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MUSIC, FEB 5, 12, 26, MAR 5: Abbey Road and Let It Be – The Songwriting of The Beatles - Stanford Continuing Studies/ONLINE [ArtsEarth Patron] | |
Many Beatles fans think the story is clear: here comes the sunny Abbey Road (1969) followed by the dreary swan song Let It Be (1970) documenting The Beatles’ painful end. Reality was vastly different: multiple, intertwined solo and group projects rode a frenzied crest of activity during that period.
This course will show how complex, entangled, and productive the period was, and how these two sonically and conceptually different albums—one designed as a live performance, the other as a glittering, polished studio creation—sprang from the same Beatle source.
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Three of the great living instrumentalists working in contemporary jazz reunite in celebration of the 35th anniversary of their landmark 1986 album.
Pianist/keyboardist Bob James and alto saxophonist David Sanborn are two of the most prolific and versatile musicians in the world, boasting credits that span a mind-boggling array of styles and artists. Their careers memorably crossed paths on Double Vision, which spent more than a year on the Billboard charts while earning a GRAMMY Award for best jazz fusion album and a GRAMMY nomination for Al Jarreau’s simmering version of “Since I Fell For You.” This performance marks just the second time Sanborn and James have shared the Miner stage together, following their triumphant quartet appearance in June 2013 during the first San Francisco Jazz Festival held at the SFJAZZ Center.
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Bill Walker performs original jazz tunes and surprising covers as you wind down from the shelter-in-place work week. | |
MUSIC, JAN 14: Uncle Hokum’s Fiddle for 2 violins, Pt. 1 – World Premiere at EntreAmigos, San Francisco/Pancho, Nayarit, Mexico [ArtsEarth Patron] | |
A Classical Music concert of the Virtuosos de Camara as a Gift to the Community Biblioteca de EntreAmigos. Open Air facility with masks required.
At the request of my friend and violinist-violist-composer-tech guru and all-around badass Karen Bentley Pollick, I wrote a 2 violin version of Uncle Hokum’s Fiddle (think Henryk Wieniawski meets Orange Blossom Special!) that will receive two performances in Mexico this month, this one on Virtuosos de Cámara’s concert at EntreAmigos in San Francisco/Pancho. The amazingly versatile violinist Philip Brezina will be a one-man rhythm section supplying chop ‘n’ groove. I will post links for video and how to purchase the score soon. Virtuosos de Cámara’s YouTube channel can be found here. –JPF
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MUSIC, JAN 14: Fridays Live: Dee Dee Bridgewater – Memories of Memphis - SFJAZZ Digital/ONLINE [ArtsEarth Partner] | This night celebrates the release of Bridgewater’s new Okeh Records album devoted to the music and spirit of her hometown, Memphis…Yes, I’m Ready. Steeped in civil rights history and one of the great hotbeds of American music, the city locals call “Soulsville” has a very special, highly personal place in Bridgewater’s heart. She performs the soul, blues and R&B she heard when her father, trumpeter Matthew Garrett, was a DJ on WDIA radio including classics by B.B. King, Otis Redding, B.B. King, and Bobby Blue Bland. Recorded at Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell’s historic Royal Studios, Memphis…Yes, I’m Ready was co-produced by GRAMMY-winning saxophonist Kirk Whalum. | |
MUSIC, JAN 15: Jack Cimo, guitar – Solo Recital at Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, San Francisco, California, USA | |
Jack Cimo is a classically-trained Spanish guitarist known for his powerful presence, beautiful tone, and exciting renditions. Having played the guitar since he was a toddler, his devotion to the instrument has directed the course of his life. He has over 20 years of performing experience, and now calls San Luis Obispo, California home.
Presented by Sunset Music and Arts
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Online-only, Live-streaming on YouTube!
Marcus Shelby Quartet celebrates the legacy of the civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a special tribute concert. The quartet will play arrangements from Shelby’s “Soul of the Movement: Meditations on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” album and other spirituals. Marcus Shelby is a composer, bassist, bandleader, and educator who currently lives in San Francisco. His work focuses on the history, present and future of African American lives, social movements and music education. The concert will be online-only, live-streamed on YouTube.
