JULY 2010
Thursday, July 1
Thu 7/1 6:30 PM Mama Buzz Cafe [2318 Telegraph Ave @23rd Oakland]
Andrew Royal: violin (Chicago) Aram Shelton: reeds Kanoko Nishi: koto Jacob Felix Heule: drums
Thu 7/1 8:00 PM Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8:15 Easy Bake Oven (Pittsburgh, PA) 8:30 Mega Gord 256 w/Thomas Dimuzio and Gregg Bielski 9:00 Thomas Dimuzio
Friday, July 2
Fri 7/2 6:00 PM de Young Museum [50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco]
Soundwave Festival ((4)) : Turrell Resonance at the de Young
Featuring acoustic performances by Myrmyr (violin, cello, voice, objects)
Fri 7/2 8:00 PM Former Barnes & Noble [98 Broadway, Jack London Square]
Expanded Strangelet Minus One
The pedal orchestra invented by Lucio Menegon convenes without him at the at Oakland Underground Film Festival's Hot Summer and Salon. With Amar Chaudhary, Matt Davignon, Wayne Grim, John Hanes, Suki O'Kane, Jonathan Segel and Michael Zelner.
Fri 7/2 8:00 PM Brainwash Cafe [1122 Folsom Street San Francisco, CA 94103 ]
Ankrasmasaurus Rex, The Erika Oba Group, and The Joshua Smith Big Band will be performing at Brainwash Cafe. Ankrasmasaurus Rex is a Southern California based group of players who have performed recently as band of Wadada Leo Smith.
Fri 7/2 9:00 PM Totally Intense Fractal Mindgaze Hut [671 24th Street, Oakland, CA]
Light a Fire: GREX CD release party!
Karl Evangelista (guitar, etc.)/Rei Scampavia (keys, etc.) play crazy music...
w/ sets by: Ava Mendoza Trio (new!) (w/John Shiurba, Sam Ospovat), Jim Kaiser/Angela Hsu Duo
Saturday, July 3
Sat 7/3 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Three trios on the 3rd celebrating freedom! Aram Shelton's Kodachrome Music with Ben Goldberg and Alex Vittum. Shudder. Kyle Bruckman, oboe & english horn; Lance Grabmiller, laptop/audiomulch, video; Phillip Greenlief, saxophones & clarinet. Pinhead featuring Chuck Johnson, electronics; Noah Phillips, guitar; Jordan Glenn, drums
Monday, July 5
Mon 7/5 7:00 PM Mama Buzz Cafe [2318 Telegraph Ave @23rd Oakland]
Jordan Glenn- SOLO DRUMS, Noah Phillips- SOLO GUITAR, Glenn/Phillips- DUO DRUMS+GUITAR
Mon 7/5 8:00 PM Makeout Room [22nd St at Mission, SF]
Special Live Music + Film Night guest curated by SUKI O’KANE + MICHAEL ZELNER
The Apple Orchestra - A post-Fourth of July shred and swede of the worst musical about music ever made. A panoply of musicians convened by John Shiurba with color commentary and accordion by Richard Von Busack. Short improv sets before and after.
Tuesday, July 6
Tue 7/6 12:00 PM Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [701 Mission St @3rd SF]
This interactive sound sculpture/immersive performance installation is an international collaboration by visionary Bay Area composer, Jewlia Eisenberg, with her ensemble, Charming Hostess. An ecstatic investigation of sex, magic and secret desires, The Bowls Project is inspired by Babylonian Jewish women’s amulets known as “demon bowls.” The dome housing the project is a private place to share secrets and public forum to hear live music on Thursdays, participate in rituals on Fridays and encounter embodied text on Sundays.
