sfSoundSeries

WEST
OAKLAND
SOUND
SERIES
 

UPCOMING

 

SUN JUNE 28 - KOLE GALBRAITH (seattle) / THEISE + O'KANE + VIEGUT / ROBLES + 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 28 2026  7:15pm

$20 click here to purchase advance tickets online

(FREE for students and financially challenged)

KOLE GALBRAITH
ERIC THEISE + SUKI O'KANE + GRAHAM VIEGUT
JAIME ROBLES + NANCY BECKMAN + TOM BICKLEY

KOLE GALBRAITH is a multi-disciplinary artist who focuses on sound, audio-visual, and found-object installation. Based in Seattle, Washington, Kole Galbraith has been active in the underground experimental music community for the past decade performing throughout the West Coast of the United States and Europe. Sonically his sonic studio compositions are informed by early 20th century French musique-concrète, metal, jazz and contemporary composition. Thematically, the compositions are influenced by interior Salish folklore, and contemporary indigenous experience. Galbraith mixes using materials found in nature with electronic techniques to uncover both latent sonic capabilities and to uncover latent histories.

 

 

ERIC THEISE'S set of cartographic works includes the West Coast premiere of his collaboration with composer SHAHRZAD TALEBI (a piece commissioned for the inaugural season of dadageek's Contemporary Art & Sound Technologies, played here by percussionists SUKI O'KANE and GRAHAM VIEGUT), a performance of A Synesthete's Atlas with pianist CHRISTOPHER HARTO, and a solo work for optical sound.



Unseen Stream: a 30 minute performance of JAIME ROBLES’ poem, Unseen Stream, with video by Jaime Robles, music by Nancy Beckman (shakuhachi, ocarina, voice), TOM BICKLEY (EWI/electronics, voice), and JAIME ROBLES (voice and percussion). The video projection is fixed media of water in various streams, with some text from the poem. The performance is enclosed in a soundscape of processed sounds of water flowing and footsteps on dry leaves. The music is improvised, with the text sung and interludes of instrumental music between sections of the poem.

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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