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MUSIC, JAN 16: Fiddle Fest! String Trios and Duos from Bach to Bluegrass – World Premieres at Incanto Vallarta, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico [ArtsEarth Patron] | An afternoon of string duos and trios, featuring Karen Bentley Pollick – violin, viola and Philip Brezina – violin; and on viola Heidi Yenney, principal violist of the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, plus Patsy Meyer on percussion and American Idol semi-finalist vocalist Francesca Bavaro. The concert will include four world premieres including “Nongarian Dances” by Matthew Reid, “(not)The Road Taken(or)” by Virtuosos de Cámara composer-in-residence John Henry Kreitler, “Uncle Hokum’s Fiddle” arranged for two violins by Joel Phillip Friedman, and “Viola Duet” by Samuel Woods. | |
VISUAL, JAN 19-29: Lyydia Osara – Impressions of the Mind – Photo Exhibition at Tischenko Gallery, Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland | |
Experimental photography by Finnish artist Lyydia Osara, her new book will be available during the upcoming exhibition this month.
Lyydia Osara (b. 1996) is a Finnish experimental photographic artist based in Helsinki, Finland. Often working with camera-less methods, she works with the very bases of photography, light, chemicals and light sensitive material. By creating abstract imagery, she relies on non-representational expression as her tool. Through exploring deep human emotion with experimental photography, she has found a growing interest in exploring the boundaries within the photographic art form.
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MUSIC, JAN 21: Shtrykov-Tanaka Duo – Clarinet-Piano Recital at Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, San Francisco, California, USA | |
Comprised of two sensationally gifted and acclaimed virtuosi, clarinetist Maksim Shtrykov [pronounced: sh-TRY-koff] and pianist Misuzu Tanaka, the Shtrykov-Tanaka Duo has been hailed as “a new generation of exquisitely talented performers who elevate our understanding of the world’s music.” by Shelter Island Reporter and praised that “Their showmanship and musicality is unparalleled.” by Klamath Falls News. They can be heard throughout the U.S., garnering an impressive record of instant re-engagements.
Presented by Sunset Music and Arts
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MUSIC, JAN 22: Dirty Cello at Clark Center for the Performing Arts, Arroyo Grande, California, USA | Dirty Cello – cello like you’ve never heard before! Combine the virtuosic wail of Jimi Hendrix, the soul of BB King, and the fire of Bill Monroe, and add a whole lot of cello, and you get the Dirty Cello band. | |
MUSIC, JAN 28: Cycles of Resistance: Chelsea Hollow and Taylor Chan at Old First Concerts, San Francisco, California, USA & OFC ONLINE | Concert Rebels presents Cycles of Resistance, a recital featuring operatic activist Chelsea Hollow and pianist Taylor Chan. The program chronologically explores poetry and texts of resilience and rebellion throughout the 20th and 21st centuries featuring 9 world premieres in 8 languages. Highlights include Living Water by Lauren McCall, inspired by the Flint Water Crisis; Al kan kuşak by Özden Gülsün Keskin weaving together harrowing stories from the Turkish Femicide; Maagal by Michael Wiener, featuring text from Hannelore Brenner’s The Girls of Room 28 which celebrates the tenacity, altruism, and strength of a group of young girls who passed through the Theresienstadt internment camp on their way to Auschwitz; and I could not allow that to stand by Jason Cady, using text from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s response to the harassment she faced from a fellow congressman. Cady’s piece was premiered virtually as a presentation Chelsea made as a guest speaker for The United Nations’ Discussion on Human Rights, Arts, & Protest. The majority of the program was commissioned by soprano and curator, Chelsea Hollow in the beginning of the pandemic, bringing together artists and librettists from around the globe digitally to create inspiring works with a deep connection to activism, resilience, and the hope to heal deep societal wounds. Join us for an evening of reflection, inspiration, and communal growth. |  | |
MUSIC, JAN 29: E4TT – Below the Surface: Music by Women Composers at Center for New Music, San Francisco, California, USA | |
E4TT performs works by a diverse group of ten of today’s women composers in a hybrid concert. Purchase tickets for in-person attendance or RSVP to watch online on C4NM YouTube Channel.
The highlight of the program will be the World Premiere of a COVID-delayed commissioned song cycle, “Below the Surface,” by Canadian-born, Scotland-based Call for Scores composer, Emily Doolittle (b. 1972) for soprano and piano, to texts by Bay Area poets Rachel Richardson (b. 1979) and Rella Lossy (1934-1996), along with nine other works by women composers: Eleanor Alberga, Du Yun, Elena Ruehr, Gabriela Ortiz, Akshaya Avril Tucker, Jungyoon Wie, Seo Yoon Soyoona Kim, and Manjing Zhang.
