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  • Piano Series: Robert Schwartz 2013

    Preston Hall 44867 Main St., Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    Hailed by Hugh Wolff of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra as “one of the finest pianists of his generation,” Schwartz has performed extensively in the U.S. and abroad in recent seasons.

  • Julian Pollack Trio, Hot Club of San Francisco 2013

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Jazz

    "...a ferociously assured and creatively dazzling pianist, composer and arranger" (San Francisco Chronicle), Julian Pollack's trio will follow a rousing set by Americas finest gypsy swing band in the style of Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli, the Hot Club of San Francisco.

  • Kim Nalley, vocals 2013

    Preston Hall 44867 Main St., Mendocino, CA, United States
    Jazz

    Kim Nalley, one of the world’s best jazz and blues vocalists, has the sexy aura of a diva from the forties,

  • Opera: Il Senor Bruschino 2013

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    Expect a Master Class for Opera Lovers with the maestro, soloists and orchestra, followed by a delightful performance of Rossini’s one-act farce, directed by Allan Pollack

  • Peer-to-Peer Jazz Workshop 2013

    Matheson Theater 10700 Ford St., Mendocino, CA, United States
    Jazz

    Saturday July 20, 10:00 AM Matheson Theater “When you hear how great these young kids play, you know the future of our music is in good hands.” – Thelonius Monk, Jr. (monkinstitute.org) Miles Berry, 18, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts - tenor saxophone Joel Ross, 17, Chicago High School for the Arts - vibes ...

    $15

  • Thelonious Monk Institute National Performing Arts High School All-Star Jazz Sextet 2013

    Preston Hall 44867 Main St., Mendocino, CA, United States
    Jazz

    Saturday July 20, 3:00 PM Preston Hall “When you hear how great these young kids play, you know the future of our music is in good hands.” – Thelonius Monk, Jr. (monkinstitute.org) Miles Berry, 18, New Orleans Center for Creative Arts - tenor saxophone Joel Ross, 17, Chicago High School for the Arts - vibes ...

  • Festival Big Band with Kathleen Grace 2013

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Jazz

    A smashing evening with the Festival Big Band Orchestra, led by Allan Pollack, who plays a mean saxophone.

  • A Celebration of Japan’s Ocean Day: Invocation 2013

    Around the World

    Invocation 2:00 PM Cypress Grove Twentieth-century Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu dreamed of swimming in an “ocean that has no east, no west.” His dream of an international culture has inspired director-musician Susan Waterfall to bring together traditional and modern Japanese music in celebration of Takemitsu’s legacy and Japan’s July national holiday, Ocean Day. Karl Young, ...

  • GONNA, Contemporary Taiko (US Debut) 2013

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Around the World

    Sunday, July 21, 4:00 PM Tent Concert Hall This exciting contemporary taiko ensemble—celebrating their tenth anniversary by visiting the U.S. for the first time with the help of the Mendocino Sister Cities Association—performs kumi-daiko (multi-drum, multi-players) complemented with the addition of marimbas and western drums. GONNA'S blend of Wadaiko (traditional Japanese drumming and drums) and ...

  • Bento Supper by the Sea 2013

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Around the World

    Bento (弁当 bentō) is a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine, usually in a box-shaped container. Proceeds benefit Otsuchi, Japan (sister city of Fort Bragg), devastated by tsunami.

    $40

  • Ocean That Has No East, No West 2013

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Around the World

    The Life and Legacy of Toru Takemitsu A Susan Waterfall Production Susan Waterfall’s multi-media production brings to life the artistic world of Japan’s great composer Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996), a seminal figure in modern composition. Takemitsu’s art suggests a fresh language that fuses Eastern and Western creative sensibilities. Days before his death, Takemitsu described a remarkable ...

  • Gloria Cheng 2013

    Preston Hall 44867 Main St., Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    Grammy-winning pianist Gloria Cheng, described by the New York Times as “an invaluable new-music advocate,”

  • Calder Quartet with Gloria Cheng 2013

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Chamber Music

    Tuesday July 23 8:00 PM Tent Concert Hall Gloria Cheng, piano Benjamin Jacobson, violin Andrew Bulbrook, violin Jonathan Moerschel, viola Eric Byers, cello Called “outstanding” and “superb” by the New York Times, the Calder Quartet defies boundaries through performing a broad range of repertoire at an exceptional level, always striving to channel the true intention ...

