Thursday, May 1, 2008 – 12pm
Icarus Ensemble
Traditional and electronic instruments
Bussotti, Castaldi, Filidei, Reich, and Corner
Crowden Music Center
1475 Rose Street, Berkeley
Information: (510) 559-6910
www.crowden.org
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Friday, May 2, 2008 – 8pm
The Del Sol String Quartet
Ring of Fire CD Release Concert
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
50 Oak Street, San Francisco
www.delsolquartet.com
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Friday, May 2, 2008 – 8pm
Euclid String Quartet
Haydn's string quartet, Op. 20, No. 2; Ravel's string quartet; Beethoven's string quartet, Op. 127
Newman Auditorium
Santa Rosa Junior College
1501 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa
Information: (707) 527-4372
www.santarosa.edu/chamberconcerts
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Saturday, May 3, 2008 – 8pm
Judiyaba, Marilyn Thompson, Roy Zajac
Cello, piano, and clarinet
Rachmaninov, Schubert, Juon, Bruch
Sonoma State University
Ives hall, Room 119, Rohnert Park
Information: (707) 664-2353
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Sunday, May 4, 2008 – 3pm
Cypress String Quartet
Beethoven's Quartet Op. 130 in B-flat Major
Montalvo Arts Center, in the Historic Villa
15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga
www.montalvoarts.org
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Sunday, May 4, 2008 – 4pm
Michael Messina and George Emblom in a program of duets for piano and organ.
Grace Cathedral
1100 California
Free; donations appreciated
Information: (415) 749-6350
www.gracecathedral.org
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Monday, May 5, 2008 – 8pm; pre-concert talk 7:15pm
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
Program: Music of Mantovani, Matalon, Felder, Tharp.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Forum
701 Mission Street, San Francisco
$27; $22 senior; $10 student
Information: (415) 978-2787
www.sfcmp.org/indexflash.htm
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Monday, May 5, 2008 – 8pm
Conservatory Baroque Ensemble
Program: Chamber works of Marais, Couperin, and others.
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall
50 Oak Street, San Francisco
Free
Information: (415) 503-6275
www.sfcm.edu
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Monday, May 5, 2008 – 8pm
sfSound will premiere new works by SF State composers
Knuth Hall, Creative Arts building, S.F. State
1600 Holloway Ave., San Francisco
Information: (415) 338-1431
www.musicdance.sfsu.edu
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008 – 12:30pm
RUSSIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Alexander Vereshagin, music director, conductor
George Frideric Handel: Water Music
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence
Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral
660 California Street, San Francisco
$5
www.NoontimeConcerts.org
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008 – 8pm
Mihaela Ursuleasa
Medtner's Sonata Reminiscenza in A Minor, Op. 38; Schumann's Fantasiesticke, Op. 12; Rachmaninov's Nos.1-9 of Etudes tableaux, Op. 39
Herbst Theatre
401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco
Information: (415) 398-6449
www.performances.org
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008 – 8pm
sfSoundGroup
Chamber Ensemble with Carl Ludwig Hübsch and Gino Robair
Compositions and Improvisations by Carl Ludwig Hübsch
21 Grand
416 25th Street, Oakland
www.sfsound.org/series
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008 – 8pm
Performance by the members of the Music Improvisation Ensemble at Mills College.
Directed by India Cooke, the ensemble is comprised of 16 musicians from the graduate music program at Mills College. The evening will include small and large group improvisations, in both structured and free form settings.
The event is free and open to the public!
Mills College Lisser Theatre
5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland
FREE
www.mills.edu
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008 – 8pm
UC Berkeley graduate composers
Regucera, Lopez, and Waitkus
Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley
Information: (510) 642-4864
music.berkeley.edu
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Wednesday, May 7, 2008 – 8pm
Jazz at Intersection
Jazz at Intersection: Lisa Mezzacappa’s Jazz in Analogue. Bassist Lisa Mezzacappa’s new body of compositions and arrangements are inspired by the fearless music of her free-jazz heroes of the 60’s & 70’s – Ornette Coleman, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Sun Ra, Cecil Taylor, among others. Tapping into the spirit and values of these visionary artists, she re-imagines the tradition into something new.
Intersection for the Arts
446 Valencia Street, San Francisco
$10-$25 sliding scale
Information: (415) 626-3311
www.theintersection.org
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Saturday, May 10, 2008 – 8pm
Gold Coast Chamber Players
Ravel's Mother Goose Suite, Schumann's Piano Quintet, Whitacre's 5 Hebrew Love Songs, Bolcom's Fairy Tales
Acalanes Performing Arts Theater
1200 Pleasant Hill Rd., Lafayette
Information: (925) 798-1300
www.gcplayers.org
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Saturday, May 10, 2008 – 2:30pm
The Naughton Twins, Piano Duo
Program: Mendelssohn/Fantasy in F-sharp minor; Chopin/Introduction and Rondo in E-flat major; Mendelssohn/Andante and Variations in B-flat major; Brahms/Six Hungarian Dances; Mozart/Sonata in D major; Brahms/Variations on a Theme by Haydn; and Milhaud/Scaramouche.
Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Drive
$41
Information: (925) 943-7469
www.chambermusicsf.org
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Sunday, May 11, 2008 – 4pm
Ron McFarland & Friends: 80th Birthday Celebration
Donna Bruno, mezzo-soprano; Wesla Whitfield & Sarah Ganz, sopranos Ron McFarland, June Choi, Mack McCray, Belle Bulwinkle, Mike Greensill, pianos; Kelly Leo-Pearce & Phillip Santos, violins; Emil Miland & David Goldblatt, ‘cellos; Bob Colanico, clarinet. Works include The Audition of Molly Bloom, Les Hommages, Dreams, Four Songs in Blue, Sonata for Violin & Piano and Serenade for Piano, Violin and ‘Cello.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
$15; $12 students & seniors
Information: (415) 474-1608
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Sunday, May 11, 2008 – 2pm
Avedis Chamber Music Series
Alexandra Hawley, Roy Malan, Susan Freier, Stephen Harrison, and Paul Hersh
Flute, violin, cello, viola, and harpsichord
Beethoven, Mechem, Françaix, and Rutter
Legion of Honor
Lincoln Park
34th at Clement Street, San Francisco
Information: (415) 392-4400
www.avedisconcerts.org
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Monday, May 12, 2008 – 8pm
The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Quartet for the End of Time
Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, new work by Laurie San Martin for clarinet, violin, cello and piano; E. Carter's Con Legezza Pensosa for clarinet, violin and cello
142 Throckmorton Theatre
142 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley
www.ChamberMusicPartn.org
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Monday, May 12, 2008 – 8pm
Magnus Lindberg and Anssi Karttunen
Dos Coyotes: Magnus Lindberg works for cello and piano
Rafal Blechacz, Warsaw Chopin Competition Gold Medalist. Program: Mozart/Piano Sonata No 9 in D major, KV 311; Debussy/Estampes; Szymanowski/Variations in B flat minor, Op. 3; and Chopin/24 Preludes Op. 28.
Conservatory of Music Concert Hall
50 Oak Street, San Francisco
Information: (415) 398-6449
www.performances.org
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008 – 12:30pm
MIDSUMMER MOZART FESTIVAL ENSEMBLE
George Cleve, music director
Maria Tamburrino, flute / Robin Hansen, violin
Elizabeth Prior-Runnicles, viola / Dawn Foster-Dodson, cello
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Selections from “Die Zauberflote”
Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral
660 California Street, San Francisco
$5
www.NoontimeConcerts.org
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008 – 7:30pm
Various chamber ensembles
Classical chamber music selections performed by student ensembles, coached by the Alexander String Quartet
Knuth Hall, Creative Arts building
S.F. State, 1600 Holloway Ave., San Francisco
Information: (415) 338-1431
www.musicdance.sfsu.edu
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Thursday, May 15, 2008 – 8pm
The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Quartet for the End of Time:
Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, a new work by Laurie San Martin for clarinet, violin, cello and piano; E. Carter's Con Legezza Pensosa for clarinet, violin and cello
142 Throckmorton Theatre
142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley
Information: (415) 383-9600
www.142throckmortontheatre.com
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Friday, May 16, 2008 – 8pm
Fabrizio Ottaviucci
Works by Vandor, Caprioli, Cappelli, Tesei, Mencherini, and Sani
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
$15; $12 students & seniors
Information: (415) 474-1608
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Saturday, May 17, 2008 – 10am
Alexander String Quartet and Robert Greenberg
Franz Schubert's String Quartet No. 14, Death and the Maiden; George Crumb's Black Angels (Images I) for electric string quartet
Herbst Theatre
401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
Information: (415) 398-6449
www.performances.org
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Sunday, May 18, 2008 – 8pm
Laurel Ensemble
Flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano
Carter, Cohn, Larsen, Copland, Torke
SF Community Music Center
544 Capp Street, San Francisco
Information: (415) 647-6015
www.laurelensemble.com
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Sunday, May 18, 2008 – 4pm
Stefano Scodanibbio and sfSound
Scodannibbio's Bay Area Premieres of Mas lugares and Labore navigacionis
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
$15; $12 students & seniors
Information: (415) 474-1608
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Monday, May 19, 2008 – 8pm
The Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Quartet for the End of Time
Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, new work by Laurie San Martin for clarinet, violin, cello and piano; E. Carter's Con Legezza Pensosa for clarinet, violin and cello
The Green Room
San Francisco War Memorial Performing Arts Center
401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
Information: (415) 642-8054
www.ChamberMusicPartn.org
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008 – 8pm
The Laurel Ensemble
Brahms' Clarinet Quintet, Ravel's Introduction and Allegro, work TBA by James Cohn
Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant, Berkeley
Information: (510) 525-5211
www.berkeleychamberperform.org
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008 – 12:30pm
Jing Wang, violin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in B flat Major, K. 454
Ysaye: Sonata for Solo Violin, No. 4
Maurice Ravel: Tzigane
Mr. Wang is the first prize winner from the 22nd annual IRVING M. KLEIN INTERNATIONAL STRING COMPETITION.
