2007

***

Wednesday, January 10, 2007 – 8pm

Improvised Music & Dance w/Jennifer Hicks & Henry Kaiser/Damon Smith/Weasel Walter Trio - guitar/contrabass/percussion respectively.

21 Grand

416 25th St @Broadway, Oakland

$6-10 sliding scale

***

Thursday, January 11, 2007 – 8pm

New Music Series

Timosoarus

Matthew Nelson, woodwinds

Andrew Conklin, guitars

from free improv/rock to quiet textural and sparse melodies

Luggage Store Gallery

1007 Market Street, San Francisco

$6-10 sliding

***

Friday, January 12, 2007 – 8pm

Anonymous 4: Long Time Traveling

Anonymous 4: Long Time Traveling with Darol Anger and Scott Nygaard. Program: The a cappella ensemble Anonymous 4 and instrumentalists Darol Anger and Scott Nygaard come together to present Long Time Traveling, a vibrant portrait of the roots of Anglo-American music. The program includes folk songs, religious ballads, and spiritual and gospel hymns.

Stanford Lively Arts

Dinkelspiel Auditorium

Lagunita

$36-$40

Information: (650) 725-ARTS

***

Friday, January 12, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

Laurel Ensemble

Program: Intermezzo for String Trio and Three Hungarian Dances for Violin and Piano by Kodály; Trio for Flute, ‘Cello and Piano by Martinu; Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 by Shostakovich.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco

$15; $12 students & seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Saturday, January 13, 2007 – 10am

San Francisco Performances:

Alexander String Quartet & Robert Greenberg

Beethoven's String Quartets, Season 2. Program 1: String Quartets Op. 74 and 95.

Herbst Theater

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

$34

Information: (415) 392-2545

***

Saturday, January 13, 2007 – 8pm

San Francisco Performances:

Jennifer Koh, Violin and Reiko Uchida, Piano

Program: Schubert/Sonatine in D major; Kurtag/Selections from Signs, Games and Messages; Poulenc/Sonata for violin & piano, FP 119; Higdon/Sonata; and Schumann/Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121.

Herbst Theater

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

$28-$39

Information: (415) 392-2545

***

Sunday, January 14, 2007 – 4pm

Old First Concerts:

The Gypsy in Me

Program: Works by Brahms, Dvorák, Falla, Montsalvatge, Mechem, Obradors, Rhabani, Bohmler and more.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco

$15; $12 students & seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Sunday, January 14, 2007 – 8pm

Biggi Vinkeloe (alto sax/flute), Damon Smith (contrabass), Donald Robinson (drums) + Vijay Anderson/Sheldon Brown duo

21 Grand

416 25th St @Broadway, Oakland

$6-10 sliding scale

***

Wednesday, January 17, 2007 – 8pm

Evander Music & Rova:Arts Present: Phillip Greenlief & Jon Raskin's 2 + 2 Series

8 pm: Phillip Greenlief & Jon Raskin, saxophones, Kyle Bruckmann & Sara Schoenbeck, double reeds

9 pm: Boomtown: Larry Ochs, saxophone, Tim Perkis, electronics

21 Grand

416 25th St @Broadway, Oakland

$6-10

***

Thursday, January 18, 2007 – 8pm

Mason Jones - solo guitar | Dubmarronics - electronics (Japan) | Flaming Horse - Alwyn Quebido - guitar, Tony Dryer - bass, Jacob Felix Heule - drums/sax

Luggage Store Gallery New Music Series

1007 Market Street, San Francisco

$6-10

***

Friday, January 19, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

The Torgul-Chanco Duo

Program: Sonata for Violin and Piano by Janácek; and Sonata for Violin and Piano by Corigliano.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

www.PeninsulaSymphony.org

***

Friday, January 19, 2007 – 8pm

Peninsula Symphony:

Music from the Big Screen

The esteemed Peninsula Symphony invites you to step back in time to the Golden Age of Hollywood. For two nights in January 2007, the Peninsula Symphony will perform classic scores from some of Hollywood’s most spectacular films over the past 70 years.

“Music from the Big Screen” is an evocative program that will feature Suite from “Gone with the Wind” by Max Steiner (“the father of film music”), Overture and Suite from “Lawrence of Arabia” by Maurice Jarre, Suite from “The Magnificent Seven” by Elmer Bernstein, Suite from “Vertigo” by Bernard Herrmann, and music from “The Lord of the Rings” by Howard Shore. Guaranteed to delight and inspire with each composition, “Music from the Big Screen” will recount the majestic, powerful, and awe-inspiring musical adventures of the movies.

San Mateo Performing Arts Center

600 N. Delaware Street, San Mateo

$33 general / $28 students & seniors

Information: (650) 941-5291

***

Saturday, January 20, 2007 – 8pm

The Pickpocket Ensemble

The PickPocket Ensemble was formed early in 1998 to make music equally at home in the concert hall and on the street corner. Inspired by the European folk and café music that they love, they set out to compose and perform music that responded to these older styles, but with a modern sensibility and a street-wise edge.

Red Poppy Art House

2698 Folsom at 23rd Street, San Francisco

$12 donation

Information: (415) 826-2402

www.redpoppyarthouse.org

***

Saturday, January 20, 2007 – 8pm

Peninsula Symphony:

Music from the Big Screen

Fox Theatre

2215 Broadway, Redwood City

$33 general / $28 students & seniors

Information: (650) 941-5291

www.PeninsulaSymphony.org

***

Sunday, January 21, 2007 – 2pm

Avedis Chamber Music Series

Avedis opens the season with three varied French pieces - works by Jacques Ibert, Jean Françaix and the American premiere of Jean-Michel Damase's "Fifteen Minutes" contrasted with the classic style of Andreas Romberg. Alexandra Hawley, flute; Dan Levitan, harp; Roy Malan, violin; Paul Hersh, viola; Susan Freier, viola and Stephen Harrison, cello.

Florence Gould Theater/Legion of Honor

Lincoln Park, San Francisco

$20; $15 seniors & students

Information: (415) 392-4400

www.avedisconcerts.org

***

Sunday, January 21, 2007 – 7pm

San Francisco Symphony:

The Moscow Soloists

Program: Beethoven/String Quartet No. 11, Serioso, arr. by Mahler; Tan Dun/Concerto for Pipa and Strings; Britten/Lachrymae for Viola and Strings; and Schubert/String Quartet in D minor, Death and the Maiden, arr. by Mahler

Davies Symphony Hall

201 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

$25-$81

Information: (415) 864-6000

***

Sunday, January 21, 2007 – 4pm

Old First Concerts:

Miles Graber Group

Program: Works by Duruflé, Bloch, Reinecke and others.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

www.sfacademyorchestra.org

***

Sunday, January 21, 2007 – 6pm

The Alexander String Quartet

San Francisco Academy Orchestra, Andrei Gorbatenko, conductor

Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, Elgar

First Unitarian Church

1187 Franklin St., San Francisco

Information: (415) 392-4400

***

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 – 8pm

Stanford Lively Arts:

Sÿ Percussion

Program: This young ensemble features new music that unites a myriad of musical, theatrical and artistic elements. The program, by progressive composers Steve Reich and David Lang, fuses traditional classical music with an almost gritty urban aggressiveness.

