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

***

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

***

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.annamariamendieta.com

***

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

***

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

***

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

***

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

***

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

***

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

***

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

***

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

***

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

***

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

***

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

***

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

***

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

***

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

***

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

***

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)

***

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

***

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

***

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

***

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

***

Friday, April 6, 2007 – 8pm

SFJAZZ: Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Band

Monk & Mary Lou. Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Band; Geri Allen Trio performing "Zodiac Suite." Riley never missed a beat stepping into the drum chair of Thelonious Monk’s Quartet, and his piano-less septet honors Monk’s unique legacy. Pianist Allen pays tribute to groundbreaking composer Mary Lou Williams by performing her masterful “Zodiac Suite.”

Herbst Theater

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

$25-$56

Information: (800) 225-2277

www.calperfs.berkeley.edu

***

Saturday, April 7, 2007 – 8pm

Cal Performances:

Sarah Chang, Violin & Ashley Wass, Piano

Program: Beethoven/Kreutzer Sonata, Op. 47; Danielpour/new piece; Prokofiev/Sonata No. 2 in D major

Zellerbach Hall

UC Berkeley

$36/$48/$68

Information: (510) 642-9988

***

Saturday, April 7, 2007 – 2pm

Beaux Arts Trio

Beethoven's Archduke Trio, Schubert's Trio in E-flat, Op. 100

Florence Gould Theatre

Legion of Honor, San Francisco

Information: (415 )392-4400

***

Saturday, April 7, 2007 – 8pm

FE3 CD release: Jim Ryan alto/tenor/flute, Scott Looney piano, Stephen Flinn drums . . . Dave Sewelson and Friends . . . see April 8 for all the folks who may or may not be on this fabulous set!

1510 8th St Performance Space

1510 8th Street, Oakland

$10(or less)

***

Saturday, April 7, 2007 – 8pm

Yumi Hara Cawkwell w/ Jon Raskin Quartet (Liz Allbee, George Cremaschi, Gino Robair and Jon Raskin)

21 Grand

416 25th St @Broadway, Oakland

$6-10

***

Sunday, April 8, 2007 – 7pm

Musical Meditations: Oluyemi Thomas - Bass Clarinet, Sax and Ike Levin - Tenor Sax, Bass Clarinet. Two shows: 7pm and 8:30 pm.

21 Grand

416 25th St @Broadway, Oakland

$6-10

***

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 – 7:30pm

New Century Chamber Orchestra:

New Transformations

Program: Arvo Pärt/Tabula Rasa" for string orchestra, two violins and prepared piano, Geoff Nuttall, Barry Shiffman, violin; Schoenberg/Verklärte Nacht; and J.S. Bach/Concerto for 2 violins and strings, Geoff Nuttall, Barry Shiffman, violin; Geoff Nuttall, guest concertmaster.

Osher Marin JCC

250 N. San Pedro Rd., San Rafael

$28/$42

Information: (415) 392-4400

***

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 – 8pm

Meridian Music: Composers in Performance is pleased to announce the very first concert in its new 50 foot-long resonant space. Roddy Schrock present a new piece, "Here. There. (Distance Study 1)", enlisting the help of Jano Cortijo (video).

Meridian Gallery

535 Powell Street, San Francisco

$10/5

www.meridiangallery.org

***

Thursday, April 12, 2007 – 8pm

New Century Chamber Orchestra:

New Transformations

St. John's Presbyterian Church

2727 College Avenue, Berkeley

$28/$42

Information: (415) 392-4400

***

Friday, April 13, 2007 – 8pm

New Century Chamber Orchestra:

New Transformations

St. Mark's Episcopal Church

600 Colorado, Palo Alto

$28/$42

Information: (415) 392-4400

***

Friday, April 13, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

The Melodiya Chamber Ensemble

Program: Works by Eccles, Bach and Spohr

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Saturday, April 14, 2007 – 10am

San Francisco Performances:

Alexander String Quartet & Robert Greenberg

Beethoven's String Quartets, Season 2. Program 4: String Quartet Op. 131.

Herbst Theater

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

$22-$34

Information: (415) 392-2545

***

Saturday, April 14, 2007 – 8pm

New Century Chamber Orchestra:

New Transformations

Florence Gould Theater/Legion of Honor

Lincoln Park, San Francisco

$28/$42

Information: (415) 392-4400

***

Saturday, April 14, 2007 – 8:15pm

Noe Valley Music Series:

Tango No. 9

Tango No. 9 returns to the Noe Valley Music Series with special guest dancers Christy Cote and Chelsea Eng for a journeythrough the traditions of Argentine Tango.

Noe Valley Ministry

1021 Sanchez Street, San Francisco

$18

***

Sunday, April 15, 2007 – 4pm

Noe Valley Chamber Music:

Fong, Jennings & Jones

Featuring Leighton Fong, cello; Graeme Jennings, violin; and Christopher Jones, piano, in an All-American program featuring piano trios by Elliott Carter, Charles Ives, and the premiere of an NVCM-commissioned work by acclaimed composer Cindy Cox.

Noe Valley Ministry

1021 Sanchez Street, San Francisco

$15-$18

Information: (415) 648-5236

www.calperfs.berkeley.edu

***

Sunday, April 15, 2007 – 3pm

Cal Performances:

Kronos Quartet

Long a champion of Polish composer Henryk Mikolaj Górecki—whose Third Symphony was such a phenomenon 15 years ago—Kronos returns to Berkeley with a program featuring the Bay Area premiere of the composer's transporting Third String Quartet. Sold Out. Call for ticket availability.

Hertz Hall

$48

Information: (510) 642-9988

***

Sunday, April 15, 2007 – 4pm

Old First Concerts:

Namik Sultanov, Piano

Program: Works by Bach, Busoni, Chopin, Debussy and Rachmaninoff.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Sunday, April 15, 2007 – 7pm

SFJAZZ:

Elemental Brubeck

Dave Brubeck Quartet and Big Band

Nob Hill Masonic Center

1111 California Street, San Francisco

$25-$85

Information: (800) 225-2277

***

Tuesday, April 17, 2007 – 8:30pm

Amy X Neuburg and her Cello ChiXtet

Emily Bezar and Debora Petrina (voice, cello, violin, keyboard, electronic music)

songs by Neuburg, Bezar, Petrina

Cafe du Nord

2170 Market St., San Francisco

Information: (415) 861-5016

www.cafedunord.com

***

Thursday, April 19 - 7:30 p.m

Quartet San Francisco

with Sandor and Parissa (tango dancers), John Santos (Latin percussion)

Astor Piazzolla, Dave Brubeck, Armando Pontier, Carlos Gardel, Raymond Scott, Jeremy Cohen, Chick Corea.

Presented by San Francisco Friends oF Chamber Music

Herbst Theatre,

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

Information: (415) 392-4400

Quartet San Francisco

***

Friday, April 20, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

Halfway Mark, a 50th Anniversary Retrospective

Four syncretistic compositions representing four decades of Alburger’s activity as a composer.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Friday, April 20, 2007 – 8pm

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra

With narrator Joel Ben Izzy and the Mark Foehringer Dance Project

Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale), Villa-Lobos

Brava Theater

2781 24th Street, San Francisco

Information: (415) 248-1640

***

Friday, April 20, 2007 – 8pm

Worn Chamber Ensemble

String sextett

Andriessen, Bloland, Henze, Vassilandonakis

Main Post Chapel

The Presidio

130 Fisher Loop, San Francisco

Information: (415) 386-8954

***

Saturday, April 21, 2007 – 8:15pm

Noe Valley Music Series:

Bill Evans

String Summit

Noe Valley Ministry

1021 Sanchez Street, San Francisco

$18

***

Saturday, April 21, 2007 – 3pm

SFJAZZ:

String Theory & the Music of Astor Piazzolla

Assad Brothers with the Turtle Island Quartet. Family matinee.

Herbst Theater

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

$15; $10 adult w/ child or senior; $5 child or senior

Information: (800) 225-2277

***

Saturday, April 21, 2007 – 8pm

SFJAZZ: String Theory & the Music of Astor Piazzolla

Assad Brothers with the Turtle Island Quartet.

Herbst Theater

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

25-$56

Information: (800) 225-2277

***

Saturday, April 21, 2007 – 8pm

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra

With narrator Joel Ben Izzy and the Mark Foehringer Dance Project

Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale), Villa-Lobos

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church

600 Colorado Avenue @ Middlefield Road, Palo Alto

Information: (415) 248-1640

***

Sunday, April 22, 2007 – 3pm

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra

With narrator Joel Ben Izzy and the Mark Foehringer Dance Project

Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier's Tale), Villa-Lobos

Foothill College Theater

12345 S. El Monte Road @ Stonebrook Road, Los Altos

Information: (415) 248-1640

***

Sunday, April 22, 2007 – 4pm

Istituto Italiano di Cultura: Primavera Italiana

Il Novecento Italiano. Violinist Francesco D’Orazio and pianist Giampaolo Nuti performs a program of 20th century music within the Old First Concerts series. Their program includes Busoni’s Sonata in mi minore n.2 op. 36a, Berio’s Due pezzi per violino e pianoforte, Dallapiccola’s Tartiniana seconda, Petrassi’s Introduzione ed Allegro and the US premier of Prosperi’s Chant.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco

Call for information

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Sunday, April 22, 2007 – 2:30pm

St. Lawrence String Quartet: Quadrangle

With Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; Daniel Phillips, violin; and Andrés Díaz, cello. Program: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Quartet for Flute and Strings in D Major, K. 285; Dmitri Shostakovich/String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, op. 73; Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky/Sextet in D Minor for Strings, op. 70 ("Souvenir de Florence").

Stanford Lively Arts

Memorial Church

$40/$44

Informaiton: (650) 725-ARTS

***

Sunday, April 22, 2007 – 4pm

Old First Concerts:

Il Novecento Italiano

Program: Chant for Violin and Piano by Prosperi; Two Pieces for Violin and Piano and Sequenza VIII for Violin Solo by Berio; Sonata No. 2, Op. 36a for Violin and Piano by Busoni. Sponsored in part by Istituto Italiano di Cultura of San Francisco.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Sunday, April 22, 2007 – 1pm

Red Hill Books Presents: The Lost Trio

Phillip Greenlief - saxophone, Tom Hassett - drums, Dan Seamans - bass

Red Hill Books

401 Cortland Avenue, San Francisco

FREE

***

Sunday, April 22, 2007 – 7:30pm

Outsound Presents...The SIMM Series

7:30pm Rob Price - guitar and David Grollman - drums (NY)

8:30pmBruce Anderson - solo guitar/electronics

Musicians Union Hall

116 9th St @ Mission, San Francisco

$10/8

www.chambermusicmillvalley.org

***

Sunday, April 22, 2007 – 5pm

Calder Quartet

Mozart - String Quartet No. 23 in F Major, K. 590

Thomas Ades - Arcadiana

Mendelssohn - String Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 13

The Calder Quartet takes its name from the American sculptor and

mobile artist, Alexander Calder, whose work inspired Sartre to write,

"His one aim is to create chords and cadences of unknown movements." The group has been praised for its "splendor and substance." The Calder Quartet has been the subject of a documentary film by the Los Angeles Times, and has repeatedly appeared on NPR's Performance Today, WQXR in New York, and KMozart in Los Angeles.

Mill Valley Chamber Music Society Series

Mt. Tamalpais Methodist Church

corner of Sycamore Ave. and Camino Alto

Mill Valley, CA

$20/$10 students

Information: (415) 381-4453

***

Sunday, April 22, 2007 – 8pm

Rovaté 2007: Eye Music for Ears, Mix One (April 22) Rova Saxophone Quartet is joined by guests Joan Jeanrenaud and Theresa Wong on cellos, Mark Dresser on bass, and Mark Trayle on electronics for a night of music from graphic scores by Rova members Steve Adams and Jon Raskin, and visual artist Amy Trachtenberg.

ODC Dance Theatre

3153 17th Street, San Francisco

***

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 – 8pm

The Music of Joseph Rogers III and Sepand Shehab

performers include Joseph Rogers III, Sepand Shehab, John Chen, Rachel Beirach, Emi Takamura, and more!!

New works by the composers and in addition:

Stravinksy- The Rite of Spring for 2 pianos

Gyorgy Kurtag- Games vol. IV for 2 pianos

New music by composers Joseph Rogers III and Sepand Shehab will be performed including music for solo piano, piano duet, percussion, and string quartet. In addition, the composers will be performing two special works for two pianos: Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring' and Gyorgy Kurtag's 'Games vol.IV'

Come and join us for this spectacular FREE EVENT!! (with a reception to follow)..

San Francisco State University

Knuth Hall (in the Creative Arts building)

19th Ave. and Holloway, San Francisco

FREE ADMISSION!!

www.JosephRogersiii.com

***

Wednesday, April 25, 2007 – 8pm

Nels Cline Singers (Nels Cline-guitar, Devin Hoff-bass, Scott Amendola-drums)

Yoshi's

510 Embarcadero, West Oakland

$15

www.yoshis.com

***

Friday, April 27, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

Empyrean Ensemble

Program: Kurt Rohde/Double Trouble; Sheila Silver/G. Whiz; Lee Hyla/We Speak Etruscan; Harold Meltzer/Rumors and more.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Friday, April 27, 2007 – 8:15pm

Noe Valley Music Series:

Elio Villafranca Quartet

Noe Valley Ministry

1021 Sanchez Street, San Francisco

$18

***

Saturday, April 28, 2007 – 8:15pm

Noe Valley Music Series:

Gamelan Sekar Jaya

Noe Valley Ministry

1021 Sanchez Street, San Francisco

$18

***

Saturday, April 28, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

New Works for Gayageum and Western Instruments

Program: World and US Premieres of works by David Evan Jones, Andrew Imbrie, Hi Kyung Kim, John Sackett, Yu-Hui Chang, Young-Ja Lee and Sung-Kim.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Saturday, April 28, 2007 – 2pm

Chamber Music San Francisco:

Pianist Nikolai Demidenko

Program: Demidenko plays Schumann F-sharp minor Sonata, Bach’s Italian Concerto and Liszt in his San Francisco recital debut.

Florence Gould Theater

Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park

$34/$38

Information: (415) 392-4400

***

Saturday, April 28, 2007 – 8pm

The Novello Quartet

String quartet: Tekla Cunningham, Cynthia Freivogel, Anthony Martin, Elisabeth Reed

Haydn, Arriaga, Boccherini

St. Mark's Lutheran Church

1111 O'Farrell St., San Francisco

Information: (510) 452-8202

www.novelloquartet.org

***

Sunday, April 29, 2007 – 7pm

Music on the Hill Presents: "4 Cellos with Joan Jeanrenaud"

Performing New & Old Music by:

Jeanrenaud,Phillip Glass,Alex Kelly,Theresa Wong, plus Vivaldi & Tellemann.

