Upcoming events
Brass Tonic @ Monterey Jazz Festival
Sarah Wilson’s Brass Tonic premieres new music at Monterey Jazz Festival on September 23, 2023 at 12:30 p.m. featuring Sarah (trumpet), Kasey Knudsen (alto sax) Mara Fox (trombone), John Schott (guitar), Lisa Mezzacappa (bass) and Jason Levis (bass).
SARAH WILSON ENSEMBLE @ UCB BOTANICAL GARDEN CONCERT SERIES
Sarah Wilson Ensemble performs at UC Berkeley’s Botanical Garden Concert Series weaving a tapestry of original songs + instrumentals. Featuring Sarah (trumpet/vocals), Jenny Scheinman (violin/vocals), Rob Reich (accordion) and Gary Brown (bass). Tuesday, September 5, 2023 from 5:30-7 p.m. Ticket info here.
AIR Artist in Residence Lower Austria
Sarah Wilson is in residence at the AIR Artist in Residence in Krems, Austria through May 2023 composing music inspired by Austrian painter Thomas Reinhold’s work and creating new music in collaboration with Brazilian composer/pianist Manuel Pessoa de Lima.
Djerassi Artist Residency
Sarah Wilson is an artist-in-residence at Djerassi Resident Artist Program from October-November 2022 in Woodside, CA. Details about residency here.
Sarah Wilson’s BRASS Tonic
Sunday, October 9th, 6:30 p.m., Education Studio @ War Memorial Building. SF Music Day all-day music extravaganza
Sarah Wilson’s Brass Tonic featuring Sarah Wilson (tpt), Kasey Knudsen (alto sax), Mara Fox (trombone), John Schott (guitar), Lisa Mezzacappa (bass) and Jason Levis (drums) will play original music shaped by jazz yet drawing inspiration from avant pop, Afro-Latin grooves and indie rock as much as the post-bop continuum. Details here
Tenderloin Voices
Saturday, August 13, 1 p.m. 2022. Dodge Alley on SE corner of Turk near Larkin St. San Francisco, CA as part of a Blackhawk Jazz Club Block Party from 1-5 p.m.
“Tenderloin Voices" Sarah Wilson's community-based vocal music production presented by the Tenderloin Museum in collaboration with Larkin Street Youth Services, Skywatchers and writing instructor Lyzette Wanzer. Featuring writings and performance by Larkin Street artists & Skywatchers singers with new music by Sarah Wilson and her all-star 7-piece band. Details here.
SFJAZZ CONCERT
Friday, March 11, 2022 Two sets @ 7:00PM & 8:30 PM
SFJAZZ Center, Joe Henderson Lab, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Sarah Wilson’s Brass Tonic on tap serving up “power brass for the masses.” Details here.
Sarah Wilson (trumpet), Kasey Knudsen (alto sax), Mara Fox (trombone), John Schott (electric guitar), Lisa Mezzacappa (bass), Jason Levis (drums).
LIVE STREAm (pre-recorded) Concert
Oct. 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, or 24, 2021 6 PM Pacific time. LIVE stream (pre-recorded) of Sarah Wilson's "Kaleidoscope" CD Release concert @ Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, Berkeley, CA recorded on August 29, 2021. Featuring Sarah Wilson (trumpet/vocals), Charlie Burnham (violin), John Schott (guitar), Myra Melford (piano), Jerome Harris (bass), and Matt Wilson (drums). Tickets here
FESTIVAL OF NEW TRUMPET MUSIC
“Brass Without Borders” 2021 Festival of New Trumpet Music, virtual series, FREE
September 10, 2021 from 7-10 PM Eastern standard time.
Featuring Sarah Wilson (trumpet/vocals), Charles Burnham (violin), John Schott (electric guitar), Myra Melford (piano), Jerome Harris (bass) & Matt Wilson (drums).
Kaleidoscope CD Release!
Featuring Sarah Wilson (trumpet/vocals), Charles Burnham (violin), John Schott (electric guitar), Myra Melford (piano), Jerome Harris (bass) & Matt Wilson (drums).
“(Sarah Wilson’s music)...evocative, elegant and comfortably familiar all at once.”
-Time Out New York