  • Middle East Peace Concert, Dror Sinai Trio, Rhythms of Harmony 2013

    Caspar Community Center 15051 Caspar Road, Caspar, CA, United States
    Around the World

    Dror Sinai Eliyahu Sills Bouchaib Abdelhadi Wednesday July 24 3:00 PM Caspar Community Center Note: The particulars of some events were finalized after the printed program went to press. Consequently the printed program lists an incorrect date and time for this event. "Rhythm is all around us, in everything we see, we touch, we breathe. ...

    $20

  • Festival Orchestra: East and West 2013

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    Wednesday July 24, 8:00 PM Tent Concert Hall Shin-Ichi Fukuda, guitar Sheng: Fanfare from China Dreams Takemitsu: To the Edge of Dream Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez Debussy: La Mer Japanese guitar virtuoso Shin-Ichi Fukuda learned the concerto To the Edge of Dream directly from the composer. He will perform this and Rodrigo’s rhythmic and spirited ...

  • Piano Series: Jacqueline Schwab 2013

    Preston Hall 44867 Main St., Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    Thursday July 25 3:00 PM Preston Hall Schwab plays "gorgeously spare piano" (The Boston Globe) yet "sounds as if she has an orchestra at her fingertips" (Sing Out). She was chosen by Ken Burns to play for numerous public television documentaries, including the Grammy award-winning Civil War and the Emmy award-winning Baseball. iPad/iPhone/Safari Users Click ...

  • Cherish the Ladies 2013

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Around the World

    Thursday July 25 8:00 PM Tent Concert Hall Cherish the Ladies has become the most successful and sought after Irish-American group in Celtic music. When describing them, the critics say it best. The Boston Globe: "It is simply impossible to imagine an audience that wouldn't enjoy what they do.  The Washington Post: "An astonishing array ...

  • Emerging Artists Concert 2013

    Preston Hall 44867 Main St., Mendocino, CA, United States
    Chamber Music

    Friday, July 26, 4:00pm
    Preston Hall

    Recital by participants in the Emerging Artists Scholarship Program.

    $20

  • Pedrito Martinez Group 2013

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Around the World

    Friday July 26 8:00 PM Tent Concert Hall The Pedrito Martinez Group is a small band with a huge sound. It has its roots planted firmly in the Afro-Cuban Rumba tradition and in the bata rhythm and vocal chants of the music of Yoruba and Santeria. With the band’s superb musicianship and incredible instrumental, percussion, ...

  • Festival Orchestra and Chorus 2013

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    The Festival Orchestra, Chorus, and soloists join forces for a powerfully inspirational program of music based on traditional biblical themes.

  • MacCallum House Winemaker’s Dinner and Silent Auction with Bink Wines 2014

    MacCallum House Restaurant 45020 Albion Street, Mendocino, CA
    Benefit Events

    Thursday April 24, 2014 6:00 PM A benefit for Mendocino Music Festival A delicious gourmet dining experience awaits you at the Festival's annual MacCallum House Winemaker's Dinner, from the kitchen of ...

    $100

  • Volunteer Sign-Up Day 2014

    Community Center of Mendocino 998 School Street, Mendocino, CA
    Performance

    Join us at Volunteer Sign-Up Day.

  • Bachfest: Berkeley Preview

    Berkeley City Club Members Lounge 2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, CA
    Chamber Music

    An elegant preview of the Mendocino Music Festival's July Bachfest will be presented at the historic Berkeley City Club, an architectural masterpiece by Julia Morgan. Susan Waterfall, Jeremy Cohen, Mindy ...

    $20

  • Festival Orchestra with Stephen Prutsman 2014

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    Featured wines at this performanceAudience favorite Stephen Prutsman will play the Mozart Piano Concerto in C minor in the opening Festival concert. “Conga” by Marquez will have you dancing in your seats. Conductor/composer Allan Pollack will present his piece “A Summer Evening at the Boonville Fair,” that musically evokes the many festive aspects of the ...

