Upcoming
12pm PT, January 28, 2021
UC Davis Shinkoskey Noon Concert with Left Coast Ensemble
Where: Online
Program: Melinda Wagner Romanze with Faux Variations with Anna Pressler, violin, and Leighton Fong, cello
7:30pm PT, February 8, 2021
Left Coast Virtual Event - premiere of Spun Light by Mark Winges
Where: Online. Find link here
Program: Spun Light by Mark Winges, a socially distanced violin concerto
3pm PT, February 14, 2021
Delphi Trio at San Jose Chamber Orchestra Chamber Music Potpourri
Where: Online
Details: Members of Delphi join the San Jose Chamber Orchestra for their chamber music potpourri concert celebrating Valentine’s Day.
Program: TBA
7pm PT, February 15, 2021
Delphi Trio at Rossmoor Chamber Music Society
Where: Online, closed circuit TV
Details: Delphi looks forward to returning to Rossmoor!
Program: TBA
February/March, 2021
Red Note New Music Festival with Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Where: Online, hosted by Illinois State University
Program: Now in its fourteenth season, the RED NOTE New Music Festival at Illinois State University is a week-long event which features outstanding performances of contemporary concert music. Highlights of past seasons include appearances by Spektral Quartet, Ensemble Dal Niente, Momenta Quartet, the City of Tomorrow, Ensemble Mise-En, Del Sol Quartet, Fifth House Ensemble, Iridium Quartet, and loadbang. Featured guest composers have included William Bolcom, Chen Yi, Stephen Hartke, Sydney Hodkinson, Lee Hyla, Steven Stucky, Augusta Read Thomas, and Joan Tower. RED NOTE also holds an annual Composition Competition which brings in entries from around the world.
7pm PT, March 20, 2021
Delphi Trio Plays with Gold Coast Chamber Players - Love Story
Where: Online
Details: Streamed via YouTube Live. Pre-concert talk at 6:30pm.
Tickets: $30 - purchase here.
Program: A great romance from a 19th century power couple: Clara and Robert Schumann. Delphi is thrilled to be joined by Gold Coast’s Artistic Director Pamela Freund-Striplen.
Clara Schumann – Trio in G minor, Op. 17
Robert Schumann – Piano Quartet in Eb Major, Op. 47 (with Pamela Freund-Striplen, viola)
7:30pm PT, May 3, 2021
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble - Long Distance Call
Where: Online
Tickets: This event is free to join, but we ask you to consider making a donation of $25, or whatever you’re able.
Program:
Laura Rose Schwartz - New Work for Distanced Soprano, Flute, Cello, and Piano
Ryan Suleiman - New Work for Distanced Soprano, Flute, Cello, and Piano
George Lewis - Emergent flute and live electronics
Louise Farrenc - Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano, Op. 45
Responding to the safety measures required in the pandemic, Left Coast has commissioned new works conceived as long distance conversations between a piano trio and a soprano. Laura Rose Schwartz and Ryan Suleiman will each write a new work, using a call and response model: the singer and ensemble alternate in sending each other musical postcards! Music by Frederic Rzewski, George Lewis, and Louise Farrenc completes the program.
Past
6:30pm December 3, 2020
Where: Online
Tickets: Free
Program: A Christmas concert with Dennis Kim, violin, and Jonah Kim, cello
7:30pm PT, October 11, 2021
Delphi Trio at Noe Music
Where: Online
Program:
DANNY CLAY Circle Dash (work-in-progress premiere!)
CLARA SCHUMANN Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17
JOHANNES BRAHMS Piano Trio in C Major, Op. 87
October 5-8, 2020
Catapult Opera's Accelerate Competition Music Video
Where: Online
Tickets: Free
Program: Launch of music video on a scene from David Hertzberg's opera Wake World. Sara LeMesh, soprano
8pm, August 28, 2020
San Francisco International Piano Festival
Where: Online livestream
Tickets: Free
Program:
Beethoven 250 - Live! Allegra performs Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in E Major, Op. 109.
8:45pm EST, August 28, 2020
Where: Online livestream link
Warwick Drive-In Movie Theater, 5 Warwick Turnpike, Warwick, NY
Online: $5
In-person: $10/person or $20/car
Program: Screening of Chordless's new music video, The Night in Silence.
CANCELED 7:30pm, May 4, 2020
Where: Taube Atrium Theater, 401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco
Program:
Richard Aldag – Songs of Majnūn Leyla (2018) for tenor, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano, and percussion
World premiere
Hyo-shin Na – new work (2020) for oboe, clarinet, viola, and cello
World premiere, Earplay commission
Kaija Saariaho – Je sens un deuxième coeur (2003) for viola, cello, and piano
Jen Wang – new work (2020) for flute, clarinet, and violin
World premiere, Earplay commission
CANCELED 2pm, March 28, 2019
Grieg Piano Concerto with Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra, Paul Schrage, conductor
Where: El Campanil Theater, 602 W 2nd St., Antioch
Tickets: $7-$20. Buy here or call (925) 757-9500.
Program: A Nordic Adventure
Nielsen: An Imaginary Journey to the Faroe Islands
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor
Sibelius: Symphony No. 3
CANCELED 7pm, March 29, 2020
Grieg Piano Concerto with Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra, Paul Schrage, conductor
Where: Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek
Tickets: Buy here or call (925) 943-7469 (SHOW). Tickets on sale February 2.
