Source: Bay Improviser Calendar.
Friday, December 2
Fri 12/02 8:00 PM Shapeshifters Cinema [567 5th St. Oakland]
An evening of audiovisual electroacoustic improvisations with Bjll Dingalls (Tom Djll/Bill Hsu/Matt Ingalls) and Bill WiatrowskiSaturday, December 3
Sat 12/03 7:45 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
The Ghost In The House Collective unites for a spirited musical and visual celebration paying tribute to former band mates Richard Waters, Tom Nunn and Kinji Hayashi including a performance of, “A Dream” by Edgar Allan Poe. Music to include ~ A Dream (Poe), Waterphone Calling, Innocence Walks a Dark Path and others. Films to include ~ The Weight of the News ~ dance excerpt with Kinji Hayashi, Skatch Garden – featuring Tom Nunn’s Skatchart and others.Sunday, December 4
Sun 12/04 2:00 PM Mosswood Sound Series [3630 Telegraph Ave enter 2nd door on 37th St Oakland]
Bay area pianist Motoko Honda and Houston saxophonist DANNY KAMINS reunite with the addition of local drum master Jordan Glenn. These seasoned improvisers/composers, fluent in a wide range of musical languages, can take you on an exciting sonic adventure going from textural and experimental soundscapes to unexpected rhythmic and melodic constructs.Sun 12/04 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Doors That Only Open in Silence (open participation, non-hierarchical workshop in free improvisation)
Wednesday, December 7
Wed 12/07 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
SOME OTHER STUFF: The Music of Grachan Moncur III
Rob Ewing (trombone), Bruce Ackley (sax), Dave Casini (vibes), Lisa Mezzacappa (bass), Jordan Glenn (drums)Wed 12/07 8:00 PM Luggage Store Creative Music Series [1007 Market Street SF]
LSG Creative Music Series
Lily Taylor
Farhadian/Matheus
Thea Farhadian – violin, electronics
Silvia Matheus – electronicsThursday, December 8
Thu 12/08 8:00 PM Peacock Lounge [552 Haight St SF]
Madalyn Merkey, Roco Córdova, Chandra Shukla, Syrnx
Thurs Dec. 8pm-11pm $5 notaflof, all ages
Peacock Lounge, 552 Haight, SF
Madalyn Merkey
Roco Córdova
Chandra Shukla
SyrnxFriday, December 9
Fri 12/09 5:30 PM The Knockout [3223 MISSION STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CA]
Happy Hour show at The Knockout in SF!!!
Featuring…..
The return of ETTRICK (Jacob Felix Heule & Jay Korber)
LAS SUCIAS (Danishta Rivero & Alexandra Buschman-Román)
JORDAN REYES (Chicago)
SHARKIFACE
FLETCHER PRATTFri 12/09 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
The Surround Sound Salon Series (SSSS) is a monthly show at CNM where composers present their music through an 8-channel surround system, generously provided by Meyer Sound. SSSS#9 Sound Pool is a live improvised performance by four composer/performers sharing a dynamically shifting 8-channel sound system. The creative musicians are: Zachary James Watikins, electonics, Ava Koohbor, electronics; Ben Davis, cello, and Chris Brown, virtual piano & electronic mix. The performance is continuous and lasts exactly one hour, and the audience is free to choose their own listening location, and to move within the space to hear the music from different vantage points.Fri 12/09 8:00 PM Space 124 @Project Artaud [499 Alabama St SF]
Pamela Z’s multimedia chamber work SIMULTANEOUS
Pamela Z presents “Simultaneous”, an intermedia performance work exploring the concept of simultaneity, through voice, electronic processing, chamber ensemble (English horn, viola, cello, and percussion), speech samples, gesture control, and projected video.Saturday, December 10
Sat 12/10 4:00 PM St. Mark’s Episcopal Church [600 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA]
This fall, the Peninsula Women’s Chorus weaves a tapestry of sound from a collection of contemporary and classical works stitched together with flute interludes created by our guest artist, Rachel Beetz. Focusing on how we are drawn together as family, friends, communities, and even pen pals, the repertoire explores the beauty and struggle of relationships and the time and work underlying meaningful connection. Beginning with Ysaye Barnwell’s wise and moving “We Are,” we continue with Aaron Copland’s vision of our final gathering in “At the River,” followed by Felix Mendelssohn’s stately contemplation of our connection to the divine, “Laudate Pueri Dominum.” The concert then weaves traditional chants, and Beetz’s live and processed flute sounds with contemporary works by Pamela Z, Amy X Neuburg, Karen Siegel, Eve Beglarian, and Eva Ugalde Álvarez. This concert will showcase the premiere of our commission by Jennifer Wilsey, titled “Would You Like to Have It All?” detailing the beauty of female friendship by means of text gathered from PWC and crafted into a libretto by Lynn Marie Kirby and Denise Newman. We conclude the concert with holiday selections, including selections from Vaughan Williams’ “Hodie,” Flory Jagoda’s “Ocho Kandelikas,” a Ladino song celebrating a child’s joyful memories of Chanukah, and ending with a boisterous celebration of gathering found in The Highwomen’s “The Crowded Table.”Sat 12/10 8:00 PM Project Artaud Theatre [499 Alabama St SF]
Pamela Z’s multimedia chamber work SIMULTANEOUS
Pamela Z presents “Simultaneous”, an intermedia performance work exploring the concept of simultaneity, through voice, electronic processing, chamber ensemble (English horn, viola, cello, and percussion), speech samples, gesture control, and projected video.
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