The Mike Greensill Big 4 Mike Greensill, piano; John Clark, bass; Joe Cohen, alto sax; Charley McCarthy, tenor sax/flute A program of new arrangements from the pen of Mike Greensill, with repertoire drawn from that storehouse of magic called the Great American Songbook and Mike’s own originals. “Among San Francisco’s many musical blessings, count the sensitivity, […]
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Kugelplex – August 11, 2017 at 8 pm
Kugelplex Jason Ditzian, clarinet; Dan Cantrell, accordion & piano; Lila Sklar, violin Max Baloian, guitar; Eric Perney, bass; Michael Pinkham, percussion Kugelplex is California’s rockin’-est purveyor of klezmer and old-world party music. Formed in 2001, the group plays wild, soulful dance music at weddings, concerts and festivals throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles […]
Continue readingLe Due Muse – Sunday July 23, 2017 at 4 pm
Sarah Hong, cello; Makiko Ooka, piano with special guest Jiwon Evelyn Kwark, violin Rachmaninoff Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor Myaskovsky Sonata No. 2 Shostakovich Trio No. 2 Le Due Muse is a cello and piano duo team formed by the bay area cellist, Sarah Hong and her long time duo partner, Japanese pianist, […]
Continue readingSarah Cahill – Friday July 7, 2017 at 8 pm
Sarah Cahill, piano with special guest violinist Kate Stenberg Luciano Chessa Green Sea West Coast Premiere Ann Southam’s Glass Houses No. 5 Lou Harrison’s Grand Duo with special guest violinist Kate Stenberg plus World Premieres by Kyle Hovatter and Ricky Crews Sarah Cahill, recently called “a sterling pianist and an intrepid illuminator of the classical avant-garde” by The […]
Continue readingZOFO – Friday June 30. 2017 at 8 pm
Eva-Maria Zimmermann; Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano Akira Nishimura Samudra Manthan (The Churning of the Ocean Milk) West Coast Premiere Gustav Holst, arr. Keisuke Nakagoshi The Planets Since joining forces as the professional duo ZOFO in 2009, internationally acclaimed solo pianists Eva-Maria Zimmermann and Keisuke Nakagoshi have electrified audiences from Carnegie Hall to Tokyo ,and outside-the-box thematic […]
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