Upcoming
Sunday, October 17, 7:30pm
Long Distance Call with Left Coast Ensemble
Where: Berkeley Piano Club, 2724 Haste St., Berkeley, CA
Details: Responding to the forced separation and longing for connection we all experienced during Covid-19 pandemic, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble commissioned works conceived as long distance conversations between a piano trio and a soprano. Laura Rose Schwartz and Ryan Suleiman each contributed a new piece using a call and response model— the singer and ensemble alternate in sending each other musical postcards! It is intended that the work can be successfully performed either together or remotely.
Music by Olivier Messiaen and Louise Farrenc completes the program.
Tickets: Link
Program:
Laura Rose Schwartz - Parse for Distanced Soprano, Flute, Cello, Piano WORLD PREMIERE
Ryan Suleiman - The Robin for Distanced Soprano, Piccolo, Cello, Piano WORLD PREMIERE
Olivier Messiaen - Le Merle Noir for Flute and Piano
Louise Farrenc - Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano, Op. 45
Sunday, October 24 2021, 5pm - Livestreamed
Long Distance Call with Left Coast Ensemble
Where: Online
Details: Responding to the forced separation and longing for connection we all experienced during Covid-19 pandemic, Left Coast Chamber Ensemble commissioned works conceived as long distance conversations between a piano trio and a soprano. Laura Rose Schwartz and Ryan Suleiman each contributed a new piece using a call and response model— the singer and ensemble alternate in sending each other musical postcards! It is intended that the work can be successfully performed either together or remotely.
Music by Olivier Messiaen and Louise Farrenc completes the program.
Tickets: Link
Program:
Laura Rose Schwartz - Parse for Distanced Soprano, Flute, Cello, Piano WORLD PREMIERE
Ryan Suleiman - The Robin for Distanced Soprano, Piccolo, Cello, Piano WORLD PREMIERE
Olivier Messiaen - Le Merle Noir for Flute and Piano
Louise Farrenc - Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano, Op. 45
Thursday, October 28, 2021, 7pm
Ross McKee Foundation Devilish Inspirations
Where: Online
Details: Hosts Edwin Outwater and Peaches Christ guide you on a tour of the piano repertoire's most haunting moments. Proceeds benefit the Ross McKee Foundation.
Tickets: Link
Program:
Stephen Montague's Mirabella: a tarantella for toy piano
Saturday, November 6, 2021, 8pm
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players at San Francisco Conservatory
Where: Online
Details:
Tickets: Link
Program:
Steve Reich's Eight Lines
Friday, November 26, 2021, 5pm
Ross McKee Foundation Piano Break
Where: Online
Details: Solo piano program of works exploring the many different sides of playfulness in music - as an expression of joy, dance, humor, and sorrow.
Tickets: Free
Program:
J.S. Bach (1865-1750), Partita in G Major, BWV 829
Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969), selections from Ten Studies for Piano
Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866-1949), selections from From the Southland
Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941), Scherzo No. 1
Friday, December 10, 2021, 7pm
Delphi Trio at Concerts at 405 Shrader
Where: 405 Shrader St., San Francisco
Details: Split over two concerts in one night, Delphi plays Robert Schumann, Lili Boulanger, and Beethoven’s Archduke Trio.
Tickets: Link
Program:
Robert Schumann – Fantasiestücke in A minor, Op. 88
Lili Boulanger – D’un soir triste and D’un matin de printemps
Ludwig van Beethoven – “Archduke” Trio in Bb Major, Op. 97
Sunday, December 12, 2021, 4pm
Delphi Trio at Crowden Sundays@Four
Where: The Crowden School, 1475 Rose St., Berkeley, CA
Tickets: Link
Program:
Robert Schumann – Fantasiestücke in A minor, Op. 88
Lili Boulanger – D’un soir triste and D’un matin de printemps
Ludwig van Beethoven – “Archduke” Trio in Bb Major, Op. 97
Sunday, December 29, 2021, 7pm
Spring Lake Village Classical Music Series
Where: Spring Lake Village, Santa Rosa, CA
Program:
Clara Schumann - Trio in G minor, Op. 17
Antonin Dvorak - Trio in F minor, Op. 65
Past
Sunday, September 17, 2021, 8pm
Cross-Rhythms at Old First Church
Where: Old First Church, 1751 Sacramento St., San Francisco
Details: Featuring pianists Gloria Cheng, Monica Chew, Jerry Kuderna, Sarah Cahill & Regina Myers, and Allegra Chapman. During the pandemic, a group of pianists from across the US has been meeting weekly by Zoom to perform for each other and offer motivation, encouragement, and ideas for improvement, discussing everything from Baroque trills to practice techniques and sharing repertoire. This is the first in-person meeting of the California contingent of the group, who will perform music by Eleanor Alberga, Fred Onovwerosuoke, James Newton, Anthony Cheung & Wang Lu, Adolphus Hailstork, R. Nathaniel Dett, Terry Riley, and Grazyna Bacewicz.
