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!

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

Saturday, November 15, 2008 : 5:30p Old First Concerts
1751 sacramento st, san francisco

Gérard Grisey's Talea (1986). Part of ChamberBridge's Messiaen Illuminated Festival

December 7, 2008 Stanford University
New Works by Graduate Composers

January 30, 31 & February 1, 2009 Cell Space
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 6 & 7, 2009 San Francisco State University
knuth hall, 1600 holloway ave, san francisco

Music by Elliott Carter and Olivier Messiaen

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

Spring, 2009
sfSoundTour

:: 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>>