sfSoundSeries

WEST
OAKLAND
SOUND
SERIES
 

UPCOMING

 

SUN JUNE 7 - ROVA + GONGWOMAN

SUN JUNE 28 - KOLE GALBRAITH (seattle) / ERIC THEISE / ROBLE + BECKMAN + BICKLEY
SUN JULY 19- THE SKY IS A SUITCASE (seattle) / INSECT LIFE
SUN JULY 26 - FF (SHARKIFACE + AVA KOOHBOR) / CHRIS EVERINGHAM / KIMIA KOOCHAKZADEH-YAZDI 
SUN AUG 2 - NW EXPERIMENTAL GUITAR ORCHESTRA (seattle) / LORIN BENEDICT + CASEY TESSIER
SUN AUG 9 - WEST OAKLAND TAPE MUSIC FESTIVAL
SUN AUG 16 - NATHAN CLEVENGER / FORNAX LINTEUM

 

a weekly new music and experimental sound series every sunday
presented by new performance traditions and sfSound

 

 

DRESHER ENSEMBLE STUDIO

2201 poplar street :: oakland california

 

ample parking! please park perpendicular when past the trees on poplar
$10-$25 sliding scale (cash & venmo accepted at door - order advance here)
 

concerts start promptly at 7:15
:: late arrivals follow instructions on door to get buzzed in ::

 

submit a proposal to perform!

 

view previous concerts

June 7 2026  7:15pm

$20 click here to purchase advance tickets online

(FREE for students and financially challenged)


ROVA SAXOPHONE QUARTET presents two sets of original compositions.  

 

First, commissioned works and recent Rova compositions for the quartet, including Music for Mouths by MIYA MASAOKA, The Knot Gallery by JOHN BUTCHER, I, Norton by GINO ROBAIR and pieces by quartet members.

In the second half, Rova joins by KAREN STACKPOLE (Gongwoman) for a set of Rova works adapted for saxophone quartet plus gongs and percussion. First streamed live in March of 2022, the works are presented to a live audience for the first time.

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 Imperial 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 mattingalls at me dot com

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