Join this celebration of new song premieres with Gary Snyder and composers Fred Frith, Allaudin Mathieu, Robert Morris and Roy Whelden, all on hand to honor the half-century of Snyders publishing career. Karen Clarks evocative contralto with the rich baroque strings of the Galax Quartet bring the Beat renaissance into the 21st century.Additional support for this concert provided by the American Composers Forum, the East Bay Fund for the Arts, the Zellerbach Family Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation