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From Open Gate Theatre:

Friday, February 10, 8pm
Open Gate Theatre presents The Moose Herd: SOUND, MOVEMENT and LIGHT – Drama / dance / music improvisations, featuring the LA Collective and Open Gate players. The LA Collective features Ellen Burr (flute, conduction), Laura Osborn (flute), Ken Luey (clarinets), Robert Leng (sax), Alexander Vogel (sax), Steve Lockwood (keys), Oz (Chapman stick), Jeff Schwartz (double bass), Owen Green (electric bass), Charlie Lowrey (percussion), Tom Steck (drums, percussion), and Nicole Strafaci (poetry), with special guests Cheryl Banks-Smith and Roxanne Steinberg (movement), Kio Griffith (live video art), and Anet Ris-Kelman (performance art). The Open Gate players include Will Salmon (flute, voice, performance), Vinny Golia (winds), Brad Dutz (percussion), Jie Ma (pipa), and special guests Anet Ris-Kelman (performance art), Carmina Escobar (voice and performance), and Antony DiGennaro (prepared guitars). Glendale Moose Lodge, 357 West Arden Ave., Glendale | $10

From REDCAT:

Friday, February 10, 8:30pm
Vintage electronics share a stage with the newest sonic technology when acclaimed Dutch composer Thomas Ankersmit highlights a two-night festival celebrating the CalArts Center for Experiments in Art, Information and Technology (CEAIT). Friday is “Noise Night” featuring L.A.’s own Damion Romero and the pairing of noise pioneers Zbigniew Karkowski and Xopher Davidson. REDCAT, located in the Walt Disney Concert Hall Complex, 631 West 2nd St., downtown Los Angeles | $20 / $16 / $10

From the wulf:

Saturday, February 11, 8pm
the wulf presents Voice and the Composer – Odeya Nini, Andrea Young, & Denis Kolokol: An evening of experimental solo voice and new instrumental music, performed by Tara Boyle (flute), Elaine Cho (flute), Clarie Chenette (oboe), Christin Hablewitz (clarinet), Derek Stein (cello), Archie Carey (bassoon), Cassia Streb (viola), Nic Salas (violin), and Betsy Rettig (cello). the wulf, 1026 South Santa Fe Ave. #203, downtown Los Angeles | Free, donations accepted

From Sundays Live:

Saturday, February 11, 8pm
PiE (People inside Electronics) presents Nothing is Real: psychedelia for piano and electronics, a kaleidoscopic concert of fleeting sonic images, epic journeys and eerie doppelgangers. The program includes works from Shaun Naidoo, Pierre Jodlowski, Linda Bouchard,
Charles Dodge, Alvin Lucier, and Mike McFerron. Performers will include Aron Kallay, Vatche Mankerian, Vicki Ray, Rafael Liebich, Genevieve Lee, and Louise Thomas. Pierre’s Fine Pianos, 11039 Pico Blvd., Los Angeles | $20 / $10 students

From LAFMS:

Saturday, February 11, 12pm (noon)
The Box is host yet again to another ful day of LAFMS and related musical performances in support of the exhibition “Beneath The Valley Of the Lowest Form Of Music: The Los Angeles Free Music Society (1972-2012)”. Performances begin at noon and will conclude by 7pm, featuring Extended Organ (Tom Recchion, Paul McCarthy, Joe Potts and Fredrik Nilsen), Jim Shaw (with Dani Tull & Eddie Rusha), Marnie Weber’s F for Ache/Dolphin Explosion (Marnie Weber, Dani Tull, Doug Harvey…with Colette Weber Shaw and Ariel West), Feedback Waveriders (Antony DiGennaro, Michael Fink, Paul McCarthy, Chas Smith, Brian Walsh), Vetza & Joe Potts, Ace and Duce, and Dinosaurs With Horns. The Box, 805 Traction Ave., downtown Los Angeles | Free, donations appreciated

From REDCAT:

Saturday, February 11, 8:30pm
Vintage electronics share a stage with the newest sonic technology when acclaimed Dutch composer Thomas Ankersmit highlights a two-night festival celebrating the CalArts Center for Experiments in Art, Information and Technology (CEAIT). “Ambient Night” on Saturday features the debut of a new work by Ankersmit created expressly for the historic Serge analogue modular synthesizer, originally developed by Serge Tcherepnin at CalArts in the 1970s. Ankersmit, known for abstract, intensely focused electroacoustic work using hyper-kinetic synth and computer improvisation, kicks off a program that also features work by zerfall_gebiete, the duo of electronic ambient soundscape veterans Thomas Köner and Ulrich Krieger. REDCAT, located in the Walt Disney Concert Hall Complex, 631 West 2nd St., downtown Los Angeles | $20 / $16 / $10

From SASSAS:

Sunday February 12, 7pm
SASSAS and Center for the Arts Eagle Rock present the Ad Hoc series, having the honor of presenting an evening with Fred Frith. As a songwriter, composer, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist Fred is best known for the reinvention of the electric guitar. Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, 2225 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock | $12 advance / $10 for SASSAS and CFAER members / $15 at the door advance tickets available here

From REDCAT:

Wednesday, February 15, 8:30pm
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of John Cage’s birth, REDCAT hosts two nights of rarely played music – some of which is performed for the first time in Los Angeles. The CalArts New Century Players join forces with the CalArts Orchestra to open the festival with a program of large-scale pieces by the American visionary, including Dance/4 Orchestras, Fourteen, Etcetera, Ryoanji, and Renga. REDCAT, located in the Walt Disney Concert Hall Complex, 631 West 2nd St., downtown Los Angeles | $20 / $16 students / $10 CalArts students, faculty, staff

From musicweb UCSD:

Thursday, February 16, 8pm
Violinist Andrew McIntosh and bassist Scott Worthington perform Wolfgang von Schweinitz’s concert-length duo in just intonation, Plainsound Glissando Modulation. University of California San Diego, CPMC Concert Hall, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla | Free

From REDCAT:

Thursday, February 16, 8:30pm
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of John Cage’s birth, REDCAT hosts two nights of rarely played music – some of which is performed for the first time in Los Angeles. The New Century Players center the festival’s second evening on Cage’s seminal graphic score Fontana Mix – a telling example of the composer’s fascination with the ideas of indeterminacy, chance, and silence. In addition to the original Fontana Mix tape music composition itself, the program consists of instrumental group works composed using the Fontana Mix score by James Tenney, David Behrman, Cornelius Cardew, and others responding to Cage’s benchmark. REDCAT, located in the Walt Disney Concert Hall Complex, 631 West 2nd St., downtown Los Angeles | $20 / $16 students / $10 CalArts students, faculty, staff

Related articles

• Thomas Ankersmit creating new work for Serge synthesizer (thewire.co.uk)
• John Cage Festival at REDCAT (avantmusicnews.com)

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From FaceBook:

Saturday, January 7, 8:30pm
Fab’s Corner Cucina proudly presents the Joe Bartone Ambient Quartet, featuring Joe Bartone (guitar), Trevor Steer (Moog, keys), Mike Lockwood (drums), and Kyle O’Donnel (tenor sax). Fab’s Corner Cucina, 4336 Van Nuys Blvd., Sherman Oaks | more info here

Sunday, January 8, 7pm
Open Gate Theatre Sunday Series and the Center for the Arts Eagle Rock present the Vinny Golia Sextet and The Curiosities. Vinny’s sextet features Vinny Golia (woodwinds), Daniel Rosenboom (trumpet), Gavin Templeton (alto sax), Alex Noice (electric guitar), Jon Armstrong (bass guitar), and Andrew Lessman (drums). The Curiosities is comprised of Seattle-based Amy Denio (multi-instrumentals, vocals, performance art), Emily Hay (flute, vocals), NYC-based Lucio Menegnon (guitar), Brad Dutz (drums), and Kio Griffith (video art). Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, 2225 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock, Los Angeles | $10/students, seniors, and series performers half price.

From Monday Evening Concerts

Monday, January 9, 8pm
Monday Evening Concerts presents one of the most extraordinary works to come out of Vienna in recent years, Klaus Lang’s einfalt. stille. (“simplicity. quiet.”), offering a mesmerizing hour-long venture through cloudscapes of sound created by flute, female voice, viola, and percussion. The performance features a rare appearance by the astonishing Russian singer Natalia Pschenitschnikova, as well as Andrew McIntosh (viola), Jonathan Hepfer (percussion), and Alice Teyssier (flute). Colburn School, Zipper Concert Hall, 200 South Grand Ave., downtown Los Angeles | $27, $12 students, tickets available here

