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APRIL 2010
Thursday, April 1
Thu 4/1 8:00 PM Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
1st: Mike Crain solo
2nd: Rick Walker Solo
3rd: Crain/Walker duo
Friday, April 2
Fri 4/2 7:30 PM Berkeley Art Museum [2626 Bancroft Way Berkeley]
Composer and vocalist Ken Ueno brings his trio ONDA to the gallery for a set of improvised music featuring extended vocal techniques (Ueno), violin (Hillary Zipper), and percussion (Tim Feeney). After ONDA’s set, Ueno will improvise for the first time with composer/cellist Joan Jeanrenaud, who will then perform a solo set.
Fri 4/2 8:00 PM Flux 53 [5306 Foothill Blvd. at Fairfax Oakland]
Jacob Zimmerman's Lawson Ensemble
Aram Shelton/Kjell Nordeson Duo
Fri 4/2 8:00 PM Oakland Public Conservatory of Music (OPCM) [1616 Franklin St., Oakland]
FREE-JAZZ, FREE-IMPROV OPEN STAGE & OPEN MIC!
Open to all musicians who embrace the sounds and spirit of Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, and so many others.
Fri 4/2 8:00 PM clandestine location in SOMA [SF]
3rd Annual International Ambient & Industrial Music Festival, night 2
LX Rudis, Wobbly, Kwisp, Basshaters
Fri 4/2 8:00 PM Community Music Center [544 Capp Street Btwn 20th and 21st SF]
New Keys; newfangled music for the piano, is a concert series in its 6th year that showcases compositions by young, upcoming composers from across the country. Concert dates are: Friday April 2 and Thursday July 1, 2010 at the San Francisco Community Music Center.
Visit the New Keys website for more information about the upcoming concert: www.newkeysconcert.org
Fri 4/2 8:00 PM Meridian Gallery [535 Powell Street SF]
Meridian presents an evening of improvisations performed by: Miya Masaoka, koto and electronics; David Wessel, SLABS; and Nils Bultmann, viola.
Fri 4/2 8:30 PM Kaleidoscope Free Speech Zone [3109 24th Street @ Folsom, San Francisco, CA]
Members of Varona, Umenden & Radio Free Clear Light. We are joining forces for a séance of electroacoustic improvisation, featuring appearances from special guests… and you are cordially invited!
Saturday, April 3
Sat 4/3 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Pacific Exchange 2010 featuring ADACHI Tomomi along with Laetitia Sonami, Judy Halebsky, Dylan Bolles, Suki O'Kane, and Edward Schocker.
Sat 4/3 8:00 PM Mills College Littlefield Concert Hall [5000 MacArthur Blvd Oakland]
The Wayne Horvitz/ Lź Quan Ninh/ Briggan Krauss Trio with Mills faculty members Chris Brown, piano and electronics Beth Custer, clarinets & bass clarinet James Fei, electronics Fred Frith, electric guitar Roscoe Mitchell, saxophones and special guest Kanoko Nishi, koto
Sat 4/3 8:00 PM Flux 53 [5306 Foothill Blvd. at Fairfax Oakland]
Modal Kombat, League of Art Game Composers, And Visionary Instruments combine forces for a night of video games controlled by guitars, fusion of other electronic games and art, as well as amazing hand crafted video guitars. The call is out for all techies, musicians, gamers, and inventors alike.
Sunday, April 4
Sun 4/4 2:00 PM The San Francisco Conservatory of Music [The San Francisco Conservatory of Music 50 Oak Street SF]
On Sunday, April 4, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music will host The Hot Air Music Festival, beginning at 2 PM and continuing (almost) non-stop through 10 PM. Performers will include students, alumni, and faculty of the Conservatory and will include two professional groups with Conservatory "roots," the bass clarinet duo Sqwonk and the Picasso String Quartet.
