Who we are

Friends After Good Sound is a queer new music collective focused exclusively on bringing new works by local PDX composers to life. We seek to be a vehicle that overcomes the many trepidations posed to the lovely artists we get to work with when it comes to creating new work. New work is the pulse of any good music scene, it's exciting, it’s overrated, it doesn't work, it changes things and people. Without new work  concerts can be boring, predictable and prescribable. (F)-(A)-(G)-(S) isn't that.

Our ensemble seeks to bring three concerts a year to our community, each concert premiering two to three new works by two to three different composers. Currently, we are composed of four core members, James T. Hickey, Chanchito Loko, Mia Chavez Lysaght and Michael Anderson. All of our core members are multi-instrumentalist that come from a wide variety of musical backgrounds. We believe our multi genre/stylistic backgrounds are an asset in making more inclusive vibrant work for our local community.

Please reach out to us via the Contact page if you are a composer interested in working with us.