Tickets: Link
Program:
Fred Onovwerosuoke Twelve Studies in African Rhythm, Book I
Eleanor Alberga Three-Day Mix
Terry Riley Etude from the Old Country
Adolphus Hailstork Scherzo No. 1
Grazyna Bacewicz selections from Ten Concert Etudes for Piano
Wang Lu & Anthony Cheung Recombinant
James Newton Looking Above, The Faith of Joseph
R. Nathaniel Dett In the Bottoms
August 7-14, 2021
Nadia Boulanger and Her World - Bard Music Festival
Where: Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Tickets: TBA
Program: TBA
August 1, 2021, 7pm
Where: St Paul Lutheran Church, 1658 Excelsior Avenue, Oakland, CA 94602
Details: Glenview Classical Series presents Liana Bérubé and Allegra Chapman of the Delphi Trio.
Tickets: Link
Program: Ludwig van Beethoven - Romance in F Major; Sonata in C minor, Op. 30, No. 2; Sonata in G Major, Op. 96
July 29, 2021, 7pm
Manzanita Music Collective at Sandbox
Where: SandBox, 440 Ortiz Ave #A, Sand City, CA 93955
Details: "Folk Infusion" - our program infused with folk music and fairy tales takes us on exotic journeys imbued with Spanish sunshine, Gaelic tunes and the heroic tale of a Russian prince's escape from the underworld. With Alisa Rose, violin, Cynthia Black, viola, and Michelle Djokic, cello.
Tickets: Link
Program: Leos Janacek - Fairy Tale, Jean Cras - String Trio, Joaquin Turina - Piano Quartet.
July 28, 2021
Premiere for International Double Reed Society Virtual Symposium
Where: Online
Details: Victor Marquez-Barrios - Dancing at Daybreak, with Shawn Jones, contrabassoon
Tickets: Link
6pm Thursday, June 24, 2021
Long Distance Love - Valley of the Moon Music Festival
Where: Online
Tickets: Free, but registration required.
Program:
Beethoven’s celebrated song cycle, “To the Distant Beloved”, is a classic paean to long distance love. Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes, for four singers and 4-hands piano, are among the most seductive music ever composed. We are delighted to celebrate the beginning of a return to normalcy with this virtual presentation of multiple singers, assembled in one space for the video recording!
Nikki Einfeld, soprano
Emily Marvosh, contralto
Kyle Stegall, tenor
Edward Nelson, baritone
Allegra Chapman and Eric Zivian, piano
On demand through May 10, 2021
At the Crossroads - San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
Where: Online
Details: Premiers 4/10, available through 5/10
Tickets: $8-$15
Program: Premiere of unravel for solo piano by Josiah Catalan
10am-7pm Sunday, May 9, 2021
Hear | Together: a day-long outdoor piano concert
Where: LIVE! At the Crowden School, 1475 Rose Street, Berkeley, CA
Tickets: This event is free, but registration required.
Program (part of the 3pm-5pm set):
selections from J.S. Bach’s Partita in G Major, BMW 829
Reena Esmail Rang de Basant
selections from Harry Burleigh’s From the Southland
selections from Grazyna Bacewicz’s 10 Studies for Piano
POSTPONED 7:30pm PT, May 3, 2021
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble - Long Distance Call
This event has been postponed to fall 2021.
April 29 and May 1, 2021
Red Note New Music Festival with Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Where: Online, hosted by Illinois State University
About: 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)
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
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
6:30pm December 3, 2020
Where: Online
Tickets: Free
Program: A Christmas concert with Dennis Kim, violin, and Jonah Kim, 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
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, 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