1st Set: Steve McQuarry solo Buchla Music Easel and Buchla Tip Top System

2nd Set: Kra Pow 5

Kyle Bruckmannoboe - english horn
Thomas Dimuzio - Buchla 200 E system
Philip Gelb Buchla - Music Easel, Buchla tip top system
Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
Kanoko Nishi - koto

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1st set: Todd Barton Buchla music easel; duets with Stephen Ruppenthal Buchla Music Easel and Buchla 200 system

2nd set: Silvia A. Matheus solo Buchla tip top system and computer

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Join the brothers for the mothers this Sunday!

The Hogan Brothers
Mother's Day Jam
Sun, May 11, 6:30pm

@ Wyldflowr Arts
809 37th Street, Oakland

For advance tix, please RSVP here

Sandip Ghosh is a world-renowned tabla artist who has charmed audiences with his charismatic solo performances. He has also accompanied several classical maestros such as Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, Kaushiki Chakraborty and more recently Pt. Kushal Das as well as many others. He is also a senior disciple of Pt. Anindo Chatterjee, studying under him for over 37 years. Sandip is currently performing and teaching tabla. Recently he has started teaching out of the Bay Area and he will be based out of the Riyaaz Music Shop in Union City.

Kamal Ahmad began his musical journey with the tabla before his elder sister introduced him to the sitar. He trained under sarod maestro Arnab Chakrabarty, who later connected him to his current gurus, sitarist Vinayak Chittar and scholar-vocalist Pt. Arijit Mahalanabis. Despite starting later than most, Kamal's disciplined and analytical approach helped him progress rapidly and become a skilled sitar player. As a teacher, he fosters the same critical mindset in his students, emphasizing continuous refinement and a passion for lifelong learning.

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queer jazz jam hosted by pianist christian conaway

Piano and drum kit provided

Beginners and singers welcome

no ticket purchase necessary

Echo’s Bones is an improvising woodwind trio based in the San Francisco Bay Area. They have been improvising together for 7 years, making music that has been described as: “Avant pastoralism in a chamber music mode” (Eric Whittington - bon vivant; proprietor, Bird & Beckett); and “Mesmerizing serpentine yeti music” (Dave Mihaly - drummer, composer, leader of Shimmering Leaves). They have performed at Medicine For Nightmares, Mosswood Sound Series, SIMM Series, Bird & Beckett, Tom’s Place and San Francisco Public Libraries. A recording of their Mosswood show is on the SF Public Libraries Bay Beats website.

Amber Lamprecht, oboe, English horn and alto flute. Lamprecht is also a member of The Red Room Orchestra, Marc and the Casuals, The Awesome Orchestra Collective, Graham Connah's big band ensemble and a part-time member of Noertker's Moxie. She's performed with Rodriguez, Tony Danza, Bart Davenport, Mark Eitzel, Karina Denike, The Vocal Arts Ensemble, The San Luis Obispo Symphony Orchestra and many other groups.

Sheldon Brown, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto flute and bass flute, has been active on the Bay Area creative music scene for over 30 years. In 2014, he premiered his commissioned extended work, Blood of the Air, at SFJAZZ’s 32nd Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival, the studio recording being released in 2018. Brown also performs or has performed with Omar Sosa, Anthony Braxton, Electric Squeezebox Orchestra, Clarinet Thing and Club Foot Orchestra.

Joseph Noble, flute, alto flute, bass flute. In addition to Echo’s Bones, Noble also plays or has played in Cloud Shepherd, Ouroboros, Chamber Cloud and Ornithos Loom at venues including The Center for New Music, Luggage Store, SIMM Series, Bird and Beckett, Oakland Freedom Jazz Society and Sonoma Musica Viva: The Music of Edgar Varese and Friends. He has also published three books of poetry.

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"What's most striking when Camille Mai talks about music is her insistence on keeping every door open. A pianist, vocalist, composer, and leader of the band Rebirth Canal, Mai has created a protean body of songs infused with Latin American rhythms filtered through an abiding affection for the slinky grooves of the late, pervasively influential producer J Dilla. But that's just the rhythmic foundation of a sound that can encompass traditional Vietnamese modes, jazz improvisation and harmonies, French chanson and beyond..."

