APRIL 2006
Saturday, April 1
Sat 4/1 8:00 PM Project Artaud Theater [450 Florida St. (@ Mariposa) SF]
The Paul Dresher Ensemble presents "Through a Glass, Darkly ..."
THE DRESHER ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC BAND in Performance with tenor John Duykers
Sat 4/1 8:00 PM Palace of Fine Arts [3301 Lyon St San Francisco]
HENRY THREADGILL'S ZOOID. Acoustic Sextet.
Sat 4/1 8:00 PM Mills College Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland, CA]
Signal Flow, the annual festival of new works by Mills graduate students, is an opportunity to see the future of music in the making. Since the 1930s Mills College music department has been an incubator of many historic firsts in the field. Signal Flow is the place to take a peek at incredible diversity and innovation in the fields of electronic, experimental, and visionary music. Festival runs Thursday March 30th-Sunday April 2nd.
Sat 4/1 8:00 PM St. Joseph Cathedral Basilica [80 South Market Street Downtown, San Jose]
San Jose Symphonic Choir and Mission Chamber Orchestra primier a new work, The Beatitude Mass, by Henry Mollicone to benefit the homeless of Santa Clara County
Sat 4/1 8:00 PM 1510 8th St Performance Space [1510 8th Street Oakland]
Henry Kuntz - saxophones, Roberto Zorzi (italy) - guitars, Henry Kaiser - guitars, Scott R. Looney - hyperpiano & electronics, Danielle DeGruttola - cello, Damon Smith - double bass
Sunday, April 2
Sun 4/2 3:00 PM Mills College Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland, CA]
Signal Flow, the annual festival of new works by Mills graduate students, is an opportunity to see the future of music in the making. Since the 1930s Mills College music department has been an incubator of many historic firsts in the field. Signal Flow is the place to take a peek at incredible diversity and innovation in the fields of electronic, experimental, and visionary music. Festival runs Thursday March 30th- Sunday April 2nd.
Sun 4/2 8:00 PM Delta of Venus [122 B Street (next to the Fast And Easy Mart) Davis, CA]
Ettrick (free jazz/black metal, heule.us/ettrick)
Oaxacan (interstellar overdriven jams, myspace.com/oax)
Eddie the Rat (experimental/roots/ritual, eddietherat.com)
Thursday, April 6
Thu 4/6 8:00 PM Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8pm: John Ingle solo saxophone
9pm: Cheryl Leonard, A.L. Dentel & Patty Liu trio present new works for water & stones
Thu 4/6 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St. (at Broadway)]
The Icelandic chamber ensemble Aton will perform new radical music by Icelandic composers.
Thu 4/6 11:59 PM KPFA FM Radio [94.1]
ANTIMATTER ON CRACK O DAWN.
THURS NITE/FRI AM/MIDNITE
Friday, April 7
Fri 4/7 7:00 PM Promised Land Church [1661 Market St. San Francisco, CA 94103]
New music by emerging bay area composers.
Fri 4/7 8:00 PM ImprovGarage [4514 West Street (45th & West) Oakland, CA 94608]
Evander Music Presents
JP Carter (Vancouver, BC)
in trio with Theresa Wong & Tim Perkis
Phillip Greenlief solo
@ImprovGarage
Fri 4/7 9:30 PM Hemlock Tavern [1131 Polk Street Between Post and Sutter SF]
The Molecules (reunion! with Ron Anderson, Thomas Scandura and John Shiurba)
Dada Swing
Ill Ease
Saturday, April 8
Sat 4/8 8:00 PM Mills College Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
The Mills Performing Group and Quartet San Francisco perform a eclectic program of works by Fred Frith, Steed Cowart, John Cage, and Ludwig van Beethoven.
