Jesus Gonzalez X The Hausmann Quartet X Ohmega Watts | The Silo Room

Jesus Gonzalez is a visionary local San Diego musician who draws inspiration from nature, poetry and the overall experience of being alive. Jesus creates original and improvised songs that invite you to be present with your heart and the magic of the moment we’re all living in. In a recent interview with NPR’s top shelf artists series, Jesus said “At the core of it all I think my music is simply shouting ‘Can you believe we’re all here?!’”. Using a looper, Jesus creates layers of soulful vocal harmonies, different instrumentation, and percussion to create vast lush sounds that are sure to help you fall in deeper into your sense of self.

The Hausmann Quartet has established itself as an integral part of the cultural life of Southern California since its arrival in San Diego in 2010. As the Fisch/Axelrod Quartet-in-Residence at San Diego State University they teach and organize the chamber music program, engage in interdisciplinary collaborations with other departments and visit local schools for concerts and clinics on behalf of the School of Music and Dance. They pioneered interactive programs for students, adult amateur musicians and local seniors, veterans and homeless with support from Mainly Mozart, Irvine Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts and ACMP, and continue to administer and direct these programs as their own non-profit organization serving the Greater San Diego area, with recent grants from the California Arts Council, The Conrad Prebys Foundation and the City and County of San Diego. Current community engagement partnerships with organizations including Art of Elan, Resounding Joy, San Diego Rescue Mission and Father Joe’s Villages deepen the quartet’s local impact.

Founded in the summer of 2004 at Lyricafest, they have recently been hailed as “excellent” by the San Diego Union-Tribune, which also cited “Their outstanding virtue is a rare one: the ability to disappear into and behind whatever they are playing, leaving only the music in view.” They maintain an active performance schedule throughout North America and Asia. The members of the Hausmann Quartet are violinists Isaac Allen and Bram Goldstein, violist Angela Choong and cellist Alex Greenbaum. The quartet is named after Robert Hausmann, the eminent 19th-century German cellist and founding member of the Joachim Quartet.

Milton ‘Ohmega Watts’ Campbell was born in Brooklyn, NY to a West Indian family. He spent 5 years in Queens and at age 13 moved to Florida where he attended high school. At 17, Watts began collecting records and producing music. In 2001 he finished college with a degree in Graphic Design and moved to Portland, OR. While in Portland, ‘Ohmega Watts’ began to gain recognition through his group ‘Lightheaded’, having performed up and down the west coast. Soon thereafter, Watts produced a solo album on Ubiquity Records titled ‘The Find’. With his avid record collection, he began DJing more steadily in 2005. Like his visual art, his eclectic music collection is a true representation of the DJ he’s become. Watts currently resides in San Diego, CA.

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