From Santa Barbara New Music Series

Thursday, January 12, 8pm
The Santa Barbara New Music Series presents “Call and Response” and the C#4. “Call and Response” is a program that features Dottie Grossman (poems), Michael Vlatkovich (trombone), and Rich West (drums, percussion). The C#4 ensemble brings together Charles Sharp (reeds), Anthony Shadduck (bass), Jeff Schwartz (bass), and Trevor Andries (drums), along with a guest appearance by Rich West (percussion). Muddy Waters Cafe, 508 East Haley St., Santa Barbara | $8

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Coming to the Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock:

CONCERT SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2012 7:00PM
Eagle Rock Center for the Arts
2225 Colorado Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90054

THE CURIOSITIES:
Amy Denio – (Seattle based ) Multi-instrumentalist/vocalist/performance artist
Emily Hay – Flutist/vocalist
with
Brad Dutz – Percussionist
Lucio Menegnon – (NYC based) Guitarist
Kio Griffith – Video Artist

and

THE VINNY GOLIA SEXTET:
Vinny Golia – Woodwinds
Daniel Rosenbloom – Trumpet
Gavin Templeton – Alto saxophone
Alex Noice – Electric guitar
Jon Armstrong – Bass guitar
Andrew Lessman – Drums

Admission is $10,
students, seniors, and series performers half price.
Free parking is plentiful.
Further information can be obtained by calling (626) 795-4989.

Mark Dresser image by Juan N Only via Flickr

Friday-Saturday, November 18-19, 9pm (both nights)
Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice
Beyond Music presents: WILD UP ENSEMBLE/CLARENCE BARLOW
Wild Up Ensemble will perform pieces by Clarence Barlow, George Antheil, Conlon Nancarrow, piano rags by Albright and Bolcom, the Misfits, x-ray specs, Fear, and an arrangement of an arrangement (Black Flag —> Dirty Projectors —> wild Up).
Wild Up Ensemble musician roster available here.

From musicweb.UCSD:

Saturday, November 19, 8pm
University of California San Diego, CPMC Concert Hall, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla
The Jeff Kaiser Ockodektet (BIG band) performing new and old works
David Borgo, Vinny Golia, Emily Hay, Andrew Pask, Tracy McMullen (woodwinds); Dan Clucas, John Fumo, Brad Henkel, Daniel Rosenboom, Kris Tiner (trumpets); Michael Dessen, Michael Vlatkovich (trombones); Jonathan Piper, William Roper (tubas); Wayne Peet (piano, keyboards, theremin); Tom McNalley (acoustic guitars); Steuart Liebig (electric contrabass guitar); Jim Connolly (contrabass, musical saw), Mark Dresser (contrabass); Rich West, Brad Dutz (percussion); Jeff Kaiser (conductor).

From CalArts:

Saturday, November 19, 8pm
California Institute of the Arts, Roy O. Disney Music Hall, 24700 McBean Pkwy., Valencia
CalArts welcomes Russian visiting artist Roman Stolyar (piano) in a duo concert with Susan Allen (harp, kayagum) celebrating the release of their new CD Together. The duo also performs with guests Peni Candra Rini (voice) and alumnus Gene Coye (drums), along with CalArts Improvisation Ensembles.

From SundaysLive.org:

Saturday, November 19, 7pm and Sunday, November 20, 6pm
First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica, 1220 Second St., Santa Monica
Jacaranda: Music at the Edge presents an evening of music by Henryk Gorecki (1933–2010), on the first anniversary of his death. Included on the program will be his Four Preludes for piano Op.1 (1955), Quartet No.2 Op.64 “Quasi una Fantasia” (1991), Quartet No.1 Op.62 “Already it is Dusk” (1988), and Kleines Requiem für eine Polka, Op.66 (1993). Performing ensembles include CALDER QUARTET: BENJAMIN JACOBSON and ANDREW BULBROOK (violins), JONATHAN MOERSCHEL (viola), ERIC BYERS (cello); LYRIS QUARTET: ALYSSA PARK and SHALINI VIJAYAN (violins), LUKE MAURER (viola), TIMOTHY LOO (cello); MARK ROBSON (piano); JACARANDA CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, MARK ALAN HILT (conductor).

From FaceBook Events:

Saturday, November 19, 8pm
(the) Handbag Factory, 1336 South Grand Ave., downtown Los Angeles
THIEF & MikeMeza Present: MELT, a low key psychedelic affair
Music by Wild Pack Of Canaries, Bad Dreams, Tapioca and The Flea, Bellwether Ambassadors, Karma The Mirror, Blac Jesus and the Experimentalists. Catch THE STRANGERS FAMILY BAND laying down the vibe on the rooftop of this 3 story venue spinning the very best in Psych/Garage/Shoegaze & International Noise. Melting Walls by THIEF. Live Art by Jason Lund. Photography by Will Tee Yang.

