Sun 5/31 :: sfSoundGroup: POLANSKY, SATIE + CLAIR, DAMBLY, INGALLS

[MATT INGALLS]

west oakland sound series  SUNDAY MAY 31 2026 7:15p sfSoundGroup WEST OAKLAND SOUND SERIES' house new music ensemble, sfSoundGroup, presents a program traversing over 100 years of the avant-garde. The evening is anchored by ERIK SATIE'S minimalistic CINEMA (1926), performed live to RENÉ CLAIR’S landmark silent short Dada film, Entr’acte.   The concert features a trio of works by LARRY POLANSKY (1954 - 2024) that showcase his unique formal processes. The World’s Longest Melody employs a generative "morphing" technique to weave a single, continuous thread of sound through ever-shifting musical terrain. Approaching the Azimuth..., a short solo clarinet work written for Matt Ingalls, is a computer generated form with various distributions of the instrument's natural harmonics. freeHorn concludes the set with shimmering, resonant textures that invite an ensemble of improvisers to explore the natural physics of the harmonic series.   TOM DAMBLY premieres La trompette concrète 2, a new work for trumpet and multichannel electronics while MATT INGALLS reimagines the very first work written for the group, Fences(2001), a hybrid score of graphical and traditional notation with a heavy dose of improvisation.     PROGRAM   Erik Satie - CINEMA (1926) with René Clair’s silent Dada short film, Entr’acte  (1924)   Larry Polansky - The World’s Longest Melody (1993)   Larry Polansky - Approaching the Azimuth... (1998)   Larry Polansky - freeHorn (2004)   Tom Dambly - La trompette concrète 2 (2026)   Matt Ingalls - Fences (2001/2026)     MUSICIANS Diane Grubbe, flute Matt Ingalls, clarinet John Ingle, saxophone Tom Dambly, trumpet Brendan Lai-Tong, trombone Giacomo Fiore, guitar Hadley McCarroll, piano Kjell Nordeson, percussion Monica Scott, cello Lisa Mezzacappa, bass

UPCOMING Sun May 31 - sfSound: Polansky, Satie + Clair, Dambly, Ingalls Sun June 7 - Rova Saxophone Quartet + Gongwoman Sun June 28 - Kole Galbraith (Seattle) / Eric Theise / Jaime Roble + Nancy Beckman + Tom 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 - Northwest Experimental Guitar Orchestra (Seattle) / Lorin Benedict + Casey Tessier Sun Aug 9 - West Oakland Tape Music Festival Sun Aug 16 - Nathan Clevenger / Fornax Linteum West Oakland Sound Series Dresher Ensemble Studio 2201 Poplar Street. Oakland ample parking! (perpendicular when past the trees on Poplar) Cash and Venmo accepted at door $20 (FREE for students and anyone financially challenged) late arrivals follow instructions on door to get buzzed in Advance tickets can be purchased at eventbrite.com presented by sfSound & New Performance Traditions https://sfsound.info