TUE, 20 FEB, 2024 ~ Promoting the Arts Worldwide | |
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Before the stiffening of the proverbial upper lip, the musical celebration of vice was a lively corner of English entertainment. From London pubs to the Royal Court and every class in between, post-Restoration Britons reveled in tales of the foppish, the caddish, the rakish, and the altogether disgraceful. Let our incorrigible musicians, bass-baritone Ian Pomerantz, lutenists Ryan Closs and Hideki Yamaya,, dissolve your post-Valentine’s Day regrets in the lovely music and spicy lyrics of Purcell, Leveridge, D’Urfey, Handel, and others in the club room of the casual and classy Pangea. Huzzah!
- Ian Pomerantz – baritone
- Ryan Closs – lute, baroque guitar
- Hideki Yamaya – theorbo
*The house opens at 6:00 PM for food and beverage service. Please join us for dinner. Seating is first come first served. PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY.
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MUSIC, 21, 28 FEB+MAR 7: Matthew Montfort: Free World Music & Guitar Workshops at Cloverdale Arts Alliance, Cloverdale, California, USA & ONLINE • ArtsEarth | |
Ancient Future bandleader Matthew Montfort is offering a series of free introductory music workshops on Wednesdays at the Cloverdale Arts Alliance. Montfort is on the 100 Greatest Acoustic Guitarists list at DigitalDreamDoor.com along with luminaries like Michael Hedges and Merle Travis, and wrote the rhythm training manual Ancient Traditions – Future Possibilities, used at prestigious schools such as Berklee College of Music.
- FEB 21, 7 PM Beginning Guitar (This free introductory beginning workshop can help aspiring guitarists get started on the right track with good practice habits.)
- FEB 28, 7 PM Music Theory on the Fretboard (This free introductory workshop opens the door to exploring music theory on the guitar fretboard.)
- FEB 28, 7:45 PM Rise Above Reliance on TAB! Learn to Read Music by Studying Classical Guitar Technique (Guitarists are often good at reading TAB, but poor at reading sheet music.)
- MAR, 7 PM Got Rhythm? Get the Beats of Africa, Bali, and India (This workshop is a wonderful way to improve timing skills.)
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MUSIC, 22 FEB: Kandace Springs at SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco, California, USA • ArtsEarth | “A bewitching amalgam of Dusty Springfield’s caliginous, cream-filled soulfulness and Nancy Wilson’s sensual sophistication, with distinct shades of Michael Jackson” (JazzTimes), the stunning soul jazz singer Kandace Springs presents music from her latest Blue Note release, The Women Who Raised Me, joined by master drummer Camille Gainer and Oakland-born bassist Aneesa Strings, a former SFJAZZ High School All-Star known for work with José James. | |
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Resident Electronic is a monthly electronic audiovisual open mic event started in 2017. Resident is casual and cool, and the community you’ll find is like no other for aspiring electronic musicians in the Bay. No judgments, no bullshit, just positive support and openness to new ideas.
This month’s lineup
// Hosts
+ Franck Martin
+ Tanukispidercat
+ Jah’s Tin
// Audio
+ David Leikam – Moog Rogue analog synthesizer with pedals
+ Craig Z
+ The All Electric Smart Grid
+ decloaking
+ Electromancy
+ Audio Sign-Up (TBD)
// Video
+ Jah’s Tin [visuals]
+ Video Sign-Up (TBD)
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MUSIC, 22+23 FEB: Steven Bernstein: Sexmob at SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco, California, USA • ArtsEarth | |
Trumpeter Steven Bernstein’s week begins with his long-running band Sexmob, playing a cross-section of fresh material and selections from their repertoire.
The quartet has honed a singular sound over two decades marked by high-energy, protean group improvisation and rollicking grooves unlike any other band on the planet. Originally formed for a weekly residency at New York’s Knitting Factory, they’ve earned a devoted fan base with boisterous deconstructions of tunes by a shaggy menagerie of pop acts, from Abba and James Brown to Prince and Elvis Presley, and subversively re-imagined film music of Nino Rota and John Barry. They’ve released nine superlative albums for the Ropeadope, Columbia, Rex, Thirsty Ear, and Royal Potato labels.
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MUSIC, 23 FEB: Galvin Cello Quartet plays Vivaldi & Piazzolla at Newport Classical Recital Hall, Newport, Rhode Island, USA • ArtsEarth | |
Composed of members from China, Brazil, South Korea, and the US, the Galvin Cello Quartet burst onto the scene after capturing the Silver Medal at the 2021 Fischoff Competition. They explore empathy and diversity, gathering composers of different cultural backgrounds into one program, featuring “Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout” by Gabriela Lena Frank – which combines elements of the composer’s American, South American, and Asian heritage – along with music by Rossini, Vivaldi, and Piazzolla. Newport Classical presents its nine-concert Chamber Series from September 2023 to June 2024 at its home venue, Newport Classical Recital Hall, bringing timeless music for today to Newport year round.
Presented by Newport Classical
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MUSIC, 23 FEB: Volti: From the Depths to the Ecstatic at Crowden Music Center, Berkeley, California, USA • ArtsEarth | |
How does the past inform the present and point the way to the future? The professional vocal ensemble Volti continues its 45th season of “singing without a net” with a concert of beautiful and groundbreaking music exploring historical concepts of spiritual diversity as expressed by contemporary composers, Robert Geary conducts.
- “De Profundis” – the world premiere of a Volti commission by rising young Bay Area composer Jens Ibsen, setting Psalm 130, “Out of the depths I have cried unto thee, O Lord.” Volti also sings an earlier Ibsen work, “How god comes to the soul,” with text by the medieval mystic Mechthild von Magdeburg.
- “Ecstatic Meditations” – Aaron Jay Kernis’ spectacular settings of four texts from Mechthild of Magdeburg.
- “Into Being” – Ingrid Stölzel’s setting of the Sanskrit Mantra “So ham ham sa.”
- “All Shall Be Well” – Text from “Revelations of Divine Love” by Julian of Norwich; music by Joanna Marsh.
- “Sohbet of the Rare Small Bird” – Forrest Pierce sets Sufi reflections on spiritual teaching and learning, from ancient Persian texts.
- “Natural History” – Emma O’Halloran meditates on the thousands of species discovered by British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace and described in his book “The Malay Peninsula.”
Presented by Volti San Francisco
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VISUAL, 23-25 FEB: Open Hours: The Power of Nature at Gallery2727, Berkeley, California, USA • ArtsEarth | |
To commemorate Black History Month, Gallery2727 will be a satellite exhibition space for the Art of the African Diaspora from February 1-25, 2024. The Art of the African Diaspora (AOTAD) exhibit occurs yearly since 1997 at the Richmond Art Center with over 150 artists of African descent participating. The Gallery2727 satellite show, The Power of Nature, will feature the art work of Gallery 2727 co-operative members Tiffany Conway-Cornelius, Carla Golder, Nichole Talbott, and guest artists Abi Mustapha, Kim Champion, and Zoe Boston.
Presented by Art of the African Diaspora
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MUSIC, 23-25 FEB: Dianne Reeves at SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco, California, USA & ONLINE • ArtsEarth | |
“The most admired jazz diva since the heyday of Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday,” (NY Times) GRAMMY winner and 2018 NEA Jazz Master Dianne Reeves is jazz’s greatest living vocalist — an artist who embodies the music’s enduring values of elegance, class, and improvisational poise.
Whether putting a personal stamp on lilting Brazilian standards, exploring contemporary fair by Ani DiFranco and Stevie Nicks, interpreting American Songbook classics by the Gershwin, Porter, and Berlin, or breathing fresh life into holiday chestnuts, Dianne Reeves always gets to the heart of a song. More than two generations have passed since jazz stars took on aristocratic titles, otherwise Dianne Reeves would surely be known as The Queen.
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MUSIC, 24 FEB: Adventure Cabaret at International House, Berkeley, California, USA & ONLINE • ArtsEarth | |
Adventure Cabaret is a unique theater experience, combining live actors with immersive multimedia:
…a journey through the Empire of the Mind.
…an escape from the prison of nostalgia.
…an exploration of how much better humanity could become.
Spend 90 minutes with us, and go home with lots of laughs and a head full of beautiful and inspiring new ideas.
See you at the show!
