Candlelight Concert: A Tribute to Adele
Mar
28
6:30 PM18:30

Candlelight Concert: A Tribute to Adele

Fever’s wildly popular Candlelight performances bring you into an intimate string quartet experience lit by thousands of candles.

with

Evan Price, violin
Clio Tilton, viola

Tentative Program

  • “Hello”

  • “Rumour Has It”

  • “Make You Feel My Love”

  • “Water Under the Bridge”

  • “Oh My God”

  • “Someone Like You”

  • “Send My Love (to Your New Lover)”

  • “Chasing Pavements”

  • “Skyfall”

  • “When We Were Young”

  • “Set Fire to the Rain”

  • “Easy On Me”

  • “Rolling in the Deep”

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Candlelight Concert: A Tribute to Coldplay
Mar
28
9:00 PM21:00

Candlelight Concert: A Tribute to Coldplay

Fever’s wildly popular Candlelight performances bring you into an intimate string quartet experience lit by thousands of candles.

with

Evan Price, violin
Clio Tilton, viola

Tentative Program

  • “Clocks”

  • “My Universe”

  • “Speed of Sound”

  • “Trouble”

  • “Fix You”

  • “Paradise”

  • “Shiver”

  • “Yellow”

  • “Something Just Like This”

  • “The Scientist”

  • “A Sky Full of Stars”

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Fire & Music Concert Tour: Blue Lake
Apr
13
7:00 PM19:00

Fire & Music Concert Tour: Blue Lake

—Free Admission—

The Fire and Music Project tour: a series of six concerts across North State California. The concert experience will feature live music, poetry, and videography accompanying stories of fire ecology, indigenous land management practices, and history of California's relationship with fire suppression and prescribed fire. The program features a group of artists who have begun their transformation into fire practitioners. Their stories and performances will create an immersive experience that invites audiences to examine their own relationship with fire.

Artists

Ariana Kim, violin ⟡ Ellen McGehee, violin

Christina Simpson, viola ⟡ James Jaffe, cello

Ian Scarfe, piano + harmonium ⟡ Julie Zhu, composer

Silvi Alcivar, poet ⟡ Rob Wadleigh, videography

Program

Every performance will be unique with music to be chosen from: Ludwig van Beethoven, Hildegard von Bingen, Danny Clay, Antonín Dvořák, Missy Mazzoli, Franz Schubert, and Julie Zhu. Zhu's work Solastalgia, a place-based piece written for the project, centers listening and stewardship in the music as inspired by the group’s work with indigenous fire practitioners. Poet Silvi Alcivar brings focus and connection to the experience, sharing work written on-the-spot at prescribed burns and interacting with the audience. Live projections of video and imagery will show the artists returning prescribed fire to Northern California's landscapes, creating an immersive atmosphere.

This activity is funded in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, through the Upstate California Creative Corps program.

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Fire & Music Concert Tour: Weaverville
Apr
14
4:00 PM16:00

Fire & Music Concert Tour: Weaverville

—Free Admission—

The Fire and Music Project tour: a series of six concerts across North State California. The concert experience will feature live music, poetry, and videography accompanying stories of fire ecology, indigenous land management practices, and history of California's relationship with fire suppression and prescribed fire. The program features a group of artists who have begun their transformation into fire practitioners. Their stories and performances will create an immersive experience that invites audiences to examine their own relationship with fire.

Artists

Ariana Kim, violin ⟡ Ellen McGehee, violin

Christina Simpson, viola ⟡ James Jaffe, cello

Ian Scarfe, piano + harmonium ⟡ Julie Zhu, composer

Silvi Alcivar, poet ⟡ Rob Wadleigh, videography

Program

Every performance will be unique with music to be chosen from: Ludwig van Beethoven, Hildegard von Bingen, Danny Clay, Antonín Dvořák, Missy Mazzoli, Franz Schubert, and Julie Zhu. Zhu's work Solastalgia, a place-based piece written for the project, centers listening and stewardship in the music as inspired by the group’s work with indigenous fire practitioners. Poet Silvi Alcivar brings focus and connection to the experience, sharing work written on-the-spot at prescribed burns and interacting with the audience. Live projections of video and imagery will show the artists returning prescribed fire to Northern California's landscapes, creating an immersive atmosphere.

