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Upcoming
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
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.
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.
12pm, November 27, 2019
Chordless at Throckmorton Noontime Concerts
Where: Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley, CA
Tickets: Free
Program: TBD with soprano Sara LeMesh
Past
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
12:30pm, July 30, 2019
Noontime Concerts solo recital - "Women Composers Take Center Stage"
Where: Old St. Mary's Cathedral, 660 California St., San Francisco, CA
Tickets: Free
Program: Grażyna Bacewicz: 10 Studies for Piano (selections); Thomas Adès: Three Mazurkas, Op. 27; Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle, Op. 60; Agata Zubel: Three Miniatures; Grażyna Bacewicz: Sonata No. 2
4pm, July 28, 2019
Solo recital at Old First Church
Where: Old First Church, 1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA
Tickets: $25 general; $5 students
Program: Maria Szymanowska Mazurka in Bb Major; Grażyna Bacewicz: 10 Studies for Piano (selections); Thomas Adès: Three Mazurkas, Op. 27; Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle, Op. 60; Agata Zubel: Three Miniatures; Grażyna Bacewicz: Sonata No. 2
12:30pm, July 23, 2019
Where: Old St. Mary's Cathedral, 660 California St., San Francisco, CA
Tickets: Free
Program: Robert Schumann Piano Quartet in Eb Major, Op. 47 with Cecily Ward, violin, Tom Stone, viola, and Jessamyn Fry, cello
June 7, 2019
Ensemble Illume at Old First Church
Where: Old First Church, 1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA
Tickets:
Program: Brahms Trio in A minor, Op. 114; Kaija Saariaho Je sens un deuxième coeur
June 4, 2019
Ensemble Illume at Noontime Concerts
Where: Old St. Mary's Cathedral, 660 California St., San Francisco, CA
Tickets: Free
Program: Brahms Trio in A minor, Op. 114; Kaija Saariaho Je sens un deuxième coeur
May 20, 2019
Earplay at Herbst Theatre
Where: Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA
Tickets: at the door
Program: Olly Wilson's Piano Trio
May 11, 2019
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players at SFJazz
Where: SFJazz, 201 Franklin St., San Francisco, CA
Tickets: https://sfcmp.org/individual-tickets/?eid=26856
Program: Julius Eastman Gay Guerilla for two pianos with Kate Campbell
May 10, 2019
Solo show at 405 Shrader
Where: 405 Shrader St., San Francisco, CA
Tickets: see Brown Paper Tickets link at http://www.405shrader.com
Program: Beethoven Sonata in E Major, Op. 109; Grażyna Bacewicz Piano Sonata No. 2; Phyllis Chen works for toy piano; Chopin Barcarolle, Op. 60
April 21, 2019
Ensemble Illume at St. Alban's Third Sunday Concert Series
Where: St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 1501 Washington Ave., Albany, CA
Tickets:
Program: Brahms Trio in A minor, Op. 114; Kaija Saariaho Je sens un deuxième coeur
April 13, 2019
Ensemble Illume at Sunset Music and Arts
Where: Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, 1750 29th Ave, San Francisco, CA
Tickets:
Program: Brahms Trio in A minor, Op. 114; Kaija Saariaho Je sens un deuxième coeur
April 10, 2019
Ensemble Illume at Throckmorton Noontime Concerts
Where: Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley, CA
Tickets:
Program: Brahms Trio in A minor, Op. 114; Kaija Saariaho Je sens un deuxième coeur
Sunday, March 31, 2019, 2:30pm
Bard Music West Plays - Games and Revolutions
Where: San Jose - home performance space of Vivian Fung. Address will be made available after purchase.
Tickets: Pay what you can, suggested minimum of $15. Buy here.
Program: works by Danny Clay, Gabriella Smith, Phyllis Chen, Joseph Haydn, and others
Saturday, March 30, 2019, 1pm
Bard Music West Plays - Games and Revolutions
Where: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2155 Center St., Berkeley, CA
Tickets: Free with museum admission.
Program: works by Danny Clay, Gabriella Smith, Phyllis Chen, Joseph Haydn, and others
Saturday, March 29, 2019, 7:30pm
Bard Music West Plays - Games and Revolutions
Where: The Fireside Room of Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, 505 E Charleston Rd., Palo Alto, CA
Tickets: Pay what you can, suggested minimum of $15. Buy here.
