SIMM Series @ The Musicians Union Hall
116 9th St @ Mission SF
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7:30pm The Guthrie Project
Beth Schenck - saxophones, compositions
Matt Wrobel - guitar
8:30pm Noertker's Moxie
Annelise Zamula - tenor sax, flute
Theo Padouvas - trumpet
Bill Noertker - contrabass, compositions
Jason Levis - drums

The Guthrie Project is a collaboration between Beth Schenck (saxophones + compositions) and Matt Wrobel (guitar), who have been playing music together for over a decade. After their son was born in 2011, Beth began writing short musical poems out of a growing interest in small scale/minimalist structures that could exercise both musical restraint and freedom of space. The product possesses an expansive, cinematic quality that has been described as "lyrical, rich and biting" (Greg Burk, metaljazz.com). Beth and Matt have performed throughout the United States, Europe and Japan and have performed with world-renowned musicians Henry Threadgill, Rajeev Taranath, Jim Black, Bill McHenry, Andrew D'Angelo and many others. Beth and Matt currently reside in San Francisco.

For this iteration of Moxie Will be playing a ditty inspired by the childhood game of red light-green light, a couple o' shanties that were constructed utilizing the 5-7-5 structure o' the haiku, a serenade inspired by the idiosyncracies of numeric abbreviations, a faux bossa inspired by a faux deity, an air inspired by a childhood taunt, a rhapsody inspired by a childhood toy, and other fun 'n' games.

Cost: $10-$15 sliding scale

Audio samples in which musicians at this event play: