J.S. Bach - Concerto for oboe and violin

Rachel Iba, violin
The CalArts Ensemble

W.A. Mozart - Quartet for Oboe and Strings

Alejandra Moreno, violin
Andrew McIntosh, viola
Erika Duke-Kirkpatrick, cello

Petrichor

Petrichor is an experimental electroacoustic trio of oboist Breana Gilcher, guitarist Alkis Nicolaides, and bassist Miller Wrenn. Their performances explore the intersections of diverse musical logics and traditions, ranging from Baroque repertoire and free jazz to avant-garde chamber and noise musics, through unbridled improvisation and original compositions. Firmly positioned between the traditional collaborative models of chamber ensemble and jazz trio, Petrichor seeks to develop a new creative archetype for a 21st-century ensemble — moving fluidly through a musical world devoid of boundaries.

Free improvisation with Thollem McDonas, piano

The Blue Whale, LA

Grasp the Sparrow’s Tail

The debut release from Breana Gilcher and her project Petrichor, Grasp the Sparrow’s Tail blends the frameworks of traditional chamber music ensemble and jazz trio to traverse the improvisational eddies between Baroque, avant-garde and noise musics, seeking a musical home in the currents between. Having just emerged from the solitude of the pandemic, this music was recorded over a week’s time in my mentor’s cozy, creaky home with birds nesting on the porch and a field of cacti outside. Grasp the Sparrow’s Tail was made with the autophysiopsychic musical intention described by Yusef Lateef: music from one’s physical, mental, and spiritual self.

Available to listen and download on Bandcamp.

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