Coming to San Francisco

Source: Bay Improviser Calendar.

Friday, May 17

Fri 5/17 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound; Sink Head Trio

Fri 5/17 7:30 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford]
Streaming and in-person:Click for stream
John Chowning & Friends

Fri 5/17 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
SARAH SAVIET

Sarah Saviet performs works that choreograph sound for the violin- the hands moving through space, the arc of an elbow, the resistance of fingers pulling threads and strings.

Fri 5/17 8:00 PM Indexical [Tannery Arts Center 1050 River St. #119 Santa Cruz]
Carlos Giffoni & Alex Pelly + RM Francis

Fri 5/17 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
A new multichannel sound composition & installation by Dave Shaff. Featuring musical excerpts from the album holistic management by Joel Reber.

Fri 5/17 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Anna Friz + Gretchen Jude Ensemble

Saturday, May 18

Sat 5/18 1:00 PM Abrams-Claghorn Gallery [1251 Solano Ave., Albany, CA]
The duo of Lorin Benedict (voice) and Mike Mitchell (drums)

Sat 5/18 2:00 PM San Francisco Public Library, Golden Gate Valley Branch [1801 Green St. San Francisco, CA 94123]
The Wooden Fish Ensemble plays Hyo-shin Na’s music for violin & viola.

Sat 5/18 3:00 PM Albany Bulb [1 Buchanan St Albany, CA]
Del Sol String Quartet – Love the Bulb Garden Party (Albany, CA)

Sat 5/18 4:00 PM Spruce Street Concerts [send email to harry@fullplatemedia.com]
Saxophonists Hafez Modirzadeh and David Boyce accompany renowned poets Tongo Eisen-Martin, Poet Laureate of San Francisco, and Steve Dickison, director of the poetry center at San Francisco State University, as they read in a house concert in the North Berkeley hills.

Sat 5/18 7:00 PM Indexical at Wind River [Wind River 421 Wild Way Santa Cruz]
Sarah Saviet at Wind River

Sat 5/18 7:00 PM Dresher Ensemble Studio [2201 Poplar St Oakland]
Cahill/Myers Duo performs new and mid-20th century works for piano.

Sat 5/18 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
Films by David Michalak/TRI-CORNERED TENT SHOW

Sat 5/18 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
A new multichannel sound composition & installation by Dave Shaff. Featuring musical excerpts from the album holistic management by Joel Reber.

Sat 5/18 8:00 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
The duo of Lorin Benedict (voice) and George Rogers (alto saxophone)
The duo of Matias Arizmendi (guitar) and Adrian Montufar (flute/voice/movement)
Solo Andrew Chanover (drums/electronics)
Solo Wilson Shook (saxophones)
Wilson’s solo set will serve as the ALBUM RELEASE show for his brand-new offering “Peregrinations” (available on Bandcamp).

Sat 5/18 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Carlos Giffoni / Alex Pelly + Sholeh Asgary + RM Francis

Sunday, May 19

Sun 5/19 7:00 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
Berlin-based violinist SARAH SAVIET explores shifting limits: between interpreter and author, idea and body, virtuosity and failure, periphery and interior. SAM WEISER (violin) and DUSTIN CARLSON (guitar) both exist in the spaces that straddle classical and improvised music.

Sun 5/19 7:00 PM Gray Area Art And Technology [2665 Mission St. SF]
Forest Scenes – MIZU + Maria BC

Sun 5/19 7:30 PM Ivy Room [860 San Pablo Ave Albany]
Russian Telegraph

Sun 5/19 8:00 PM Berkeley Finnish Hall [1970 Chestnut St. Berkeley]
The Finnish Heritage Society & Outsound Presents
San Francisco-based composer-bandleader Joshua Allen and his high-energy innovative 25-piece Deconstruction Orchestra will perform Constructions #31, 32, and 33, original deconstructivist-inspired music of cell structure game compositions

Monday, May 20
Mon 5/20 7:30 PM Old First Concerts [1751 Sacramento St. SF]
Earplay – New Conversations

Tuesday, May 21

Tue 5/21 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.

Tue 5/21 8:30 PM Little Hill Lounge [10753 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito]
Eli Knowles and Rent Romus

Thursday, May 23
Thu 5/23 7:30 PM CCRMA [660 Lomita Dr. Stanford]
Fernando Lopez-Lezcano: Phase Changes

Thu 5/23 8:00 PM Noisebridge Hackerspace [272 Capp St SF]
Resident is a monthly electronic audiovisual open mic event started in 2017. Resident is casual and cool, and the community you’ll find is like no other for aspiring electronic musicians in the Bay. No judgments, no bullshit, just positive support and openness to new ideas.

Friday, May 24

Fri 5/24 5:00 PM Indexical [Tannery Arts Center 1050 River St. #119 Santa Cruz]
Framed Listen: Cel Genesis

Fri 5/24 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound; The Living Room

Fri 5/24 8:00 PM Audium [1616 Bush St. SF]
A new multichannel sound composition & installation by Dave Shaff. Featuring musical excerpts from the album holistic management by Joel Reber.

Fri 5/24 8:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Rent Romus Spirit Quintet