Eastern & Western Music: One Melody… One Story… Ali Paris, vocals & qanun; Gabriel Navia, guitar; Faisal Zeidan, percussion Ali Paris, internationally acclaimed vocalist and qanounist, premiers his Trio for Old First Concerts, presenting his own unique music and music from the Middle East, rich in culture. Bridging common grounds with the distinct differences between […]
Continue readingAuthor Archives: Rick Bahto
Festival of Russian Music – Sunday April 30 at 4 pm
The San Francisco Branch of the Music Teachers’ Association of California presents its students in a gala concert of Russian music. The performers for this event will be chosen by audition in the weeks before the concert, so you will hear some of the most gifted and accomplished music students in the Bay Area. A […]
Continue readingVillage Road Trio – Friday June 16 at 8 pm
Alisa Rose, violin; Rob Reich, accordion; Daniel Fabricant, bass Program will include works by Bartók, Joplin, Rose, Satie, Reich, Dvořák, Guerino, Chopin, and Sarasate. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Village Road Trio is a creative collaboration of composer/performers. Violinist Alisa Rose formed the Village Road Trio in 2012 for a performance at […]
Continue readingClarinet Thing – Friday May 5 at 8 pm
Sheldon Brown, Eb, Bb, bass clarinets; Beth Custer, Bb, A, alto, bass clarinets; Ben Goldberg, Bb, contralto clarinets; Harvey Wainapel, Bb, bass clarinets Founded in 1989 by Custer, Clarinet Thing has delighted audiences for decades with their original compositions and arrangements of unusual and standard jazz works, all performed on the clarinet family. They’ve two […]
Continue reading