WEST OAKLAND SOUND SERIES a weekly new music and experimental sound series presented by sfSound dresher ensemble studio :: 2201 poplar street, oakland california (please park perpendicular when past the trees on poplar) $10-$25 sliding scale (cash & venmo accepted at door) click here to purchase advance tickets ($20) online on eventbrite (late arrivals follow instructions on door to get buzzed in) sunday may 19, 2024 sarah saviet (berlin) / sam weiser + dustin carlson sunday may 26, 2024 pacific pythagorean music festival sunday june 2, 2024 sung kim / oakland reductionist orchestra sunday june 9, 2024 microfestival of surround sound diffusion sunday june 16, 2024 ruben mattia santorsa (italy) / karen yu (hong kong) + ken ueno sunday june 23, 2024 goggle / united brassworker's front sunday june 30, 2024 larry ochs group / ric louchard + tom djll booking info sign up to our mailing list view previous concerts here

MAY 19 2024  7pm  $10-$25

SARAH SAVIET SAM WEISER + DUSTIN CARLSON SARAH SAVIET explores shifting limits: between interpreter and author, idea and body, virtuosity and failure, periphery and interior. This performance will include her own music which engages with texts by Bauhaus textile artist Anni Albers, as well as music by British composers Jack Sheen and Lawrence Dunn. Sarah Saviet is an American violinist and compser based in Berlin and dedicated to the performance of contemporary music. She performs as a soloist and chamber musician and is a member of the Saviet/Houston Duo and Ensemble Mosaik. Sarah’s debut solo album SPUN (Coviello Contemporary) was recently nominated for the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik for new music. Her recording of Liza Lim’s violin concerto Speak, Be Silent, with the Riot Ensemble on HCR/NMC records was selected as one of New Yorker Magazine’s "Best recordings of 2019." SAM WEISER (violin) and DUSTIN CARLSON (guitar) both exist in the spaces that straddle classical and improvised music. They have been working together for the past six months on Dustin's new suite for solo violin, entitled, "Her Warrior Longs to Rest". The piece is inspired by the Grave of Griffin Warrior (ca. 1450 BC), one of the wealthiest burials found in Greece in the last 70 years. In addition, the performance will also include Dustin's music for solo guitar, as well as duets. Sam Weiser, currently the first violinist of the Carpe Diem String Quartet, is a lifelong chamber musician and advocate of contemporary music. He holds a number of positions around the Bay Area, including assistant concertmaster of the California Symphony, member of One Found Sound, and violinist in sfSound. Formerly, he was a member of the award-winning Del Sol Quartet. Dustin Carlson is currently composer in residence with the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music in Boonville CA. Dustin is originally from New York where he played and recorded with notable jazz musicians such as Anna Webber, Matt Mitchell, Ches Smith, and Kate Gentile. He has recently moved to California after living as a flamenco guitarist in Sevilla, Spain.

MAY 26 2024  7pm  $10-$25

PACIFIC PYTHAGOREAN MUSIC FESTIVAL In a co-presentation with sfSound's West Oakland Sound Series, the DEL SOL STRING QUARTET hosts the Bay Area's only festival celebrating 'just intonation’ compositions with an all-star lineup showcasing experimental and traditional styles! P R O G R A M GIACOMO FIORE - LARRY POLANSKY'S ii - v - i for electric guitar DEL SOL STRING QUARTET - works by MAT MUNTZ and JURI SEO HWAYOUNG SHON - new work for gayageum PAUL DRESHER/JOEL DAVEL INVENTED INSTRUMENT DUO SAM WEISER - TAYLOR BROOK'S Vocalise for violin with tape CALEB ROSE, MATT INGALLS, and SAM WEISER -               ANDREW MCINTOSH'S Three Symmetry Etudes for two clarinets and violin sfSoundOrchestra - MATT INGALLS' ZIA sfSoundOrchestra Hadley McCarroll, piano Diane Grubbe, Michelle Lee, Kevin Lo, flute Kyle Bruckmann, Amber Lamprecht, oboe Matt Ingalls, Caleb Rose, Cory Wright, clarinet John Ingle, Elizabeth Schenck, saxophone Tom Djll, trumpet Ron Heglin, tuba Joel Davel, Paul Dresher, invented instruments Giacomo Fiore, guitar Benjamin Kreith, Wendy Reid, Sam Weiser, Hyeyung Sol Yoon, violin Charlton Lee, viola Kathryn Bates, Ben Davis, Monica Scott, Scott Thompson, cello

JUNE 2 2024  7pm  $10-$25

SUNG KIM OAKLAND REDUCTIONIST ORCHESTRA Instrument maker SUNG KIM demonstrates a few of his unique instruments and performs improvisations offering a melodic tapestry of healing and triumph. Sung Kim's emergence in avant-garde sound has become inseparable from a defining moment of adversity: a life-altering accident that saw two of his fingers severed and reattached on his dominant left hand. Yet, from this crucible of challenge, Sung's artistic trajectory found new resonance. His workshop, once a space of routine craftsmanship, became a laboratory of innovation born out of necessity. From more rudimentary forms crafted during the initial stages of recovery to intricately designed instruments as his hand regained strength, each piece tells a story of perseverance and transformation. The concert also features the OAKLAND REDUCTIONIST ORCHESTRA, a supergroup of local musicians with a predilection for lowercase/fricative/reductionist acoustic improvisation that often sounds more electronic than acoustic. This ensemble grows out of a rich tradition of "American reductionist" music that emerged (re-emerged?) in the late 1990's and early 2000's. Previous projects like Tom Djll's Grosse Abfahrt and The Jack Wright Large Ensemble Eight By Nine document the Bay Area's contribution to the genre. PERFORMERS Monica Scott, cello Cody Putman, bassoon Kanoko Nishi-Smith, koto Joshua Marshall, tenor saxophone Matt Ingalls, clarinets Ron Heglin, tuba Jacob Felix Heule, percussion Tom Djll, trumpet Kevin Corcoran, percussion Chris Cooper, objects, electronics Kevin CK Lo, violin/flute/piano

JUNE 9 2024  7pm  $10-$25

A MICROFESTIVAL OF SURROUND SOUND DIFFUSION

JUNE 16 2024  7pm  $10-$25

RUBEN MATTIA SANTORSA KAREN YU + KEN UENO

JUNE 23 2024  7pm  $10-$25

GOGGLE UNITED BRASSWORKER'S FRONT

JUNE 30 2024  7pm  $10-$25

LARRY OCHS GROUP RIC LOUCHARD + TOM DJLL

PROPOSALS Our focus is on the bay area experimental and new music community, hopefully encouraging crossover among sub-scenes (composition and improvisation; established and emerging; institutional and underground; etc.) We strongly suggest local musicians attend concerts before requesting to perform on the series. Visiting aritsts are also welcome, ideally splitting a concert with local musicians. We are also seeking compositions (in all forms of notation) to be performed by the sfSoundGroup. We have a 92-key (down to a Low F!) 1953 Bösendorfer 7’4” Model 225 Piano (no sostenuto pedal; inside/prepared is OK). The venue hosts a Meyer Sound System, drum kit, additional piano, lighting, and projection equipment. Please send proposals to matt ingalls: series@sfsound.org.

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