darren – Darren Johnston

Use Your Voice.

#UseYourVoice and make a plan to vote in our 2020 election. Honored to created the music for this PSA, which includes dancers from coast to coast.

#Dance2Vote

Barn Dance – Amy Seiwert’s Imagery

This piece was a commission by the San Francisco Dance Music Festival for choreographer Amy Seiwert, filmmakers John Haptas and Kristine Samuelson, and music by Darren Johnston and Fred Frith. These amazing dancers are Sarah Griffin and Weston Krukow.

Darren Johnston Quintet – I Can See Infinity From Here

Darren Johnston – trumpet/composition

Ben Goldberg – clarinet

Sheldon Brown – tenor sax/bass clarinet

David Ewell – bass

Hamir Atwal – drums

recorded at the Red Poppy Arthouse, San Francisco, CA

Broken Shadows – Chicken Yard Sessions #1

Most of the chickens in Corinne’s yard ran and hid before we played the first note, but the one you hear here stuck around and got DOWN! That is one funky chicken. We’re hoping more join in next time. The song itself is “Suk,” originally from Songs of Seven Miles.

Trailer: Promo Video for “Letters to Home”

The TransGlobal Peoples’ Chorus will show “Letters to Home” at Yerba Buena Gardens on Jun 22, Sat at 1pm. You can see a preview of the work here. Join us!

Trans-Global People’s Chorus

Darren’s latest project is the Trans-Global People’s Chorus, a multi-generational choir that utilizes stomping, clapping and snapping along with vocal arrangements, and a stellar horn section. The first piece “Letters to Home” will premiere at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival on June 22. Recently Darren was interviewed by Joanna Manqueros on “Music of the World” aired on KPFA 94.1FM. During the interview he discusses the origin and inspiration for the project.

Listen now: http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/92387