Source: Bay Improviser Calendar.
Saturday, December 16
Sat 12/16 4:00 PM The New Farm SF [10 Cargo Way]
Beth Custer, David James, and Thomas Dimuzio
Performing live improvised score to Jakub Kalousek’s Mattress filmsSat 12/16 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
OPUS 2
Join us for our second installment of The Opus Project featuring special guest pianist, Allegra Chapman! We feature contemporary Bay Area composers and canon repertory that is lesser known and classified by catalogue number. It is a great mix of classical and contemporary, vocal and instrumental chamber music.Sat 12/16 8:00 PM HopMonk Tavern Novato, Session Room [224 Vintage Way, Novato]
Victoria Victoria w/ Charlie Hunter and Scott AmendolaSat 12/16 8:00 PM Z Space [450 Florida St SF]
Schick Machine
Collaboratively created by:
Paul Dresher: Composer, Instrument Inventor
Rinde Eckert: Director, Writer
Steven Schick: Performer, Percussionist
Daniel Schmidt: Instrument Inventor
Matt Heckert: Mechanical Sound Artist
Tom Ontiveros: Lighting and Visual DesignerSat 12/16 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
Swells by Ven VoiseySat 12/16 8:00 PM Tom’s Place [3111 Deakin Street Berkeley]
Palle Dahlstedt, visiting artist from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, will demonstrate his mastery of extended keyboard electronics using the rare Moog Piano Bar, which reads piano key movements, generating data to virtually play peripheral synthesizers and computer instruments. He will be joined by Tom Djll and Gino Robair, also playing electronics, in a series of spot-composed musical conundrums and palindromes.Sat 12/16 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Ben Vida and Yarn/Wire: “The Beat My Head Hit” + Charles Curtis & Dafne Vicente-Sandoval: “Ultra White Violet Light”
Doors 8pm / Show 8:30pm
$24 advance incl. fees / $25 door / discounted or free for membersSunday, December 17
Sun 12/17 3:00 PM Z Space [450 Florida St SF]
Schick Machine
Collaboratively created by:
Paul Dresher: Composer, Instrument Inventor
Rinde Eckert: Director, Writer
Steven Schick: Performer, Percussionist
Daniel Schmidt: Instrument Inventor
Matt Heckert: Mechanical Sound Artist
Tom Ontiveros: Lighting and Visual DesignerSun 12/17 3:00 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Alvin Lucier performed by Charles Curtis & Dafne Vicente-SandovalSun 12/17 7:00 PM Mosswood Sound Series [3630 Telegraph Ave enter 2nd door on 37th St Oakland]
BEN RICHTER just-intonation accordion.
THE OAKLAND REDUCTIONIST ORCHESTRASun 12/17 8:00 PM Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave Albany]
Victoria Victoria w/ Charlie Hunter and Scott AmendolaMonday, December 18
Mon 12/18 7:00 PM Kuumbwa Jazz Center [320 Cedar St Santa Cruz, CA 95060]
Victoria Victoria w/ Charlie Hunter and Scott AmendolaTuesday, December 19
Tue 12/19 7:00 PM Make-Out Room [3225 22nd St SF]
Jazz at the Make-Out Room (formerly the Monday Make-Out) continues! A wily evening of cutting-edge jazz, free improvisation, and creative music.
7pm Rent Romus’ Life’s Blood
7:45pm Jon Bafus/Jon Raskin/John Shiurba
8:30pm Quartet
(Karl Evangelista – guitar, Jordan Glenn – drums, Kumi Maxson – bass, Mitch Stahlmann – flute)Wednesday, December 20
Wed 12/20 5:00 PM North Fair Oaks Library [2510 Middlefield Road Redwood City, CA]
Family Fun Day with visual artist Cristina Velázquez and Quinteto LatinoWed 12/20 8:00 PM Luggage Store Creative Music Series [1007 Market Street SF]
Outsound Presents the Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series
East Bay Ensemble (Ed Lloyd, Ross Hoyt, Bull Fahe, Eli Mcdonald) & Bryan Day solo inventionsThursday, December 21
Thu 12/21 9:00 PM Beauty Supply Arts [email for address]
Matias E.A., Paul Sakai, Ari Brown; Black Edgar aka David BoyceFriday, December 22
Fri 12/22 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions In Sound; David Boyce soloFri 12/22 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
Audium V: REWINDSaturday, December 23
Sat 12/23 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Beth Custer / Will Bernard / Ellen GronningenSat 12/23 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
Swells by Ven Voisey
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