Monday, April 5
Mon 4/5 8:30 PM The Makeout Room [22nd Street between Mission and Valencia San Francisco]
LOST PLANET (Slusser/Weinstein/Patterson/Clarke) (8:30pm)
ROVA Saxophone Quartet (9:30pm)
PAST PRESENT FUTURE (Boisen/Seth Ford-Young/John Hanes) (10:30pm)
Tuesday, April 6
Tue 4/6 7:30 PM Tuesdays at Tom's Place [3111 Deakin Street Berkeley]
Doctor Bob (Bob Marsh and David Michalak, and John Gruntfest & Greg Goodman
Tue 4/6 9:00 PM Kingman's Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave near Solano Ave Albany]
Light A Fire: Karl Evangelista (Games) Trio (Evangelista/Glenn/Wright), Jacob Felix Heule/Kanoko Nishi Duo, Aram Shelton/Doug Stuart/Jordan Glenn
Thursday, April 8
Thu 4/8 8:00 PM Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
SoundSpeak a series presenting pairings of sound and voice artists
8pm Spoet Polly Moller w/Moe! Staiano
9pm Poet Robert Anbian w/Rent Romus saxes/accordion/objects and Bob Marsh cello
Thu 4/8 8:00 PM Amnesia [853 Valencia St San Francisco]
Hotplate is a new concept from SFJAZZ that features a different Bay Area artist each month, interpreting the music of their favorite jazz legend. This month: Scott Amendola plays Ornette Coleman & DJ Vinnie Esparza.
Thu 4/8 8:00 PM The Bistro [1001 B Street Hayward]
Original compositions performed by Bay Area based ensemble featuring free and poly-free structures and improvisation. Ensemble usually consists of reeds, flute, drum set, percussion, guitar or piano and acoustic bass.
Friday, April 9
Fri 4/9 8:00 PM Dance Mission Theater [3316 24th Street @Mission SF]
DOUBLE VISION's new work Hysteresis will be premiered at Dance Mission Theater, April 9-11. Hysteresis is 70 minutes of non-stop, innovative dance, sound, lights, and costumes informed by a residency at the Museumsquartier in Vienna, Austria. The work is a metaphor for the state of being alien or observing that which is alien to oneself. Free from traditional structures and narratives, Hysteresis evokes an abstract dreamscape rich in complex shapes, relationships and points of meditation for the audience. http://www.double-vision.biz
Fri 4/9 8:30 PM THE MILK BAR at The Biscuit Factory [81st and San Leandro Oakland]
The first MilkBar salon for 2010 features new music, performance and film work.
Fri 4/9 9:00 PM First Church of the Buzzard [2601 Adeline (enter on 26th St.) Oakland, CA]
International Noise Conference SF in Oakland
Murder Murder, Work, Head Boggle, Liqourball, Ettrick -- plays at 12:30am, Tom D, Take up Serpents, Mokele Mbembe, Hora Flora, Tony Dryer, Al Qaeda, CCR Headcleaner, Travis Johns, LX Rudis, Cerebral Roil, ZachARY Watkins, Wade Driver, Seven Lies About Girls, Celine Dion, Coagulator, Street Healer
Saturday, April 10
Sat 4/10 8:00 PM Jazzschool [2087 Addison Street Berkeley]
KIHNOUA ( Larry Ochs – saxophones, compositions; Dohee Lee – voice; Scott Amendola – drums, percussion ... with special guest Trevor Dunn – bass ) is a Bay Area based ensemble formed by Larry Ochs in 2007 to play sounds and structures of “Western improvised music” with influences from very ancient sounds of Korea and other folk-music influences of Asia, Africa and the USA.
Sat 4/10 8:00 PM Dance Mission Theater [3316 24th Street @Mission SF]
DOUBLE VISION's new work Hysteresis will be premiered at Dance Mission Theater, April 9-11. Hysteresis is 70 minutes of non-stop, innovative dance, sound, lights, and costumes informed by a residency at the Museumsquartier in Vienna, Austria. The work is a metaphor for the state of being alien or observing that which is alien to oneself. Free from traditional structures and narratives, Hysteresis evokes an abstract dreamscape rich in complex shapes, relationships and points of meditation for the audience. http://www.double-vision.biz.
Sunday, April 11
Sun 4/11 7:30 PM SIMM Series [Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF]
Noertker's Moxie selections from Blue Rider vol. 1, 2, 3: Suites for Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc. Annelise Zamula - tenor saxophone, flute Amber Lamprecht - oboe, flute Jenny Maybee - piano Bill Noertker - bass Dave Mihaly - drums
Sun 4/11 8:00 PM Dance Mission Theater [3316 24th Street @Mission SF]
DOUBLE VISION's new work Hysteresis will be premiered at Dance Mission Theater, April 9-11. Hysteresis is 70 minutes of non-stop, innovative dance, sound, lights, and costumes informed by a residency at the Museumsquartier in Vienna, Austria. The work is a metaphor for the state of being alien or observing that which is alien to oneself. Free from traditional structures and narratives, Hysteresis evokes an abstract dreamscape rich in complex shapes, relationships and points of meditation for the audience. http://www.double-vision.biz.
Tuesday, April 13
Tue 4/13 9:00 PM Uptown [1928 Telegraph Ave @19th St Oakland]
The OAKLAND ACTIVE ORCHESTRA (Aaron Bennett, Aram Shelton, Cory Wright, Tom Djll, Darren Johnston, Rob Ewing, Kristian Aspelin, Emily Packard, Hillary Overberg, Agnes Szelag, Lisa Mezzacappa, Damon Smith, Jordan Glenn, Sam Ospovat) continues its monthly residency at the Uptown with improvised works and music by its wildly and diversely creative members ... opening: Jacob Zimmerman's LAWSON
Wednesday, April 14
Wed 4/14 7:00 PM Easton Hall [Easton Hall, 2101 Ridge Road, Berkeley.]
Harvey Pekar (of American Splendor): in conversation, and performing excerpts from "Leave Me Alone!", his opera with Dan Plonsey. With Plonsey and members of Daniel Popsicle also performing bits of the upcoming "Dan Plonsey's Bar Mitzvah." Call or email cjs@gtu.edu
Thursday, April 15
Thu 4/15 8:00 PM Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8pm Daryl Shawn with Matt Davignon : Daryl Shawn is a genre-hopping instrumental guitarist who runs his sounds through a dictaphone and 4-track cassette recorder. Matt Davignon is a drum machinist who uses an array of guitar pedals and table top effects to make "gloopy" sounds.
9pm Ross Hammond- guitar, Darren Johnston-trumpet, Jacob Felix-Heule-drumset
Friday, April 16
Fri 4/16 8:00 PM CNMAT [1750 Arch Street Berkeley]
Zen Widow - Sicilian Saxophone Colossus - Gianni Gebbia makes his return to the SF Bay area for an evening with all new compositions with Matthew Goodheart (Grand Piano) and Garth Powell (drums and percussion). Special Guest David Wessel (electronics in 360 degree surround)
Fri 4/16 8:00 PM Fifth St. Farms [1517 Fifth St. (House Concert) Berkeley]
Shibui, Subtle Beauty"Debut CD Launch. LIVE CD Performance & Slide Presentation.. Suellen Primost, joined by gifted collaborators, offers a feast of exquisite music, captivating images and poetry to stir the imagination, enliven the soul and serve as a source of inspiration for the journey.
Fri 4/16 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
G*PARK, JOSHUA CHURCHILL, & ADAM SONDERBERG
23five Incorporated, in collaboration with Swissnex and The Lab, present the thirteenth annual Activating The Medium centered upon a theme of ice, with works by G*Park, Joshua Churchill, Adam Sonderberg, and a lecture from Cheryl Leonard.
Saturday, April 17
Sat 4/17 8:00 PM Center for Sex and Culture [1519 Mission Street SF ]
EROTIC FRICTION a rare San Francisco appearance of Frank Moore, world-known shaman performance artist conducting an experience/participation performance
Sat 4/17 8:00 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street between Shattuck and Telegraph Oakland]
This Here Show: Alright Already
Sat 4/17 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
CHERYL LEONARD, PEDESTRIAN DEPOSIT, JESSE BURSON, and RALE
23five Incorporated, in collaboration with The Lab, present the thirteenth annual Activating The Medium centered upon a theme of ice, with works by Cheryl Leonard, Pedestrian Deposit, Jesse Burson, and Rale
Sunday, April 18
Sun 4/18 3:00 PM Meridian Gallery [535 Powell Street SF]
resonant world: an afternoon of music by John Cage for the exhibit The Visionary Art of Morris Graves (on view at Meridian Gallery March 20 - May 15). Featuring Atlas Eclipticalis (1962) performed by Phillip Greenlief and Jon Raskin's 2+1, featuring Steve Adams, Three (1989) performed by Three Trapped Tigers (David Barnett, Tom Bickley, and Jim Wilson), and Solos from Song Books (1970) performed by the Cornelius Cardew Choir. Plus a reading of Series re Morris Graves by John Cage (1973) in the second floor Drawings Gallery.