Program: A Nordic Adventure
Nielsen: An Imaginary Journey to the Faroe Islands
Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor
Sibelius: Symphony No. 3
7:30pm, March 9, 2020
Left Coast Ensemble - Fairytale Pieces
Where: San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Recital Hall, 50 Oak Street, San Francisco
Program:
Robert Schumann – Fairytale Pieces, Op. 13
Chris Castro – Coyote Goes to the Sky and Birds of Fortune - Featuring guest storyteller Susan Strauss
Carl Schimmel – Ladle Rat Rotten Hut WORLD PREMIERE
Music illuminates folklore in Schumann's Fairytale Pieces for viola and piano, Chris Castro's musical rendition of myths about Coyote and Old Man Farmer, and Carl Schimmel's Ladle Rat Rotten Hut––a topsy turvy Little Red Riding Hood for the 21st Century. Featuring guest storyteller Susan Strauss
CANCELED 7:30pm, March 8, 2019
Left Coast Ensemble - Fairytale Pieces
Where: Berkeley Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley
Program:
Robert Schumann – Fairytale Pieces, Op. 13
Chris Castro – Coyote Goes to the Sky and Birds of Fortune - Featuring guest storyteller Susan Strauss
Carl Schimmel – Ladle Rat Rotten Hut WORLD PREMIERE
Music illuminates folklore in Schumann's Fairytale Pieces for viola and piano, Chris Castro's musical rendition of myths about Coyote and Old Man Farmer, and Carl Schimmel's Ladle Rat Rotten Hut––a topsy turvy Little Red Riding Hood for the 21st Century. Featuring guest storyteller Susan Strauss.
5:30pm, February 16, 2020
Concerts by the Square with Liana Berube, violin, and Robert Howard, cello
Where: 1469 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA
Tickets: Reserve here
Program: TBD
12:30pm, February 11, 2020
Noontime Concerts with Tom Stone, violin, and Laura Gaynon, cello
Where: Old St. Mary's Cathedral, 660 California St., San Francisco, CA
Tickets: Free
Program:
Sergei Rachmaninov: Trio élégiaque in G minor
Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio in C Major, Opus 87
8pm, January 30, 2020
Ensemble Illume at Saratoga Foothill Club
Where: Saratoga Foothill Club
8pm, January 24, 2020
Chordless at Old First Concerts
Where: Old First Concerts, 1751 Sacramento St.
Program: A duo that is passionate about creating welcoming spaces to explore and appreciate music that has historically been ignored or is brand new, performing a world premiere by Benjamin Pesetsky, along with works by Copland, Messiaen, Strozzi, and more.
7:30pm, January 17, 2020
Santa Rosa Junior College with Delphi Trio
Where: Santa Rosa Junior College, Newman Auditorium, Emeritus Hall
Program:
Haydn: Trio in E Major, Hob. XV:28
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2, Opus 67
Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio in C Major, Opus 87
7:30pm, January 14, 2020
Berkeley Chamber Concerts with Delphi Trio
Where: Berkeley City Club, 2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley
Program:
Toru Takemitsu: Between Tides
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2, Opus 67
Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio in C Major, Opus 87
2pm, January 12, 2020
Berkeley Chamber Concerts with Delphi Trio
Where: Cloverdale Performing Arts Center, 209 Cloverdale Blvd., Cloverdale, CA
Program:
Toru Takemitsu: Between Tides
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2, Opus 67
Johannes Brahms: Piano Trio in C Major, Opus 87
November 11-12, 2019
Wunsch New Music Festival with Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Where: University of Kansas
Program: Works by Melinda Wagner, Mei-Fang Lin, Jennifer Higdon, and Sheila Silver.
October 18-19, 2019
Bard Music West: The World of Grażyna Bacewicz
Where: Noe Valley Ministry, 1021 Sanchez St., San Francisco
Tickets: $30-$50
Program: Curated by artistic directors Allegra Chapman and Laura Gaynon. The first American music festival dedicated to the great, overlooked Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz. Discover her story in three emceed programs of solo, chamber, and vocal works interweaving narrative and music.
3pm, October 6, 2019
Chordless at San Francisco Music Day
Where: Veterans Building, 401 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco
Tickets: Free
Program: TBD with soprano Sara LeMesh
2pm, August 25, 2019
Delphi Trio at Saint-Gaudens Summer Concert Series
Where: Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park, 19 Saint Gaudens Road, Cornish, NH
Tickets: Free
Program: Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor, Bolcom Piano Trio, Beethoven Piano Trio in Eb Major, Op. 1, No. 1
6:30-8:30pm, August 24, 2019
Delphi Trio at West Claremont Center for the Arts
Where: West Claremont Center for the Arts, 133 Old Church Road, Claremont, NH
Program: Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor, Bolcom Piano Trio, Beethoven Piano Trio in Eb Major, Op. 1, No. 1
3pm, August 9, 10, 11, 2019
GARRETT + MOULTON PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS: FOUR ACTS OF LIGHT & WONDER – An Evening of Dance and Live Music
Featuring Three Premieres, a New Large-Scale Ball Passing Work and 40+ Performers
Where: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Tickets: $35-$42
Program: Mozart selections for solo piano; Jonathan Russell Twelve Bean Groove Machine and other works for ensemble