life and it's ups and downs, the veins in leaves, far away truck sounds, fog horns, birds, bodies of water, small conversations with strangers, my mom, people I play music with, teachers, extended circle and inner circle of friends, the sun, Harry, rain, san francisco, javanese traditional dance, indonesian music, solkattu, sargam, anime, calarts, steve lacy, jimmy giuffre, anthony braxton, charles mingus, nina simone, electronica, radiohead, bjork, stravinsky, berio, crumb, art ensemble of chicago, synesthesia, messiaen, pauline oliveros, gino robair, wayne horvitz, time flies festival, travis baker, jy, pamela, hillary maroon, my dad, leo smith, vinny golia, rajeev taranath, vibe, tom waits, peter maxwell davies, the residents, ligeti, elliott smith, yusef lateef, looking out windows, swimming, extended family, my cats, walking, roscoe mitchell, john butcher, sofia gubaidalina, erik satie, terry riley, duke ellington, joni mitchell, stevie wonder, mountains, ocean, clouds skitting across the sky, hummingbird beetles, cactii(sp?) in bloom, joshua tree, big sur, redwood trees, john cage, bonnie prince billy, johnny cash, townes van zandt, steve hoey, the ninja tunes label, johnny reinhard, julie feves, rufus olivier, steve paulson, my 1st bassoon teacher, john and alice coltrane, joni mitchell, david bowie, velvet underground, the ramones, ska, tactile things like fuzzy leaves and sweaters, insects, large moths, amsterdam, laughing, crying, vancouver, dancing all night outside and dancing in general, claudia, stacey, anja, erin, rachel, myka, kraig grady, kissing, love, food, drawing, captain beefheart, the moon, meteor showers, terry dame, ellen burr, dunham technique, my brother, quirky movies, great books like one hundred years of solitude, great movies like amelie and kung fu hustle, dakah, microtones, difference tones, respeto....
Here's Sara's big ol' bio:
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Sara Schoenbeck is a bassoonist who dedicates herself to expanding the sound and role of the bassoon in the worlds of contemporary notated and improvised music.
The Wire places her in the "tiny club of bassoon pioneers" at work in contemporary music today and the New York Times has called her "riveting, mixing textural experiments with a big, confident sound."
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From being a member of creative music ensembles, like Wayne Horvitz's Gravitas Quartet, Anthony Braxton's 12+1tet, Ensemble Green (contemporary musics of LA) and the
Vinny Golia's Large Ensemble to backing Mos Def in Dakah Hip Hop Orchestra and backing Tony Bennett and Stevie Wonder in the Mancini Orchestra, Sara continues to defy categorization as an artist. She has also also shared the stage in improvised music and contemporary music performances with Yusef Lateef, Fred Frith, John Butcher, Mark Dresser, Pauline Oliveros, Wadada Leo Smith, Ne(x)tworks and Nels Cline among many others. A recent transplant from Los Angeles, she spent a portion of her time there recording and also as adjunct faculty at California Institute of the Arts. Feature films she
has played on include the Matrix Trilogy, Spanglish and Dahmer.
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She performs regularly at jazz festivals and venues throughout North America and Europe, notably the Du Maurier Jazz Festival in Vancouver, B.C., the Improvised Music Fest in Antwerp, Belgium and the Berlin Jazz Festival. Sara has received grants from
Meet the Composer and the Durfee foundation for outreach work and composition. She received her BFA in bassoon performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and her MFA in multi-focus bassoon performance at the California Institute of the
Arts.
Thanks for the add and welcome to our community of friends. Your work is inspirational to me since I play bass in the band. I love to explore fine sounds in that low register. Did you get in touch with the accordion man?
I will indeed be there! Unfortunately, James is on the road, thus our 'Twig & Baries' reunion with have to be sans 1 bari. I still want to make 'T&B' t-shirts!
Hey! It's good to hear from you! I love lessons from Rufus. He's great. Sometimes we talk about you (only nice things of course). It's music for me, definitely. I'm doing commercial music-arranging. And I am playing on my own bassoon! Yay! I bought a new Fox 220 right around Christmas. I LOVE it! How is New York? Are you playing or teaching out there?
that show last night was jantastic. First braxton now jandek, you are on some seriously ill shit. I was glad to see you holding down the jazz front...I dont usually hear him with winds.
just got back from a northwest tour with lisa mezzacappa and jason levis - lisa and i talked about you of course...good things were said - she wants to hook up with you the next time she comes out to nyc.
i miss you and harry too! whathafuck? i was just out there and missed you guys...i was on the move, so sorry i didn't see you.
let me know when you plan to head west again...it's been too long!!!!!!!
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