Garden of Memory at Chapel of the Chimes, June 21, 2025

ONLINE SALES ONLY. NO SALES AT THE DOOR. TICKETS WILL BE CAPPED AT 3000. TICKETS WILL SELL OUT.

The program will feature simultaneous performances in different parts of the building by Bay Area composers, musicians, sound artists, and other performers presenting a variety of acoustic and electronic music, installations, and interactive events; the audience is free to move throughout the building during the performances.

We are opening up sales to a few hundred more than last year's sold out concert, which had over 800 people on the waitlist! Despite that, there will be still be a thousand people fewer allowed in than the last pre-covid concert in 2019. Masks are welcomed - especially in the smaller enclosed spaces.

The artists, many of whom are well-known to Bay Area audiences, to be featured at the 2025 event include Amendola/ Manring/ Evangelista Trio • Amy X Neuburg with Andrew Juris • Anne Hege, Julie Herndon & Rachel Beetz • Beth Custer • Brenda Hutchinson • Cornelius Cardew Choir • duo B: Liza Mezzacappa & Jason Levis • Dylan Mattingly • Edward Schocker • Fred Frith Trio: Fred Frith, Jason Hoopes & Jordan Glenn • freeHorn Ensemble: Krys Bobrowski, Giacomo Fiore & Amy Beal • Gino Robair's Radical Divination • Harmonic Drift •Kitka• Jens Ibsen & Tin Yi Chelsea Wong • Joel St. Julien • John Benson • John Schott & Cecilia Engelhart • Kaitlin McSweeney • Kristin Norderval • Laura Inserra • Liam Herb • Liu Xi「柳溪」(Willow Stream) • Majel Connery & Jon Vinocour • María José Montijo • Matt McBane • Matt Robidoux • Orchestra Nostalgico • Pamela Z • Paul Dresher & Joel Davel • Plonsey Scheme • Randy Porter • Ray/Kallay: Vicki Ray & Aaron Kallay • Regular Music • Rova Saxophone Quartet • Shanti Lalita • Sidney Chen • SoRIAH with Thomas Dimuzio • Stephen Kent • The Dennis Aman/Andy Meyerson Problem • The Mycos Project: Irene Sazer, Kate Stenberg, Erik Pearson & Debbie Fier • Sarah Cahill • Thea Farhadian • Theresa Wong & Kanoko Nishi-Smith • Wayne Grim • Wendy Reid, Lulu & the Bird Ensemble • Xxhe Myt`thol • Zachary James Watkins

Check our website - https://www.gardenofmemory.com for helpful hints, and updated information on the event. A map will be posted identifying the location of the ensembles.

There is no schedule for most of the performances, although there will be a map. Event goers are invited to wander the multilevel building which is built onto a hillside between Piedmont Avenue and Howe Street as the performers play simultaneously. Getting lost is part of the experience as guests climb up and down the three floors through a maze of gardens, cloisters, alcoves, stairwells, fountains and other architectural elements, which rise into vaulted ceilings.

Parking is extremely limited. Piedmont Avenue in front of the Chapel will be closed to cars. Please carpool or use rideshare services, public transportation, or bike, if at all possible. There will not be handicapped parking available - please arrange to be dropped off. If you do drive, there may be parking available on Pleasant Valley Rd. AC Transit's Bus Line #12 stops within 2 blocks and serves both the Ashby and the 19th St. BART stations, as well as AMTRAK, if you're coming from afar. Bicycles are best locked on the fencing of the parking lot across the street from the main entrance.

Accessibility: The Chapel of the Chimes is only partially handicap accessible. There is access to the main entrance, and to the top floor and annex floors (where there will be performers,) but the older section, except for the two main chapels, is not accessible. There is a third entrance at the back of the west parking lot on Piedmont, between the Funeral Home & the Columbarium, that provide accessible access from Piedmont to the annex and elevators to the second and third floors.

No food or drink is allowed inside, except for water bottles - which are recommended, as it can get very hot inside and water fountains are few and far between. There will be food trucks outside on Piedmont Ave, and some tables and chairs.

Garden of Memory offers a unique and personal musical experience to every listener as they rove freely through this Oakland Historic Landmark building. Our co-sponsor, Chapel of the Chimes, is the largest above-ground cemetery (mausoleum which is an inside cemetery) west of the Mississippi. Chimes started out as a street car station that was transformed into the California Memorial Crematorium and Columbarium in 1909. The property was expanded and transformed initially by Julia Morgan and later by Aaron Green, a protégé of Frank Lloyd Wright. The Oakland Historical Landmark today continues to provide complete end-of-life services, part of a family of four premier Bay Area cemeteries, columbariums, crematories, mausoleums and funeral homes. From traditional to personalized, Chapel of the Chimes assists the diverse families of Northern California to fully memorialize and celebrate a life lived.