This activity is funded in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, through the Upstate California Creative Corps program.

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Fire & Music Concert Tour: Hyampom
Apr
15
7:00 PM19:00

Fire & Music Concert Tour: Hyampom

—Free Admission—

The Fire and Music Project tour: a series of six concerts across North State California. The concert experience will feature live music, poetry, and videography accompanying stories of fire ecology, indigenous land management practices, and history of California's relationship with fire suppression and prescribed fire. The program features a group of artists who have begun their transformation into fire practitioners. Their stories and performances will create an immersive experience that invites audiences to examine their own relationship with fire.

Artists

Ariana Kim, violin ⟡ Ellen McGehee, violin

Christina Simpson, viola ⟡ James Jaffe, cello

Ian Scarfe, piano + harmonium ⟡ Julie Zhu, composer

Silvi Alcivar, poet ⟡ Rob Wadleigh, videography

Program

Every performance will be unique with music to be chosen from: Ludwig van Beethoven, Hildegard von Bingen, Danny Clay, Antonín Dvořák, Missy Mazzoli, Franz Schubert, and Julie Zhu. Zhu's work Solastalgia, a place-based piece written for the project, centers listening and stewardship in the music as inspired by the group’s work with indigenous fire practitioners. Poet Silvi Alcivar brings focus and connection to the experience, sharing work written on-the-spot at prescribed burns and interacting with the audience. Live projections of video and imagery will show the artists returning prescribed fire to Northern California's landscapes, creating an immersive atmosphere.

This activity is funded in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, through the Upstate California Creative Corps program.

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Fire & Music Concert Tour: Chico
Apr
19
7:00 PM19:00

Fire & Music Concert Tour: Chico

  • The Museum of Northern California Art (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

—Free Admission—

The Fire and Music Project tour: a series of six concerts across North State California. The concert experience will feature live music, poetry, and videography accompanying stories of fire ecology, indigenous land management practices, and history of California's relationship with fire suppression and prescribed fire. The program features a group of artists who have begun their transformation into fire practitioners. Their stories and performances will create an immersive experience that invites audiences to examine their own relationship with fire.

Artists

Ariana Kim, violin ⟡ Ellen McGehee, violin

Christina Simpson, viola ⟡ James Jaffe, cello

Ian Scarfe, piano + harmonium ⟡ Julie Zhu, composer

Silvi Alcivar, poet ⟡ Rob Wadleigh, videography

Program

Every performance will be unique with music to be chosen from: Ludwig van Beethoven, Hildegard von Bingen, Danny Clay, Antonín Dvořák, Missy Mazzoli, Franz Schubert, and Julie Zhu. Zhu's work Solastalgia, a place-based piece written for the project, centers listening and stewardship in the music as inspired by the group’s work with indigenous fire practitioners. Poet Silvi Alcivar brings focus and connection to the experience, sharing work written on-the-spot at prescribed burns and interacting with the audience. Live projections of video and imagery will show the artists returning prescribed fire to Northern California's landscapes, creating an immersive atmosphere.

This activity is funded in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, through the Upstate California Creative Corps program.

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Fire & Music Concert Tour: Redding
Apr
20
4:00 PM16:00

Fire & Music Concert Tour: Redding

—Free Admission—

The Fire and Music Project tour: a series of six concerts across North State California. The concert experience will feature live music, poetry, and videography accompanying stories of fire ecology, indigenous land management practices, and history of California's relationship with fire suppression and prescribed fire. The program features a group of artists who have begun their transformation into fire practitioners. Their stories and performances will create an immersive experience that invites audiences to examine their own relationship with fire.

