upcoming live performances:
2024
04.05.24 - perc. & electronics for expanded film by Anna Geyer
Indexical, Santa Cruz, 8 pm
04.14.24 - BALSAMIC sound and movement ensemble
Dresher Ensemble Studio, Oakland, 7 pm
04.18.24 - FAULTS + dance by Pei-Ling Kao, video by Andrej Hronco
Swissnex, San Francisco, time TBA
05.17.24 - QUARTET with John Bischoff, Suki O’Kane, Shanna Sordahl
performing scores by Gretchen Jude
The Lab, San Francisco, 8 pm
05.11.24 - percussion for dance by Shoshana Green & Megan Nicely
SF International Art Festival, 7 pm
05.12.24 - QUARTET with Luo Ting, Motoko Honda, Kevin CK Lo
SF International Art Festival, 2 pm
06.19.24 - percussion duo with Jacob Felix Heule
+ Karen Yu (Hong Kong) and Ken Ueno
Center for New Music, San Francisco, 7:30 pm
past live performances:
2024
02.15.24 - SOLO with dance by Dominique Nigro
Storefront, Oakland, 8 pm
02.11.24 - OAKLAND REDUCTIONIST ORCHESTRA
Dresher Ensemble Studio, Oakland, 7 pm
2023
01.18.24 - FAULTS (Bachmann, Corcoran, Jaroba, Wen)
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, 6:30 pm
12.17.23 - Oakland Reductionist Orchestra
Mosswood Chapel, Oakland, 7 pm
11.04.23 - SOLO / DUO with Phillip Greenlief, movement by Min Yoon (Berlin) and Shoshana Green
San Francisco Zen Center, 7:30 pm
10.30.23 - linear duo with Yan Jun (Beijing)
Temescal Art Center, Oakland 7:30 pm
10.28.23 - FAULTS (Bachmann / Wen / Jaroba / Corcoran)
Adobe Books, San Francisco 8 pm
09.25.23 - FAULTS (Bachmann / Wen / Jaroba / Corcoran)
Tom’s Place, Berkeley, 8 pm
08.26.23 - SOLO percussion for Hard Work series
Ryan’s N16, Stoke-Newington London, 4 pm
07.18.23 - DUO with Jacob Felix Heule, film by Zack Parinella
Shapeshifters Cinema, Oakland, 8 pm
05.20.23 - QUARTET with Jacob Felix Heule, Matt Ingalls, Wilson Shook
Temescal Art Center, Oakland, 8 pm
04.01.23 - FAULTS + Gabby Wen with Andrej Hronco (visuals)
Indexical, Santa Cruz, 8 pm
03.31.23 - FAULTS + Gabby Wen with Andrej Hronco (visuals)
Temescal Art Center, Oakland, 8 pm
02.09-12.23 - PINKBOX with Jorge Bachmann (sound), Ana Zambrano (movement), and Alex Nichols (movement, sculpture, paint)
ZONAMACO art fair, four performances in Mexico City
01.28.23 - TRIO with Jorge Bachmann and Kae Wu (poetry)
Adobe Books, San Francisco, 8 pm
2022
11.22.22 - QUARTET with Ayako Kataoka, Jacob Felix Heule, Kanoko Nishi (electronics, bass drums, koto)
Adobe Books, San Francisco, 7:30 pm
11.05.22 - SOLO with live visuals by Eric Theise
Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco, 8 pm
09.04.22 - WINDOW
14 hour improvisation with Stephen Ratcliffe (poetry), Suki O’Kane, Edward Schocker, Cheryl Leonard, Dylan Bolles, Wayne Grimm, Paige Sorvillo (dance), Megan Nicely (dance) performed at The Exploratorium in San Francisco to be broadcast in winter.