Program: works by Danny Clay, Gabriella Smith, Phyllis Chen, Joseph Haydn, and others
Thursday, March 28, 2019, 8pm
Bard Music West Plays - Games and Revolutions
Where: Center for New Music, 55 Taylor St., San Francisco, CA
Tickets: Buy here
Program: works by Danny Clay, Gabriella Smith, Phyllis Chen, Joseph Haydn, and others
Sunday, March 17, 2019, 5pm
Chamber Music with a Twist - salon benefit for Klein International String Competition
Where: Home of Nancy Quinn & Tom Driscoll, San Francisco, CA
Tickets: Here
Program: TBD musical selections with Klein International String Competition laureate, bassist Will Langlie-Miletich
Thursday, March 14, 2019, 7pm
Michael Morgan Presents at Piedmont Center for the Arts
Where: Piedmont Center for the Arts, 801 Magnolia Ave, Piedmont, CA
Tickets: coming soon
Program: As Desperation Sets In by Caleb Burhans with Bill Kalinkos, clarinet
Saturday, March 9, 2019
House concert with violinist Anna Pressler
Where: Oakland Hills
Tickets: NA
Program: works for violin and piano by Johannes Brahms, Lili Boulanger, and Claude Debussy
Saturday, February 16, 2019, 4:30pm (symposium begins at 12:30pm)
UC Berkeley Symposium on Olly Wilson
Where: UC Berkeley, 250 Morrison Hall, Berkeley
Program: Olly Wilson's piano trio with Anna Presler, violin, and Leighton Fong, cello
POSTPONED
Firesong at Old First Concerts
Where: Old First Church, 1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA
Tickets: Buy here. $25 general; $20 senior; $5 student
Program: With Vanessa Langer, soprano, and Elizabeth Talbert, flute. David Coll Refuse Project world premiere; George Crumb Apparition; Olivier Messiaen selections from Harawi; Takashi Yoshimatsu selections from Digital Bird Suite.
Monday, January 14, 2019, 3pm
Santa Rosa Symphony lunch concert with Marie Plette, soprano
Program: Richard Strauss selections
November 8, 2018, 2:30pm - Family House
Where: Family House, 540 Mission Bay Blvd North, San Francisco, CA
Program: Henry Cowell Hymn and Fuguing Tune for viola and piano; other works TBD
September 12, 2018, 12pm - Throckmorton Theater Noon Concerts
Where: Throckmorton Theater, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, CA
Tickets: Free
Program: Mozart Sonata in A minor, K. 310/300d, Thomas Ades Three Mazurkas, Op. 27, Beethoven Sonata in E Major, Op. 109
August 17-19th, 2018 - Bard Music Festival
Where: Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Tickets: http://fishercenter.bard.edu/bmf/
Program: Tcherepnin Bagatelles
August 12, 2018 - West Edge Opera Gala with soprano Sara LeMesh
Where: Craneway Conference Center, 1414 Harbour Way South, Richmond, CA
Program: György Ligeti - Mysteries of the Macabre; George Crumb - Apparition (selections)
August 7, 2018, 12:30pm - Noontime Concerts
Where: Old St. Mary's Cathedral, 660 California St., San Francisco, CA
Tickets: Free
Program: Mozart Sonata in A minor, K. 310/300d, Thomas Ades Three Mazurkas, Op. 27, Beethoven Sonata in E Major, Op. 109
July 16, 2018 - Quintet Concert with Eusebius Quartet
Where: House concert, Tesuque, New Mexico
Tickets:
Program: Korngold Piano Quintet and more
May 11, 2018, 7pm - Trio Concert with Jessica Chang, viola, and Laura Gaynon, cello
Where: Concerts at 405 Shrader, 405 Shrader St., San Francisco
Tickets: Reserve a seat by emailing
Program: Brahms Trio in A minor, Op. 114; Kaija Saariaho Je sens un deuxième coeur
May 9, 2018, 8pm - Eco Ensemble
Where: Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley
Tickets: Here
Program: UC Berkeley graduate student composers
April 6-7, 2018 - Bard Music West: The World of Henry Cowell
Where: Noe Valley Ministry, 1021 Sanchez St., San Francisco, CA
Tickets: check here
Program: TBD
March 2, 2018, 6:30pm - 24x24, presented by the Ross McKee Foundation
Where: McRoskey Mattress Company, 1687 Market Street, San Francisco
Tickets: $20, purchase here
Program: Twenty-four pianists perform the twenty-four Preludes and Fugues from J. S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II. Allegra performs Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 871.
