Brooklyn-born and Los Angeles-based, aja monet is a celebrated surrealist blues poet, vocalist, composer and a storyteller whose work dissolves the boundary between language and sound, transforming poetry into a fully realized musical experience. Returning with her first new music in three years, and arriving days after her Carnegie Hall debut, monet opens the 2026 “Off the 405” season with a performance grounded in musicianship and language for an evening that foregrounds voice, ensemble and the expansive possibilities of poetry in concert.