Sat 4/8 8:00 PM Jazz At Pearl's [56 Columbus Ave (below Broadway) San Francisco]
Monk's Music Trio plus Roswell Rudd and Max Perkoff
Sat 4/8 9:00 PM The Ghostown Gallery [686 28th Street @ MLK Way, Oakland, CA 94609]
Bi-Weekly Live Music Performance Event (2nd and 4th Saturday)
21 and over event
Sunday, April 9
Sun 4/9 7:30 PM SIMM Series/Outsound Research [Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF]
7:30pm: Oogog
8:30pm: Noertker's Moxie
Sun 4/9 8:00 PM Mills College Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
The Icelandic chamber ensemble Aton will perform new radical music by Icelandic composers.
Sun 4/9 9:00 PM MADRONE LOUNGE [500 Divisadero St, San Francisco ]
New Orleans based accordionist/composer Patrick Farrell joins Gojogo and Transmission present an evening of original music accompanying Soviet-era animated shorts. Featuring the 30 minute masterpiece "Tale of Tales" by Yuri Norstein, two favorite animations from past shows, as well as premiere new works.
Monday, April 10
Mon 4/10 8:30 AM KUSF San Francisco [90.3 FM]
Dawn McCarthy and Nils Frykdahl of Faun Fables drop in to discuss with Prem their upcoming production "The Transit Rider," set to open Saturday, 4/22/06 at The Independent.
Mon 4/10 7:00 PM Cafe Royale [800 Post St. @ Leavenworth SF]
The Board of Rova:Arts presents a fundraiser featuring local musicians Bruce Ackley, Matthias Bossi, Ben Goldberg, Aurora Josephson, Carla Kihlstedt, and Jon Raskin, playing solos to/against clips wrenched out of feature films by Konrad Steiner.
Mon 4/10 7:30 PM temescal cafe [temescal cafe 4920 telegraph ]
Jacob Lindsay - Ab, Bb, bass & contrabass clarinets
Scott R. Looney - piano
Damon Smith - double bass
Tuesday, April 11
Tue 4/11 8:00 PM Freight & Salvage [1111 Addison St. Berkeley]
DOUBLE BILL, Todd Sickafoose'S BLOOD ORANGE, & MYRA MELFORD GROUP "THE WHOLE PLACE GOES UP"
Tue 4/11 8:00 PM AK Press warehouse [674-A 23rd. St Oakland b/t MLK and San Pablo]
Benefit for the: Prisoners Literature Project
featuring:
Xiu Xiu (Jamie Stewart solo)
Devin Hoff Platform
Wednesday, April 12
Wed 4/12 8:00 PM The Elbo Room [647 Valencia SF]
Nels Cline Singers
(Nels Cline, Scott Amendola, Devin Hoff)
w/ Ava Mendoza
Wed 4/12 8:00 PM Meridian Gallery [545 Sutter Street SF]
Meridian Music: Composers in Performance presents "Full Moon Rising" by Beau Casey (electronics and video). “Full Moon Rising” is lunar celebration specially composed for the Meridian Gallery concert series to coincide with astrological phase and planetary alignment. The performance will utilize contemporary electronic music techniques and video mixing.
Thursday, April 13
Thu 4/13 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
One East, 2 West is two sets of live jazz by hot young players: Bill McHenry (saxophones) from New York, and locals Devin Hoff (bass) and Scott Amendola (drums).
Thu 4/13 8:00 PM Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
Hans Fjellestad comes to San Francisco for a rare performance on minimoog voyager, moog analog delay and metasonix butt probe. Hans will be joined by Thomas Dimuzio.
Justino (Jorge Bachmann) opens with laptop compositions.
Thu 4/13 8:00 PM The Coffeehouse [203 Coal Street Gallup, New Mexico]
Phillip Greenlief Solo @ The Coffeehouse - Gallup, New Mexico
Thu 4/13 9:00 PM Mills College Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
CALIFORNIA EXCHANGE CONCERT OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA
Mills presents a representative sample of some of the best works by graduate students currently studying electronic media at California colleges.
