Sonic Chambers Quartet

Sonic Chambers Quartet is a new formation co-led by New Orleans-based clarinetist and saxophonist Byron Asher and New York City-based saxophonist and clarinetist Tomas Majcherski and making music at the nexus of contemporary composition and expansive improvisation. The multi-instrumentalists and composers have known each other and performed together for over 10 years, primarily in the New Orleans music scene. In addition to their shared experiences as musicians, their friendship is deepened by strikingly similar life paths prior to meeting – including past work in avant garde theater and formal studies in philosophy and religion. Their music is richly informed by these experiences, grounding their collaboration in dialogues around improvisation and composition, performance, art and collectivity. Their debut recording Kiss of the Earth was released in April 2025 on noted Brooklyn-based adventurous music label 577 Records. It features long-time collaborators Matt Booth on bass and Doug Garrison on drums.

Byron Asher is a saxophonist and clarinetist and composer based in New Orleans and working at the intersection of broadly experimental composition and jazz and improvised music. Raised in Maryland, he has become an integral member of New Orleans’ creative music community since arriving there in 2011, working as a bandleader, collaborator, improviser, composer, and curator and releasing over 10 albums as a leader or co-leader. In 2025, he released three new recordings, including Sonic Chambers Quartet's Kiss of the Earth, and two recordings with European collaborators: Clarinets & Drums (Yes We Cannibal/Sinking City Records) and Folk Songs From Imaginary Places (Ma/Searching Records). His 2022 release Doubles received 4 stars from Downbeat Magazine and was called "unbearably beautiful" by Pitchfork Magazine. More at byronasher.com.

Born in New York City in 1989, Tomas Majcherski grew up between the South Fork of Long Island and the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. Tomas took to music at a young age, eventually studying Saxophone under the direction of Hal Mckusick. After studying philosophy at Columbia University on a full scholarship, he decided to pursue music as a career. Eventually settling in New Orleans, he received an MMA from the University of New Orleans, where he studied under the direction of Edward Petersen. In 2018 he was awarded the ASCAP Louis Armstrong Foundation Scholarship for his compositions. In 2022, Tomas resettled back in New York City, where he is currently based. He has performed in many cities and countries around the world, including at the Montreal Jazz Festival, New Orleans Jazz Festival, Ottawa Jazz Festival, and the Umbria Jazz Festival. He has released two albums as a co-leader which feature his compositions, including Kiss of the Earth on 577 Records and Walking, Remembering on Kanuga Records. More at rawiczmusic.com.

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