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Friday 3/16/12 8 pm :: Saturday 3/17/12 8 pm – UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra
Hertz Hall on UC Berkeley Campus near Bancroft Way & College Avenue
Le Tombeau de Couperin Maurice Ravel
Nocturnes Claude Debussy
The Planets Gustav Holst
David Milnes, conducting
Cost: $15 general admission, $10 other students, seniors, current & retired Berkeley staff & faculty, groups of 10 or more, $5 UC Berkeley students (student ID required)
Friday 2/17/12 8 pm :: Saturday 2/18/12 8 pm – UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra
Hertz Hall on UC Berkeley Campus near Bancroft Way & College Avenue
Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta Bela Bartok
Symphonies of Wind Instruments Igor Stravinsky
Symphony No. 11 Dmitri Shostakovich
David Milnes, conducting
Cost: $15 general admission, $10 other students, seniors, current & retired Berkeley staff & faculty, groups of 10 or more, $5 UC Berkeley students (student ID required)
Quiet Ripples: Brian Thorsett & Naomi Hoffmeyer in Recital
Please join tenor Brian Thorsett and harpist Naomi Hoffmeyer as they present an evening of vocal music with harp accompaniment. Featured works include Britten's realizations from Harmonia Sacra, the 5 Popular Greek Songs of Ravel and our centerpiece, the US Premiere of Alec Roth's Romantic Residues. This work asks: what do we remember from our past romantic encounters? Poetic, brooding and humorous, this cycle composed to words of Vikram Seth will haunt your ear and heart for time to come.
Wednesday 2/8/12 12 pm, PREVIEW and Lecture/Music at Noon Series, Santa Clara University Recital Hall
Friday 2/10/12 7:30 pm, Santa Clara University Recital Hall Purchase Tickets
Sunday 2/12/12 4:30 pm, Lakeside Presbyterian Church, 201 Eucalyptus Street, San Francisco.
Free will donation. Ample parking.
Program:
3 realizations from Harmonia Sacra Benjamin Britten
Cinq Melodies populaires grecques Maurice Ravel, arr. C. Salzedo
Romantic Residues Alec Roth US Premiere
Brian Thorsett, tenor
Naomi Hoffmeyer, harp
Sunday 2/5/12 – American Philharmonic Sonoma County The Grand Tour
3:30 pm, Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa
Le Corsaire Overture (The Pirate) Hector Berlioz
Symphony No. 5: Adagietto Gustav Mahler
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Sergei Rachmaninoff
Toccata for Orchestra Kurt Erickson
The Three-Cornered Hat Manuel de Falla
Evan Craves, conducting
Elena Ulyanova, piano soloist
Cost: $30, $20 for adults ($5 for children 16 and under)
Santa Cruz County Symphony Certified Organic
Saturday 1/28/12 8 pm, Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church Street, Santa Cruz
Sunday 1/29/12 2 pm, Henry J. Mello Center for the Performing Arts, 250 E. Beach Street, Watsonville
'Daybreak' from Florida Suite Frederick Delius
Organ Concerto Francis Poulenc
Organ Symphony Camille Saint-Saëns
John Larry Granger, conducting
Jonathan Dimmock, organ soloist
Cost: tickets $20-65
Friday 12/16/11 - Benjamin Britten's Ceremony of Carols
7 pm, Moreau Catholic High School, 27170 Mission Blvd., Hayward
Ceremony of Carols Benjamin Britten
Tomorrow Shall be My Dancing Day John Rutter
Moreau Catholic High School's Winter Choir Concert
Cost: Free
Friday 12/16/11 – You are Hear! Project at SFO
11 am – 2 pm, San Francisco International Airport, International Terminal
Sunday 12/11/11 - The Nutcracker, San Jose Ballet
1:30 pm, San Jose Center for the Performing Arts
255 Almaden Blvd, downtown San Jose
Choreography by Dennis Nahat
Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Cost: Single tickets $30-100
Saturday 12/10/11 – Wild Rumpus Music Collective Debut Concert
8 pm, ODC Theater, 3153 17th Street (near 16th & Mission BART), San Francisco
The opening concert for this new music collective, featuring world premieres of works commissioned from Travis Alford, Takuma Itoh, Christopher Stark, and Jen Wang; plus works by Caroline Mallonée, Nicholas Omiccioli, and Liza White.