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MUSIC, 24+25 FEB: Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra West at SFJAZZ Center, San Francisco, California, USA • ArtsEarth | “When the time comes, Bernstein clicks an invisible switch and the band pops into semi-flawless unison. At that point, you might imagine yourself in Harlem in 1929,” says the Village Voice about trumpeter Steven Bernstein’s expansive Millennial Territory Orchestra, an ensemble inspired by the pre-swing era territory bands that crisscrossed the country in the 1920s and 1930s. | |
DANCE, 24+25 FEB: Black Choreographers Festival: Here & Now 2024 at Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco, California, USA • ArtsEarth | |
Black Choreographers Festival: Here & Now (BCF) is a great way to celebrate Black History Month – African American heritage and culture.
BCF Program 2 – New Voices/New Works in is an inspiring showcase of new works premiered by BCF Artists including:
- Gabriel Christian
- Coral and Jetta Martin
- Justin Sharlman with Shawn Hawkins
- Natalya Shoaf
- Dazaun Soleyn with Algin Sterling
- Marianna Hester
- Ebonie Barnett, ArVejon Jones | OSA (24 FEB, SAT)
- Krystal Bates and Haseem Bivins (24 FEB, SAT)
- Ashley Gayle (25 FEB, SUN)
- Jamie Wright (25 FEB, SUN)
*The performances will be followed by a Cake and Chat event – an opportunity for audience members to mingle and to chat with the choreographers.
Presented by Black Choreographers Festival: Here & Now
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MUSIC, 24 FEB: Leila Josefowicz, violin & John Novacek, piano at Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA • ArtsEarth | |
“Her virtuosity surfs waves of jubilant energy,” according to the Los Angeles Times. Every performance by Leila Josefowicz is a revelation of new things to be heard and felt in the familiar and a happy introduction to new sounds from less familiar creative voices. John Novacek is “a pianist well worth keeping an ear open for” (Fanfare).
The program will include works by Claude Debussy, Karol Szymanowski, Erkki-Sven Tüür, and Igor Stravinsky.
Presented by San Francisco Performances
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THEATRE, 24 FEB: Prose and Confluence: A Queer Cowboy Musical at Shotgun Players at the Ashby Stage, Berkeley, California, USA • ArtsEarth | |
Prose and Confluence is a queer cowboy musical, featuring an original score and script, that playfully explores themes of loss, mourning, and understanding. Telling the tale of a grieving river hermit and his homunculus like creation, The WaterBoy, Prose and Confluence is a surreal performance and existential experiment utilizing theatrical scenes, projections, soundscapes, live music, essay, and visual art to explore the profound grief which stems from an inability to articulate pain to others. With musicality as the throughline the Klanghaus team crafts an experience that is intimate, soft and meditative while maintaining a childlike playfulness.
Presented by Klanghaus
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MUSIC, 24 FEB: Volti: From the Depths to the Ecstatic at Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco, California, USA • ArtsEarth | |
How does the past inform the present and point the way to the future? The professional vocal ensemble Volti continues its 45th season of “singing without a net” with a concert of beautiful and groundbreaking music exploring historical concepts of spiritual diversity as expressed by contemporary composers, Robert Geary conducts.
- “De Profundis” – the world premiere of a Volti commission by rising young Bay Area composer Jens Ibsen, setting Psalm 130, “Out of the depths I have cried unto thee, O Lord.” Volti also sings an earlier Ibsen work, “How god comes to the soul,” with text by the medieval mystic Mechthild von Magdeburg.
- “Ecstatic Meditations” – Aaron Jay Kernis’ spectacular settings of four texts from Mechthild of Magdeburg.
- “Into Being” – Ingrid Stölzel’s setting of the Sanskrit Mantra “So ham ham sa.”
- “All Shall Be Well” – Text from “Revelations of Divine Love” by Julian of Norwich; music by Joanna Marsh.
- “Sohbet of the Rare Small Bird” – Forrest Pierce sets Sufi reflections on spiritual teaching and learning, from ancient Persian texts.
- “Natural History” – Emma O’Halloran meditates on the thousands of species discovered by British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace and described in his book “The Malay Peninsula.”
Presented by Volti San Francisco
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MUSIC, 25 FEB: Pasquale Esposito: Viva Italia! at McAfee Performing Arts and Lecture Center, Saratoga, California, USA • ArtsEarth | |
Join San Jose Wind Symphony and Dr. David Vickerman in welcoming one of the world’s most popular and talented tenors, Pasquale Esposito, for an afternoon of Italian and Neapolitan vocal favorites. The accent is on opera as Mr. Esposito joins the Wind Symphony to bring you highlights from the great Italian repertoire, including Tosca, Rigoletto, La Boheme, Turandot, Pagliacci. The concert also celebrates the 100th anniversary of Ottorino Respighi’s timeless classic, Pines of Rome.