Sun 4/18 7:30 PM SIMM Series [Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF]
7:30PM Zen Widow :Garth Powell -drums, Matthew Goodheart - piano, Bruce Ackley - saxophones
8:30 "Round Robin with Zen Widow" featuring a cast of characters from the community: Tara Flandreau, Tim Perkis, John Shiurba, Damon Smith, Rent Romus, Bill Noertker, CJ Borosque, Jake Rodriguez
Sun 4/18 9:00 PM Terminal [3957 San Leandro Street Oakland, CA]
Pedestrian Deposit (LA) ; Rale (LA) ; Brandon Nickell (SF) ; Eighth Evening (SF)
Monday, April 19
Mon 4/19 9:00 PM Ivy Room [858 San Pablo Ave, Albany]
Ivy Room Improv/Experimental Hootenanny & Social Club featuring
Flormadecking, John Hanes/Steve Adams, Ross Hammond, Lucio Menegon's Sonic Demons (with special guests), video by Will Erokan
comfy couches • delicious beverages • NEVER a cover • many musicians • total surprises • third mondays
Wednesday, April 21
Wed 4/21 5:00 PM The Green Zebra Action Center at Crocker Galleria [50 Post Street SF]
Multimedia artist Amy Seidman, recipient of the Meet the Composer Award by the New York Counsel for the Arts, is presenting a free salon discussing the intersection of music, digital media and technology to inspire people around nature and culture. This is followed at 6:30 with a reception for her photographic exhibition "In Response To That"¯. The Evening's celebration concludes with AmesEla, Amy Seidman's musical incarnation with special guest Eah Herren, Daniel Alvarenga Flores and other musicians, for a unique performance of songs inspired by Nature featuring instruments of the forest. This event is part of AmesEla's "100th Monkey Tour" to experiment with cultural mash ups and merging multiple disciplines.
Thursday, April 22
Thu 4/22 8:00 PM Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8:00 Noah Phillips & Jason Hoopes Duo
8:45 Lucio Menegon's Sonic Demons on Edgetone (CD release set)
9:15 Lawson: A large ensemble run by Jacob Zimmerman partially focused around sustained sounds with improvised counterpoint that utilizes a very specific type of pitch system [ Jacob Zimmerman, Drew Cecatto, Matt Nelson, Cory Wright (saxes), Michael Coleman and Dan VanHassel (keyboards), Dan Good (electronics and trumpet ]
Thu 4/22 8:00 PM La Val's Subterranean Theater [Euclid Avenue Berkeley 94708]
Rough and Tumble Presents the world premiere of A History of Human Stupidity - a new play by Andy Bayiates (member, Chicago's Neo-Futurists Group) Cast: Louise Chedwidden*, Carolyn Doyle*, Charisse Loriaux, Eowyn Mader*, Betsy Picart. Music composed and performed by Phillip Greenlief
Thu 4/22 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Active Music Series: James Fei + John Bischoff : Pykrete : Alex Vittum
Friday, April 23
Fri 4/23 8:00 PM Occidental Center for the Arts [4008 Bohemian Highway Occidental]
Jesse Olsen presents excerpts from "Makings," a song cycle/performance piece based on writings by his grandmother,
acclaimed author Tillie Olsen. Performed by Jesse Olsen, Peter Bergquist, and Donna Denevan. Plus music/poetry by"Lunarchy," the collaboration between feminist writer Judy Grahn and singer/songwriter Anne Carol.
Fri 4/23 8:00 PM CounterPULSE [1310 Mission (at 9th St) San Francisco ]
"Diaspora Tales #2: 1969" An interdisciplinary work featuring music by the Francis Wong Unit, spoken word by A.K. Black, dance by Lenora Lee and media design by Olivia Ting.
Fri 4/23 8:00 PM La Val's Subterranean Theater [1834 Euclid Avenue Berkeley]
Rough and Tumble Presents the world premiere of A History of Human Stupidity
a new play by Andy Bayiates (member, Chicago Neo-Futurists Group) Cast: Louise Chedwidden*, Carolyn Doyle*, Charisse Loriaux, Eowyn Mader*, Betsy Picart. Music composed and performed by Phillip Greenlief
Saturday, April 24
Sat 4/24 8:00 PM La Val's Subterranean Theater [1834 Euclid Aveune, Berkeley]
Rough and Tumble Presents the world premiere of A History of Human Stupidity
a new play by Andy Bayiates (member, Chicago Neo-Futurists Group) Cast: Louise Chedwidden*, Carolyn Doyle*, Charisse Loriaux, Eowyn Mader*, Betsy Picart. Music composed and performed by Phillip Greenlief
Sat 4/24 8:00 PM CounterPULSE [1310 Mission (at 9th) San Francisco ]
"Diaspora Tales #2: 1969" An interdisciplinary work featuring music by the Francis Wong Unit, spoken word by A.K. Black, dance by Lenora Lee and media design by Olivia Ting.
