Sun 3/15 :: BEN GOLDBERG + DILLON VADO + TIM BULKLEY / FILMS BY DAVID MICHALAK, STEVE MOBIA, ARTHUR GANSON

[MATT INGALLS]

west oakland sound series  SUNDAY MARCH 15 2026 7:15p BEN GOLDBERG + DILLON VADO + TIM BULKLEY FILMS BY  DAVID MICHALAK + STEVE MOBIA + ARTHUR GANSON Clarinetist BEN GOLDBERG joins DILLON VADO (vibraphone) and TIM BULKLEY (drums) in a set of trio improvisations. Sound knowledge and awareness from planet Neptone. The practice of remembering what you can't forget. Come have a listen; you won't believe your ears. Or else, you will believe your ears but there might be something else you don't believe. Or maybe nothing at all.     For the second half of the concert, EYE-FULL FILMS presents a set of experimental films by DAVID MICHALAK, STEVE MOBIA, and ARTHUR GANSON, including the premiere showing of Michalak's Still Movin'.   PROGRAM   DAVID MICHALAK - Life Is a Serious Business (1983, color, B+W, 8 min.) George Kuchar in dual roles as Instructor and hopeless nebbish attempts to instruct himself out discouragement. The dialogue has been appropriated from a “How to Overcome Discouragement” instructional record. Music by Dean Santomieri   ARTHUR GANSON - Machines (various shorts 1978-2004, color, B+W, 6 min)   STEVE MOBIA – Nudge (2012, color, 8min.) a pinball percussion piece that features the sounds of vintage pinball machines, scored by Steve and performed by members of the Composers Orchestra.   DAVID MICHALAK - Still Movin’ (2025, color, 6 min) Nature’s beautiful abstractions present themselves through a car window. World premiere! Soundtrack by Dr. Bob   DAVID MICHALAK - The Secret Opera (2025, color, B+W, 13 min.) Grum, an opera singer played by Bob Marsh searches for the key to love & art attempting to perform in spite of aphonia, inner demons and a ghost that has been haunting and dooming performances in the decaying Opera House. Soundtrack by Dr. Bob.   DAVID MICHALAK - Regenbogen (1998, color, 4 min.) an animated rainbow, soundtrack by Reel Change   plus a surprise film!

UPCOMING Sun Mar 22 - Fremakajo (Frith+Abe+Knudsen+Glenn) /                         Social Stutter  (Schenk+Garabedian+Knudsen+Wright) Sun Mar 29 - Levitator Trio (Clifford+Shokrai+Nordeson) / "Two Sisters" By Max Abner West Oakland Sound Series Dresher Ensemble Studio 2201 Poplar Street. Oakland ample parking! (perpendicular when past the trees on Poplar) $10-$25 sliding scale Cash and Venmo accepted at door 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