Sofia Vaisman Maturana

Abe and Emily are celebrating two recently-released projects, The Cosmic Hand and The Thing We Fought For. Both new works are made up of the same large acoustic ensemble, and capture the tail end of a month of the musicians playing, living, and exploring together in rural Italy while on a residency there in March 2023. 

They are joined by special guests Douglas Benford, Sofía Vaisman-Maturana and Maya-Leigh Rosenwasser.

£10 donation on the door

French hornist Abe Mamet, who lives in Mount Rainier, MD, has been lauded as D.C.’s “major jazz French horn player” by the Washington Post, and named one of 2023’s “artists to watch” by DCist. His work explores community and belonging, and always pushes for the sonic and technical possibilities of the French horn.

Emily Suzanne Shapiro is a Canadian bass clarinetist and clarinetist dedicated to exploring and creating new music. Emily has a special love for the sound and scope of bass instruments and constantly pushes the limits of what she can do on bass clarinet.

Alongside performing contemporary music on bass clarinet, Emily is involved in many other musical endeavours. Composing and improvising are central to her work, and she has been an active performer of Balinese gamelan for 10 years and has also explored jazz, klezmer, rock and electroacoustics. She is always seeking out new artistic experiences to enrich and motivate her work.

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