Doors: 6:30pm   Show: 7:30pm          Tickets: Sliding Scale $10-30

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Trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Samantha Boshnack presents an exciting expansion of her jazz song cycle Uncomfortable Subjects at the Royal Room, debuting new material and arrangements with an enthralling, agile five-piece ensemble, Uncomfortable Subtet.

In 2020, Boshnack invited artist and activist Natasha Marin and Pushcart-winning poet Jane Wong to join her in a series of correspondences about “uncomfortable subjects.” Over the ensuing pandemic years the three women discussed racism, climate crisis, mental health, fascism, and the tensions of making art, finding hope, and staying connected amid social upheaval. Boshnack wove words and themes from these conversations and struggles into a suite of seven compositions, debuting them with a thirteen-piece alt-chamber orchestra at the 2024 Earshot Jazz Festival.

In addition to premiering four cathartic pieces that extend the cycle’s themes of connection and strength into our painful, complicated present, the Subtet will light up the venue with dynamic new arrangements of Boshnack’s original Uncomfortable Subjects songs.

Facebook: @sboshnack, @bshnorkestra
Instagram: @samanthaboshnack

This project was supported in part by grants from the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture and 4Culture.

Samantha Boshnack: trumpet, compositions
Chris Credit: flute and tenor saxophone
Carlos Snaider: electric guitar
Julian Weisman: upright bass
Greg Campbell: drums