Friday, May 5, 2017 at 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Presidio Officers’ Club
50 Moraga Ave, The Presidio,
San Francisco, CA
Saxophonist, composer, and educator Kasey Knudsen has
been commissioned by the California Jazz Conservatory’s Emerging Artist Series,
by Intersection for the Arts, and by the de Young Museum. She leads her own
trio and sextet, and co-leads the ensembles the Schimscheimer Family Trio and
the Holly Martins. Knudsen’s ensembles navigates her knotty modern jazz
compositions with fire and grace.
Knudsen performs often as a sideperson with Ben Goldberg,
Fred Frith, Eric Garland, Henry Hung, Ian Carey, Adam Shulman, Nathan
Clevenger, Aaron Novik and Michael Coleman, and the Montclair Women’s Big Band,
among others. Knudsen is a faculty member of Sonoma State University, Stanford
Jazz Workshop, Lafayette Jazz Workshop, and the California Jazz Conservatory.
Cost: Free