From musicweb.UCSD:

Sunday, November 20, 12pm (noon)
University of California San Diego, CPMC Theatre, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla
Telematic Class Concert
Penta Locus connects performers at five universities around the world by internet for a live concert. Collaborating with UCSD are New York University, Concordia University in Montreal, Queens University in Belfast, and the Hamburg Hochschule of Music. Faculty and students have composed new works for the concert. The UCSD contingent consists of students in Mark Dresser’s Telematics classes. Telematics is Dresser’s ongoing project exploring ways to incorporate technology as a vital part of the production and performance process. Audiences at each location experience musicians who are standing in front of them and musicians whose images and audio are piped in by internet and blended into the concert. Under Dresser’s direction at UCSD, the performers are Kyle Blair (piano), Steven Solook (percussion), Yeung-ping Chen (clarinet), Yvette Jackson (trumpet), Tiffany Du Mouchelle and Bonnie Lander (voice), Adam Goodwin (bass), Kjell Nordeson (drums), Joe Cantrell (electronics/guitar), and Drew Ceccato (reeds). On the computer/technology side are Jason Ponce (director), Sami Nacach, Alex Segal, Luke Oskam, Torrance Carroll, Kyle Tice, and Michael Cheng.

From SASSAS:

Sunday, November 20, 1pm (load-in at 12:30pm)
Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, 2225 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock, Los Angeles
SASSAS and Center for the Arts Eagle Rock present soundShoppe
soundShoppe offers a means by which sound artists can hangout on a regular basis and informally explore their medium together. soundShoppe offers experienced sound musicians an opportunity experiment with different instrumentations and approaches and play outside of their comfort zone. soundShoppe also presents the opportunity for novice sound artists to interact with more experienced ones. soundShoppe at Center for the Arts Eagle Rock is a monthly unstructured sound workshop/noise jam for experimental musicians and sound artists.

From Angel City Arts:

Sunday, November 20, 7pm
Royal T, 8910 Washington Blvd., Culver City
Duo Improvisations with Susan Allen (harp) and Roman Stolyar (piano), with special guest Vinny Golia (woodwinds).

From the wulf:

Sunday, November 20, 8pm
the wulf, 1026 South Santa Fe Avenue #203, downtown Los Angeles
* Sound for the wulf. by Nomi Epstein
* Stolen Synthesis Nos. 1-5 by Alejandro Acierto
* Species Endemic to a Hill by Colin Wambsgans

From Angel City Arts:

Wednesday, November 23, 8pm
Royal T, 8910 Washington Blvd., Culver City
What’s Next Ensemble – LA Composer Project
The program will include pieces by Sean Friar: Fighting Words, Don Crockett: To Airy Thinness Beat, Wojtek Blecharz: Cartography, Louis Andriessen: Workers Union.

Related articles

• Jen Shyu/Mark Dresser: Synastry – review (guardian.co.uk)
• Chords of Repose at Composer’s Memorial (nytimes.com)

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From Sundays Live:

Saturday, November 12, 7:30pm
The Getty Center, Harold M. Williams Auditorium, 1200 Getty Center Dr., (Westside) Los Angeles
PACIFIC STANDARD TIME PRESENTS: Carl Stone
CARL STONE (laptop, electronics), GLORIA CHENG (harpsichord), MIN XIAO-FEN (pipa).

From Metal Jazz:

Saturday, November 12, 9pm
blue whale, 123 astronaut E S Onizuka St. Suite 301, downtown Los Angeles
Larry Karush Group, Part II
Larry Karush (piano), Danilo Lozano (flute), Chris Colangelo (bass), Randy Gloss & Brad Dutz (percussion)

From FaceBook Events:

Saturday, November 12, 9pm
Zephyr Vegetarian Cafe, 340 East 4th St., Long Beach
Zephyr and LVXEdge.com present 2nd Saturday Experimental Music Series with:
Scott Heustis (acoustic guitar), Orlando Greenhill (bass), Sander Roscoe Wolff (piano).

