June 10 2008, Boston
Boston Guitarfest Opening Night
Richard Savino, Guitar; Ricardo Gallén, guitar
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory
30 Gainsborough Street, 8pm
West Meets East (Occidente y Oriente) features music born of the artistic currents that have flowed between Asia and Middle Eastern cultures and our own. Featuring the music of Spain, Turkey, China, Japan and the United States. Event details subject to change. Check website.
Boston Guitarfest

May 3, 7, 9, 11 2008, Berkeley

Ravel, L'enfant et les sortilèges (Feu, Princesse, Rossignol)
Jonathan Khuner, conductor
Berkeley Opera, Julia Morgan Theater
2640 College Avenue (at Derby). See website for times.
Berkeley Opera

April 6 2008, San Francisco
Schubert, Der Hirt auf dem Felsen
Carey Bell, Clarinet; Bryndon Hassman, Piano
Program includes Brahms sonatas for clarinet and piano.
1201 Sanchez Street (at 23rd), 4pm
Noe Valley Chamber Music

Mar 30 2008, San Francisco
Switchboard Music Festival
Erik Jekabson, composer
Program includes A Step Away From Them
Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th St, SF
This is part of an 8-hour marathon of new music performances.
See festival website for schedule and details:
Switchboard Music Festival

Mar 12 2008, Palo Alto
Recital
Hillary Nordwell, piano
Works by Schubert, Schumann, Duke, Heggie, Dunhill, Bach and Liszt
Part of the Bing Concert Series, Stanford Hospital Atrium
300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford CA
Free and open to the public, 12:30pm
Stanford Hospital Bing Concert Series

Mar 7 2008, San Francisco
Other Minds Festival 13
Dieter Schnebel, composer
Program includes Quintessenz, Poem für 4 Köpfe
7:00pm Panel Discussion
Kanbar Hall, JCCSF, 3200 California Street, San Francisco
Other Minds

Mar 2 2008, Lafayette
Music in the Twentieth Century
Rutter Requiem, Barber Three Songs Op. 45, chamber
works by Kronke, Shostakovitch, and Reich
Martin Morley - conductor, piano; Susan Clark, flute
Kymberly Speer, oboe; Jukka-Pekka Vainio, cello
Erin Downey, harp; Ken Crawford, timpani
Robert Hamaker, glockenspiel; OSLC Chancel Choir
Our Saviour Lutheran Church, 1035 Carol Lane, Lafayette
Admission is free, 4pm
Our Savior's Lutheran Church of Lafayette

Mar 22 2008, San Francisco
Pergolesi, Stabat Mater
Simon Berry, organist and conductor
St. Dominic's Solemn Mass Choir
Performance is part of a church service.
7:30pm, 2390 Bush Street, SF
St. Dominic's Catholic Church

Feb 8 2008, San Francisco
Recital
New music for soprano, piano, harp and string quartet:
Works by Samuel Barber, Vartan Aghababian, Joowan Kim,
Liam Wade, and Jacob Bertrand.
Kristal Schwartz, harp
Steven Bailey, piano
Members of the SFCM Chamber Music Program
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Recital Hall, 8pm
Program Details


Dec 13 2007, Berkeley
Recital
Steven Bailey, piano
Private Event
1324 Bay View Place, 7:30pm

Nov 10 2007, Pittsburgh
El Mundo Chamber Ensemble
Richard Savino - director, guitar
Spanish Zarzuela and Mission Opera of Latin America
Synod Hall, 8pm
Renaissance & Baroque Society of Pittsburgh

Nov 5 2007, Sacramento
Earplay Chamber Music Ensemble
Sacramento Festival of New American Music

Wayne Peterson, composer
Program includes Freedom and Love, Tympan Ally for
Soprano and Percussion
CSU Sacramento, Music Recital Hall, 8pm
Sacramento Festival of New Music

Nov 2 2007, Cambridge
Recital
Lisa DeSiro and Friends, A Tribute
Art Songs from France, Germany, Russia, America, England
Pickman Hall
Longy School of Music, 8pm

