Nomad Session is San Francisco’s premiere wind octet. Bringing wind instruments to the forefront, Nomad represents members of every woodwind and brass family and is the first to use this instrumentation as a platform for a major professional chamber ensemble.

Artistic Directors Meena Bhasin and Owen Dalby are joined by a starry roster of friends for a concert of music for viola quintet, one of the most rapturous combinations in the chamber repertoire. Featuring violinist and Noe Music favorite Livia Sohn, violist Ayane Kozasa (last seen on our stage with Aizuri Quartet in 2020), and the brilliant cellist Hannah Collins, making her Noe Music debut.

Hailed for their passionate and spellbinding performances, the Brentano String Quartet has enthralled audiences worldwide since 1992. "Passionate, uninhibited and spellbinding," raves the London Independent.

This powerhouse trio of longtime collaborators and members of the Silkroad Ensemble will present a musical conversation through the exchange of melody, rhythm, and stories from their cultural backgrounds - Syria, Japan, Armenia and beyond - in a vast variety of musical genres ranging from folk song, improvisation and original composition to contemporary classical music.