Sunday, November 26
Sun 11/26 1:00 PM Artists' Television Access [992 Valencia
SF]Composing Body, Alexa Eisner & Kevin Friedrichsen
The Artists’ Television Access Window Gallery in San Francisco presents Almost-Public/Semi-Exposed 4, our fourth annual month-long series of installed performance art.
From November 1st – 30th we’ll be hosting live performance in the window– admission is free and easy, just walk on by @ 21st and Valencia.
More... Tuesday, November 28
Tue 11/28 7:30 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr.
Stanford]
Séverine Ballon presents an evening of works for solo cello and cello with multichannel electronics. Her work focuses on regular performance of key works of the cello repertoire, as well as numerous collaborations with composers; in addition, her researches as an improviser have helped her to extend the sonic and technical resources of her instrument. She studied the cello at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin and in Lübeck with Joseph Schwab and Troels Svane. During 2004-05, she was an academist at the Ensemble Modern (Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie). She perfected her contemporary cello technique with cellists Siegfried Palm, Pierre Strauch, and Rohan de Saram. During 2005-06, she was solo cellist of the Toulouse Chamber Orchestra, but subsequently decided to concentrate on contemporary music and on the premiere of new works. This concert will feature Jonathan Harvey's 3 Sketches for Solo Cello with 2 D Strings and Chant, plus new compositions by CCRMA’s Fernando Lopez-Lezcano and Eoin Callery.
Ballon particularly enjoys working with contemporary composers and has worked with Helmut Lachenmann, Chaya Czernowin, Rebecca Saunders, and Liza Lim. She has premiered a number of solo works which have been written especially for her by composers such as Rebecca Saunders, Mauro Lanza, and Franck Bedrossian. She has also worked with many of the best known contemporary music ensembles including Klangforum Wien, musikFabrik, Ensemble Intercontemporain, and Ictus. She is a member of the Elision ensemble (Australia), and she is currently a visiting scholar at Stanford’s CCRMA.
More... Tue 11/28 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St
SF]Berkeley Noise: Works by Undergraduate Composers
The student-run Berkeley New Music Ensemble, Berkeley Noise, will be collaborating with the UC Berkeley Undergraduate Composer's Club in premiering 5 new works from student composers: Ann Deng, Niko Vlahakis, Bobby Ge, Jonathan Sudano, and Trevor Van de Velde.
More... Wednesday, November 29
Wed 11/29 6:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St
SF]Soundwave ((8)) Biennial Fundraiser
Join us for this special fundraiser party to kick off Soundwave ((8)), a festival of contemporary works produced in partnership with established institutions and alternative venues in the San Francisco Bay Area. Featuring cutting edge, often technologically influenced works by artists responding to the theme of "infrastructure" Soundwave ((8)) will include collaborations with organizations like the Contemporary Jewish Museum, California Academy of Sciences, The Lab, the San Francisco Zen Center, Dolby Laboratories, Gray Area Foundation for the Arts, SPUR, and others.
More... Thursday, November 30
Thu 11/30 6:00 PM SFMOMA [151 3rd St.
San Francisco]Nam June Paik, Charlotte Moorman, & the Electronic Superhighway
More... Sunday, December 3
Sun 12/03 3:00 PM Maybeck Studio for the Performing Arts [1537 Euclid Ave.
Berkeley]Joshua McClain - Solo Avant Rock Cellist
Joshua McClain is a cellist, composer, and studio artist based in Oakland, CA. He's best known for his unbridled solo performances using a looping pedal and effects processor, creating intense, otherworldly soundscapes. He regularly performs with six-time Emmy winning songwriter Monica
Pasqual in the group, Monica Pasqual and the Handsome Brunettes.
Seating is limited. Get your required online reservation
here.
More... Sun 12/03 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St
SF]Radian
Vienna is the home of Radian, Martin Brandlmayr (drums, electronics), John Norman (bass), and Martin Siewert (guitars, electronics), who have been influenced by and shaped the city’s vivid scene of electronica in the early 2000s. The title of their most recent album, On Dark Silent Off, is a nod to Ad Reinhardt, whose art and theory has been influential on the trio. The juxtaposition of extremes (on/off) is present in Radian’s work: the contrast between light and darkness; and in musical terms, sound and silence and brightness/darkness of timbre.
More... Wednesday, December 6
Wed 12/06 7:30 PM St. John's Presbyterian Church [2727 College Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94705]When conductor/pianist Dennis Russell Davies directed our Lou Harrison concert in February he said, “You know I’m retiring from my regular [conducting] gig in Linz, and now I’d like to do a benefit for Other Minds.” He and his partner Maki Namekawa, both of whom work closely with Philip Glass, are flying back from Austria to perform a special concert of Glass’ music for two pianos in a very intimate setting for our fans. The event will take place 7:30pm, Wednesday, December 6, 2017, at St. John’s Presbyterian Church in Berkeley, in honor of Glass’ eightieth birthday. It will feature the suites from Jean Cocteau’s Les Enfants Terribles and La Belle et la Bête for two pianos and wind octet in its American premiere. In addition, a major work composed for the Davies-Namekawa duo–which Dennis fondly calls “a real barnburner!”–Four Movements for Two Pianos, will complete the program.