Stanford Lively Arts

Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Palo Alto

$32-$36

Information: (650) 725-ARTS

www.annamariamendieta.com

***

Thursday, January 25, 2007 – 8pm

New Century Chamber Orchestra:

New Awakenings

Program: Telemann/Ouverture des Nations Anciens et Moderns; Britten/Les Illuminations, Melody Moore, Soprano; and Schubert/Death and the Maiden (Orchestrated by Mahler); Axel Strauss, guest concertmaster.

St. John's Presbyterian Church

2727 College Avenue, Berkeley

$28/$42

Information: (415) 392-4400

Link www.ncco.org> www.ncco.org

***

Friday, January 26, 2007 – 8pm

New Century Chamber Orchestra:

New Awakenings

First Methodist Church

Hamilton & Webster, Palo Alto

$28/$42

Information: (415) 392-4400

Link www.ncco.org> www.ncco.org

***

Friday, January 26, 2007 – 8pm

Ives String Quartet: Winter Concert Series

Program: Hyo-shin Na/Ten Thousand Ugly Inkblots; Mozart/Quartet in Bb Major, K.458, "Hunt;" and Beethoven/Quartet in F major, Op. 135.

St. Mark's Episcopal Church

600 Colorado, Palo Alto

$25; $20 seniors & $15 students

Information: (415) 328-0990

www.ivesquartet.org

***

Friday, January 26, 2007 – 8pm

Tango del Cielo

Anna Maria Mendieta, harp and Quartet San Francisco (Tango ensemble)

Musical arrangements by Pablo Ziegler and Daniel Binelli.

Presentation Theatre

2350 Turk St. (at Masonic), San Francisco

Information: (415) 422-2186

***

Saturday, January 27, 2007 – 8pm

New Century Chamber Orchestra:

New Awakenings

Florence Gould Theater/Legion of Honor

Lincoln Park, San Francisco

$28/$42

Information: (415) 392-4400

Link www.ncco.org> www.ncco.org

***

Saturday, January 27, 2007 – 7pm

Gold Coast Chamber Players

Gold Coast Chamber Players announced this week the

selection of Acalanes High School student guitarist, Yunus Iyriboz as featured headliner for their gala concert on January 27 at 7 PM at

Wildwood Acres, 1055 Hunsaker Canyon Road in Lafayette. Offering an Orient Express theme, the gala concert will showcase the professionals and students and provide refreshments and exotic auction items along with the concert.

Wildwood Acres

1055 Hunsaker Canyon Road, Lafayette

Information: (925) 283-3728

www.gcplayers.org

***

Saturday, January 27, 2007 – 9pm

J. Steinkoler Quartet @ Downtown Restaurant

Jim Peterson, saxophone

Michael Abraham, guitar

Sam Bevan, bass

Jeremy Steinkoler, drums

Downtown Restaurant

2102 Shattuck Ave. (corner Addison), Berkeley

Free Admission

***

Sunday, January 28, 2007 – 4pm

Jules Rowell at Chez Hanny

Jules Rowell - trombone

Ian Wilson - saxophone

David Udolf - piano

Mario Suraci - bass

Rob Gibson - drums

Chez Hanny

145 Fillmore (@Waller), San Francisco

$20

www.chezhanny.com

***

Sunday, January 28, 2007 – 5pm

New Century Chamber Orchestra:

New Awakenings

Osher Marin JCC

250 N. San Pedro Rd, San Rafael

$28/$42

Information: (415) 392-4400

Link www.ncco.org> www.ncco.org

***

Sunday, January 28, 2007 – 4pm

Noe Valley Chamber Music Series

Emil Miland, cello; Sarah Cahill, piano; Carey Bell, clarinet; and Paul Ehrlich, viola, perform the West Coast premiere of David Carlson’s Quantum Quartet, and other works.

Noe Valley Ministry

1021 Sanchez Street, San Francisco

$15-$18

Information: (415) 648-5236

www.nvcm.org

***

Sunday, January 28, 2007 – 2pm

Ives String Quartet: Winter Concert Series

Program: Hyo-shin Na/Ten Thousand Ugly Inkblots; Mozart/Quartet in Bb Major, K.458, "Hunt;" and Beethoven/Quartet in F major, Op. 135.

Florence Gould Theater/Legion of Honor

Lincoln Park, San Francisco

$25; $20 seniors & $15 students

Information: (415) 328-0990

www.ivesquartet.org

***

Sunday, January 28, 2007 – 2pm

San Francisco Symphony Musicians

Bruch's Pieces for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano; Thuille's Sextet for Winds in B-flat Major, and Dvoøák's String Quartet No. 11 in C Major

Davies Symphony Hall

201 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco

Information: (415) 864-6000

***

Sunday, January 28, 2007 – 4pm

Old First Concerts:

The Oakland Trio

Program: Contrasts by Bartók; Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 23 by Arensky.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Sunday, January 28, 2007 – 4pm

MUSIC IN THE MISHKAN CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES

Randall Weiss, violin

Victoria Ehrlich, cello

Marilyn Thompson, piano

Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio in C Major

Paul Schoenfield: Cafe Music

Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio in E Minor

Congregation Sha'ar Zahav

290 Dolores St. at 16th St., San Francisco

$15-$20

www.shaarzahav.org

***

Wednesday, January 31, 2007 – 8pm

Stanford Lively Arts:

Roby Lakatos Ensemble

Classical virtuoso, improviser, and scorching Gypsy violinist Roby Lakatos combines his native Hungarian folk idiom with classical music and jazz and, together with his ensemble, delivers an electrifying performance.

Stanford Lively Arts

Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Palo Alto

$40-$44

Information: (650) 725-ARTS

Thursday, February 1, 2007 – 8pm

San Francisco Performances:

Artemis String Quartet

Program: Webern/Langsamer Satz; Beethoven/Quartet in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2; and Schoenberg/Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 7.

Herbst Theater

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

$29-$47

Information: (415) 392-2545

***

Thursday, February 1, 2007 – 5:30pm

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra:

Six Seasons

Program: Antonio Vivaldi/Winter and Spring from “The Four Seasons”, Op. 8 #1 & #4; and Astor Piazzolla/Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (Four Seasons of Buenos Aires).

St. Mary's Cathedral

1111 Gough Street, San Francisco

Free

Information: (415) 248-1640

***

Thursday, February 1, 2007 – 8pm

Chamber Music Masters Series: Seymour Lipkin, Ian Swensen, Paul Hersh, Jean-Michel Fonteneau

Schubert Fantaisie in F Minor for Four Hands, D. 940; Brahms Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 26; Schoenberg String Quartet No. 2

San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall

50 Oak Street, San Francisco

Information: (415) 503-6275

***

Thursday, February 1, 2007 – 8pm

New Music Series:

8pm: Joanna Griffin & CD Evans perform "Lost"

9pm: Cypod Electro-Acoustic Multi-media Experience (Beau Casey - Virtual Instruments, Margot Casey - Voice, Franz Keller - Video

Projection, Nora Hoffman - Violin, Kinji Hayashi - Dance, and special surprise guest.)

Luggage Store Gallery

1007 Market St. @ 6th Street, San Francisco

$6-10

***

Friday, February 2, 2007 – 8pm

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra:

Six Seasons

Program: Antonio Vivaldi/Winter and Spring from “The Four Seasons”, Op. 8 #1 & #4; and Astor Piazzolla/Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (Four Seasons of Buenos Aires).

