San Francisco Scene: January 27 – February 3, 2017

From the Bay Improviser Calendar.

Friday, January 27

Fri 1/27 7:00 PM Christ Church [2138 Cedar St., Berkeley]
Ensemble ARI plays contemporary music and late romantic. A premiere piece of Haeguem with piano trio!

Fri 1/27 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Einsteinium Quartet’s premiere of Shapeshift by Mario Godoy

Fri 1/27 9:00 PM Uptown Nightclub [1928 Telegraph Ave Oakland]
Active Music Series presents a special tribute to Pauline Oliveros performed by sfSound.

Saturday, January 28

Sat 1/28 7:00 PM St.Marks Epispocal Church [600 Colorado Ave. Palo Alto]
A piece for haeguem and piano trio (premiere) / Contemporary pieces with Romantic pieces by fabulous musicians

Sat 1/28 7:30 PM Episcopal Church of the Incarnation [1750 29th Ave SF]
The Shimmer of the Sea – Chamber music with Sarah Wood, violin, Miles Graber, piano.

Sat 1/28 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Kasey Knudsen- alto / Miles Wick- bass / Jordan Glenn- drums

Sat 1/28 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
The Opus Project Presents Opus 49: Orations / Ovations
Sat 1/28 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Moe! Staiano Guitar Ensemble

Sunday, January 29

Sun 1/29 7:30 PM SIMM Series @ The Musicians Union Hall [116 9th St @ Mission SF]
7:30 pm The Art of Skatch
T.D Skatchit – Tom Nunn – Skatchart, David Michalak – soundscapes
guest Kyle Bruckmann – English Horn, oboe
8:30 pm Sl(e)ight Ensemble
Jacob Lane – piano, Mia Bella D’Augelli – violin, Erika Oba – flute, Devon Thrumston – cello

Sun 1/29 7:30 PM SFJAZZ Center [201 Franklin Street, San Francisco]
Rova Saxophone Quartet
plays John Coltrane’s ‘Ascension’
& Tribute to Butch Morris

Sun 1/29 8:00 PM Radius Gallery [1050 River St #127 Santa Cruz]
Ma’ayan Tsadka performs her Museum of Extinct Sounds and Imaginary Water Creatures, a trip through underwater amplification and cryptozoology. Laura Steenberge and KCM Walker perform a new collaborative work.

Monday, January 30

Mon 1/30 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Bent Duo (NYC) + Inner Movements (Pascucci & Clifford)
Bent Duo (NYC) is David Friend, piano, and Bill Solomon, percussion, performing works by a new generation of composers from a variety of musical circles. Inner Movements (Oakland) is an ensemble which focuses on the performance of new music for ensembles of percussion and strings.

Mon 1/30 7:30 PM Herbst Theatre [401 Van Ness Ave SF]
Earplay Season 32: Air

Mon 1/30 9:30 PM Studio Grand [3234 Grand Ave, Oakland]
Marshall DunkelpeK + Andrew Palmer & Flower Pattern

Thursday, February 2

Thu 2/02 7:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Del Sol String Quartet – “Soundings 4.3″

Thu 2/02 8:00 PM Luggage Store Creative Music Series [1007 Market Street SF]
8pm: Amanda Chaudhary (electronics)
9pm: Agnes Szelag and Danista Rivero