Tuesday, May 1, 2012 – 12pm
Conservatory Baroque Ensemble
Baroque cello class concert
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Sol Joseph Recital Hall, San Francisco
FREE
Information: (415) 503-6275
http://www.sfcm.edu
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012 – 12:30pm
Betty Woo, piano / Tom Rose, clarinet
Rezso Kokai: Four Hungarian Dances for Clarinet and Piano
More!
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral
660 California Street
San Francisco
Donation: $5
http://www.NoontimeConcerts.org
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Thursday, May 3, 2012 – 6pm
Music by the Bay
This unique evening of music and fun—presented before a stunning waterfront view of the San Francisco Bay—showcases the innovation and talent of California's oldest (and most enjoyable) professional chamber orchestra.
The event begins with an elegant champagne reception at 6:00, followed by a concert of Mozart, Prokofiev, and cabaret, starting at 7:00. Features include established vocalists Anja Strauss and Daniel Cilli, the return of rising star and Bay Area native Audrey Vardanega on piano, and a world premiere from the SFCO's "Incredible Shrinking Orchestra Project." A live auction at intermission features a short selection of must-have experiences, from wine tasting and private recitals, to a yacht cruise around the Bay and a vacation rental in Sun Valley during ski season. Gala tickets are $150 and $250 per person, with additional opportunities for sponsorship. Proceeds benefit the SFCO's complete season of admission-free concerts and educational programming.
The 2011-2012 season marks the 10th anniversary of Benjamin Simon's appointment to music director by founder Edgar Braun. The Chamber Orchestra's May 3 gala is an appropriate toast not only to their unique programming and exceptional talent, but also to his decade of successful leadership. Time will tell what further surprises lie ahead for the Bay Area's favorite chamber orchestra.
As the only professional orchestra in California offering a complete season of admission-free concerts, the SFCO is dedicated to making classical music fun and accessible to audiences of all ages and backgrounds in the Bay Area.
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
San Francisco
$150 - $250
Information: (415) 692-3367
http://www.sfchamberorchestra.org
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Friday, May 4, 2012 – 8pm
13 Ways of Looking at the Goldberg: Bach Reimagined
J.S. Bach: Aria, from Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Fred Lerdahl: Chasing Goldberg
Jennifer Higdon: The Gilmore
Bright Sheng: Variation
Lukas Foss: Goldmore
Derek Bermel: Kontraphunktus
Fred Hersch: Melancholy
C. Curtis-Smith: Rube Goldberg Variation
Stanley Walden: Fantasy Variation
Ryan Brown: Ornament
Mischa Zupko: Ghost Variation
David Del Tredici: My Goldberg
William Bolcom: Yet Another Goldberg Variation
Ralf Gothóni: Variation on Variation with Variation
J.S. Bach: Aria (Reprise), from Goldberg Variations
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
Information: (415) 474-1608
$17; $14 students & seniors
http://www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Friday, May 4, 2012 – 8pm
Amalia Piano Trio
Beethoven's Opus 1 signaled his readiness in 1795 to make his mark in the world of Viennese classical music, and 16 years later his final piano trio, the “Archduke”, epitomizes the breadth and warmth of Beethoven's Heroic Period. Rachmaninoff's youthful trio of 1892, at age 19, already shows in the virtuoso piano part his ability to evoke a wide spectrum of sound colors.
Formed in 1999, the Amelia Piano Trio was presented in Carnegie Hall debut in 2000 by their mentor Isaac Stern. Known for their charismatic and extroverted performances, they’ve been NPR Ensemble in- residence, and are now based in Oregon. “[The Amelia's] ...careful attention to balance, tonal beauty, and teamwork was exemplary.” - Strad Magazine; “Together they make music that is daring, lively and completely engrossing.” - The Seattle Times
Pre-concert talk at 6:15pm by Bill Meredith.
Free parking across the street from the venue.
