Rent Romus' Otherworld Ensemble San Francisco Debut of Soul Bird Dinner Party

Name: Rent Romus' Otherworld Ensemble San Francisco Debut of Soul Bird Dinner Party
Start: 2025-11-09T19:00:00-08:00
Location: The Rite Spot

Schedule

Sun, 09 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

The Rite Spot | San Francisco, CA

Rent Romus, Heikki Koskinen and The Otherworld Ensemble will present Soul Bird at the Rite Spot in San Francisco , a musical odyssey of mythic bird stories. The spark originally came from the stories of the Siberian Jay, also known in Finland as ‘kuukkeli’, which is found throughout the Arctic regions of the world. In Finland, as well as in other Finno-Ugric cultural myths, this small, brave and charismatic bird is considered to be the carrier of human souls to and from the afterlife of Manala (the Underworld).
This will be their San Francisco Debut!
Album Release Performance
https://rentromus.bandcamp.com/album/soul-bird
FREE ADMISSION, GREAT MENU, AWESOME COCKTAILS!
Doors 6:30 PM Music 7:00 PM
OTHERWORLD ENSEMBLE:
Rent Romus - alto & soprano saxophones, c-flute, bird calls
Heikki Koskinen - e-trumpet, piano, tenor recorder, ocarina, birch bark horn, bird calls
Timothy Orr - drums, frame drum, piano, bird calls
Joshua Marshall - tenor & soprano saxophones, c-flute, melodica, bird calls
Safa Shokrai - double bass, bird calls
Joseph Noble - alto, bass, & c-flutes, bird calls
Vinny Golia - alto, bass, & contrabass flutes
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Working with mentor and fellow composer Heikki Koskinen, the creation of Soul Bird is a representation of the growth and development of their ongoing cultural expression through the lens of music. Heikki is a native of Finland and is a key musical figure in the Bay Area and Finnish music communities who was awarded jazz legend status in 2019 by the Music Archive Finland Institute. His insights and partnership have provided a guiding resource in Romus’ research of the Finnish traditions in music, culture, and myths.
Soul Bird is an important milestone in Rent & Heikki’s collective careers culminating over decades of in-practice fieldwork and research of Finnish and Finno-Ugric culture and traditions, creating something new and original to share with listeners.