The Finnish Heritage Society and Outsound Presents
Rent Romus, Heikki Koskinen's The Otherworld Ensemble play SOUL BIRD SUITE
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ZELE, Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble’s East Bay community chorus

Rent Romus, Heikki Koskinen and The Otherworld Ensemble will present Soul Bird at the iconic Berkeley Finnish Hall , a musical odyssey of mythic bird stories.
The spark originally came from the stories of the Siberian Jay, also known in Finland as ‘kuukkeli’, which is found throughout the Arctic regions of the world. In Finland, as well as in other Finno-Ugric cultural myths, this small, brave and charismatic bird is considered to be the carrier of human souls to and from the afterlife of Manala (the Underworld).

OTHERWORLD ENSEMBLE:
Rent Romus - alto & soprano saxophones, c-flute, bird calls
Heikki Koskinen - e-trumpet, piano, tenor recorder, ocarina, birch bark horn, bird calls
Elihu Knowles - drums, frame drum, piano, bird calls
Joshua Marshall - tenor & soprano saxophones, c-flute, melodica, bird calls
Safa Shokrai - double bass, bird calls
Joseph Noble - alto, bass, & c-flutes, bird calls


ZELE, Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble’s East Bay community chorus, is now in its 22nd season. This vibrant women’s choir sings folk tunes and choral pieces from Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Caucasus regions. The music is steeped in the richness and diversity of women’s ancient a cappella singing traditions bursting with odd rhythms and dissonant harmonies. Its vocalists revel in the joy and transformative powers of group singing and community song sharing.
kitka.org/zele-community-chorus



Doors 6:30 PM Music 7:00 PM
Advance Tickets @Eventbrite or at the Door
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You are invited to join Outsound Presents for our 2026 Annual Benefit Dinner featuring a multiple course meal cooked on site at the Berkeley Finnish Hall Helsinki Cafe by Chef Lewis Pietropaoli with a unique set of music by experimental art rock duo Ex Juncos featuring vocalist Jill Rogers and drummer Andrew K. Lau!!

We're raising funds for the creative music community. All proceeds go to support the performing musicians presented on the Outsound New Music Summit, facility costs to keep a roof over their heads, and to bring back funding for our ongoing SIMM Series in San Francisco.

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OR send an email to reserve your spot to Rent Romus at: outsoundorg@yahoo.com

ABOUT THE MUSIC
Singer/guitarist Jill Rogers and drummer Andrew K. Lau arrived from very different backgrounds - Rogers as the singer with the highly regarded Bay Area honky-tonk band Crying Time, as well as vocalist for Orchestra Nostalgico, and her own little big band Imperial Jazz Co. Lau’s experience was in the post-punk and noise scene in Minneapolis with Zapruder's Slungshot and Fly Republic. In Ex-Juncos, those different backgrounds are burned away, leaving behind grounded, roomy melodies, static and noise, unusual percussion, occasional odd time signatures, and pointed words.
www.ex-juncos.com/


If you can't attend tax deductible DONATIONS can be made to our GoFundMe here:

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