San Jose Chamber Music Society
Le Petit Trianon, San Jose
$27-$42
Information: (408) 286-5111
http://www.sjchambermusic.org
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Friday, May 4, 2012 – 6:30pm
MATT SMALL TRIO
Ground Breaking Bay Area Collaborators Matt Small (bass player and composer) and Steve Adams (saxophonist and composer) perform with Grammy-Award Winning World Percussionist and founding member of Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble -
Shane Shanahan
Wilsey Court at the de Young Museum
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco
FREE
http://deyoung.famsf.org/deyoung/fridays
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Friday, May 4, 2012 – 8pm
Concerts in Marin: Assisi Quartet
San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Chamber Music in Marin present the Assisi Quartet in concert.
Join the Assisi Quartet for an intimate evening of chamber music in Novato. Formed in 2011 by award-winning scholarship students from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the Assisi String Quartet will perform string quartet masterworks by Haydn, Mendelssohn, and Debussy.
Assisi Quartet
Matthias McIntire & Emily Botel, violins
Deanna Badizadegan, viola
Laura Gaynon, cello
Free admission. Donations for artists accepted at the door. Please bring canned food for the Marin Food Bank.
Novato United Methodist Church
Novato
DONATIONS
Information: (415) 892-9896
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Saturday, May 5, 2012 – 10am
The Alexander String Quartet and Robert Greenberg
San Francisco Performances
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
$37
Information: (415) 398-6449
http://www.performances.org
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Saturday. May 5, 2012 – 7pm
Duo Fado celebrates Cinco de Mayo at Salle Pianos
Salle Pianos presents Melinda Becker, mezzo soprano and guitarist Thomas Walsh of Duo Fado in a recital of Spanish and Mexican art songs to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. The program includes songs in Catalan, Spanish, Ladino (Sephardic language), Nahuatl (Aztec language) and Portuguese. The duo will perform songs by Mexican composer Salvador Moreno, Valencian composers Joaquín Rodrigo, Vicente Asencio, and Matilde Salvador, as well as traditional Fado and Mariachi arrangements. The evening will include projections featuring Frida Kahlo's private photography collection and the art of Mexican artists Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros. Hors d'oeuvres and drinks will be provided.
Salle Pianos & Events
San Francisco
Suggested Donation $30, $20 students
Information: (415) 240-2181
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Saturday, May 5, 2012 – 7:30pm
USAF's Travis Brass Ensemble
As part of Seventh Avenue Performances Free Concerts Series, the United States Air Forces' Band of the Golden West Travis Brass Ensemble makes their debut on Seventh Avenue with this concert of popular and symphonic music arranged for brass.
Travis Brass is the multitalented brass group of the United States Air Force Band of the Golden West. From a standard march or traditional brass composition to jazz, ragtime and the popular music of today, this group’s diverse repertoire covers a myriad of styles to exhilarate audiences.
Throughout the West Coast, Travis Brass focuses on educational outreach through hands-on clinics, master classes and interactive concerts for aspiring musicians of all ages. Additionally, Travis Brass shares their enthusiasm and expertise, customizing every performance to provide entertainment for community relations concerts, TV shows and professional sporting events, as well as honoring military personnel.
Travis Brass is featured on the recording “Wood ‘n Brass” and most recently appeared on the local television show Good Day Sacramento.
These talented artists are active duty professional musicians working in support of Air Mobility Command and the surrounding communities. Travis Brass’ blend of sound, style and humor make them an entertaining ensemble, putting an evolutionary spin on music for tomorrow.
No reservations or tickets are required - just come and enjoy the concert!
Seventh Avenue Performances
Seventh Avenue Presbyterian Church, San Francisco
FREE
Information: (415) 664-2543 x3
http://www.sevenperforms.org
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Saturday, May 5, 2012 – 8pm
G.S. Sachdev, Indian flute and Swapan Chaudhuri, tabla
G.S. Sachdev is recognized worldwide as one of the premier performers of the bansuri, the traditional Indian flute. The depth of emotion he evokes from a simple length of bamboo is truly awe-inspiring. This music is handed down from master to student, generation to generation. With Sachdev's superb technical artistry, powerful devotion to the Indian Classical idiom and profound love for his instrument, he has carved out a place for the bansuri as a beautiful exponent of Indian music.