Pasquale Esposito was born and raised in Naples, Italy. He immigrated to the United States winning the Green Card Lottery in 1998. He pursued his passion for music by studying at San Jose State University receiving his Bachelor of Arts Degree where he was a distinguished alumnus in 2009.
*You may order one free child ticket (12 and under) with each paid general or senior ticket.
Presented by San Jose Wind Symphony
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MUSIC, 25 FEB: Mostly Kosher: Live Music Concert at Oshman Family Jewish Community Center, Palo Alto, California, USA • ArtsEarth | |
Mostly Kosher, the acclaimed klezmer/rock band, radically reconstructs Judaic and American cultural music through ravenous klezmer beats and arresting Yiddish refrains. Mostly Kosher is a musical feast that explodes into a global food-fight of jazz, Latin, rock and folk. In response to the poetry and folk music of Judaic roots, their original voice resounds with themes of social justice, human dignity and mutual understanding.
Presented by The Oshman Family JCC
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MUSIC, 25 FEB: Sullivan Fortner Trio at Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, California, USA & ONLINE • ArtsEarth | |
It felt like he was almost saying the words with me and making them ring or sparkle,”…….“It felt wonderful.
–Cécile McLorin Salvant
One of the most brilliant pianists of his generation, Sullivan Fortner makes his debut at The Bach! For the past decade, Fortner has been stretching deep-rooted talents as a pianist, composer, band leader and uncompromising individualist. The Grammy award-winning artist out of New Orleans received international praise for his collaborative work on the album The Window, alongside vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant. As a solo leader he has released albums to critical acclaim as well. Now based in New York, Fortner has earned recognition in multiple DownBeat Critics Poll categories, winning first place in Rising Star Piano and Rising Star Jazz Artist.
In addition to associations with such diverse voices as Wynton Marsalis, Paul Simon, Diane Reeves, Etienne Charles and John Scofield, Fortner’s frequent and longtime collaborators have included, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ambrose Akinmusire, Stefon Harris and the late Roy Hargrove.
This program is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts via the Western Jazz Presenters Network.
- Sullivan Fortner – piano
- Tyrone Allen – bass
- Kayvon Gordon – drums
Sponsored by Bonnie Rattner
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Join curator and concert host Andrea Clearfield as she presents an exciting International ZALON from The Bellagio Center, Lake Como, Italy. The online ZALON features performers live from around the USA to Greece, England, Argentina and Nepal! This exciting program features 11 exceptional artist/ensembles!
Performers include: Jeffrey Solow and Elise Auerbach (Philadelphia, PA); Mada and Hugh Piano Duo (Philadelphia, PA); Noelle Streuber-Eden and Sonja Streuber (Philadelphia, PA); Teagan Faran and Leo Sussman (Indiana); Katha Tango Ensemble (Buenos Aires, Argentina); Suzanne Teng and Gilbert Levy (Santa Fe, NM); Dirk Quinn Band (Coatesville, PA); Iris Malkin and Daniel Gledhill (Los Angeles, CA); Ortakides (Crete, Greece/London, England); Ella Gahnt and Aaron Graves (Philadelphia, PA); Kanta dab dab (Kathmandu, Nepal)
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MUSIC, 25 FEB: Horszowski Trio at Kohl Mansion, Burlingame, California, USA • ArtsEarth | |
The celebrated Horszowski Trio returns with a piano trio by the too-infrequently-performed Clara Schumann and three recently composed short works after the music of her husband, Robert Schumann. Shostakovich’s profoundly moving WWII-era elegy rounds out the evening.
Horszowski Trio: Jesse Mills – violin, Ole Akahoshi – cello, Rieko Aizawa – piano
- 6:00 PM Pre-concert talk by Christopher Costanza, cellist of the St. Lawrence String Quartet, artist in residence, lecturer, Stanford University
- 7:00 PM Horszowski Trio Concert
- 9:00 PM Celebrate with a complimentary glass of wine and dessert!
Presented by Music at Kohl Mansion
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