More... Friday, December 8
Fri 12/08 7:00 PM SFJAZZ Center [201 Franklin Street (at Fell)
SF
CA]Matthew Shipp Trio, Joe Henderson Lab, Shows at 7:00pm & 8:30pm
Taking the measure of Matthew Shipp’s influence on 21st century jazz requires a multidimensional model. One of the most intrepid pianists and musical thinkers on the scene, he’s an exceptionally dynamic improviser, commanding bandleader, insistently inventive composer, and essential conduit for new sounds as artistic director of Thirsty Ear’s acclaimed Blue Series imprint.
More... Fri 12/08 8:00 PM Gray Area Art And Technology [2665 Mission St.
SF]Deepchord & Fluxion with bvdub
Gray Area is thrilled to host the world premiere of "Transformations", a new collaborative improv project from these two internationally renowned dub techno producers. The idea came out of improvisational jam sessions between the two artists.
More... Saturday, December 9
Sat 12/09 5:00 PM Mission Dolores Park [Mission Dolores Park. Meet on Dolores Street at the Dolores Park tennis courts by the corner of 18th St.]Join us for a family-friendly, free holiday event linked to “Unsilent Night” celebrations around the world. The original composition by Phil Kline, written specifically to be heard outdoors in the month of December, takes the form of a street promenade in which the audience becomes the performer. Each participant plays one of four tracks of music downloaded to a smart phone, or anything that amplifies music, together comprising “Unsilent Night.” As the SFCMP public ensemble, we will walk a carefully chosen route in and around San Francisco’s Dolores Park area, creating a unique mobile sound sculpture.
More... Sat 12/09 8:00 PM House Concert [Private home in the Berkeley Hills]Bass player Mark Dresser performs a rare house solo concert of recent and new works in Berkeley at the home of Harry Bernstein. Mr. Dresser will perform 2 sets, with cheese and wine served during the intermission. For more information, contact: harry@fullplatemedia.com
More... Sat 12/09 8:00 PM 1800 Illinois St. [1800 Illinois St.
San Francisco, CA]Who: Kaori Suzuki, Waxy Tomb, Article Collection, 8ulentina, James Jano, Cullen Miller
What: FINITE is a concert series exhibiting weird music and sound from local bay area sound artists. We're broadly focusing on noise, sound system art, outsider club, computer music, modular synthesis, spatial media, DIY projects, improvisation, community, & inclusivity.
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More... Sat 12/09 9:30 PM Studio Grand [3234 Grand Ave,
Oakland]In Too Deep is a monthly series (every Second Saturday) curated by electronic music duo KYN (Josh Casey & Yari Bundy) in association with Studio Grand. Incorporating Bay Area experimental traditions and the sounds of Berlin’s underground dance scene, In Too Deep seeks to create a space for those left wanting more from the current sound of commercialized electronic music, and to present an audiovisual landscape incorporating rhythm, noise, and atmosphere. In an effort to create a truly immersive experience, each performance will be accompanied by live visuals from some of our favorite local artists. This month Nine (live) KYN (live), Jesse Austin (visuals) Greg Kappes (visuals).
More... Tuesday, December 12
Tue 12/12 8:00 PM Hertz Hall [UC Berkeley campus
near corner of College and Bancroft
Berkeley]A new music ensemble for the 21st Century, the [Switch~ Ensemble] performs a concert of solo and chamber ensemble works with electronics in partnership with Berkeley's CNMAT at Hertz Hall. The program features pieces by established and emerging composers, including Fausto Romitelli’s “Domeniche alla periferia dell’impero” for amplified quartet, Tonia Ko’s “Tribute | Axis II” for violin and piano, Sivan Eldar's "Tarr" and Victor Ibarra's "Química del agua", both for pierrot quintet, Max Murray's "Ad Marginem des Versuchs" for solo clarinet and electronics, and Josh Levine's "Sixty cycles" for solo cello.
More... Wednesday, December 13
Wed 12/13 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St
SF]Undercurrents: [Switch~] plays Romitelli, Garifzyanova, Ko, Diez-Fischer, and more
A new music ensemble for the 21st Century, the [Switch~ Ensemble] performs a concert of solo and chamber ensemble works with electronics. Featuring music by Fausto Romitelli, Tonia Ko, Santiago Diez-Fischer, Elvira Garifzyanova, and more.
More... Wed 12/13 8:00 PM SAFEhouse Arts [145 Eddy St
Near Powell St BART, at Eddy and Mason.]A short set of music with new band, Never Weather led by Dillon Vado on drums, leading into an extended dance improvisation with vibraphone also by Dillon Vado. Three dancers are Hien Huynh, Malia Byrne, and Kristen Rulifson. Incredible music and dancing, in a really laid back space, BYOB and come celebrate the opening of this new space!