St. Kevin's Church

704 Cortland Ave. San Francisco

$12/$7

Information: (415) 820-1429.

www.musiconthehill.org

***

Sunday, April 29, 2007 – 4pm

Old First Concerts:

Thomas Pandolfi, Piano

Program: Work by Scriabin, Gershwin, Chopin, Liszt, and Granados.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Monday, April 30, 2007 – 7:30pm

Del Sol Quartet, Emil Miland, S.F. Girls Chorus

Voice, cello, chorus, multi-media

Remembering Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

Two Lake Street, San Francisco

Information: (415) 355-9988

www.musicatmeyer.com

Wednesday, May 2, 2007 – 12:30pm

The California Quartet

Program: Echolocation; Lenny Carlson, Composer; commissioned by The California Quartet. Ocean Campus, 50 Phelan Avenue, Creative Arts Room 133.

City College of San Francisco

50 Phelan Avenue, San Francisco

Free

Information: (415) 239-3580

***

Thursday, May 3, 2007 – 8pm

San Francisco Performances:

Steven Isserlis, Cello & Kirill Gerstein, Piano

Program: Shostakovich/Sonata, Op. 40; Rubinstein/Sonata No. 1, Op. 18; Glazunov/Two Pieces, Op. 20; and Prokofiev/ Sonata, Op. 119

Herbst Theater

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

$27-$44

Information: (415) 392-2545

***

Thursday, May 3, 2007 – 6pm

Monk’s Moods: Behind the scenes with Thelonious Monk. SFJAZZ Members Only Event.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum

701 Mission Street, San Francisco

Free; two-ticket limit

Information: (800) 225-2277

***

Friday, May 4, 2007 – 7 & 9:30pm

Monk & Coltrane: Carnegie Hall Concert Revisited. Presenting Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Christian McBride and Brian Blade.

Herbst Theater

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

$25-$75

Information: (800) 225-2277

***

Friday, May 4, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

Stephane Ginsburgh, Piano

Program: Études d’exécution transcendante by Liszt; Etudes for piano, Book 1 by Ligeti.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Saturday, May 5, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

Elizabeth Prior Runnicles, Avi Downes, Rene Mandel

Elizabeth Prior Runnicles, viola; Avi Downes, piano; Rene Mandel, violin; Angela Lee, ‘cello. Program: Elegy for viola and piano by Glazunov, Viola Sonate by Vieuxtemps, Adagio and Allegro for viola and piano by Schumann, and Piano Quartet in G minor by Brahms.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Saturday, May 5, 2007 – 8 & 10:30pm

SFJAZZ:

B-3 Summit X

Presenting Joey DeFrancesco and George Coleman; Trudy Pitts Trio.

Great American Music Hall

859 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco

$25/$40

Information: (800) 225-2277

***

Saturday, May 5, 2007 – 10am

San Francisco Performances:

Alexander String Quartet & Robert Greenberg

Beethoven's String Quartets, Season 2. Program 5: String Quartets Op. 132, 135.

Herbst Theater

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

$22-$34

Information: (415) 392-2545

***

Sunday, May 6, 2007 – 2pm

San Francisco Symphony:

Chamber Music Concert

Program: Barber/Summer Music; Lou Harrison/Canticle No. 3; and Beethoven/String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Opus 131.

Davies Symphony Hall

201 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

$25-$114

Information: (415) 864-6000

***

Friday, May 11, 2007 – 8pm

Avedis Chamber Music Series:

Jon Nakamatsu, Piano

An evening with Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Gold Medalist, Jon Nakamatsu, and the Stanford Woodwind Quintet. Program: Paquito D'Rivera/Aires Tropicales; Francis Poulenc/Sextet; Jacques Ibert/Trois Pièces Brèves; and Ludwig Thuille/Sextet, Op. 6.

Florence Gould Theater/Legion of Honor

Lincoln Park

$20; $15 seniors & students

Information: (415) 392-4400

***

Friday, May 11, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

A Celebration of the Americas

Avenue Winds. Program: Works by Aaron Copland, Heitor Villa-lobos, William Grant Still, Jan Bach, Paquito D’Rivera and the World Premiere of Deus ex Machina II for solo bassoon and digital audio by Jason Stanford.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Friday, May 11, 2007 – 8pm

Ives Quartet

Program: Dvorak/Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81; Paul Hersh, pianist; Quincy Porter/quartet No. 3; and Beethoven/Quartet C minor, Op. 18, #4.

St. Mark's Episcopal Church

600 Colorado Street, Palo Alto

$25; $20 seniors & $15 students

***

Saturday, May 12, 2007 – 8pm

Gold Coast Chamber Players announced this week the

selection of one of the standout soloists from the SF Opera and Ballet orchestras, flutist Julie McKenzie, as featured performer. This concert titled, Magic Flute, is the second of three concerts this season and will include a champagne reception with the musicians and special treats for mothers in attendance.

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 flutist, Julie McKenzie is harpist Sarah Voynow, violist Pamela Freund-Striplen, cellist Eric Gaenslen and pianist Lori Lack. This ravishing program is filled with colorful musical images of the sun, moon and wind. Selections for flute , harp and viola include Saint Saen’s Invisible Flute, Bondon’s Le Soleil Multicolore (written to commemorate the first moon landing),Takemitsu’s “And then I knew ‘twas Wind” based on a poem by Emily Dickenson, and Rameau’s Pieces de Clavecin. Rounding out the program will be Beethoven’s Magic Flute variations and the Debussy sonata for cello and piano.

Bentley School

1000 Upper Happy Valley Road, Lafayette

Information: (925)283-3728

***

Saturday, May 12, 2007 – 8pm

Ives Quartet

Program: Dvorak/Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81; Paul Hersh, pianist; Quincy Porter/quartet No. 3; and Beethoven/Quartet C minor, Op. 18, #4.

Petit Trianon

72 North 5th Street, San Jose

$25; $20 seniors & $15 students

***

Sunday, May 13, 2007 – 1:30pm

Afiara String Quartet

Aleksandra Vrebalov's "Pannonia Boundless," Mozart's K. 575, Beethoven's Opus 59, No. 2.

Seventh Avenue Presbyterian

1329 Seventh Avenue, San Francisco

Information: (415) 664-2543

www.sevenperforms.org

***

Sunday, May 13, 2007 – 4pm

Jake Heggie, Marnie Breckenridge, Catherine Cook, Nicolle Foland, and Ann Moss

Piano, Cello, Violin, Bass and Vocalists

Bach, Bernstein and Heggie

Noe Valley Chamber Music

1021 Sanchez Street, San Francisco

Information: (415) 648-5236

***

Sunday, May 13, 2007 – 2pm

Mother's Day concert:

Kati Kyme, Cynthia Freivogel, Kurt Rohde, Tanya Tomkins, etc.

Bach's Brandenburg Concertos No. 3 and No. 6, Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins

Florence Gould Theatre

Legion of Honor, San Francisco

Information: (415) 392-4400

***

Friday, May 18, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

Collegium Cantorum

Program: Works by Desprez, Palestrina, Schütz, Hillborg, Lindberg, Couperin, Bruckner, Grieg, and Bach.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Friday, May 18, 2007 – 8pm

Shenson Series: Music from America

Laurel Ensemble. Program: Works by Copland, Elliott Carter, Libby Larsen, James Cohn and Michael Torke.