This concert is supported in part with a grant from the Helen von Ammon Fund for Emerging Artists.
Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral
660 California Street, San Francisco
$5
www.NoontimeConcerts.org
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Tuesday, May 21, 2008 – 8pm
Laurel Ensemble
Brahms' Clarinet Quintet, Ravel's Introduction and Allegro, and a James Cohn premiere
142 Throckmorton Theatre
142 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley
Tickets: $20 general admission, $15 senior & students
www.berkeleychamberperform.org
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Friday, May 23, 2008 – 8pm
Edmund Welles
The bass clarinet quartet: Cornelius Boots, Aaron Novik, Jeff Anderle, Jonathan Russell
Boots' Apicultural Excursion Parts I and II, and other heavy chamber music
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
$15; $12 students & seniors
Information: (415) 474-1608
www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Friday, May 23, 2008 – 7:30pm
Young Peoples Chamber Orchestra
Strings ensemble with Linda Ghidossi LeLuca, director
Glaser Center
547 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa
Information: (707) 546-8742
www.santarosasymphony.com
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Saturday, May 24, 2008 – 7pm
Crowden Music Center 25th Anniversary Concert:
David Abel, George Cleve, Bonnie Hampton, Benjamin Simon, Julie Steinberg, and more
Bach, Bloch, Brahms, Cmiel, and Schubert
Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley campus
Bancroft Way at College Ave., Berkeley
Information: (510) 559-6910
www.crowden.org
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Sunday, May 25, 2008 – 2pm
Chamber Music San Francisco
Robin Sutherland, Piano
Program: J.S. Bach/Goldberg Variations
Florence Gould Theater
Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park
$34/$38/CBO
Information: (415) 392-4400
www.chambermusicsf.org
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008 – 12:30pm
William Corbett-Jones, piano
J. S. Bach: Capriccio in B-flat minor, “on the departure of his beloved brother”
W. A. Mozart: Sonata in C minor, K. 457
Leos Janacek: Three Short Pieces from “On the Overgrown Pass”
Bedrich Smetana: Two Polkas
Happy Birthday to William Corbett-Jones!
Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral
660 California Street, San Francisco
$5
www.NoontimeConcerts.org
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008 – 7pm
Earplay 23: Intricate Inventions (flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano)
Christopher Burns, Peter Maxwell Davies, Beat Furrer, Hector Parra, and Salvatore Sciarrino
Herbst Theatre
401 Van Ness, San Francisco
Information: (415) 392-4400
www.earplay.org
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Friday, May 30, 2008 – 5pm
Altenberg Trio
Presented by Mill Valley Chamber Music Society
Schubert: Trio in Bb, op. 99; Beethoven: Variations on “Ich bin der Schneider Kakdu”, op. 121a; Beethoven: “Ghost” Trio, op. 70 #1
The Mount Tamalpais Methodist Church
140 Sycamore Ave. (at Camino Alto), Mill Valley
$20. adults & seniors ; $!0. youths 18 yrs. or under and full-time college and university students with ID.
Information: (415) 381-4453 www.chambermusicmillvalley.org
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Friday, May 30, 2008 – 8pm
Ives Quartet
String quartet with guest cellist, Bonnie Hampton
Joseph Haydn's Quartet in D Minor, Quincy Porter's Quartet No. 2, Franz Schubert's Cello Quintet with guest cellist Bonnie Hampton
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
600 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto
Information; (650) 224-7849
www.ivesquartet.org
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Saturday, May 31, 2008 – 8:15pm
San Francisco Saxophone Quartet
Classical and jazz works arranged for and by the Quartet
Occidental Community Church
3637 Church Street, Occidental
Information: (707) 874-1124
www.redwoodarts.org
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Saturday, May 31, 2008 – 4pm
The New Esterházy Quartet
A Toast to Johann Tost: Haydn Quartets Op. 54, No. 1; Op. 55, No. 3; Op. 64, No.1
St Mark's Lutheran Church
1111 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco
Information: (510) 233-9403
www.newesterhazy.org
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Saturday, May 31, 2008 – 8pm
Ives Quartet
Joseph Haydn's Quartet in D Minor, Quincy Porter's Quartet No. 2, Franz Schubert's Cello Quintet with guest cellist Bonnie Hampton
Le Petit Trianon Theater
72 North Fifth Street, San Jose
Information: (650) 224-7849
www.ivesquartet.org
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