Fri 4/13 6:00 PM Southern Exposure [3030 20th Street San Francisco, CA 94110]
Metropolis presents the work of Bay Area artists, writers, and creative leaders who live in a metropolis both physically near and consciously distant: prison. In collaboration with Prison Renaissance and incarcerated artists, activists, and creative thinkers, Southern Exposure and East Side Arts Alliance present an installation of curated audio pieces – from conversations to rap, anecdotes to poetry -- centering the voices of those incarcerated in the Bay Area, and revealing the commonalities between the metropolis inside and the metropolis outside  More...

Fri 4/13 7:30 PM ODC Dance Theatre [3153 17th Street at Shotwell SF]
OTHER MINDS FESTIVAL 23 (NIGHT 5)
Join us on April 13 at the ODC Theater in San Francisco for the fifth evening of the 23rd annual Other Minds Festival.

This event features works on tape by Mark Applebaum, and live performances by Enzo Minarelli; Amy X Neuburg; Charles Amirkhanian & Carol Law.

Tickets
https://odc.secure.force.com/ticket/#details_a0S0a000005yCofEAE  More...

Fri 4/13 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Alone/Not Alone #3: I Sing Words – Jill Morgan Brenner, soprano  More...

Sat 4/14 7:30 PM ODC Dance Theatre [3153 17th Street at Shotwell SF]
OTHER MINDS FESTIVAL 23 (NIGHT 6)
Join us on April 14 at the ODC Theater in San Francisco for the closing night of the 23rd annual Other Minds Festival.

This event features live performances by Pamela Z, Jaap Blonk; Beth Anderson, with Michael Jones, percussion, and works on tape by Susan Stone; Sheila Davies Sumner.

Tickets
https://odc.secure.force.com/ticket/#details_a0S0a000005yCofEAE  More...

Sat 4/14 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Ric Louchard and Michael Rothkopf are presenting a concert of new music. Ric and Michael are thrilled to be joined by these amazing performers: Rachel Condry, clarinet; Monica Scott, cello; Dan Magay, alto saxophone and flute; John Worley, trumpet; Diane Grubbe, flutes; Meeremai Shin, flutes; Robert Lopez, drums.  More...

Sat 4/14 8:00 PM Hertz Hall [UC Berkeley campus near corner of College and Bancroft Berkeley]
Quartet: Myra Melford, Michael Formanek, Hamir Atwal, Ben Goldberg with the Nu Jazz Collective  More...

Sun 4/15 2:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
HUSH Series — Long Tone Choir: spring

Immerse yourself in a spring-inspired soundscape, produced by traditional and extended vocal techniques. Text scores for the work will be displayed within distinct sculptures throughout the performance space. You will be invited to view and read the scores and sing with the choir in the second half of the performance if you choose.  More...

Sun 4/15 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Doors That Only Open in Silence (open participation, non-hierarchical workshop in free improvisation)

The monthly series of improvisation research at Temescal Arts Center continues. Bring your instrument or come to listen. No advance notice needed — just show up. Small groups will be randomly assembled from submitted names immediately before each group plays. We try to keep transition time between groups at a minimum. Over by 10pm. It's free. If you want to contribute, bring snacks and drinks.  More...

Mon 4/16 9:30 PM Studio Grand [3234 Grand Ave, Oakland]
Chris Jonas/Randy McKean Quartet + Pinkobeh Trio

A rare Bay Area appearance from Santa Fe based saxophonist and composer Chris Jonas. Renewing a collaboration that began nearly 30 years ago, reedman Randy McKean joins him at the helm of a new quartet, with McKean’s Bristle bandmate Lisa Mezzacappa on bass, and Weiner Kids mastermind Jordan Glenn on drums.

Pinbokeh is a trio based out of Oakland, CA that explores lush textures and soundscapes. A collection of unmetered rhythms and stretched out harmonic patterns create pieces that are reminiscent of the Nels Cline Singers with the still ambiance of Ryuichi Sakamoto and Grouper. The trio is composed of Nathan Chamberlain, guitar; Josiah Branaman, bass; and Paul Sakai, drums.  More...

Tue 4/17 8:00 PM The Bindery [1727 Haight Street, SF, CA]
Silvia Mattheus, Ypsmael, Headlights, Disko Szamanka
Tuesday, April 17; doors 7:45pm, show 8-10:30pm
at The Bindery, 1727 Haight St $5-$10 NOTAFLOF all-ages
The Bindery provides gender neutral and ADA compliant bathrooms. There are no stairs and seating is flexible. Please refrain from using scented products.  More...

Tue 4/17 9:45 PM Studio Grand [3234 Grand Ave, Oakland]
OFJS Tuesday Night Special: John Bischoff/Soo Yeon Lyuh Duo + ligrs Quintet  More...