— Andrew Gilbert (Read the full article on Berkeleyside!)

"La unión de estos jóvenes tanto sentimental como profesionalmente ha dado al traste con motivaciones musicales en común: el jazz. En escena son todo un espectáculo. Tienen una particular manera de expresar a través de sus melodías cantadas y tocadas todo un arsenal creativo muy interesante. [...] Jóvenes intrépidos musicalmente, que desafían fronteras y apuestan por no sucumbir en modernismos perecederos. Rebirth Canal, lo tiene bien claro, renacer; renacer todo el tiempo en ese canal donde la música es infinita."

— Mildred Aguilar, La Corchea, Revista del Instituto Cubano de la Música (Descargar el articulo)

masks required

Note: this event is a sold out show

Roopa explores her versatility and identity as a diasporic musician with crossover material from jazz, R&B, film music, and more.

Roopa Mahadevan is a leading second-generation Carnatic and crossover vocalist in the American diaspora. Hailed a “stirring voice” by the New York Times, Roopa’s versatility shows up as a multi-genre vocalist, and also as a teacher, dance accompanist, dancer, choir director, composer, comedienne and more. A Fulbright scholar trained under Asha Ramesh and Suguna Varadachari, Roopa has earned recognition for her Carnatic vocal music from Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana, which titled her “Kala Ratna,” and standard-bearing institutions like Music Academy, where she has performed during the prestigious December music season in Chennai. Roopa is also known for her innovative leadership of the NYC-based Carnatic choir Navatman Music Collective. Her signature crossover project Roopa in Flux and numerous collaborations in jazz, soul, free improv, dance/theater have taken her to venues such as Jazz at Lincoln Center, MET Museum, Carnegie Hall, SFJazz, Jacob’s Pillow, and more. She has been in residency at Joe’s Pub, the Banff Center, Hedgebrook, and Ryder Farm, and was a soloist on Christopher Tin’s Grammy Award-winning album Calling All Dawn. In a previous avatar, Roopa worked in public health policy, following degrees from Stanford University. Roopa, through her myriad work, hopes to express joy, humility, and tradition as radical – and essential - antidotes to modern life.

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join us for an open house and jam session!

House band

Mark rickey: piano
Kevin Goldberg: Bass
jayla hernandez: drums

tickets $5 available here

Roopa presents a Carnatic concert, featuring some of the Bay Area's amazing South Indian classical instrumental talent.

Roopa Mahadevan is a leading second-generation Carnatic and crossover vocalist in the American diaspora. Hailed a “stirring voice” by the New York Times, Roopa’s versatility shows up as a multi-genre vocalist, and also as a teacher, dance accompanist, dancer, choir director, composer, comedienne and more. A Fulbright scholar trained under Asha Ramesh and Suguna Varadachari, Roopa has earned recognition for her Carnatic vocal music from Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana, which titled her “Kala Ratna,” and standard-bearing institutions like Music Academy, where she has performed during the prestigious December music season in Chennai. Roopa is also known for her innovative leadership of the NYC-based Carnatic choir Navatman Music Collective. Her signature crossover project Roopa in Flux and numerous collaborations in jazz, soul, free improv, dance/theater have taken her to venues such as Jazz at Lincoln Center, MET Museum, Carnegie Hall, SFJazz, Jacob’s Pillow, and more. She has been in residency at Joe’s Pub, the Banff Center, Hedgebrook, and Ryder Farm, and was a soloist on Christopher Tin’s Grammy Award-winning album Calling All Dawn. In a previous avatar, Roopa worked in public health policy, following degrees from Stanford University. Roopa, through her myriad work, hopes to express joy, humility, and tradition as radical – and essential - antidotes to modern life.

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Join us at wyldflowr arts for one, two or all three nights of a rootstock arts workshop curated by roopa mahadevan. Roopa leads a workshop for aspiring Carnatic musicians focused on improving their renditions, stage presence, and improvisational instincts. Participants should have trained in Carnatic music for at least 5 years or finished geethams/swarajathis in their training. An openness to improvisation is welcome. Workshop will be capped at 15 participants.

