In the foreground, bold gray letters spell out "CWICO" amidst a chaotic splatter of black ink, while the background features a sheet of music with scattered ink blots.

First Church Berkeley UCC

General Admission

First Church members and students under 25 (with ID)

CWICO (Creative Women Improvising Composers Orchestra)Rika Iwasaki Ellis, Frances Feldon, Rebecca Hass, Lee Heuermann,&nbsp;and&nbsp;Joyce McBride Formed in 2025, CWICO (Creative Women Improvising Composers Orchestra)&nbsp;came together to workshop, play and perform each other&rsquo;s work, creating a space for women composers to collaborate. We will feature compositions by each of our members, as well as improvised pieces. All of us come from diverse backgrounds with wide experience in many musical genres. Collectively, we bring vocal experimentation, African-American music, Brazilian music, medieval/renaissance/baroque European music, classical chamber music, singer song-writer, jazz, alternative chamber pop, new choral music, electro-acoustic, sound design, contemporary dance collaboration, new and experimental music, theatre, and East-Asian-inspired music to our group. We value the power of music to create community, and often include audience input in generating improvisations, through written prompts, picture dice, and other tools. We value being a part of the long-time Bay area tradition of radical experimentation and especially find it essential in this current time.

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CWICO (Creative Women Improvising Composers Orchestra)Rika Iwasaki Ellis, Frances Feldon, Rebecca Hass, Lee Heuermann, and Joyce McBride Formed in 2025, CWICO (Creative Women Improvising Composers Orchestra) came together to workshop, play and perform each other’s work, creating a space for women composers to collaborate. We will feature compositions by each of our members, as well as improvised pieces. All of us come from diverse backgrounds with wide experience in many musical genres. Collectively, we bring vocal experimentation, African-American music, Brazilian music, medieval/renaissance/baroque European music, classical chamber music, singer song-writer, jazz, alternative chamber pop, new choral music, electro-acoustic, sound design, contemporary dance collaboration, new and experimental music, theatre, and East-Asian-inspired music to our group. We value the power of music to create community, and often include audience input in generating improvisations, through written prompts, picture dice, and other tools. We value being a part of the long-time Bay area tradition of radical experimentation and especially find it essential in this current time.

First Church Berkeley UCC

CWICO—Creative Women Improvising Composers Orchestra (Resonance @ First Church Berkeley)

2345 Channing Way

General Admission

$35

First Church members and students under 25 (with ID)

$20