Wed 4/18 7:30 PM Canessa Gallery [708 Montgomery St SF]
Our second April show features two touring artists, Boston based violinist Morgan Evans-Weiler and sound artist Ypsmael from southern Germany. Also performing from the bay area will be Larnie and Bodil Fox on invented creations and a super ensemble featuring Theresa Wong, Kanoko Nishi-Smith, Jacob Heule and Tom Djll.  More...

Thu 4/19 7:00 PM Presidio Officer's Club [50 Moraga Ave SF]
Two Sense: Ashley Bathgate, cello and Lisa Moore, piano

TwoSense is a New York-based chamber duo and commissioning venture, established by the Bang On A Can All-Stars cellist Ashley Bathgate and founding alumna pianist Lisa Moore in 2010. The duo has been described as the “new music equivalent of a special ops team” (New York Magazine), an “excellent duo” and “eloquent new-music interpreters” (New York Times).  More...

Thu 4/19 7:00 PM Maybeck Studio for the Performing Arts [1537 Euclid Ave. Berkeley]
Michael Coleman and Ben Goldberg: CD Release Concert for PRACTITIONER

PRACTITIONER

Michael Coleman and Ben Goldberg are happy to announce the release of their new record “PRACTITIONER.” This record, three years in the making, is based on Steve Lacy’s Hocus Pocus - Book ‘H’ of “Practitioners”.

Seating is limited.
Get your required reservation here  More...

Thu 4/19 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Lisa Mezzacappa Six : Cosmicomics 2018
Bookstore Salon #1
new music for jazz sextet inspired by Italo Calvino’s stories on the origins of the universe developed this year in a series of salons at Bird & Beckett Books & Records

Aaron Bennett, tenor sax
John Finkbeiner, guitar
Mark Clifford, vibes
Tim Perkis, electronics
Lisa Mezzacappa, bass
Jordan Glenn, drums  More...

Thu 4/19 7:59 PM Pro Arts [150 Frank H Ogawa Plz Oakland]
Experimental Music needn't be dull. This event is a prime example of non-boring avant-garde music, featuring the machine learning "pop" of Santa Cruz's Happy Valley Band and multi-media showman, Lord Tang.  More...

Thu 4/19 8:00 PM Luggage Store Creative Music Series [1007 Market Street SF]
8:00 pm Ypsmael
9:00 pm French Radio
Andy Way-turntable,mic,etc, Bruce Anderson-guitar,etc
French Radio is a Bay Area aggregation of sound projection facilitating urban fear as it’s power source to broadcast black utopian uncanniness to all devoted listeners. French Radio rejects the fascist conveyor belt of rhythm. Instead it embraces stasis and unimpeded movement. French Radio loves you.”  More...

Thu 4/19 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Ladies who Lieder

Original songs by Monica Chew, along with songs by Bartok, Strauss and Wagner. Sung by soprano Jamie Lee with pianist Monica Chew.  More...

Fri 4/20 7:00 PM Sound & Savor [Adeline and 24th Streets in West Oakland. Exact address only given to those who register.]
Joel Davel, solo marimba lumina and a 4 course gourmet vegan meal.

Click here to register  More...

Fri 4/20 7:00 PM Adobe Books [3130 24th St SF]
¡Voltage & Verse! an evening of music and poetry  More...

Fri 4/20 8:00 PM California Jazz Conservatory [2087 Addison Street Berkeley]
DannyBoyBlue: A concert of original music by Danny Bittker, featuring an 8-piece ensemble moving fluidly and happily through the worlds. Rhythm sound sadness joy wonder.  More...

Fri 4/20 9:00 PM Studio Grand [3234 Grand Ave, Oakland]
Studio Grand and Jordan Glenn present:

Spontaneous Sounds Small and Large

This evening features Ben Goldberg, Francis Wong, Chamberlain Zhang and Jordan Glenn (as a quartet), along with Jordan Glenn's BEAK featuring special guest Michael Coleman.

DOORS 9:00 PM; SHOW 9:30 PM

$10-15 sliding scale at the door  More...

Fri 4/20 10:00 PM Old First Concerts [1751 Sacramento St. SF]
M. Lamar & The Living Earth Show  More...

Sat 4/21 6:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
TwoSense: Ashley Bathgate cello, Lisa Moore piano “Look Left Again”  More...