Monday, November 14, 8:30am-9pm
University of California Riverside, Center for Ideas and Society, INTS 1113, 900 University Ave., Riverside
“Improvisation, History, and the Past” a one-day conference
Speakers include Jayna Brown, Danielle Goldman, Anthea Kraut, George Lewis, Tracy McMullen, Pauline Oliveros, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Sherrie Tucker, Deborah Wong.
The conference concludes with a concert by Pauline Oliveros and Tracy McMullen.

From CalArts:

Monday, November 14, 2pm
California Institute of the Arts, 24700 McBean Pkwy., Valencia
The Jazz Performance program presents visiting artists Vinny Golia, Dan Rosenboom, Gavin Templeton, Jon Armstrong, Alex Noice and Andrew Lessman.

From musicweb UC San Diego:

Monday, November 14, 8pm
University of California San Diego, CPMC Concert Hall, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla
New Music UCSD presents Trio Kobayashi
Zara Teicher (french horn), Matt Barbier (trombones) and Luke Storm (tuba).
Trio Kobayashi specializes in the emerging field of just intonation music for brass.

From Angel City Arts:

Monday, November 14, 9pm
blue whale, 123 astronaut E S Onizuka St. Suite 301, downtown Los Angeles
Angel City Arts presents The Empty Cage Quartet
Jason Mears (saxophone, clarinet), Kris Tiner (trumpet, flugelhorn), Ivan Johnson (contrabass), Paul Kikuchi (percussion, drums).

Thursday, November 17, 9pm
blue whale, 123 astronaut E S Onizuka St. Suite 301, downtown Los Angeles
Angel City Arts presents Lisa Mezzacappa’s Bait & Switch
Aaron Bennett (tenor saxophone), John Finkbeiner (electric guitar), Vijay Anderson (drums), Lisa Mezzacappa (acoustic bass).

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• Resonant Forms West Coast Tour (waywardmusic.blogspot.com)
• Upcoming Deep Listening Events (avantmusicnews.com)

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From Free Jazz:

Agustí Fernández – El Laberint De La Memòria (Mbari, 2011) ****½
Agustí Fernández and Joan Saura – Vents (Psi, 2011) ***
Paul Kikuchi – Portable Sanctuary, Vol. 1 (Present Sounds, 2011) ***½
Open Graves – Flight Patterns (Prefecture Records, 2010) ****
Brad Dutz Quartet – Fashionably Impaired (self-published, 2011) ****
Julius Hemphill and Peter Kowald “Live at Kassiopeia” (No Business, 2011)****
Julius Hemphill – Dogon AD (International Phonograph, 1972-2011 re-issue) ******
Kidd Jordan – On Fire (Engine, 2011) ****

Related articles

• Playlist: Music of Aboriginal Music Society and Julius Hemphill (nytimes.com)
• Julius Hemphill – Dogon A.D. (Arista/Freedom 1972, 1977; International Phonograph, 2011) (jazzandblues.blogspot.com)

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From CalArts:

Thursday, October 27, 6:30pm
California Institute of the Arts, B214a (The Machine Lab), 24700 McBean Pkwy, Valencia
The Music Technology (MTIID) program presents visiting artist Trimpin. Trimpin will be giving a talk about his life and work as a electromechanical instrument sculptor and installation artist, followed by a Q&A session.

Thursday, October 27, 8pm
California Institute of the Arts, The Wild Beast, 24700 McBean Pkwy, Valencia
Guitar (+1): a concert of guitar solos and duets by Michael Pisaro, featuring Brendan Byrnes, Ingrid Lee and Chaz Underriner.

From MetalJazz.com:

Thursday, October 27, 8pm
Royal T Cafe, 8910 Washington Blvd., Culver City
A benefit concert for OneLov.org, featuring Deux Sons, Walsh Set Trio, SlumGum, and the Brad Dutz Quartet. OneLov.org is dedicated to positively encourage & inspire underprivileged children through art. Admission is $2 plus a suggested donation of watercolor paints, colored pencils, markers, pastels, brushes, sharpeners, art paper, and erasers. More information about this event is available here.

