Our Next Concert

“Fire / Light”

Featuring

Sameer Gupta, Tabla sOLOIST


Dr. David Vickerman, Music and Artistic Director

Sunday, may 19 at 3:00 PM

McAfee PERFORMING ARTS AND LECTURE CENTER
Saratoga, CA

For our final concert of the 2023-2024 season, San Jose Wind Symphony is delighted to welcome a very special guest artist, Sameer Gupta. One of the few percussionists in the world who is fluent in both American jazz and classical Indian music, Mr. Gupta’s unique musical sound combines traditional and modern improvisational styles. His prodigious skills on the Indian hand drums, or tabla, will be center stage he joins the Wind Symphony in performing Reena Esmail’s Chamak. The concert also features Jennifer Jolley’s poignant contemplation on the destruction of California wildfires, Ash, alongside the energetic and rhythmic Dancing Fire by Kevin Day. The concert concludes with Ida Gotkovsky’s epic masterpiece Poeme du Feu. Don’t miss it!


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