Sat 11/28 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
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Four Bay Area composers join forces to present new string quartets written for remotely located players. A showcase of the enduring Bay Area composition scene performed by the acclaimed Friction String Quartet  More...

Sun 11/29 1:00 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford]
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Quarantine Sessions #30 - A Distributed Electroacoustic Network Improvisation  More...

Wed 12/02 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
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In preparing this exhibition we were continuously confronted with basic questions: Why build a new instrument? What is it supposed to do? How will it be played and in what context? To what extent will it require appropriate techniques, and will the result be consistent? Is that actually what we want?

The results of these couple of months of reflection and hard work suggest ideas about composition as much as they do about improvisation. The next step will be to take those ideas and run with them wherever they might take us…

Fred Frith – October 30th, 2020  More...

Sat 12/05 3:00 PM Essential Virtual Tour [https://www.ekishola.com]
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Opening and closing with a rhythmic meditation, Essential evolved beyond its original intent to embrace newness and self-discovery through the power of voice. The album shares hope inspired by periods of contemplation among movements of climate change, coronavirus pandemic, and Black Lives Matter advocacy. Partial proceeds from the album were donated to the Freedom Community Clinic serving underserved people of color who live in the Bay Area. Eki Shola looks forward to embarking on her Essential Virtual Tour and completing her fifth solo album.

Saturday, December 5, 2020, 3 PM PST, Cornell University, NY, Register at https://bit.ly/3nhkCmq

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Sun 12/06 5:30 PM All Ears Interfaith Sangha [Online (contact AndrewBarnesJam@gmail.com)]
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The December virtual gathering of the All Ears Interfaith Sangha, a virtual Listening and sound-making gathering inspired by the Deep Listening practices of Pauline Oliveros. This month, our guest artist will be KJ Song, a singer, visionary and performance artist, who co-directs Oakland's Thrive Choir.

RSVP to Andrew Barnes Jamieson (AndrewBarnesJam@gmail.com) or Tom Bickley if you plan to attend!  More...

Tue 12/08 8:00 PM The Laundry SF [3359 26th St SF]
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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...

Wed 12/09 8:00 PM Online [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland, CA 94613]
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The Mills Contemporary Performance Ensemble plays music by Cage, Rzewski, Rieman, and Wolff.  More...

Thu 12/10 7:00 PM Internet Streaming [Online]
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Celebrating Black Composers
Ensemble Ari with Composer Derrick Spiva and Andre Myers

Program
Sonata for Violin and Piano in D minor, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Hum for Solo Cello, Derrick Spiva Jr.
Partita for Solo Violin, Andre Myers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpCDpRktYus  More...

Sun 12/13 5:00 PM soundcrack.net [soundcrack.net]
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Principles of Non-Isolation in Audio returns Sun 12.13.20 (5PM Pacific / 7PM Central) w/ live sonic exploration featuring NEURAL GOLDBERG (c.burns+j.soliday), KRISTINA WARREN, and LYN GOERINGER w/ spins by SHIMMERING TRASHPILE - tune out at soundcrack.net  More...

Tue 12/15 6:45 PM Online [Mills College 5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland, CA 94613]
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Tomeka Reid directs the Mills College Music Improvisation Ensemble Concert.  More...

Fri 12/18 7:00 PM The Great Northern [Virtual]
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Hey! What are you doing Friday Night DEC 18th? If you miss nightlife as much as us, you'll be happy to know San Francisco has its own late show now, with famous djs, bands and local performers of all varieties! Tonight "Club Closed," (filmed at The Great Northern), presents Eki Shola, DJ VIN SOL, Edna Mira Raia & Tales Of Mere EXISTENCE by Lev Yilmaz, and Hosted by DJ M3 aka Makes Me Move and Cole Odin as your Chat Room Dungeon Master.

It's a blend of Monty Python-ish,120 Minutes MTV and Public Access Television SF style, in the comfort of your home. Turn on your rave lights and tune in to the party at 7PM or 10PM for two streams of stellar talent! Pandemic pricing available.  More...

Sat 12/19 11:00 AM Internet Streaming [Online]
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Franck Martin - Live from the studio, every Saturday at 11am PST, modular synthesizer, chat, news with Lightbath  More...

Sun 12/20 5:00 PM soundcrack.net [soundcrack.net]
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Principles of Non-Isolation in Audio in collaboration with The Reasoning presents SOLSTICE Sun 12.20.20 (5PM PST / 7PM CST / 8PM EST) w/ live sonic exploration feat JAMAL MOORE, JAYVE MONTGOMERY, NIK FRANCIS, & Zachary James Watkins playing together in real-time - tune out at soundcrack.net  More...

Fri 1/01 4:00 PM Youtube [Online]
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Lockdown Festival IV: The New Year (Online)

Featuring: Scott Amendola, Grex (Karl Evangelista + Rei Scampavia), SNEAL (Jacob Rimler), Evelyn Davis, Nik Francis (DC), William Roper (LA), Shayna Dunkelman (NY), gabby fluke-mogul (NY), and Usufruct (Polly Springhorn + Tim Walters).

Ringing in the new year. A host of extraordinary experimentalists and creative musicians join for a mini-online festival, streamed from home. Lockdown Festival IV promotes music of purpose at a time of continued - but hopefully soon-to-be-ending - strife.

Proceeds from this festival will be directed to causes of communal concern: Black Organizing Project in Oakland, Asian Improv aRts, and the invaluable, embattled work of percussionist Milford Graves.  More...

Sat 1/02 11:00 AM Internet Streaming [Online]
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Franck Martin - Live from the studio, every Saturday at 11am PST, modular synthesizer, chat, news with All That's Gone  More...

Sun 1/03 5:00 PM soundcrack.net [soundcrack.net]
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Principles of Non-Isolation in Audio returns Sun 01.03.21 (5PM Pacific / 7PM Central) w/ live sonic exploration featuring MEDIUM performing longform collaborative drone in real-time - tune out at https://www.soundcrack.net/  More...