Class of 1974

Saxophonist Ken Field led his 80-piece Hoot Band in January in Wollongong, NSW, Australia, for the HONK! Oz and Illawarra Folk Festivals. This is the seventh year that he has traveled from Massachusetts to lead the group, performing his arrangements of Australian music, original compositions, and traditional New Orleans second line repertoire. He is one of the organizers of the Somerville (Mass.) based HONK! Festival of Activist Street Bands, an annual event that began in 2006 and has spawned over 20 independent HONK! festivals around the globe. He is currently working on a commission of original music for Under the Canopy, a dance performance, due to premiere in 2024. This summer he will be performing Wednesdays and Saturdays at the Club in Provincetown, Mass.