Oct 6 2007, Santa Cruz
Kernis, Two Awakenings and a Double Lullaby
Song Cycle for Soprano, Violin, Guitar and Piano
Axel Strauss (violin), David Tanenbaum (guitar),
Aaron Jay Kernis (piano)
UC Santa Cruz Recital Hall, 8pm
newmusicworks.org

Sep 30 2007, San Rafael
Marin Symphony Family Concert
George Thomson, conductor
"Heroes and Villains" Program, including Der Hölle Rache
from Mozart's Magic Flute
Marin Veterans' Memorial Auditorium, 3pm
http://www.marinsymphony.org/family_concert.htm

Sep 20 2007, San Francisco
Earplay Chamber Music Ensemble
A Tribute to Wayne Peterson, composer
Program includes Freedom and Love for Soprano and
Percussion, World Premiere
San Francisco State University, 7pm
http://www.earplay.org/this_season/petersonconcert.html

May 13 2007,San Francisco
Bach, Jauchzett Gott in allen Landen!
Cantata BWV 51
Jake Heggie, Piano
Noe Valley Chamber Music Season Finale
Noe Valley Chamber Music, 4pm

May 02 2007, San Francisco
Recital
Steve Bailey, Piano
Vocal and Piano Music by Copland, Heggie, Schubert, Strauss,
Mendelssohn, Verdi, Joni Mitchell, Harold Arlen, Mussorgsky
Swedenborg Chapel, 7pm
*To benefit Florence Crittenton Services

Apr 15 2007, Berkeley
On Love
John Thow, composer
Song cycle for Soprano and Piano
Karen Rosenak, Piano
Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley, 4pm

Mar 8,14,16,18 2007, Berkeley
Mozart, Die Entfuhrung aus dem Seraglio (Blondchen)
George Thompson, conductor
Ross Halper, director
Berkeley Opera, Julia Morgan Theater

Feb 10 2007,San Francisco
Recital
Steve Bailey, piano
San Francisco Song Festival presents Hook Line and Singer II
Lorca Songs, Ruth Huber
Selected songs by Jake Heggie
Mirabai Songs, John Harbison
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 8pm

Dec 1 2006, Orinda
Handel, Messiah
Martin Morley, conductor
St. Stephen's Church, Orinda

Nov 12 2006, Berkeley
Erik Jekabson's Vista Nonet
Erik Jekabson, composer, trumpet
Works for voice and jazz ensemble, World Premiere
Berkeley Jazz School, 4pm

Oct 13,14,15 2006, SF Bay Area
Ives String Quartet Fall Concert Series
New compositions for vocal quartet and string quartet
Sunrise Land, John Peterson, US Premiere
Annail Cune, Margaret McCallister, World Premiere
Stonehenge, Graham Hair, World Premiere
Mockingbird Quartet: Ann Moss and Cheryl Keller, soprano;
Lynne Morrow, alto; Liz Anker, contralto
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Palo Alto
Le Petite Trianon, San Jose
Noe Valley Chamber Ministry, San Francisco

Sep 17 2006, Amherst
Itasca, Vocalise
Eric Sawyer, composer, East Coast Premiere
Music for voices, pre-recorded electronics, narrator
Amherst College, Buckley Hall, 7:30pm

Jun 17 2006, Cambridge
Recital
Lisa DeSiro and Friends, Life is A Cabaret!
Music of Poulenc, Satie, Weill, Bolcom, and others
Longy School of Music, 8pm

May 11 2006, Berkeley
Itasca, Vocalise
Eric Sawyer, composer, World Premiere
Music for voices, pre-recorded electronics, narrator
UC Berkeley Center for New Music and Technology, 7:30pm

Jan 28; Feb 1,3,5 2006, Berkeley
Verdi, Falstaff (Nannetta)
Jonathan Khuner, conductor
Jason Sherbundy, director, guest conductor
Berkeley Opera, Julia Morgan Theater