J&H Foundation: On Wings of Song
Saturday March 1, 3:00 PM
From a world of imaginative flights to the beauty of the four seasons, the J&H Foundation Choir will bring a diverse musical performance this early spring, showcasing cross-generational collaborations. The program includes the works in English, Mandarin, Taiwanese, Hakka, Bunun, ranging from classical to contemporary compositions. We sincerely invite you to join us for this musical feast on Saturday afternoon. Tickets are $25.00
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra: String Serenades
Saturday March 8, 7:30 PM
PROGRAM:
Jessie Montgomery – “Strum”
Evan Price – “A Game of Cat and Mike”
with commissioning support from Maryann Maslan
co-commission with San Jose Chamber Orchestra, Savannah Music Festival and Lakeland Symphony Orchestra featuring Caterina Lichtenberg and Mike Marshall, mandolins
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings, Op. 48
This concert is free to all! Register here to give a headcount.
Bay Choral Guild: Beethoven, Brahms & Beauty
Saturday March 15, 7:30 PM
Come hear Ludwig van Beethoven’s emotionally direct Mass in C, Johannes Brahms’s rhapsodic Schicksalslied, and the premiere of Sanford Dole’s All is Beauty, a new work based on texts by John Muir and composed in celebration of Sanford’s 25th anniversary as our Artistic Director.
We are joined by a stellar chamber orchestra and soloists:
Jubilate Baroque Orchestra — a program of the San Francisco Early Music Society
Ann Moss, soprano
Heidi Waterman, alto
Benjamin Liupaogo, tenor
Chung-Wai Soong, bass
There will be a preview lecture one half hour before each performance. Tickets available here.
Peninsula Women’s Chorus: The 11th New Music for Treble Voices Festival
Saturday March 29, 2:30 PM
The 11th New Music for Treble Voices Festival will celebrate vocal improvisation through Circle Singing. The festival will feature guest choirs including San Francisco-based Musae, Ensemble from the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir, Sacramento-based Vox Musica, and the PWC.
Throughout the day, festival members will participate in workshops led by Bay Area-based members of MOTION, Bryan Dyer, Tammi Brown and David Worm, exploring the art of vocal improvisation.
A public Circle Singing workshop will take place from 2 pm to 2:30 pm, followed by a concert at 2:30 pm showcasing contemporary repertoire, including PWC’s premiere of two movements from What Place is This? by PWC’s Composer-in-Residence Amy X Neuburg. The program will also feature a solo set by the festival clinicians that will conclude with an interactive Circle Singing session led by our clinicians, where everyone is invited to participate!
Tickets available here.
Peninsula Cantare: In Time of War & Peace
Saturday March 29, 7:30 PM
Explore the beauty that awaits you in this concert celebrating peace and hope in our troubled times. Peninsula Cantare will sing Franz Joseph Haydn’s stunning Mass in Time of War, which evokes both the pain of war and our innate desire for peace in dramatic ways with the choir & orchestra. Plus, you’ll hear music from around the globe, including music by Joni Mitchell and Moses Hogan. This concert will inspire and uplift as we celebrate our shared humanity!
Tickets available here.