Thursday, July 8
Thu 7/8 8:00 PM 142 Throckmorton Theatre [Mill Valley]
Tin Hat (Carla Kihlstedt, violin, voice; Mark Orton, guitar; Rob Reich, accordion, piano; Ben Goldberg, clarinet, contra alto clarinet)
Thu 7/8 8:00 PM 1510 Performance Space [1510 8th Street Oakland (just two blocks from West Oakland BART)]
Evander Music and 1510 Presents: 8 pm - FPR Trio: Frank Gratokowski - Bb clarinet, alto saxophone; Phillip Greenlief - tenor saxophone; Jon Raskin - baritone saxophone 9 pm - Erica Eller Trio: Erica Eller - piano; Phillip Greenlief - alto saxophone; Damon Smith - bass
Thu 7/8 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Rare bay area appearance by Malcolm Mooney (Can) playing Can material with Peter Conheim, Marc Weinstein and others
Openers: Holly Herndon, Stephen Kent
DJ: Bobby Ganush (loachfillet, Int'l Freakout)
Thu 7/8 8:00 PM Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
Conduct your own Ensemble night
Friday, July 9
Fri 7/9 6:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Soundwave Festival ((4)) : The Illuminated Forest Opening Night
Featuring DJ Luc Meier with exhibition artists Jorge Bachmann, Agnes Szelag, Ben Bracken, Alan So, Suzanne Husky, Sam Easterson, Alyce Santoro, Reenie Charrière, Vaughn Bell, Elin Øyen Vister, Jessica Resmond
Fri 7/9 7:30 PM Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) [2626 Bancroft Way Berkeley]
SUN Ceremony: An installation collaboration with artist Chris Duncan, this event will open the museum up to a fully participation-based drum and light orchestration. Come to drum and stare at the sun. With light projections and visual guidance from Jeffrey Manson (Misto Reef Lights), a Chladni singing performance by Meara O’Reilly (Avocet), and SUN choir.
Fri 7/9 8:00 PM CNMAT [1750 Arch Street Berkeley]
A VERY SPECIAL CONCERT
Frank Gratkowski - alto saxophone and bass clarinet
Chris Brown - piano and live electronics
William Winant - percussion
David Wessel - live electronics
Fri 7/9 8:00 PM Freight & Salvage [2020 Addison St. Berkeley]
Tin Hat (Carla Kihlstedt, violin, voice; Mark Orton, guitar; Rob Reich, accordion, piano; Ben Goldberg, clarinet, contra alto clarinet)
Fri 7/9 9:00 PM Totally Intense Fractal Mindgaze Hut [671 24th Street, Oakland, California]
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This show has been cancelled
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Moe! Staiano + Michael Guarino Duo (Drums & prepared guitar duo)
Alee Karim (Solo space-rock guitar invocations)
Instagon (Sacramento based Garage-Noise-Jazz)
Fri 7/9 9:30 PM Hemlock Tavern [1131 Polk Street Between Post and Sutter SF]
SEAN (Seattle keyboard grind) :: ETTRICK (SF saxophone grind. Jacob Felix Heule, Jay Korber) :: KUNIN/PEIJMAN (Electric sarod + the drummer from Secret Chiefs 3.) :: PINK CANOES (improvised noise trio. Noah Phillips, Aram Shelton, Zachary Watkins)
Saturday, July 10
Sat 7/10 7:30 PM Meridian Gallery [535 Powell Street SF]
Meridian Music: Composers in Performance presents its annual mid-summer concert, “Artikulationen” (articulations), a solo performance by German saxophone and clarinet player Frank Gratkowski.