Friday, April 14
Fri 4/14 3:00 PM Acoma Puelbo [Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico]
Phillip Greenlief Solo @ Acoma Pueblo
Fri 4/14 8:00 PM Art Performance Lab (APL) [1510 8th Street Oakland]
WAYANG SAXOPHONY: Henry Kuntz w/Balinese Shadow Puppets & The Forward Energy Trio Jim Ryan sax&flute, Scott R. Looney piano, Stephen Flinn drums
Fri 4/14 9:00 PM Starry Plough [3101 Shattuck Ave @ Prince Berkeley]
Nels Cline Singers; Good For Cows; G.E. Stinson's Fragment
Fri 4/14 9:00 PM Recombinant Media Labs [San Francisco]
LIVE SURROUND SESSIONS with
CURTIS ROADS w Brian O'Reilly
YASUANO TONE
FLORIAN HECKER
Fri 4/14 9:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Militant Childrens Hour + Vholtz + Hot Guys Cool Girls + Feast
one man miniature rock band, local improv noise freak outs, Sacramento absurdist pop, and duo of noise punk royalty, featuring Leslie Q and Marlon Kasberg.
Saturday, April 15
Sat 4/15 8:00 PM First Unitarian Universalist Church [1187 Franklin (at Geary), San Francisco]
"Drums of Earth: Earth-Shake in Spring", a contemplative, improvisational solo concert by multi-instrumentalist David Auerbach the Improvisator, performer of ancient instruments in awesome acoustics of caves and sacred spaces, will commemorate the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake centennial with ancient drums and other rare instruments in this historic (1889) quake-survivor landmark church sanctuary. Musical sounds and dynamics will evoke the power and mystery of the natural world. Information is available at http://www.cavemusic.net or by phoning (707) 224-4222.
Sat 4/15 8:00 PM Recombinant Media Labs [San Francisco]
LIVE SURROUND SESSIONS with
CURTIS ROADS w Brian O'Reilly
YASUANO TONE
FLORIAN HECKER
Sat 4/15 9:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Gregg Kowalsky "Through the Cardial Window" CD Release
Gregg Kowalsky performs material from his new ambient noise/electronic music CD out on Kranky. Also performing: Luz Alibi, Joshua Churchill, Pink Canoes
Sunday, April 16
Sun 4/16 7:30 PM Casa Ninja [location in response to email reservation: ellenfullman@yahoo.com]
Ellen Fullman and Sean Meehan collaboration
Monday, April 17
Mon 4/17 8:15 AM KUSF San Francisco [90.3 FM]
David Harrington of Kronos Quartet; Walter Kitundu; and possibly Matmos drop in to discuss with Prem their upcoming performances Friday & Saturday, 4/21/06+4/22/06 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. A live-in-studio performance is expected.
Mon 4/17 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Fred Frith/Marque Gilmore
Tuesday, April 18
Tue 4/18 9:15 PM The Parkway Theater [1834 Park Blvd. Oakland ]
Oaklandish "Local Love" Video-Fest at the Parkway Speakeasy Theater
Wednesday, April 19
Wed 4/19 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Evander Music Presents: Phillip Greenlief & Jon Raskin's 2 + 2 Concert Series
A monthly series of concerts featuring Greenlief & Raskin in performance with duos of "like instruments", this month features 8pm Chris Brown & Tim Perkis on live electronics.
9pm Vinny Golia: Music for Large Ensemble
Thursday, April 20
Thu 4/20 8:00 PM Mills College Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
Emily Packard peforms a violin recital of new, improvised and 20th century music. The program includes works by Luciano Berio, Morton Feldman, Charles Ives, Annie Gosfield, Jonathan Russell and Zachary Watkins and features many talented Bay Area musicians and dancers.