Community Music Center

544 Capp Street, San Francisco

Free

Information: (415) 647-6015

***

Sunday May 20, 2007 – 3pm

Novello Quartet

Haydn's op. 54 string quartets

First Presbyterian Church

2619 Broadway, Oakland

www.novelloquartet.org

***

Sunday, May 20, 2007 – 2pm

Old First Concerts:

Bestiary: Works by Elinor Armer

Program: Etude Quasi Cadenza; Fantasy; Open and Shut; Eine Kleine Snailmusik; Beast and Trout Surviving Api.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

www.ChamberMusicPartn.org

***

Monday, May 21, 2007 – 8pm

Left Coast Chamber Ensemble

Concert 5: Beethoven and his Legacy--II

Program: Beethoven/String Quartet in a minor, Op. 132; Erica Muhl/New Work for String Quartet, based on Beethoven's Op. 132; and Mario Davidovsky/String Quartet #5, based on Beethoven's Op. 132

Green Room

War Memorial Performing Arts Center

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

$20; $15 seniors & students

Information: (415) 642-8054

***

Tuesday, May 22, 2007 – 8pm

DEBUSSY TRIO. Harp, flute, violin. Debussy, Janika Vandervelde, others

This event, part of the 2006-2007 season of intimate chamber concerts sponsored by Berkeley Chamber Performances, offers a refreshing mix of musical styles including French Impressionism, American Jazz Fusion and ethnically inspired compositions. Celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year, the ensemble is comprised of harpist Marcia Dickerstein, flutist Angela Wiegand, and violist David Walther. The program features the Sonate for flute, viola, and harp by Claude Debussy as well as works by Don Davis and Janika Vandervelde. Audience members are invited to attend a complimentary wine and cheese reception following the concert with an opportunity to meet and talk with the musicians.

Berkeley City Club

2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley

$20

Information: (510) 525-5211

www.berkeleychamberperform.org

***

Friday, May 25, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

Young Composers Series

Melody of China. World Premieres of works by Bay Area composers, including Dawei Wang, Eric Myers and Alan Chan.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Friday, May 25, 2007 – 8pm

Afiara String Quartet

Mozart's K. 575, Webern's Five Pieces, Beethoven's Op. 59, No. 2

S.F. Conservatory

Caroline Hume Concert Hall

50 Oak Street, San Francisco

Information: (415) 864-7326

www.afiara.com

***

Sunday, May 27, 2007 – 2pm

Lynn Harrell and Friends

Schumann's Piano Quintet, Bach's D Minor Cello Suite, Beethoven

Florence Gould Theatre

Legion of Honor, San Francisco

Information: (415) 392-4400

www.berkeleychamberperform.org

Tuesday, May 22, 2007 – 8pm

DEBUSSY TRIO. Harp, flute, violin. Debussy, Janika Vandervelde, others

Berkeley City Club

2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley

$20

Information: (510) 525-5211

Friday, June 1, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

Christina Mok,Violin; Miles Graber, Piano

Program: Greig/Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano in F major, Op. 8; Stravinsky/Duo Concertante; Schubert/Duo Sonata in A major, Op. 162, D. 574; and Bartók/Rhapsody No. 1.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Saturday, June 2, 2007 – 8pm

SFJAZZ:

Trios Squared

Presenting Joshua Redman Trio; Amendola, Goldberg & Hoff: "Plays Monk"

Palace of Fine Arts Theater

3301 Lyons, San Francisco

$25-$64

Information: (800) 225-2277

***

Saturday, June 2, 2007 – 8pm

Members of San Francisco-based new music group ADORNO join Chinese pipa player Min Xiao-Fen in a genre-busting performance that fuses contemporary, classical, Chinese folk, and jazz.

21 Grand

416 25th St @ Broadway, Oakland

$6-10

***

Sunday, June 3, 2007 – 3pm

GOLD COAST CHAMBER PLAYERS CONCLUDE THEIR 8th SEASON “Visions of America”

The concept of this program is to capture the diversity of the American spirit. Playful, humorous and daring, this program promises to exhilarate the senses.

Bentley Performing Arts Theater

1000 Upper Happy Valley Rd., Lafayette

$30, Seniors $25, Students $10

Information: (925) 283-3728

***

June 3, 2007 – 7:30pm

Outsound Presents...The SIMM Series

C.O.M.A.(California Outside Music Associates) & Noertker's Moxie plays the music of Annelise Zamula

Musicians Union Hall

116 9th St @ Mission, San Francisco

$10/8/5

***

Sunday, June 3, 2007 – 2:30pm

The Del Sol String Quartet

Program: Presenting a retrospective of music composed by women over the past 150 years featuring original works by Tania León, Linda Caitlin Smith, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Teresa Carreño, and Sally Beamish. Plus Mark Fish presents a world premiere based the life and work of folk musician Ruth Crawford Seeger. To honor Seeger's collection of American children's folk songs, the quartet will play a short folksong arranged by Mark Fish between each piece.

de Young Museum

Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

$7-$20

Information: (415) 374-0074

www.delsolquartet.com

***

Sunday, June 3, 2007 – 3pm

Daedalus Quartet

Program: Haydn/String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4; David Horne/Flight from the Labyrinth; Debussy/String Quartet in g minor, Op. 10.

McKenna Theater, SFSU

1600 Holloway, Creative Arts Building

San Francisco

Free

Information: (415) 338-1431

www.morrisonseries.org

***

Tuesday, June 5, 2007 – 8pm

Darren Johnston Quintet

Trumpeter Darren Johnston and his quintet perform original songs that blur compositional and improvisational boundaries.

Intersection for the Arts

446 Valencia Street, San Francisco

$12-$20 sliding scale

Information: (415) 626-2787

www.theintersection.org

***

Thursday, June 7, 2007 – 8pm

New Century Chamber Orchestra:

New Inspirations

Program: Mozart/Serenata Notturna; Gordon Chin/Violin Concerto "Formosa Seasons," Cho-Liang Lin, Violin; Elgar/Serenade, Opus 20; and Mozart/Symphony No. 29 in A Major. Cho-Liang Lin, guest concertmaster.

St. John's Presbyterian Church

2727 College Avenue, Berkeley

$28/$42

Information: (415) 392-4400

***

Thursday, June 7, 2007 – 7:30pm

An Evening With The Harry Whitney Trio. The group's first live performance in SF will feature Whitney's orginal compositions and group improvisations, inspired by jazz, classical and traditional musics.

Waldorf School

2938 Washington Street, San Francisco

Free

***

Thursday, June 7, 2007 – 8pm

Nothingset Ensemble; Inaugural Concert

Works by Webern, Piazzolla, Messiaen, Pärt, Jones, Hine, and Desjardins

Varnish Gallery

77 Natoma Street, San Francisco

Information: (415) 222-6131

www.nothingset.com

***

Friday, June 8, 2007 – 8pm

New Century Chamber Orchestra:

New Inspirations

St. Mark's Episcopal Church

600 Colorado, Palo Alto

$28/$42

Information: (415) 392-4400

***

Saturday, June 9, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra

Program: Works by John Beeman, Harry Bernstein, Michael Cooke, Allan Crossman, Loren Jones and Jonathan Russell.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Saturday, June 9, 2007 – 7pm

Community Music Center Recital

Recital by students of CMC’s Chamber Music Ensembles program.

Community Music Center

544 Capp Street, San Francisco

Free

Information: (415) 647-6015

***

Sunday, June 10, 2007 – 4pm

Old First Concerts:

Passamezzo Moderno

Program includes works by Diego Ortiz, Bartolomeo de Selma y Salaverde and Francisco Correa de Arauxo.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Sunday, June 10, 2007 – 5pm

New Century Chamber Orchestra:

New Inspirations

Osher Marin JCC

250 N. San Pedro Rd.

$28/$42

Information: (415) 392-4400

***

Sunday, June 10, 2007 – 1-4pm

CMC 85th Birthday and Open House

A free community event where attendees of all ages can enjoy a tour of CMC, visit an instrument “petting zoo,” take 30-minute demonstration group music classes and watch performances by CMC student ensembles.

Community Music Center

544 Capp Street, San Francisco

Free

Information: (415) 647-6015

***

Sunday, June 10, 2007 – 3pm

The Sierra Chamber Society

Program: Stravinsky/”L’Histoire du Soldat”; Mozart/Trio for Clarinet, viola and piano K 498 “Kegelstatt”; Beethoven String Quartet TBA.