Sat 4/21 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery Street San Francisco (near Glen Park BART)]
animals and giraffes - the ongoing project with Phillip Greenlief and writer claudia la rocco - will be performing at bird and beckett books this saturday at a new concert series that eric at b&b has launched to feature improvised music. a&g is celebrating the release of our newest CD, LANDLOCKED BEACH (with jon leidecker) on the creative sources label, so you can think of this as a CD release party; we will have copies on hand for sale. animals and giraffes: Phillip Greenlief - woodwinds; claudia la rocco - text, voice; Danishta Rivero - voice, electronics; john shiurba - guitar, preparations, effects  More...

Sat 4/21 7:30 PM The Red Poppy Art House [2698 Folsom St @23rd St SF]
rob reich Group with Ben Goldberg  More...

Sat 4/21 8:00 PM Pro Arts [150 Frank H Ogawa Plz Oakland]
Barbara Golden - TRANSCONTINENTAL 77  More...

Sun 4/22 6:00 PM SFJAZZ Center [201 Franklin Street (at Fell) SF CA]
Kasey Knudsen PLAYS JOE HENDERSON’S “IN 'N OUT”, SFJAZZ Center's Joe Henderson Lab, 6:00pm & 7:30pm  More...

Sun 4/22 7:30 PM SIMM Series @ The Musicians Union Hall [116 9th St @ Mission SF]
7:30 PM Ian Carey Ensemble
Steve Adams - saxophone, Lisa Mezzacappa - double bass, Jason Levis - drums, Mark Clifford - vibes
Ian Carey is a trumpeter, composer, arranger, bandleader and instructor, who “asks deep musical questions and comes up with compelling answers” (Bill Kirchner, editor, The Oxford Companion to Jazz)
8:30 PM Unbound free-jazz world fusion music
Marc Schmitz - vocals, guitar, Dave Mihaly - drums, Lin Shi - vocals, keyboard, Shuxin Meng - pipa  More...

Sun 4/22 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Jack Wright: saxophones
Tom Djll: trumpet
Jacob Felix Heule: percussion

Angela Roberts: cello
Kim Nucci: baritone saxophone, electronics
Evan Lipson: double bass

Danishta Rivero: voice and electronics
Matt Chandler: bass guitar
Zachary Darrup: guitar and objects  More...

Mon 4/23 9:45 PM Studio Grand [3234 Grand Ave, Oakland]
Oakland Freedom Jazz Society: T.J. Borden (solo) + Marshall/Pearce Duo  More...

Wed 4/25 7:30 PM Rendon Hall at the California Jazz Conservatory [2040 Addison Street, Berkeley]
The Actual Trio is a vehicle for the compositions of iconoclastic Bay Area guitarist John Schott (Junk Genius, T.J. Kirk). Bassist Dan Seamans (New Klezmer Trio, Lost Trio), and drummer John Hanes (Henry Kaiser, Victor Krummenacher) provide the foundation for Schott’s adventurous-but-accessible compositions, marrying deep pockets and joyful swing to wayward harmonies and spontaneous excursions.  More...

Wed 4/25 7:30 PM California Jazz Conservatory [Rendon Hall/Fiddler Annex 2040 Addison Street Berkeley]
Jazz in the Neighborhood Presents...Actual Trio

The Actual Trio is a vehicle for the compositions of iconoclastic Bay Area guitarist John Schott (Junk Genius, T.J. Kirk). Bassist Dan Seamans (New Klezmer Trio, Lost Trio), and drummer John Hanes (Henry Kaiser, Victor Krummenacher) providing the foundation for Schott’s adventurous-but-accessible compositions, marrying deep pockets and joyful swing to wayward harmonies and spontaneous excursions.  More...

Wed 4/25 8:00 PM Mills College Littlefield Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
The Mills College Contemporary Performance Ensemble performs new music for instruments and voices by Cardwell, Collins, Hege, Kem, Lyuh, Rieman, and Wolff.  More...

Thu 4/26 7:30 PM The Red Poppy Art House [2698 Folsom St @23rd St SF]
Matt Renzi’s Arm-Sized Legging: Original Jazz & Contemporary Classical  More...

Thu 4/26 8:00 PM Luggage Store Creative Music Series [1007 Market Street SF]
8:00pm [ruidobello]
Jorge Bachmann - electronic sound art
9:00pm Doug Lynner - Mystery Serge  More...

Thu 4/26 8:00 PM Mills College Littlefield Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
Orchestration Concert - Roscoe Mitchell

End of semester Spring 2018 orchestration concert.  More...

Fri 4/27 7:30 PM Adobe Books [3130 24th St SF]
Greenlief & Raskin play Steve Lacy•KREation Ensemble

Phillip Greenlief and Jon Raskin's 1 + 1 play music from rare notebooks of Steve Lacy  More...

Sat 4/28 6:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Sing If You Believe: A Spring Recital  More...

Sat 4/28 7:00 PM Octopus Literary Salon [2101 Webster St. #170 Oakland]
Henry Kaiser & John Schott  More...