07.09.22 - FAULTS with live visuals by Tamara Chu
Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco, 8 pm
06.01.22 - QUARTET with Jacob Felix Heule, Kanoko Nishi, Danishta Rivero (bass drums, koto, voice/electronics)
Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco 8 pm
05.29.22 - DUO with Jason Kahn (percussion & electronics)
Adobe Books, San Francisco 8 pm
05.27.22 - DUO with Jason Kahn (percussion & electronics)
Mosswood Chapel, Oakland 7:30 pm
05.19.22 - SOLO with 16mm film by Zack Parrinella
for GRAVITY SPELLS II
The Lab, San Francisco 7 pm
05.14.22 - DUO with Manfred Werder (text, objects, field recording)
Indexical, Santa Cruz 8 pm
05.13.22 - DUO with Manfred Werder (text, objects, field recording)
Adobe Books, San Francisco 8 pm
04.22.22 - TRIO with Kevin Lo and Danishta Rivero
Mosswood Chapel, Oakland, 7:30 pm
04.09.22 - SOLO percussion for DISCORDANCE series
St. Philip Neri, Portland, OR 7 pm
04.08.22 - SOLO percussion
Studio Ma, Seattle, WA 8 pm
03.25.22 - OAKLAND REDUCTIONIST ORCHESTRA
Mosswood Chapel, Oakland 7:30 pm
01.08.22 - TRIO with Jacob Felix Heule and Gabby Wen
Cone Shape Top, Oakland, 5 pm
2021
11.06.21 - RE:SOUND
work by Suki O’Kane for three bass drums, electronics and video
Mare Island building 34, 3:30 pm
11.01.21 - DUO with Jacob Felix Heule
bass drum duo + Tatsuya Nakatani solo
Adobe Books, San Francisco 7:00 pm
10.09.21 - DUO with Dominique Nigro
percussion & movement improvisation
house show, Oakland, 5:00 pm
10.02.21 - QUARTET with Kanoko Nishi-Smith, Jacob Felix Heule and Matt Chandler
house show, Berkeley, 3:00 pm
07.25.21 - Sound of Wave in Channel
11 hour improvisation with Stephen Ratcliffe (poetry), Suki O’Kane, Edward Schocker, Dylan Bolles, Paige Sorvillo (dance), Keith Evans (image and sound) performed at Shapeshifters Cinema and broadcast by Berkeley Art Museum.
07.19.21 - TRIO with Jon Raskin and John Shiurba
Luna’s, Sacramento, 7:30 pm
06.12.21 - DUO with DEMI / ALEX AYUNA (sound & movement)
Canessa Gallery, San Francisco, 7pm
2020
10.10.20 - public performance: park tunnel
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco 6 pm
07.24.20 - public performance: shoreline
in/during duo with Min Yoon (movement)
Bay Farm Island, Alameda 7 pm
03.10.20 - DUO with Nava Dunkelman (percussion)
Active Music Series
Uptown, 1928 Telegraph, Oakland 8:30 pm
02.15.20 - IN/DURING (percussion & butoh duo with Min Yoon)
Land and Sea, 5428 San Pablo, Oakland 8 pm
01.17.20 - DUO with Anne Guthrie (french horn, percussion, field recordings)
Adobe Books, 3130 24th Street, San Francisco 7:30 pm
01.10.20 - FAULTS (electroacoustic trio with Jaroba & Jorge Bachmann)
Orson’s Belly, 1737 Balboa, San Francisco 7:30 pm
2019
12.20.19 - TRIO improvisation
Cheryl Leonard & David Samas (invented instruments) with KC (percussion)
Turquoise Yantra Grotto (private house show), San Francisco 8 pm
11.21.19 - QUARTET improvisation
Kanoko Nishi-Smith (koto) Tom Djll (trumpet)
Jacob Felix Heule & KC (bass drums)
LUGGAGE STORE GALLERY, 1007 Market st, San Francisco 7:00pm
11.04.19 - DUO with Jon Raskin
percussion & saxophone improvisations
MAKE OUT ROOM, 3225 22nd st. San Francisco 8pm
10.20.19 - FAULTS (trio with Jorge Bachmann & Jaroba)
Early show - benefit for Chad Stockdale - experimental music fest
RED MUSEUM, 212 15th Street, Sacramento NOON
10.19.19 - PSYCHOBOTANY (sound, movement, projections)
improvised duo with David Samas accompanied by butoh and live projections by Katarina Countiss
Private house venue, email for details, Oakland 8pm
10.07.19 - TRIO improvisation with dance
Phillip Greenlief (saxophone), Crystal Nails (electronics) KC (percussion) with Min Yoon (movement)
PRO ARTS, 150 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland 9pm
09.19.19-09.29.19 - PORTAL sound installation
field recordings & mixed media installation with Jorge Bachmann for AIA’s Architecture and the City festival in a group show titled Perspectivas 2019.