Artists

Ariana Kim, violin ⟡ Ellen McGehee, violin

Christina Simpson, viola ⟡ James Jaffe, cello

Ian Scarfe, piano + harmonium ⟡ Julie Zhu, composer

Silvi Alcivar, poet ⟡ Rob Wadleigh, videography

Program

Every performance will be unique with music to be chosen from: Ludwig van Beethoven, Hildegard von Bingen, Danny Clay, Antonín Dvořák, Missy Mazzoli, Franz Schubert, and Julie Zhu. Zhu's work Solastalgia, a place-based piece written for the project, centers listening and stewardship in the music as inspired by the group’s work with indigenous fire practitioners. Poet Silvi Alcivar brings focus and connection to the experience, sharing work written on-the-spot at prescribed burns and interacting with the audience. Live projections of video and imagery will show the artists returning prescribed fire to Northern California's landscapes, creating an immersive atmosphere.

This activity is funded in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, through the Upstate California Creative Corps program.

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Fire & Music Concert Tour: Lakeport
Apr
21
2:00 PM14:00

Fire & Music Concert Tour: Lakeport

—Free Admission—

The Fire and Music Project tour: a series of six concerts across North State California. The concert experience will feature live music, poetry, and videography accompanying stories of fire ecology, indigenous land management practices, and history of California's relationship with fire suppression and prescribed fire. The program features a group of artists who have begun their transformation into fire practitioners. Their stories and performances will create an immersive experience that invites audiences to examine their own relationship with fire.

Artists

Ariana Kim, violin ⟡ Ellen McGehee, violin

Christina Simpson, viola ⟡ James Jaffe, cello

Ian Scarfe, piano + harmonium ⟡ Julie Zhu, composer

Silvi Alcivar, poet ⟡ Rob Wadleigh, videography

Program

Every performance will be unique with music to be chosen from: Ludwig van Beethoven, Hildegard von Bingen, Danny Clay, Antonín Dvořák, Missy Mazzoli, Franz Schubert, and Julie Zhu. Zhu's work Solastalgia, a place-based piece written for the project, centers listening and stewardship in the music as inspired by the group’s work with indigenous fire practitioners. Poet Silvi Alcivar brings focus and connection to the experience, sharing work written on-the-spot at prescribed burns and interacting with the audience. Live projections of video and imagery will show the artists returning prescribed fire to Northern California's landscapes, creating an immersive atmosphere.

This activity is funded in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, through the Upstate California Creative Corps program.

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Wave Spring Equinox: String Quartet + Live Art Models
Mar
17
3:00 PM15:00

Wave Spring Equinox: String Quartet + Live Art Models

After a ground-breaking first collaboration for the fall equinox, Sketchboard.co and Wave Chamber Collective are joining forces again on March 17. String quartet music will play while art models pose against gorgeous backdrops, and a group of artists capture the scene. Join the audience and take it all in, or bring your sketchpad!

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Wave at the Century Club of California
Mar
3
2:00 PM14:00

Wave at the Century Club of California

Come enjoy chamber music at the CCC in the famous Julia Morgan-designed ballroom of one of California’s most venerable women’s clubs. And since it’s a Wave Chamber Collective event, expect an interdisciplinary twist!

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Wave: String Quartets + Poetry @ The Lost Church
Feb
28
7:30 PM19:30

Wave: String Quartets + Poetry @ The Lost Church

While some of the show’s music and poetry is prearranged and scripted, for half of the performance none of the performers know what's gonna happen until it's on the page—not even the poet herself! While the quartet plays, and the audience listens, Silvi types then reads the written on-the-spot poem. If you haven't seen this collaboration before, expect an absolutely original experience. The typewriter is another instrument, poetry another line of music.

with

Silvi Alcivar, poet
Sam Weiser, violin
Maya Cohon, violin
Dmitri Yevstifeev, viola

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Candlelight Concert: Valentine's Day Special ft. "Romeo and Juliet"
Feb
8
9:00 PM21:00

Candlelight Concert: Valentine's Day Special ft. "Romeo and Juliet"

