Thursday, September 22
Thu 9/22 6:00 PM Shapeshifters Cinema [567 5th St.
Oakland]Musician and seeker
Suki O'Kane returns to Shapeshifters to enact 10,000 things, a score for durational performance, to mark the fall equinox. The piece starts 10,000 seconds before, and lasts a minimum of 10,000 seconds after the equinox itself, which will be observable at 6:03pm Pacific Daylight Time. Expect ritual acts of body, speech and mind, walking meditation, live cinema, durational sound, food, sunset, civil twilight, and the setting of a waning crescent moon.
The show starts early at 6pm (the equinox arrives at 6:03pm) with a solo set from
Ernesto Diaz-Infante, complementary autumnal food and drink at dark o'clock, and at 8pm two sets: the first Phoebe Tooke leading a visual conduction for an improvising ensemble comprised of Dyemark,
Wayne Grim,
Jacob Felix Heule,
Suki O'Kane, Adria Otte, and special guests; the second reconvenes the artists from the 2022 spring equinox realization of the 10,000 things score enacted on the back deck of Shapeshifters with Alfonso Alvarez, Dyemark,
Suki O'Kane, and special guests.
PHOTO FROM HEART SUTRA (2022), A SHORT FILM BY DYEMARK MADE OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME
More... Thu 9/22 6:30 PM Live Oak Park [1301 Shattuck Ave
Berkeley, CA 94709]Wendy Reid's Ambient Bird - Live Oak with sfSOUND and the bird ensemble
Fall Equinox Thursday 9/22 6:30pm
Lulu,
Wendy Reid, Brenda Hutchinson, Krys Bobrowski,
Ron Heglin,
Aurora Josephson,
David Samas,
Kanoko Nishi-Smith,
Matt Ingalls, Brendan Lai-Tong, Diane Grubbe,
Kyle Bruckmann More... Thu 9/22 8:00 PM Noisebridge Hackerspace [272 Capp St, San Francisco, CA 94110]Streaming and in-person:
Click for stream Resident is a monthly electronic audiovisual open mic event started in 2017. It is held on the 4th THURSDAY of the month at Noisebridge. 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.
Now in person at Noisebridge!! https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Resident_Electronic_Music
Setup for performers starts at 7pm, show starts at 8 pm.
More... Friday, September 23
Fri 9/23 7:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St
SF]Lubomyr Melnyk
Lubomyr Melnyk is a Ukrainian composer and pianist who has pioneered Continuous Piano Music. Classically trained and greatly affected by the minimalist movement in the early 1970s, he has developed his own unique language for the piano, named after the principle of maintaining a continuous, unbroken stream of sound.
More... Fri 9/23 8:00 PM Mosswood Sound Series [3630 Telegraph Ave
enter 2nd door on 37th St
Oakland]THOMAS CARNACKI is a variably-sized organism that has been trundling forward for well over a decade, having been as many as eight individuals, and as few as one. (Or, in some instances, none at all.) Tonight’s instantiation will be on the more modest end of that spectrum, being
Cheryl E. Leonard and Gregory Scharpen. GRALE has performed as a multi-faceted and cinematically rooted ensemble, morphing its electric shadows along with its shifting lineups. Initially a duo of Dale Sophiea (MX-80 Sound, O-Type, etc.) and Gregory Hagan (Pale Reverse, Thomas Carnacki Ensemble, Common Eider King Eider, etc.) that sprung from a series of after-hours underground film and music salons in Berkeley.
More... Friday, September 30
Fri 9/30 8:00 PM Mosswood Sound Series [3630 Telegraph Ave
enter 2nd door on 37th St
Oakland]Two are kindred spirits who have never met, bassist/composers, improvisers, bandleaders, tireless organizers ADRIANA CAMACHO TORRES (Mexico) and
Lisa Mezzacappa perform a set of duo bass improvisations.
Bay Area composer/vocalist SARAH GRACE GRAVES performs a solo set of original compositions and improvisations alongside selections from Giacinto Scelsi’s "Canti del Capricorno."(1962-1972), Carol Robinson's "Back into the Gaping Again-ness" (2020), and a new collaboration with Jon Yu.
More... Fri 9/30 8:30 PM Indexical [Tannery Arts Center
1050 River St. #119
Santa Cruz]Ritual Schizophonia - Gesture shapes both sound and meaning, as revealed in this experimental program for solo harp. From the avant-garde reimagining of a Greek myth to a visceral manifestation of grief, these diverse works are connected by their ceremonial treatment of sound. The movements of the hands at the strings and the feet at the pedals become a choreography of sonic obfuscation, an expressive ritual for exploring meaning in an atmosphere that synthesizes the visual and the sonic.
