sfSoundSeries: Contemporary Music in San Francisco

:: welcome
sfSoundSeries is a concert series in the San Francisco Bay Area featuring contemporary and experimental music. Our programs reach from the latest music of the European Avant-Garde to the grittiest sounds of the West Coast Improv-Underground, encompassing the latest trends in instrumental technique, conceptual art, music theater, and electronic sound.

:: news
sfSound has been awarded a 2008 ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming by Chamber Music America!

sfSound can be heard performing two Mark Applebaum compositions on his new CD, sock monkey

hear archive of sfSound members matt ingalls and christopher jones talking with dean suzuki on kpfa radio, Nov 2 2008.

podcast BETA
hear our first podcast - a produced broadcast from our recent july concert, featuring music by reich, scelsi, sciarrino, kagel, hilario, and ingalls/sfSound.

:: concerts

January 30, 31 & February 1, 2009 CELLspace
2050 bryant st, san francisco

San Francisco Tape Music Festival 2009
Our annual festival presenting new and classic electroacoustic works performed in complete darkness through a 20+ channel surround-sound loudspeaker array. It's cinema for your ears!

February 7, 2009 San Francisco State University
knuth hall, 1600 holloway ave, san francisco

Music by Elliott Carter: Triple Duo and Tempo e Tempi

Friday, Saturday, & Sunday, Feb 27-Mar 1, 2009 : 8p : $10 ODC Dance Commons
:: sfSound microFestival of New and Improvised Music :: 351 shotwell st, san francisco

Fri Feb 27, 2009
the international nothing (Kai Fagaschinski & Michael Thieke, clarinets from Germany)
sfSoundGroup

Sat Feb 28, 2009
Lê Quan Ninh & Michel Doneda Duo (percussion and saxophone from France)
sfSoundGroup

Sun Mar 1, 2009
Domenico Sciajno/Gene Coleman/Marina Peterson Trio
(electronics, bass clarinet & cello from Italy and U.S.)
sfSoundGroup
- this concert is sponsored in part by The Istituto Italiano di Cultura San Francisco

April 1-5, 2009 University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
sfSoundResidency #2

Spring, 2009
sfSoundTour

Sunday, July 12, 2009 : 8p : $10 ODC Dance Commons
:: sfSoundSeries:: 351 shotwell st, san francisco

Sunday, August 9, 2009 : 8p : $10 ODC Dance Commons
:: sfSoundSeries:: 351 shotwell st, san francisco

Sunday, September 13, 2009 : 8p : $10 ODC Dance Commons
:: sfSoundSeries:: 351 shotwell st, san francisco

:: musicians
The concerts showcase some of the Bay Area's finest musicians, bringing together talented young improvisers, composers, and performers committed to the full range of contemporary musicmaking. more>>

:: history
sfSound has been producing concerts since 1999. more>>

:: radio
Many recordings of past concerts, as well as featured works on upcoming concerts can be heard on sfSoundRadio. Tune in!

:: sponsors
A variety of foundations and individuals make the sfSoundSeries possible; please assist us with your tax-deductible contribution. more>>

:: contact
Email or write us for more information about sfSoundGroup and the sfSoundSeries and to join our email announcement list. more>>