California College of the Arts, 1111 8th St. San Francisco
09.07.19 - SONIC MOUNTAIN (SONOMA)
An ensemble of percussionists led by Hisham Bharoocha play Doug Aitken’s sonic sculpture
DONUM ESTATE, Sonoma private event
08.24.19 - INVASIVE SPECIES
Percussion duo with Jonathon Bafus at Gold Lion Arts Summer Festival
GOLD LION ARTS, 2733 Riverside Blvd, Sacramento 7 pm
08.01.19 - FAULTS (trio with Jorge Bachmann & Jaroba)
percussion, modular synth, reeds
LUGGAGE STORE GALLERY, 1007 Market, San Francisco 7:30 pm
06.29.19 - BRYAN DAY ELECTROMAGNETIC ORCHESTRA
in a six person ensemble on instruments designed and built by Bryan Day
Re:Sound, building A-168 Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve, 4 pm
06.28.19 - QUARTET with Clarke Robinson, Seiyoung Jang & Gabby Fluke-Mogul
percussion, electronics & violin improvisation
ADOBE BOOKS, 3130 24th st. San Francisco 7:30 pm
05.23.19 - DUO with GRETCHEN JUDE
Gretchen visits from Hawaii to perform improvisations for percussion, voice and field recordings in support of our recent CD hirakito
LAND AND SEA, 5428 San Pablo, Oakland 8 pm
05.11.19 - INVASIVE SPECIES (percussion duo with Jon Bafus)
record release for new lp Adapter on Baggage Claim Records
RED MUSEUM, 212 15th street, Sacramento 8 pm
04.25.19 - 06.16.19 - SYNAPTIC LAPSES INSTALLATION
sound and mixed media installation in Think Make Tank’s group show While I’m Waiting made in collaboration with Jorge Bachmann
CODE & CANVAS GALLERY, 151 Potrero, San Francisco
03.18.19 - PERCUSSION DUO WITH JACOB FELIX HEULE
STUDIO GRAND, 3234 Grand, Oakland, CA 9pm
2018
12.09.18 - Outsound SIMM series - TRIO with Danishta Rivero & Kevin CK Lo
MUSICIANS LOCAL 6, 116 Ninth street, San Francisco 8 pm
12.06.18 - 12 SYMBOLS
performing in Chris Duncan’s 12 person cymbal ensemble
SF ARTS COMMISSION GALLERY, 401 Van Ness suite 126, San Francisco, 8 pm
10.11.18-10.26.18 - EAST ASIA FALL TOUR
10.11 Sapporo, Japan at Red Berry Studio (with Yuta Yokoyama & dancers Mayumi Horiuchi, Eiko Shibata and Rin Nosuke)
10.16 Tokyo, Japan at Permian (with Wakana Ikeda, Yusuke Kawamura & Takeshi Masubuchi)
10.17 Tokyo, Japan at Permian (solo)
10.18 Seoul, South Korea at Strange Fruit (duo with Heejin Jang)
10.19 Seoul, South Korea at Dotolim (solo and duo with Jin Sangtae)
10.20 Beijing, China at Central Academy of Fine Arts (solo and duo with Yan Jun)
10.21 Beijing, China at MIJI concert series (solo)
10.23 Hsinchu, Taiwan at Jiang Shan Yi Gai Suo (solo and duo with Jorge Bachmann)
10.24 Taichung, Taiwan at Little Play (solo and duo with Fangyi Liu)
10.25 Taipei, Taiwan at Digilog (duo with Jorge Bachmann)
10.26 Tokyo, Japan at Ftarri (solo and trio with Makoto Oshiro & Takahiro Kawaguchi)
09.13.18 - 11.05.18 INSTALLATION in group show Origins
88 repetitive actions in search of origins (sound & natural material)
SPACE 151, 151 Potrero, San Francisco
08.23.18 - 09.30.18 - INSTALLATION in group show Metropolis Re-imagined
noise/pollution (sound & found objects)