Fever’s wildly popular Candlelight performances bring you into an intimate string quartet experience lit by thousands of candles.

with

Evan Price, violin
Theo Espy, violin
Christina Simpson, viola

Tentative Program

  • “Moon River” from Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Henry Mancini

  • “O Mio Babbino Caro” from Gianni Schicchi – Giacomo Puccini

  • “Méditation” from Thaïs – Jules Massenet

  • “String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: III. Notturno - Andante” – Alexander Borodin

  • “Clair de Lune, L.32” – Claude Debussy

  • “Libertango” – Astor Piazzolla

  • “Love Theme” from Romeo and Juliet – Nino Rota

  • “Gabriel's Oboe” from The Mission – Ennio Morricone

  • “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic – James Horner and Céline Dion

  • “Intermezzo” from Cavalleria Rusticana – Pietro Mascagni

  • “Serenade for Strings in E Minor, Op. 20: II. Larghetto” – Edward Elgar

  • “Fantasy Overture” from Romeo and Juliet – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Candlelight Concert: Valentine's Day Special ft. "Romeo and Juliet"
Feb
8
6:30 PM18:30

Candlelight Concert: Valentine's Day Special ft. "Romeo and Juliet"

Fever’s wildly popular Candlelight performances bring you into an intimate string quartet experience lit by thousands of candles.

with

Evan Price, violin
Theo Espy, violin
Christina Simpson, viola

Tentative Program

  • “Moon River” from Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Henry Mancini

  • “O Mio Babbino Caro” from Gianni Schicchi – Giacomo Puccini

  • “Méditation” from Thaïs – Jules Massenet

  • “String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: III. Notturno - Andante” – Alexander Borodin

  • “Clair de Lune, L.32” – Claude Debussy

  • “Libertango” – Astor Piazzolla

  • “Love Theme” from Romeo and Juliet – Nino Rota

  • “Gabriel's Oboe” from The Mission – Ennio Morricone

  • “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic – James Horner and Céline Dion

  • “Intermezzo” from Cavalleria Rusticana – Pietro Mascagni

  • “Serenade for Strings in E Minor, Op. 20: II. Larghetto” – Edward Elgar

  • “Fantasy Overture” from Romeo and Juliet – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Groupmuse: Beethoven Goes Bluegrass in Glen Park
Feb
3
7:00 PM19:00

Groupmuse: Beethoven Goes Bluegrass in Glen Park

  • 50 Wilder Street San Francisco, CA, 94131 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

with

Alexandra Simpson, viola
Ani Bukujian, violin

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Trio in G Major, op. 9, no. 1
Alexander Borodin: String Trio in G Minor - Variations on a Russian Song
John Mackey: Wrong Mountain Stomp

There's usually something electric about Beethoven, but to our ears, the wild card in his ambitious String Trio in G is the final movement - it sounds like Viennese fiddling! Alexander Borodin gives us a moment of repose painted in the dark colors of a musical Rembrandt, then we find ourselves on John Mackey's runaway train! Written for a summer music festival, Wrong Mountain Stomp tells the story of a young girl leaving home in the language of bluegrass.

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SF Contemporary Music Players - RE:visitations
Jan
27
8:00 PM20:00

SF Contemporary Music Players - RE:visitations

Revisiting channels of inspiration that pandemic-era cancellations put on hold, this program riffs on the intersection of two seemingly disparate though surprisingly connected worlds: those of Prog Rock and High Modernism. Mazzoli, Andriessen and Mackey form a triumvirate of influence as modern classicists bent on infusing their work with Rock elements and sound, while the fascinating dialogue and artistic exchange between colossal figures like Boulez and Zappa has air time in a juxtaposition of two of their most compact and characteristic works – the French Modernist’s highly personal take on the specific instrumental colors of Schoenberg’s Pierrot ensemble, and the American experimentalist’s most ambitious homage to late-century European style, through sizable orchestral forces deployed to ingenious effect.

