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All About Jazz sings her praises as “One of the greatest…of our time.” More than any other, Anat Cohen is credited with “bringing the clarinet to the world.” With a satchel full of Grammy nominations in the World Music and Latin Jazz categories, Anat (clarinet & sax) and her ensemble of multi-instrumentalist virtuosos from around the world explore modern jazz, African grooves, New Orleans styles, and the lively sounds of Brazil and Latin America.

Bloom, Anat’s 21st album as a leader or co-leader and the second with her small group Quartetinho, was issued to rave reviews and a hit trans-Atlantic tour in 2024, with All About Jazz applauding the band’s “daring virtuosity and soulful joie de vivre.” Hot on the heels of that release comes a new live album: Interaction, issued by Anat’s label, Anzic Records, in 2025. Interaction presents the clarinetist as part of The 3 Cohens, the long-running family band that also stars her brothers, trumpeter Avishai and saxophonist Yuval (both ECM artists). They were recorded in concert with Germany’s WDR Big Band, an ensemble renowned not only for its sound but also its collaborative flair. The arranger-conductor for Interaction is Anat’s Anzic comrade Oded Lev-Ari, who also plays that role with her Tentet, the 10-piece group that she has showcased at such venues as Carnegie Hall and SFJAZZ’s Miner Auditorium. Anat’s multiple Grammy nominations include one for 2019’s Triple Helix, the second album by the Tentet.

Anat has been credited as a primary force for re-establishing the clarinet as a solo instrument in the 21st century. She has been named Clarinetist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association every year since 2007, and she has also been the top clarinetist in both the readers and critics polls in DownBeat every year since 2011.

Anat was born in Tel Aviv and attended the Tel Aviv School for the Arts, the Jaffa Music Conservatory, and later the Berklee College of Music, where she honed her jazz chops and expanded her musical horizons. She spent a decade touring with Sherrie Maricle’s all-woman big band, The Diva Jazz Orchestra; she also worked in such Brazilian groups as the Choro Ensemble and Duduka Da Fonseca’s Samba Jazz Quintet, along with performing the music of Louis Armstrong with David Ostwald’s “Gully Low Jazz Band.” Anat soon began to bend ears and turn heads; whether playing clarinet, soprano saxophone or tenor saxophone. In 2009, Anat became the first Israeli to headline at the Village Vanguard, the setting for perhaps the most celebrated live recordings in jazz history. Widely considered one of the world’s greatest clarinetists, she has been making history ever since.

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Chromatica, the popular San Francisco Bay Area chorus, is coming to First Presbyterian Church in Santa Fe on January 17!

Chromatica will present Transfigurations, a major new choral and instrumental suite by multiple Grammy award winner Christopher Tin with lyrics by Charles Anthony Silvestri commissioned by Dan Peterson of Santa Fe for Chromatica Chorale.

Santa Fe, December 2

Chromatica Chorale, a chorus founded in Danville, CA in 2011 will present Transfigurations on Saturday January 17 at 4pm at First Presbyterian Church, 208 Grant Ave, Santa Fe. Chromatica will be joined by singers from the popular Santa Fe chorus, Sangre de Cristo Chorale.

This major new choral and instrumental suite in six movements by Christopher Tin with lyrics by Charles Anthony Silvestri received its world premiere performance in April 2024. This will only be the second time the work has been performed.

Christopher Tin is a multiple Grammy winning composer with several additional Grammy nominations. Primarily an orchestral and choral composer, he won his first two Grammys for his classical crossover album Calling All Dawns. His choral piece Baba Yetu, from the video game Civilization IV, became the first piece of video game music to win a Grammy Award. His subsequent composition, Sogno di Volare, from Civilization VI, has been performed all over the world.

Tin has won multiple video game industry and songwriting awards. His 2022 classical compendium The Lost Birds debuted at number two on the Billboard Classical Charts as well as receiving another Grammy nomination. It has received millions of listens across streaming platforms. Tin
has composed a completed fourth act for Puccini’s Turandot, premiered by the Washington National Opera in May 2024. His composition for the next release of Civilization, titled Live Gloriously, premiered in September 2024, closely followed by Song Offerings, a setting of a poem by Tagore.
Charles Anthony Silvestri is a poet, lyricist and composer. He is the author of more than fifty published works in collaboration with celebrated composers such as Eric Whitacre, Dan Forrest, Ola Gjeilo, Cecilia McDowell and Kim Arnesen, and for groups such as the King's Singers, VOCES8, San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, the Tallis Scholars, Westminster College Choir, the Turtle Creek Chorale, and the Houston Grand Opera. Astonishingly productive, Silvestri has five recent and upcoming world premieres. One of these is A place called home, performed by Coro Lux in Santa Fe.

