Jazz violinist Christian Howes live in SF

Tuesday October 13th
7:00 doors, 7:30 show
Reserved seats / suggested donation $20

Classical Revolution is pleased to present a live performance featuring internationally renowned jazz violinist Christian Howes.
Our resident string players are joining Christian for a sampling of original compositions and arrangements of classical jazz, rock, and classical music.
As per usual, we will be offering food and drinks for donation, and street parking is plentiful and free!
Christian Howes violin
Charith Premawardhana violin
Keith Lawrence viola
Lewis Patzner viola
Plus special guests

Violinist, educator and composer, Christian Howes was voted #1 in the Downbeat Critics Poll (“Rising Stars/Violin”), named among the top three jazz violinists by JazzTimes, and nominated for Violinist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association. He received the Residency Partner Award through Chamber Music America, earned a USArtists grant through the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, and was invited by the U.S. State Department to teach and perform as a cultural ambassador in Ukraine and Montenegro. His release on Resonance Records, “Southern Exposure,” earned recognition in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Downbeat, Jazz Times, and a six-night run at Lincoln Center. His release, “American Spirit” was named among the Best Jazz Albums of the Year” by the Huffington Post. Howes is the founder of “Creative Strings,” a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to expand music education through the creation of online curriculum, conferences, and visits to schools teaching improvisation, and contemporary styles. Through Creative Strings, he created more than 500 free play along lessons on YouTube, garnering over six million views. He has visited nearly 1,000 classrooms across the U.S. teaching MS, HS, and collegiate music students and teachers.
In 2025, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded Creative Strings a grant to catalog, create, and distribute educational resources and programming, and release a formalized method for teachers.
He endorses Yamaha violins and D’Addario strings. Connect with Christian on Facebook, YouTube, www.christianhowes.com, or www.creativestrings.org

What's the music?

Classical Revolution String Quartet