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Will Bernard & Beth Custer: Original Chamber Jazz

December 21, 2018 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm

$25
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Originally from Berkeley, Will Bernard is now a renowned New York guitarist. He joins San Francisco treasure Beth Custer in performance of original compositions ranging in styles from funky blues, to plaintive contemporary classical, to rollicking jazz. Always soulful and in synch, this duo has been playing together since they met in the 1980’s.
 
FEATURING:
Will Bernard – guitars
Beth Custer – clarinets, vocals
 
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Grammy-nominated guitarist Will Bernard has performed and/or recorded with Stanton Moore Trio, Robert Walter’s 20th Congress, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Tom Waits, Ben Sidran, Dr John, Booker T. Jones, Steven Bernstein, George Porter Jr., Zigaboo Modeliste, Global Noize, Greyboy Allstars, Galactic, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Mike Clark, Idris Muhammad, and others. In addition to leading his own groups, Bernard performs regularly with the New York collaborative Pleasure Drones, W-Beez with Wil Blades, Peter Apfelbaum’s Sparkler, and John Medeski’s Mad Skillet with Kirk Joseph and Terence Higgins.

Beth Custer is an Emmy Award-winning composer and recording artist. She is a member of the Beth Custer Ensemble, Eighty Mile Beach, Clarinet Thing, Trance Mission, Club Foot Orchestra, and Will Bernard/Beth Custer Ensemble. Custer has composed for Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Zeitgeist, Earplay, Campo Santo and San Diego Repertory Theatres, Joe Goode Performance Group, Roco Dance, Flyaway Productions, and for the films of William Farley, Brad Coley, and Cathy Lee Crane. This fall, she is an artist-in-residence in Prague where she will premiere her score for a 1919 comedic silent film at the Czech National Archive.
 
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EVENT DETAILS

 
Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Admission: $25. Ticket availability at the door is limited and contingent on online sales.
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Details

Date:
December 21, 2018
Time:
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Cost:
$25
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Venue

Red Poppy Art House
2698 Folsom St.
San Francisco,CA94110United States
Phone
(650) 731-5383