Friday, May 22, 2020
7:30pm to 9:30pm
$10/$60 table for 4
FREE for people with disabilities

Pomeroy Center
207 Skyline Blvd
(entrance on Herbst Rd)

ABOUT NOMAD SESSION
"Nomad Session is San Francisco’s premiere wind and brass octet. Bringing wind instruments to the forefront, Nomad represents members of every woodwind and brass family (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, french horn, trumpet, trombone, and tuba) and is the first to use this instrumentation as a platform for a professional chamber ensemble rather than a one time project. This hybrid ensemble of woodwinds and brass has caught the attention of some of the Bay Area’s most creative composers, and in the last 15 months Nomad has commissioned four new pieces for wind octet. Using the extreme versatility of their instruments, Nomad Session introduces audiences to a world of new musical opportunities by commissioning contemporary repertoire that further establishes the wind octet as a widely accepted chamber music genre, performing inspiring arrangements of classical and popular music ranging from Holst’s Planets Suite to Thriller by Michael Jackson, and exploring innovative performance experiences both on stage and in a park near you.

In keeping with its name, Nomad Session started a series of Pop-Up Outreach Concerts where musicians “wander” around local parks and establishments in order to bring music to the community. Drawing large audiences throughout the Bay Area, recent pop-up performances have taken place in Golden Gate Park, Lake Merritt, Winter Walk SF in Union Square, Dolores Park, Bernal Heights, and at the Castro Art Walk.

Nomad Session's 2018-19 concert season featured a three part concert series titled "The Eight" - a season of music that placed emphasis on further establishing the wind octet as a widely accepted chamber music genre. "The Eight" featured the world premieres of three commissions by composers Emily Shisko, Nicolas Lell Benavides, and Mario Godoy. Their 2019-20 season features exciting new orchestral arrangements for wind octet, music by Phillips Glass and Marc Mellits, and three commissions by Jonathan Russell, Roger Zare, and Ryan Brown."

ABOUT POMEROY LIVE!
The Pomeroy Center Arts Series serves a diverse population: people living on San Francisco's west side; and adults with developmental disabilities from throughout the City. People with disabilities generally have little access to quality live arts performance, particularly in a classic setting. The residents of the Sunset District in San Francisco also experience a shortage of live arts performances, in that nearly all event venues are several miles to the East.

What is exciting about our arts series is that we will be creating a truly inclusive environment, one where Pomeroy Center clients and their non-disabled neighbors will attend high quality live arts events side by side. The series will also provide vocational training, with clients learning to do event setup, ushering, working at will call, selling concessions, and serving as hosts for our community guests.