Revolutionary Snake Ensemble

The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble is a funk & street beat brass band, playing New Orleans and other modern improvised celebratory music. Led by saxophonist Ken Field, the group's colorful costumes and creative arrangements have earned it invitations to entertain for audiences as large as 20,000. Notable Revolutionary Snake Ensemble performances have included the Krewe of Muses Mardi Gras Parade (New Orleans), the Cambridge River Festival, ArtBeat, the Central Square World's Fair, Tonic (NYC), the Somerville Theater, First Night Boston, First Night Providence, First Night Fall River, the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Puffin Cultural Forum, the Big Top (New Orleans), Berklee Performance Center, and numerous other venues.

The Ensemble can be heard on Parade of Numbers, an animated counting piece regularly aired on the television program Sesame Street.

Repeatedly nominated in their Best Music Poll by the Boston Phoenix and WFNX Radio, the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble includes a roster of notable Boston-area musicians. The group has also been twice nominated by a panel of music writers and critics for a Boston Music Award.

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