Coming to San Francisco

Source: Bay Improviser Calendar.

Friday, February 24

Fri 2/24 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Bristle
Avant chamber jazz quartet Bristle plays the Friday night series curated by MFN’s resident boohabian multi-reed player extraordinaire David Boyce.

Fri 2/24 7:30 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford]
Streaming and in-person:Click for stream
CCRMA presents a live diffusion of the 16-channel work “Haïkus” by Annette Vande Gorne.

Fri 2/24 7:30 PM San Francisco Zen Center [308 Page Street SF]
Butoh & Zen: A Winter’s Tale
with Christina Braun, dance and the live music of David Samas

Fri 2/24 8:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
LIZ RUVALCABA
Mexican vocalist/looper Lizeth Ruvalcaba returns to the Bay Area for a solo concert of electronically-augmented voice. Ruvalcaba is a singer and multi-instrumentalist born and raised in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Her main instrument is her voice; with it, she makes atmospheric and ethereal music that is deeply rooted in Mexican tradition.

Fri 2/24 8:00 PM The Back Room [1984 Bonita Ave Berkeley]
Kahil El’Zabar’s legendary Ethnic Heritage Ensemble

Saturday, February 25

Sat 2/25 7:00 PM SFJAZZ Center – Joe Henderson Lab [201 Franklin Street (at Fell) SF]
Zoh Amba
Two shows: 7:00 PM and 8:30 PM
Rising star saxophonist and flutist blends together avant-garde, folk melodies, and devotional hymns.

Sat 2/25 7:30 PM SFJAZZ Center [201 Franklin Street (at Fell) SF CA]
TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON: ‘SEEN/UNSEEN’ W/ LIVE VISUALS BY MICKALENE THOMAS
W/ CONDUCTOR EDMAR COLON, ETIENNE CHARLES, Del Sol String Quartet & MORE

Sat 2/25 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Idris Ackamoor’s Pyramids 50th Anniversary Listening Party

Sat 2/25 7:30 PM San Francisco Zen Center [308 Page Street SF]
Butoh & Zen: A Winter’s Tale
with Christina Braun, dance and the live music of David Samas

Sat 2/25 8:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Raven Chacon and Music Research Strategies

Sat 2/25 8:30 PM Indexical [Tannery Arts Center 1050 River St. #119 Santa Cruz]
Ryan Nestor — multimedia + percussion works exploring sound and imagery of wartime and violence + post-concert talk with San Diego New Music Executive Director Charissa Noble

Sunday, February 26

Sun 2/26 7:00 PM Mosswood Sound Series [3630 Telegraph Ave enter 2nd door on 37th St Oakland]
Moe! Staiano’s NEIGHBOURS, for eight players placed outside of the performance space.
Thomas Dimuzio, solo electronics.

Sun 2/26 7:00 PM SFJAZZ Center [201 Franklin Street (at Fell) SF CA]
TERRI LYNE CARRINGTON: ‘SEEN/UNSEEN’ W/ LIVE VISUALS BY MICKALENE THOMAS
W/ CONDUCTOR EDMAR COLON, ETIENNE CHARLES, Del Sol String Quartet & MORE

Wednesday, March 1

Wed 3/01 8:00 PM Luggage Store Creative Music Series [1007 Market Street SF]
LSG New Music Series – Eric Theise manipulating maps with special guest Headboggle presents A Synesthete’s Atlas
also Lenny Gonzalez & Erik Ellestad duo

Thursday, March 2

Thu 3/02 7:00 PM Audium Theater [1616 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA]
Audium: New Voices II featuring the performances by Sharmi Basu, Alex Abalos & Ronald Peabody

Thu 3/02 7:30 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford]
Streaming and in-person:Click for stream
CCRMA presents a live performance of “CONCUSSSSION” by Amma Ateria.

Thu 3/02 8:00 PM Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave Albany]
DAMN SKIPPY!
feat. Jenny Scheinman, John Schott, Will Bernard, Scott Amendola & Todd Sickafoose

Thu 3/02 8:00 PM Presidio Theatre [99 Moraga Avenue San Francisco]
ShadowLight Productions & Paul Dresher Ensemble
Sojourner ZY: An Asian American science fiction fantasy
Preview Performance on Thurs March 2.
Sojourner ZY is an original play written by Eugenie Chan. Performed by ShadowLight Productions in their signature style of large-scale cinematic shadow theater. Featuring original music by Paul Dresher. Directed by Larry Reed.

Friday, March 3

Fri 3/03 10:00 AM CNMAT [1750 Arch Street Berkeley]
Linda Bouchard will present her work on ocular scores.

Fri 3/03 7:30 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford]
The Composition Forum presents the residency concert of Rajna Swaminathan, Ganavya Doraiswamy, and Myra Melford.

Fri 3/03 8:00 PM Presidio Theatre [99 Moraga Avenue San Francisco]
ShadowLight Productions & Paul Dresher Ensemble
Sojourner ZY: An Asian American science fiction fantasy

Saturday, March 4

Sat 3/04 8:00 PM Presidio Theatre [99 Moraga Avenue San Francisco]
ShadowLight Productions & Paul Dresher Ensemble
Sojourner ZY: An Asian American science fiction fantasy

Sat 3/04 9:00 PM SoundBox [300 Franklin Street SF]
CODES – CURATED BY NICO MUHLY WITH YUJA WANG