael Terry and guitarist Thomas Hevey. Like the aforementioned Cloud About Mercury group, Feat of Clay also employed the use of Simmons electronic drums, Chapman Stick, bass, trumpet, synthesizers, digital effects, loops and samples.
More... Sat 3/21 8:00 PM Minnesota Street Project Atrium [1275 Minnesota Street
San Francisco, CA 94107]***CANCELED***
TIDES is a multi-media project with live musical performance, conceived by media artist Ian Winters, exploring the rapidly changing tidelands of San Francisco Bay. Based on the rhythms of the tides and city, TIDES explores the intersection between video, contemporary music and performance, and includes new music created by composers Brian Baumbusch and Wayne Vitale along with video by Winters. The eclectic music of TIDES features acoustic and electronic elements and is performed live by members of Lightbulb Ensemble and guest players including McKenzie Camp (vibraphone), Jennifer Ellis (harp), Otis Harriel (violin),
Matt Ingalls (clarinet), and Margaret Halbig (piano). For tickets go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tides-tickets-91564597175
More... Tuesday, March 24
Tue 3/24 6:00 PM sfSoundRadio [http://sfsound.org/radio.html][POSTPONED] radioDinner returns with a special Webcast live from the Center for New Music, with Prelinger Library artists in residence Klooj (Thom Blum and Charles Kremenak) in several combinations with hosts
Suki O'Kane and Michael Zelner.
We’ll post the take-out menus as we go.
More... Tue 3/24 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St
SF]***CANCELED***
Francisco López & Barbara Ellison
Internationally acclaimed for the intensity, richness and astonishing audio detail of his live immersive surround performances in the dark, sound artist and composer Francisco López has created yet another magnum sonic tour de force in his new VirtuAural Electro-Mechanics.
Known for her explorations of ghostly presence and substance in a plethora of sonic realms, artist and composer Barbara Ellison’s work delves into the sonic intricacies of objects, manipulated instruments, voice avatars and sound environments from the Arctic to the Amazonian rainforest.
More... Thursday, March 26
Thu 3/26 8:00 PM Luggage Store Creative Music Series [1007 Market Street
SF]***POSTPONED***
Echo's BonesAmber Lamprecht - oboe, English horn,
Sheldon Brown - clarinet, bass clarinet, Joseph Noble - flute, alto flute, bass flute
noOiscMark Oi - electric guitar, prepared electric guitar, pedals
Bethany Schwarz - electronics
Bill Noertker - electric bass, prepared electric bass, pedals
More... Saturday, March 28
Sat 3/28 7:30 PM Incarnation Episcopal Church [1750 29th Avenue, San Francisco, CA]*** Postponed ***
Ensemble LudeCanta is an ever-changing consortium of musicians committed to presenting new and rarely-performed chamber works.
Amy Likar, piccolo, flute, and alto flute
Lori Hennessy, cello
Linli Wang, piano
Nicholas Chase, composer and electronics
C.A. Jordan, soprano & artistic director
More... Tuesday, March 31
Tue 3/31 8:00 PM Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave
Albany]***POSTPONED***
Grex, VOCO, PG13
Shattering art rock, prog, and improvised music at the Ivy Room in Albany, featuring Oakland duo Grex, metal-inflected four piece VOCO, and blistering power trio PG13.
VOCO: Tim S (drums), Josh M (bass), Alex Y (guitar)
Grex:
Karl Evangelista (guitar/voice/electronics), Rei Scampavia (keys/voice/electronics)
PG13:
Phillip Greenlief (sax),
John Shiurba (guitar), Tom Scandura (drums)
More... Thursday, April 2
Thu 4/02 8:00 PM Taube Atrium Theater [Veterans Building 4th floor
401 Van Ness Ave
SF]***POSTPONED***
OTHER MINDS FESTIVAL 25: MOMENT’S NOTICE, PROGRAM 1
Other Minds marks its milestone 25th festival with 4 nights honoring the art of improvisation, presenting an astonishing convergence of the world’s leading contributors to the history of creative music. Running from April 2 through April 5 at the Taube Atrium Theater in San Francisco, Moment’s Notice will feature such lauded icons of spontaneous composition as Anthony Braxton, Roscoe Mitchell, William Parker and Wadada Leo Smith alongside trailblazing artists including
Myra Melford, Darius Jones, Elliott Sharp, Mary Halvorson and Jennifer Shyu.
