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Join us for casual daytime talks and listening sessions with leading lights of the Bay Area jazz community. Bring your own lunch or order ahead from the JazzCaffè.
Wednesdays at lunchtime! Free admission. Drop-ins welcome!
Beth Custer is a San Francisco-based Emmy Award-winning composer, performer, and bandleader. She has composed works for contemporary chamber ensembles including Left Coast Chamber Ensemble, Zeitgeist, Earplay, Turtle Island, and Kronos String Quartet.
Her music has been featured in theater productions at California Shakespeare Theater, Campo Santo, Berkeley Repertory, Magic Theatre, and Cornerstone Theatre. She has also composed for dance companies including Joe Goode Performance Group, AXIS Dance Company, Flyaway Productions, Ledoh, and Osseous Labyrinth.
Custer’s film and television credits include works by William Farley, Judith Ehrlich, Melinda Stone, KQED, CBS/Film Roman, and Koohan Paik. She has created musicals with writers Octavio Solis and Joy Cutler and recorded more than 50 albums with ensembles including Russian Telegraph, Eighty Mile Beach, Clarinet Thing, Trance Mission, the Beth Custer Ensemble, and Club Foot Orchestra.
Her many honors include an artist residency at Civitella Ranieri in Italy.
Order Lunch from the JazzCaffè
Want lunch waiting for you? Call 510-654-0148 to place your order before 10:30 am on the day of the program.
Scan the QR code for the menu or visit actcatering.com/jazzcaffe.