Tactus SF presentsT R A N S C E N D E N C E
Saturday, November 14, 2026, 2 pm
Thursday, November 17, 2026, 7:30 pm Tickets available soon!
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Tactus SF at Ten: "Touching Hearts Then and Now" Tactus SF gave the first of many Bay Area concerts in 2016 under the direction of founding director Tanmoy Laskar. In the next ten years, the choir, which specializes in the polyphonic music of the Renaissance, has given some thirty public concerts in the Bay Area. Before and after the pandemic, Tactus SF was led by music directors Jonathan Hampton and Elizabeth Kimble. Now comprising about two dozen auditioned singers, the choir is conducted by vocologist and teacher Sven Edward Olbash. The name “Tactus” comes from the Latin for touch, signifying the rhythmic pulse of music, which Renaissance singers often transmitted by actual physical contact. As Tactus SF has grown through these ten years, it holds to the image of the touch—extending it, figuratively, to include singers, conductors, and audiences. During the first two years of the pandemic, Tactus SF moved to rehearsals in open air venues such as an East Bay parking garage and a Diamond Heights strip mall. Online “Salon” performances also kept the music going until the choir could resume in-person rehearsals and performances. |
Tactus SF performing in St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Oakland. (Photo credit: Elizabeth Kimble)
Music Director
Sven Edward Olbash is the Music Director of Tactus SF beginning with the 2024–2025 season. Sven is a specialist in music before 1600 and has an interest in the therapeutic potential of music, particularly for those dealing with grief. His album you who sow in tears will reap in joy with medieval vocal ensemble Euouae is available for streaming at euouae.bandcamp.com. He teaches Vocal Physiology and Voice Pedagogy at San Francisco Conservatory and individual singing lessons through Voice Science Studio.Sven has been a guest conductor for San Francisco Renaissance Voices and the Gregorian Institute of Canada and has completed two Music Performance Residencies with SF Opera. As a singer, Sven has performed in recital at Old First Concerts & Center for New Music, at Other Minds Festival, and with new music ensemble Volti. He holds degrees in singing and voice pedagogy from Boston University and New England Conservatory and lives in Lower Haight with his chihuahua Tupperware.
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