Grace Presbyterian Church

2100 Tice Valley Blvd., Walnut Creek

$19; $17 seniors

Information: (925) 930-8880

www.sierrachamber.com

***

Sunday, June 10, 2007 – 2pm

San Francisco Symphony

Chamber Music at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor

Palace of the Legion of Honor

Lincoln Park, San Francisco

Sold Out

Information: (415) 864-6000

***

Sunday, June 10, 2007 – 8pm

Rovaté 2007:Eye Music for Ears, Mix Two

For Eye Music for Ear, Mix Two (June 10), the Rova Saxophone Quartet is joined by guests Fred Frith on guitar, Devin Hoff on bass, and Ches Smith on drums for a night of music from graphic scores created by Fred Frith and Rova members Steve Adams and Jon Raskin.

ODC Dance Theatre

3153 17th Street at Shotwell, San Francisco

***

Tuesday, June 12, 2007 – 8pm

New Century Chamber Orchestra:

New Inspirations

Herbst Theater

401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco

$28/$42

Information: (415) 392-4400

***

Thursday, June 14, 2007 – 8pm

9pm: Video Savant - improvised video & music - Charles Woodman (video), David Madson (records), Doug McDiarmid (guitar), Margaret Schedel (cello), Josiah Wolfe (drums), Yoni Wolfe (keys/voice).

Luggage Store Gallery

1007 Market Street, San Francisco

$6-10 sliding scale

***

Friday, June 15, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

Emanuele Arciuli, Piano

Program: Claude Debussy/Préludes, Book 1 and John Adams/Phrygian Gates.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Saturday, June 16, 2007 – 8pm

Shut up is the new Avant-Garde: Quartet: Jacob Lindsay (Cl), Ava Mendoza (Gtr), Damon Smith (E.Bs), Weasel Walter (Perc); Large Ensemble: Jacob Lindsay conducts an ensemble including Kristian Aspelin (gtr), Matt Davignon (turntable), Phillip Greenlief (reeds), Scott R. Looney (elec), Ava Mendoza (gtr), Kanoko Nishi (koto), David Slusser (winds), Damon Smith, (bass), Weasel Walter (perc).

21 Grand

416 25th St @ Broadway, Oakland

$6-10

***

Sunday, June 17, 2007 – 2pm

Chamber Music San Francisco

Geraldine Walther and Friends

Beloved violist Geraldine Walther performs with violinist Melissa Kleinbart, cellist Tanya Tomkins and pianist Eric Zivian, perform Bach, Beethoven and Brahms.

Florence Gould Theater/Legion of Honor

Lincoln Park, San Francisco

$38-$42/CBO

Information: (415) 392-4400

***

Thursday, June 21, 2007 – 8pm

Music by the Eyeful. An evening of microtonal cinema with We Eat Dots (Cecilia Elguero, Bookworm, drslone and Brian Rogers) and Mike Missiaen (works for Super 8 film and vinyl). Third in a monthly mini-series exploring inventions in visual audio.

Luggage Store Gallery

1007 Market Street, San Francisco

$6-10 sliding scale

***

Friday, June 22, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

Sarah Hong, Elizabeth Prior Runnicles, JiEun Kang

Sarah Hong, ‘cello; Elizabeth Prior Runnicles, viola; JiEun Kang, piano; Yookyung Min, violin. Program: String Trio 'Terzetto' in C, Op. 74 for two violins and viola; Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65, and Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81 by Dvo_ák.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Sunday, June 24, 2007 – 4pm

Old First Concerts:

Natalya Lundtvedt, Piano

Program: Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in D minor, Op. 87 by Shostakovich; Sonata, Op. 2, No. 3 in C major by Beethoven; Aprés une lecture du Dante, fantasia quasi sonata by Liszt; selections from Préludes by Debussy.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Sunday, June 24, 2007 – 7:30pm

Outsound Presents...The SIMM Series

7:30pm Damon Smith/Weasel Walter/Scott R. Looney/Kristian Aspelin

8:30pm TBA

Musicians Union Hall

116 9th St @ Mission, San Francisco

$10/8/5

Sunday, July 1, 1007 – 4pm

New Esterhazy Quartet

Haydn Quartets from Op. 2, 33, 55, and 76

St Mark's Lutheran Church

1111 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco

Information: (510) 233-9403

www.newesterhazy.org

***

Friday, July 6, 2007 – 8pm

Stanford Jazz Festival:

John Santos Quintet

John Calloway, flute/percussion; John Santos, congas, maracas, chekere, guiro; Orestes Vilató, timbales/bongos; Marco Diaz, piano; Saul Sierra, bass

Campbell Recital Hall

Stanford Campus

$28; $14 students

Information: (650) 725-2787

***

July 6-15, 2007 – 8pm

American Bach Soloists:

SummerFest 2007

Annual chamber music festival presented in Belvedere, San Francisco and Davis. Each Evening Includes: 6 pm: Artist Spotlight (informal recital the first night in each venue is geared toward families); 6:30 pm Bach’s Supper (gourmet picnic-style boxed meals: Beef/Chicken/Veggie/Kid’s); 7:15 pm: Twilight Serenade (mini-concert by local musicians, free to all ticket holders); 8 pm Main Event (chamber music concert).

St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 1111 O'Farrell St., S.F.

$10-$37

Information: (415) 621-7900

www.americanbach.org

***

Saturday, July 7, 2007 – 10am & 11:15am

Stanford Jazz Festival:

Early Bird: Joe Craven

Early Bird: Joe Craven – Thinking Outside the Box (and Playing On It). Joe Craven, vocals, instruments and found objects

Sat: Kids 1-7 at 10 am; Kids 8-12 at 11:15 am

Dinkelspiel Auditorium

Lagunita

Free

Information: (650) 725-2787

***

Saturday, July 7, 2007 – 8pm

Stanford Jazz Festival:

Bobby Hutcherson Quartet

Bobby Hutcherson, vibraphone; Joe Gilman, piano; Glen Richman, bass; Eddie Marshall, drums

Campbell Recital Hall

Stanford Campus

$40; $20 students

Information: (650) 725-2787

***

Saturday, July 7, 2007 – 8pm

Worn Chamber Ensemble

Hans Werner Henze Festival II: Being Beauteous; Neue Volkslieder und Hirtengesange; Carillon, Recitatif, Masque; Trauer Ode for Cello Sextett

Main Post Chapel

the Presidio, 130 Fisher Loop, S.F.

Information: (415) 386-8954

w_chamb@yahoo.com

***

Sunday, July 8, 2007 – 7:30pm

Outsound Presents...The SIMM Series

7:30p: duo B [Jason Levis - perc + Lisa Mezzacappa - doublebass ] 8:45p: After the End of the World Coretet 18 year anniversary party [ Annelise Zamula - winds + Bill Noertker - bass + Dave Mihaly - drums + special guest Ara Anderson - trumpet ]

Musicians Union Hall

116 9th St @ Mission, San Francisco

***

Friday, July 13, 2007 – 8pm

Stanford Jazz Festival:

Maria Marquez Quintet

Maria Marquez, vocals; Rich Kuhns, accordion/piano/keyboard; Andre Bush, acoustic/electric guitar; Dan Feiszli, upright bass; Dave Flores, percussion/drums

Campbell Recital Hall

Stanford Campus

$28; $14 students

Information: (650) 725-2787

***

Friday, July 13, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

Sarah Cahill, Piano

Program: Waves Breaking on Rocks by Peter Garland; selections from The Book of Sounds by Hans Otte; works by Terry Riley, James Cleghorn and others.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Saturday, July 14, 2007 – 8pm

Stanford Jazz Festival:

Alan Broadbent Trio

Alan Broadbent, piano; Putter Smith, bass; Kendall Kay, drums.

