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April 8, 2018 / No CommentsSage Baggott is a third-generation drummer raised in the Bay Area and Austin, Texas. With a father in the music business, his early musical education consisted of hanging out in nightclubs, ordering Shirley Temples on the band’s tab, and listening to a variety of musicians and musical styles, from Western Swing and country to Zydeco, R&B, Tex-Mex, jazz and straight up rock and roll. He studied music from an early age, focusing on drum set and latin percussion, and has performed with many different bands and artists, including Orquesta La Moderna Tradición, Conspiracy of Beards, Awesöme Orchestra Collective, Los Cenzontles, Los Lobos guitarist/singer David Hidalgo, Tex-Mex accordionist Santiago Jimenez, Cuban percussionists Jesus Diaz, Roberto Borrell and Carlos Caro, famed songwriter and Beach Boys collaborator Van Dyke Parks, Flamenco performers La Tania, Chus Alonso, Alex Conde, Carola Zertuche, Jesus Montoya, and Clara Rodriguez, as well as ongoing performances with Florante. He currently composes music for film, commercial projects and video games with his company Spiky Blimp.
UTOM Premiers on June 1st at SFIAF and June 9 at Brava Theater.
Details and tickets at www.kularts-sf.org/utom.
Video by New Art Media
An excerpt from UTOM. "Kludan's Desire" features Caroline Julia Cabading on kulintang.
UTOM premiers on June 1st at SF International Arts Festival and on June 9 at Brava Theater.
Details and tickets at www.kularts-sf.org/utom
Video by New Art Media
Special project. UTOM is a brand new, commissioned work inspired by the music of the Tboli. World premiere concerts on June 1st at the SF International Arts Festival and June 9th at Brava Theater, SF.
Featured in this video is "Lemugot's Dance", a piece about the demigod's fireworks display in playing the hegelung (boat lute) and dancing in order to impress the T'boli princess Boi Henwu.
Early Bird tickets in effect only until March 31st.
Get tickets at:
JUNE 1st at SFIAF: bit.ly/2tYxR1A
JUNE 9th at Brava Theater: bit.ly/2CcWyMh
Video by Fides Enriquez
Special project. UTOM is a commissioned work inspired by the music of the Tboli. Premeires this June. Last week for Early Bird tickets available, see below.
Lemugot's Dance is the demigod's fireworks...
Lemugot's Dance is the demigod's fireworks...
Looking forward to this. Been working on the composition for about a year. Hope to see you there... and check out our teaser video!
Kularts Presents Florante Aguilar and the Utom Ensemble
Early Bird tickets are now available for the 2 shows.
June 1, 2019 San Francisco International Arts Festival (Fort Mason):
bit.ly/2tYxR1A
June 9, 2019 Brava Theater Center:
bit.ly/2CcWyMh
Musicians:
Florante Aguilar - hegelung, hang drum, percussion
Sage Baggott - kulintang, agung, hang drum, percussion
Caroline Julia Cabading - kulintang, hegelung, percussion
Nick Galang - agung, kulintang, percussion
Greg Kehret - upright bass, percussion
Video by Fides Enriquez
From the music of the colonized to that of the colonizer. I'm so conflicted. Still love me a Rodrigo, though. #concertodearanjuez #joaquinrodrigo
Concert set-up. June 1st sfiaf2019 and June 9 @bravatheater in San Francisco. See you there! @ Gallery 308, Fort Mason Center https://t.co/HHmPbSdqKi