Flaming Hakama Announcements March 2018

Published: Wed, 02/28/18

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Schedule

First Fridays at Il Pirata

Friday 2 March 2018, 8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Il Pirata
2007 16th St, SF, California 94103 (@ Potrero)

free/$15

A revitalized alt.musica sashays into 2018

with a residency at Il Pirata, playing once a month

on first Fridays, starting in March.

We are a 10-piece Jazz chamber orchestra
with amazing instrumentalists and improvisers.

Enjoy original music and innovative standards
in blended and diverse styles including Jazz,

Afro-Cuban, Funk and Classical.

You can hang out for free in the bar, or pay the

$15 cover to see the band in the feature room.

Learn more about the band below,

as we've grown since our last outing.

The personnel for this Friday's gig includes:

Gaea Schell - Flute

Glenda Bates - English Horn

Elaine Alt - Bass Clarinet

Alicia Bell - Voice & Clave

Greg German - Drums

Anthony Blea - Violin

Michèle Walther - Violin

Keith Lawrence - Viola

Doug Machiz - 'Cello

Carl Herder - Bass

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Save these dates for when we return:

Friday, April 6

Friday, May 4.

Update

It's been a few months, so I wanted to provide a

window into what's been going on with alt.musica.

Stringification

It was exhilarating to spend most of the year

writing for and recording string quartet.

This included some classical and cues for Film & TV,

but primarily alt.musica's Afro-Cuban songs.

We premiered some of this material in October as

the alt.musica Clarinet Quintet.

Since then, I resurrected lush string arrangements

of Jazz standards, and wrote rhythm and wind parts.

Now, I'm thrilled to now have string quartet as

full part of alt.musica

Anthony Blea

Michèle Walther

Charith Premawardhana

Gabriel Beistline

And our other inaugural members

As the group has grown, we've featured

other great artists, like Gaea, Keith and Doug

on our March gig.

Recording

The quality of production at

Flaming Hakama has been improving.

Acoustic treatments, more depth in the mic cabinet,

and some engineering tutoring have helped

the quality of recordings.

We've been working towards recording the repertoire,

often in stages and with different approaches.

Be sure to check out the songs we submitted for

Chamber Music America's New Jazz Works grant:

Windows and We Declare.

If you'd like, geek out on our repertoire,

both sheet music and recordings.

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