By Kathy Chouteau
The Renegade Orchestraāan 18-piece ensemble that ābreaks all the rulesāāis performing at Richmondās Riggers Loft Sat., Nov. 20 at 7-9 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased here.
Reps describe the Bay Area orchestra as āthrowing out all the conventions of a quiet, sleepy, stuffy show of musicians locked in straitjackets of tradition.ā Audience members can expect virtuosic orchestra musicians with a āhard drivinā rhythm sectionā that will perform wide-ranging works from composers like Nina Simone, Miles Davis, the Mamas and the Papas and the disco queen herself, Donna Summer.
Conductor Jason Eckl said the music the orchestra will be performing āpushes a lot of boundaries with what an orchestra can doā even though the music is familiar and more ātoe-tappinā rock and rollā than is typical in an orchestra.
āWe all love the classical traditions, but now itās time to let our hair down,ā said cellist Rebecca Roudman. See a video of the orchestra here.
Riggers Loft is located on the Richmond waterfront at 1325 Canal Blvd. For more info, or to purchase tickets to the performance, click here.