tickets: https://www.otherminds.org/other-minds-festival-25/
More... Thu 4/02 10:00 PM KFJC 89.7 FM [kfjc.org
Foothill College Campus
Los Altos Hills, Calif.]Streaming and in-person:
Click for stream The Box at the Back of the Attic
Thursday April 2 at 10PM-11PM
Join Naysayer for "The Box At the Back of the Attic." Paw through the eclectic box of stuff upstairs with a slate of special guest DJs who are artists and makers in their own right, sharing their dusty and shiny favorite songs and what's been on their minds. This week's guest:
Gino Robair - composer, improvisor, drummer, percussionist, analog synthesizer player and in charge of Rastascan Records. Phone interview to guide us through his selections.
More... Friday, April 3
Fri 4/03 8:00 PM Taube Atrium Theater [Veterans Building 4th floor
401 Van Ness Ave
SF]***POSTPONED***
OTHER MINDS FESTIVAL 25: MOMENT’S NOTICE, PROGRAM 2
Other Minds marks its milestone 25th festival with 4 nights honoring the art of improvisation, presenting an astonishing convergence of the world’s leading contributors to the history of creative music. Running from April 2 through April 5 at the Taube Atrium Theater in San Francisco, Moment’s Notice will feature such lauded icons of spontaneous composition as Anthony Braxton,
Roscoe Mitchell, William Parker and Wadada Leo Smith alongside trailblazing artists including Myra Melford, Darius Jones, Elliott Sharp, Mary Halvorson and Jennifer Shyu.
TICKETS https://www.otherminds.org/other-minds-festival-25/
More... Saturday, April 4
Sat 4/04 2:00 PM CCRMA [Live streaming: https://youtu.be/E3TcwZXAwJw]Streaming and in-person:
Click for stream Quarantine Sessions #2 | A Distributed Electroacoustic Network Improvisation
Live streaming: https://youtu.be/E3TcwZXAwJw
The Coronavirus Crisis has changed our lives and we are in the midst of a long period without concerts as we knew them. In addition to the problem of large audiences, the regulations also make it 'virtually' impossible for musicians to get together, to rehearse, or perform. However, many technologies and solutions are already available, helping us to find new ways of collaborating and transporting our work to audiences.
In the past two weeks we have been programming, testing, and rehearsing in an online environment between California, which is facing a 'shelter-in-place' situation, Berlin (DE) with strict 'Kontakt- und Ausgangsbeschränkungen', and Ghent (BE). We are now announcing our first public concert, connecting six musicians from these locations and broadcasting the result as a Youtube live stream with audio and video feeds from each site.
More... Sat 4/04 4:00 PM Online [Facebook Live]Streaming and in-personFacebook event hereEmerging from catastrophe for some indoor fireworks, a host of Bay Area-based experimentalists and creative musicians join for a mini-online festival, streamed from the safe and cozy environs of their own homes. (Streams on Facebook live unless otherwise noted.)
