| The combined experience of the members of SquarPeg ranges from the sober ranks of the Eureka Symphony to the great European Jazz festivals to the bars and jam sessions of New York City and the concert halls of Bangladesh. The quartet proposes a chamber music for the 21st century combining musical textures from a multitude of disciplines into fascinating new sounds. |
| al-ithara al wa-faza |
| Popolo de Otono |
| Pooty |
| Milonga de la Ramona |
| Torstens Bottles |
| Qual E A Tua |
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 is
no stranger to rendering notes of living composers, beginning with her
father, Richard Stroud. Finding the relevant tone and tack on her instruments
has always brought the pink to her cheeks when performing throughout Humboldt
County. Currently Jill performs with Eureka Symphony and conducts the
Scotia Band. Working with SquarePeg plainly squares her head while pursuing
fresh melodic lines, rhythms and tone. |
 was
6 years old when he began studying tabla in his native Bangladesh. Collecting
various national awards and academic degrees for performance along the
way he was also active on the national concert and television circuits.
Studies in Japan led to a doctorate in Ethnomusicology as well as a wife
from California and eventually a move to the cold north coast of that
state. Rahman is also one half of the duo Silk
Road Junction 101 and plays regularly with the Scotia Band. |
 Tina's
musical background remains shrouded in self-induced mystery. She is best
known as a multi-instrumentalist mesmerized by the inscrutable skronk...guinea gbe, orjazzmik chamber fables 54 and barking dogma...ancient history includes hunk of funk, rev. joe king and the word, moment's notice, broom hilda, omele omela, karen dumont and the respect band, countless forgotten blues bands... |
has been a composer and musician for theater and film for many years and
most recently responsible for the live music/silent film project 'Music
for The General'. Groups he's served as composer/musical director for
include Footsbarn Theatre, Friends Roadshow, Flying Karamazov Brothers
& the Dell Arte Company. During 30 years in Europe he was a founding
member of the influential eclectic music ensemble Available Jelly and
played with the well-known Dutch ensemble Willem Breuker Kollektief for
6 years. |
Thursday,
23 May (with the kind support of the Eureka Symphony) Eel River Valley School Concerts 9 a.m. - Ferndale Elementary School 1 p.m. - Redwood Preparatory Academy |
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