Join the San Francisco Pride Band on Sunday, March 22 for The Universal Language, a winter community concert at the historic Herbst Theatre, located a short walk from the Civic Center BART/Muni station.
The Universal Language will be led by Matthew Fell, the newly appointed Artistic Director of the San Francisco Pride Band’s Concert Band program. Matthew Fell is an accomplished music educator and conductor with degrees in Music Education and Trombone Performance from Biola University and a Masters in Instrumental Conducting from the American Band College of Sam Houston State University. Matthew is currently the Assistant Director of Bands at Amador Valley High School.
When conceiving this program, Fell chose music and composers that are rooted in and inspired by human experiences, and informed by the links between shape, movement, and identity. Music, movement, and identity have always been inextricable. Whenever humans are traveling — across oceans, toward opportunity, or even inward in search of identity and hope — music has been part of the process.
Matthew Fell, San Francisco Pride Band’s newly appointed Artistic Director of Concert Band
The program features:
- A Sky So Boundless, by Katahj Copley
- Shenandoah, by Omar Thomas
- Of Endless Miles and Empty Rafts, by Michele Fernandez
- Spiritual Symphony, 3. Deep River, by Benjamin Horne
- Caribana Afterparty, by Omar Thomas
- Roma, by Valerie Coleman
- Australian Upcountry Tune, by Percy Grainger
- Bamboo Shoots and City Streets, by Benjamin Barker.
Bamboo Shoots and City Streets takes you on a journey from a bamboo forest to its urban analog, a modern cityscape. Caribana Afterparty features Caribbean-inspired rhythms that evoke the drive to dance, a fundamental urge to move that is at the heart of human connection. These pieces and more tell the musical story of how we move through the world.
This concert has been made possible by a grant from the Horizons Foundation and the San Francisco Grants for the Arts.
Tickets
Tickets are open seating: $23 general admission, $15 for students and seniors.
In Person
The box office at Herbst Theatre will be open 60 minutes prior to the performance for in-person sales! (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and cash only).
Getting There
Herbst Theatre is located at 401 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102.
Parking
Herbst Theatre recommends booking convenient and affordable parking in advance through SpotHero, the nation’s leading parking reservation app. Other parking options are suggested below:
- Performing Arts Garage—Entrance at 360 Grove (between Franklin and Gough)
- UC Hastings College of Law Garage—Entrance on Larkin (between McAllister and Golden Gate)
- Civic Center Plaza Garage—Entrance on McAllister (between Polk and Larkin)
- Opera Plaza Parking Garage—Entrance on Golden Gate (between Van Ness and Franklin)
Public Transit
Herbst Theatre is a short walk from the Civic Center BART and MUNI stations as well as the Van Ness MUNI station. MUNI’s 49 bus line runs along Van Ness and passes directly by the theater; the 5 bus runs along McAllister and passes the theater.
Make your plans using the BART Trip Planner.