-All Times PT-
4pm
Marshall Trammell (https://www.facebook.com/BeProArts/)
4:30pm Voicehandler (
Danishta Rivero/
Jacob Felix Heule) (https://youtu.be/28gv9573oI8)
5pm Joel Nelson (https://youtu.be/za_P4D0heUo)
5:30pm Sobacoe Bruja (https://www.instagram.com/spectralbinch/)
6pm
Scott Amendola (https://youtu.be/aT8RGmpyVo8)
6:30pm Bob Woods-LaDue (https://youtu.be/4-JP7C2B9b4)
7pm Grex (https://youtu.be/p6ZvLnK4q1w)
7:30pm Inner Movements (
Crystal Pascucci/
Mark Clifford) (https://youtu.be/JP_Gg_3Hop8)
8pm
Phillip Greenlief/Fred Frith/Rashaun Mitchell (Video Premiere: https://youtu.be/EPjb3DWzo8w)
*Proceeds to Safety Net Fund
This event is FREE. In lieu of cover, please consider a purchase/donation to the artists in question and/or one of the following institutions:
Safety Net FundNew Music Solidarity FundUptown Nightclub GofundmeMake-Out Room Gofundme More... Sat 4/04 8:00 PM Taube Atrium Theater [Veterans Building 4th floor
401 Van Ness Ave
SF]***POSTPONED***
OTHER MINDS FESTIVAL 25: MOMENT’S NOTICE, PROGRAM 3
Other Minds marks its milestone 25th festival with 4 nights honoring the art of improvisation, presenting an astonishing convergence of the world’s leading contributors to the history of creative music. Running from April 2 through April 5 at the Taube Atrium Theater in San Francisco, Moment’s Notice will feature such lauded icons of spontaneous composition as Anthony Braxton, Roscoe Mitchell, William Parker and Wadada Leo Smith alongside trailblazing artists including Myra Melford, Darius Jones, Elliott Sharp, Mary Halvorson and Jennifer Shyu.
TICKETS https://www.otherminds.org/other-minds-festival-25/
More... Sunday, April 5
Sun 4/05 4:00 PM Taube Atrium Theater [Veterans Building 4th floor
401 Van Ness Ave
SF]***POSTPONED***
OTHER MINDS FESTIVAL 25: MOMENT’S NOTICE, PROGRAM 4
Other Minds marks its milestone 25th festival with 4 nights honoring the art of improvisation, presenting an astonishing convergence of the world’s leading contributors to the history of creative music. Running from April 2 through April 5 at the Taube Atrium Theater in San Francisco, Moment’s Notice will feature such lauded icons of spontaneous composition as Anthony Braxton, Roscoe Mitchell, William Parker and Wadada Leo Smith alongside trailblazing artists including Myra Melford, Darius Jones, Elliott Sharp, Mary Halvorson and Jennifer Shyu.
TICKETS https://www.otherminds.org/other-minds-festival-25/
More... Saturday, April 11
Sat 4/11 1:00 PM CCRMA [https://youtu.be/5eSeLVCh2cE]Streaming and in-person:
Click for stream Quarantine Sessions #3 | A Distributed Electroacoustic Network Improvisation
Live streaming: https://youtu.be/5eSeLVCh2cE
The Coronavirus Crisis has changed our lives, and we are in the midst of a long period without concerts as we knew them. In addition to the problem of large audiences, the regulations also make it 'virtually' impossible for musicians to get together, to rehearse or perform. However, many technologies and solutions are already available, helping us to find new ways of collaborating and transporting our work to audiences.
In the past few weeks we have been programming, testing and rehearsing in an online environment between California, which is facing a 'shelter-in-place' situation, Berlin (DE) with strict 'Kontakt- und Ausgangsbeschränkungen', and Ghent (BE). We are now announcing our next public concert, connecting seven musicians from these locations and broadcasting the result as a Youtube live stream with audio and video feeds from each site.
More... Tuesday, April 14
Tue 4/14 8:00 PM Uptown Nightclub [1928 Telegraph Ave
Oakland]** POSTPONED **
Active Music Series presents:
- Key West (Brian Pedersen-sax, Jay Korber-drums, Randylee Sutherland-cello, Aimee Hamel-violin)
- RUBBER (() CEMENT
- Shatter Pattern
More... Tue 4/14 8:00 PM The Laundry SF [3359 26th St
SF]Streaming and in-person:
Click for stream Resident is a monthly electronic audiovisual open mic event started in 2017. It is held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at The Laundry. Resident is casual and cool, and the community you'll find is like no other for aspiring electronic musicians in the Bay. No judgments, no bullshit, just positive support and openness to new ideas.
Due to restrictions, this show will only be streamed online, do not come to the Laundry" More...