Current Ensembles
Ponticello Duo
Boleros, Bossas, and beyond with luscious string sounds. Website: sites.google.com/view/ponticelloduo 
Awesome Orchestra
Classical and contemporary orchestral music in unexpected settings Website: http://www.awesomeorchestra.org/ 
Charanga Fresca
Cuban-influenced dance and party music Previous Ensembles
Ramana Vieira Ensemble
Contemporary Fado* and Fado-influenced world music *Soulful Portuguese Folk Click here for performance video 
Girltalk and CelloQuinho Latin-inflected instrumental jazz duo, trio, quartet Website: www.girltalkband.com Special Past Shows50th Anniversary Celebration:
Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids Presidio Theater, San Francisco, March 2023 
Premiered at Alameda's
Altarena Playhouse, October-November, 2013 (Extended run!) Click here for reviews. 
World Premiere:
"Love Everywhere" Choreography by Erika Chong Shuch, Original Score by Daveen DiGiacomo Performed at San Francisco City Hall and Glide Memorial Church, February 2010. Click here for video of City Hall performance. 
World Premiere:
"Quilt" Original Score by Wayne Wallace Dance and Spoken Word collaboration with 10-piece musical ensemble performed at ODC Theater, San Francisco November 2002 |
CalendarNovember 2025
Fri 21 7:30 p.m. Sat 22 7:30 p.m. with Lewis Jordan, Music at Large Audium, San Francisco https://www.audium.org/calendar/ July 2025 Thurs 10 7:30 p.m. with Brazilian 7-string guitarist Julio Lemos The Soundroom, Oakland https://www.eventbrite.com/e/julio-lemos-group-tickets-1379891224799?aff=oddtdtcreator June 2025 Sun 15 5:00 p.m. Idris Ackamoor & The Ankhestra San Francisco Jazz Festival https://www.sfjazz.org/tickets/productions/2025-summer/festival/overview/?day=Sun Sat 7 12:30 p.m. Ponticello Duo + 1 Orangeland Gallery, San Francisco https://www.orangelandgallery.com/ April 2025 Sat 19 8:00 p.m. Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids "Artistic Being" album release The Lab, San Francisco https://www.thelab.org/projects/2025/4/19/idris-ackamoor-and-the-pyramids-artistic-being January 2025 Sat 18 7:00 p.m. In the Name of Love, Tribute to MLK, Jr. and Aretha Franklin Paramount Theater, Oakland https://www.livingjazz.org/events/mlk-tribute-2025 December 2024 Sun 8 7:00 p.m. Awesome Orchestra End of Year Concert Freight & Salvage, Berkeley https://awesomeorchestra.org/events-2024/end-of-year-concert-2024 September 2024 Fri 27 7:30 p.m. Lillian e Melodias do Brazil The Lost Church, San Francisco July 2024 Fri 12 7:00 p.m. Lillian e Melodias do Brazil Cafenated Coffee Co, Berkeley June 2024 Sat 29 6:00 p.m. Lillian e Melodias do Brazil Hal's Office After Hours, Albany https://www.facebook.com/events/3740512166267189 Sun 23 3:45 p.m. Lillian e Melodias do Brazil Naglee Park Porchfest, San Jose https://www.nagleepark.org/porch.html Fri 14, Sat 15, Sun 16 8:00 p.m. Guys and Dolls Woodminster Amphitheater, Oakland www.woodminster.com/guysanddolls April 2024 Sat 6 6:00 p.m. Blue Hour Duo and friends Hal's Office After Hours, Albany https://www.bluehourduo.com/event-details-registration/blue-hour-duo-hals-office-albany-ca February 2024 Sun 25 7:00 p.m. Blue Hour Duo and friends Chez Mansour, Albany https://www.facebook.com/events/333219669033237/ Fri 2, Sat 3 8:00 p.m. Underground Jazz Cabaret featuring the music of Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids The Lab, San Francisco https://www.thelab.org/projects/2024/2/2/underground-jazz-cabaret-ft-danny-glover-rhodessa-jones-and-idris-ackamoor-and-the-pyramids-night-1 January 2024 Sat 13 7:00 p.m. "in the Name of Love" tribute to MLK, Jr. featuring the music of Stevie Wonder Paramount Theater, Oakland https://www.paramountoakland.org/events/detail/in-the-name-of-love-featuring-the-music-of-stevie-wonder December 2023 Wed 13 7:00 p.m. Blue Hour Duo and guests Harlan Records, San Francisco https://fb.me/e/6SiZxQ5aM Sun 3, Sat 9, Sat 16 2:00 p.m. The Sound of Music Hillbarn Theater, Foster City https://www.hillbarntheatre.org/the-sound-of-music/ September 2023 Sun 3 & Sun 10 2:00 p.m. Sondheim on Sondheim Contra Costa Civic Theatre, El Cerrito review August 2023 Sat 26 7:30 p.m. Sun 27 2:00 p.m. Sondheim on Sondheim Contra Costa Civic Theatre, El Cerrito review May 2023 Sat 20 8:00 p.m. Charanga Fresca, Capullo Cocina Mexicana, Alameda https://fb.me/e/2UoTX3gbW March 2023 Fri 17 & Sat 18 8:00 p.m. Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids 50th Anniversary Celebration, Presidio Theater, San Franciscohttps://www.presidiotheatre.org/show/2023idrisackamoorandthepyramids/ |