Campbell Recital Hall

Stanford Campus

$28; $14 students

Information: (650) 725-2787

***

Saturday, July 14, 2007 – 8pm

Evander Music Presents: Bruno Pelletier Quartet and The Lost Trio

Center for Spiritual Living

280 Claremont (at Ulloa), San Francisco

$10

www.evandermusic.com

***

Sunday, July 15, 2007 – 7:30pm

Stanford Jazz Festival:

Peter Apfelbaum Sextet

Peter Apfelbaum, tenor saxophone/flute/piano; Jeff Cressman, trombone; Natalie Cressman, trombone; Will Bernard, guitar; Patrice Blanchard, bass; Deszon X. Claiborne, drums.

Dinkelspiel Auditorium

Lagunita

$28; $14 students

Information: (650) 725-2787

***

Sunday, July 15, 2007 – 4pm

Old First Concerts:

Girlkulture: Icons, Divas and Dreamgirls

Program: Includes work by Weill, Spoliansky, Porter, Bolcom, Hollaender, and Sondheim

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Monday, July 16, 2007 – 7:30pm

Stanford Jazz Festival:

Patrick Wolff Trio

Patrick Wolff, tenor saxophone; Chris Van Voorst Van Beest, bass; Yujiro Nakamura, drums

Campbell Recital Hall

Stanford Campus

$28; $14 students

Information: (650) 725-2787

***

Tuesday, July 17, 2007 – 7:30pm

Stanford Jazz Festival:

Jeb Patton Trio featuring Tootie Heath

Jeb Patton, piano; Joe Sanders, bass; Albert "Tootie" Heath, drums

Campbell Recital Hall

Stanford Campus

$28; $14 students

Information: (650) 725-2787

***

Saturday, July 21, 2007 – 8:15pm

Noe Valley Music Series:

The Baguette Quartette

Celebrate Bastille Day (late) with the Baguette Quartette. French chanteuse/accordionist Odile Levault performed in the streets and cafes of Paris before moving to the Bay Area fifteen years ago and forming the Baguette Quartette, the only ensemble in North America exclusively dedicated to performing Parisian cafe music from the 1920s, 30s & 40s.

Noe Valley Ministry

1021 Sanchez Street, San Francisco

$18

Information: (415) 454-5238

***

Sunday, July 22, 2007 – 8pm

sfsoundseries

ODC Theater

3153 17th St., S.F.

Information: (415) 863-9834

***

Sunday, July 22, 2007 – 7pm

Outsound Presents...The SIMM Series

Edgetone New Music SummitThe 2007 EDGETONE NEW MUSIC SUMMIT OutSpoken Drawn from Sources: Inquiries into the sources, intent and challenges inherent in experimental music, and its place in our creative and social fabric. Discussion Panel: Ethnic Tradition and Experimental Music

Musicians Union Hall

116 9th St @ Mission, San Francisco

Free

***

Thursday, July 26, 2007 – 8pm

Edgetone New Music SummitThe 2007 EDGETONE NEW MUSIC SUMMIT Fields of Flowers , a night of spontaneous composition

BLOOM [Rent Romus|Thollem Mcdonas|Jon Brumit|Steven Baker] plus guests Liz Allbee & Tatsuya Nakatani(PA), KIOUKU(NYC), Jim Ryan's FE3 Portland. Pre-Concert Composer Q&A 7:30pm

Community Music Center

544 Capp Street, San Francisco

$10/5

***

Friday, July 27, 2007 – 9pm

Edgetone New Music SummitThe 2007 EDGETONE NEW MUSIC SUMMIT Beat & Beyond, a night extending rhythm and sound

Lx Rudis, Wobbly, Blevin Blectum, Robert Anbian & the Unidentified Flying Quartet. Pre-Concert Composer Q&A 8:30

21 Grand

416 25th St @Broadway, Oakland

$12/8

***

Saturday, July 28, 2007 – 9pm

Edgetone New Music SummitThe 2007 EDGETONE NEW MUSIC SUMMIT Critical Mass, Sounds on the gritty side of the fence...

Van Boven, Eddie The Rat, Jesse Quattro, High Vulture, Gowns.

21 Grand

416 25th St @Broadway, Oakland

$12/8

www.myspace.com/pianistsandrorusso

Wednesday, August 1, 2007 – 8pm

Stanford Jazz Festival:

Jimmy Cobb Quartet featuring Kenny Barron

Andrew Speight, alto saxophone; Kenny Barron, piano; Eddie Gomez, bass; Jimmy Cobb, drums plus special guest, George Garzone, tenor saxophone.

Dinkelspiel Auditorium

Lagunita

$32; $16 students

Information: (650) 725-2787

www.stanfordjazz.org

***

Thursday, August 2, 2007 – 7:30pm

Pianist Sandro Russo and the Bay Area Chamber Symphony

Benefit Concert

Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff ,and premiere of piece by Carol Alban.

Chapel of the Chimes

4499 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland

Information: (510) 595-9009

***

Thursday, August 2, 2007 – 7:30pm

Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival

Bruce Adolphe-Lecture/Presentation

Encounter III: Knock 'em Dead! Composers Wanted: Dead or Alive

Martin Family Hall (Menlo School)

50 Valparaiso Avenue, Atherton

Information: (650) 330-2030

www.myspace.com/bayareachambersymphony

***

Thursday, August 2, 2007 – 7:30pm

The Bay Area Chamber Symphony will be joined by special guest pianist Sandro Russo in a varied program including world premieres as well as Classical and improvised music. Featuring music and performances by Carol Alban, Jeff Suits, Karen Stackpole and Suellen Primost.

Chapel of the Chimes

4499 Piedmont Ave. Oakland

donation

***

Friday, August 3, 2007 – 8pm

The Jazz House's Free Jazz Fridays: an evening of improvisation that pulls players together from Vancouver BC, Sacramento and the SF Bay Area. JP Carter - trumpet, electronics; Phillip Greenlief - woodwinds; Ross Hammond - guitar; Gino Robair - electronics, percussion

1510 8th St Performance Space

1510 8th Street Oakland

$10

www.thejazzhouse.org

***

Friday, August 3, 2007 – 8pm

Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival

The Miami String Quartet, Paul Neubauer, Christopheren Nomura, Colin Carr, and more (Oboe, Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, Piano, Ba

Concert Program IV: Death and Transfiguration

St. Mark's Episcopal Church

600 Colorado Avenue, Palo Alto

650) 330-2030_ Information: (650) 330-2030

***

Friday, August 3, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

rarescale

US Premieres of of works by Gourlay, Czaplowski, Oliva, along with works by Bilotta, Thow, Kessner, Benjamin, Takemitsu and MacCombie

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco

$15; $12 students & seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Saturday, August 4, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

California Summer Music

California Summer Music is a unique program in the West, offering chamber music for young string players, pianists and composers.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco

$15; $12 students & seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Saturday, August 4, 2007 – 8pm

Stanford Jazz Festival:

Lee Konitz

Lee Konitz, alto saxophone; Ray Drummond, bass; Akira Tana, drums, plus special guests.