Sachdev takes the listener with him on a highly personal and reflective journey of improvisation in Indian classical music that transcends all geographic boundaries of musical origin and style, and touches to the very core of universal musical expression.
Swapan Chaudhuri started learning tabla at the age of five. He bases his style on the intensive training he received from his Guru, the late Pandit Santosh Krishna Biswas of Calcutta, the eminent exponent of the Lucknow Gharana.
Chaudhuri's music is the spontaneous expression of his powerful emotions and his deep knowledge of tabla. It is undoubtedly through his clarity and elegance of performance, both as an accompanist and as a soloist, that he has achieved such notoriety throughout the world as a true master of tabla.
CIIS Public Programs & Performances
Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, San Francisco
$25/$35/$50/$65
Information: (415) 392-4400
http://www.ciis.edu/About_CIIS/Public_Programs.html
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Saturday, May 5, 2012 – 8pm
Master Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra with Akimi Fukuhara
David Ramadanoff and MSCO present an all Beethoven concert, performing his Overture to the Creatures of Prometheus, Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, and Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, “Eroica.” Akimi Fukuhara is the piano soloist. Includes free reception with the artists.
Praised in the New York Times for her “energetic” and “shapely read” performances, pianist Akimi Fukuhara has appeared at many prestigious venues in the U.S.A.—Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall and Peter J. Sharp Theater in Lincoln Center, Bargemusic, Le Poisson Rouge, and the Millennium Stage in Kennedy Center. Ms. Fukuhara has also performed extensively in Europe and throughout Japan.
Ms. Fukuhara was born in Osaka, Japan, and started playing the piano under the tutelage of Makie Tago in Osaka, and later with Mie Ishii in Tokyo. She made her recital debut at the age of 12 in Tokyo’s prestigious Suntory Hall, and her solo debut with the World Youth Symphony Orchestra at the Interlochen Summer Arts Academy in Michigan the following year. She came to the United States at the age of 15, and a year later won the California Youth Symphony Concerto Competition.
She studied at San Francisco Conservatory of Music with Mack McCray and Sharon Mann and attained a Bachelor of Music degree. Subsequently, Akimi was awarded the Susan W. Rose Scholarship at the Juilliard School.
Ms. Fukuhara resides in New York City, and continues to expand her performing career both as soloist and chamber music artist.
Valley Presbyterian Church
Portola Valley
$5-$20
Information: (650) 348-1270
http://www.mastersinfonia.org
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Saturday, May 5, 2012 – 8pm
Ohlone Chamber Singers Final Concert: Of Thee I Sing
Ohlone College
Ohlone Chamber Singers
Of Thee I Sing
The Ohlone Chamber Singers presents its final concert of the year. Of Thee I Sing is a celebration of American music and features the choral music of William Billings, Aaron Copland, and Mack Wilberg.
Smith Center at Ohlone College
43600 Mission Boulevard
Fremont
$10-$15
Information: (510) 659-6031
http://www.smithcenter.com
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Sunday, May 6, 2012 – 3pm
The Coulter/Phillips Ensemble
The Coulter/Phillips Ensemble is an instrumental ensemble from Santa Cruz, CA, which performs traditional folk music from the Celtic, Scandinavian, and American folk music traditions. The group plays guitar, cello, flute, harp, oboe, English horn, and tabla. All members of the CPE have classical training on their instruments and apply that training to their vituosic performances and chamber music style arrangements of traditional folk music.
The tunes range from poignant slow airs to rip roaring jigs and reels to contemplative Shaker hymns. The group has been working together since 1983, where they met while at the University of California Santa Cruz. In 1985 they released their first album, Orison, and have since released over 20 more albums with Gourd music, a local independent label.