Roopa Mahadevan is a leading second-generation Carnatic and crossover vocalist in the American diaspora. Hailed a “stirring voice” by the New York Times, Roopa’s versatility shows up as a multi-genre vocalist, and also as a teacher, dance accompanist, dancer, choir director, composer, comedienne and more. A Fulbright scholar trained under Asha Ramesh and Suguna Varadachari, Roopa has earned recognition for her Carnatic vocal music from Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana, which titled her “Kala Ratna,” and standard-bearing institutions like Music Academy, where she has performed during the prestigious December music season in Chennai. Roopa is also known for her innovative leadership of the NYC-based Carnatic choir Navatman Music Collective. Her signature crossover project Roopa in Flux and numerous collaborations in jazz, soul, free improv, dance/theater have taken her to venues such as Jazz at Lincoln Center, MET Museum, Carnegie Hall, SFJazz, Jacob’s Pillow, and more. She has been in residency at Joe’s Pub, the Banff Center, Hedgebrook, and Ryder Farm, and was a soloist on Christopher Tin’s Grammy Award-winning album Calling All Dawn. In a previous avatar, Roopa worked in public health policy, following degrees from Stanford University. Roopa, through her myriad work, hopes to express joy, humility, and tradition as radical – and essential - antidotes to modern life.

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TIFFANY AUSTIN’S VOCAL IMPROV INTENSIVE

Scared to scat? Join Award winning vocalist Tiffany Austin for an intensive workshop series designed to demystify and immerse you in a variety of improvisatory styles! We’ll sing wordlessly, improvise lyrics, spontaneously arrange, and strengthen our ears—backed by a world class rhythm section (piano, bass and drums). We'll have fun, and get creative together!

Our workshops and the final student concert (date TBD) at the beautiful Wyldflowr Arts venue in Oakland. Space is limited, so register now!

Sundays, 12-3pm

April 13 & 20th

$150 per workshop OR

$$280 for Both workshop dates

Tickets here

"This music is celebratory, exultant, joyous, urgent. In the moment compositions, as rarefied as air or the thoughts of those in communion with spirits up above. Listen to your life reflected in color frequency vibrations, low end theoretics and multi-directional polyrhythms."

FEATURING:
Sameer Gupta - Drumset, Tabla
David Boyce - Sax, Bass Clarinet
David Ewell - Acoustic Bass
Richard Howell - Sax, Percussion, Woodwinds

Featuring talented and experienced Bay Area improvisers (David Boyce, Richard Howell, David Ewell and Sameer Gupta) impressively, everything in the music is uncharted each time The Supplicants perform. They preconceive nothing, except their collective approach to making music. The music of The Supplicants is entirely accessible and rhythmically swinging. Although the ensemble does not have a designated leader, their musical explorations, passing from one musician to another and through the entire ensemble, develop ideas collectively and are expressed through group interplay, rather than only in the lead instrument."

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TIFFANY AUSTIN’S VOCAL IMPROV INTENSIVE

Scared to scat? Join Award winning vocalist Tiffany Austin for an intensive workshop series designed to demystify and immerse you in a variety of improvisatory styles! We’ll sing wordlessly, improvise lyrics, spontaneously arrange, and strengthen our ears—backed by a world class rhythm section (piano, bass and drums). We'll have fun, and get creative together!

Our workshops and the final student concert (date TBD) at the beautiful Wyldflowr Arts venue in Oakland. Space is limited, so register now!

Sundays, 12-3pm

April 13 & 20th

$150 per workshop OR

$$280 for Both workshop dates

register here

The trio of Lorin Benedict- voice (scatting), David Ewell- upright bass, and Mike Mitchell- drums will perform a concert of jazz "standards" in a format devoid of a chordal instrument (keyboard or guitar). This affords the group extra freedom, but also requires of them a firm grasp of the musical forms involved. With this framework, the trio attempts to connect to the lineage of chord-less jazz trios featuring a melodic instrumental soloist, such as various groups of saxophonist Sonny Rollins. Only THIS time, the saxophonist is replaced by a scat singer.

$20 Tickets available here

"Their music navigates through an exhilaratingly wide range of musical textures and styles."

