Hello!

by admin on October 24, 2009

Welcome and thanks for visiting!

Bella Sorella‘s December 20, 2009 program was announced on KQED Radio’s ”The Do List.”  The concert itself had a wonderful turnout and we had a great time performing at the beautiful Cathedral Basilica!

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May 14, 2012

by admin on May 14, 2012

May 14, 2012
5:30 pm

Yes, We Kant: Mozart and the Sublime

Steven Machtinger; Attorney; Violist, San Joaquin River School of Music

Monday Night Philosophy connects Kant’s idea of the sublime (what we feel when we confront a fearsome and overwhelming reality that we know from reasoning but can’t ever directly experience with our senses) with Mozart’s musical expression of the sublime, demonstrated with excerpts from the Quintet in g minor, K. 516, performed by members of the San Joaquin River School of Music.

Zina Schiff & Joyce Lee, violins
Steven Machtinger and Oscar Hasbun, violas
Louella Hasbun, cello

MLF: Humanities
Location: SF Club Office, Gold Room
Time:5:30 p.m. networking reception, 6 p.m. program
Cost:$20 standard, MEMBERS FREE, $7 students (with valid ID)
Program organizer: George Hammond

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April 8, 2012

March 29, 2012

[ April 8, 2012; 7:45 am; 9:15 am; 10:45 am; 12:15 pm; ] Happy Easter!
St. Veronica Catholic Church and Music Director Christopher Lindstrom has invited us back once again to celebrate Easter morning Masses with music.  Melanie Keller will be joining us this time on flute.  Jeff Lewis, trumpet; Dan Barker, cello; and me on violin.  ^_^

We’ll be there all morning, so if you are attending Easter Mass [...]

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April 6, 2012

March 29, 2012

[ April 6, 2012; 7:00 pm; ] Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church
Good Friday Service
LOPC is incorporating selections from Mozart’s Requiem Mass into the Good Friday service.  Accompanied by wonderful Bay Area musicians.

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April 1, 2012

March 29, 2012

[ April 1, 2012; 9:00 am; 11:00 am; ] Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church
Palm Sunday services
Inspirational original compositions by Greg Murai.  I will also be playing the Meditation from Thais, accompanied by Katya Kolesnikova on the recently refurbished Steinway piano.

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March 30, 31, April 1, 2012

March 29, 2012

[ March 30, 2012; 8:00 pm; March 31, 2012; 8:00 pm; April 1, 2012; 2:30 pm; ] Symphony Silicon Valley
with the Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale
Bach and Beethoven
Bach- Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
Beethoven- Symphony No. 9

George Cleve, Conductor
Elena Sharkova, Chorale Director

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March 25, 2012

March 25, 2012

[ March 25, 2012; 3:00 pm; ] Vallejo Symphony Concert

Love, Death, and Dance-

Our spring concert takes off into flights of fancy with three evocative works that will transport you to other worlds. Rossini’s dramatic opera Semiramide is only seldom performed today, but its lovely, bittersweet overture alternates gorgeous wind and brass solos with martial passages that express [...]

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March 23 & 24, 2012

March 23, 2012

[ March 23, 2012; 7:30 pm; March 24, 2012; 7:30 pm; ] Cantare Con Vivo
Cantare celebrates its 25th Year Anniversary with this special concert featuring Music Director David Morales’ favorite choral selections from the past.  Accompanied by full orchestra.

Friday, March 23, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Allen Temple Baptist Church
8501 International Boulevard, Oakland

Saturday, March 24, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church
1801 Lacassie Ave, Walnut Creek

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March 20, 21, 22, 23, 2012

March 20, 2012

ArtsSPARK & Symphony Silicon Valley present:
“Time Out”
Fun(ny) and educational concerts for San Jose school children discuss the fundamentals of how time and time signatures lend structure and organization to music.  Led by Maestro Peter Jaffe, the Symphony Silicon Valley performs masterworks from the standard classical repertoire and more.

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March 10, 2012

February 20, 2012

[ March 10, 2012; 4:00 pm; ] Peninsula Women’s Chorus
“Song Gathering” – New Music for Treble Voices Choral Festival
Experience the soaring power of treble choirs from around the Bay Area. Celebrating its fifth year, the New Music for Treble Voices Festival welcomes guest chorus Musae from San Francisco, under the direction of former PWC member Amy Stuart Hunn. [...]

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February 26, March 4, 11, 18 & 25, 2012

February 20, 2012

[ February 26, 2012; 9:00 am; 11:00 am; March 4, 2012; 9:00 am; 11:00 am; March 11, 2012; 9:00 am; 11:00 am; March 18, 2012; 9:00 am; 11:00 am; March 25, 2012; 9:00 am; 11:00 am; ] Lafayette Orinda Presbyterian Church
Lenten Sunday Worship Services

LOPC
49 Knox Dr.
Lafayette, CA 94549

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