Thu 4/20 8:00 PM Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
Christopher Fleeger: Computer/controllers
&
Agnes Szelag (cello/electronics) with Ben Bracken (guitar/electronics)
Thu 4/20 9:30 PM Hemlock Tavern [1131 Polk Street Between Post and Sutter SF]
Old Time Relijun
Friday, April 21
Fri 4/21 8:00 PM Zaccho Dance Theatre [1777 Yosemite Ave, Ste # 330 San Francisco]
Joanna Haigood will be presenting "Io and Her and the Trouble with Him", a dance opera, composed by Pauline Oliveros, which retells the Greek myth of Io from a matriatchal perspective. The evening features performances by Amara Tabor Smith, Suzanne Gallo, Susan Voyticky, Sheila Lopez, and Sonya Smith. Also on the program is a piece by Pauline Oliveros and Ione entitled, "Dreamless Sleep".
Fri 4/21 8:00 PM Simple Pleasures Cafe [3434 Balboa @ 36th Avenue, San Francisco (Richmond District)]
Sven Leeback: Alan Anzalone (reeds), Kurt Morgan (guitar), Chris Brown (double bass), Curtis Hollenbeck (cornet)
Fri 4/21 8:00 PM Mills College Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland, CA 94613]
Intermedia Senior Show
Join us for an evening of interdisciplinary works including sound, video, performance and installations by: Cecilia Elguero, Katie Mathis, Ava Mendoza, Praba Pilar, Mariah Robinson and Katie Stanford.
Fri 4/21 8:00 PM College of Marin - FA 72 [835 College Avenue, Kentfield, Fine Arts Room 72]
Chaos Butterfly (Dina Emerson and Jonathan Segel) with Tara Flandreau on viola.
Fri 4/21 8:00 PM Artists' Television Access [992 Valencia Street @21st SF]
Marfa and Ne-af (la)
Earthen Sea
Holy Matrimony
Core of the Coal Man
Fri 4/21 8:00 PM Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [700 Howard St. @3rd SF]
Kronos Quartet joins forces with local experimental music superstars Matmos and Walter Kitundu in this celebration of sound art.
Fri 4/21 9:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
3 sets of improvised jazz/free rock with Triple B (Jen Baker, Matt Chandler, Anthony Dryer), The Aurora Josephson Quintet (Aurora, Liz Allbee, Aram Shelton, Damon Smith, Weasel Walter) and Oaxacan
Fri 4/21 9:00 PM Papa Toby’s Revolutionary Cafe [3248 22nd Street at Bartlett btwn Valencia and Mission SF]
Zoyres With bass clarinet duo Sqwonk
Saturday, April 22
Sat 4/22 8:00 PM Zaccho Dance Theatre [1777 Yosemite Ave, Ste# 330 San Francisco]
Joanna Haigood will be presenting "Io and Her and the Trouble with Him", a dance opera, composed by Pauline Oliveros, which retells the Greek myth of Io from a matriatchal perspective. The evening features performances by Amara Tabor Smith, Suzanne Gallo, Susan Voyticky, Sheila Lopez, and Sonya Smith. Also on the program is a piece by Pauline Oliveros and Ione entitled, "Dreamless Sleep".
Sat 4/22 8:00 PM Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [700 Howard St. @3rd SF]
Kronos Quartet joins forces with local experimental music superstars Matmos and Walter Kitundu in this celebration of sound art.
Sat 4/22 8:00 PM Our Redeemer's Lutheran Church [609 South Wood Drive South San Francisco]
christof Linhuber is on tour from Germany bringing his amazing hand crafted monochord and gong instruments (including a table that you lie on while being played by strings underneath!)for an improvisational evening of bliss, transcendance and joy. A not to be missed, one of a kind experience!
Sat 4/22 9:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Unsound Resound 2: Thomas Dimuzio & Larry Thrasher & Jai Young Kim
A summit of sorts of veteran electronic musicians, this show features Thomas Dimuzio, Larry Thrasher and Jai Young Kim performing solo and in various groupings, with video by Jon Weber.