February 25, 2018, 2pm - Hot Air Festival
Where: San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco
Tickets: Free!
Program: Ruben Naeff's Aftermath for piano fourhands
February 17, 2018, 8pm - Live at Mission Blue: Song Recital with Sara LeMesh, soprano
Where: Live at Mission Blue, Mission Blue Center, 475 Mission Blue Drive, Brisbane CA 94005
Tickets: Buy here
Program: Stravinsky Vocalise; Barber Knoxville Summer of 1915; Debussy Ariettes oubliées; Berg Sieben Fruhe Lieder; Ives selections
February 3, 2018, 8pm - Eco Ensemble - Berkeley New Music Project
Where: Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley
Tickets: Check here
Program: New works by UC Berkeley graduate composers Jon Yu, Oren Boneh, and Clara Olivares
November 12, 2017, 4pm - Sunday Musicale at The Bellevue Club
Where: The Bellevue Club, 525 Bellevue Ave, Oakland, CA
Tickets: (510) 451-1000
Program: Beethoven Sonata in A Major for cello and piano, Op. 69; Marta Ptaszyńska Moon Flowers; Maria Theresia von Paradis Sicilienne
October 28, 2017, 7:15pm - Groupmuse cello/piano recital
Where: Private residence, Rockridge
Tickets: Reserve a spot: https://www.groupmuse.com/events/5518-cello-piano-with-laura-allegra-in-rockridge
Program: Beethoven Sonata in A Major for cello and piano, Op. 69; Marta Ptaszyńska Moon Flowers; Maria Theresia von Paradis Sicilienne
October 21, 2017, 7:30pm - San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
Where: Taube Atrium Theatre, San Francisco
Tickets: http://sfcmp.org/event/oct-21-2017/
Program: Hans Abrahamsen Schnee
August 19th, 2017, 1:30pm - Bard Music Festival: Chopin and the Salon
Where: Olin Hall, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Tickets: http://fishercenter.bard.edu/bmf/
Program: Maria Szymanowska Mazurka No. 24; Songs by Pauline Viardot and others with mezzo-soprano Monika Krajewska.
August 17th, 2017, 8pm - Bard Music West at Bard Music Festival: Movement, Miniatures, and Mysticism - the Influence of Chopin
Where: Spiegeltent, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Tickets:
Program: Bard Music West presents Movement, Miniatures, and Mysticism at the Spiegeltent. Allegra performs selections from Thomas Adès Mazurkas, György Ligeti Musica ricercata, Agata Zubel Three Miniatures, piano trios by Mikołaj Górecki and Germaine Tailleferre, and Marta Ptaszyńska Moon Flowers for cello and piano. For more information on the program, visit Movement, Miniatures, and Mysticism - the Influence of Chopin.
July 16-August 6, 2017 - faculty member at Xi'an International Music Festival
Where: Xi'an, China
Website: More info here.
May 13, 2017, The Refuse Project with Firesong
Where: Center for New Music, 55 Taylor St., San Francisco
Tickets: CNM
Program: George Crumb Apparition; premiere of David Coll Refuse Collection, with soprano Vanessa Langer; Takashi Yoshimatsu Digital Bird Suite with flutist Elizabeth Talbert.
This concert made possible by the Zellerbach Family Foundation.
April 19, 2017, 12pm - Music at Noon at Westminster Presbyterian Church, recital
Where: Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1300 N St., Sacramento, CA
Tickets: Free! More info here.
Program:
Chopin Barcarolle, op. 60
Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in D Major, K. 29, Sonata in D minor, K. 213
Girolamo Frescobaldi - Toccata Seconda from Book I of Toccatas and Partitas
Béla Bartók - selections from Eight Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs and Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm
March 17th and 18th, 2017 - Bard Music West
Where: San Francisco
Tickets:
Program: see bardmusicwest.org
February 9th, 2017 - Firesong Workshop at French American International School
Where: French American International School, 150 Oak St., San Francisco
Program: Selections from George Crumb's Apparition and David Coll's new work Refuse Collection with David Coll, composer and Vanessa Langer, soprano
February 8th, 2017 - Firesong Workshop at the Crowden School
Where: The Crowden School, 1475 Rose St., Berkeley, CA
Program: Selections from George Crumb's Apparition and David Coll's new work Refuse Collection with David Coll, composer and Vanessa Langer, soprano
January 20th, 2017 7:30pm - San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
Where: San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak St., San Francisco
Program: György Ligeti Chamber Concerto
Tickets: SFCMP