The Deconstruction Orchestra
A power house big band of immense proportions!
Josh Allen - conductor/composer/tenor saxophone
Jason Hoopes bass. Kurt Ribak bass. Mark Miller drums.
Timothy Orr drums. Roger Reidlbaur guitar.
John Finkbeiner guitar. Nick Obando alto.
Rent Romus alto. Rory Snyder alto.
Steve Adams tenor. Sam Flores tenor.
Joshua Marshall tenor. John Vaughn bari.
David Slusser bari. Matt Streich trombone. Matt Gaspari fluglehorn. George Moore trumpet. Collette McCaslin cornet. Jeff Hobbs trumpet.
San Francisco-based composer-bandleader Joshua Allen and his high-energy innovative 25-piece Deconstruction Orchestra will perform The Structure of Sound and Space, an original deconstructivist-inspired suite of cell structure game compositions. Melding together post-modern, free jazz, non-idiomatic improvisation, and San Francisco’s vast highly diverse contemporary music scenes, the Deconstruction Orchestra is inspired by the large ensemble works of late 20th century composer/directors such as Marco Enedi, Cecil Taylor, and the works of Butch Morris, and Kim Richmond. Under the direction Joshua Allen, the orchestra creates a powerfully cathartic architecture of sound creating a sonic space around the listener and redefining the purpose of the large ensemble.
photo by
Peter B Kaars
Videos featuring musicians playing at this event
Ken Filiano/ Steve Adams Duo at the Stone
A montage of the free music group the Lords of Outland from their live presented as part of The Tenderloin Museum’s Sounds of the Tenderloin live music series at the Tenderloin National Forest in San Francisco July of 2022
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