Westerlies Fest: The Westerlies Concert

Combining collaborative evening performances with daytime in-school concerts and a free community music workshop, Seattle-bred, New York-based brass quartet The Westerlies created Westerlies Fest to engage students and audiences in Seattle and give back to the city that raised them. This concert features The Westerlies performing old favorites alongside new music, including selections from their new album, Wherein Lies The Good, as well as Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte.

RSVP for this concert encouraged, but not required. In the event of capacity attendance, those with an RSVP will be given priority for entrance.

This concert is part of Westerlies Fest JAM-Boree, a full day event dedicated to musical exploration and education. More info here.

Full festival schedule at www.westerliesfest.org.

RSVPs are encouraged, but not required.

About The Westerlies

The Westerlies, "an arty quartet...mixing ideas from jazz, new classical, and Appalachian folk" (The New York Times) are a New York-based brass quartet comprised of childhood friends from Seattle: Riley Mulherkar and Chloe Rowlands on trumpet, and Andy Clausen and Willem de Koch on trombone. From Carnegie Hall to Coachella, The Westerlies navigate a wide array of venues and projects with the precision of a string quartet, the audacity of a rock band, and the charm of a family sing-along.

Formed in 2011, the self-described "accidental brass quartet" takes its name from the prevailing winds that travel from the West to the East. "Skilled interpreters who are also adept improvisers" (NPR's Fresh Air), The Westerlies explore jazz, roots, and chamber music influences to create the rarest of hybrids: music that is both "folk-like and composerly, lovely and intellectually rigorous" (NPR Music).