
Sunday, May 4
Sun 5/04 3:00 PM Monkey Brains [933 Treat Ave San Francisco]
Wong Wei’s Legacy
A musical homage and performance exploring generational history & resilience
Sun 5/04 7:00 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
CELEBRATING 2 CD RELEASES!
Chris Brown (piano, electronics) and Ben Davis (cello) perform an improvisation celebrating their new duo album release.
CRACKING THE SURFACE (David Michalak, instruments of skatch; Scott R. Looney, piano, hyper-piano, and Thomas Dimuzio, buchla 200E, processing) CD release show celebrating our new release recorded at Fantasy Studios with Tom Nunn, released by Chris Cutler’s ReR Megacorp in the UK, Gench Music in the US. This was Tom Nunn’s last recording.
Sun 5/04 7:30 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
Doors That Only Open in Silence (open participation, non-hierarchical workshop in free improvisation)
Sun 5/04 7:30 PM SIMM Series @ The Musicians Union Hall [116 9th St @ Mission SF]
Outsound Presenets @ SIMM Series
duo B. (Lisa Mezzacappa & Jason Levis)
Tuesday, May 6
Tue 5/06 8:00 PM Little Hill Lounge [10753 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito]
Elihu Knowles/Rent Romus
Thursday, May 8
Thu 5/08 7:00 PM Mr Tipple’s [39 Fell St SF]
Astrid Kuljanic
Shows at 7pm and 9pm
Thu 5/08 7:00 PM The Crown: Royal Coffee Lab and Tasting Room [2523 Broadway]
On the evening of Thursday, May 8th, we’re honored to host the inventive Jake Muir from Berlin, alongside local sonicnauts ZZ and Elias FS at The Crown in Oakland for an evening of electronic and acoustic exploration.
Thu 5/08 8:00 PM Peacock Lounge [552 Haight St SF]
Dymaxion, Thea Farhadian, Aaron Oppenheim, Kevin Robinson
May 8, 8pm-11pm Peacock Lounge, 552 Haight, SF
All-ages, $5-$15 notaflof
Friday, May 9
Fri 5/09 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound presents Deciphering Broken Rhythms Collective
Fri 5/09 7:30 PM Noe Valley Ministry [1021 Sanchez St San Francisco]
Earplay – Season Finale
Pre-concert talk at 6:45pm
Program
Benjamin Sabey, Dream Suite for sextet in six, cyclic, attacca movements (2025). World Premiere.
Fri 5/09 7:30 PM Center for New Music [55 Taylor St SF]
This is a vocal music universe constructed by 8 composers from 6 countries, expanding the boundaries of vocal music. Yifan Shao will collaborate with Lauren Marshall to bring them to life.
Fri 5/09 7:30 PM Community Music Center [544 Capp Street SF]
Ensemble for These Times: Mujeres ahora
Fri 5/09 8:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Lisa Mezzacappa 5(ish):
Aaron Bennett, tenor saxophone
Mark Clifford, vibraphone
Brett Carson, keyboard
Lisa Mezzacappa, acoustic bass
Jordan Glenn, drums
Fri 5/09 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Carla Harryman / Jon Raskin: Scales for the Living Under Duress