Moon Unit's performance for the night will include a free improv set and the premiere of two pieces: “(un)becoming” by Dylan Dukat and “Mapped of Scars Along Interior Skin” by Dani Elizalde.

Doors: 7:30pm

Music: 8pm

Suggested Donations: $5+

Moon Unit is Olivia Katz and Steph Tamas.

Olivia Katz is a joyful, engaging, and dynamic cellist, improviser, and composer with a passionate interest in contemporary classical music. Olivia strives to create an interactive, inventive, and accessible environment in which the audience is encouraged to experience classical music, art, and beauty through a new lens. In addition to musicians and composers, Olivia collaborates with playwrights, singers, painters, actors, sculptors, and poets in multiple contexts and is dedicated to bringing artists’ visions to life. In 2024 Olivia received their Master of Music in Contemporary Classical Music Performance at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee under Rhonda Rider and David Russell, and in 2019 their Bachelor of Music in Cello Performance at the University of Puget Sound under Alistair MacRae. Currently in Boston, Olivia privately teaches many cello students in the greater-Boston area and is the cellist in the Semiosis Quartet–a Boston-based string quartet dedicated to presenting a captivating and diverse contemporary classical repertoire. Outside of cello performance, Olivia has been a camp counselor, a nanny, and worked at a thrift store; they especially enjoy being in nature, seeing live music, and exploring museums and antique stores.

Steph Tamas is a saxophonist, composer, and improviser based in New York City. His saxophone playing is primarily in the contemporary/living music field which promotes premiering new works, collaboration, improvisation across all styles, and performance art. As a composer, most of his work is conceptual and encourages a love for learning and laughing. Outside of music, Steph enjoys weightlifting, basketball, comedy shows, and exploring.