More... Thursday, December 14
Thu 12/14 7:30 PM Tom's Place [3111 Deakin Street
Berkeley]On Thursday, December 14 at 7:30pm, Tom's Place presents
Spirit (percussion)
with
Bruce Ackley (sax)
and with
William Winant (percussion)
Tom's Place
3111 Deakin Street, Berkeley CA
Directions: http://4-33.com/directions.html
Information: http://4-33.com/toms-place/index.html
Admission: donation. All proceeds go directly to the musicians.
Doors open at 7:00. Wheelchair accessible.
More... Thu 12/14 7:30 PM Exploratorium [Pier 15 Embarcadero at Green St
SF]Paul Clipson/Zachary Watkins: Black Field
The films of PAUL CLIPSON offer viewers glimpses into alternate worlds, referencing lived spaces and familiar landscapes made shockingly uncanny through Clipson’s masterful rendering of light and color through elaborate use of superimposition and visual abstraction.
More... Thu 12/14 8:30 PM Hemlock Tavern [1131 Polk Street
SF]Grex,
Inward Creature,
Sloth & TurtleGrex-
Karl Evangelista, Rei Scampavia
Inward Creature-Miles Wick,
Jordan Glenn, Alex Rather
Raging, unpredictable sounds at SF’s Hemlock Tavern, featuring the fiery, free jazz-inflected evangelism of Oakland art rock band Grex, indie rock powerhouses Inward Creature, and Santa Rosa experimental/math rock group Sloth & Turtle.
More... Friday, December 15
Fri 12/15 1:00 PM LinkedIn SF Live Streaming [Only invited guests but it will be streamed live.]Linkedin staff and invited Guests will be playing live their modular synths from one of the top conference room in SF. This will be broadcasted live on Facebook.
More... Fri 12/15 7:00 PM Adobe Books [3130 24th St
SF]Tyler J. Borden - https://tylerjborden.com/
Anastasia Clarke - http://anastasiaclarke.info/
Sally Decker - http://sallydecker.net/
Chris Whitley - http://www.christopherwhitleyviolin.com/
Hosted by Ben Tinker
More... Fri 12/15 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St
SF]Wadada Leo Smith: CREATE
A festival dedicated to the music of Wadada Leo Smith. It is a source for premiering new and existing works, and the celebration of information through seminars, video and film presentation. This is to instill information that will address the historical and inspirational sources of the new works.
More... Saturday, December 16
Sat 12/16 3:00 PM Maybeck Studio for the Performing Arts [1537 Euclid Ave.
Berkeley]Clarinet Thing: Ellington & Others
Clarinet Thing will be performing suites by members and arrangements of works by Ellington, Monk, Herbie Nichols, Carla Bley, Jimmy Giuffre, and others.
Seating is limited. Get your required online reservation
here.
More... Sat 12/16 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St
SF]Wadada Leo Smith: CREATE
A festival dedicated to the music of Wadada Leo Smith. It is a source for premiering new and existing works, and the celebration of information through seminars, video and film presentation. This is to instill information that will address the historical and inspirational sources of the new works.
More... Sunday, December 17
Sun 12/17 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street
Oakland]Doors That Only Open in Silence (open participation 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. Audience & participants encouraged to donate some cash for space rental. Over by 10pm.
Early session meets at 5 PM to work on The Witness by Pauline Oliveros, and Search & Reflect by John Stevens.
More... Wednesday, December 20
Wed 12/20 8:00 PM Peacock Lounge [552 Haight]Michael Gendreau, Victoria Shen & Josh Thomas, Vankmen, Painting with Statue
Michael Gendreau
Where other kids saw buildings, Gendreau (Crawling With Tarts) saw speakers in need of proper inputs. Recording infrasonic vibrations of interior spaces, he would then sound the structure’s resonances as an additional instrument in his site-specific compositions. What he achieves is vibration beyond sound, to sense time and space abutted in their infinite dimension in a materialist darsana, where sentient bodies are resonantors sine qua non. Recently returned from performances in Taipei as audre (with Jorge Bachmann), Gendreau here kicks free of ensemble to work a heavy all modular darkness, no laptops and no beats, as he develops new compositions and new means to record them. Don't miss this chance to plumb the depths of structures within structures within forms within time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETTo97MwbNk
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More... Saturday, December 30
Sat 12/30 8:30 PM Slim's [333 11th St
San Francisco]Scott Amendola's Orchestra di Pazzi
Orchestra di Pazzi is a large, improvising Orchestra created by
Scott Amendola to explore various combinations of musicians on a large scale, while creating various textures musically together. One never knows if there will be a duo, trio, solo, octet, nonet… But one thing for sure, every performance will be unique.
More... Sat 12/30 9:30 PM Octopus Literary Salon [2101 Webster St. #170
Oakland]Red Zone Exploratory Jazz 930pm $10 advance $12 door
Jazz and Wine Night - with highly improvized Exploratory Jazz
Charles Cozart (Piano - The Tonight Show)
Hatim Benmezian (Bass - Paris France, Bass)
Featuring Chris Lowery (Trumpet - Philidelphia) innovator in Hip-Hop Jazz)
DJ Marco Lemes (Brazil)
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