Sat 7/10 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Soundwave Festival ((4)) : Re-Sonic in the Illuminated Forest
Featuring performances and talks by Alyce Santoro, Joshua Churchill and Thomas Carnacki
Sat 7/10 8:00 PM Dance Palace [503 B St Point Reyes Sta]
Tin Hat (Carla Kihlstedt, violin, voice; Mark Orton, guitar; Rob Reich, accordion, piano; Ben Goldberg, clarinet, contra alto clarinet)
Sat 7/10 8:30 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Dinosaurs with Horns (LAFMS Members), Kwisp, EKG, Nomogo, Hogwind, Virus Kitten, CMBLS
Sunday, July 11
Sun 7/11 12:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
g|O|D|W|A|F|F|L|E||N|O|I|S|E||P|A|N|C|A|K|E|S
DINOSAURS With HORNS (LAFMS)----------sKOZEY fetISCH----------Vagina Mine District Co Recycling (feat. Thom Blum and Charles Kremenak)------------- DIMMER (Thomas Dimuzio and Joseph Hammer)-----------Bonus Beast---------------- Cypress Bill and Ted Zeppelin's Bogus Journey
Sun 7/11 1:00 PM Contemporary Jewish Museum [736 Mission Street SF]
Dan Plonsey's Bar Mitzvah
Sun 7/11 2:00 PM Cafe Royale [800 Post St. @ Leavenworth SF]
Cafe Royale Presents The Lost Trio
2:00pm - 5:00pm
Sun 7/11 4:00 PM Contemporary Jewish Museum [736 Mission Street SF]
Dan Plonsey's Bar Mitzvah 1pm and 4pm
Sun 7/11 7:30 PM SIMM Series [Musicians Union Hall 116 9th St @ Mission SF]
7:30pm DaMaDa: LuoDana - Vocals; Marc Schmitz - guitar; Dave Mihaly - drums
8:30pm Noertker's Moxie Trio: Annelise Zamula - tenor sax, flute; Jenny Maybee - piano; Bill Noertker - contrabass
Tuesday, July 13
Tue 7/13 7:30 PM Tuesdays at Tom's Place [3111 Deakin Street Berkeley]
EKG (Ernst Karel (tpt+elec), Kyle Bruckmann (ob+elec)) with Matt Ingalls (cl, bcl) and Gino Robair (perc); Chris Brown (pno+elec)
Tue 7/13 8:00 PM The Garage [975 Howard Street (@6th Street) San Francisco, CA]
Danse pour les Mouches (Dance for the Flies)
A collaborative improvisation with dancers Stéphanie Auberville (France) and Rajendra Serber, musicians Matt Davignon and Cheryl Leonard, and video artist Bulk Foodveyor.
Wednesday, July 14
Wed 7/14 8:00 PM The Garage [975 Howard Street (@6th Street) San Francisco, CA]
Danse pour les Mouches (Dance for the Flies)
A collaborative improvisation with dancers Stéphanie Auberville (France) and Rajendra Serber, musicians Matt Davignon and Cheryl Leonard, and video artist Bulk Foodveyor.
Thursday, July 15
Thu 7/15 8:00 PM Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
8:00 PM Sarah Howe & Karl Evangelista duo
8:45 PM The Iron Triangle (Sandra Yolles, electronic percussion; Bob Marsh, cello, violin, voice CJ Borosque pedals turntable)
9:30 PM Lucio Menegon (solo guitar)
Friday, July 16
Fri 7/16 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Soundwave Festival ((4)) : Water Stories in the Illuminated Forest
Featuring REDSHIFT with Mason Bates, Crooked Jades Trio and Theresa Wong
Fri 7/16 8:00 PM Community Music Center [544 Capp Street Btwn 20th and 21st SF]
sfSoundSeries: EKG (Kyle Bruckmann and Ernst Karel) perform MORTON FELDMAN'S "Oboe and Orchestra" realized for oboe & analog electronics. A new piece by Chris Burns, and older instrument+electronics works by LUIGI NONO, MARIO DAVIDOVSKY, and PER BLOLAND.
Saturday, July 17
Sat 7/17 8:00 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street between Shattuck and Telegraph Oakland]
This Here Show # 14: I WALK DOWN THE STREET
Improvised variety performance
Sat 7/17 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Soundwave Festival ((4)) : Ground/Shift in the Illuminated Forest
Featuring performances and talks by Jim Haynes, Lissom and Shores
Sat 7/17 8:00 PM Life Changing Ministries [1629 8th St. Oakland]
0th Pure 0 Dance :: Basshaters (Tony Dryer, Jacob Felix Heule) :: Peter J Woods (Milwaukee) :: Ulysses' Crewmen (insurgent theater)
Sunday, July 18
Sun 7/18 7:00 PM Community Music Center [544 Capp Street Btwn 20th and 21st SF]
9th Annual 2010 Outsound New Music Summit Touch the Gear Expo
Presenting Artists to Date: Amy X Neuburg, Scott Looney, Bob Marsh, Amar Chaudhary, CJ Borosque, Dan Ake, Travis Johns, Cheryl Leonard, Crank Ensemble, Rick Walker, Lx Rudis, Conure, Tim Thompson, Philip Everett, Jim Kaiser, Tom Duff, Tom Nunn, Matt Davignon, Steven Baker, Walter Funk and more!