Herbst Theater

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

Information: (415) 248-1640

***

Friday, February 2, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

Temirzhan Yerzhanov, Piano

Program: J.S. Bach/Toccata in E minor, BWV 914; R. Schumann/Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13 (1837 Edition); P. Tchaikovsky/Maslenitsa (February) from The Seasons, Op. 37 bis and Dumka, Russian rustic scene, Op. 59; N. Medtner/Sonata-Reminiscenza, Op. 38, No. 1; M. Balakirev/Islamey, Oriental fantasy

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Saturday, February 3, 2007 – 10am

San Francisco Performances:

Alexander String Quartet & Robert Greenberg

Beethoven's String Quartets, Season 2. Program 2: String Quartet Op. 127.

Herbst Theater

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

$22-$34

Information: (415) 392-2545

***

Saturday, February 3, 2007 – 8pm

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra:

Six Seasons

Program: Antonio Vivaldi/Winter and Spring from “The Four Seasons”, Op. 8 #1 & #4; and Astor Piazzolla/Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (Four Seasons of Buenos Aires).

St. Mark's Episcopal Church

600 Colorado Street, Palo Alto

Free

Information: (415) 248-1640

***

Sunday, February 4, 2007 – 3pm

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra:

Six Seasons

Program: Antonio Vivaldi/Winter and Spring from “The Four Seasons”, Op. 8 #1 & #4; and Astor Piazzolla/Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (Four Seasons of Buenos Aires).

First Congregational Church

2345 Channing Way, Berkeley

Free

Information: (415) 248-1640

www.berkeleychamberperform.org

***

Tuesday, February 6, 2007 – 8pm

Left Coast Chamber Ensemble (LCCE)

String Quartet in a program called Beethoven and his Legacy. Program opens with Beethoven's late string quartet Op. 131 and includes three contemporary works inspired by Op. 131. They include LCCE commissioned pieces by Bill Beck, Sam Nichols, and Yu-Hui Chang.

Berkeley City Club

2315 Durant Ave., Berkeley

$20

Information: (510) 525-5211

***

Tuesday, February 6, 2007 – 8pm

San Francisco Performances:

St. Lawrence String Quartet

St. Lawrence String Quartet & Heidi Grant-Murphy, soprano. Program: Roberto Sierra/Songs from the Diaspora and Eernest Chausson/Chansons Perpetuelles and two quartets to be announced.

Herbst Theater

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

$29-$47

Information: (415) 392-2545

***

Thursday, February 8, 2007 – 8pm

Orpheus and Euridice, A Song Cycle in Two Acts by Ricky Ian Gordon

Laura Storm, Steven Becraft, Kristin Pankonin

Soprano, clarinet, and piano

Knuth Hall/Creative Arts Building

San Francisco State University

19th Ave. at Holloway, San Francisco

Information: (415) 338-1431

www.sfsu.edu

***

Thursday, February 8, 2007 – 8pm

New Music Series

8pm Theresa Wong, cello/voice; Bob Marsh, cello/voice; & Bryan Eubanks, soprano sax celebrate their release on Last Visible Dog Records.

9pm Paper Leg -aka Trevor Healy, guitar and electronics. "a very nice clattery sound, like a fat-ass freak rumble inside some gamelan storage." The WIRE

Luggage Store Gallery

1007 Market St. @ 6th Street, San Francisco

$6-10

***

Friday, February 9, 2007 – 8pm

Christopher Basso, Piano with Jodi Levitz, Viola

Program: Beethoven/Sonata No.14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 “Moonlight”; Shostakovich/Viola Sonata, Op. 147; Schubert/Sonata in A Major, D. 959

San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall

50 Oak Street, San Francisco

$10/$15

Information: (415) 503-6275

***

Saturday, February 10, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

Gwendolyn Mok, Piano; Joseph Frank, Tenor

Program: Ravel/Le tombeau de Couperin and Miroirs for Solo Piano; Poulenc/Tel jour, telle nuit for Voice and Piano; and selected songs by Duparc

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

www.trinitychamberconcerts.com

***

Saturday February 10, 2007 • 8pm

Program I: 100 Years of Russian Revolution

Trinity Chamber Concerts, Trinity Chapel

2320 Dana Street (at Durant), Berkeley

Tickets: $12/$8 (No one turned away for lack of funds)

For advance tickets call (510) 549-3864

www.sffcm.org/affiliates/martha-and-monica

***

Saturday, February 10, 2007 – 8pm

Stanford Lively Arts:

Emerson String Quartet

Program: Ludwig van Beethoven/"Rasumovsky" Quartets: String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, op. 59, no. 1; String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, op. 59, no. 2; String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, op. 59, no. 3.

Stanford Lively Arts

Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Lagunita

$46/$50

Information: (650) 725-ARTS

***

Sunday, February 11, 2007 – 4pm

Old First Concerts:

Gila Goldstein, Piano

Program: J. S. Bach/Partita No. 5 in G major, BWV 829; Schubert/Liszt/"Wohin" and "Ständchen"; Prokofiev/Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28; Ronn Yedidia/Prelude to the Ocean and Tribes on Earth; Schumann/Carnaval, Op. 9.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

www.chambermusicmillvalley.org

***

Sunday, February 11, 2007 - 4pm

Sundays @ Four Chamber Music Series:

Aileen Chanco and Raja Rahman, piano duo

LUTOSLAWSKY: Paganini Variations for Two Pianos; MOZART: Theme and Variations in G Major, K. 501 for Four Hands; J.S. BACH: Italian Concerto; LISZT: Sonetto del Petrarca 104 from " Annees de

Pelerinage"; RACHMANINOFF: Suite no. 2, op. 17 for Two Pianos; RALPH FARRIS: "Led Astray"

Crowden Music Center

1475 Rose Street, Berkeley

$12 general admission/FREE for children 18 and under

Information: 510.559.6910

www.crowden.org

***

Sunday, February 11, 2007 – 5pm

Mill Valley Chamber Music Society Series

Emerson Quartet:

All Beethoven Concert

op. 18 #4

op. 135 in F Major

op. 59 #2

"America's greatest quartet." -Time Magazine. Acclaimed for its

insightful performances, brilliant artistry and technical mastery, the

Emerson String Quartet is one of the world's foremost chamber ensembles. In 2007 they celebrate their 30th anniversary as a quartet and 20th anniversary with Deutsche Grammophon. Among their impressive list of achievements are six Grammy Awards including two unprecedented honors for "Best Classical Album.” They bring an exciting all Beethoven program to Mill Valley.

Mt. Tamalpais Methodist Church

Sycamore Ave. and Camino Alto, Mill Valley

$20/$10 students

Information: (415) 381-4453

***

Sunday, February 11, 2007 – 2pm

Memorial Concert: Voice and Piano

Karl Dent, Christopheren Nomura, Bonnie Koester

Handel, Mahler, Mozart, Puccini, Mendelssohn

St. Ignatius Church

Parker at Fulton, San Francisco

Information: (510) 531-4460

***

Monday, February 12, 2007 – 8pm

Sharon Mann, piano, with the Cavani String Quartet

Faculty pianist Sharon Mann and the Cavani String Quartet perform

masterworks from the chamber music repertoire for piano and strings, featuring the magnificent Shostakovich Piano Quintet, Op. 57.