Sun 4/29 7:00 PM Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive [2155 Center St. Berkeley]
Full: Symphony and Ballet
Music meets dance with magical results as Berkeley Sounds composer fellows join forces with the choreographers and dancers of Berkeley Ballet Theater.  More...

Sun 4/29 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
permutations042918: Hypercolor  More...

Mon 4/30 8:00 PM Mills College Littlefield Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
End of Semester Spring 2018 concert for Composition Seminar MUS 291 with Chris Brown.  More...

Mon 4/30 9:30 PM Studio Grand [3234 Grand Ave, Oakland]
Oakland Freedom Jazz Society: Hypercolor + Monopiece  More...

Wed 5/02 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Jane Spencer Mills soprano, Ian Scarfe, piano; Jessie Nucho, flute: Of Cats, the Moon and Rain  More...

Thu 5/03 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
UC Berkeley Composers with Myra Melford: Solo Collective  More...

Thu 5/03 8:00 PM Luggage Store Creative Music Series [1007 Market Street SF]
8:00 pm gabby fluke-mogul - violin
Amy Reed - guitar
9:00 pm Tim Perkis/Biggi Vinkeloe
Celebrate their new CD 'FAR AFIELD' on Artifact Records
Studio-created compositions based on recorded improvisations of long-time collaborators Biggi Vinkeloe (flutes, alto saxophone) and Tim Perkis (electronics).  More...

Fri 5/04 4:30 PM Octopus Literary Salon [2101 Webster St. #170 Oakland]
First Friday show in downtown Oakland! First ever Synth-focused Show at The Octopus Literary Salon so come out and support.  More...

Fri 5/04 7:00 PM Adobe Books [3130 24th St SF]
Cartoon Justice presents any evening of Noise Jazz and electroacoustic improv with Broken Whole percussion/electronics trio and African Master Musician/Artist Mogauwane Mahloele.  More...

Fri 5/04 8:00 PM SF Live Arts at St. Cyprian's [2097 Turk Street San Francisco, CA 94117]
Rova Saxophone Quartet returns to SF Live Arts at St. Cyprian's to continue our 40th Anniversary celebration, and to mark the release of our newest CD, In Transverse Time.  More...

Sat 5/05 6:00 PM Gray Area Art And Technology [2665 Mission St. SF]
MUTEK SF A/Visions 3 with Tim Hecker  More...

Sat 5/05 7:30 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford]
Akiko Hatakeyama is a composer/performer of electroacoustic music and intermedia. She explores the boundaries between written music, improvisation, electronics, real-time computer-based interactivity, and visual media. Storytelling, memories, and nature play an important role in Akiko's work, and she most often finds beauty in simplicity.  More...

Sat 5/05 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Steven Lugerner’s SLUGish Ensemble  More...

Sat 5/05 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Dark Metals  More...

Sat 5/05 8:00 PM St. Mark’s Lutheran Church [1111 O’Farrell St. San Francisco, CA 9410]
In these taxing times, the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra presents The Fast and The Furies — a breathtaking pursuit of musical truth and consequences.  More...

Sun 5/06 4:00 PM Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive [2155 Center St. Berkeley]
Volti presents a program of contemporary American music by composers Dany Clay, Robin Estrada, and Žibuoklé Martinaityté.  More...

Sun 5/06 4:00 PM Old First Concerts [1751 Sacramento St. SF]
Ives Collective

…the poppies blow…
The Ives Collective is joined by tenor Brian Thorsett and violist Jessica Chang for a program honoring the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, featuring works which were either written during the Great War or were composed by artists who served during the conflict.  More...

Sun 5/06 5:00 PM Zellerbach Hall [US Berkeley Berkeley]
eco ensemble: Foxtrot Delirium

At Zellerbach Playhouse at the northwest of Zellerbach Hall  More...

Sun 5/06 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Vinkeloe/ Looney/ Mezzacappa/ Robinson

Two different trios come together in a quartet of tones, textures, melodies, and creative interplay sure to please the discerning ear. Come explore the sonic possibilities!  More...

Mon 5/07 8:00 PM Make-Out Room [3225 22nd St SF]
The Monday Make-Out
The cutting edge of Bay Area jazz and improvised music--

Set #1: Boo Ghost (art rock/improvisation)
(Karl Evangelista-guitar, etc., w/members of Grex, Ai-Ai, a.o.)

Set #2: Rubber City (contemporary jazz/improv)
*Memorial for original member (1989) Ralph Carney*
(David Slusser-soprano, tenor sax, Sheldon Brown-alto sax, Lisa Mezzacappa-bass, Chris Ackerman-drums)

Set #3: Greenlief/Mezzacappa/Levis
play Greenlief's BARBEDWIRE graphic scores for trio (new music)
Phillip Greenlief-reeds, Lisa Mezzacappa-bass, Jason Levis-drums  More...

