PROGRAM

Thomas Lupo, "Ardi e gela"
Will Ayton, Salish Sea Images 

Allison Balberg, treble and tenor violas da gamba

Branson Stephens, treble viola da gamba

Melita Denny, tenor viola da gamba

Daniel Deitch, bass viola da gamba

Caroline Jou Armitage, bass viola da gamba

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier,  Concerto VI for Five Flutes
Masamicz Amano, Couleur et Mouvement (2021)

Gabriela Benuto, Flute

Josephine Clements, Flute

Lucy Kaye, Flute

Sha Jin, Flute

Tessa Moore, Flute

Intermission

 
Astor Piazzolla, Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (arranged for piano trio by José Bragato)

Jonathan Lin, piano

Aaron Keller, violin

Sung Choi, cello

Felix Mendelssohn, Konzertstück No.1,  Op.113, and  Konzertstück No.2, Op.114  

Chris Farrell, B-flat Clarinet, Basset Horn

Changyi Yvonne Liu, B-flat Clarinet, Basset Horn

Grace Chen, Piano

Admission is FREE and registration/RSVPs are appreciated. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please arrive early to ensure your spot. Donations are gratefully accepted, with a $10 - $20 suggested donation per person.

Masks are recommended not required.

PROGRAM

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Violin Concerto, op. 35

  • In Sun Jang, violin soloist

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6

Music Director & Conductor: Paul Schrage

Admission is FREE and registration/RSVPs are appreciated. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please arrive early to ensure your spot. Donations are gratefully accepted, with a $10 - $20 suggested donation per person.

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PROGRAM

• Jean Sibelius - Impromptu

• Antonio Vivaldi - Violin Concerto in A minor, RV 357

  • Michelle Maruyama, violin soloist

• Antonio Vivaldi, Arranged by Mark Wood - "Vivaldi Rocks" -- Wood's riff on Antonio Vivaldi's "Winter"

  • Michelle Maruyama, violin soloist

• Johann Sebastian Bach - 2 Selections from Orchestral Suite No. 3, Air, Gigue

• Edvard Grieg 2 Nordic Melodies, Op. 63

Music Director & Conductor: Michelle Maruyama

Admission is FREE and registration/RSVPs are appreciated. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please arrive early to ensure your spot. Donations are gratefully accepted, with a $10 - $20 suggested donation per person.

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PROGRAM

Chorus and Orchestra collaboration with Chora Nova!

- Ludwig van Beethoven: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage

- Ludwig van Beethoven: Elegischer Gesang

- Felix Mendelssohn: Verleih uns Frieden

- Felix Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage

- Anton Joseph Reicha: Te Deum

Music Director & Conductor: John Kendall Bailey

Admission is FREE and registration/RSVPs are appreciated. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please arrive early to ensure your spot. Donations are gratefully accepted, with a $10 - $20 suggested donation per person.

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PROGRAM

Joseph Haydn, String Quartet, op. 76 #1

Gayle Tsern Strang, Harry Chomsky -   violin

Mark McAuliffe - viola

Irene Herrmann - cello

Johannes Brahms,  Clarinet Sonata in E-flat, op. 120 #2

Michael Kimbell, clarinet

Elizabeth Lee, piano

Intermission

 
Cayetano Brunetti, Oboe Sextet No. 2 in F major, L. 274

John Quinlan, oboe

Clay Froelich,  Michelle Zhang, violins

Andrew Zhang, Frances Gregor, violas

Nathan Leber, cello

Felix Mendelssohn, String Quartet No. 6 in F Minor, Op. 80

Khang Huynh, Karen Ouyang, violins

Evan Dorsky, viola

Leo Steinmetz, cello

Admission is FREE and registration/RSVPs are appreciated. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please arrive early to ensure your spot. Donations are gratefully accepted, with a $10 - $20 suggested donation per person.

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PROGRAM

• Richard Strauss - Don Juan

• Maurice Ravel - Sheherazade

  • Madison Hatten, vocalist

• Robert Schumann - Symphony No. 3

Music Director & Conductor: Paul Schrage

Admission is FREE and registration/RSVPs are appreciated. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please arrive early to ensure your spot. Donations are gratefully accepted, with a $10 - $20 suggested donation per person.

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PROGRAM

Cornelius Boots, Passive Illumination 

Johann Sebastian Bach, Little Fugue 

Jonathan Russell, Runion

Chris Farrell, James Aldous, Francesc Campoy, Sarah Knowles Hartglass, bass clarinets

 
Carl Nielsen, Wind Quintet, Op.43

Winslow Taub, flute

Anthony Perry, oboe

Taylor Jordan, clarinet

Lisa Gerbracht, bassoon

John DeGiglio, French horn

Intermission

 
Mel Bonis, Scenes de la foret

Barbara Brown, flute

Jeff Dickey, horn

Julian Fong, piano

Johannes Brahms, Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8 (Rev 1889)

Shuo Zhai, piano

Iris Otani, violin

Summer Hu, cello

Admission is FREE and registration/RSVPs are appreciated. Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please arrive early to ensure your spot. Donations are gratefully accepted, with a $10 - $20 suggested donation per person.