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MUSIC, JAN 30: Ives Collective at Old First Concerts, San Francisco, California, USA & OFC ONLINE | The Ives Collective presents powerful live music experiences through fresh and informed interpretations of established masterworks and underappreciated gems. With core members and artistic co-directors Susan Freier and Stephen Harrison, the Collective wants to share their joy in bringing together old friends and new in a variety of combinations to perform the widest possible spectrum of chamber music. | |
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MUSIC, FEB 4: Circadian String Quartet – Fanny and Felix at Old First Concerts, San Francisco, California, USA & OFC ONLINE | Circadian String Quartet tells the story of older sister Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel and her younger brother Felix Mendelssohn by presenting two masterworks for string quartet-Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel’s dramatic String Quartet in E-flat major and Felix Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in F minor Op. 80. Fanny and Felix were both prodigiously talented musicians but were unequally supported and encouraged in their talents due to the prevalent sexism of the time to the point that many of Fanny’s compositions were errantly attributed to Felix. That this sexist treatment did not dampen their affection and respect for one another is born out by the fact that Op. 80 was composed by Felix as a loving “requiem for Fanny.” It turned out to be Felix’s last composition. Celebrate with us the enduring musicality and strong bond of this famous sister and brother-Fanny and Felix. | |
MULTIMEDIA, FEB 4-6: The Edwardian Ball 2022 at The Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, California, USA | The Edwardian Ball presented by PARADOX Media and Vau de Vire is an elegant and whimsical celebration of fine art, music, circus, theatre, fashion, literature, ballroom dancing, deejays, oddities, and the beloved tales of author Edward Gorey. Set in a romantically reimagined Edwardian-era, the Ball celebrates its 21st Anniversary in a thriving, two-night blend of subculture and participant created revelry, described by the SF Weekly as “the quintessential must-never-miss event of the year.” | |
FILM, FEB 12+13: Symphony San Jose presents Amadeus Live – Movies in Concert Evening+Afternoon at San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, San Jose, California, USA | |
The award winning film, Amadeus (Director’s Cut, Rated R, 2h 40m) presented with live orchestra and chorale. Hear this famous score played Live while you watch the film on a giant screen above the stage.
Amadeus (1984) stars F. Murray Abraham as Antonio Salieri, court composer in Vienna, who confesses, in old age, to his sins against the young genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (played by Tom Hulce).
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MUSIC, FEB 18: Dirty Cello and Tom Rigney and Flambeau at Rio Theatre for the Performing Arts, Santa Cruz, California, USA | |
Powerhouse bands Tom Rigney and Flambeau and Dirty Cello are joining forces for a great night at The Rio in Santa Cruz, California, USA.
Both of these exciting ensembles are known for their high energy and engaging shows that run the gamut of everything a violin or cello can do.
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MUSIC, FEB 25: ZēLOS Saxophone Quartet at Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, San Francisco, California, USA | |
The ZēLOS QUARTET is dedicated to performing a wide array of repertoire ranging from underrepresented contemporary works to transcriptions from the baroque, classical, and romantic eras. Committed to performing on saxophones that fit the acoustical specifications of its inventor Adolphe Sax, the Zelos Quartet looks to connect with a variety of audiences to show the wide range of sounds and colors of the saxophone.
Presented by Sunset Music and Arts
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MUSIC, FEB 25: Angela Kraft Cross, organ – Solo Recital at Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, San Francisco, California, USA | |
Angela Kraft Cross, San Francisco Bay Area organist, pianist and composer, graduated from Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music in 1980 with bachelor’s degrees in Physics and Organ Performance. She then earned her Doctor of Medicine degree at Loma Linda University, where she subsequently completed her residency in ophthalmology. In 1993, she completed her Master of Music degree in Piano Performance at the College of Notre Dame with Thomas LaRatta. Her organ teachers have included Louis Robilliard, Marie-Louise Langlais, Sandra Soderlund, S. Leslie Grow, William Porter and Garth Peacock. In 2001, she was awarded the Associateship credential of the American Guild of Organists (AAGO) after passing rigorous playing and written examinations. She has studied composition with Pamela Decker.