Sunday, April 23
Sun 4/23 4:00 PM Chez Hanny [145 Fillmore Street (@Waller) San Francisco, CA 94117]
Patti Wicks @Chez Hanny
Sun 4/23 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Conduction #2: Bay Area musicians present compositions and guided improvisations for orchestra.
Featuring Gino Robair, Cheryl Leonard, Matt Ingalls & Tom Duff
Monday, April 24
Mon 4/24 8:30 AM KUSF San Francisco [90.3 FM]
Joan Jeanrenaud drops in to discuss with Prem her upcoming show with 4 Cellos to take place Saturday, 4/29/06 at Mission Blue Center in Brisbane.
Wednesday, April 26
Wed 4/26 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Darren Johnston, solo trumpet + electronics
Cornelius Boots, solo bass clarinet + electronics
duo B. (Lisa Mezzacappa, bass + Jason Levis, drums/percussion)
Thursday, April 27
Thu 4/27 8:00 PM Cafe Royale [800 Post St. @ Leavenworth SF]
Darren Johnston Trio
Thu 4/27 8:00 PM Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8pm "Bald Ambition"
drummer Stephen Flinn begins solo drum tour
9pm Crop Circles
Zone - electric cello
John Vaughn - saxophones
An esoteric brew of electric cello and saxophone in a sonic blender.
Thu 4/27 9:00 PM Boom Boom Room [1601 Fillmore Street (@Geary) SF ]
Mo'Fone @The Boom Boom Room
Friday, April 28
Fri 4/28 8:00 PM Jewish Community Center - Kanbar Hall [3200 California (at Presidio) San Francisco]
Rova:Arts presents Rovaté 2006, an annual celebration of improvised music and other arts, featuring the World Premiere performances of GlassHead—a major collaboration among the Rova Saxophone Quartet, Butoh-inspired dance collective inkBoat (featuring Shinichi Momo Koga and Yuko Kaseki), and multimedia artist Eric Koziol.
Fri 4/28 8:00 PM Herbst Theatre [401 Van Ness Ave]
Randy Weston's African Rhythms & The Gnawa Master Musicians of Morocco
with Billy Harper
Fri 4/28 8:00 PM Art Performance Lab (APL) [1510 8th Street Oakland]
Culture of Pain CD release concert with Rent Romus’ Lords of Outland
Rent Romus, C.J. Reaven Borosque, Ray Schaeffer, Philip Everrett, Jim Ryan, Darren Johnston, Scott R. Looney, and Damon Smith. An abstract sound protest from Ayler to free improvisation to create something positive in a society based on destruction and power games.
Fri 4/28 8:00 PM CounterPULSE [1310 Mission St. San Francisco, CA]
Intermedia group DOUBLE VISION and choreographer Amy Lewis split an evening of innovative dance, video, and sound. The performance will showcase works inspired by disembodied heads, mapping of social and mathematic structures, and survival strategies of Pier 39's waltzing sea lions.
Fri 4/28 9:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Friday, April 28 North America + OOGOG + Robbie Lee 9PM, $6-10
Robbie Lee (NYC) performs solo improvisations with electric guitar, loop pedals, flutes and soprano saxophone, bells, and most importantly the spirit of eternal vibrations of space (aka worship of the sun god Minimalism and the moon god Maximalism). Lee is the proprietor of I and Ear Records.
OOGOG is an experimental/ avant-jazz/rock/new music group featuring Jon Russell, clarinets/saxophones; Ryan Brown, electric guitar; Damon Waitkus, electric bass; Josh Campbell, piano/keyboards. Oogog plays rhythmically complex instrumental compositions played loudly with moments of complete chaos.
North America fuses ambient music with rock, and consists of Tom Peyton, Leo Kremer, and Liam Staskawicz, taking turns on drums, bass, trombone, keyboards, guitars, and electronics.