The core group, William Coulter, Barry Phillips, and Shelley Phillips, all attended the San Francisco Conservatory of Music together and received masters degrees in music. Besides continuing to make music, William and Barry are recording engineers, and Shelley founded the Community Music School of Santa Cruz. All of the members teach at music festivals every summer; they have performed in Ireland, Taiwan, Germany, and all over the US.
Montalvo Arts Center (Previously Villa Montalvo)
Saratoga
$10-$30
Information: (408) 961-5858
http://montalvoarts.org
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Sunday, May 6, 2012 – 4pm
San Francisco Conservatory of Music: Chamber Music Honors Concert
The May 6 Chamber Music Honors Concert will present the three most outstanding performances from the entire San Francisco Conservatory Chamber Music Program, as voted on by the nine professors of the course. These will be students who have spent an entire semester rehearsing, coaching and performing these works, and who are among the finest students at the Conservatory.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
Information: (415) 474-1608
$17; $14 students & seniors
http://www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Sunday, May 6, 2012 – 5pm
Salon Classique in Forest Hill
Karsten Windt Music Presentation invites you to
SALON CLASSIQUE in Forest Hill
The Savor of Chamber Music
Kindly hosted by
Phil & Sally Kipper and Michael & Anna Bolechowski
Some of the finest chamber musicians of the Bay Area will perform a special program for strings that features the double bass, a rare guest to the chamber music repertoire. Bassist Charles Chandler from the SF Symphony is joined by his colleagues Katie Kadarauch, violin, David Kim, viola, and Angela Lee, cellist of The Lee Trio. Karsten Windt, former violinist of the Deutsche Symphony Berlin and founding director of SALON CLASSIQUE, will provide entertaining introductions with examples of the music.
The concert opens with the Divertimento in E flat for Viola, Cello and Bass, a hidden treasure by Joseph Haydn‘s brother Michael of Salzburg, Austria, who was a dear friend of Mozart. It will be followed by Rossini‘s joyful Duetto for Cello and Double Bass, which delightfully displays the spirit of the Italian opera, and the glorious second String Quintet Op. 77 by Czech composer Antonin Dvorák. The audience will be seated in close circles around the musicians in the beautiful and historic Bernard Maybeck designed Forest Hill Club House.
Karsten Windt Music Presentation
Forest Hill Clubhouse, San Francisco
$45
Information: (415) 867-9416
http://www.salonclassique.org
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Sunday, May 6, 2012 – 7pm
Brandenburg Concertos
The dazzling baroque ensemble “Archetti” will perform two of Bach’s merry masterpieces – Brandenburgs #3 and #6 – and works by Gabrieli and Handel.
Chamber Music San Francisco
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
$34 - $44
Information: (415) 392-4400
http://www.chambermusicsf.org
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Sunday, May 6, 2012 – 7pm
Ives Quartet : Spring Concert Series
Mozart String Quartet in D Major, K. 575
Hoping for the same favor Haydn had in dedicating Op. 50 to the King of Prussia, Mozart set out to compose a set for him, and this is the first of three he completed. The cello part is particularly prominent since the King was a fine amateur cellist.
Lurie String Quartet commission Many times IQ has speculated, “Wouldn’t it be great if that wonderful composer of musicals, popular music or film scores had written a string quartet?” Now awardwinning Hollywood composer, arranger, and Palo Alto native, Deborah Lurie, has been asked to do just that with support from the Argosy Foundation.
Debussy String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10
Debussy was becoming Debussy in 1893 when he composed his first and only string quartet. While still adhering to fairly traditional forms, he was developing new, scintillating sonorities that became known as “Impressionism.”