AIA SF, 130 Sutter street #600, San Francisco
07.14.18 - INVASIVE SPECIES
percussion duo with Jon Bafus
Adobe Books, 3130 24th, San Francisco 7:30 pm
07.12.18 - FAULTS
electroacoustic trio improvisation with Jaroba (reeds) & Jorge Bachmann (synth)
Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco 8 pm
06.24.18 - SOLO (percussion & tapes)
+ Jacob Wick & Dane Rousay (trumpet & perc) + Amy Reed (guitar)
at a bakery in Sacramento (email for details) 8 pm
06.15.18 - DUO with Sarah Hennies
+ Jordan Glenn & Booker Stardrum duo
Adobe Books, 3130 24th, San Francisco 7:30 pm
06.14.18 - TRIO with Jen Boyd & Jorge Bachmann
+ Sarah Hennies solo
Canessa Gallery, 708 Montgomery, San Francisco 7 pm
05.18.18 - SOLO (percussion & tapes)
+ Jason Kahn voice, guitar & Kanoko Nishi-Smith solo koto
Space 151, 151 Potrero, San Francisco 8 pm
04.11.18 - DUO with Gretchen Jude
University of California Davis, 6 pm
04.09.18 - FAULTS
electroacoustic trio improvisation with Jaroba (reeds) & Jorge Bachmann (synth)
Studio Grand, 3234 grand, Oakland 9 pm
04.05-04.07 - FUNSCH DANCE Mother, Sister, Daughter, Marvel
live sound with Gretchen Jude & Amy Reedfor Christy Funsch choreography
ODC Theater, 3153 17th, San Francisco 8 pm
03.24.18 - SOLO with film by Cherlyn Hsing-Hsin Liu
Human Resources, 410 Cottage Home St, Los Angeles
03.23.18 - 12 SYMBOLS
Chris Duncan's 12 person cymbal ensemble
Human Resources, 410 Cottage Home St, Los Angeles
03.01.18 - TRIO with Amma Ateria & Andrej Hronco
interactive visuals by NOS visuals
Exploratorium, Pier 15 San Francisco 7:30/8:30/9:15 pm
01.27.18 - FAULTS
electroacoustic trio with Jorge Bachmann & Jaroba at Hardly Strictly Personal festival
Temescal Art Center, 511 48th street, Oakland
01.25.18 - INVASIVE SPECIES
percussion duo with Jon Bafus
Gold Lion Arts, 2733 Riverside blvd, Sacramento 8 pm
01.12.18 - SOLO (electronic)
opening for Madalyn Merkey & Die Reihe (NY)
Land and Sea, 5428 San Pablo ave, Oakland 8 pm
2017
11.16.17 - OUTSOUND SERIES
trio with Gretchen Jude (voice) + Matt Davignon (electronics)
Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market, San Francisco 8 pm
10.27.17 - SONIC CELLULOID
live improvised soundtrack to untitled super 8 film by Paul Clipson
TMT artists collective, 151 Potrero, SF 8 pm
10.10.17 - ACTIVE MUSIC SERIES
Tatsuya Nakatani percussion sextet
Nakatani + Jacob Felix Heule + Marshall Trammell + Karen Stackpole + Robert Lopez + Corcoran
The Uptown, 1928 Telegraph avenue, Oakland 9 pm
09.25.17 - FAULTS
improvisation with Jorge Bachmann (modular synth) and Jaroba (reeds/electronics)
Studio Grand, 3234 Grand avenue, Oakland 9 pm
08.07.17 - FULL SERIES at BERKELEY ART MUSEUM
electroacoustic live soundtrack with Amma Ateria (field recording & electronics) & Paul Clipson (16mm film)
Berkeley Art Museum, 2155 Center street, Berkeley, 7 pm
07.20.17 - opening reception for VOLUPTÉ
electroacoustic with Jorge Bachmann and Jaroba for the opening of Volupté by Vanesa Gingold and Mary Button Durrell.