San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall

50 Oak Street, San Francisco

$10/$15

Information: (415) 503-6275

***

Wednesday, February 14, 2007 – 8pm

Mark Kosower, Cello with Jee-Won Oh, Piano

Faculty cellist Mark Kosower and pianist Jee-Won Oh perform an eclectic program for cello and piano, including Bach Sonata in G Minor, Mendelssohn Sonata in D Major, Ginastera Cinco Canciones Populares Argentinas, Karen Khachaturian Sonata (1966), and Marco Stroppa's Ay, There's the rub (2001).

San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall

50 Oak Street, San Francisco

$10/$15

Information: (415) 503-6275

www.sffcm.org/affiliates/laurel-ensemble

***

Wednesday, February 14, 2007 – 12:30pm

Laurel Ensemble

Flute, violin, viola, cello

Thomson, Dohnanyi, Beethoven, Cohn

St. Patrick's Church

756 Mission Street, San Francisco

Information: (415) 777-3211

www.noontimeconcerts.org

***

Thursday, February 15, 2007 – 8pm

Pacific Chamber Symphony

Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3 and Brahms’ Variation on the Theme of Haydn

Florence Gould Theater

Legion of Honor

100 34th Ave., San Francisco

Information: (415) 292-1233

pacificchambersymphony.org

***

Friday, February 16, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

Sounds New

Program: Greg Steinke/To Get to Fresno; James Jenson/Three Pieces; Michael Golden/Bidder to Better; John Thow/Summer Solstice; Herb Bielawa/Sloppy Floppy Copy (World Premiere); Aaron Alon/Hibakuska; Howard Hersh/Dancing at the Pink House (World Premiere); Michael Djupstrom/Canopy Dance

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco

$15; $12 students & seniors

Informaion: (415) 474-1608

***

Friday, February 16, 2007 – 8pm

The Laurel Ensemble

Serenades by Beethoven, Cohn, Thomson, and Dohnanyi

Giorgi Gallery

2911 Claremont Avenue, Berkeley

Tickets at the door: $15/$12 students and seniors

Information: (510) 848-1228

www.giorgigallery.com

www.laurelensemble.com

***

Friday, February 16, 2007 – 8pm

Chamber Music San Francisco:

The 2006 Guzik Foundation Award Winners #1

Top young Russian musicians, the best of the best chosen from music schools throughout Russia, are showcased in San Francisco, Moscow, Carnegie Hall and the Louvre. Varvara Ivanova, harp and Gleb Ivanov, piano.

Florence Gould Theater

Legion of Honor

Lincoln Park, San Francisco

$17-$22

Information: (415) 392-4400

www.chambermusicsf.org

***

Friday, February 16, 2007 – 8pm

EDMUND WELLES

FOUR BASS CLARINETS QUARTET

Drawing virtuosic precision from the classical realm; innovation and texture from jazz; and power, rhythm and overall perspective from rock and metal.

1510 8th St Performance Space

1510 8th Street, Oakland

$5-15 Sliding Scale

***

Saturday, February 17, 2007 – 8pm

Mark Dresser - Vladimir Tarasov - Larry Ochs in trio. Also, from Los Angeles, violinist Ronit Kirchman solo and in trio with Ava Mendoza & Tim Perkis.

21 Grand

416 25th St @Broadway, Oakland

$10

***

Saturday, February 17, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

Basically British IX

Program: Robert Schumann/Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op.; Frederick Delius/Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano; Edward Elgar/Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco

$15; $12 students & seniors

Informaion: (415) 474-1608

***

Saturday, February 17, 2007 – 8pm

San Francisco Performances:

Baibe Skride, Violin & Lauma Skride, Piano

Program: Beethoven/ Sonata No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 12, No. 3; Schnittke/ Sonata No. 1; Szymanowski/Mythes, Op. 30; and Ravel/Sonata in G Major and Tzigane

Florence Gould Theater

Legion of Honor

Lincoln Park, San Francisco

$29

Information: (415) 392-2545

***

Saturday, February 17, 2007 – 2pm

Avedis Chamber Music Series:

SF Conservatory String Ensemble

All Bach Program: Trio Sonata in C major, BWV 1037; Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052; "Jesus nimmt die Sünder an" from Cantata 113; "Wo wird in diesem Jammertale" from Cantata 114 Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067

Florence Gould Theater

Legion of Honor

Lincoln Park, San Francisco

$20; $15 seniors & students

Information: (415) 392-4400

www.avedisconcerts.org

***

Sunday, February 18, 2007 – 3:30pm

The Galax Quartet

David Wilson, Cynthia Miller, Roy Whelden, David Morris, with Karen Clark, contralto

Consort Songs, Old and New – The Music of John Dowland and Roy Whelden

St. Gregory of Nyssa Church

500 De Haro at Mariposa, San Francisco

Information: (510) 528-1725

www.sfems.org

***

Sunday, February 18, 2007 – 2pm

Chamber Music San Francisco:

The 2005 Guzik Foundation Award Winners #2

Top young Russian musicians, the best of the best chosen from music schools throughout Russia, are showcased in San Francisco, Moscow, Carnegie Hall and the Louvre. Andrei Korobeinikov, piano and Andrei Gugnin, piano

Florence Gould Theater

Legion of Honor

Lincoln Park, San Francisco

$17-$22

Information: (415) 392-4400

www.chambermusicsf.org

***

Sunday, February 18, 2007 – 2pm

San Francisco Conservatory of Music:

Jodi Levitz, Viola with Eric Zivian, Piano

Program: Rebecca Clark Viola Sonata, and other works by female composers

San Francisco Conservatory of Music/Recital Hall

50 Oak Street, San Francisco

$10/$15

Information: (415) 503-6275

***

Sunday, February 18, 2007 – 1pm

Music for Rocks and Water

Music for Rocks and Water by Composer Cheryl Leonard. Three musicians play amplified water and a spectrum of rocks in a performance of compositions inspired by gestures and motions from the natural world. The works, by composer Cheryl Leonard, are based on phenomena such as the mysterious racing rocks of Death Valley, ocean waves and eddies, rockfall on mountains, wobbling boulders, patterns of wind on grass, the sculpting of landscapes by glaciers, water flow through falls and rapids, and shifting tectonic plates. This performance is presented in conjunction with Listen: Making Sense of Sound.

Exploratorium

3601 Lyon Street, San Francisco

$13; $10 students, seniors, youth; $8 children ; free children under 4, members, & first Wed of the month

Information: (415) 561-0308

www.exploratorium.edu

***

Monday, February 19, 2007 – 8pm

San Francisco Conservatory of Music:

Don Ehrlich, Viola with Robin Sutherland, Piano

Program: Works of Rubinstein, Shostakovich and others

San Francisco Conservatory of Music/Recital Hall

50 Oak Street, San Francisco

$10/$15

Information: (415) 503-6275

***

Wednesday, February 21, 2007 – 6:30pm

San Francisco Performances:

Quartet San Francisco

Salons at the Rex: String Tango.