Campbell Recital Hall

Stanford Campus

$40; $20 students

Information: (650) 725-2787

www.stanfordjazz.org

***

Saturday, August 4, 2007 – 8pm

Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival

The Miami String Quartet, Paul Neubauer, Christopheren Nomura, Colin Carr, and more (Oboe, Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, Piano, Ba

Concert Program IV: Death and Transfiguration

Stent Family Hall (Menlo School),

50 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton

Information: (650) 330-2030

***

Saturday, August 4, 2007 – 7:30pm

San Francisco Chamber Wind Festival

Concert 2: Flutes, guitar, and electronics

Carla Rees and her ensemble rarescale perform 20th and 21st Century works for flutes, including alto, bass, and quarter-tone instruments, with guitar and with electronics. Performers include Carla, David Black, Michael Oliva, and guest artist Martha Stoddard performing works by Bilotta, Giorgetti, Gourlay, Kessner, MacCombie, Melvin, Oliva, Stoddard, Takemitsu, and Thow.

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

50 Oak Street, San Francisco

Information: (925) 262-7467

sfwindfest@comcast.net

***

Saturday, August 4, 2007 – 8pm

Join Evander Music & The Jazz House for an exceptional evening of music featuring Erik Friedlander performing solo and the electro-acoustic trio shudder.

Community Music Center

544 Capp Street, San Francisco

***

Sunday, August 5, 2007 – 7:30pm

Outsound Presents...The SIMM Series

The Empty Cage Quartet & Bill Noertker’s Moxie

Musicians Union Hall

116 9th St @ Mission, San Francisco

$10/8

***

Sunday, August 5, 2007 – 5pm

Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival

The Miami String Quartet, Paul Neubauer, Christopheren Nomura, Colin Carr, and more (Oboe, Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, Piano, Ba

Concert Program IV: Death and Transfiguration

Stent Family Hall (Menlo School)

50 Valparaiso Avenue, Atherton

Information: (650) 330-2030

***

Sunday, August 5, 2007 – 10:30am

Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival

Jorja Fleezanis, Kenneth Cooper, Kevin Murphy (Violin, Harpsichord/Fortepiano, Piano)

Carte Blanche Concert III: The Violin Sonata Tree of Life, c. 1700-1999

Stent Family Hall (Menlo School)

50 Valparaiso Avenue, Atherton

Information: (650) 330-2030

***

Sunday, August 5, 2007 –4pm

Old First Concerts:

Rudy Salvini Octet

Art Dougherty, alto sax; Tom Hart, tenor sax; Ted Thiele, baritone sax; Van Hughs, trombone; Rudy Salvini, trumpet; John Price, piano; Dean Reilly, bass; Tom Duckworth, drums.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco

$15; $12 students & seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Monday, August 6, 2007 – 7:30pm

Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival

Robert Winter-Lecture/Presentation

Encounter IV: Borrowing: Repurposing or Theft? The Composer as Cultural Emissary

Martin Family Hall (Menlo School)

50 Valparaiso Avenue, Atherton

Information: (650) 330-2030

***

Tuesday, August 7, 2007 – 8pm

Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival

Christopheren Nomura, Gilbert Kalish: Baritone, Piano

Carte Blanche Concert IV: Schubert's Die sch?ne M?llerin

Stent Family Hall (Menlo School)

50 Valparaiso Avenue, Atherton

Information: (650) 330-2030

***

Wednesday, August 8, 2007 – noon

People in Plazas:

Kurt Ribak Trio

Crocker Galleria

50 Post St.

Free

Information: (415) 362-2500

***

Wednesday, August 8, 2007 – 8pm

Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival

David Finckel, Gilbert Kalish, Colin Carr, Erin Keefe, and more (Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano)

Concert Program V: Borrowed Cultures

St. Mark's Episcopal Church,

600 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto

Information: (650) 330-2030

***

Thursday, August 9, 2007 – 8pm

Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival

David Finckel, Gilbert Kalish, Colin Carr, Erin Keefe, and more (Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano)

Concert Program V: Borrowed Cultures

Stent Family Hall (Menlo School)

50 Valparaiso Avenue, Atherton

Information: (650) 330-2030

***

Thursday, August 9, 2007 – 6:30pm

Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music

Susan Narucki, soprano; Concertmaster Yumi Hwang Williams, violin; members of the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra

Bach's Sarabande and Gigue from Partita No. 2 in D Minor; Jennifer Higdon's Southern Harmony; Libby Larsen's This Unbearable Stillness: Songs from the Balcony; Dvorak's String Quartet in F Major, Op. 96, American

Kennolyn

8400 Glen Haven Rd., Soquel

Information: (831) 420-6250 (ext. 5)

www.cabrillomusic.org

***

Thursday, August 9, 2007 – 8pm

New Music Series

8pm ImprompTet (Jason Hoopes & James Ilgenfritz - double basses; Andy Strain & Toyoji Tomita - Trombones; Michael Dale & Ivor Holloway - Saxophones)

9pm Van Boven (Jon Brumit - Drums; Wayne Grimm - Guitar)

Luggage Store Gallery

1007 Market St. @ 6th Street, San Francisco

$6-10

***

Friday, August 10, 2007 – 9pm

Weasel Walter (drums), Damon Smith (bass), James Fei (reeds), John Ingle (reeds) - first time meeting of the iconoclastic Oaktown rhythm section with virtuoso reedist Ingle and Anthony Braxton Group alumnus, Fei) w/John Ingle Group (Ingle - reeds, Liz Allbee - trumpet, Kyle Bruckmann - oboe, Tim Perkis - electronics and others tbc)

21 Grand

416 25th Street, Oakland

$6-10

***

Friday, August 10, 2007 – 8pm

Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival

David Finckel, Gilbert Kalish, Colin Carr, Erin Keefe, and more (Violin, Viola, Cello, Piano)

Concert Program V: Borrowed Cultures

Stent Family Hall (Menlo School)

50 Valparaiso Avenue, Atherton

Information: (650) 330-2030

***

Friday, August 10, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

Cooke Quintet

The Cooke Quintet celebrates the release of their newest album, an indefinite suspension of the possible.

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco

$15; $12 students & seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Friday, August 10, 2007 – 8:15pm

Noe Valley Music Series:

Sasha Dobson

Jazz vocalist Sasha Dobson and her quartet.

Noe Valley Ministry

1021 Sanchez

$20

Information: (415) 454-5238

***

Saturday, August 11, 2007 – 8:15pm

Noe Valley Music Series:

Guitar Summit

Guitar Summit w/ Peter Finger, Steve Baughman & Teja Gerken.

Noe Valley Ministry

1021 Sanchez

$20

Information: (415) 454-5238

***

Sunday, August 12, 2007 – 2007 – 4pm

Old First Concerts:

Daniel Glover, piano

Beethoven; Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Mompou, Albeniz, Ginastera

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco

$15; $12 students & seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

***

Friday, August 17, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

Sacred Songs with Celestial Harp

Old First Presbyterian Adult Choir. Program: works by Fauré; Matthews, Pierson, Dawson, Gawthrup

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco

$15; $12 students & seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

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Friday, August 17, 2007 – 7:30pm

Afiara String Quartet

Valeri Li and Yuri Cho, violin, David Samuel, viola, and Adrian Fung, cello

Haydn String Quartet Opus 77, No. 1, Bartok String Quartet No. 2, Mendelssohn String Quartet Op. 44, No. 1

Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church

1329 Seventh Avenue, San Francisco

Information: (415) 664-2543

www.SevenPerforms.org

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Wednesday, August 22, 2007 – 8pm

Using the 44 duos for violins by Bela Bartok as a springboard for improvisation, the Cascando Clarinet duo (Phillip Greenlief & Cory Wright) merges seamlessly from the gorgeous eastern-European folk to ecstatic improvisations in the rich sound world of the clarinet. duo b (Lisa Mezzacappa - contrabass & Jason Levis - percussion) play the 2nd set.