Program

Missy Mazzoli | Tooth and Nail (2010)

Two Works by Composers from SF Conservatory of Music’s Technology & Applied Composition Program (world premieres)

Louis Andriessen | Life (2009) with film by Marijke van Warmerdam]

intermission

Steve Mackey | San Francisco (1997)

Pierre Boulez | Dérive 1 (1984)

Frank Zappa | The Perfect Stranger (1984)

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Candlelight Concert: The Best of Hans Zimmer
Jan
19
9:00 PM21:00

Candlelight Concert: The Best of Hans Zimmer

Fever’s wildly popular Candlelight performances bring you into an intimate string quartet experience lit by thousands of candles.

Tentative Program

  • Time from Inception

  • This Land from The Lion King

  • Zooster’s Breakout from Madagascar

  • Supermarine from Dunkirk

  • Honor from The Pacific

  • A Dark Knight from The Dark Knight

  • Wonder Woman Suite

  • Gladiator Suite

  • Cornfield Chase from Interstellar

  • Dune Suite

  • Discombobulate from Sherlock Holmes

  • Pirates of the Caribbean Suite

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Candlelight Concert: A Tribute to Taylor Swift
Jan
19
6:30 PM18:30

Candlelight Concert: A Tribute to Taylor Swift

Fever’s wildly popular Candlelight performances bring you into an intimate string quartet experience lit by thousands of candles.

with

Julie Kim, violin
Theo Espy, violin
Clio Tilton, viola

Tentative Program

  • “Lavender Haze”

  • “Love Story”

  • “Cardigan”

  • “Blank Space”

  • “Enchanted”

  • “Anti-Hero”

  • “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”

  • “All Too Well”

  • “Wildest Dreams”

  • “Lover”

  • “I Knew You Were Trouble”

  • “You Belong With Me”

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Candlelight Concert: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Jan
18
9:00 PM21:00

Candlelight Concert: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

Fever’s wildly popular Candlelight performances bring you into an intimate string quartet experience lit by thousands of candles.

with

Evan Price, violin
Theo Espy, violin
Christina Simpson, viola

Tentative Program

Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 1 RV 269: “Spring”

Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2 RV 315: “Summer”

Jules Massenet | Thaïs: Méditation

Max Richter | Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: “Spring 3”

Astor Piazzolla | The Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas: Verano Porteño

Astor Piazzolla | Libertango

Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 3 RV 293: “Autumn”

Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 4 RV 297: “Winter”

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Candlelight Concert: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Jan
18
6:30 PM18:30

Candlelight Concert: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

Fever’s wildly popular Candlelight performances bring you into an intimate string quartet experience lit by thousands of candles.

with

Evan Price, violin
Theo Espy, violin
Christina Simpson, viola

Tentative Program

Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 1 RV 269: “Spring”

Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2 RV 315: “Summer”

Jules Massenet | Thaïs: Méditation

Max Richter | Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: “Spring 3”

Astor Piazzolla | The Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas: Verano Porteño

Astor Piazzolla | Libertango

Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 3 RV 293: “Autumn”

Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 4 RV 297: “Winter”

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Wave Chamber Collective: Phase 4
Nov
30
7:30 PM19:30

Wave Chamber Collective: Phase 4

While some of the show’s music and poetry is prearranged and scripted, for half of the performance none of the performers know what's gonna happen until it's on the page—not even the poet herself! While the quartet plays, and the audience listens, Silvi types then reads the written on-the-spot poem. If you haven't seen this collaboration before, expect an absolutely original experience. The typewriter is another instrument, poetry another line of music.

with Wave Chamber Collective members Sam Weiser, Ani Bukujian, and Dmitri Yevstifeev, and poet Silvi Alcivar

Knocking chamber music tradition off its pedestal by introducing risks, questions, instability, crowds, the unknown - healthy chaotic good. Founded by musicians, in collaboration with a community of artists, for audiences of everyone.

