Jean Carla Rodea

Jean Carla Rodea (b in Mexico City) is a research-based interdisciplinary artist and educator currently living between Brooklyn, NY and San Francisco, CA. Her/their work involves a variety of disciplines and mediums such as music, sound, poetry, vocal performance and performance art, photography, video, movement, and sculpture. Her artistic practice deals with spaces and instances […]

Chelsea Hollow and Taylor Chan

Expanding the traditional format of a classical recital, vocalist Chelsea Hollow and pianist Taylor Chan create cathartic and innovative programs incorporating percussion, live electronic processing, sampled sound, and audience participation. Chelsea Hollow (soprano) and Taylor Chan (piano) are classically trained artists who continue to perform in traditional operatic, concert, and orchestral settings. In 2020, they […]

Anne Sajdera

As a pianist, composer bandleader and accompanist, Anne Sajdera is a creative force whose music encompasses an unusually far-flung array of traditions. With musical roots spanning the globe, she melds American and Brazilian jazz to her training in European classical music, creating an utterly personal sound that’s melodically verdant, harmonically sophisticated and rhythmically compelling. Her […]

Davide Verotta

DAVIDE VEROTTA was born in Italy ad moved to San Francisco in 1986. A professor at UCSF in biomathematics and statistics for thirty years, he has been actively involved in the SF new music scene for many years and eventually left academia to concentrate exclusively on composing. He studied piano at the Milano and SF […]

Camilo y los Cruzers

Camilo y los Cruzers is the latest project from quixotic multi-instrumentalist Camilo Landau, exploring the intersections of Latin music and Black music with an all-star lineup of renowned musicians.  Camilo y los Cruzers attempts to break down some of the barriers between Latin and Black music communities by explicitly inviting musicians from distinct communities to […]

Pedro José Pastrana

Pedro José Pastrana is a Puerto Rican cuatro player and a Latin Jazz musician. He grew up playing traditional Puerto Rican folk “Jíbaro” music, a style that has its own traditions and vocabulary. However from the moment He discovered Jazz in high school, he’s been fascinated with improvisation as an artistic form of expression. As […]

Carla Lucero

Composer/librettist, Carla Lucero, focuses on social justice and giving voice to silenced and marginalized communities. She gravitates to biographical stories that challenge long-held stereotypes, especially stories centered around women. Lucero and her critically acclaimed operas, Wuornos (2001 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts), Juana (2019 Opera UCLA), Las Tres Mujeres de Jerusalén (2022 LA Opera) […]

Edward Simon

Edward Simon, a native of Venezuela, has made a name for himself over decades in America as a jazz improviser, composer-arranger, and band leader, with his profile heightening in recent years as he has explored the commonalities jazz can have with the folkloric sounds of Latin  America. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, as a […]

Anderson & Roe

Known for their adrenalized performances, original compositions, and notorious music videos, GREG ANDERSON and ELIZABETH JOY ROE are revolutionizing the piano duo experience for the 21st century. Described as “the most dynamic duo of this generation” (San Francisco Classical Voice), “rock stars of the classical music world” (Miami Herald), and “the very model of complete 21st-century musicians” (The Washington Post), […]

Frank Swart

Frank Swart is a bassist, guitarist, arranger, composer, producer, and engineer. His mission is to exhibit improvisational no-construct music as a positive social action performed by a multicultural, inclusive ensemble, encouraging and embracing interaction and introspection from all in its space. In his wide-ranging career, Frank has contributed to countless sessions covering a wide range […]