1510 8th St Performance Space

1510 8th Street Oakland

$10

Friday, September 7, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

Double Play

Program: Works by J. S. Bach, Paganini, Martinu, Halvorsen/Handel. Minjung Kang, violin; Sarah Hong, ‘cello

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

www.trinitychamberconcerts.com

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Saturday, September 8, 2007 – 8pm

Tom Rose, Darcy Rindt, Lynn Schugren

Clarinet, viola, piano

Mozart, Mendelssohn, Brahms

Trinity Chapel

2320 Dana St., Bancroft at Durant, Berkeley

Information: (510) 549-3864

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Sunday, September 9, 2007 – 4pm

Angela Koregelos, David Morris, and Belle Bulwinkle

Early flute, viola da gamba and early cello, fortepiano

Trios by Mann and Haydn, two sonatas by CPE Bach, and a set of Mozart variations

Student Union

Mills College

5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland

Information: (510) 430-2296

www.music.mills.edu

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Sunday, September 9, 2007 – 2pm

Elisabeth Reed and Corey Jamason

Faculty Artist Recital, Elisabeth Reed, viola da gamba, with Corey Jamason, harpsichord. Program: Consort Music of Purcell and Locke, and music for solo bass viol by Buxtehude and Marais

San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall

50 Oak Street, San Francisco

$15/$20

Information: (415) 503-6275

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Sunday, September 9, 2007 – 7:30pm

Outsound Presents...The SIMM Series

Premiere of Noertker’s new string quartet, “Eurydice” (David Ryther & Yehudit, violins; Ilana Matfis, viola; Beth Snellings, cello) & Premiere of Mihaly's new string quartet,"The Spider" (Sarah Jo Zaharako, Carrie Lampreicht, violins; Eric Perney, Bill Noertker, bass)

Musicians Union Hall

116 9th St @ Mission, San Francisco

$10/8

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Wednesday, September 12, 2007 – 8pm

With a few works written for him by Pauline Oliveros and South African composer Shaun Naidoo, saxophonist Phillip Greenlief will be performing the SF Bay Area premiere of “The Fourth World”, a recent work based on Hopi Mythology.

Meridian Gallery

535 Powell Street, San Francisco

$10

www.meridiangallery.org

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Saturday, September 15, 2007 – 9pm

Old First Concerts:

San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra

Program: Works by Scola Prosek, Graves, Alburger, Russell, Twowy

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

www.crowden.org/CMC/Events/sundays.htm

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Saturday, September 15, 2007 – 8pm

4 Cellos Concert

Marais, Lupot, Vivaldi, Telemann, Glass, Mackey, Kelly, Wong, and Jeanrenaud

Rhythmix Cultural Works

2513 Blanding Avenue, Alameda

Information: (510) 865-5060

www.rhythmix.org

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Sunday, September 16, 2007 – 3pm

Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Giachino Rossini (arranged by John Dearman), Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 by J.S. Bach (arranged by J.F. Smith), El Amor Brujo by Manuel de Falla (arranged by William Kanengiser), Imagens do Brazil by Baden Powell (arranged by M. Tardelli), Celtic Fare, and Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Franz Liszt (arranged by Kanengiser and Jon Minei).

McKenna Theatre

S.F. State University

1600 Holloway Ave., San Francisco

Information: (415) 338-1358

www.morrisonseries.org

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Sunday, September 16, 2007 – 4pm

Sundays@Four: Axel Strauss and Miles Graber

Violin and Piano

Works by LeClair, Faure, and Smetana

Crowden Music Center

1475 Rose Street, Berkeley

Information: (510) 559-6910

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Sunday, September 16, 2007 – 4pm

Old First Concerts:

Brian Mitsuhiro Wong and others

Brian Mitsuhiro Wong, Shoko Hikage & Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto, kotos. Program: Works by Sawai, Miyagi, Kengyo; jazz

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

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Monday, September 17, 2007 – 8pm

San Francisco Conservatory of Music:

Jodi Levitz, Viola

Faculty Artist Recital, Jodi Levitz, viola, with Bettina Mussumeli, violin. Program: Music of Women Composers: Rebecca Clarke/Sonata; Elinor Armer/Arpi; and Barbara Kalb/Related Characters

San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall

50 Oak Street, San Francisco

$15/$20

Information: (415) 503-6275

www.creativearts.sfsu.edu

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Thursday, September 20, 2007 – 7pm

Earplay

Violin and Piano, Soprano and Percussion, Flute and Harp, Solo Percussion, Mixed Sextet

Wayne Petersen's Duo, Colloquy, Antiphonies, Pereginations, Freedom and Love, A Three Piece Suite

Knuth Hall

Creative Arts building

S.F.S.U., 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco

Information: (415) 338-2467

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Friday, September 21, 2007 – 8pm

Old First Concerts:

Miriam Abramowitsch and George Barth

Miriam Abramowitsch, mezzo-soprano; George Barth, piano. Program: Songs by Korngold, Rachmaninoff, Poulenc, Bartók, Kodály and Balogh

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

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Saturday, September 22, 2007 – 8pm

Paradigm Brass

Original compositions and arrangements of Bach, Bizet, Pagannini, and others

Trinity Chapel

2320 Dana St. at Bancroft, Berkeley

Information: (510) 549-3864

www. Paradigmbrass.com

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Sunday, September 23, 2007 – 4pm

Old First Concerts:

Washington Garcia, Piano

Program: Works by Yépez, Salgado, Ginastera, Chopin, Schubert

Old First Church

1751 Sacramento, San Francisco

$15; $12 students and seniors

Information: (415) 474-1608

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Monday, September 24, 2007 – 8pm

San Francisco Conservatory of Music:

Ian Swensen with Jean-Michel Fonteneau

Faculty Artist Recital, Ian Swensen, violin with Jean-Michel Fonteneau, cello. Program: Arensky/Cello Quintet; Prokofiev/Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80; and Szymanowski/Myths

San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall

50 Oak Street, San Francisco

$15/$20

Information: (415) 503-6275

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Monday, September 24, 2007 – 7:30pm

San Francisco Conservatory of Music:

Jazz Master Class with The Inventions Trio

Program: Conservatory students perform jazz works

San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall

50 Oak Street, San Francisco

$15/$20

Information: (415) 503-6275

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Monday, September 24, 2007 – 7:30pm

Bill Mays and The Inventions Trio

piano, cello, and trumpet

J.S. Bach, Claude Debussy, George Gershwin

50 Oak Street, S.F.

Information: (415) 503-6275

www.palmetto-records.net

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Tuesday, September 25, 2007 – 8pm

Bill Mays and The Inventions Trio

Piano, cello, and trumpet

J.S. Bach, Claude Debussy, George Gershwin

660 Third St. (between Townsend and Brannan), San Francisco

Information: (415) 543-9988

www.palmetto-records.net

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Wednesday, September 26, 2007 – 8pm

New Century Chamber Orchestra:

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Guest Concertmaster

Program: Kreisler (arr. Assad)/Praeludium and Allegro; Bach/Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041, Nadja-Salerno Sonnenberg, violin; Mendelssohn/String Symphony No. 10 in B minor; and Tchaikovsky/Serenade for Strings, Op. 48

St. Mark's Episcopal Church

600 Colorado, Palo Alto

Call for ticket information: (415) 357-1111

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Thursday, September 27, 2007 – 8pm

New Century Chamber Orchestra:

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, guest concertmaster

St. John's Presbyterian Church

2727 College Avenue, Berkeley

Call for ticket information: (415) 357-1111

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Friday, September 28, 2007 – 8pm

San Francisco Performances:

Music of Philip Glass

Philip Glass, composer/piano; Wendy Sutter, cello. Program: Etude #2 (solo piano); Etude #10 (solo piano); Songs and Poems for Cello; and The Orchard for Piano and Cello

Herbst Theater

401 Van Ness, San Francisco

$30-$45

Information: (415) 392-2545