bug toast
Friends of Chamber Music present
Dinner with Friends, Hosted by Blackfish Gallery
Saturday, May 22, 2027, 7pm * 30 Guests * $100
Delicious bites & beverages, with an intimate evening of progressive chamber folk by the ensemble Bug Toast.
BLACKFISH GALLERY MAY 22, 2027 7pm 938 NW Everett St., Portland 97209
Check out all the album art, thumb through the booklets, stream tracks or full albums ...
A genre-bending collection of compositions performed by the Bug Toast sextet -- a mixture of instrumental pieces and songs with lyrics. This 2014 album examines micro and macro experience through multiple lenses --through compound eyes.
A commissioned work from 2019, funded by the Regional Arts & Culture Council. This is a contemporary, progressive-folk take on the historical musical form of the oratorio. Libretto by Merridawn Duckler. Music composed & performed by Bug Toast.
Can we be more empathetic to the plight of refugees -- people who have had to leave their homelands? This cycle of compositions serves to personalize the arc of one family's story.
Our response to the craziness of 2020, which withstood a global pandemic, demonstrations against systemic racism, disasters brought on by undeniable climate change, political and social division,
and crucial decisions we continue to face as a nation.
