Serving the San Francisco Bay Area New Music Community

Sun, Oct 27 2024 7:00 PM

West Oakland Sound Series
2201 Poplar Street Dresher Ensemble Studio Oakland
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MEERENAI SHIM + DIANE GRUBBE
THE HOLLY MARTINS (Kasey Knudsen + Lorin Benedict + ERIC VOGLER)


Bay Area flutists DIANE GRUBBE and MEERENAI SHIM perform solo and duo works by Robert Dick, Mario Davidovsky, Dai Fujikura, Alyssa Aska, and The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker.


THE HOLLY MARTINS is Kasey Knudsen (alto saxophone), Lorin Benedict (voice), and ERIC VOGLER (guitar). They have been playing in this configuration for over 15 years, during which time the group has explored a broad range of composed music (written by them and by others), improvised game pieces, and collective free improvisation. The nucleus of their approach is rooted in the jazz idiom, writ large, but the conspicuous absence of a "rhythm section" pushes the team in directions bordering on the altogether unfamiliar.

Cost: $10-$25 sliding scale
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