More... Saturday, October 1
Sat 10/01 8:30 PM Indexical [Tannery Arts Center
1050 River St. #119
Santa Cruz]Dirty Looks has dug deep into documents of trans history to assemble a program of archival trans portrait films that spool from experimental cinema of the 1970s, activist video, and personal portraiture. Spanning an early decade of production, illuminating (lost?) queer histories and liminal spaces across America, The Girl Can’t Help It screens poignant testimonials and early rhetorics of trans-femme ideation.
More... Sunday, October 2
Sun 10/02 4:00 PM Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave
Albany]"Hooray for John Finkbeiner" Music Festival/ Tribute Concert
Free and open to the public - no cover charge/ no donations.
John Finkbeiner was a Berkeley resident, an exceptional guitarist, and a beloved studio owner and recording engineer working with cutting-edge new music, jazz, and pop artists in the Bay Area. John died from cancer in September 2021 at age 47. Now, a year later, forty of his musical friends are gathering to perform for this, the first memorial event to honor John's legacy and contributions to the community.
Read more in his obituary in
Berkeleyside More... Sun 10/02 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. Donations for the venue rental are encouraged.
Masks required! Musicians may unmask while playing. Please stay home if you are sick or believe you may have been exposed.
More... Friday, October 7
Fri 10/07 8:00 PM Shapeshifters Cinema [567 5th St.
Oakland]Cheryl E. Leonard - Antarctica: Music from the Ice
Listen to Antarctica and celebrate the release of Leonard's latest album. The evening will include a solo set of Antarctic compositions, a slideshow about the project, a field recording listening session, and an Antarctic instrument petting zoo.
More... Fri 10/07 8:00 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr, Stanford, CA 94305]Streaming and in-person:
Click for stream CCRMA celebrates the start of the 2022 season with its annual Transitions: two evenings of outdoor, under-the-stars concerts showcasing music from the CCRMA community and beyond. Feast your ears on immersive 3D sounds played on our multichannel system (24.8 speakers!) in our Courtyard outside the Knoll. Each evening’s program will be different and will feature live performances, fixed media electronic music, and audiovisual works.
The first concert will be prefaced by a panel discussion with John Markoff, John Chowning, James Andy Moorer, and Chris Chafe starting at 7pm.
FREE and Open to the Public
More... Saturday, October 8
Sat 10/08 11:00 AM Fruitvale Bart Station [3401 E 12th St, Oakland, CA 94601]Click to make donation Thingamajigs presents Redline Redefined, a new multi-year project that investigates, narrates and celebrates our formally red-lined neighborhoods. Thingamajigs has curated a program of audio and visual pieces designed to transport audiences from their home to the streets of Oakland and Berkeley. Featuring eight of the East Bay's most exciting performing artists, events scheduled include soundwalks, live performances, video narratives, poetry readings and an online interactive map. A diverse group of local artists are participating in the project, including performance artist Theresa Wong, Oakland’s Poet Laureate Ayodele Nzinga, and instrument inventor Sudhu Tewari.
Redlining is the systematic practice of denying people financial and other services based on where they lived. In the 1930s, the federal government carved The East Bay into a series of puzzle pieces--imaginary lines were drawn down streets, dividing neighborhoods, families, and entire populations of residents. Redline Redefined project artists explore the balance between the past and present and encourages all of us to to take a second look at who is included and excluded from conversations about development in modern-day East Bay. Come join us in Oakland for an exciting in person launch of East Bay: Redline Redefined filled with live performances, premier film screenings, and artist talks happening through October.
More... Sat 10/08 7:30 PM Land & Sea Gallery [5428 San Pablo Ave, Oakland, CA, United States, California]A night of Drone, Experimental and Improvised music at Land & Sea in Oakland as part of Kole Galbraith's West Coast tour. Kole Galbraith is a multi-disciplinary artist who focuses on sound in the vein of drone, noise and improvised music and inspired by Folklore and contemporary indigenous experience. Based in both Seattle, Washington and Tartu, Estonia, Kole Galbraith has been active in the underground experimental music community for the past decade performing throughout the West Coast of the United States and Austria. The music and sounds are informed by early 20th century French Musique-Concret, Metal, Jazz and contemporary composition. Kole Galbraith has released albums on his own label “Obscure & Terrible” and other labels such as SIGE and Titania Tapes.