Sun 7/18 8:00 PM Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [701 Mission Street, SF]
Watcha Clan w/ Charming Hostess – 701 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94103 – YBCA Forum
Monday, July 19
Mon 7/19 7:00 PM Community Music Center [544 Capp Street Btwn 20th and 21st SF]
9th Annual 2010 Outsound New Music Summit How to build your own Skatchbox demonstration by Tom Nunn and co-conspirator David Michalak from TD Skatchit. Come and observe how to build your very own cardboard synthesizer with San Francisco veteran instrument builder Tom Nunn.
Tuesday, July 20
Tue 7/20 9:00 PM Amnesia [835 Valencia St. @ 20th]
Wiener Kids 3 Leafs Mira Cook Sex Worker Danishta Rivero
Wednesday, July 21
Wed 7/21 8:00 PM 21 Grand [416 25th St @Broadway Near 19th Street BART Oakland]
Balance Point Acoustics moving away Concert:
Aurora Josephson /Jacob Lindsay / Aarron Bennett / Henry Kaiser / Damon Smith / Jerome Bryerton / Tony Dryer /Frank Gratkowski / Kristian Aspelin / Kjell Nordeson
Wed 7/21 8:15 PM Community Music Center [544 Capp Street Btwn 20th and 21st SF]
9th Annual 2010 Outsound New Music Summit ** Blurred Lines ** a night of experimental films
The films of Martha Colburn featuring live music by Thollem Mcdonas piano
60X60 2009 International Video Mix 60 one minute films by Patrick Liddell featuring 60 composers from Vox Novus
Thursday, July 22
Thu 7/22 8:00 PM Community Music Center [544 Capp Street Btwn 20th and 21st SF]
9th Annual 2010 Outsound New Music Summit **Sound in a Blink** a night of free improvisational music
Alex Cline & G.E. Stinson duo,
Emily Hay & Motoko Honda duo, Randy Hunt/Josh Allen/Timothy Orr trio
Thu 7/22 9:00 PM 111 Minna [111 Minna Street SF]
**** DJ MSK **** ANON DAY **** FLUORESCENT GREY ****
weird electronic music & community activism
Friday, July 23
Fri 7/23 7:30 PM Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) [2626 Bancroft Way Berkeley]
Grouper Presents SLEEP: Liz Harris (Grouper) contours her sonic craft to the spiraling space of the museum, creating a site-specific composition made up of tape-collage and live instrumentation accompanied by video. Her piece intends to “echo the movement of a downward-pulling current, lulling with the hiss and resonating pulse of watery sound and light.” Harpsichordist Eugene Petrushansky opens the night with pieces of both early music and music of his own improvisation, performing on the harpsichord that he hand-built for himself.
Fri 7/23 8:00 PM Community Music Center [544 Capp Street Btwn 20th and 21st SF]
9th Annual 2010 Outsound New Music Summit **MultiVox** a night of performances infused by voice and performance art with Amy X Neuburg, The Cornelius Cardew Choir
Reconnaissance Fly Tim Walters, Polly Moller, Amar Chaudhary
Fri 7/23 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Soundwave Festival ((4)) : Imaginary Creatures in the Illuminated Forest
Featuring Barn Owl, Christine Choi and Lazurus
Fri 7/23 8:00 PM Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [701 Mission St @3rd SF]
Kinan Azmeh's Duo & Ben Goldberg & Myra Melford Duo
The Art of the Duo - Complex Stories, Simple Sounds
Fri 7/23 8:00 PM Jazzschool [2087 Addison Street Berkeley]
The Jazzschool Presents The Lost Trio: Phillip Greenlief, tenor saxophone; Dan Seamans, bass; Tom Hassett, drums. The Lost Trio celebrates the release of their newest recording on Evander Music with a CD release party at the Jazzschool!
