Tom's Place
3111 Deakin Street Berkeley
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On Thursday, January 11 at 7:30pm, Tom's Place presents

Kokuo
(John McCowen, clarinets
Kyle Bruckmann, oboe
Kanoko Nishi-Smith, koto
Jacob Felix Heule, percussion
Tom Djll, trumpet)

John McCowen, the Oakland-based composer/clarinetist/improviser, is moving away from the Bay Area, so we're throwing a little going-away concert for him, featuring his ensemble Kokuo.

John specializes in post-electronic acoustic music. His solo playing focuses on the extended possibilities of the clarinet/contrabass clarinet, embracing electronically-generative music as a structural starting point for acoustic composition and featuring long-form drones as a means to extrude structure, treating the clarinet as an acoustic synthesizer.

In Kokuo, McCowen plays with Bay-Area all-stars Kyle Bruckmann (oboe), Kanoko Nishi-Smith (koto), Jacob Felix Heule (percussion) and Tom Djll (trumpet).

Update: Jacob Felix Heule will not be able to attend.

Tom's Place
3111 Deakin Street, Berkeley CA
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Admission: donation. All proceeds go directly to the musicians.
Doors open at 7:00. Wheelchair accessible.

Cost: Free, donations accepted.

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