Hotel Rex

562 Sutter Street, San Francisco

$18

Information: (415) 392-2545

***

Wednesday, February 21, 2007 – 8pm

Evander Music & Rova:Arts Present Phillip Greenlief & Jon Raskin's 2 + 2 Series:

8p: Phillip Greenlief & Jon Raskin, saxophones | Darren Johnston & Kris Tiner, trumpets

9p: Aaron Novik's Crafty Apples

21 Grand

416 25th St @Broadway, Oakland

$6-10

***

Thursday, February 22, 2007 – 6pm

Mills College Signal Flow festival opens with an installation night featuring works by: Ayako Kataoka, Jacob Danziger, Peter Musselman, Kevin Adams, Philip White, Paul Scriver, and Luke Selden

Mills College Concert Hall

5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland

FREE!

***

Friday, February 23, 2007 – 6pm

Concert with Conversation

CMC and SF Performances present a “Concert with Conversation” with Marcus Roberts Trio – Playing classic jazz reborn, this trio offers some of the tightest ensemble playing around, yet each member has earned a place in the jazz pantheon in his own right.

Community Music Center

544 Capp Street, San Francisco

Free

Information: (415) 647-6015

www.sfcmc.org

***

Friday, February 23, 2007 – 8pm

Mills College Signal Flow festival opening concert featuring works by: Ivor Holloway, Jacob Danziger, Kirk Garner, Jon Brenner, and Kiyomitsu Odai.

Mills College Concert Hall

5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland

FREE!

***

Saturday, February 24, 2007 – 8pm

Mills College Signal Flow festival continues with a concert featuring works by: Gundmar Gunnarsson, Liz Meredith, Paul Scriver, Ayako Kataoka, Michael Dale, and Aram Shelton.

Mills College Concert Hall

5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland

FREE!

***

Saturday, February 24, 2007 – 2pm, 5:30pm & 8pm

Other Minds:

New Music Séance

Presenting three mesmerizing concerts of hypnotic, spiritual and rarely-heard music in meditative mode spanning the past 100 years.

Swedenborgian Church

2107 Lyon Street, San Francisco

Individual concerts, $20-$50; Series ticket for all three concerts $50-$150, sliding scale

Information: (415) 292-1233

www.otherminds.org

***

Saturday, February 24, 2007 – 8pm

San Francisco Performances:

Marcus Roberts Trio

Program: TBA

Herbst Theater

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

$27-$39

Information: (415) 392-2545

***

Sunday, February 25, 2007 – 7pm

Eos Ensemble

Craig Reiss, Victoria & Paul Ehrlich, Laura Griffiths

Mozart's Oboe Quartet, Britten's Phantasy Quartet, Dohnanyi's Serenade

St. Kevin's Church

704 Cortland Ave., San Francisco

Information: (415) 820-1429

www.musiconthehill.org

***

Sunday, February 25, 2007 – 4pm

Old First Concerts:

Soyeon Lee, Piano

A Birthday Celebration for Chopin

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco

$15; $12 students & seniors

Informaion: (415) 474-1608

***

Sunday, February 25, 2007 – 4:30pm

Mills College Signal Flow festival closing night concert featuring works by Alee Karim, Jacob Danziger, Tana Sprague, and Travis Johns. Reception to follow.

Mills College Concert Hall

5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland

FREE!

www.chambermusicpartn.org

***

Monday, February 26, 2007 – 8pm

Left Coast Chamber Ensemble

Concert 3: New Works by California Composers

Program: Andrew Imbrie/Sextet for Six Friends for violin, viola, cello, flute, oboe, clarinet; Miguel Chuaqui/Desde el Límite (From the Border) for violin, viola, cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, and electronics; Ross Bauer/Piano Quartet; and Robert Schumann/Piano Quartet in E-flat major.

Green Room/War Memorial Performing Arts Center

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

$20; $15 seniors & students

Information: (415) 642-8054

***

Monday, February 26, 2007 – 8pm

San Francisco Contemporary Music Players

Controversial Ground

Program: Marco Stroppa/Hommage à Gy. K.; Brian Ferneyhough/Terrain; James Matheson/Falling; Ellen Harrison/A White Ray of Time

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum

$27; $22 seniors; $10 students

Information: (415) 978-2787

www.sfcmp.org

***

Monday, February 26, 2007 – 8pm

Brass Faculty Artist Recital

Program: Works for Trumpet, Horn, Trombone and Tuba

San Francisco Conservatory of Music/Recital Hall

50 Oak Street, San Francisco

$10/$15

Information: (415) 503-6275

***

Tuesday, February 27, 2007 – 7:30pm

Menahem Pressler, Piano

Chamber Music Masters Series, Program: Featured work: Shostakovich Piano Quintet, Op. 57.

San Francisco Conservatory of Music/Recital Hall

50 Oak Street, San Francisco

$10/$15

Information: (415) 503-6275

***

Wednesday, February 28, 2007 – 7pm

Night of Free Improvisation with: Ava Mendoza (guitar), Kanoko Nishi (koto), Simon Rose (saxophone), Charity Chan (Electric Accordion).

Strange, loud, soft, harsh, sweet and utterly serendipitous!

Mama Buzz Cafe

2318 Telegraph Ave @23rd, Oakland

$6-10 Sliding Scale

www.mamabuzzcafe.com

Thursday, March 1, 2007 – 8pm

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Menahem Pressler, Piano

San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall

50 Oak Street, San Francisco

$10/$15

Information: (415) 503-6275

***

Friday, March 2, 2007 – 8pm

Chamber Music Masters Series Concert: Borromeo String Quartet

Program: Featured work: Shostakovich Piano Quintet, Op. 57.

Béla Bartók/String Quartet No. 5; Ludwig van Beethoven/String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, op. 135; Igor Stravinsky/Concertino for String Quartet.

Stanford Lively Arts

Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Lagunita

$36/$40

Information: (650) 725-ARTS

www.illuminatedcorrider.com

***

Friday, March 2, 2007 – 7:30[m

Cypress String Quartet:

Call & Response 2007

Presenting the 8th annual Call & Response series. This program includes the World Premiere of celebrated American composer Dan Asia's String Quartet No.3, presented with the two historical works which inspired it: Dvorak's American Quartet, Op.96 and Charles Griffes 2 Sketches Based on Native American Themes.

Pre-concert lecture by composer Daniel Asia: 7 pm

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum

$7-$15

Information: (415) 978-2787

www,ybca.org

***

Friday, March 2, 2007 – 7pm

The Illuminated Corridor takes on The Great Wall of Oakland, the seven-story, north facade of the former Breuner's Furniture Store with a three-part performative projection and live musical performance featuring the films of 2006 Phelan Awardee Alphonso Alvarez and intermedia work by Liz Allbee ("Modern Times"), Sarah Lockart and Gordon Winiemko ("Coming Soon"), Oaklandish, myrmyr (Marielle Jakobsons and Agnes Szelag), Shudder (Phillip Greenlief, Kyle Bruckman, Lance Grabmiller) and a new work commissioned for this site by composer Dan Plonsey and perfomed by Myles Boisen, Merlin Coleman, George Cremaschi, Jeff Hobbs, Lisa Mezzacappa, Jonathan Segel, John Shiurba and Bill Wolter.

The Great Wall of Oakland

West Grand between Broadway and Valley, Oakland

Free

***

Friday, March 2, 2007 – 8pm

Sarah Wilson'S "TRAPEZE PROJECT": a new jazz/country/chamber rollicking, frolicking, toe-tappin’ original instrumental/vocal musical extravaganza.

Red Poppy Art House

2698 Folsom (corner 23rd & Folsom), San Francisco

$10

www.redpoppyarthouse.org

***

Saturday, March 3, 2007 – 10am

San Francisco Performances:

Alexander String Quartet & Robert Greenberg

Beethoven's String Quartets, Season 2. Program 3: String Quartets Op. 130 and 133.

Herbst Theater

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

$22-$34

Information: (415) 392-2545

***

Saturday, March 3, 2007 – 8pm

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA’S MEZZO SOPRANO KENDALL GLADEN MAKES HER GOLD COAST CHAMBER PLAYERS DEBUT AT THEIR SEASON OPENING.

Named the "Best Chamber Group in the East Bay for 2006” by the Contra Costa Times, the Gold Coast Chamber Players feature some of the finest musicians in the Bay Area. Joining mezzo soprano Kendall Gladen are violinists Robin Sharp and Julie Kim, violist Pamela Freund-Striplen, cellist Eric Gaenslen and pianist Lori Lack. The program unfolds with Haydn’s string quartet, op.76 #4 (Sunrise) and concludes with Respighi’s Il Tramonto (Sunset) based on a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley for voice and strings. Filling out the program is Ginastera’s Pampeana (Landscape) for violin and piano, Dvorak’s Cypresses for string quartet and Loeffler’s Poems for voice, viola and piano.

Bentley School

1000 Upper Happy Valley Road, Lafayette

$30, Seniors $25, Students $10

Information: (925) 283-3728

www.gcplayers.org

***

Sunday, March 4, 2007 – 7:30pm

Outsound Presents...The SIMM Series

7:30: David Boyce (sax) + Dave Mihaly (drums, etc.)

8:45:Noertker's Moxie : Annelise Zamula - tenor sax, flute, Jenny Maybee - piano, Bill Noertker - contrabass, Jason Levis – drums

Musicians Union Hall

116 9th St @ Mission, San Francisco

$10/8/5

www.outsound.org

***

Sunday, March 4, 2007 – 2pm

San Francisco Symphony

Program: Works by Dohnányi, Beethoven, and Brahms. Sold Out.

Legion of Honor

Lincoln Park, 34th Ave. & Clement

Call for ticket information

Information: (415) 864-6000

www.chambermusicsundaes.org

***

Sunday, March 4, 2007 – 3pm

Chamber Music Sundaes: String trio and piano trio

String Trios by Back and Dvorak, Smetana's Piano Trio in G Minor

St. John's Presbyterian Church

2727 College Avenue, Berkeley

Information: (415) 753-2792

***

Sunday, March 4, 2007 – 3:30pm

The Streicher Trio: Iberian Flare! – Music and Dance in 18th Century Spain

Charlene Brendler, Katherine Kyme, Joanna Blendul, with Stephanie Neira, Spanish dancer

St. Gregory of Nyssa Church

500 De Haro at Mariposa, San Francisco

Information: (510) 528-1725

www.sfems.org

***

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 – 6:30pm

Musical Fortunes: New Music from Jewish and Romani (Gypsy) Routes. An inside view of the creative process by Emmy award-winning composer Dan Cantrell, with Bulgarian Roma percussionist and string player Rumen Shopov.

San Francisco Main Library

100 Larkin Street, San Francisco

Free

Information: (415) 557-4560

www.sfpl.lib.ca.us

***

Tuesday, March 6, 2007 – 8pm

Smith Dobson V Quintet

This performance celebrates the release of the quintet's new recording Basement Bloodlines on Evander Music.

Intersection for the Arts

446 Valencia Street, San Francisco

$12-$20 sliding scale

Information: (415) 626-3311

www.theintersection.org

***

Thursday, March 8, 2007 – 8pm

New Music Series

Tom Nunn solo CD Release performance of "Identity" Edgetone Records also sets by RTD3 with Doug Carroll cello, and Ron Heglin trombone, tuba, voice Axallto with Axel Meyer sampler and Allan Crossman synthesizer.

Luggage Store Gallery

1007 Market Street, San Francisco

$6-10

***

Friday, March 9, 2007 – 9pm

FLAMING HORSE (Jacob Felix Heule - drums, Tony Dryer - bass & Alwyn Quebido - guitar), MARANA JOCUND (Rob Pumpelly - drums & Wally Scharold - guitar) Weasel Walter'S CELLULAR CHAOS - Weasel Walter (guitar), Damon Smith (ergo bass), Mark Miller (drums) & William Winant (drums)

21 Grand

416 25th St @ Broadway, Oakland

$6-10

***

Friday, March 9, 2007 – 8pm

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra:

Axel Strauss and Madeline Prager

Violin and Viola Virtuosity. Program: J.S. Bach,/No. 3 in E Major; Igor Stravinsky/The Dumbarton Oaks Concerto; plus a world premiere by Kurt Rohde. Note: a pre-concert talk given by Maestro Simon precedes every concert by 30 minutes.

Herbst Theater

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

Free

Information: (415) 248-1640

***

Saturday, March 10, 2007 – 8pm

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra:

Axel Strauss and Madeline Prager

Violin and Viola Virtuosity. Program: J.S. Bach,/No. 3 in E Major; Igor Stravinsky/The Dumbarton Oaks Concerto; plus a world premiere by Kurt Rohde.

St. John's Presbyterian Church

2727 College Avenue, Berkeley

Free

Information: (415) 248-1640

***

Sunday, March 11, 2007 – 3 & 7pm

SFJAZZ Collective

Monk and Beyond. Two shows--both open to the public, but with special SFJAZZ Members discounts for the 3 pm performance. The Collective, featuring new trumpeter Dave Douglas, gives the SF premiere of its 2007 repertoire, including original compositions and the timeless music of Thelonious Monk.

Herbst Theater

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

$25-$65

Information: (800) 225-2277

www.sfjazz.org

***

Sunday, March 11, 2007 – 3pm

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra:

Axel Strauss and Madeline Prager

Violin and Viola Virtuosity. Program: J.S. Bach,/No. 3 in E Major; Igor Stravinsky/The Dumbarton Oaks Concerto; plus a world premiere by Kurt Rohde.

Valley Presbyterian Church

945 Portola Road, Portola Valley

Free

Information: (415) 248-1640

***

Sunday, March 11, 2007 – 4pm

MUSIC IN THE MISHKAN CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES

"TALES FROM TEREZIN"

Randall Weiss, violin

Leslie Ludena, violin

Natalia Vershilova, viola

Victoria Ehrlich, cello

Gideon Klein: Trio, Fantasy and Fugue

Hans Krasa: Dance, Passacalia and Fugue

Zikmund Schul: Chasidic Dances

Victor Ullmann: String Quartet #3

Music in the Mishkan is a two-part chamber music series sponsored by Congregation Sha'ar Zahav and the Holocaust Center of Northern California. The series, now in its eighth year, presents well-known musicians in a beautiful venue with fantastic acoustics. Randall Weiss, the director of the series, is dedicated to programming the music of Jewish composers, especially those who wrote during the Holocaust.

Congregation Sha'ar Zahav

290 Dolores St. at 16th St., San Francisco

$15-$20

Information: (415) 861.6932 ext. 310

www.shaarzahav.org

***

Sunday, March 11, 2007 – 4pm

Sundays @ Four Concert Series at Crowden Music Center:

Aaron and David Requiro (violin/cello) with Miles Graber (piano)

Program: Schumann, Cassado, Janáãek, and Piazzolla

Crowden Music Center

1475 Rose Street (at Sacramento), Berkeley

$12 general admission; FREE for children ages 18 and under!

Information: (510) 559-2941

www.crowden.org

***

Monday, March 12, 2007 – 7pm

Earplay: Exploring

Program: compositions by James H. Carr, Christopher Wendell Jones, Gyorgy Ligeti, Krzysztof Penderecki and Kurt Rohde.

Herbst Theater

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

Free; donations appreciated

Information: (415) 392-4400

www.earplay.org

***

Wednesday – Saturday, March 14-17 – 8pm; Sunday, March 18 – 2pm

Paul Dresher Ensemble: Slow Fire

Slow Fire offers a glimpse into the thoughts of one man in isolation, and conjures up the imbalances and dark passions lurking behind the "normal" veneer of middle-class American life. Writer and performer Rinde Eckert plays "Bob," a man caught between the American dream of success and consumerism and the alienating psychoses of contemporary urban living.

Project Artaud Theater

450 Florida Street, San Francisco

$25/$30/CBO

Information: (415) 392-4400

www.dresherensemble.org

***

Thursday, March 15, 2007 – 8pm

New Music Series

8pm: Charity Chan (Accordion), Suzanne Thorpe (Electronics/Flute) & Paul Scriver (Saxophone/Bass Clarinet)

9pm: Jordan Glenn and Anantha Krishna (tabla)

Luggage Store Gallery

1007 Market Street, San Francisco

$6-10

***

Saturday March 17, 2007 – 8pm

Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra:

Baroque Banquet

Program: Bach/Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor; Biber/Fidicinium sacro-profanum; Charpentier/Overture & Chaconne "Le rendez-vous des Tuileries;" Muffat/Armonico tributo; Blow/Overture & Dances from "Venus and Adonis;" Vivaldi/Violin concerto in G major; and Geminiani/Concerto grosso "La Follia," after Corelli.

Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church

49 Knox Drive

$29-$67/CBO

www.philharmonia.org

***

Saturday, March 17, 2007 – 2pm

Avedis Chamber Music Series

Alexandra Hawley, flute; Paul Hersh, piano; Stephen Harrison, cello; and James Matheson, oboe. Program: Friedrich Kuhlau/Trio in G major, Op. 119; Eugène Goossens/Five Impressions of a Holiday, Op. 7; Arthur Foote/Three Pieces; and Lowell Liebermann/Trio No. 1, Op. 83.

Florence Gould Theater/Legion of Honor

Lincoln Park, San Francisco

$20; $15 seniors & students

Information: (415) 392-4400

www.avedisconcerts.org

***

Saturday, March 17, 2007 – 3pm

An Afternoon of Japanese Chamber Music

This performance is an exploration of Edo period (1600-1868) chamber music for shakuhachi, shamisen and koto. Featuring Yoshio Kurahashi, an internationally recognized shakuhachi artist, Yoko Itatani, a graduate of the Tokyo University of Fine Arts in koto performance and presently residing in the Bay Area and Philip Flavin, a Bay Area shamisen performer.

San Francisco Main Library

100 Larkin Street, San Francisco

Free

Information: (415) 557-4560

sfpl.lib.ca.us

***

Sunday, March 18, 2007 – 7pm

Dave Holland Quintet

The Modern Quintet. One of the great bandleaders in jazz, bassist Dave Holland returns to SF with his longstanding quintet.

Herbst Theater

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

$25-$58

Information: (800) 225-2277

www.sfjazz.org

***

Sunday, March 18, 2007 – 7pm

San Francisco Symphony

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Program: Brahms/String Quintet No. 2; and Vivaldi/The Four Seasons

Davies Symphony Hall

201 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

$25-$91

Information: (415) 864-6000

***

Sunday, March 18, 2007 – 4pm

Noe Valley Chamber Music:

Flora, Fauna & Fantasy

Featuring Julie Giacobassi, English horn; Doug Rioth, harp; Delia Vortoff Bauman, soprano; Deborah Kavash, composer and soprano, performing works by Glinka, Faure, Deborah Kavash, and John Marvin.

Noe Valley Ministry

1021 Sanchez Street, San Francisco

$15-$18

Information: (415)648-5236

www.nvcm.org

***

Monday, March 19, 2007 -- &:30pm

Russian Chamber Orchestra

Under the direction of Alexander Vereshagin, the Orchestra performs works by Mozart, Grieg, Elgar, Tchaikovsky, and the Bach Concerto for Violin and Orchestra featuring longtime symphony violinist and returning MAM artist, Victor Romasevich.

Temple Emanu-El/Martin Meyer Sanctuary

2 Lake Street, San Francisco

$20; $19 seniors; $17 students

Information: (415) 863-1245

www.musicatmeyer.com

***

Monday, March 19, 2007 – 8pm

The Ives String Quartet

Bettina Mussumeli, Violin; Jodi Levitz, Viola; Faculty Artist Recital with The Ives String Quartet. Program: Charles Ives/String Quartet No. 1; Quincy Porter/String Quartet No. 3, and works by other American composers.

San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall

50 Oak Street, San Francisco

$10/$15

Information: (415) 503-6275

***

Monday, March 19, 2007 – 8pm

Contemporary - sfSoundSeries

Xenakis, Ustvolskaya, Leo Smith, Goodheart, and sfSoundGroup

ODC Dance Theatre

3153 17th Street, San Francisco

Information: (415) 863-9834

www.sfsound.org

www.odctheater.org

***

Wednesday, March 21, 2007 – 8pm

Evander Music & Rova:Arts Present Phillip Greenlief & Jon Raskin's 2 + 2 Series:

8p: Phillip Greenlief & Jon Raskin, saxophones | Aurora Josephson & Dina Emerson, voices

9p: Cheryl Leonard Group (with Ann Dentel & Karen Stackpole)

21 Grand

416 25th St @ Broadway, Oakland

$6-10

***

Thursday, March 22, 2007 – 8pm

Karla Avila, Clarinet Chamber Music Recital

Program: Brahms/Clarinet Trio, Op. 114; Bartók Contrasts; Prokofiev/Quintet for Clarinet, Oboe, Violin, Viola and Bass, Op. 39.

San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall

50 Oak Street, San Francisco

Free

Information: (415) 503-6275

***

Thursday, March 22, 2007 – 8pm

New Century Chamber Orchestra: New Tonalities

Program: Bruch/Serenade on Swedish Melodies; Liderman/Rolling Strings; and Hindemith/The Four Temperaments, William Wolfram, Piano. Stephanie Chase, guest concertmaster.

St. John's Presbyterian Church

2727 College Avenue, Berkeley

$28/$42

Information: (415) 392-4400

***

Thursday, March 22, 2007 – 8pm

San Francisco Performances:

Martin Fröst, Clarinet & Roland Pöntinen, Piano

Program: Voices and Wings: Schumann/ Fantasiestücke op 73 (Zart und mit Ausdrück, Lebhaft, leicht, Rasch und mit Feuer); Dein Angesicht; Sängers Trost; Fröst/New piece for clarinet; Messiaen/Abîme des Oiseaux, Le Rouge-gorge, Le Merle noir, L'Alouette des champs; Ravel/"Oiseaux tristes" from "Miroirs;” Hillborg/"Peacock Moment", "Peacock Tales;" and Schumann/Abendlied; Nachtlied; Stücke Im Volkston (Mit Humor, Langsam, Starkt und markiert)

Herbst Theater

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

$27-$39

Information: (415) 392-2545

***

Friday, March 23, 2007 – 8pm

New Century Chamber Orchestra: New Tonalities

Program: Bruch/Serenade on Swedish Melodies; Liderman/Rolling Strings; and Hindemith/The Four Temperaments, William Wolfram, Piano. Stephanie Chase, guest concertmaster.

St. Mark's Episcopal Church

600 Colorado Street, Palo Alto

$28/$42

Information: (415) 392-4400

***

Saturday, March 24, 2007 – 8pm

New Century Chamber Orchestra: New Tonalities

Program: Bruch/Serenade on Swedish Melodies; Liderman/Rolling Strings; and Hindemith/The Four Temperaments, William Wolfram, Piano. Stephanie Chase, guest concertmaster.

Florence Gould Theater/Legion of Honor

Lincoln Park, San Francisco

$28/$42

Information: (415) 392-4400

***

Sunday, March 25, 2007 – 5pm

New Century Chamber Orchestra: New Tonalities

Program: Bruch/Serenade on Swedish Melodies; Liderman/Rolling Strings; and Hindemith/The Four Temperaments, William Wolfram, Piano. Stephanie Chase, guest concertmaster.

Osher Marin JCC

250 N. San Pedro Rd., San Rafael

$28/$42

Information: (415) 392-4400

www.calperfs.berkeley.edu

***

Sunday, March 25, 3pm

Cal Performances: Takács Quartet

Program: Beethoven/Quartet in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1; Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 74, Harp; Quartet in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131.

Hertz Hall

UC Berkeley

$42

Information: (510)) 642-9988

***

Sunday, March 25, 2007 – 7pm

San Francisco Performances: Trio Mediæval

Program: Seven works by anonymous 13th century Italian and English composers; and music written in ancient styles for Trio Mediaeval by three living composers: Sungji Hong (Korea), Andrew Smithm (Norway), and Gavin Bryars (U.K.).

Herbst Theater

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

$27-$44

Information: (415) 392-2545

www.chambermusicpartn.org

***

Monday, March 26, 2007 – 8pm

Left Coast Chamber Ensemble

Concert 4: Winds of Change – New Works for Winds by Up and Coming Composers. Program: Eliana Fiore/Working Winds for Flute, Clarinet, Double Bass and Piano; Mei Fang Lin/New Work for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Double Bass; Aaron Einbond/Three for Five for Clarinet, Double Bass and Piano; Paolo Boggio Oskar's Circus for Piano and Winds; and W.A. Mozart/Quintet for Woodwinds and Piano in E-flat major.

Green Room/War Memorial Performing Arts Center

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

$20; $15 seniors & students

Information: (415) 642-8054

Sunday, April 1, 2007 - 7 pm

MUSIC AT KOHL MANSION: Vilnius Quartet

Grieg, String Quartet No. 2

in F Major (Unfinished)

Antanas Rekasius,

Quartet No. 3

Erwin Schulhoff,

Five pieces

Tchaikovsky, String Quartet No. 1

in D Major, Op. 11

One of the most active international ensembles, the Vilnius Quartet

has toured in 50 countries and performs 80 concerts each year. The Quartet has played at music festivals on several continents and has made more than 40 recordings. Performing new works from countries world-wide, the Quartet also avidly promotes the music of Lithuania. These prolific musicians from the historic capital city, Vilnius, are distinguished by a repertoire of more than 450 chamber works.

KOHL MANSION

2750 Adeline Drive, Burlingame

$39/ $37/$19 Adult; Senior; Student w. I.D.

Information: (650) 762-1130 - info@musicatkohl.org

www.musicatkohl.org

***

Sunday, April 1, 2007 – 3pm

The Sierra Chamber Society

Program: Schubert Sonatine for Violin and Piano, Schulhoff Five Pieces for String Quartet, Schumann Piano Quartet Op. 47. Musicans: John Chisholm and Cathy Downs, violins; Tina King, viola; Barbara Andres, cello; Marc Shapiro, piano. Also Greg Mazmanian, violin and Stevan Cavalier, piano (Schubert Sonatine)

Grace Presbyterian Church

2100 Tice Valley Blvd., Walnut Creek

$19; $17 seniors

Information: (925) 930-8880

***

Sunday, April 1, 2007 – 2:30pm

Jupiter String Quartet

Program: Ludwig van Beethoven/Quartet in B-flat Major, op. 130 with Grosse Fugue; Benjamin Britten/Quartet No. 1 in D Major, op. 25; Joseph Haydn/Quartet in D Major, op. 20, no. 4.

Stanford Lively Arts

Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Lagunita

$36/$40

Informaiton: (650) 725-ARTS

***

Sunday, April 1, 2007 – 2pm

SF Symphony Musicians

Mozart's Oboe Quartet in F Major, Jennifer Higdon's Dark Wood, Brahms' Piano Trio No.2

Davies Symphony Hall

201 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco

$30

Information:(415) 864-6000

www.myspace.com/bayareachambersymphony

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Sunday, April 1, 2007 – 3pm

Bay Area Chamber Symphony benefit concert for animals.

Chapel of the Chimes

4499 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland

Donation (any amount accepted)

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Sunday, April 1, 2007 – 7:30pm

Outsound Presents...The SIMM Series

Enja recording artists Minsarah & Noertker’s Moxie CD Release Performance of Sketches of Catalonia, Vol. 2: Suite for Miró

Musicians Union Hall

116 9th St @ Mission, San Francisco

$10/8

www.outsound.org

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Monday, April 2, 2007 – 8pm

Berkeley Contemporary Chamber Players perform acoustic & electronic music by composers in the Berkeley New Music Project

Hertz Hall

UC Berkeley Campus

$12

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Thursday, April 5, 2007 – 8pm

Electronics/Percussion trio (Liz Allbee, Aram Shelton, Weasel Walter), Bones (Ben Bracken & Jacqueline Gordon), Influenced equally by tonality, melody and song forms as noise, absurdity and abstraction, If Volition, Then... is a quintet of improvising musicians from Mills College: Mike Dale (piano, sax), Jordan Glenn (drums, percussion), Jason Hoopes (bass), Amanda Schoofs (voice) and Andy Strain (trombone).

21 Grand

416 25th St @Broadway, Oakland

$6-10

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Thursday, April 5, 2007 – 8pm

New Music Series

marcos fernandes - percussion/electronics, carey fosse - guitar, emily hay - flute/voice & quicksand land: phillip greenlief - saxophones, john hanes - percussion/electronics, ava mendoza - guitars

Luggage Store Gallery

1007 Market Street, San Francisco

$6-10