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SOUND & VISIONS Ghost Dub, The Scriveners FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER

SOUND & VISIONS – Ghost Dub, The Scriveners & FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER (1928) is the first in a series of music & motion pictures shows presented by Eye-Full Films. Ghost Dub – Polly Springhorn – bass flute, Kersti Abrams – alto saxophone, David Michalak – lap steel, percussion, Cindy Webster – singing […]

Sarah Grace Graves and Helēna Sorokina: Shared Monologues

Sarah Grace Graves and Helena Sorokina perform Scelsi’s Sauh I alongside solos and duos written for, and in certain instances by, them. Featuring music by Giacinto Scelsi, Jon Yu, Sarah Grace Graves, Carol Robinson, Gudenga Šmite, and Feliz Anne Reyes Macahis. Experimental composer-vocalist Sarah Grace Graves venerates the ritual of performance, turning to installation, […]

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Godwaffle Noise Pancakes brings the noise and the pancakes in February! John Bischoff Evicshen Andrew Wayne Bored Valentine Midmight Connor Tomaka Noon thru 2pm SHARP!! Gourmet vegan pancakes served with entrance fee!! […]

Brent’s Birthday Blowout

Come celebrate Executive Director/Co-Founder Brent Miller with an evening of HARJO and beers. John Angel and Adam Fong will join in the noise-making. Happy Birthday, Brent! […]

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Godwaffle Noise Pancakes is back for a 4/20 edition! As always, free gourmet vegan pancakes with entry fee! Transient // Swinging Chandeliers (LAFMS) // Fognozzle// Lime Rickey International // Doom Legs Free gourmet vegan pancakes with entry fee! Starts at NOON SHARP!! […]

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Godwaffle Noise Pancakes returns with tasty brunch and tastier noise music! Magnetic Stripper Kevin CK Lo Fluorescent Grey, Aaron Oppenheim Matt Robidoux Noon thru 2pm SHARP!! Gourmet vegan pancakes served with entrance fee!! […]

Songs of Imprecision

An exciting evening of new music written by members of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of NACUSA featuring new works by Darrell R. Adams (Divergences for clarinet, 2 violins, viola and vello) • Molly Axtmann (Prelude in F# minor for piano) Douglas Ovens (whisper, Murmur… SHOUT! for clarinet and vibraphone) • Allan Shearer (Duo […]

Opus 3

Join us for our third installment of The Opus Project! 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. This concert features works by local Bay Area composers Johannes Löhner, John Vidovic, […]

Dan Flanagan: The Bow and the Brush

The Bow and the Brush is Dan Flanagan’s unique and exciting project of commissioning and composing music inspired by paintings and sculptures. The program will include works by Libby Larsen, Nathaniel Stookey, Cindy Cox, Edmund Campion, Peter Josheff, Jose Gonzalez Granero, Evan Price, Shinji Eshima, Jacques Desjardins, and Dan, himself. Each piece is performed alongside […]

Opening Reception: Bryan Day – Vertical Measures

Vertical Measures ‘Vertical Measures’ showcases a collection of invented instruments and sound art pieces that I developed after moving back to the East Bay in 2017. The pieces presented in this exhibition are constructed using upcycled common household objects, and many of them are midi-controllable through a simple keyboard interface. A recent focus in my […]