Described by The New York Times as "the North Star of her instrument's ever-expanding universe," flutist Claire Chase is a trailblazing advocate for contemporary music. A MacArthur Fellow and the first flutist to receive the Avery Fisher Prize, she has premiered hundreds of works and leads the 24-year commissioning project Density 2036, reimagining the solo flute repertoire for the 21st Century. In this performance, Chase presents a curated program of innovative works, including Annea Lockwood's Solo from Elwha!, Liza Lim's "Throat Song" from Sex Magic, her own arrangements of Susie Ibarra's Sunbird and Tania León's Singsong, and Suzanne Farrin's The Stimulus of Loss.

About WoCo Fest

The Boulanger Initiative's annual multi-day Women Composers Festival, WoCo Fest, features works by women and gender-marginalized composers performed by local and nationally-acclaimed performers.

Claire Chase is “the North Star of her instrument’s ever-expanding universe,” according to The New York Times, and “a rare combination of grace and guts” (Wall Street Journal). Density 2036 is her ambitious and far-reaching 24-year project to create a new body of flute repertory leading up to the 100th anniversary of composer Edgard Varese’s seminal 1936 flute solo, Density 21.5. Her San Francisco Performances debut recital program reimagines music for solo flute.