The event also features sets by
Zachary James Watkins who also plays in an electronic duo named Watkins/Peacock and formerly member of Black Spirituals. Additionally the project E.Æ.R will perform which features an artist of experimental black metal band Sutekh Hexen, and finally noise duo Jungle Sharks.
More... Sat 10/08 7:30 PM Dresher Ensemble Studio [2253 Poplar St
Oakland]Concert Among Friends with Pianists Gloria Cheng and Matthew McCright
Pianists and longtime friends Gloria Cheng and Matthew McCright team up for an evening of new music for solo and four-hand piano.
Tickets More... Sat 10/08 7:30 PM The Dome Center for Art, Music, and Dance [951 62nd Street, Oakland]Dream Kitchen performs original compositions and new interpretations of Brazilian and American jazz, featuring Joyce Todd McBride; piano, Jeff Kaz; sax,
Todd Larson; bass, Jeff Pera; drums. In collaboration with Dream Kitchen, the Dead Media Center at the Dome will present a slideshow, "The History of the Future" -- 1888 - 1988 Science illustrations from magic lantern to 35mm slides.
More... Sat 10/08 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St
SF]Park Jiha
Park Jiha is a multi-instrumentalist and composer who approaches ancient Korean instruments from the perspective of a modern, improvisatory minimalist.
More... Sat 10/08 8:00 PM Adobe Books [3130 24th St
SF]LEILA ABDUL-RAUF, ROSS HOYT + ED LLOYD, and ALBERT YEH will provide an evening of spectral states, Avant-Jazz, cinematic ambient composition and improvisation. An evening for the curious, for the studious and for the unfamiliar.
More... Sat 10/08 8:00 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr, Stanford, CA 94305]Streaming and in-person:
Click for stream CCRMA celebrates the start of the 2022 season with its annual Transitions: two evenings of outdoor, under-the-stars concerts showcasing music from the CCRMA community and beyond. Feast your ears on immersive 3D sounds played on our multichannel system (24.8 speakers!) in our Courtyard outside the Knoll. Each evening’s program will be different and will feature live performances, fixed media electronic music, and audiovisual works.
The first concert will be prefaced by a panel discussion with John Markoff, John Chowning, James Andy Moorer, and Chris Chafe starting at 7pm.
FREE and Open to the Public
More... Sat 10/08 8:30 PM Indexical [Tannery Arts Center
1050 River St. #119
Santa Cruz]The Mivos Quartet, “one of America’s most daring and ferocious new-music ensembles” (The Chicago Reader), is devoted to performing works of contemporary composers and presenting diverse new music to international audiences. Since the quartet's beginning in 2008 they have performed and closely collaborated with an ever-expanding group of international composers representing a wide aesthetic range of contemporary composition.
More... Sunday, October 9
Sun 10/09 12:00 PM San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center [401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102]SF Music Day is the free in-person day-long music marathon that celebrates the past, present, and future of Bay Area music, on Sunday, October 9, 2022 at the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center on Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco. Now in its 15th year, SF Music Day will showcase more than 25 local groups, 100+ artists, and a range of diverse musical styles from classical music to global music and new music to modern jazz.
More... Sun 10/09 1:00 PM Shapeshifters Cinema [567 5th St. Oakland, CA 94607]Click to make donation Thingamajigs presents Redline Redefined, a new multi-year project that investigates, narrates and celebrates our formally red-lined neighborhoods. Thingamajigs has curated a program of audio and visual pieces designed to transport audiences from their home to the streets of Oakland and Berkeley. Featuring eight of the East Bay's most exciting performing artists, events scheduled include soundwalks, live performances, video narratives, poetry readings and an online interactive map. A diverse group of local artists are participating in the project, including performance artist
Theresa Wong, Oakland’s Poet Laureate Ayodele Nzinga, and instrument inventor Sudhu Tewari.
More... Sun 10/09 7:00 PM Mosswood Sound Series [3630 Telegraph Ave
enter 2nd door on 37th St
Oakland]Meet/Fundraiser for our new 92-key Bösendorfer piano! Works by Cage, Cowell, Farish, Goodman, Ligeti, Looney, Luo, Mercer, with performances by Patti Deuter, Kymry Esainko,
Greg Goodman,
Scott R. Looney,
Ting Luo, Hadley McCarroll, and Janis Mercer.
More... Sun 10/09 7:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St
SF]SSSS is a monthly, informal show at CNM in which electronic music composers present their fixed media and/or live electronic music through the 8-channel surround system, generously provided by Meyer Sound. The composers mix their sounds from the center of the space, and the audience is free to choose their own listening location, and to move within the space to hear the music from different vantage points. This concert features music by
John Bischoff from his just-released album "Surface" on Artifact recordings; "The Secret Opera" by
David Michalak ; and three microtonal pieces by
Chris Brown, from his recent performance of graphic scores by the artist David Ireland.