Space 151, 151 Potrero, San Francisco, 5-8 pm
06.21.17 - GARDEN OF MEMORY
annual solstice event featuring very many musicians playing simultaneously throughout the columbarium. playing at the front entrance in trio with Jaroba (reeds, electronics) and Jorge Bachmann (electronics). four hour improvisation.
everything you want to know about...
Chapel of the Chimes, 4499 PIedmont Ave, Oakland, 5 pm
06.09.17 - 12 SYMBOLS
performing in Chris Duncan's twelve cymbal ensemble as part of the Full Series
find out more about the FULL series
Berkeley Art Museum, 2155 Center street, Berkeley, 7 pm
05.31.17 - UNTITLED COLLABORATIONS
joining musicians from Taipei and London for an improvised concert with:
Shih-Yang Lee (piano), Li-Chin Li (sheng), Chun-Te Liu (guzheng) from Taipei, Klaus Bru (sax, flute) from London and Jaroba (sax, clarinet) from SF.
Adobe Books 3130 24th Street, San Francisco, 8 pm
05.09.17 - ACTIVE MUSIC SERIES
collaboration with Christine Bonansea (dance) & Jorge Bachmann (electronics)
Uptown Nightclub, 1928 Telegraph ave, Oakland, 9pm
05.05.17 - SONIC CELLULOID
live improvised soundtrack to 16mm films by Paul Clipson
TMT Artists Collective, 151 Potrero, SF 7:30pm
05.04.17 - SONIC BODY #10
collaboration with Christine Bonansea (dance) & Jorge Bachmann (electronics)
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor street, SF, 8pm
04.07.17 - TOKYO TRIO
Tetuzi Akiyama (guitar), Madoka Kouno (electronics) & Kevin Corcoran
Enban, 2F 3-59-11, Koenji-Minami, Tokyo 8pm
03.24.17-04.01.17 - TROIS CHAPEAUX in Taiwan
[Tania Chen, Jorge Bachmann, Jaroba and Kevin Corcoran]
03.24 at KORNER in Taipei
03.26 at Jiang Shan Yi Gai Suo in Hsinchu
03.27 at VENUE in Taipei
03.28 at Ting Shuo Hear Say in Tainan
04.01 at Cochlea in Kaohsiung
03.20.17 - TOKYO QUINTET
Ikeda Yoko (violin), Ikeda Wakana (flute), Naoe Miki (radio), Gretchen Jude (koto) & Kevin Corcoran
Ftarri, Okano bldg B1 1-4-11, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 8pm
03.11.17 - 12 SYMBOLS
Chris Duncan's 12 person cymbal ensemble
Minnesota Street Project 1275 Minnesota in San Francisco 7pm
03.11.17 - GODWAFFLE NOISE PANCAKES
Jen Boyd & Kevin Corcoran electronics & percussions
Noisebridge 2169 Mission st San Francisco, noon!
