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May 2010

 
Saturday, May 1, 2010
8:00 PM
Calefax Wind Quintet
CHAMBER
Redwood Arts Council
Oliver Boekhoorn, oboe; Ivar Berix, clarinet; Raaf Hekkema, saxophone; Jelte Althuis, bass clarinet; Alban Wesly, bassoon

Mozart: Serenade in c, K. 406 (arr. Eduard Wesly)
Debussy: Children’s
Corner Suite (Hekkema)
Rameau (1683-1764) Le Rappel Des Oiseaux (arr. Raaf Hekkema)

Occidental Community Church
Church St & 2nd St
Occidental, California 95465

(707) 874-1124

www.redwoodarts.org

 
Friday, May 7, 2010
8:00 PM
CHORAL AND VOCAL
SSU Chamber Singers
SSU Chamber Singers and Jubilate Baroque Orchestra, directed by Robert Worth

Bach's Leipzig Audition is the first performance in the Sonoma County Early Music Festival. This concert explores a fascinating piece of music history by presenting gorgeous cantatas by Kuhnau, Telemann, Graupner and Johann Sebastian Bach.

Holy Family Episcopal Church
1500 East Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, California 94928

707-575-9416

www.sonomabach.org

 
Saturday, May 8, 2010
8:00 PM
Pianists Elena Casanova and Elizabeth MacDougall
RECITAL
Ukiah Community Concert Association Benefit
Elena Casanova and Elizabeth MacDougall, pianos

Mozart: Sonata in D Major for Four Hands, K. 381
Chopin: Etude in A-Flat Major, Op. 25/1 "Aeolian Harp"
Etude in C Minor, Op. 10/12 "Revolutionary"
Ginastera: Danzas Argentinas
Schubert: Impromptu in E-Flat Major, Op. 90/2
Ravel: Pavane
Bennett: Four-Piece Suite (Divertimento for Two Pianos)
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (Two Pianos)

Admission $15; $10 students/seniors

Mendocino College Center for the Visual and Performing Arts
1000 Hensley Road
Ukiah, California 95482

(707) 463-2758

www.ukiahcommunityconcertassociatio

 
Saturday, May 8, 2010
8:00 PM
Singer Ute Lemper
SYMPHONY
Santa Rosa Symphony
Bruno Ferrandis, conductor
Ute Lemper, vocalist
Hudson Shad, male vocal quartet

Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni
Tchaikovsky: Suite From Swan Lake
Weill: Seven Deadly Sins

Wells Fargo Center For The Arts
50 Mark West Springs Road
Santa Rosa, California 95403

(707) 546-8742

www.santarosasymphony.com

 
Saturday, May 8, 2010
8:00 PM
CHORAL AND VOCAL
SSU Chamber Singers
SSU Chamber Singers and Jubilate Baroque Orchestra, directed by Robert Worth

Bach's Leipzig Audition is the first performance in the Sonoma County Early Music Festival. This concert explores a fascinating piece of music history by presenting gorgeous cantatas by Kuhnau, Telemann, Graupner and Johann Sebastian Bach.

Holy Family Episcopal Church
1500 East Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, California 94928

707-575-9416

www.sonomabach.org

 
Sunday, May 9, 2010
3:00 PM
Singer Ute Lemper
SYMPHONY
Santa Rosa Symphony
Bruno Ferrandis, conductor
Ute Lemper, vocalist
Hudson Shad, male vocal quartet

Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni
Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake
Weill: Seven deadly Sins



Wells Fargo Center For The Arts
50 Mark West Springs Road
Santa Rosa, California 95403

(707) 546-8742

www.santarosasymphony.com

 
Sunday, May 9, 2010
3:00 PM
Giuseppe Verdi
CHAMBER
Sonoma Classical Music Society
Peresson Quartet: Nigel Armstrong, violin, Luanne Homzy, violin, Min-Kyung Sung, viola, Julian Schwarz, cello.

Tickets: $40, $25, $20, $10





Beethoven: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 18, No. 2
Janacek: String Quartet No. 1 (Kreutzer Sonata)
Verdi: String Quartet in E minor
Piazzolla: Four for Tango

Jacuzzi Family Vineyards Winery
24724 Arnold Drive/Highway 121
Sonoma, California

707-938-8890

sonomaclassical.com

 
Monday, May 10, 2010
8:00 PM
Ute Lemper
SYMPHONY
Santa Rosa Symphony
Bruno Ferrandis, conductor
Ute Lemper, vocalist
Hudson Shad, male vocal quartet

Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni,
Tchaikovsky: Suite from Swan Lake
Weill: Seven Deadly Sins





Wells Fargo Center For The Arts
50 Mark West Springs Road
Santa Rosa, California 95403