Mon 5/07 9:30 PM Studio Grand [3234 Grand Ave, Oakland]
OFJS Presents: Biggi Vinkeloe Ensemble + Chase the Map at Studio Grand  More...

Tue 5/08 8:00 PM The Laundry [3359 26th Street, San Francisco, California 94110]
Looking forward to very special Resident on May 8. It will be Jeremy’s last night hosting the event for a while since he is moving to Germany in June.

+ We are looking for performers of all walks with Modular set ups, Beatboxers, Ableton Sets, LIVE PA, Hardware(SP404, ELEKTRON, MPC, etc) or whatever!

+ Video Performance - A projector is available with all video hookups.

+ If you would like to perform, please DM us at facebook.com/residentmonthly with info on your set up and some links to your music or video art if available.  More...

Tue 5/08 9:00 PM Uptown Nightclub [1928 Telegraph Ave Oakland]
Active Music Series presents:
Jordan Glenn's BEAK
A field folded (Widow & Wilson Shook)
Usufruct (Polly Moller Springhorn & Tim Walters)  More...

Wed 5/09 7:30 PM Rendon Hall at the California Jazz Conservatory [2040 Addison Street, Berkeley]
LET’S CALL THIS is a new meeting of three improviser-composers who have developed singular voices as longtime members of the Bay Area creative jazz community. Saxophonist Hafez Modirzadeh joins with bassist Lisa Mezzacappa and drummer Vijay Anderson to explore original compositions, structured improvisations, and conceptual flights, born from a shared sense of curiosity and possibility. Modirzadeh is known for developing a unique poly-tempered approach to jazz based on the music of Iran. Anderson composes tightly knit music with weaving melodic lines and a driving momentum. Mezzacappa’s compositions combine asymmetrical grooves with sonic abstractions and free zones of exploration. She’s been called “one of the most imaginative figures on the Bay Area creative jazz scene” by The Mercury News and “a Bay Area treasure” by KQED. This is a special opportunity to hear the debut of this inventive and adventurous new trio.  More...

Wed 5/09 7:30 PM Canessa Gallery [708 Montgomery St SF]
Filthmilk, Deletist, Microwave Windows + Chhinnamastika, Wilson Shook + Widow at Canessa Gallery  More...

Wed 5/09 9:00 PM Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave Albany]
Richmond-based saxophonist/composer Rent Romus concludes his Ivy Hoot mini-residency (and the Ivy concludes the Hoot altogether) featuring the Life's Blood Ensemble with fellow seeker Vinny Golia.
Rent Romus - alto saxophone, flutes
Vinny Golia - baritone, soprano, sopranino saxophones, alto flute,
contra-bass, bass, alto, and standard clarinets
Timothy Orr - drums/percussion
Safa Shokrai - double bass
Max Judelson - double bass
Heikki "Mike" Koskinen - e-trumpet/recorder
Joshua Marshall - tenor saxophone
Mark Clifford - vibraphone  More...

Thu 5/10 6:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Opening Reception: Space is the Plate, Shifting Resonances in Contemporary Instrument Design works by: Tom Nunn, Richard Waters, Neil Feather, Fred “Spaceman” Long  More...

Thu 5/10 6:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
5th anniversary of the Window Gallery for Invented Instruments celebrating the opening of "Space is the Plate", a group exhibition of instruments using steel plates for resonance including Fred "Spaceman" Long, Tom Nunn, Bart Hopkin, Richard Waters, Brooks Hubbard III, David Samas, Ian Saxton and more.
Talk and perforce at 7 with special guests David Michalak, Jonathan Glasier, and Sudhu Tewari.  More...

Thu 5/10 7:30 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford]
Wilfrido Terrazas – Alta: Flute music from Mexican Composers in California. This concert presents recent works by Carmina Escobar, Guillermo Galindo, Ivan Naranjo, Mauricio Rodriguez, Pablo Rubio and Wilfrido Terrazas offer a vivid picture of contemporary Mexican composers based in the California. Beyond allegorical references of a New Mexican Music, pure and fresh forms of musical expression come together to broad the musical map of the most uncompromising acoustic art.
This event is kindly supported by the Cultural Affairs section of the General Mexican Consulate in San Jose, California.  More...

Thu 5/10 8:00 PM Luggage Store Creative Music Series [1007 Market Street SF]
8:00pm NB!OKS!
Linda Michelle Hardy and Rachel Freund - flutes/clarinet
9:00pm Usufruct  More...