From REDCAT:

Friday-Saturday-Sunday, October 28-30, 8:30pm
REDCAT, at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, 631 W. Second St., downtown Los Angeles
REDCAT presents Wadada Leo Smith: Ten Freedom Summers
featuring the Golden Quartet: Wadada Leo Smith (composer, trumpet), Susie Ibarra (drums), Angelica Sanchez (piano), John Lindberg (bass), and members of Southwest Chamber Music. A world-premiere epic journey performed over the course of three concerts, this major new opus by creative music luminary Wadada Leo Smith and commissioned by Southwest Chamber Music draws upon, and interprets, key events in the history of the Civil Rights Movement from 1954 through 1964.
* Friday – First Collection: Defining Moments in America
* Saturday – Second Collection: What Is Democracy
* Sunday – Third Collection: Ten Freedom Summers

From Sundays Live:

Saturday, October 29, 7:30pm
Chapman University, Salmon Recital Hall, One University Dr., Orange
Chapman University Faculty Recital: Nicholas Terry (percussion), with guest artists Chapman Faculty Percussionist Justin DeHart, Pomona College Faculty Pianist Genevieve Lee, Cal Poly Pomona Faculty Pianist Nadia Shpachenko performing:
* George Crumb: Makrokosmos III – Music for a Summer Evening & Otherworldly Resonances
* Shaun Naidoo: Nigerian Spam: an opera for solo percussion, pre-recorded percussion, computer voices, and Nigerian Spam e-mails and other selections.

From FaceBook Events:

Saturday, October 29, 9pm
Sancho, 1549 W. Sunset Blvd., Echo Park, Los Angeles
BOW+ARROW PRESENTS (ONE OF A KIND PERFORMANCE INSTALLATION): NUKEWAVE BLASTZONE/ CLOWNS+FETUSES/DIVINEBRICK RESEARCH PROJECTS /GIMME UM+THE WALKING CORPSES plus DJ BADMAN BLASQUEZ, DJ ZSA ZSA VIDEO + MORE TBA

From Beyond Baroque:

Saturday, October 29, 9pm
Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice
Beyond Music presents Walsh Set Trio: Brian Walsh (clarinet, bass clarinet), Trevor Anderies (drums), Colin Burgess (bass) exploring improvisation through contemporary classical music, jazz, and noise making.

From FaceBook Events:

Sunday, October 30, 5pm
The Echo, 1822 Sunset Blvd., Echo Park, Los Angeles
Wicked Nightmare Celebration!!! featuring: Timur and the Dime Museum, with special guests Noah and the MegaFauna, Ann Magnuson, Kristian Hoffman, Charles Bernstein, Ursula Knudson of Fishtank Ensemble, Veronique Chevalier, Dorian Wood, Liberty Larsen, Trio Kobayashi, Kari Rae Seekins, Peni Candra Rini.

From Angel City Arts:

Sunday, October 30, 7:30pm
Royal T, 8910 Washington Blvd., Culver City
The Jeff Gauthier Goatette – ‘Open Source’ CD Release Party featuring:
Jeff Gauthier (violin, effects), John Fumo (trumpet, effects), David Witham (piano, keyboard, effects), Scott Walton (bass), Alex Cline (drums, percussion). Jeff Gauthier brings his “Goatette” into Royal T for a special album release and kickoff event for his two weeks curating The Stone in New York City.

From UC San Diego:

Wednesday, November 2, 7pm
University of California San Diego, CPMC Experimental Theatre, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla
Inspiraling: Telematic Jazz Explorations 2011. A concert of new music and integrated video conceived for the telematic medium featuring renowned improvisers performing at UC San Diego and New York University. Composers are UCSD’s Mark Dresser along with Michael Dessen and Sarah Weaver. Performers in San Diego are Dresser (bass and conductor), Nicole Mitchell (flute), Michael Dessen (trombone), and Joshua White (piano). The New York ensemble includes Jane Ira Bloom (soprano saxophone), Amir ElSaffar (trumpet), Oliver Lake (alto saxophone), Tomas Ulrich (cello), Ikue Mori (laptop), and Sarah Weaver (conductor). Collaborators also include video artists John Crawford and Sarah Jane Lapp, as well as set designer Victoria Petrovich.

Related articles

• Trumpeter/Composer Wadada Leo Smith presents world premiere of civil rights opus (alarmpress.com)
• The Jeff Gauthier Goatette – Open Source (Cryptogramophone, 2011) (jazzandblues.blogspot.com)

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From Sundays Live:

Thursday, October 20, 12:45pm
Pierce College, Performing Arts Bldg. Main Stage, 6201 Winnetka Ave., Woodland Hills
Brad Dutz / Chris Wabich (percussion duo)

From Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Los Angeles:

Thursday, October 20, 7pm
Istituto Italiano di Cultura Los Angeles, 1023 Hilgard Ave., Westwood
Andrea Centazzo will perform MILLE: A MULTIMEDIA CONCERT, with musical and visual connections related to Garibaldi’s Expedition of the Thousand

From MetalJazz:

Thursday, October 20, 7pm
The Talking Stick, 1411 Lincoln Blvd., Venice
music from Israeli postjazz peaceniks Maetar: Hagai (horns), Itai (bass), James Gadson (drums).

