At 12:30pm today in 2016, Strobe gave its first performance on Noontime Concerts in San Francisco. 5 years later, we’ve had new works written for us & grants to support those commissions. We’re looking forward to a return to the stage with more music when the pandemic is over.

Some good news! Strobe just received a grant from InterMusicSF to record works we commissioned by Alexis Alrich, Neal Desby, & Vincent Russo.

Strobe was accepted to The Social Distancing Festival. We submitted Musings by Neal Desby. Here's the link: socialdistancingfestival.com… The festival posts art, music and more online. We are grateful to be able to share. Here's more about the festival: socialdistancingfestival.com…

Strobe was featured in the San Quentin Times for performing on their Day of Peace and Reconciliation last January. As we mentioned before, it was a day of unexpected grace and joy. We wish everyone there the best during these difficult times. sanquentinnews.com

1/Today's Strobe concert at San Quentin Prison’s Day of Peace and Reconciliation was intense, but not for the reasons you would imagine. It was a day of music, of grace, and of joy.

2/When we played, we started with the Rondeau from the Mozart Oboe Quartet. When the A theme returned, they actually cheered and clapped! Next we played 2 movements of Alexis Alrich's Water Colors: Green Pool & Blue Spring. We finished up with Neal Desby's Golden Gate Rag.

3/Afterwards, some of them came and thanked us for sharing our music with them.

4/Then one shyly asked if I liked art, and showed us into another chapel, where the inmates had created beautiful paintings. Some of them exhibit throughout the US and even in other countries. He talked about how art and music transformed him from the angry person he'd been.

5/It was an inspiring, joyful day, and we are thankful to them for including us!

Strobe will be taking part in a Day of Peace and Reconciliation at San Quentin Prison on January 29th. We are happy to be a part of this unusual event. The program will include works by Mozart and the composers who have written for us: Alrich, Desby, and Russo.

Some happy news from my world: Polish composer's lost wartime concerto brought to life | World news | The Guardian theguardian.com/world/2020/j…

The ED is out & the musicians are back in.

Did the board really think we’d ditch our beloved Maestro Runnicles for the ED who’s trying to undermine the festival? Grand Teton Music Festival musicians won't return if Andrew Palmer Todd remains | News | jhnewsandguide.com jhnewsandguide.com/news/gran…

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From my friend Mad Maz!

Our last concert of the year tomorrow: Noontime Concerts @ Old St Mary’s, 660 California St., San Francisco, 12:30pm. Happy to be part of the Women Take Center Stage series—all-woman oboe quartet & Wayer Colors by woman composer Alexis Alrich.

2 new works + old favorites: Water Colors by Alexis Alrich, a play on water, colors, as seen & heard by a synesthesiac. Revisiting Russo’s Visions; a new rag for oboe quartet by Neal Desby; & Mozart for classical flourish. 12 noon, Oct 16, 421 Throckmorton Theater, Mill Valley.

Water Colors, the new piece written by Alexis Alrich, is being premiered. Come listen to how her synesthesia inspires her music.

We'll be playing Alexis Alrich's Water Colors at Noontime Concerts in San Francisco on October 22, 12:30pm. Save the Date!