From the Bay Improviser:
Friday, June 5
Fri 6/05 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Matmos, Kevin Blechdom
Part of the Megapolis Audio FestivalFri 6/05 9:30 PM Duende [468 19th Street Oakland]
Amendola vs. Blades – Live Recording!Saturday, June 6
Sat 6/06 2:30 PM The Ridge Space [634 15th St Oakland]
How the Squid Sings (It Screams) – Bhob Rainey
Part of the Megapolis Audio FestivalSat 6/06 5:00 PM Re:Sound [Magazine A-168, Railroad Ave. & Mercado Ct., Mare Island, Vallejo, CA 94592]
SUN
Re:Sound and 23five present an afternoon of sound and video inside a highly resonant concrete munitions storage magazine. Live performances by Keith Evans, Cheryl E. Leonard + Rebecca Haseltine, and HoraFlora.Sat 6/06 8:00 PM Berkeley Arts [2133 University Avenue Berkeley]
Greenlief & Raskin’s 2 + 2: Phillip Greenlief – alto and tenor saxophones; Jon Raskin – alto and baritone saxophones; Claudia La Rocco – poetry, voice (New York); Elizabeth Robinson – poetry, voice (Colorado)Sat 6/06 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Jonah Parzen-Johnson Solo & Steven Lugerner’s SLUGish
Chicago born/Brooklyn based lofi experimental folk saxophonist, Jonah Parzen-Johnson, performs solo music for analog synthesizer and baritone saxophone in support of his new album Remember When Things Were Better Tomorrow (6/2/15 Primary Records). He shares the bill with Bay Area composer & woodwind renaissance man Steven Lugerner’s SLUGish ensemble.Sat 6/06 9:30 PM Duende [468 19th Street Oakland]
Amendola vs. Blades – Live Recording!Sunday, June 7
Sun 6/07 4:00 PM Old First Church [1751 Sacramento St. San Francisco]
Splinter ReedsSun 6/07 4:30 PM Omni Oakland Commons [4799 Shattuck Ave Oakland]
Roman Mars, Song Exploder (live with Matmos)
Part of the Megapolis Audio FestivalSun 6/07 7:30 PM SIMM Series @ The Musicians Union Hall [Outsound Presents @ Musicians Union Hall 116 Ninth St @ Mission SF 94103]
7:30pm Amy Reed & Collette McCaslin Duo
Amy Reed – electric guitar and voice/Collette McCaslin – cornet
8:30pm Noertker’s Moxie
Annelise Zamula – saxes,flute/Theo Padouvas – trumpet/Bill Noertker – contrabass/Jason Levis – drumsSun 6/07 7:30 PM TAC: Temescal Art Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
The monthly serie of improvisation research at Temescal Arts Center continues. Bring your instrument or just your ears. Small groups will be randomly assembled from submitted names, and there will be a full set by Bran (…) Pos.Monday, June 8
Mon 6/08 8:00 PM Life Changing Ministry [Oakland]
ZEBU!, Bhob Rainey, Vapor Gourds, Sophie DickinsonMon 6/08 8:00 PM Berkeley Arts [2133 University Avenue Berkeley]
NewBorn Trio
NewBorn Trio is Katie Down & Miguel Frasconi playing glass objects and other instruments, plus Jeffrey Lependorf playing shakuhachi and Asian winds.Tuesday, June 9
Tue 6/09 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
DUOPO-J
An evening of new music for two clarinets and two cellos presented by a San Diego based ensemble of musicians from Japan, Australia, and the USA. The program will feature works by Liza Lim, Chikako Morishita, Olga Neuwirth, Ken Ueno, and Tashi Wada. Presented by Michiko Ogawa (Clarinet/Bass clarinet), Samuel Ekkerhardt Dunscombe (Clarinet/Bass clarinet), Tyler. J. Borden (Cello) and Judith Hamann (Cello).Wednesday, June 10
Wed 6/10 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Rova Power Trio vs. Rova String Quartet vs. ROVA!!!
Rova power trio: John Shiurba (el gtr.), Jason Hoopes (el. bass), Jordan Glenn (drums)
Rova String Quartet: Christina Stanley (violin), Tara Flandreau (viola), Alex Kelly (cello), Scott Walton (bass).
Rova Saxophone Quartet: Larry Ochs, Steve Adams, Jon Raskin, Bruce Ackley
In the run-up to Rova’s major show “Rovaté 2015” taking place on June 29 at ODC Theater, this is the second of two concerts at C4NM where Rova will introduce musical units of the June orchestra. All 3 units listed above will perform separately and mixed small units.Thursday, June 11
Thu 6/11 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Ensemble San Francisco: Amor
Ensemble San Francisco presents the world premiere of a new set of songs by composer Jose Gonzalez Granero, featuring SF Opera’s Efrain Solis. Also on the program is music by Oakland-based Mark Ackerley, and Osvaldo Golijov’s Levante for piano solo.Thu 6/11 8:00 PM Luggage Store Creative Music Series [998 Market St. SF]
8pm: Y’reka (Aram Shelton: Sax/electronics & Owen Stewart-Robinson: Guitar/electronics)
9pm: Pamela Z (voice, electronics, video)Thu 6/11 8:00 PM Berkeley Arts [2133 University Avenue, between Shattuck & Oxford, walking distance from downtown Berkeley BART]
8 pm Julie Moon and Adria Otte will present a set comprising of recent studies exploring configurations of duet improvisations, processing, and the negotiation of roles within these structures. 9 pm Phillip Greenlief’s BARBED WIRE – a series of 37 graphic scores for trio, performed by John Bischoff – electronics; Phillip Greenlief – reeds; Tim Perkis – electronicsFriday, June 12
Fri 6/12 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Switchboard Presents: Lady Band and surprise special guest
On Second Fridays at the Center for New Music, the Switchboard Presents concert series features split bills drawn from a roster of Switchboard alumni, Festival artists, and other acts who fall between genre lines.
June’s set features Lady Band, a new trio performing songs inspired by vintage sheet music, art song, sea chanties, and strophic tales. A nod to pre-digital home entertainment.Fri 6/12 10:00 PM Studio Grand [3234 Grand Ave, Oakland]
LORD TANG + STRATIC
LORD TANG
Lord Tang is a project of crumpled beats and melodies; the latest solo incarnation of Dominic Cramp.
STRATIC
Michael Coleman, keyboards & electronics
Aram Shelton, saxophone & processing via Max/MSP
Alex Vittum, drums & modular synthesizer.
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