From Sundays Live:

Thursday, October 20, 8pm
California State University Fullerton, Performing Arts Center, 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton
CSUF Lloyd Rodgers Group in concert, performing Discourse on the Measurement of Tones – Book IV and Catastrophe of Meaning. The ensemble consists of electric bass, electric violin, cheap electric keyboard, and two percussionists playing vibraphone, marimba and drums.

From The Codega:

Thursday, October 20, 9pm
King King Hollywood, The Gypsy Room, 6555 Hollywood Blvd. (@ Whitley), Hollywood
The Codega presents The Fishtank Ensemble and friends, including AK and her Kalashnikovs, The Dustbowl Revival, Califa, and PLOTZ! More info available here.

From MetalJazz:

Thursday, October 20, 9pm
The Blue Whale, 123 Astronaut E S Onizuka St., Little Tokyo, downtown LA
* Tin Bag: Kris Tiner (trumpet), Mike Baggetta (guitar)
* The Walsh Set Trio: Brian Walsh (clarinet, bass clarinet), Trevor Anderies (drums), Colin Burgess (bass)
more information available here.

From FaceBook Events:

Friday, October 21, 8pm
Loyal Order of Moose, Glendale Lodge 641, 357 Arden Ave., Glendale
Open Gate Theatre and the Glendale Moose Lodge present, Tears of the Moosechaser
Born of wood and rusty metal and melding a slew of genres from Folk Bluegrass to Industrial Metal. TotM has become considered Avant-Americana, Apocalyptic Country, and a variety of other volatile things. Performing in this edition will be David Zink (guitar), and Dana Cooper (guitar), along with Tears of the Moosechaser players: Blanton Ross (vocals, composition, lyrics), Antony DiGennaro (composition, guitars, prepared instruments, vocals), Igor Korvolych (mandolin, mandocello), David Tranchina (bass), Ulrich Krieger (bass clarinet), Chris Stewart (violin, vocals), James Barry (cello), Daniel Corral (accordion),
Gabriel Deutsch (banjitar), Paul Fuller (banjo).

Friday, October 21, 8pm
Exhibit [A], 555 Pine Ave., Long Beach
Break the Mold series at Exhibit [A] presents:
Anthony Shadduck Double Quartet featuring the performance painting of Norton Wisdom
Tom McNalley (guitar), Brian Walsh (bass clarinet), Devin Hoff (contrabass), Alan Cook (drums), and
Jeff Kaiser (trumpet), Alex Sadnik (alto sax), Anthony Shadduck (contrabass), Ted Byrnes (drums), and
Norton Wisdom (performance painting).

From Sundays Live:

Friday, October 21, 8pm
Boston Court, 70 North Mentor Ave., Pasadena
Music At The Court presents: The New Sound of Silent Film
Classic Silent Film, F.W. Murnau’s “Nosferatu” (1922) with Live Score Performed by Bassist TOM PETERS

From the experimental music yearbook:

Friday, October 21, 8pm
BETALEVEL, 963 N. Hill St., Chinatown, downtown LA
the experimental music yearbook Concert 3 features performances by John Bischoff, Scott Cazan, GX Jupitter Larsen, and Mark Trayle.

Saturday, October 22, 8pm
the wulf, 1026 South Santa Fe Ave. #203, downtown LA
the experimental music yearbook Concert 4 features performances by Casey Anderson, John P. Hastings, Albert Ortega, and C. Spencer Yeh.

From FaceBook Events:

Saturday, October 22, 7pm
Tribal Cafe, 1651 W. Temple St. #A, Echo Park, LA
Creative Alarm Inventions: an evening of creative music curated by Jonathon Grasse
* 7:00pm – Other Criteria: Robert F. Leng (saxes), Tom Steck (drums, percussion)
* 8:10pm – Christian Rosales (sax), Steve Abbott (trumpet)
* 8:50pm – trio: Jonathon Grasse (guitar), Emily Hay (flute, vocals), Tom Steck (drums, percussion)
* 10:00pm – Scott Heustis (guitar), Breeze Smith (drums, percussion), Ben Rosenbloom (keys), Tony Atherton (sax), Ellen Burr (flute)
and other surprises throughout the evening!

