Please join us in a celebration of Matthew Sperry’s life and music with the Bay Area’s creative music community:

June 2, 4 & 5, 2009
Seventh Annual Matthew Sperry Memorial Festival

This year the festival kicks off with Seattle-based Lesli Dalaba performing in a trio with Fred Frith, Jason Hoopes and a duo with special guest Gail Brand (UK) in Oakland’s intimate Studio 1510. Gail closes the festival with a performance with local Sperry collaborators Gino Robair, Morgan Guberman, John Shiurba, Tim Perkis and Tom Djll on the stage of the Maybeck-inspired Hillside Club. The festival tradition of works for large ensemble continues as OrcheSperry ascends the tall stairs of the Luggage Store Gallery to perform new works in homage to Matthew’s musical life and work, and reprise Matthew’s rollicking improv karaoke of Treasure Mouth, which requires a band to follow along to lyrics as fast as they can be written out for them by others.

Tuesday June 2 | 8pm | $6 – $100 sliding scale
Studio 1510
1510 8th Street
Oakland
Lesli Dalaba
trio with Fred Frith, Jason Hoopes and duo with Gail Brand (UK)

Thursday June 4 | 8pm | $6 – $100 sliding scale
Luggage Store Gallery
1007 Market Street
San Francisco
Co-presented by Full Moon Concerts – Strong Moon

Orchesperry and Treasure Mouth

Friday, June 5 | 8pm | $15
Hillside Club
2286 Cedar Street
Berkeley

Gail Brand
solo, duos, trios, quartets, quintets and sextets with

Gino Robair, Morgan Guberman, John Shiurba, Tim Perkis and Tom Djll

Festival Tickets are available at the door.

Donations accepted. All proceeds from these benefit performances support the Matthew Sperry Memorial Fund.

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