Sat 4/24 8:00 PM Memorial Auditorium [551 Serra, Stanford University]
Jazz trumpeter/composer Dave Douglas and experimental filmmaker Bill Morrison create "Spark of Being,"a monumental work combining the screening of film with live musical performance (by Douglas’ electric band Keystone).
Sat 4/24 8:00 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street between Shattuck and Telegraph Oakland]
THE UNCOMFORTABLE ZONES OF FUN experiments in experience/participation performance:: Frank Moore, world-known shaman performance artist, will conduct improvised passions of musicians, actors, dancers, and audience members in a laboratory setting to create altered realities of fusion beyond taboos. Bring your passions and musical instruments and your senses of adventure and humor.
Sat 4/24 9:00 PM First Church of the Buzzard [2601 Adeline (enter on 26th St.) Oakland]
Jooklo Duo (Italy); Cotton Museum (Michigan); Murder Murder; Omnivorous Scencillium; Basshaters (Tony Dryer + Jacob Felix Heule); DJ Loachfillet
Sunday, April 25
Sun 4/25 12:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Godwaffle Noise Pancakes
Jooklo Duo (Italy); Wormses (Bobby Adams, Tony Dryers, Jacob Felix Heule);+tba
Sun 4/25 4:00 PM Community Music Center [544 Capp Street Btwn 20th and 21st SF]
John Brown*s Truth - a musically-improvised, multi-disciplinary opera by William Crossman with an extraordinary cast of classical & jazz singers, musicians, dancers, and spoken-word artists.
Sun 4/25 4:30 PM ODC Dance Commons [351 Shotwell St., SF]
Philippe Hurel joins SFCMP to discuss what he calls his most thematic piece.
Sun 4/25 7:00 PM La Val's Subterranean Theater [1834 Euclid Avenue, Berkeley]
Rough and Tumble Presents the world premiere of A History of Human Stupidity
a new play by Andy Bayiates (member, Chicago Neo-Futurists Group) Cast: Louise Chedwidden*, Carolyn Doyle*, Charisse Loriaux, Eowyn Mader*, Betsy Picart. Music composed and performed by Phillip Greenlief
Sun 4/25 7:00 PM Palace of Fine Arts Theatre [3301 Lyon Street SF]
SFJAZZ: Charles Lloyd New Quartet with Jason Moran, Reuben Rogers & Eric Harland.
Monday, April 26
Mon 4/26 8:00 PM Herbst Theatre [401 Van Ness Ave., SF]
The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players present "His Own Space of Freedom" Music by Philippe Hurel, Tan Dun, Manolis Manousakis and Guo Wenjing.
Mon 4/26 9:00 PM Kingman's Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave near Solano Ave Albany]
Active Music Series at the Ivy Room April Edition: Quartet + Trio
Mendoza / Nishi / Shelton / Stuart: Improvisations with Ava Mendoza, guitar; Kanoko Nishi, koto; Aram Shelton, soprano saxophone; Doug Stuart, bass.
Darren Johnston Trio: Compositions & improvisations with Darren Johnston, trumpet; Doug Stuart, bass; Jordan Glenn, drums.
Thursday, April 29
Thu 4/29 8:00 PM Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
Outsound Presents Full Moon Concerts - Wind Moon: All about the wind, and its moonlit travels through tubes.
8:00 PM: Ghost In The House
9:00 PM: Sabbaticus Rex
Friday, April 30
Fri 4/30 7:00 PM Cafe Bastille [22 Belden Place, San Francisco (1 block below Kearny, between Bush and Pine)]
Cafe Bastille Presents Michael Gold Quartet: Michael Gold - Saxophone; Paul Mindrup - Keyboard; Scott Chapek - Bass; Tom Hassett - Drums
Fri 4/30 8:00 PM Meridian Gallery [535 Powell Street SF]
Meridian Gallery presents Fred Frith (guitar) & Theresa Wong (voice, cello). Improvisations conjured by Fred Frith; roaming drunken shaman expelling high-end drugstore vibrations on a mystical pocket fm radio and guitar holding court with Theresa Wong; cave dwelling amateur magician and high priestess of the vocal disorder, channeling anything, everything and sometimes nothing through spirited sonic outbreaks.
Fri 4/30 8:00 PM Flux 53 [5306 Foothill Blvd. at Fairfax Oakland]
Night of Fabulous Miscellany
Dominique Leone, Maryclare Brzytwa, Jordan Glenn, Jacob Zimmerman and more
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