From CalArts:

Saturday, October 22, 7pm
California Institute of the Arts, 24700 McBean Pkwy, Valencia
Wild Beast Concert Series presents Four Pianos and a Wedding
Two avant-garde classics: George Antheil’s Ballet Mécanique (1924) and Igor Stravinsky’s Les Noces (The Wedding, 1923).

From Sundays Live:

Saturday, October 22, 8pm
Boston Court, 70 North Mentor Ave., Pasadena
Music At The Court presents: California E.A.R. Unit
Vicky Ray (piano), Eric KM Clark (violin), Amy Knoles (percussion) performing new works by Macedonian composer Darija Andovska, Portuguese composer Miguel Azguime, Berlin’s Michael Maierhof, New York’s Lisa Coons, Rhode Island’s Todd Winkler, and CSULB faculty composer Alan Schockley.

From FaceBook Events:

Saturday, October 22, 8pm
Pieter Studio, 420 West Avenue 33 Unit 10, Lincoln Heights, LA
Open Gate Theatre presents an evening of improvisation, featuring:
Jie Ma (pipa), Alex Cline (percussion), Kio Griffith (video), Will Salmon (flute, voice, movement), Mitsu Salmon (movement, voice).

From SASSAS:

Sunday, October 23, 1pm (12:30 load-in)
Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, 2225 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock, LA
soundShoppe is a monthly unstructured sound workshop/noise jam for experimental musicians and sound artists presented by SASSAS and Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock.

From CalArts:

Monday, October 24, 2pm
California Institute of the Arts, Roy O. Disney Music Hall, 24700 McBean Pkwy, Valencia
The Jazz Performance program presents visiting artist Nicole Mitchell, as part of the Jazz Forum class.

Related articles

• Taran’s Free Jazz Hour, Podcast 32/2011 (avantmusicnews.com)
• Interview with Andrea Centazzo (roulette nyc)
• Nels Cline and Norton Wisdom Collaborate (pastemagazine.com)
• Stained Radiance – Nels Cline and Norton Wisdom (vimeo.com)

“The tunes on Iceland vs. Borneo pulsate and ricochet and generally distort one’s inner ear, (in a good way)…like something the Terminator might want playing at his bachelor party. There’s a lot of technology-meets-nightmarish vocal distortions amid the undulating synthesizer effects here…complete with a Stephen Hawking meets Beastie Boys sampling Tangerine Dream type of rap narrative.” –Robert Bush

Also out is a new one from External Logic Machine (Kaiser/McNalley/Byrnes) on pfMENTUM.

For those in Southern California: The largest installment yet of The Jeff Kaiser Ockodektet will be performing at UC San Diego in the Conrad Prebys Music Center’s main concert hall.
Date: Saturday, November 19, Time: 8pm, Cost: Free!

The band will feature:
Sax: David Borgo, Vinny Golia, Andrew Pask, Tracy McMullen; Flute: Emily Hay; Trumpets: Dan Clucas, John Fumo, Brad Henkel, Kris Tiner; Tromnones: Michael Dessen, Michael Vlatkovich; Tuba: Jonathan Piper, William Roper; Keyboards and Theremin: Wayne Peet; Acoustic Guitar: Tom McNalley; Electric Contrabass Guitar: Steuart Liebig; Contrabass: Jim Connolly (also on musical saw), Mark Dresser; Percussion: Rich West and Brad Dutz. Conductor: Jeff Kaiser

http://www.jeffkaiser.com/events.html

Stream the Ockodektet albums here:

http://music.jeffkaiser.com/album/13-themes-for-a-triskaidekaphobic

http://music.jeffkaiser.com/album/the-alchemical-mass-o-suite-solutio

http://music.jeffkaiser.com/album/17-themes-for-ockodektet

BRAD DUTZ / EMILY HAY / MOKOTO HONDA With Guest WAYNE PEET – Polarity Taskmasters
ASMUS TIETCHENS + RICHARD CHARTIER – Fabrication 2
PHILIP HALKE – The Two Edges
PHILIP HALKE – Above The Din
GEN KEN MONTGOMERY – Birds + Machines (1980-1989)
JOHN BERNDT – New Logic For Old Saxophones
JOHN BERNDT – The Private Language Problem (New Electro-Acoustic Compositions, 2001-2007)
NEIL METCALFE & OLIE BRICE – Brackish
SPARKLE IN GREY & TEX LA HOMA – Whale Heart, Whale Heart