Tuesday September 1st, 2026

8pm Doors, 8:30pm Show

$10-$20 Sliding Scale

San Diego-based Mexican flutist/composer Wilfrido Terrazas returns to Baltimore after a decade to share recent improvisatory flute works featuring circular breathing explorations, instrument preparations, and even a poem or two.

Terrazas will be joined by Baltimore improvisers Bonnie Lander and John Dierker on vocals and bass clarinet. There will also be a dynamic secret special guest, to be revealed!

Wilfrido Terrazas

Wilfrido Terrazas is a flutist, improviser, composer, and educator based in San Diego, originally from Ensenada, Mexico. His work explores the edges of notation, improvisation, and collective creativity, and finds inspiration in various experimentalist lineages, Mexican folk traditions, and poetry. He has premiered over 400 works, composed more than 80, and recorded 60+ albums released internationally. Wilfrido has appeared at leading festivals and venues across 23 countries, is a core member of Generación Espontánea, Mexico City’s pioneering improvisers’ collective, and co–organizes the Semana Internacional de Improvisación in Ensenada. Since 2017, he has been a professor of music at the University of California San Diego. He is also a fellow of the National System of Art Creators of Mexico (SNCA) for the period 2026-28.

Event location:

Normals Books and Records

The Red Room is a volunteer-run space in Baltimore dedicated to mind-expanding experimental culture, headquartered at Normals Books and Records.