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Groupmuse: Passion in Piedmont
Nov
5
7:30 PM19:30

Groupmuse: Passion in Piedmont

  • 33 Somerset Road Piedmont, CA, 94611 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Doors 7:30 PM ⟡ Music 8:00-ish

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Trio in G Major, op. 9, no. 1
Alexander Borodin: String Trio in G Minor - Variations on a Russian Song
John Mackey: Wrong Mountain Stomp

Featuring Wave Collective members Ani Bukujian on violin and Alexandra Simpson on viola.

This is shaping up to be a truly fun Groupmuse. We can count on young Ludwig for electric musical energy, but to our ears, the wild card in his ambitious String Trio in G is the final movement - it sounds like Viennese fiddling! Alexander Borodin gives us a moment of repose painted in the dark colors of a Rembrandt, then we hop onto John Mackey's runaway train. Written for a summer music festival, Wrong Mountain Stomp tells the story of a young girl leaving home in the language of bluegrass.

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One Found Sound: Velocity
Oct
14
8:00 PM20:00

One Found Sound: Velocity

Hannah Kendall: Vera
Angélica Negrón: bubblegum grass/peppermint field
Franz Schubert: Octet for Winds and Strings in F Major, D. 803

Our first show of Volume 11, Velocity features new visuals and lighting design by Max Savage, music by two of today's most exciting composers, and Franz Schubert's monumental and intimate Octet.

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Groupmuse: String Trios in Crescent Park
Oct
1
7:00 PM19:00

Groupmuse: String Trios in Crescent Park

  • 786 Channing Avenue Palo Alto, CA, 94301 United States (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for music and fun in Palo Alto!

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Trio in G Major, op. 9, no. 1
John Mackey: Wrong Mountain Stomp
Aleksandr Borodin: String Trio in G Minor, variations on a Russian Song

with

Ani Bukujian, violin

Alexandra Simpson, viola

Conversation is encouraged, and questions are welcomed! There will be refreshments served after the event and we'll get to meet the musicians and discuss the performance.

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ARTZenter First Round
Sep
21
7:30 PM19:30

ARTZenter First Round

Join us in Herbst Theatre for new chamber orchestra works by brilliant young composers, performed by the talented SF Contemporary Music Players.

Julie Zhu: as swiftly and fading as soon
Patrick Holcomb: This City was Once an Ocean
Bobby Ge: The Floating World

Composers will be on hand to introduce their work and answer questions from the audience. Admission is free – so bring your friends and family!

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Wave Chamber Collective: Autumne (Sold Out)
Sep
17
3:00 PM15:00

Wave Chamber Collective: Autumne (Sold Out)

Wave Chamber Collective is immensely excited to be partnering with Sketchboard.co for a unique performance combining live art models + a live drawing community and our dynamic string quartet.

Through the traditional art study of life drawing; Sketchboard offers an economically and socially accessible opportunity for participants to develop their creative practice, while offering a window into the evolving ways that we view our social relationships. The collective seeks to diversify the field of figurative representation and standardize equitable practices of modeling through unionization.

With BAROQUE Delights, the models will be placed in a Baroque world: draping fabrics, lavish fruit spreads, columns and STRING QUARTET

Our doors are at 2:30, performance starts at 3pm (the live drawing starts at 2). The quartet will be performing in front of the models as they pose, and other participants sketch. This ticket also grants you access to participate in drawing the models as well.

There will be a DJ, food and drinks (for purchase, not included in the ticket), and a friendly, community oriented feel. Feel free to stay after to mingle and chat!

This community has a VERY STRICT policy of NO PHOTOS ALLOWED. There will be a photographer and beautiful photos we’ll share later. But use your beautiful words and powers of description to make all your friends wish they joined you <3

Bring your friends, lovers, enemies!

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One Found Sound Gala: 10th bday bash!
May
13
8:00 PM20:00

One Found Sound Gala: 10th bday bash!

Celebrating 10 years of One Found Sound, making the 2023–24 season possible, and encouraging party hats. See you there!