Saturday, April 29
Sat 4/29 8:00 PM CounterPULSE [1310 Mission St. San Francisco]
Intermedia group DOUBLE VISION and choreographer Amy Lewis split an evening of innovative dance, video, and sound. The performance will showcase works inspired by disembodied heads, mapping of social and mathematic structures, and survival strategies of Pier 39's waltzing sea lions.
Sat 4/29 8:00 PM Kanbar Hall [San Francisco Jewish Community Center 3200 California St. (at Presidio) SF]
Glass Head: a world premiere performance-collaboration by the Rova Saxophone Quartet and Butoh-inspired dance collective inkBoat
Sat 4/29 8:00 PM Mills College Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
Thesis Performance - Theresa Wong
"L( )VE", an opera of composed, improvised and visual works featuring:
Theresa Wong (cello and voice), Ava Mendoza (guitar), MaryClare Brzytwa (flute and electronics), Alicia Byer (clarinet), Dina Emerson (voice), Kimberly Miller (voice), Melody Ferris (voice) and members of the Mills music community and "FACE", a solo video performance piece, will be presented in this evening's concert.
Sat 4/29 8:30 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Saturday, April 29 Sarah Wilson Quintet + Wayne Grim solo 8:30PM, $6-10
Composer/trumpeter/vocalist Sarah Wilson recently transplanted from NYC will play original tunes with Ben Goldberg (clarinets), John Schott (electric guitar), Devin Hoff (bass), and Scott Amendola (drums).
Wayne Grim begins the evening performing solo improvisations and compositions for guitar.
Sat 4/29 9:00 PM Boom Boom Room [1601 Fillmore Street (@Geary) SF]
Guru Garage @The Boom Boom Room
Sat 4/29 10:00 PM Stork Club [2330 Telegraph Avenue Oakland]
Weasel Walter Quartet + Sacchrinne Trust
Sunday, April 30
Sun 4/30 7:00 PM Herbst Theatre [401 Van Ness Ave, SF]
Dewey Redman Quartet
Sun 4/30 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Sunday, April 30 Police Bin {under} Rock + Sizemo 8PM, $6-10
Police Bin {under} Rock is an improvising quartet born out of an internet discussion about the strictures of genre classification in record stores. PB{u}R features Phillip Greenlief , John Hanes (Chrome, Romeo Void), Gino Robair (Thinking Fellers Union), and Moe! Staiano (Sleepytime Gorrilla Museum).
Sizemo plays "Evolved Rock," with roots in progressive rock, jazz fusion, and "World music."
Sun 4/30 8:00 PM SIMM Series/Outsound Research [Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF]
SPECIAL START TIME
8:00 Say Bok Gwai - Cantocore with Alex Yeung & Andre Custodio
9:00 Andre Custodio's Chochota - screaming harpies in the machine
Dina Emerson - Vocals , Vanessa Beggs - Vocals, Alex Yeung - Guitar, Dylan Champagne - Guitar, Andre Custodio - Synthesizer
Events outside the Bay Area
Monday, Apr 10 2006 8:00 PM
Hopi Cultural Center
Hopi Lands, Arizona
Phillip Greenlief Solo @ Hopi Indian Cultural Center
To celebrate the new Evander Music release of Seared Circuit Incident, Phillip Greenlief's newest recording of solo improvisations, the saxophonist will visit a few Native American Reservations and Pueblos in Arizona and New Mexico, offering free solo concerts to the peoples on the Hopi Lands, Navajo Lands and the Acoma Pueblo.
Wednesday, Apr 12 2006 4:00 PM
Canyon de Chelly
Navajo Lands, New Mexico
Phillip Greenlief Solo @ Canyon de Chelly
To celebrate the new Evander Music release of Seared Circuit Incident, Phillip Greenlief's newest recording of solo improvisations, the saxophonist will visit a few Native American Reservations and Pueblos in Arizona and New Mexico, offering free solo concerts to the peoples on the Hopi Lands, Navajo Lands and the Acoma Pueblo.