Ives Quartet
Le Petit Trianon, San Jose
$15-$25
Information: (650) 224-7849
http://www.ivesquartet.org
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Sunday, May 6, 2012 – 7:30pm
Noertker's Moxie Quintet
Annelise Zamula - tenor saxophone, flute
Amber Lamprecht - oboe, flute
John Vaughn - baritone sax, flute
Bill Noertker - contrabass
Dax Compise - drums
also appearing
Dave Mihaly
solo piano
Outsound presents
SIMM New Music Series
Musicians' Union Hall
116 Ninth Street (near Mission), San Francisco
$10 general • $8 students & seniors
Information: (415) 905-4425
http://www.noertker.com
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Monday, May 7, 2012 – 8pm
BNMP/Eco Ensemble
David Milnes, director
New works from UC Berkeley graduate composers featuring our resident professional new music ensemble.
Ticket costs: $15 general; $10 senior, students, groups of 10 or more; $5 UC Berkeley students
UC Berkeley Music Department
Hertz Hall, Berkeley
$5 to $15
Information: (510) 642-4864
http://music.berkeley.edu
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012 – 12:30pm
Tien Hsieh, piano
Transcriptions: Bach and Liszt
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral
660 California Street
San Francisco
Donation: $5
http://www.NoontimeConcerts.org
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012 – 7pm
SF State Wind Ensemble
SFSU School of Music and Dance
Knuth Hall, SF State University Creative Arts Building
San Francisco
FREE
Information: (415) 338-2467
http://musicdance.sfsu.edu
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012 – 10am
Zwilich World Premiere, Open Rehearsal
New Century Chamber Orchestra ends their 20th Anniversary Season with the World Premiere of Ellen Zwilich's La Commedia dell'Arte, written especially for Music Director Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. As the New York Times warmly notes of Ms. Zwilich, "she writes in an idiosyncratic style that, without ostentation or gimmickry, is always recognizably hers."
New Century will also perform work of Grieg, Schoenberg, and Heidrich.
New Century Chamber Orchestra
Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
$8
Information: (415) 357-1111
http://www.ncco.org
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012 – 7pm
Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble of SF State
The Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble of SF State performs a wide variety of Cuban of styles and genres from Cuba and Latin America, along with the sounds of today. Directed by John Calloway.
SFSU School of Music and Dance
Knuth Hall, SF State University Creative Arts Building
San Francisco
FREE
Information: (415) 338-2467
http://musicdance.sfsu.edu
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Thursday, May 10, 2012 – 8pm
Zwilich World Premiere
New Century Chamber Orchestra ends their 20th Anniversary Season with the World Premiere of Ellen Zwilich's La Commedia dell'Arte, written especially for Music Director Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. As the New York Times warmly notes of Ms. Zwilich, "she writes in an idiosyncratic style that, without ostentation or gimmickry, is always recognizably hers."
New Century will also perform work of Grieg, Schoenberg, and Heidrich.
New Century Chamber Orchestra
First Congregational Church, Berkeley
$29-49
Information: (415) 357-1111
http://www.ncco.org
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Friday, May 11, 2012 – 7pm
Aperitif with Shostakovich
Aperitif Concerts at 405 Shrader (on the Panhandle) are about 50 minutes in length.
The Shostakovich viola sonata opus 147 is his last composition.
Violist Don Ehrlich served as assistant principal violist of the San Francisco Symphony for 25 years, retiring in 2006. He is currently on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Mo. Ehrlich has been a member of the Aurora and Stanford string quartets and is principal viola of the Mendocino Music Festival. He plays an ergonomically corrected Pellegrina model viola designed and made by David Rivinus of Portland, Oregon.
Pianist Theodora Carson received her Masters of Music from San Francisco Conservatory, where she studied with Paul Hersh. She has a Post Graduate Diploma from Boston Conservatory, where she was also on staff as a vocal and instrumental accompanist. Mlle. Carson currently performs with the Park Presidio Chamber Players of which she is the director.