Performers: Stephanie Bibbo, violin; Margaret Halbig, piano; Calisa Hildebrand, flute; Naomi Hoffmeyer, harp; Sophie Huet, clarinet; Dan VanHassel, electric guitar; Michelle Kwon, cello
Cost: $15 general, $10 students & seniors Buy tickets here
Sunday 11/20/11 – American Philharmonic Sonoma County An Autumn Romance
3:30 pm, Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa
Egmont Overture Ludwig van Beethoven
Serenade for String Orchestra Edward Elgar
Songs of a Wayfarer Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 2 Johannes Brahms
Barnaby Palmer, conducting
Eugene Brancoveanu, baritone soloist
Cost: $30, $20 for adults ($5 for children 16 and under)
Wednesday 11/2/11 – Requiem Mass for All Souls' Day
7:30 pm, St. Dominic's Catholic Church, 2390 Bush Street, San Francisco
John Rutter's Requiem, performed with choir, flute, oboe, cello, harp, organ and timpani
Cost: Free. Ample free parking also available.
Sunday 10/9/11 – American Philharmonic Sonoma County Dark Shadows at Twilight
3:30 pm, Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa
A Night on Bald Mountain Modest Mussorgsky
Tzigane, Rapsodie de Concert Maurice Ravel
Symphonie Fantastique Hector Berlioz
Tristan Arnold, conducting
Kenneth Renshaw, violin soloist
Cost: $30, $20 for adults ($5 for children 16 and under)
Wednesday 9/28/11 12 pm :: Saturday 9/30/11 8 pm :: Sunday 10/ 1/11 8 pm – UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra
Hertz Hall on UC Berkeley Campus near Bancroft Way & College Avenue
Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 E.W. Korngold
David Milnes, conducting
Ernest Li, violin soloist
Cost: Free on Wednesday; Ticketed on Saturday & Sunday
Friday 8/12/11 – You are Hear! Project at SFO
11 am – 2 pm, San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 2
Friday 7/29/11 – San Francisco Symphony
8 pm, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
Music from the Movies with host James Lipton
Wednesday 6/1/11 – California High School Wind Band
7 pm, California High School, 9870 Broadmoor Drive, San Ramon
Pilatus Steve Reineke
Kent Johnson, director
Cost: Free
Saturday 5/21/11 7:30 pm :: Sunday 5/22/11 4 pm – Sonoma State Chamber Singers
Holy Family Episcopal Church, 1500 E. Cotati Avenue, Rohnert Park
Jenny Bent, director
Cost: $12 general; $10 SSU faculty, staff and alumni; $8 seniors. All students free with ID
Saturday 5/14/11 – Katy Olsen, Graduate Recital
8 pm, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Sol H. Joseph Recital Hall, 50 Oak Street, San Francisco
A Red Shirt: Five Poems by Margaret Atwood for soprano, flute and harp Ronald Caltabiano
Katy Olsen, soprano; Daniel Sharp, flutes; Naomi Hoffmeyer, harp
Cost: Free
Sunday 5/8/11 – Senior Recital
8 pm, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Sol H. Joseph Recital Hall, 50 Oak Street, San Francisco
Works by J.S. Bach, Marcel Tournier, Carlos Salzedo, and Bay Area composer Ronald Caltabiano
Naomi Hoffmeyer, harp; Katy Olsen, soprano; Daniel Sharp, flutes
Cost: Free
Saturday 4/23/11 – Harp Class Recital
5 pm, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Sol H. Joseph Recital Hall, 50 Oak Street, San Francisco
Featuring works for solo harp and harp ensemble: J.S. Bach, Claude Debussy, Carlos Salzedo, Hendrik Andriessen, Gabriel Pierne, and Germaine Tailleferre
Jacqueline Marshall, Emma Quinn, and Naomi Hoffmeyer, harps; with Amulet Strange, flute
Cost: Free
Saturday 4/9/11 – SFO T2 Community Open House
1 pm - 4 pm, San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 2
