Henna Chou & Joshua Thomson Mini Tour 2026

Henna Chou (cello) and Joshua Thomson (saxophone) have collaborated in many capacities over the past 15 years via experimental sound, free improvisation, world music and art installation formats.  The duo will be performing using cello, objects and saxophone to further develop their improvisation practices.  🚛  In addition to performing in a few select locations, Chou & Thomson will be conducting some outdoor research in pedestrian tunnels.

Henna Chou is a sound artist whose work explores the confluence of environmental listening, experimental practice, and socio-political inquiry. Drawing from the textures and rhythms of the natural and industrial world, their work engages with sound as both material and message – exploring issues of ecology, displacement, and collective memory.  

Previous participations in Austin, Texas include work with Salvage Vanguard Theater, Paper Chairs Theater, COTFG, BLiPSWiTCH, Heloise Gold, KDH Dance, Collide Arts, The Blanton Museum of Art, The Contemporary Austin, Museum of Human Achievement, Phonography Austin, Sonic Transmissions Festival, Performa Dance, Golden Hornet and Fusebox Festival.

Joshua Thomson is an alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and founder of Atlas Maior, originally from the Dearborn/Detroit area and based in Austin, Texas.  His work blends experimental jazz, global modal traditions, and free improvisation, creating a cinematic and highly exploratory sound described as possessing a “mystic, noir quality” and “fearless improvisational clarity” 

Thomson has collaborated with artists including Ingebrigt Håker Flaten,
Lisa Cameron, Jonathan Horne, Karen Ng, Stefan Gonzalez, Aaron Gonzalez, Thomas Helton, Chris Cogburn, Adam Rudolph, Mike Khoury, Abdullah Kaymak, Henna Chou, Gary Calhoun James, and Alan Chehab, with project work including THC Trio, Clandestine Flower, Break/Fix, The Hatch Expansion Ensemble, and the Viva Palestina Orchestra. He has developed international collaborations in Morocco with Gnawa musicians Maalem Abdelmalek Kadir and Maalem Azouz Soudani, as well as in Mexico City with Remi Álvarez, Arturo Báez, and Gibrán Andrade.

The work of Joshua Thomson has been presented at venues and festivals including the Krannert Center, Rothko Chapel, Elastic Arts (Chicago), Dissonant Works (St. Louis), EMAS (Kansas City), and Sonic Transmissions Festival, with touring across the U.S., Europe, North Africa, and Mexico.   [YouTube link ]

Available merch:

Atlas Maior albums, Break/Fix QR code to digital albums, Aux Aux QR code to digital album, Spiritual Earning Potential pins, Spiritual Earning Potential lip balm, Spiritual Earning Potential shirts, Horse Magnet 2026 posters