The Transfigurations commission was funded by former Chromatica singers and Santa Fe residents Dan Peterson and his late wife Maria, to whom it is dedicated. Dan provided his own reflections on his life experiences to Silvestri, and they formed the starting point for Transfiguration’s lyrics. Chromatica is very grateful to Dan and Maria Peterson for this extraordinary gift.

"I was very honored to be able to work with Chromatica,” said Christopher Tin. “I was born and raised in the Bay Area, so getting the opportunity to work with a group so close to my hometown was a treat. Charles Anthony Silvestri delivered a truly thought-provoking suite of poems that I diligently set to music. The result was a transcendent concert experience."

“It has been Chromatica’s dream since its foundation 14 years ago to commission and perform major choral works well outside the normal repertoire for community choruses” said David Huff, founding artistic director. “It was far beyond our expectations to be able to work with such remarkable composers and lyricists as Christopher Tin and Tony Silvestri. The commission of Transfigurations has been the most significant event in Chromatica’s history, and we are delighted to bring it to Dan Peterson’s home with love and gratitude. I am enormously excited to perform it in Santa Fe and hugely grateful to Dan and Maria Peterson for making this possible.”

Transfigurations includes six movements that focus on the transfiguration of life into light, of life into dust, of gender, of the son of God, and the transfiguration of the soul. Accompanied by piano, bass, two cellos and soprano saxophone, Transfigurations will comprise half of the January 17 2026 Santa Fe program.

The balance of the concert will include Christopher Tin’s Sogno de Volare from the video game Civilization, and works by Elaine Hagenberg, Craig Carnahan and Kim Arnesen.

 
Christopher Tin: https://christophertin.com/
Charles Anthony Silvestri: https://www.charlesanthonysilvestri.com/

Concert tickets.

Tickets are $30 for adults, $10 for students, and free to children under ten. Go to www.Chromaticachorale.org for tickets and more information about Chromatica.

About Chromatica:

Chromatica Chorale was founded in 2011 and now includes 35 men and women singers. It has performed 24 prior series of ticketed concerts in the San Francisco East Bay, attracting large and enthusiastic audiences. Led by David Huff, an outstanding director and operatic tenor who has sung both in New York and San Francisco and accompanied by the exceptional pianist and assistant director, Julie Rieth, it seeks to perform challenging pieces at a high level of professionalism.

“Sounds in Place” is a master class of storytelling and a truly soulful and enriching experience. Through musical melodies, archival materials, and autobiographical features, Delbert Anderson intertwines the personal narratives of Native band leaders and jazz artists with the history of the Navajo people, demonstrating how, generation after generation, art has been born out of relationships with the land and community. The entire experience is a crescendo, building to a culminating performance that blew me away but also made me feel the history and heritage beneath my feet.” – Rose Eason, gallupARTS Executive Director

Sounds in Place consists of trumpeter Delbert Anderson and keyboard player Robert Muller (keys). Anderson, a Diné jazz trumpet artist, composer, and educator, stands at the forefront of a vibrant Native American jazz scene. His work, deeply rooted in his Diné heritage, seamlessly integrates Navajo “spinning songs” of love, healing, and courtship with jazz, funk and hip-hop. His compositions are inspired by Navajo Nation landscapes, historical events, and the desire to preserve and educate about Diné history. Anderson’s notable projects include “The Long Walk: 1,674 Days,” a poignant composition reflecting on a critical period in Navajo history, and “Manitou,” which fuses ancient Native American melodies with jazz and funk. The Delbert Anderson Trio (DAT) showcases DAT jazz standards and original tunes, capturing the essence of his musical beginnings. His commitment to community and education is evident through his “Build A Band” educational program, which teaches jazz improvisation to young students through a Diné and family curriculum, wellness programs, and community outreach initiatives aimed at evoking change for the well-being of all humans. Anderson’s achievements have garnered awards from Chamber Music America, the Cultural Capital Fellowship from the First Peoples Fund, and the Jazz Road Program at South Arts. His contributions to music and culture have been featured in prominent outlets like The New York Times, JazzTimes, Grammy.com, and NPR.

The Big New-Mex Review, a FREE live music documentary filming at Tumbleroot Alegría. Be part of a live show and the making of a documentary capturing the heart of New Mexico’s music scene. This one-of-a-kind experience celebrates the sounds, stories, and soul of New Mexico and invites the community into the room where it all happens. 

Wednesday, January 28

Tumbleroot Alegría on Agua Fria

Doors 6:30 PM | Music 7:30 PM
FREE | 21+ (under 21 with parent or guardian)

Featuring:
• Wes Studi
• Nosotros
• Hooks & the Huckleberries
• Euforia
• Southern Slam
• Cali Shaw
• Maura Studi
• Innastate
• DB Gomez & the Bosque Boys
• James Raymond
• Danny T & The Stealing Thunder Band
• Onist