405 Shrader
San Francisco
No charge but RSVP necessary
Information: (415) 831-4241
http://www.405shrader.com
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Friday, May 11, 2012 – 8pm
Zwilich World Premiere
New Century Chamber Orchestra ends their 20th Anniversary Season with the World Premiere of Ellen Zwilich's La Commedia dell'Arte, written especially for Music Director Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. As the New York Times warmly notes of Ms. Zwilich, "she writes in an idiosyncratic style that, without ostentation or gimmickry, is always recognizably hers."
New Century will also perform work of Grieg, Schoenberg, and Heidrich.
New Century Chamber Orchestra
First United Methodist Church, Palo Alto
$29-49
Information: (415) 357-1111
http://www.ncco.org
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Friday, May 11, 2012 – 8pm
Joel Fan
Pianist Joel Fan is one of the most dynamic and accomplished musicians performing before the public today. He is consistently acclaimed for his recitals, recordings, and appearances with orchestras throughout the world. His concerts attract a wide range of audiences, as he has eagerly embraced traditional piano literature as well as an eclectic range of repertoire, including new music commissioned especially for him, world music, and his own transcriptions. Mr. Fan's engaging personality, technical assurance, lyricism, and sheer musicality win over audiences wherever he performs. As a recording artist, Mr. Fan scored two consecutive Billboard Top 10 Debuts with his solo CDs, World Keys and West of the Sun. As a "champion of new music" (Boston Globe), Mr. Fan is passionate about expanding the repertoire written for the piano, having embarked on a multi-year commissioning project of several solo piano and concerto works. In 2006, he commissioned, performed and recorded the world premiere of Leon Kirchner's Sonata No. 3, 'The Forbidden'.
Old First Church
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco
Information: (415) 474-1608
$17; $14 students & seniors
http://www.oldfirstconcerts.org
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Saturday. May 12, 2012 – 7pm
Chamber Music of Note
Rather than perform the large warhorses of the classical repertoire, this concert presents intimate, impassioned works that make the audience feel part of the show. What better way to celebrate the Spring than to bring your musical imagination to the Community Music Center to hear Chamber Music of Note. This free concert brings together three Bay Area chamber groups: The Lestat Trio, the Windward Quintet and the Brassavola Brass Quintet for a memorable night of performance.
Brassavola
Community Music Center, San Francisco
FREE
Information: (415) 647-6015
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Sunday, May 13, 2012 – 3pm
Concert of New Chamber Music
The ensemble Sounds New combined music by living composers, professional-level playing, and good programming. The result was an interesting and refreshing concert.
(A San Francisco Classical Voice review.)
Sounds New
Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, Kensington
$20/$15
Information: (510) 524-2912
http://www.SoundsNewUS.org
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Sunday, May 13, 2012 – 4:30pm
The Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society presents
a special Mothers Day performance by
Amina Figarova Sextet
with special guest vocalist, Jackie Ryan
Azerbaijan-born Amina Figarova is a globe-trotting, Rotterdam-based composer/pianist/bandleader with more than a dozen recordings to her credit. With her husband, Bart Platteau, Figarova arranges and plays artful and heartfelt changes on the urbane, bluesy lyricism originally developed by the likes of Miles Davis, Horace Silver, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, et al. Amina made her recording debut with Attraction in 1994, and was accepted into the prestigious Thelonious Monk Jazz Colony in Aspen, Colorado in 1998. Her CD Sketches, was described as “a beautiful mingling of her talents, fleshed out through a blend of inviting grooving and ornate runs.” She will be performing from her new CD, Twelve, to be released in May. .
