Jazz pianist and composer Henry Plotnick brings his unique, energetic musicianship to Old First Concerts in a very special concert of jazz standards, originals, and work by new composers. Just seventeen years old, he has performed throughout the Bay Area at venues such as Davies Symphony Hall, SFMOMA, California Jazz Conservatory, Stanford University, JCCSF, Legion of Honor, Contemporary Jewish Museum, and San Francisco City Hall.
The Bridge Piano Quartet is honored to present the world premiere by noted composer Chad Cannon’s Gateway: Stories from Angel Island for piano quartet, narrator, butoh dance, and electronics, alongside works by Frank Bridge and W. A. Mozart.
Jazz composer and pianist Amy Stephens presents the World Premiere and album release of Becoming, her seven-movement suite for solo piano. Becoming is a delightful musical journey, taking the listener through contemporary jazz, rags, blues, world music and more.
The Bay Area's Friction Quartet joins Thorwald Jørgensen, one of the world's leading classical theremin players, for a beautiful and rare musical experience featuring the US Premiere of Simon Bertrand's The Invisible Singer, along with other works for this unique quintet, including Transformations by Dalit Warshaw.
Continuum a cappella group sing sacred and secular music, from Renaissance motets to traditional hymns, and from spirituals to contemporary pop.