More... Thursday, October 13
Thu 10/13 7:00 PM Great Star Theater [636 Jackson Street
San Francisco, CA 94133]Other Minds Festival 26 brings together a cast of composers from locations both near and far for three nights of new music at San Francisco’s historic Great Star Theater in Chinatown, October 13-15, 2022. Panel discussions begin at 7:00pm and concerts at 8:00pm.
Tickets More... Thu 10/13 8:00 PM Peacock Lounge [552 Haight St
SF]CBSM (Cody Brant & Shane McDonell)
Gustavo Pastre
Methods Body (John Niekrasz, Luke Wyland)
KREation Ensemble (Kevin Robinson Ensemble)
Thurs Oct. 13 8pm-11pm $5-$15 sliding scale (notaflof) all-ages
Peacock Lounge, 552 Haight, SF
Proof of vax or negPCR<72h is required!
More... Friday, October 14
Fri 10/14 7:00 PM Great Star Theater [636 Jackson Street
SF]Other Minds Festival 26 October 13-15
A Festival of Boundary-Defying Creativity
Composers from seven countries will convene for the 26th Other Minds Festival, an international annual showcase for composers whose innovative work ranges widely across styles and practices.
Tickets More... Fri 10/14 8:30 PM Indexical [Tannery Arts Center
1050 River St. #119
Santa Cruz]METHODS BODY (Portland, OR, USA) is a performance duo that creates original sound art and music using custom tunings systems, polyrhythms, and the cadences of language. Longtime collaborators Luke Wyland (keys, electronics) and John Niekrasz (drums, percussion) use bespoke live-sampling technologies to create compositions that inhabit waves of subliminal melody and deep, uncanny grooves.
More... Saturday, October 15
Sat 10/15 7:00 PM Great Star Theater [636 Jackson Street
SF]Other Minds Festival 26 October 13-15
A Festival of Boundary-Defying Creativity
Composers from seven countries will convene for the 26th Other Minds Festival, an international annual showcase for composers whose innovative work ranges widely across styles and practices.
Tickets More... Sat 10/15 8:00 PM Mosswood Sound Series [3630 Telegraph Ave
enter 2nd door on 37th St
Oakland]Portland-based duo METHODS BODY creates original sound art and music using custom tuning systems, involuted polyrhythms, and the cadences of language. John Niekrasz (drums and percussion) and Luke Wyland (keys and electronics) use bespoke live-sampling technologies and meta-cognitive compositions to inhabit waves of subliminal melody and deep, uncanny grooves.
KINDA GREEN is the long-standing duo project of Bay Area improvisers/composers stalwarts
Tim Perkis (electronics) and
Tom Djll (trumpet/electronics).
More... Sat 10/15 8:30 PM Indexical [Tannery Arts Center
1050 River St. #119
Santa Cruz]evicshen's sound practice is concerned with the spatiality/physicality of sound and its relationship to the human body. Her music features analog modular synthesizers, vinyl/resin records, and self-built electronics. Eschewing conventions in harmony and rhythm in favor of extreme textures and gestural tones, Shen uses what she calls "chaotic sound" to oppose signal and information, eluding traditionally embedded meaning.
More... Sunday, October 16
Sun 10/16 6:00 PM Sound & Savor [24th and Adeline Streets
Oakland]Joelle Leandre, one of the world's great bass players in a rare bay area solo concert. a 4 course meal accompanies the concert
More... Sun 10/16 7:00 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St.
SF]Mission Rebel No. 1 - David James's GPS work-in-development
David James presents a work-in-development, Mission Rebel No. 1.,
a musical examination of his father, Rev. Jesse James,
written for, and performed by the sextet GPS
More... Tuesday, October 18
Tue 10/18 8:00 PM Spruce Street Concerts [send email to harry@fullplatemedia.com]French bassist Joëlle Léandre and percussionist
William Winant perform in duo in a home concert in the Berkeley Hills.
More... Tue 10/18 8:00 PM Make-Out Room [3225 22nd St
SF]Jazz at the Make-Out Room (formerly the Monday Make-Out) continues! A wily evening of cutting-edge jazz, free improvisation, and creative music.