Program

Angélica Negrón | What Keeps Me Awake
Nokothula Ngwenyama | Primal Message
Ruth Gipps | Seascape
Natalie Joachim | World Premiere commissioned by OFS

featuring immersive visual experiences by Max Savage!\

Grab those party hats! Our 2023 10th birthday party gala features incredible music including a world premiere by Nathalie Joachim commissioned by OFS. This special fundraising event will help make our 2023-24 season possible.

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An Ecstatic 10-Year Groupmuse Bash
Apr
7
7:00 PM19:00

An Ecstatic 10-Year Groupmuse Bash

Groupmuse is turning 10 this year, and we hope you’ll join to celebrate this watershed with us!

We're in for a huge experience ranging from the lush chamber music sounds of a sonata, piano trio, and string quartet all the way to the unique expression of modern Carnatic music, with more surprises along the way: We’ll have meditative deep listening, circle singing for those who feel called to join, and we’ll end with an absolutely ecstatic dance party, courtesy of Māh Ze Tār, who fuses traditional Eastern music with modern electronic as a form of cultural preservation and celebration.

A truly cross-coastal celebration, this Massivemuse features cellist Dara Hankins and pianist Kyle Walker from NYC in collaboration with Bay Area musicians Mélanie Clapiès, Alexandra Simpson, and James Jaffe.

This eclectic program will be featuring the musical worlds of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, George Walker, Pauline Oliveros, and Anjna Swaminathan.

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One Found Sound: horizon
Mar
4
8:00 PM20:00

One Found Sound: horizon

One Found Sound: a chamber orchestra working together as a collaborative, democratic unit. This has to be the freshest way to enjoy an orchestra concert. Also, open bar! See you there.

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven | Coriolan Overture
Quinn Mason | Reflection on a Memorial
Herbert Franklin Mells | Symphony No. 1 in D Minor

featuring immersive visual experiences by filmmaker Max Savage

Horizon features the world premiere of Herbert Franklin Mells's Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, written in 1938. This landmark performance of his first symphony marks the launch of OFS’s five-year Herbert Franklin Mells Project, which includes the preparation, performance, and recording of Mells’s large symphonic works written between 1938 and 1944.

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Wave: String Quartets + How We Relate
Feb
13
6:30 PM18:30

Wave: String Quartets + How We Relate

Get ready for Valentine's Day with Wave Chamber Collective which is presenting live chamber music performances and deep dives into the relational dynamics of humans and elephants!

With lectures on people by Justine Leichtling, Psy. D. and on elephants by Patrick Freeman.

Music by Sam Weiser, violin; Alexandra Simpson, viola; James Jaffe, cello.

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Groupmuse: Centuries of Sound
Feb
5
2:00 PM14:00

Groupmuse: Centuries of Sound

Welcome back to another neighborhood Groupmuse held in the elegant and historic ballroom of the Century Club of California!

These concerts bring the inclusive and casual atmosphere of a Groupmuse house-concert together into this beautiful Edwardian clubhouse, which boasts incredible acoustics and a fabulous Steinway concert grand piano.

Musicians will set up string ensembles in the center of the room, with the audience surrounding them for a 360 degree view of the action!

Join us for this special musical program featuring works for violin and piano, voice and piano, and string trio ensemble!

Works by Amy Beach, Rebecca Clarke, Clara Schumann, Ernö von Dohnányi

Featuring Ian Scarfe, piano; Amy Foote, soprano; Rachel Patrick, violin; Kevin Rogers, viola; James Jaffe, cello

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One Found Sound: holiday pop rox
Dec
10
7:30 PM19:30

One Found Sound: holiday pop rox

Our first ever HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR! Join OFS and our very own host Jesse Barrett for an evening of your favorite holiday tunes featuring appearances by the incredible drag queen and performer JAX.