(707) 546-8742

www.santarosasymphony.com

 
Friday, May 14, 2010
8:00 PM
Michael Praetorius
CHORAL AND VOCAL
Sonoma County Bach Society
Sonoma County Bach Chorus
Sonoma State University Chamber Singers and Chorus
Robert Worth, Director
Charles Rus, organ


Praetorius: Double Choir works
Schutz: TBA
Bach: Lobet den Harrn
Mendelssohn and Brahms: TBA

Holy Family Episcopal Church
1500 East Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, California 94928

707-581-8933

www.sonomabach.org

 
Saturday, May 15, 2010
8:00 PM
Santa Rosa Symphony Prep Orchestra
SYMPHONY
SRS Youth Ensembles: Preparatory and Discovery Orchestras
Bob Williams, conductor
Ryan Anderson, horn
Elizabeth Chu, Emily Chu, Caroline Chu, Karen Leung, violins

Preparatory Orchestra:
Beethoven: Fifth Symphony Finale, arranged by Charles Woodhouse
Bach: Bourrée in G Minor from the 2nd Violin Sonata
Discovery Orchestra:
Copland: Lincoln Portrait, narrated by John Henry Bussey
Mozart: Allegro from Horn Concerto No. 1
Vivaldi: Allegro from the Concerto for Four Violins

Jackson Theater
4400 Day School Place
Santa Rosa, California

(707) 546-8742

www.santarosasymphony.com

 
Saturday, May 15, 2010
8:00 PM
Heinrich Schutz
CHORAL AND VOCAL
Sonoma County Bach Society
Sonoma County Bach Chorus
Sonoma State University Chamber Singers and Chorus
Robert Worth, director
Charles Rus, organ

Praetorius: Double Choir pieces
Schutz: TBA
Bach: Lobet den Herrn
Mendelssohn and Brahms: TBA

$12/$10. SSU Faculty/staff/Students: $8


Holy Family Episcopal Church
1500 East Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, California 94928

707-581-8933

www.sonomabach.org

 
Saturday, May 15, 2010
7:30 PM
Conductor Tara Flandreau
SYMPHONY
College of Marin Music Department
College of Marin Orchestra, Tara Flandreau, conductor
Bruce Salvisberg and Dawna Stebbins, piccolos
Ken Hoppe, cello

Schumann: Symphony No. 1 (Spring), Op. 38
Gary Friedman: Variations on Eliahu for Cello and Orchestra
Donjon: Tracoline for Two Piccolos and Strings

St. Hilary Church
761 Hilary Avenue
Tiburon, California 94920

451 485-9460

www.marin.edu

 
Sunday, May 16, 2010
4:00 PM
Robert Schumann
SYMPHONY
College of Marin Music Department
College of Marin Orchestra
Tara Flandreau, conductor
Ken Hoppe, cello
Bruce Salvisberg and Dawna Stebbins, piccolos

Schumann: Symphony No. 1 (Spring), Op. 38
Garey Friedman: Variations on Eliahu for Cello and Orchestra
Donjon: Tracoline for Two Piccolos and Strings

Admission: $10

Unity Church
600 Palm Drive, Hamilton Center
Novato, California 94949

415 485-9460

www.marin.edu

 
Sunday, May 16, 2010
5:00 PM
Marin Music Chest Winners
RECITAL
Marin Music Chest Young Artist Concert
Marin Music Chest Scholarship Award Winners:
Kenji Bellavigna, clarinet
Violin: Daniel Cho, violin
Toki Migimatsu, piano
Elizabeth Zosseder, harp
Mariko Wyrick, cello

Program: TBA

Mt. Tamalpais United Methodist Church
410 Sycamore at Camino Alto
Mill Valley, California 94941

415-381-4453

www.chambermusicmillvalley.org

 
Sunday, May 16, 2010
3:00 PM
Santa Rosa Youth Orchestra Cellist
SYMPHONY
Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra
Richard Loheyde, conductor
Michael Murrin, tuba
Kirsten Skabelund, violin

Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
Saint-Saëns: Danse Bacchanale
Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto in F Minor (1954)
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64

Admission: $12, $10

Jackson Theater
4400 Day School Place
Santa Rosa, California

(707) 546-8742

www.santarosasymphony.com

 
Sunday, May 16, 2010
3:00 PM
Organist Charles Rus
RECITAL
Sonoma County Bach Society
Charles Rus, organ

Bach: Toccata and Fugue in F Major
Vivaldi: Concerto in D Minor (transcribed by C. Rus)
Music of Buxtehude, Bohm and Bruhns