Masks are recommended not required.

Program

• W. A. Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro (Overture)

• Björk/arr. Daniel Stewart: Overture to Dancer in the Dark

• Daniel Stewart: Lux Perpetua

• Daniel Strebulaev: Symphonic Sketches, I. Fantasia & III. Scherzo Finale

• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade

Arun Saigal – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members but not required. Doors open at 7:30 PM.

Program

• Joseph Bologne - Symphony No. 1 in G Major, Op. 11

• Samuel Coleridge - Taylor - Idyll, Op. 44

  • Dance from Othello Suite, Op. 79

• James P. Johnson - Drums, A Symphonic Poem

• William Grant Still - Symphony No. 2 in G Minor (“Song of a New Race”)

John Kendall Bailey – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members but not required.

Program

• Kyle Hovatter — Four Vachel Lindsay Poems

  • Jane Spencer Mills, Soprano

  • Diana Gómez, Flute

  • Nicole Faghihi, Piano

• Alberto Ginastera — String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20

  • Cassidy Moore, violin

  • Karen Ouyang, violin

  • Evan Dorsky, viola

  • Leo Steinmetz, cello

Intermission

• Bedřich Smetana — Piano Trio No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 15

  • Suzanne Kirk, piano

  • Donny Lobree, violin

  • Marian Schuchman, cello

  Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members but not required.

Program

• Johann Sebastian Bach, edited by David M. Bynog

  • Aus meines Herzens Grunde, BWV 269

  • An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 267

• Igor Stravinsky - Trois pièces pour quatuor à cordes, First Movement

• Antonio Vivaldi - Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 271, "L'Amoroso"

  • -Allegro

  • Cantabile

  • Allegro

• Antonín Dvořák, arranged by Jeremy Woolstenhulme

  • Serenade for Strings, Op. 22

    • Moderato

    • Menuetto

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Adagio and Fugue in c minor

Michelle Maruyama - Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members but not required.

Program

• Edward Elgar - Serenade for Strings in E Minor, Op. 20

• Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 1

Paul Schrage – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members but not required.

Program

• Constantin Homilius — Horn Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 38

  • Beth Milne, horn

  • Rachel Aragaki, horn

  • Jason Whitney, horn

  • Ruth Wilson, horn

• Isabella Colbran -  "Povero cor tu palpiti" 

• Gustav Mahler -  "Selbstgefuhl" 

• Gustav Mahler - "Ich ging mit Lust" 

• Richard Strauss - "Breit' uber main Haupt" 

  • Miriam Blatt, soprano

  • Diane Hie, piano

Intermission

• Zoltán Kodály — Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7

  • Iris Otani, violin

  • Summer Hu, cello

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Kegelstatt Trio, K. 498

  • Jordan Webster, clarinet

  • Vik Sharma, viola

  • Chun Li, piano

  Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members but not required.

Program

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Overture to Don Giovanni

• Felix Mendelssohn — Symphony No. 4 "Italian"

• Gioachino Rossini — Overture to William Tell

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Capriccio Italien

John Kendall Bailey – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members but not required.

Seating is not assigned, and arriving ahead of the event time is advised to allow for time to find a seat.

Program

• Eric Ewazen — Colchester Fantasy

  • Bair Island Quintet:

    • Harlan Suits, F horn

    • Robert Reyen, trumpet

    • Bruce Robertson, trumpet

    • Carl Martin, trombone

    • John Whitecar, tuba

• Sergei Prokofiev — Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56

  • Andrew Lee, violin

  • Hesoo Cha, violin

Intermission

• Eugene Bozza — Trois Pièces

  AND

• Marc Berthomieu — Arcadie

  • Gabriela Benuto, C flute

  • Sha Jin, C flute

  • Josie Clements, C flute

  • Tessa Moore, alto flute and C flute

• Antonín Dvořák — Piano Trio No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 90 (Dumky)

  • Lily Tsai, violin

  • Stephanie Tsai, cello

  • Ben-han Sung, piano

  Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members but not required.

Program

• Carl Nielsen - An Imaginary Trip to the Faroe Islands

• Jean Sibelius - En Saga

• Max Bruch - Scottish Fantasy

  Ani Bukujian, violin

Paul Schrage – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members but not required.

Program

• Philip Glass — String Quartet No. 3, “Mishima”

  • II. November 25 - Ichigaya

  • III. Grandmother and Kimitake

  • IV. 1962: Body Building

  • VI. Mishima / Closing

• Antonio Vivaldi — Violin Concerto in E minor, RV. 278

  • Victor Romasevich, violin

Intermission

• Alexander Borodin — String Quartet No. 2

Michelle Maruyama - Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members but not required.

Program

• Elizabeth Maconchy — String Quartet No. 3, Op. 15

  • Mark Hogdson, violin

  • Alex Wang, violin

  • Sue Soong, viola

  • Irene Hermann, cello

• Kadie Kelly — Storied Generations

  • Kadie Kelly, piano

  • Deborah Yates, flute

  • Sadie Hewitt, flute

  • Susanne Rublein, flute

Intermission

• Johannes Brahms — Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25

  • Carolyn Lowenthal, violin

  • Katherine Bukstein, viola

  • Steve Alter, cello

  • Bill Horne, piano

  Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members but not required.