Program

Holiday Favorites like “All I Want for Christmas,” “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” and “Sleigh Ride”

featuring immersive visual experiences by filmmaker Max Savage

(location TBD)

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Groupmuse: Presidio Trio at the Century Club
Dec
4
2:00 PM14:00

Groupmuse: Presidio Trio at the Century Club

Come get to know the Presidio Trio, featuring Kevin Rogers on violin, James Jaffe on cello, and Ian Scarfe on piano, in the Century Club’s lovely Julia Morgan ballroom.

No need to BYOB! Members of the Century Club are providing a reception with beer, wine, champagne, and alcohol-free options.

Program to feature selections from the following works:

Franz Joseph Haydn - Piano Trio in C Major, Hob. 3XV:21
Robert Schumann - Piano Trio in F Major, Op. 80
Antonín Dvořák - Piano Trio, "Dumky", Op. 90
Philip Glass - Head On (1967)

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Sierra Quartet @ Old First Concerts
Dec
2
8:00 PM20:00

Sierra Quartet @ Old First Concerts

Hybrid event: in-person and livestream

Wolfgang Amadé Mozart | String Quartet in B-flat Major, K. 589, “Prussian”
Eleanor Alberga | String Quartet No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven | String Quartet in F Major, op. 59, no. 2, “Razumovsky”

For their first-ever appearance at Old First Concerts, the talented Sierra Quartet showcases two composers whose work bursts with energy: Eleanor Alberga and Ludwig van Beethoven. Eleanor Alberga's music achieves a unique synthesis between the folk music she heard growing up in Jamaica and the traditions of Western art music. Her compact, masterful String Quartet No. 2 (1994) is driven by interlocking dance rhythms and it demonstrates her synesthetic approach to sound color. Ludwig van Beethoven's "Razumovsky" quartets pushed Classical forms past their existing limits, receiving a hostile reception from musicians and audiences of the early 19th century, before ultimately finding their place in the hearts of later generations. Even today there is something astonishing about their creativity and emotional depth. Wolfgang Amadé Mozart’s inspired Quartet in B-flat Major, K. 589 kicks off the program on a cheerful note.

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One Found Sound: formation
Nov
12
8:00 PM20:00

One Found Sound: formation

One Found Sound: a chamber orchestra working together as a collaborative, democratic unit. This has to be the freshest way to enjoy an orchestra concert. Also, open bar! See you there.

Program

Estevan Olmos | Mi Cultura Lejana (2022 OFS Emerging Composer Award Winner)
Dmitri Shostakovich | Chamber Symphony
Gabriela Lena Frank | Elegía Andina
Michael Gilbertson | Graffiti Concerto for Orchestra

featuring immersive visual experiences by filmmaker Max Savage

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Ensemble Mik Nawooj @ Asian Art Museum
Nov
10
7:00 PM19:00

Ensemble Mik Nawooj @ Asian Art Museum

Ensemble Mik Nawooj’s Hip-Hop Orchestra Experience is part concert, dance party, and club night featuring original music that samples from classical and hip-hop—all presented in an underground setting like the New York scene that birthed hip-hop. Join us for the world premiere of “Parangsae” (Blue Bird), a piece based on the Korean folk tune of the same title. This performance follows a successful August 2022 debut at the renowned Edinburgh Fringe Festival, which EMN presented in collaboration with Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. The program includes seminal works of Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven, deconstructed and reimagined with funky rhythms and rapid-fire rhymes. These compositions were commissioned by the Asian Art Museum and Yerba Buena Gardens Festival.

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SF Salon Music: Call and Response
Oct
23
4:00 PM16:00

SF Salon Music: Call and Response

Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be served at 4 PM, followed by the concert. Desserts are offered after the concert.

Presented by SF Salon Music, this innovative program matches violist Alexandra Simpson with cellist James and modern dancer Katie Roy. This program is full of contrasts: the creativity and playfulness of limestone & felt, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw, plays against the ornate charm of W.A. Mozart’s Duo, K. 423. Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla evokes both mischief and sophistication in La Calle 92, which takes the form of a single brief tango. And Handel’s Passacaglia, adapted by Johan Halvorsen, traverses nearly every emotion in a dramatic showcase of the musicians’ skills.

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