Church of the Incarnation
550 Mendocino Avenue
Santa Rosa, California 95401

707-575-9416

www.sonomabach.org

 
Friday, May 21, 2010
8:00 PM
Bach at the Organ
CHORAL AND VOCAL
Sonoma County Bach Society
Sonoma County Children's Chorus
Sonoma County Bach Choir
Jubilate Baroque Orchestra
Robert Worth, director

Bach: First anhd last movement from 14 Cantatas from his second (Jahrgang) cycle

$12/$10. SSU Faculty/Staff/Students: $8

Holy Family Episcopal Church
1500 East Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, California 94928

707-581-8933

www.sonomabach.org

 
Saturday, May 22, 2010
8:00 PM
Gustav Holst
SYMPHONY
American Philharmonic, Sonoma County
Gabriel Sakakeeny, conductor

"Inner Space – Outer Space"
Copland: Quiet City
Debussy: Nocturnes
Holst: The Planets


Wells Fargo Center For The Arts
50 Mark West Springs Road
Santa Rosa, California 95403

(707) 793-2177

www.apsonoma.org

 
Saturday, May 22, 2010
8:00 PM
J. S. Bach
CHORAL AND VOCAL
Sonoma County Bach Society
Santa Rosa Children's Chorus
Sonoma County Bach Choir
Jubilate Baroque Orchestra
Robert Worth, director

Sonoma County Early Music Festival
Jahrgang II: Bach's Second Leipzig Cantata Cycle

Bach: First and last movements from 14 Cantatas in his second (Jahrgang) cycle

$12/$10. SSU Faculty/Staff/Students: $8

Holy Family Episcopal Church
1500 East Cotati Avenue
Rohnert Park, California 94928

707-581-8933

www.sonomabach.org

 
Saturday, May 22, 2010
7:30 PM
YPCO Violinist
SYMPHONY
Young People's Chamber Orchestra
George Thomson, director; Robby Morales, Autumn Cullen, violas; Jason Fauss, Athena Wheaton, cellos

Telemann: Concerto for two violas
Vivaldi: Concerto for two cellos
Britten: Simple Symphony
Puccini: Crisantemi
Still: Danzas de Panama

$12 and $10

Glaser Center
547 Mendocino Avenue
Santa Rosa, California 95401

(707) 546-8742

www.santarosasymphony.com

 
Sunday, May 23, 2010
3:00 PM
Cellist Zuill Bailey
SYMPHONY
Napa Valley Symphony
Asher Raboy, conductor
Zuill Bailey, cellist


Dvorak: Four Slavonic Dances
Bloch: Schelomo (Hebraic Rhapsody)
Moussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. Ravel)

Lincoln Theater
California Veterans Home, 100 California Drive
Yountville, California 94599

(707) 226-8742

napavalleysymphony.org

 
Sunday, May 23, 2010
3:00 PM
Aaron Copland
SYMPHONY
American Philharmonic, Sonoma County
Gabriel Sakakeeny, conductor

"Inner Space – Outer Space"
Copland: Quiet City
Debussy: Nocturnes
Holst: The Planets


Wells Fargo Center For The Arts
50 Mark West Springs Road
Santa Rosa, California 95403

(707) 793-2177

www.apsonoma.org

 
Friday, May 28, 2010
8:00 PM
Will Hart Meyer and Carrie Hennessey
OPERA
Emmeline
Carrie Hennessey (Emmeline), Cary Rosko (Aunt Hannah), Robert Stafford (Maguire), Will Hart Meyer (Matthew Gurney), Eileen Morris (Mrs. Bass), Brian Rosen (Henry Mosher), Melody Caspari (Sophie).
Nina Shuman, music director
Elly Lichenstein, stage director

Tobias Picker’s Opera "Emmeline" (1996)

Nina Shuman, Music Director
Elly Lichenstein, Stage Director
May 28 - June 12, 2010.

Friday and Saturdays (May 28 and 29, June 4, 11 and 12) at 8 p.m.
Wednesday (June 9) at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday (June 6) 3 p.m.: Teen Night - $20 for audience members under 20, including soda and cookie

Presale: general $35, seniors/students $32
At Door: general $38, seniors/students $35



Cinnabar Theater
3333 Petaluma Blvd. North
Petaluma, California 94952

(707) 763-8920

www.cinnabartheater.org

 
Sunday, May 30, 2010
2:00 PM
String Circle
CHAMBER
Absolute Music
String Circle: Joseph Edelberg,violn; Kati Kyme, violin; Anthony Martin, viola; Thalia Moore, cello.

Purcell: Suite from "The Fairy Queen"
Schubert: String Quartet in G Major, D. 887

Friedman Center
4676 Mayette Ave.
Santa Rosa, California 95405

707-538-9731

www.absolutemusic4u.com