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Source: Bay Improviser Calendar.

Friday, January 19

Fri 1/19 12:00 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford]
Audio-Visual Sessions
The Stanford Graduate Composers present a fixed media exhibition of works created during their residency with RGGTRN (Marianne Teixido and Emilio Ocelotl). Works by Celeste Betancur, Brian Brown, Tatiana Catanzaro, Anna Golubkova, Lemon Guo, Nick Shaheed.

Fri 1/19 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions In Sound

Fri 1/19 9:00 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford]
Celeste Betancur invites you to “code punk alchemy”: a session of participatory live coding visuals, music, and dancing with R Tyler, celeste, k-nine, LOXW, and Ocelotl.

Saturday, January 20

Sat 1/20 12:00 PM Sky Cafe [223 Grand Avenue South San Francisco, CA 94080]
Directions in Music Making by Asian American (and Canadian) Improvisers!
Conrad Benedicto, Francis Wong, Carrie Jahde, Chris Trinidad

Sat 1/20 7:00 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
ENSEMBLE FOR THESE TIMES

Sunday, January 21

Sun 1/21 4:00 PM Spruce Street Concerts [send email to harry@fullplatemedia.com]
Ouroboros, a quartet comprised of Sheldon Brown and 3 poet-musicians, performs in the intimacy of a private home overlooking the San Francisco Bay. The group is Sheldon Brown (tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet), Clark Coolidge (drums), Andrew Joron (theremin) and Joseph Noble (flute, alto flute, bass flute, soprano and alto saxophones).

Sun 1/21 7:30 PM SIMM Series @ The Musicians Union Hall [116 9th St @ Mission SF]
Outsound proudly presents Saxreligious feat Eli Maliwan & Rob Finucane & The Diaspora Focii Collective
@ the Musicians Union Hall, SIMM Series

Monday, January 22

Mon 1/22 7:00 PM Old First Concerts [1751 Sacramento St. SF]
Amateur Music Network presents Sarah Cahill’s Backstage Pass – Monday, January 22 at 7 pm

Mon 1/22 8:30 PM Little Hill Lounge [10753 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito]
A regular evening of instrumental improvisation with Miles Lassi, Zekarias Thompson, and Skyway Man

Tuesday, January 23

Tue 1/23 7:00 PM Marina Theatre [2146 Chestnut St San Francisco, California]
Angel Island Day: “Paper Angels” Film Screening

Wednesday, January 24

Wed 1/24 7:30 PM Herbst Theatre [401 Van Ness Ave SF]
PIVOT Festival
Amy Schroeder, violin
Domenic Salerni, violin
Nathan Schram, viola
Andrew Yee, cello

Thursday, January 25
Thu 1/25 7:00 PM The Midway [900 Marin St San Francisco]
MAGMA with The Living Earth Show and Post:ballet
Pamela Z will perform new music for dance in collaboration with Post:ballet and The Living Earth Show at The Midway

Thu 1/25 7:30 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford]
Streaming and in-person:Click for stream
AV Club: Impulse Response

Friday, January 26

Fri 1/26 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions In Sound; Toriwo, Toncau, Ru

Fri 1/26 7:00 PM The Midway [900 Marin St San Francisco]
MAGMA with The Living Earth Show and Post:ballet
Pamela Z will perform new music for dance in collaboration with Post:ballet and The Living Earth Show at The Midway

Fri 1/26 8:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Rent Romus 5


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