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6:00 pm - 7:05 pm Sarah Wilson’s Brass Tonic
7:25 pm - 8:30 pm Sarah Wilson’s Brass Tonic

Bay Area trumpeter and composer Sarah Wilson has emerged as “one of the most intriguing and promising composers and trumpeters on the contemporary music scene” (San Francisco Chronicle). While deeply shaped by jazz, Wilson’s music stylistically owes as much to avant pop, Afro-Latin grooves and indie rock as the post-bop continuum.

Sarah Wilson’s Brass Tonic features Wilson (trumpet), Kasey Knudsen (alto sax), Mara Fox (trombone), John Schott (guitar), Lisa Mezzacappa (bass) and Jason Levis (drums). They will perform new music commissioned by Intermusic SF’s Musical Grant Program in tribute to legendary jazz composer/pianist Geri Allen in celebration of Women’s History Month.

Wilson’s artistic work reflects a dynamic interplay of theater, jazz, dance, and film, which frame her unique, fresh compositional style. Her original work has earned numerous prestigious commissions from venerable foundations such as the Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Center for Cultural Innovation, SF ArtsCommission, Fleishhacker Foundation, Zellerbach Foundation, East Bay Community Foundation, New Music USA, and de Young Museum Cultural Encounters Initiative in collaboration with Intersection for the Arts.

Sarah Wilson - Trumpet
Kasey Knudsen - Alto sax
Mara Fox - Trombone
John Schott - Electric Guitar
Lisa Mezzacappa - Bass
Jason Levis - Drums

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