03.04.17 - FIBERS
Fibers (Wes Steed & Kevin Corcoran) + Gargantius Effect (Randy McKean & Murray Campbell) electroacoustic double duo set
Gold Lion Arts 2733 Riverside blvd in Sacramento 8pm
02.27.17 - TROIS CHAPEAUX
TROIS CHAPEAUX (Jaroba, Jorge Bachmann, Corcoran) electroacoustic improv
Studio Grand, Oakland, 9pm
02.02.17 - INVASIVE SPECIES
INVASIVE SPECIES (percussion duo with Jon Bafus) cassette release show
Gold Lion Arts 2733 Riverside blvd in Sacramento, 7pm
01.20.17 - CHAIR CONVERSATIONS (sound & movement)
KONTAKT closing reception - installation by Alex Nichols & Mushi
Jorge Bachmann electronics & field recordings / Kevin Corcoran percussions & field recordings / Alex & Mushi chair conversations
Space 151 151 Potrero Ave floor 2, San Francisco, 6pm
2016
10.01.16 - PERCUSSION TRIO with NAKATANI and HEULE
percussion trio with Tatsuya Nakatani and Jacob Felix-Heule and dance by Ronie Baker, Turquoise Yantra Grotto, San Francisco, CA
improvisation, house concert (32 Turquoise way, SF), 8pm
also performing: Kanoko Nishi-Smith, koto
9.25.16 - DUO WITH BRYAN DAY
with Bryan Day (invented instruments) at the Drunken Loaf, Sacramento, CA
improvisation, 8pm
house concert, email for details
also performing: Jeph Jerman & Tim Barnes
9.22.16-9.24.16 - KING TIDE
in Nina Haft's "King Tide" at Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco, CA
dance, sound design, improvisation, 8pm
an evening of dance about water, balances and extremes
choreography by Nina Haft & Co., sound design by Gretchen Jude, improvisation for percussion&bass by Jason Hoopes and Kevin Corcoran
7.22.16 - ECSTATIC LANDSCAPES
"Ecstatic Landscapes" with Paul Clipson (film) and Dave Defilippo (computer) at Artists' Television Access, San Francisco
live electroacoustic improvisation with 16mm film screening
more info about this event here.
7.31.16 - SOUNDWAVE BIENNIAL
"Energized Vectors" Audiobus performance with Jen Boyd (field recordings) for Mediate's Soundwave Biennial at the Tenderloin Museum in San Francisco
Performing an experimental audio documentary performed on a bus traveling through the Tenderloin and mid-Market neighborhoods of SF.
Soundwave is San Francisco's sonic arts biennial with events hosted throughout the city and in nearby Marin Headlands.
More information about this year's events here
past online events:
12.30.21 - Imaginary Network Topologies
New short audio visual work as part of streaming showcase at twitch.tv/2xmono
06.12.21-06.20.21 - Dogstar Orchestra 17 film screening
soft tremors is a new work for sound and image being screened as part of Dogstar Orchestra festival 17
03.19.21 - Revisiting duo with Yan Jun
recorded work with Yan Jun at Experimentalist Media Collective
03.15.21-04.18.21 - Borealis radio broadcast
recorded work streaming on Borealis Radio Space
12.12.20 - TSONAMI FESTIVAL radio broadcast
recorded work with Jorge Bachmann streaming on Radio Tsonami
17:00 local time Santiago de Chile
www.tsonami.cl for more info
09.20.20 - new work for video and sound, live stream
for NorCal Noisefest monthly series
this piece is archived here
05.20.20 - sound and image collaboration with Hung Tzu Ni
sound (percussion & field recording) accompaniment to video of kinetic installation works by Hung Tzu Ni exhibited at Chinese Culture Center in San Francisco
archive of this online event can be found here
05.03.20 - QUARTET livestream improvisation
Yoko Ikeda (Tokyo), Gretchen Jude (Tokyo), Li Song (London), KC (San Francisco)
For Hiroyuki Ura’s People Places and Things series of internet performances
archive of this performance available here