Episode 52: InterMusic SF
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InterMusic SF musical programming, SF Music Day, InterMusicSF Affiliate Performers and Performances
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“I am very fortunate to say that there have been at least in our immediate circle, no groups that have just had to throw in the towel”
In this episode our featured voice is Executive Director of InterMusic SF Cory Combs. We wanted to host InterMusicSF because they are another one of our long time performing arts organizations that is focused on the incubation and support of our music groups. InterMusic SF is also participating in the Theater Bay Area’s Performing arts worker relief fund to help raise funds to support musical artists just like Dancers’s Group for dancers and ZSPACE for performing artists
Cory Combs
Cory Combs is a non-profit leader, educator, lecturer, bassist, and composer living in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has performed with many internationally known artists, recorded multiple CDs as a leader, and lectured frequently on the intersection of arts and culture. Combs is currently the Executive Director of InterMusic SF, a non-profit arts organization dedicated to supporting professional musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area through programs including fiscal sponsorship, grant making, annual music festivals, and professional development. As a lecturer, Combs has presented at the Asian Art Museum, The Jewish ommunity Center, SFJAZZ, Davies Symphony Hall, Herbst Theater, City College, San Francisco State University, the Fullerton Museum, the Pacific Asian Museum, and on the radio program Forum. Combs has performed onstage interviews with numerous international performing artists, including Archie Shepp, Toumani Diabate, Hiromi, James Moody, The Bad Plus, Kevin Eubanks, Bill Frisell, John Scofield, and Bobby McFerrin. Prior to joining InterMusic SF, he directed the Outreach, Music, and Enrichment departments at the Nueva School, a Blue Ribbon Award Winning K-12 school in Silicon Valley. Before his tenure at Nueva, Combs served as Director of Education at SFJAZZ, the non-profit organization behind the San Francisco Jazz Festival. At SFJAZZ, he was part of the leadership team that envisioned and executed the SFJAZZ Center. Previously he was Music Director at Waldorf High School in San Francisco and taught music technology, performance and music history classes at schools throughout the Bay Area. Additionally, Combs directed the jazz program at the American Festival of the Arts in Houston, Texas. Combs earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Eastman School of Music where he studied classical music performance and composition.
InterMusic SF
InterMusic SF is a San Francisco Bay Area non-profit organization that advocates for those who create, share, and love the art of small ensemble music. InterMusic SF acts as a catalyst to help local artists thrive via career development and creative collaboration.
In 1998, three longtime San Francisco Bay Area music patrons, Jane Roos Le Roux, Jane Galante and Barbara Barclay, recognized that while chamber music ensembles contribute significantly to the cultural life of the Bay Area, they generally lack the tools and staffing for audience development; and because most are not tax-exempt entities, they are rarely in the position to garner the contributed support that organizations in other disciplines receive.
The founders saw a distinct need for a local service organization to support this art form in the Bay Area, and launched the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music. The organization has grown significantly in ambition and impact since its founding, garnering national recognition with Chamber Music America’s prestigious CMAcclaim Award for extraordinary contributions in the field of chamber music.
In 2017, we adopted the name InterMusic SF in order to ensure that our identity would better reflect the stylistic and demographic breadth of the community we have steadily evolved to serve.
Our programs include:
The Fiscal Sponsorship Program (FSP) supports, nurtures, and advocates for emerging and established professional ensembles, individuals, and organizations who share InterMusic SF's commitment to the advancement of small ensemble music as an art form.
SF Music Day, our annual free music festival, celebrates the Bay Area music community and engages local audiences to explore and savor the diverse range of music being made in our region.
The Musical Grant Program awards project grants to support the creative musical activity of San Francisco Bay Area performers, composers, and presenters whose projects focus specifically on music for the small ensemble.
Donation/Volunteer
InterMusic SF supports performers, composers, and presenters who engage in early music, chamber music, new music, jazz, and creative music. Your donation supports InterMusic SF overall operations to support hundreds of musical peformers and continue to bring music into our community.
Through performance opportunities, fiscal sponsorship, career development and financial awards, InterMusic SF enables its communities to achieve sustainable careers and produce their best creative work, while fostering greater access and engagement for their audiences. Please consider donating to the InterMusic SF Affiliate Musical Performers and help keep live music alive in our community. To find out more about volunteering send an email to InterMusic SF
Videos
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