THEA FARHADIAN is a violinist/composer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her projects include solo violin and interactive electronics, acoustic improvisation, solo laptop, radio art, and video. Her solo pieces for violin and electronics combine a classical music background with extended technique and digital processing. Farhadian’s work comprises an aesthetic range from more textured, noise-based sound to more tonal and microtonal realms. Her work has been seen internationally at venues which include the Issue Project Room, and Downtown Music Gallery, Galerie Mario Mazolli, Sowieso, and Quiet Cue in Berlin, the Room Series, and Center for New Music in San Francisco, the Aram Kachaturyan Museum in Yerevan, Armenia among others. Farhadian started as a classical violinist and played in the Berkeley Symphony under Kent Nagano for ten years. She has an M.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts from San Francisco State University and an M.F.A. in Electronic Music from Mills College. www.theafarhadian.com

CHRIS BROWN is a pianist, electronic musician and composer who performs with acoustic and electroacoustic instruments, writes interactive music software, and often incorporates microtonal tunings in his compositions and improvisations.
He has recorded improvisations with Pauline Oliveros, Rova Saxophone Quartet, Wadada Leo Smith, Glenn Spearman, Fred Frith, and William Winant, among many others. His music is available on New World, F’oc’sle Music, Tzadik, Pogus,
Intakt, Ecstatic Peace, Red Toucan, Leo, and Artifact Recordings He taught electronic music, composition, theory, and performance for 30 years while serving as Co-Director of the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College. https://cbmuse.com.

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he Deep End started out as a group of long-time Bay Area jazz musicians who hoped to make the best of the pandemic. We got together behind the closed doors of a rehearsal studio to explore music that would be more fun and challenging than what we often played at the usual gigs. We were--and still are--drawn to innovative composers and lesser-known repertoire.

For this sextet performance, we’ll delve into the work of such classic giants as Lee Morgan, Thelonious Monk, and Horace Silver as well as contemporary artists including Alan Broadbent, Jack DeJohnette, and James Williams.

$20 suggested donation.

Tickets here: https://partiful.com/e/GJQnBjRiI96F3cbvCubQ

Michael Gold (sax)
Gerald Beckett (flute)
Derek James (trombone)
Ari Caprow (guitar)
Ken Lenga (bass)
David Strong (drums)

TIFFANY AUSTIN’S VOCAL IMPROV INTENSIVE

Scared to scat? Join me for a 3 week intensive workshop series designed to demystify and immerse you in a variety of improvisatory styles! We’ll sing wordlessly, improvise lyrics, spontaneously arrange, and strengthen our ears—backed by a world class rhythm section (piano, bass and drums). We'll have fun, and get creative together!

Our workshops and the final student concert (date TBD) at the beautiful Wyldflowr Arts venue in Oakland. Space is limited to 8 students, so register now!

Sundays, 12-3pm

April 6, 13, 20th

$150 per workshop OR

$425 for all 3 workshop dates

Tickets here

Come celebrate 1 year of wyldflowr arts! party and jam session featuring:

Mark Rickey - piano
Kevin Goldberg - Bass
Jayla hernandez - drums

Suggested donation at the door: $15-$25

The Krapow 6

Kyle Bruckmann - oboe, english horn
Thomas Dimuzio - synthesizer
Philip Gelb - Buchla modular synthesizer
Motoko Honda - piano
Fred Lonberg-Holm - cello
Kanoko Nishi-Smith - koto

Free improvisation from a unique electro-acoustic ensemble that focuses on texture and timbre more than melody and harmony formed by Philip Gelb. Recently returning to performing and practicing music after a very long hiatus, Gelb has reinvented himself on a new instrument and organized an ensemble of virtuoso musicians, all renowned in the bay area and beyond.

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Christina Galisatus: “Hold Still” Record Release Show 

Join Christina and friends for evening of heart-first original music described by All About Jazz as “Laurel Canyon singer-songwriter music as played by an improvising group.” Christina will be joined by Michael Blasky on saxophone, Josh Thurston-Milgrom on bass, and Mike Mitchell on drums.

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RootStock Residency - Oba Mahadevan Collective

Please note this event is a fixed $20 ticket.

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Erika Oba and Roopa Mahadevan's collaboration is inspired by their shared interest in exploring diaspora through music. Joined by Chris Trinidad on bass and Kevin Amos on drums, they seamlessly integrate jazz, musical theater, improvisation, Japanese folk music and Indian classical (Carnatic) music to create new cultural pathways.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2029947967428749/

RootStock Residency - Oba Mahadevan Collective

Please note this event is a fixed $20 ticket.