Tuesday, October 18, 6pm doors/7pm show
7pm
Tom Djll/
Suki O'Kane Duo
7:45pm Tom Weeks (Solo)
8:30pm AMP Quartet
(Clark Goodloe - tenor sax, Alan Ernst - piano, Harley White - acoustic bass, Tony Passarell - drums)
More... Wednesday, October 19
Wed 10/19 8:00 PM Adobe Books [3130 24th St
SF]Touring musician Free Music (Minneapolis) is coming to town and better than expected! A not to miss night of cartoon elegance with impactful moments of unexpected joy. Don't miss out on this opportunity for a sonic calibration sure to prepare you for massive mistakes.
Supporting local acts Heaven's Stoneage Outhouse (Chris Farstad) and Mitch Stahlmann
"When I first heard Free Music..."
More... Friday, October 21
Fri 10/21 9:30 AM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr, Stanford, CA 94305]Streaming and in-person:
Click for stream CCRMA Open House 2022
Come see what we've been doing up at the Knoll!
Join us for lectures, hands-on demonstrations, posters, installations, and musical performances of recent CCRMA research including sound synthesis, online music-making, data-driven research in music cognition, and a musical instrument petting zoo.
Keynote Speaker: Stefania Serafin - Multisensory Experiences for Hearing Rehabilitation.
Open to the Public
More... Sunday, October 30
Sun 10/30 4:00 PM Spruce Street Concerts [send email to harry@fullplatemedia.com]Travis Laplante's tenor saxophone quartet, Battle Trance, performs a house concert in the intimacy of a home in the North Berkeley Hills. Battle Trance is a unique saxophone quartet whose music unfolds in richly layered sounds and textures, resulting in a totally unique and mezmerizing sound world. There is no other saxophone quartet like it in the world, and the rich acoustics in this Berkeley home are ideal for such a rich music.
More... Sun 10/30 7:00 PM Mosswood Sound Series [3630 Telegraph Ave
enter 2nd door on 37th St
Oakland]TOM WEEKS performs compositions & improvisations for solo saxophone.
TRIO LMNTS (SCOTT R LOONEY - prepared/unprepared piano, electronics,
Lisa Mezzacappa - bass,
Kjell Nordeson - percussion) have been mutually exploring their shared sonic landscape since shortly before the pandemic. The resulting lockdown situation resulted in an extended hiatus until it was decided to try playing in a completely remote manner over an application called Sonobus. This forced the group to adhere to only improvising freely so that audio latency would be less noticeable. The trio met several times regularly, sharing not only music, but also their minds in lengthy discussions on many diverse topics.
More... Thursday, November 3
Thu 11/03 8:00 PM Noisebridge Hackerspace [272 Capp St, San Francisco, CA 94110]Streaming and in-person:
Click for stream Click to make donation Resident is a monthly electronic audiovisual open mic event started in 2017. 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.
Now in person at Noisebridge!! https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Resident_Electronic_Music
Setup for performers starts at 7pm, show starts at 8 pm.
More... Saturday, November 5
Sat 11/05 12:00 PM Developing Environments [540 Alabama St
San Francisco]Pamela Z at DE Open Studios
Pamela Z will participate in Open Studios at Developing Environments (P2) at 12pm-6pm in San Francisco
More... Sat 11/05 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St.
SF]Karl Evangelista's "Apura"
with
Francis Wong (Saxophone),
Lisa Mezzacappa (bass),
Donald Robinson (drums)
Filipino-American guitarist/composer
Karl Evangelista presents Apura (Tagalog for “Very Urgent”), a project that explores the relationship between jazz-based musical improvisation and social transformation in an era of worldwide political upheaval.
Karl Evangelista's Apura celebrates the power of creative music as a weapon of struggle. Apura uses original composition and daring improvised sounds to explore the passionate, embattled culture of the Philippines - Evangelista's ancestral home. Along the way, Evangelista pays homage to the imposing legacies of American free jazz and South African improvised music. (This occasion marks Apura's only 2022 performance.)
More... Sat 11/05 8:00 PM Artists' Television Access [992 Valencia
SF]Eric Theise manipulates projected digital maps in collaboration with
Kevin Corcoran on textural percussion and manipulated field recordings. Additional expanded cinema by Scott Stark, Greta Snider & Derek Headboggle, 99 Hooker, the late Amy Halpern, and a few words from Jim Shedden on Moments of Perception, a recently published history of Canadian experimental film.
More... Sat 11/05 8:30 PM Indexical [Tannery Arts Center
1050 River St. #119
Santa Cruz]Booker Stardrum is a composer, percussionist, producer, and educator. His compositions are sculptural, carved from the dense layering of instruments and manipulated samples, a pantonal harmonic sense, and an intuitive approach to rhythm.
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