FREE CONCERT to benefit Shelter Outreach Plus

“Music of the Ages”
This event is a great example of the way musicians and music lovers can come together to create a better, stronger community.

Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 3:00 pm
First United Methodist Church
Pacific Grove  (Click here for Google Maps)

An afternoon of great music with something for everyone. More than 40 musicians will come together for this free musical event, and 100% of all donations will go to help provide safe housing and compassionate support for homeless people in our community.

The concert of talented musicians features the well-known Kevin Jordan Wild Coast Brass Quintet, and organist Barbara Vella, performing great classical music by Mussorgsky, Monteverdi, Strauss, and contemporary composers.

The diverse program ranges from an upbeat arrangement of “La Bamba” with organ and jazz percussion, to high energy gospel choral arrangements from local composer Peter Williams. The amazing grand finale will be the stirring “Gloria” by Popular British composer John Rutter, accompanied by organ, brass ensemble, choir, handbells, and percussion. This work, comissioned by an American choir and first performed in 1974, has become a beloved choral favorite.

By bringing musicians and community together to help end the cycle of homelessness and domestic violence, the participants and organizers of this concert seek to serve a very real, very immediate need. Shelter Outreach Plus offers emergency shelter, transitional housing and other supportive services for men, women and children.

Help support Shelter Outreach Plus with your tax-deductible gifts, all of which will be put to work in our community. Join us for great music performed by gifted and big-hearted musicians, support your friends and your community, and then enjoy a reception following the concert!

Visit the Shelter Outreach Plus website: www.shelteroutreachplus.org

For concert information, contact:
Kathryn Abbott  KathrynJAbbott@sbcglobal.net
Phone: (831) 917-3528

Location Details
First United Methodist Church   (Click here for Google Maps)
915 Sunset Pacific Grove CA 93950 US
Church website: www.butterflychurch.org

Shakespeare's London - the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival

The 2010 Santa Cruz Baroque Festival continues its Grand Tour of Early Music Worlds with a concert featuring renowned early music soprano Julianne Baird.

Shakespeare's London
Saturday, February 20, 7:30pm
UCSC Music Center Recital Hall

Julianne Baird (soprano), Richard Savino (lutes), Linda Burman-Hall (virginals) and Audrey Stanley (Shakespearean reader)

Julianne Baird has been hailed as "one of the most extraordinary voices in the service of early music that this generation has produced. She possesses a natural musicianship which engenders singing of supreme expressive beauty."

This concert will recreate the London of Shakespeare's times with music by Elizabethan composers such as Thomas Morley and Robert Johnson, who worked with Shakespeare to produce their settings, and music of Baroque composers such as Matthew Locke and Thomas Arne.

Julianne Baird is joined by lutenist Richard Savino, and Linda Burman-Hall on virginals, together with poetic Shakespearean interludes by Audrey Stanley (founding Artistic Director of Shakespeare Santa Cruz).

Accompanying this event is a Locavore Artist Dinner with Julianne Baird and Audrey Stanley the following day on Sunday, February 21, at 5:30pm.

For more details visit the  SCBF website: www.scbaroque.org

Visit Julianne Baird's website here>>>

The Monterey Symphony Uncovers Hidden Russian Treasures

Monterey Symphony Orchestra Concert IV

HIDDEN RUSSIAN TREASURES

Saturday February 20
2:00 pm final rehearsal (Note new start time)
7:00 pm - Concert (Note new start time)
Sherwood Hall, Salinas

Sunday February 21, 3:00 pm
Monday February 22, 8:00 pm
Sunset Theater, Carmel

Dmitry Yablonsky, guest conductor

Returning to conduct the Monterey Symphony eleven years after his debut with us, Dmitry Yablonsky has led prestigious orchestras throughout Europe and Asia including the Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Last year, Dmitry won a Grammy nomination for his recording of the Miklos Rosza Violin Concerto. His discography is extensive and popular. He is also one of the finest cellists of his generation performing the great concertos, chamber music, and recitals.

Glinka: Waltz-Fantasie
Shostakovich: Jazz Suite No.2
Shostakovich: Tahiti Trot
Scriabin: Symphony No.2 in C minor, Op.29

More info on the Monterey Symphony Website

Music For Valentine's Day

There are some lovely concerts of romantic music
on both sides of the Monterey Bay this weekend.

Exotic Chamber Music

Saturday night and Sunday afternoon in Aptos the Santa Cruz Chamber Players present "Tales of Love and Exotic Places."

Lars Johannesson, artistic director, flute and piccolo
Kathleen Kasdorf, soprano
Amy Brodo, cello
Susan Bruckner, piano

Saturday, February 13, 8:00PM
Sunday, February 14, 3:00PM
Christ Lutheran Church, Aptos     (Click here for Google Maps)

Flute, Cello, Piano, and Soprano weave an atmosphere of romance; tropical, historical and fairytale… Exotic scenes of faraway places.

This program centers around the sensual and evocative Songs of Madagascar by Ravel and the lyrical, late-romantic style love songs by America’s Amy Beach.

Scenes of hummingbirds, an evocation to Brahma, and Sephardic melodies are united with other exotic instrumental elements to delight the senses.

From the real to the imaginative, the concert culminates with Elizabeth Raum’s beautiful setting and narrative of Cinderella’s fairytale love story.

More info at www.scchamberplayers.org

Romantic Piano

 
On Sunday afternoon in Carmel's Sunset Center the amazing pianist Gustavo Romero plays an all-Chopin program.

Romero is a spectacular performer and Chopin is one of his specialties. Just look at this great program!

Prelude in C sharp minor, Op.45
Nocturne in B major, Op.62 (No.1)
Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op.60
Polonaise in F sharp minor, Op.44
Scherzo in B flat minor, Op.31
Intermission:
Ballade in A flat major, Op.47
Ballade in F major, Op.38
Ballade in F minor, Op.52
Ballade in G minor, Op.23

Sunday, February 14, at 3:0opm
Sunset Center, Carmel

Special ticket prices are available for students.

More info at www.carmelmusic.org

Visit the Gustavo Romero Website