TIckets available here

Erika Oba and Roopa Mahadevan's collaboration is inspired by their shared interest in exploring diaspora through music. Joined by Chris Trinidad on bass and Kevin Amos on drums, they seamlessly integrate jazz, musical theater, improvisation, Japanese folk music and Indian classical (Carnatic) music to create new cultural pathways.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2029947967428749/

Internationally acclaimed all-women sax quartet The Tiptons Sax Quartet and Drums, are touring the US West Coast in March, 2025. They’ve been playing ‘world soul’ music for over 30 years and have released 14 genre-busting CDs.

Their sound ranges from micro-Big Band to Gospel, Bluegrass to Balkan, Chamber Jazz to Funk, Whimsical to Free. this tour will feature new compositions and improvisations, recorded live and in studio on tour as a part of their next release for Fall 2025. 

Honoring Women's History Month, the Tiptons invite folks to share stories about women’s triumphs and tribulations from all angles ~ LGBTQ + BIPOC and TWIST (tales of women's ingenuity, standing tall) to be read aloud at our concerts. Submit your stories to tiptons4tet@gmail.com. Limit of 2 minutes per story. The stories will be read aloud in concert ~ and the Tiptons will create the soundtracks on the spot!  

The Tiptons were founded in 1988 in Seattle, WA by Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame member Amy Denio (alto sax, clarinet, voice). She is joined by co-leaders Jessica Lurie (soprano/alto/tenor sax, voice), Sue Orfield (tenor sax, voice) and Tina Richerson (baritone saxophone, voice). Rick Wabbies (drums, percussion) joins them on drums.

The band takes its name in honor of Billy Tipton, a female-born saxophonist who lived their life as a man in the 20th century to realize their dreams as a professional musician. Like Billy, the Tiptons have developed a personal, eclectic approach to their musical vision, creating some of the freshest sounds on the jazz/world/pop music scene today.

The Tiptons have received multiple commissions and grants to compose, produce multimedia performances, and collaborate with international artists. The ensemble has performed at festivals worldwide since 1993 and has led educational improvisation and composition workshops around the world to people of all ages and musical abilities. They have scored soundtracks for their own original multimedia productions, film, modern dance, radio and television internationally; their signature sound was even commissioned for an episode of the Norwegian TV series 'The Oil Fund’.

Tickets available here

WEBSITE: https://www.thetiptonssaxquartet.com

BANDCAMP:  https://tiptonssaxquartet.bandcamp.com/

INSTAGRAM:  @TiptonsSax

https://www.instagram.com/tiptonssaxquartet

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TheTiptonsSaxQuartet

YOUTUBE:  https://www.youtube.com/@tiptonssaxquartetdrums2993

Grammy Award winning pianist, vocalist and composer Tammy Hall hosts a monthly Black women lead jam session Every third Monday. All are welcome!

Tickets available at the door. Suggested donation: $20 and up

Come celebrate another trip around the sun with Yué! She’ll share original songs as well as covers she’s loved throughout the years, Accompanied by guitarist jay wilcox.

Tickets available at yuebday.eventbrite.com

“Find Your Light: Black Girl Church” is a powerful celebration centering black womyn and their unapologetic voices. This night is dedicated to praise, healing, and joy, featuring praise and house grooves alongside a vibrant vocal collage. Indulge in delicious bites while connecting with a community that uplifts and inspires. Come prepared to immerse yourself in an atmosphere of truth and care, where every note resonates with love and resilience. Leave feeling empowered, and ready to confront any adversity. Join us in honoring the strength and spirit of Black Womynhood through music and community.

Tammy hall: piano

Joyce Lee: Spokenword

ruth price: drums

Special guests include a host of magical womyn such as takiyah franklin, rashida chase, tory teasly and more

RSVP LINK: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdS_HLRi8P9UK8ZkEAeZirV4YaHoQOiGvPmqcaz1ClKUwMTkQ/viewform

Jazz fusion trio The Hogan Brothers continue their monthly residency at Wyldflowr Arts, Oakland. Every second Sunday at 6:30pm.