Fri 5/11 7:30 PM Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [701 Mission St @3rd SF]
DJ Spooky “Arctic Rhythms” (San Francisco)

DJ Spooky / Printz Dance Project

Double Bill  More...

Sat 5/12 3:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Brooklyn Art Song Society: New Voices  More...

Sat 5/12 7:30 PM Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [701 Mission St @3rd SF]
DJ Spooky “Arctic Rhythms” (San Francisco)

DJ Spooky / Printz Dance Project

Double Bill  More...

Sat 5/12 7:30 PM The Red Poppy Art House [2698 Folsom St @23rd St SF]
Trance Mission Duo: Rhythmic & Melodic Soundscapes

Trance Mission Duo presents new music from their upcoming album and chestnuts from their vast repertoire. Melodic, haunting, rhythmic, and pulsating, their global jazz and trance dance music has delighted audiences all over the world.

FEATURING:
Beth Custer – clarinets, percussion, vocals
Stephen Kent – didgeridoo, sinter-style cello, percussion, vocals  More...

Sun 5/13 7:00 PM Private home in North Berkeley Hills [Private home in North Berkeley Hills.]
House concert in private home in North Berkeley Hills with pianist/composer Anthony Davis. Mr. Davis will play 2 sets, with wine and cheese served during the intermission. Seating is limited. For information, please contact the concert host at: Harry@fullplatemedia.com  More...

Tue 5/15 7:00 PM Octopus Literary Salon [2101 Webster St. #170 Oakland]
Thomas Carnacki (Jesse Burson, Anka Draugelates, Gregory Hagen, Cheryl E. Leonard, Gregory Scharpen) crafts music that creates a mood of delightful unease. Bavarian vocalist/violist Anka Draugelates improvises with Cheryl E. Leonard (natural-object instruments, viola). Kristine Barrett is a vocalist and composer specializing in traditional music and ritual song.  More...

Thu 5/17 7:00 PM SFJAZZ Center [201 Franklin Street (at Fell) SF CA]
Scott Amendola, WIL BLADES, JEFF PARKER, & CYRO BAPTISTA
Two Shows 7:00pm & 8:30pm  More...

Thu 5/17 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
permutations051718: Ghost Ensemble: We Who Walk Again  More...

Thu 5/17 8:00 PM Luggage Store Creative Music Series [1007 Market Street SF]
8:00pm Max Johnson with Phillip Greenlief & Tim Perkis
9:00pm Dennydennybreakfast - album release show for "unlit overpass"
Core Personnel:
Jordan Glenn - drums, Mark Clifford-Pascucci - vibes , Crystal Clifford-Pascucci - cello
David Young - keyboards, Max Judelson - bass, Bob Woods-LaDue - drums
Dance: Sarah Dionne Woods-LaDue
Special Guest: Rent Romus - alto saxophone  More...

Fri 5/18 7:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Kurt Rohde’s Farewell Tour – PART 1  More...

Fri 5/18 7:00 PM SFJAZZ Center [201 Franklin Street (at Fell) SF CA]
Scott Amendola, WIL BLADES, JEFF PARKER, & CYRO BAPTISTA
Two Shows 7:00pm & 8:30pm  More...

Fri 5/18 7:30 PM Adobe Books [3130 24th St SF]
Brenda Hutchinson•Headlights•The Shoes  More...

Fri 5/18 7:30 PM Space 151 [151 Potrero, San Francisco]
Jason Kahn (Switzerland)
gabby fluke-mogul
Kevin Corcoran

solos at Space 151 San Francisco  More...

Fri 5/18 8:00 PM Sole Space [1714 TELEGRAPH AVENUE OAKLAND, CA]
The first of the last 2 summer shows of 20th Annual Music for People & Thingamajigs Festival amplify and extend the gestural and sonic characteristic of the found objects, with Joo Won Park and Big City Orchestra on-stage.

Tickets  More...

Fri 5/18 8:00 PM CNMAT [1750 Arch Street Berkeley]
Lubow + Miller in a duo with interactive, spatialized synthesis. Bischoff performs a solo set featuring performance-reflexive analog and digital electronics.  More...

Sat 5/19 4:00 PM CHALK HILL ARTIST RESIDENCY GALLERY [13427 CHALK HILL ROAD, HEALDSBURG, CA]
Thingamajigs Performance Group joins faculty of Berklee School of Music to perform specially created graphic notational pieces by members of Becoming Independent, in a 3-part workshop. This will be the last performance in the 20th Annual Music for People & Thingamajigs Festival.  More...

Sat 5/19 6:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Michael Bang: “In T” and Other Keyboard Pieces

Michael Bang presents "In T" and other pieces for various keyboard ensembles.  More...