The Band
Amina Figarova - piano (New York, USA - Rotterdam, the Netherlands - Baku, Azerbaijan); Bart Platteau - flutes (New York, USA - Rotterdam, the Netherlands); Ernie Hammes - trumpet (Luxembourg); Marc Mommaas - tenorsax (New York, USA - Amsterdam, the Netherlands); Jeroen Vierdag - bass (Amsterdam, the Netherlands); Chris "Buckshot" Strik - drums (Breda, the Netherlands); Special guest: Jackie Ryan - vocals (Mill Valley, CA)
Douglas Beach House
Half Moon Bay
$35
http://www.bachddsoc.org
http://www.aminafigarova.com
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Sunday, May 13, 2012 – 5pm
Zwilich World Premiere
New Century Chamber Orchestra ends their 20th Anniversary Season with the World Premiere of Ellen Zwilich's La Commedia dell'Arte, written especially for Music Director Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. As the New York Times warmly notes of Ms. Zwilich, "she writes in an idiosyncratic style that, without ostentation or gimmickry, is always recognizably hers."
New Century will also perform work of Grieg, Schoenberg, and Heidrich.
New Century Chamber Orchestra
Osher Marin JCC, Hoytt Theater, San Rafael
$29-49
Information: (415) 357-1111
http://www.ncco.org
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012 – 12:30pm
Mayumi Kanagawa, violin with Dmitriy Cogan, piano
Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto
Claude Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano
Camille Saint-Saens: Havanaise
Mayumi Kanagawa is first-prize winner in the 2011 Irving M. Klein International String Competition.
This concert is supported by a grant from the Helen von Ammon Fund for Emerging Artists.
Old Saint Mary's Cathedral
660 California Street
San Francisco
Donation: $5
http://www.NoontimeConcerts.org
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012 – 12pm
San Francisco Piano Trio
The San Francisco Piano Trio, featuring German violinist Axel Strauss, French cellist Jean-Michel Fonteneau, violinist; and American pianist Jeffrey Sykes, has quickly established itself as a top-flight ensemble. The trio has been praised for its virtuosic ensemble playing throughout a wide repertoire ranging from the trios of Haydn and Beethoven to those of Leon Kirchner and Astor Piazzolla.
Cal State University East Bay (Hayward) Dept. of Music
CSUEB Music Bldg. Recital Hall, MB1055
Hayward
FREE
Information: (510) 885-3167
http://music.csueastbay.edu/welcome.php
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Tuesday, May 15th, 7:30pm
Locaphonic presents: Strings, Song, and Supper at Greens Restaurant
Music by the Real Vocal String Quartet, menu by Annie Somerville
Locaphonic promotes local musicians in collaboration with culinary artists, bringing the finest of the Bay Area's locally-sourced talent. Our first event is coming up on May 15th, and will be a delightful evening with music performed by the superb Real Vocal String Quartet, and an enticing menu created especially for the evening by Greens head chef, Annie Somerville. More info and full menu at http://www.eventbrite.com/<wbr>event/3403182009
or www.locaphonic.org
Greens RestaurantFort Mason, Building ASan Francisco, CA 94123
$95 (includes dinner, wine, concert, tax and gratuities)
Information: www.locaphonic.org
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Thursday, May 17, 2012 – 8pm
The Pacific Exchange 2012
The Pacific Exchange brings composers and performers from diverse areas of the Pacific Rim together in order to exchange ideas and create music on a shared concert stage. Thingamajigs created this event to emphasize the commonalities of artists living on the Pacific Rim, as well as to showcase their diversity. We ask artists, ‘what does the Pacific Rim mean to you and how does it affect your music’. Thingamajigs, with composers and performers from Seattle, Tokyo, and Los Angeles, will host concerts, workshops, and demonstrations to foster an exchange of ideas with the local community.
Along with our Pacific Exchange concert at the Meridian Gallery, Thingamajigs will be in residence at the Oakland Museum of California for three weeks to offer interactive concerts of music created with objects from the museum’s collection. These reinterpretations of objects into performance will stimulate innovation and creativity for all ages.
Artists and groups involved in this year’s Pacific Exchange events include Paul Kikuchi (Seattle) and Tide Tables, Tatsuya Nakatani (Japan) and the Thingamajigs Performance Group (Oakland).
Thingamajigs
Meridian Gallery, San Francisco
$10 - $15
Information: (510) 444-1322
http://www.thingamajigs.org
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