Program

• Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61

  • Michael Long, violin

Intermission

• Joseph Joachim - Overture to Henry IV, Op. 7

• Johann Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5 in G Minor

John Kendall Bailey – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members but not required.

Program

• Franz Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3, S. 359/3

• Ludwig van Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37

  • Paul Schrage, piano

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 3 in D Major, Op. 29

Paul Schrage – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members but not required.

Program

• Bill Douglas — Suite Cantabile

  • Sfiato Quintet:

    • Catherine Jennings, flute

    • Audrey Gore, oboe

    • Leah di Tullio, clarinet

    • Lisa Canter, bassoon

    • Elizabeth Vieira, horn

• Claude Arrieu — Quintette en Ut

AND

• Georges Bizet — Jeux d’Enfants, Op. 22 (arr. by Gordon Davies)

  • Redwood Quintet:

    • Natalie Haworth-Liu, flute

    • David Allen, oboe

    • David Miller, clarinet

    • Naomi Dushay, horn

    • Gail Selburn, bassoon

Intermission

• Johannes Brahms — Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34

  • Daniel Cher, violin

  • Alex Wang, violin

  • Alessandra Aquilanti, viola

  • Michael Flexer, cello

  • Eugene Lee, piano

  Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members but not required.

Program

• Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8 (Fatto per la notte di Natale, “Christmas Concerto”)

• Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060R

  • Michelle Maruyama, violin

  • Brooks Fisher, oboe

• Christopher Wilson - Suite for String Orchestra

Michelle Maruyama - Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members but not required.

Program

• Robert Schumann — String Quartet Op. 41, No. 3

  • Iris Otani, violin

  • Vita Yee, violin

  • Kevin Jim, viola

  • Sung Choi, cello

  Intermission

• Ludwig Thuille — Piano Quintet, Op. 20

  • Iris Otani, violin

  • Alison Wong, violin

  • Alex Li, viola

  • Eric Cheng, cello

  • Sheila Chan, piano

  Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members but not required.

Program

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Overture to Apollo et Hyacinthus, K. 38

• Alma Deutscher — Waltz of the Sirens

• Felix Mendelssohn — Scherzo from String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20

• Erich Wolfgang Korngold — Sinfonietta for Large Orchestra, Op. 5

John Kendall Bailey – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members but not required.

Program

• Antonin Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 (The New World Symphony)

• Benjamin Pesetsky - Two Stories for Orchestra - world premiere

• Andi Zhou - The Eras Symphony (A Taylor Swift Compilation)

Arun Saigal - Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

RSVPs are required to attend the concert at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Please RSVP by clicking the button below before August 25th.

Masks are recommended for audience members, and physical distancing is strongly encouraged.

Program

• Antonin Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 (The New World Symphony)

• Benjamin Pesetsky - Two Stories for Orchestra (World Premier of a new up and coming Composer)

• Andi Zhou- The Eras Symphony (A Taylor Swift Compilation)

During the program, Kathryn Ma, author of "The Chinese Groove" will join us for a book review, reading and Q&A session.

You're invited to participate in our Book Fair collaboration with Barnes & Noble.  This interactive, fun, engagement activity brings together our community, love of classical music and our instruments.  (Please use voucher #12778957 in stores when purchasing books as this is a fundraising activity.  Purchase Dates:  July 12th-August 16th, 2024)

Arun Saigal – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members, and physical distancing is strongly encouraged.

Program

• Franz Joseph Haydn - Overture to The Creation

• Ludwig van Beethoven - Leonore Overture No. 3

• Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 1

John Kendall Bailey – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members, and physical distancing is strongly encouraged.

Program

• Clare Grundman - Caprice for Clarinets

• T. Stewart Smith - Suite For Four Equal Clarinets

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Divertimento No 4 Allegretto

• Domingo Pecci - My Beguine - Choro ( arranged by Christin Hablewitz)

  Clarinets of San Francisco:

  • Everett Austin

  • Jeff Bowles

  • Ritchie Iu

  • Victor Lam

  • Peter Norman

  • Inga Soule

• Itaru Sakai - Good Morning!

  • Sha Jin, Lucy Kaye, Tessa Moore, and Gabriela Benuto, flute

• Johannes Brahms - Piano Quartet no. 3 in C-minor, op. 60

  • Leyan Lo, violin

  • Cindy Wang, viola

  • Ken Ferry, cello

  • Stanley Wolfersberger, piano

    Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members, and physical distancing is strongly encouraged.

Program

• Dame Ethel Mary Smyth - The Wreckers Overture

• Sergei Rachmaninoff - Symphony No. 2

Brad Hogarth – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members, and physical distancing is strongly encouraged.

Program

• W. A. Mozart - String Quartet in D Major K. 155

• Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for Four Violins

• Dmitri Shostakovich - Romance (arr. Naughtin)

• Johannes Brahms - Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2 (arr. Naughtin)

• Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 6 (arr. Naughtin)

Michelle Maruyama - Guest Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members, and physical distancing is strongly encouraged.