Sat 5/19 6:30 PM ODC Dance Theatre [3153 17th Street at Shotwell Street San Francisco CA 94110]
ODC Theater Presents AN IMPROVISATION - as part of their WALKING DISTANCE DANCE FESTIVAL (may 15 - 20) - featuring Phillip Greenlief (woodwinds), Shoko Hikage (koto), Claudia LaRocco (voice, text), Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener (dance) - two evenings (may 19th and 20th) - show starts at 6:30 pm Tickets on sale here: http://odc.dance/AnImprovisation  More...

Sat 5/19 7:00 PM SFJAZZ Center [201 Franklin Street (at Fell) SF CA]
Scott Amendola, WIL BLADES, JEFF PARKER, & CYRO BAPTISTA
Two Shows 7:00pm & 8:30pm  More...

Sat 5/19 8:00 PM Old First Concerts [1751 Sacramento St. SF]
Thorwald Jørgensen, theremin with Friction Quartet  More...

Sat 5/19 9:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Kevin Drumm / Cameron Shafii  More...

Sat 5/19 9:00 PM Gray Area Art And Technology [2665 Mission St. SF]
Rival Consoles 'Persona' Live A/V Set  More...

Sun 5/20 3:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Young and Local: Friction SQ plays music by composers of the John Adams Young Composers Program  More...

Sun 5/20 4:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Kasey Knudsen Quartet  More...

Sun 5/20 6:00 PM SFJAZZ Center [201 Franklin Street (at Fell) SF CA]
SCOTT AMENDOLA, WIL BLADES, JEFF PARKER, & CYRO BAPTISTA
Two Shows 6:00pm & 7:30pm  More...

Sun 5/20 6:30 PM ODC Dance Theatre [3153 17th Street at Shotwell Street San Francisco]
ODC Theater Presents AN IMPROVISATION - as part of their WALKING DISTANCE DANCE FESTIVAL (may 15 - 20) - featuring Phillip Greenlief (woodwinds), Shoko Hikage (koto), Claudia LaRocco (voice, text), Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener (dance) - two evenings (may 19th and 20th) - show starts at 6:30 pm

Tickets on sale here: http://odc.dance/AnImprovisation  More...

Sun 5/20 7:00 PM The Back Room [1984 Bonita Ave Berkeley]
Sheldon Brown Group  More...

Sun 5/20 7:30 PM SIMM Series @ The Musicians Union Hall [116 9th St @ Mission SF]
7:30pm The Deconstruction Of What You Know
Josh Allen - tenor saxophone, Henry Kaiser - guitar, Willie Winant - drums, Aaron Levin- drums
8:30 pm Skullkrusher
Philip Everett - analogue electronics and devices  More...

Sun 5/20 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Doors That Only Open in Silence (open participation, non-hierarchical workshop in free improvisation)

The monthly series of improvisation research at Temescal Arts Center continues. Bring your instrument or come to listen. No advance notice needed — just show up. Small groups will be randomly assembled from submitted names immediately before each group plays. We try to keep transition time between groups at a minimum. Over by 10pm. It's free. If you want to contribute, bring snacks and drinks.  More...

Mon 5/21 9:30 PM Studio Grand [3234 Grand Ave, Oakland]
OFJS Presents: Hae Voices + Ryan Scott Long/Jared Warren Duo  More...

Tue 5/22 7:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
HUSH Series – Vocal Movement: Point Zero (All Levels Workshop)  More...

Tue 5/22 7:00 PM David Brower Center [2150 Allston Way Berkeley, CA 94704]
The Nature of Music: Michael Pisaro  More...

Tue 5/22 8:00 PM CNMAT [1750 Arch Street Berkeley]
NORDRA/SKERIK CAPITALIST NOIZE TOUR  More...

Wed 5/23 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
HUSH Series – Anka Draugelates, In the River of Time  More...

Thu 5/24 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Lisa Mezzacappa Six : COSMICOMICS 2018 
Bookstore Residency - Salon #2
New music for jazz sextet inspired by Italo Calvino’s stories on the origins of the universe - developed in a series of salon performances at Bird & Beckett this year.
Aaron Bennett, tenor sax
John Finkbeiner, guitar
Mark Clifford, vibes
Tim Perkis, electronics
Lisa Mezzacappa, bass
Jordan Glenn, drums  More...

Thu 5/24 8:00 PM Luggage Store Creative Music Series [1007 Market Street SF]
8:00 pm Tim Duff - solo double bass
9:00 pm Jaroba - reeds, electronics  More...

Thu 5/24 8:00 PM Gray Area Art And Technology [2665 Mission St. SF]
Ebbing Sounds Symposium

Gray Area is thrilled to host Ebbing Sounds Symposium, an interdisciplinary symposium accompanied by concerts investigating new ways of music production, music listening and music critique.

