Saturday, May 10
Sat 5/10 1:00 PM San Francisco Public Library, Golden Gate Valley Branch [1801 Green St. San Francisco, CA 94123]
Eli Knowles and Rent Romus perform slow music, jazz ballads, and ambient improvisations. This event is part of the San Francisco Public Library Golden Gate Valley Branch’s annual Open House, with festive family activities starting at 11am. Concert starts at 1pm.
Sat 5/10 7:00 PM Brava Theatre [2781 24th Street SF]
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
Schedule
7:00 PM – PRELUDE Concert: Paul Mortilla’s Paradiso: “Weavers of Light”
8:000 PM – Mainstage Concert
Sat 5/10 7:30 PM Bird & Beckett Books and Records [653 Chenery St. SF]
Saki Minamimoto Sextet
Saki Minamimoto (vocal)
Ian Carey (trumpet)
Beth Schenck (sax)
Matt Wrobell (guitar)
Lisa Mezzacappa (bass)
Jon Arkin (drums)
Sat 5/10 8:00 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
mit Darm
The minus two project of Thingamajigs Performance Group with Edward Schocker on triggering glass, p’iri and shō, Suki O’Kane on contact mics and Jurassic pedals, creating that burst of wurst, as you float in a sea of narcotic noise.
Sat 5/10 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
Carla Harryman / Jon Raskin: Scales for the Living Under Duress
Sunday, May 11
Sun 5/11 7:00 PM West Oakland Sound Series [2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland]
SFSOUNDGROUP performs two iconic sound works for ensemble and tape: ALVIN LUCIER’S “Two Circles” (2012) and ROBERT ERICKSON’S “Pacific Sirens” (1969).
Sun 5/11 7:30 PM SIMM Series @ The Musicians Union Hall [116 9th St @ Mission SF]
Outsound Presents @ SIMM Series **Mother’s Day Special**
A night of mythic explorations and ethereal soundscapes
Rent Romus’ Otherworld Ensemble & David Michalak’s Ghost Dub Sextet
Featuring: Heikki Koskinen – e-trumpet/tenor recorder; Elihu Knowles – drums/percussion; Joshua Marshall – tenor/soprano saxophone, flute; Joseph Noble – alto/bass flutes; Pete Schmitt – double bass; Karen Stackpole – gongs; Ben Davis – cello; Darren Johnston – trumpet; Cindy Sawprano – saw; Kersti Abrams – alto saxophone, flutes
Monday, May 12
Mon 5/12 7:00 PM Lloyd’s Records [3824 Telegraph Avenue Oakland, California 94609 USA]
Wilson Shook (Pasadena) and T.J. Borden (Brooklyn) join local improvisers Fred Lonberg Holm, Chris Cooper (Angst Hase Pfeffer Nase), Aine Nakamura, and Kevin Corcoran for an evening of serene cacophony and cacophonous serenity.
Mon 5/12 8:00 PM Little Hill Lounge [10753 San Pablo Ave El Cerrito]
Rewards Program
An evening of instrumental improvisation by Zekarias Thompson, Skyway Man, and Miles Lassi, and vinyl selections by DJ Andy Cabic, every second Monday at Little Hill Lounge.
Tuesday, May 13
Tue 5/13 7:30 PM CSU East Bay Music Recital Hall [CSU East Bay Hayward Campus Music Building (MB) E Loop Rd Hayward, CA 94542]
Join us for the annual Glenn Glasow Fellowship Concert, featuring world premieres of new works by CSU East Bay student composers and producers. Supported by the Glenn Glasow and Yoshiko Kakudo Endowment, this year’s program includes performances by guest artists pianist Monica Chew, percussionist Stuart Langsam, and soprano Chelsea Hollow. In addition to five commissioned works, the concert will showcase innovative compositions, visual art responses, electronic pieces by Music Production students, and a culminating collaborative piece led by Glasow Fellow Patricio Castellon-Serrato. A reception will follow the performance
Tue 5/13 8:00 PM Temescal Arts Center [511 48th Street Oakland]
flatways is a rhythm band made up of no strings guitar (Sudhu Tewari), drum set (Jordan Glenn), and drum machines + live sampling (Matt Robidoux). Sudhu makes instruments for the band, such as a one stringed electric bass (“slap thwacker”) that Sudhu and Matt both play. flatways is drum n bass, with numerous rhythms meshing, clashing, and nudging up against one another.
T.J. Borden (cello) + Jacob Felix Heule (percussion) + Matt Ingalls (clarinet) + Kanoko Nishi-Smith (koto) quartet
Wednesday, May 14
Wed 5/14 8:00 PM Tom’s Place [3111 Deakin Street Berkeley]
Scott Looney (piano)
Nathan Corder (guitar, electronics)
T J Borden (cello)
Matt Robidoux (electronics)
Thursday, May 15
Thu 5/15 7:00 PM Wyldflowr Arts [809 37th St Oakland]
RootStock @ Wyldflower: Buchla Electronic Music Festival Day 1
Buchla Electronic Music Festival Day 1
Friday, May 16
Fri 5/16 7:00 PM 405 Shrader [405 Shrader San Francisco]
Terry Riley 90th celebration
Fri 5/16 7:00 PM Medicine for Nightmares [3036 24th St SF]
Other Dimensions in Sound presents Jordon Glenn/Warren Huegel drum duo
Fri 5/16 7:00 PM Wyldflowr Arts [Oakland]
Buchla Electronic Music Festival Day 2
Fri 5/16 7:30 PM Hillside Community Church [1422 Navellier St, El Cerrito]
Quartet Mixus Mundi makes its East Bay debut in “Skylark: jazz, world and contemporary improv for recorder and jazz trio.” Mixus Mundi (Latin for “blended world”) is an ensemble whose voice stretches the boundaries between jazz, early music, world music, new music and improvisation. This eclectic combo unveils the jazz side of recorder, played by early music specialist Frances Feldon, in collaboration with Joyce Todd McBride, keys; Todd Larson, bass guitar; and Jeff Pera, drums. Music by JS Bach, Bela Bartok, Hoagy Carmichael, John Coltrane, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Steve Kuhn, Joyce Todd McBride, Thelonius Monk, Hermeto Pascoal, Horace Silver and others, as well as an arrangement of an Egyptian melody. The show takes place at Hillside Community Church, 1422 Navellier St, El Cerrito, Friday May 16, 2025. Doors open 7:00, show begins at 7:30. Cash donations gratefully accepted at the door only. For more info: (510)527-9029.
Fri 5/16 8:00 PM Mt Diablo Unitarian Universalist Church [55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek]
Brett Carson’s Substandard Quartet
Brett Carson – piano
Cory Wright – clarinet
Lisa Mezzacappa – bass
Jason Levis – drums
Fri 5/16 8:30 PM The Lab [2948 16th St SF]
TJ Borden / Mari Kawamura: Morton Feldman’s “Patterns in a Chromatic Field”
Doors 8pm / Show 8:30pm
