The Contraption Quartet will perform their new original composition, The Box, with the Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra in two Bay Area concerts also featuring Carmina Burana and works by Vivaldi.
The Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra & Chorus has always believed that great music shouldn't be reserved for a single concert hall — and this spring, that belief takes center stage. Maestro Urs Leonhardt Steiner leads the full orchestra and chorus in two Bay Area performances of Carl Orff's iconic Carmina Burana, paired with Vivaldi's Gloria and Winter & Spring from The Four Seasons. The Contraption Quartet opens the concert with The Box, along with the orchestra.
SUNDAY, 5/24/2026 — 3:00–5:00pm
The Clock Tower
1189 Washington Street
Benicia, CA
Regular Price: $50
Seniors: 20% Discount
Youth Under 21: 20% Discount
Ticket prices include all fees.
Run Time: 2 Hours, 30 Minutes
General Admission
SATURDAY, 5/30/2026 — 7:00–9:00pm
McKenna Theater
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA
Regular Price: $20 – $50
Seniors: $13 – $30
Youth Under 21: $13 – $30
Ticket prices include all fees.
Run Time: 2 Hours
Reserved Seating
Join us for a casual Contraption Quartet performance at the gallery opening of Larnie Fox’s solo art installation of invented instruments. The opening will start at 4:00pm, then Larnie will participate in an artist talk with David Samas around 5:00pm. The Contraption Quartet will play around 5:30pm. The gallery opening ends at 6:00pm. Free of charge.
55 Taylor Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 275-C4NM
SATURDAY - 3/2/2024 - 7:00pm at
NY2CA Gallery
The Contraption Quartet (Bodil Fox, Larnie Fox, Lena Strayhorn, and Chris Miller) will expand to become the Contraption Quintet with the inclusion of Sudhu Tewari. We will play the room, and there will be a gallery talk! It is invitation only, as wine will be served. To be on the invitation list, join the gallery's email list HERE. Free of charge.
617 1st Street
Benicia, CA
NY2CA Gallery
SATURDAY - 9/9/2023 - short sets from 1pm-4pm at
NY2CA Gallery
The Contraption Quartet will play short, improvised sets between 1pm & 4pm during the Benicia Art Walk.
617 1st Street
Benicia, CA
NY2CA Gallery
The Contraption Quartet will play three fifteen-minute sets between 2pm & 4pm , and will also set up a sound installation within which they will do informal improvisation and demonstrate their invented instruments.
425 Seventh St.
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
https://museumsc.org/
Low-tech (Contraption Quartet) meets high-craft sound (Jeremiah Moore). Contraption Quartet members are Bodil Fox, Larnie Fox, Chris Miller and Lena Strayhorn. This performance marks the final evening of Larnie’s exhibit at the Center for New Music celebrating the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s passing. Join us for an evening of experimentation and exploration of material-based sound.
55 Taylor Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
CFNM
Contraption Quartet + Pet the Tiger
23 Maine Avenue,
Richmond, CA 94804
http://www.bridgestorage.com
Past Shows as FLEX (Contraption Quartet)
10/21/18 at East Bay Mini Maker Faire
Temescal District in Oakland at Park Day School
360 42nd Street,
Oakland, CA
Faire entrance is at the corner of 42nd Street & Opal Street
https://eastbay.makerfaire.com/
5/12/18 at Rancho Shazam - Marin Open Studios
14 Lucky Dr.
Larkspur, CA
Flex (Larnie Fox, Bodil Fox, Lena Strayhorn, & Chris Miller) will play at the marvelous Rancho Shazam as part of Marin Open Studios! Larnie's sculptural instruments installation will be playing from
3-6pm, and Flex will give a performance at
4:00 p.m., and another at
5:30 p.m. Come hang out at the Rancho Shazam "Yacht Club"!
Free of charge!
For more on Rancho Shazam:
Get it here
and
Here
6/17/17 at Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve - Re:Sound
167 Railroad Ave @ O'Hara Ct,
Mare Island, Vallejo CA 94592
http://www.re-sound.net/
Chapel of the Chimes
4499 Piedmont Ave
Oakland, CA
http://www.gardenofmemory.com/