Wednesday 4/6/11 – UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra
12 pm, Hertz Hall on UC Berkeley Campus near Bancroft Way & College Avenue
Violin Concerto Andrew Imbrie
David Milnes, conducting
Cost: Free
Sunday 3/27/11 – Symphony Parnassus
3 pm, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Caroline Hume Concert Hall, 50 Oak Street, San Francisco
World Premiere: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Stefan Cwik
The Rite of Spring Igor Stravinsky
Stephen Paulson, conducting
Scott Foglesong, piano soloist
Saturday 2/26/11 8 pm :: Sunday 2/27/11 2 pm – Ensemble Parallèle
Herbst Theater, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
West Coast Premier of Philip Glass's Chamber Opera Orphée
Nicole Paiement, artistic director
Brian Staufenbiel, stage director
Friday 2/18/11 – Music of Jan Pusina
8 pm, Workspace Limited, 2150 Folsom Street, San Francisco
Natural Poem, for tenor, flute, viola and harp
Forest for the Trees, for four harps
Dan Levitan, Susana England, Henry Heines and Naomi Hoffmeyer, harps; John Davey-Hatcher, tenor; Joe Schillaci, flute; Amy Apel, viola
Cost: $20, $15 for students and seniors
Friday 1/28/11 – Ensemble Parallèle
7 pm, De Young Museum, San Francisco
Excerpts from Philip Glass's Orphée at "Friday Nights at the De Young"
Nicole Paiement, music director
Cost: Free
Monday 12/13/10 – Berkeley New Music Project EcoEnsemble
8 pm, Hertz Hall on UC Berkeley Campus near Bancroft Way & College Avenue
Premier of Rama Gottfried's One Loop for Nine (2010)
Sunday 12/5/10 – Elisabeth Lowry, Graduate Flute Recital
5 pm, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Sol H. Joseph Recital Hall, 50 Oak Street, San Francisco
Vincent Persichetti Serenade No. 10 for flute and harp
Cost: Free
Saturday 12/4/10 – San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra
8 pm, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Caroline Hume Concert Hall, 50 Oak Street, San Francisco
Alborada del Gracioso Maurice Ravel
Alasdair Neale, conducting
Wednesday 11/24/10 – You are Hear! Project at SFO
11 am – 2 pm, San Francisco International Airport, International Terminal Arrivals Area
Saturday 11/20/10 – BluePrint Project Every Good Boy Deserves Favor
7 pm & 9 pm, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Caroline Hume Concert Hall, 50 Oak Street, San Francisco
Collaboration with American Conservatory Theater on Andrew Previn's ">Every Good Boy Deserves Favor, plus music of Yanov-Yanovsky
Saturday 10/23/10 & Sunday 10/24/10 – Santa Rosa Pops Big Band Tribute
Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa
Michael Berkowitz, conducting
Tuesday 10/19/10 – Flute and Harp Duo Recital
4 pm, The Sequoias Portola Valley
The Harte Duo performs works by Debussy, Ibert, Persichetti, Ravel, and Taktakichvili
Calisa Hildebrand, flute
Naomi Hoffmeyer, harp
Cost: Free
Saturday 10/9/10 – BluePrint Project Riding the Elevator into the Sky
8 pm, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Caroline Hume Concert Hall, 50 Oak Street, San Francisco
Music of Laura Schwendinger, Philip Glass, and David Conte
Nicole Paiement, conducting
Wei He, violin soloist
Saturday 10/2/10 8pm :: Sunday 10/3/10 3:30 pm– American Philharmonic Sonoma County
Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa
Summer Music Arnold Bax
Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Samuel Barber
Symphony No. 4 Gustav Mahler
Gabriel Sakakeeny, conducting
Christa Pfeiffer, soprano soloist
Cost: Free. Donations welcome.
Saturday 9/18/10 – Flute and Harp Duo Recital
3 pm, Vi Gallery, Embarcadero Center, San Francisco
The Harte Duo performs works by Debussy, Ibert, Persichetti, Ravel, and Taktakichvili
Calisa Hildebrand, flute
Naomi Hoffmeyer, harp
Cost: Free
Thursday 7/1/10 – Anne Adams Awards Competition
Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA
Competition sponsored by the American Harp Society
Friday 6/25/10 – You are Hear! Project at SFO
11 am – 2 pm, San Francisco International Airport, International Terminal Ticketing Area
Friday 6/11/10 – San Francisco Composers' Chamber Orchestra Silence of the Wolves
8 pm, Old First Presbyterian Church, Van Ness Avenue & Sacramento Street, San Francisco
Cost: $10-15
Saturday 5/22/10 8 pm :: Sunday 5/23/10 3:30 pm– American Philharmonic Sonoma County
Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa
Nocturnes Claude Debussy
The Planets: Suite for Large Orchestra Gustav Holst
Gabriel Sakakeeny, conducting
Cost: Free. Donations welcome.
Saturday 5/1/10 – San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra
8 pm, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Caroline Hume Concert Hall, 50 Oak Street, San Francisco
La Mer Claude Debussy
Andrew Mogrelia, conducting
Tuesday 4/27/10 – Chamber Music Recital
8 pm, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Sol H. Joseph Recital Hall, 50 Oak Street, San Francisco
Music of Debussy and Ravel, to include Debussy's Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp
Calisa Hildebrand, flute; Mehmet Aydin, viola; Naomi Hoffmeyer, harp
Cost: Free
Sunday 4/11/10 – Powerdove (Annie Lewandowski)
4 pm, Mills College, Jeannik Mequet Littlefield Concert Hall, Oakland
Original Songs for voice, harp, double bass, and percussion
Annie Lewandowski, voice
Jason Hoopes, bass
Alex Vittum, percussion
Naomi Hoffmeyer, harp
Cost: Free
Saturday 3/27/10 8 pm :: Sunday 3/28/10 3:30 pm– American Philharmonic Sonoma County
Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, 50 Mark West Springs Road, Santa Rosa
Der Rosenkavalier Suite Richard Strauss
Gabriel Sakakeeny, conducting
Cost: Free. Donations welcome.
Saturday 3/13/10 – World Premier The Love of Don Perlimplin
8 pm, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Caroline Hume Concert Hall, 50 Oak Street, San Francisco
Premier of Bay Area composer Conrad Susa's The Love of Don Perlimplin, an opera in one act
Nicole Paiement, conducting
Saturday 3/6/10 – San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra
8 pm, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Caroline Hume Concert Hall, 50 Oak Street, San Francisco
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faune Claude Debussy
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand Maurice Ravel
Andrew Mogrelia, conducting; Andrew Whitfield, student conductor
Friday 2/19/10 8 pm :: Sunday 2/21/10 2:30 pm – San Francisco Conservatory Baroque Ensemble
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Caroline Hume Concert Hall, 50 Oak Street, San Francisco
Giulio Cesare G.F. Handel
Corey Jameson, conducting
Friday 2/12/10 & Saturday 2/13/10 – San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra
8 pm, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Caroline Hume Concert Hall, 50 Oak Street, San Francisco
Four Sea-Interludes Benjamin Britten
Viola Concerto William Walton
Andrew Mogrelia, conducting
Tiantian Lan, viola soloist
12/9/09 – Composers in Performance: Music of Sarah Stiles
8 pm, Meridian Gallery, 535 Powell Street, San Francisco
Solo and chamber compositions by local composer Sarah Stiles
11/21/09 – Bay Area Rainbow Symphony
8 pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 1187 Franklin Street at Geary, San Francisco
Menuet Antique Maurice Ravel
Daniel Canosa, conducting
11/8/09 – Symphony Parnassus
Herbst Theater, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
World Premier of Stefan Cwik's Concert Dances for Orchestra
Stephen Paulson, conducting