Presented by Sunset Music and Arts
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MUSIC, MAR 20: San José Chamber Orchestra presents Unbreakable featuring Delphi Trio at St. Francis Episcopal Church, San Jose, California, USA | San José Chamber Orchestra’s 30th Anniversary Season presents Unbreakable featuring Delphi Trio in Beethoven’s Triple Concerto and the world premieres of Clarice Assad’s Triple Concerto and Ahmed Alabaca’s Unbreakable. | |
MUSIC, MAR 26+27: Symphony San Jose presents Carmina Burana at California Theatre, San Jose, California, USA | |
Vocal soloists, three choirs, and a massive orchestra revel in Carl Orff’s raucous, tuneful cantata, based on a trove of medieval poems and songs that celebrate sensual life and deplore the turns of fate. Orff transforms these into a bawdy and breathtaking musical adventure blazing with energy.
The program begins with a new lyrical double concerto, romantic, nostalgic and earthy, composed and performed by renowned Argentine bandoneon virtuoso Juan Pablo Jofre accompanied by renowned violinist Rachel Lee Priday.
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MUSIC, APR 2+3: UPDATED - Symphony San Jose presents American Masters: Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein, Ellington at San Jose Center of the Performing Arts, San Jose, California, USA | |
Four composers, whose works defined America in the ‘30s and ‘40s, come together on one grand program: George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, and Duke Ellington.
Copland’s expansive, optimistic Appalachian Spring became known as “the quintessential American sound.” In fact, all four composers could stake that claim. Gershwin and Bernstein each gave us a brilliant mix of symphonic music, jazz and Broadway. And Duke Ellington’s stunning reflection on Black history from slavery to the Harlem Renaissance is considered one of the greatest examples of long-form jazz. Drawing on the blues, soaring gospel music, work songs, swing, and more, Ellington created an all-American orchestral masterpiece.
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MUSIC, APR 9: Dark Universe / Mysterious Spaces at San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, California, USA | Space is, as the saying goes, the final frontier. For E4TT’s commissions concert in 2022, the group will turn to both outer and terrestrial space: whether considering outer space—with explorations and discoveries from the Mars rover, Perseverance—inner biological space with COVID and CRISPR DNA research, or the unfathomable depths of the earth’s oceans, recent history has shown us that we have much to discover and unravel in order to ensure the survival of our planet and our species. These mysteries are the inspiration for E4TT’s 2022 commissions concert, performed in collaboration with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Technical and Applied Composition Department. | |
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VISUAL, MAY 6-SEP 25: Jean Conner: Collage – Art Exhibition at San José Museum of Art, San Jose, California, USA | Organized by SJMA, Jean Conner: Collage is the artist’s first solo museum exhibition and brings long-overdue recognition to her extraordinary and fanciful collages. Primarily made from images cut out of such large-format color magazines as Life and Ladies’ Home Journal, Conner’s vivid, pictorial worlds feature playful arrangements of animals, nature, religious symbolism, aquatic environments, food, women, dancers, and divers. | |
MUSIC, MAY 7+8: Symphony San Jose presents Beethoven’s Emperor Piano Concerto at California Theatre, San Jose, California, USA | Symphony San Jose welcomes Jon Nakamatsu back to the beautiful California Theatre to perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E♭ major, Op. 73. Often considered the “most important piano concerto ever written” the Emperor is filled with innovation, looking forward to 19th century pianos not yet conceived, it was to be Beethoven’s last. | |
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MUSIC, JUN 4+5: Symphony San Jose presents Always Time for More Beethoven at California Theatre, San Jose, California, USA | Conductor Tito Muños will open the final program of the season with works by Buxtehude and Quinn Mason and close with Beethoven’s joyous Symphony No. 7. Beethoven called this work “one of the happiest products of my poor talents”—the perfect choice to conclude Symphony Silicon Valley’s 20th anniversary season. Florence Price was widely performed during the 1030s, but by the fifties her work had dropped from view. Since the rediscovery of the full score for her Piano Concerto in One Movement, Michelle Cann’s ‘exquisite, authoritative’ performances have reintroduced Price to audiences and critics alike. Passionate, part romantic, part bluesy, the concerto is a small sample of Price’s repertory. | |
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