Saturday, July 24
Sat 7/24 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Soundwave Festival ((4)) : The Archives of the Natural World in the Illuminated Forest
Special Event by Odessa Chen featuring sound artist [ruidobello] and visual artist Samuel Leshnick
Sat 7/24 8:00 PM Community Music Center [544 Capp Street Btwn 20th and 21st SF]
9th Annual 2010 Outsound New Music Summit
a night of sculpted noise art with
Chen Santa Maria Kadet Khune Headboggle phog masheeen featuring Mark Soden
Sunday, July 25
Sun 7/25 8:00 PM Community Music Center [544 Capp Street Btwn 20th and 21st SF]
The trio of Bruce Ackley (saxophones), Matthew Goodheart (grand piano), and Garth Powell (drums and percussion). Second set features the debut of the new quartet of Tara Flandrea (violin - viola), Myles Boisen (guitars), Scott Walton (double bass), and Garth Powell (drums and percussion).
Sun 7/25 9:00 PM Cafe Du Nord [2170 Market Street near 16th & Sanchez SF]
shudder: kyle bruckmann, oboe, english horn; Phillip Greenlief, tenor saxophone; lance grabmiller, electronics, audiomulch; with special guest john shiurba, guitar
Thollem McDonas, piano; John Dietrich (deerhoof), guitar; Scott Amendola (nels cline singers, etc.), drums
Monday, July 26
Mon 7/26 9:00 PM Kingman's Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave near Solano Ave Albany]
Active Music Series at the Ivy Room. Lost Trio + Blip Band. Lost Trio: Phillip Greenlief, Dan Seamans, Tom Hassett. Blip Band: Will Redmond: guitar, kalimba, voice; Marcos Saenz, bass; Jordan Glenn, drums.
Tuesday, July 27
Tue 7/27 8:00 PM THE OTHER Tom's Place [3016 25th Street, SF]
Ghost in the House with Richard Waters, waterphone inventor. The music of Ghost In The House could suggest a murder mystery, a visitation in a dream or a cataclysmic storm. With ~ Karen Stackpole, David Michalak, Tom Nunn and Kyle Bruckmann.
Thursday, July 29
Thu 7/29 8:00 PM Luggage Store New Music Series [1007 Market St. @ 6th Street SF]
Outsound Presents Full Moon Concerts - Blessing Moon, a musical offering
8 PM: Krys Bobrowski, solo and in duo with Gino Robair
9 PM: Phillip Greenlief, solo
Friday, July 30
Fri 7/30 7:30 PM Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) [2626 Bancroft Way Berkeley]
Gamelan Sekar Jaya: Led by a master artist from Bali, I Dewa Putu Berata, Gamelan Sekar Jaya’s two percussion ensembles will perform in traditional Balinese formation, surrounding their dancers and encouraging an intimate circulation among the audience. The evening will open with a rare listening experience of a reel-to-reel recording of an a cappella mix of the Beach Boys seminal album Pet Sounds.
Fri 7/30 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Soundwave Festival ((4)) : Earth Stories in the Illuminated Forest
Featuring performances and talks by Paul Rudy & Peter Rand, Jay Kreimer and AmbientBlack
Fri 7/30 8:00 PM Oakland Underground Film Festival Salon [old Barnes and Noble 98 Broadway, Oakland]
long tones/long throws
wayne grim and suki o'kane
immersive psycho cinema battleground
gregory hagen, andy way, curtis tamm, omar zubair, michael camposs-quinn
installations by
tracey snelling
idan levin
michael patrick perez
michelle lewis-king
phil king
many others
Events outside the Bay Area
Monday, Jul 12 2010 8:00 PM
Luna's Cafe
1414 16th Street Sacramento
Nebraska Mondays Presents the FPR Trio
Frank Gratkowski - Bb clarinet, alto saxophone
Phillip Greenlief - alto and tenor saxophones
Jon Raskin - sopranino, alto and baritone saxophones
The FPR Trio was formed in 2003. The group performs compositions by its members that explore new composing techniques for the extended range and sound capabilities of the saxophone.