Thursday through Saturday  More...

Thu 5/24 8:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
SpermChurch: Trevor Dunn (electric bass) Sannety (electronics)  More...

Fri 5/25 9:30 AM Gray Area Art And Technology [2665 Mission St. SF]
Ebbing Sounds Symposium

Gray Area is thrilled to host Ebbing Sounds Symposium, an interdisciplinary symposium accompanied by concerts investigating new ways of music production, music listening and music critique.

Thursday through Saturday  More...

Fri 5/25 6:30 PM Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive [2155 Center St. Berkeley]
Alam and Manik Khan play sarode duets with tabla drummer Nilan Chaudhuri.  More...

Fri 5/25 7:00 PM Cafe Claude [7 Claude Lane San Francisco]
Vijay Anderson Quartet  More...

Fri 5/25 7:30 PM First Unitarian Universalist Chapel [1157 Franklin St San Francisco CA]
guitarists Giacomo Fiore and Paul Kogut (NY) will present an evening of improvised ruminations in solo and duo settings.  More...

Fri 5/25 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Friction Quartet + Danny Clay + Pascal Le Boeuf: CounterPaint Video Release  More...

Fri 5/25 8:00 PM California Jazz Conservatory [2087 Addison Street Berkeley]
David Slusser: Stray Horns Play Sun Ra  More...

Fri 5/25 9:00 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Larry Ochs - Donald Robinson Duo  More...

Fri 5/25 9:00 PM Gray Area Art And Technology [2665 Mission St. SF]
Ebbing Sounds Symposium

Gray Area is thrilled to host Ebbing Sounds Symposium, an interdisciplinary symposium accompanied by concerts investigating new ways of music production, music listening and music critique.

Thursday through Saturday  More...

Sat 5/26 3:00 PM San Francisco Public Library - Richmond Branch [351 9th Avenue San Francisco, CA 94118]
Contemporary Koto with Shoko Hikage. Please join us for an intimate performance that promises to blissfully blur the boundaries of Eastern traditional music and Western contemporary classical. Koto virtuoso Shoko Hikage, a core member of the acclaimed Wooden Fish Ensemble, will play four compositions by innovative composer and Wooden Fish colleague Hyo-shin Na, who will provide an introduction and context for each piece. Following the performance there will be a Q&A session.  More...

Sat 5/26 7:00 PM Sound & Savor [corner of adeline and 24th streets in west oakland. Exact address only given to those who register]
Shira Kammen - violin and Robin Petrie - dulcimer, and a 4 course menu featuring Masumoto Farm Peaches

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Sat 5/26 7:30 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford]
Karen Bentley Pollick returns to CCRMA to present multimedia audio/visual pieces by current faculty, staff, and students. The concert will include works by Professor Jonathan Berger, Constantin Basica, and Christopher Jette.  More...

Sat 5/26 8:00 PM Problem Library [1288 15th Ave, San Francisco, California 94122]
Foreign Drama is an event series of female electronic musicians from strong influence of cultures outside of America. Viewfinder and RVC will be performing experimental live sets.  More...

Sat 5/26 9:00 PM Gray Area Art And Technology [2665 Mission St. SF]
Ebbing Sounds Symposium

Gray Area is thrilled to host Ebbing Sounds Symposium, an interdisciplinary symposium accompanied by concerts investigating new ways of music production, music listening and music critique.

Thursday through Saturday  More...

Sat 5/26 9:00 PM Milk Bar [1840 Haight St, San Francisco, California 94117]
Promised To Suck welcomes modular acts Chris Otchy and Phuturo this month. With DJ Sets from Quiet Domino, Tooth and Pretty, Handsome.  More...

Sun 5/27 1:00 PM Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive [2155 Center St. Berkeley]
Pianist Sarah Cahill performs a solo concert including works by composers Lou Harrison and Ruth Crawford.  More...

Sun 5/27 7:30 PM The Red Poppy Art House [2698 Folsom St @23rd St SF]
Pascal’s Triangle: No-Boundaries, Modern Jazz Piano Trio

Grammy-nominated jazz pianist and composer Pascal Le Boeuf presents a collection of new and classic original works with an “advanced-propulsion rhythm team” (New York Times) comprised of Bay Area heroes Giulio Xavier Cetto on bass and Malachi Whitson on drums.  More...

Sun 5/27 8:00 PM Amnesia [853 Valencia St SanFrancisco, CA 94110]
Oakland based indie/post jazz band The Dirty Snacks Ensemble will share a bill with Maria Neckam and Loosh, on tour from Brooklyn.  More...