    $12 – $47

  • Bachfest: Bach and Beer 2014

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Chamber Music

    Featured wines at this performance J. S. Bach enjoyed life enormously, and this certainly included beer drinking. He was often paid in beer. Find out more interesting and seldom considered facts in a multi-media lecture with historian Bob Winn, noted beer authority Jay R. Brooks, and scholar/pianist Susan Waterfall, covering life in early 18th century Germany, ...

    $27

  • Claire Lynch Band: Taking Bluegrass to New Heights 2014

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    Featured wines at this performanceCombining strength and purity of voice, enchanting and subtle song writing, and superb musicianship, the Claire Lynch Band takes bluegrass to new heights. The band is known for its intense sound, as well as for brilliant picking, of course. Claire Lynch was winner of the International Bluegrass Association’s award for Female ...

    $12 – $37

  • Bachfest: Bach at the Keyboard 2014

    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    Pianists Susan Waterfall and Carolyn Steinbuck will consider Bach’s role as father and teacher, and will explore the international influences on his music. The concert consists of the Two-Part Inventions, the Italian Concerto, the C minor Partita, and the 6-Voiced Ricercare from the “Musical Offering.” iPad/iPhone/Safari Users Click for Ticketing

    $27

  • Juncal Street: Homage to the Flamenco Tradition 2014

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Around the World

    Featured wines at this performanceSix incredible artists, all virtuosi of their art forms, draw global inspiration from contemporary art and dance. Three-time Isadora Duncan nominees for Most Outstanding Music, Ensemble, and Individual Performance, they constitute a multicultural medley of Gypsy, French, and Spanish origins. Award-winning dancers Michael Gutierrez and Fanny Ara are also featured in ...

    $12 – $37

  • Bachfest: The Unaccompanied Suites 2014

    Mendocino Presbyterian Church Sanctuary 44831 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Chamber Music

    Bach’s keyboard works are often played, but there are not so many opportunities to hear the wonderful suites for other instruments, and even more rare, to hear them in the lovely setting and gorgeous acoustics of the sanctuary of the Mendocino Presbyterian Church. Jeremy Cohen will perform the much-beloved Partita for Violin in D minor, ...

    $27

  • A Cappella Fever 2014

    Preston Hall 44867 Main St., Mendocino, CA, United States
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    The Coast is home to several excellent small a cappella groups, all singing for the pure love of it while holding down their day jobs.  Men’s Acafellas, women’s In the Mix, women’s trio River, and SATB Sine Nomine will sing music from four centuries, everything from do-wop, to gospel, to hit tunes from the ‘40s, ...

    $27

  • Bachfest: Musical Offering, and Prutsman Plays Bach 2014

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Chamber Music

    Susan Waterfall will describe the history and significance of Bach's Musical Offering.  Fascinating canons and the Trio Sonata from that work will be performed by Waterfall, with Jeremy Cohen, violin; Mindy Rosenfeld, flute; Burke Schuchmann, cello. On the second half of the program, the brilliant Bach interpreter Stephen Prutsman will play and conduct the Festival Chamber ...

    $12 – $37

  • Piano Series: Robert Schwartz 2014

    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    Pianist Robert Schwartz is returning to the Festival to play Mozart Sonata in Bb Major K. 570, Mendelssohn Songs Without Words (Selected) and Brahms Sonata in F Minor Op. 5. Schwartz is an active performer and teacher, with international credits.  He is often soloist with the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra and Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra and ...

    $27

  • April Verch Band: Extravagant Step-Dancing Style from Canada 2014

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Around the World

    Wines featured at this performance April Verch specializes in the hybrid heritage of her native Ottawa Valley, creating North American roots music with fantastic fiddling, great songwriting, a terrific band, and amazing step-dancing—who could ask for more?  They have been a major hit with Shetland audiences for years and will set your toes to tapping.  ...

    $12 – $37

  • Piano Series: Paul Hersh 2014

    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    The Piano Series regulars always welcome Paul Hersh’s lecture recitals. This season Hersh will bring his son, violinist Stefan Hersh, to explore Beethoven’s last violin and piano sonatas. iPad/iPhone/Safari Users Click for Ticketing

    $27

  • Opera: Don Giovanni 2014

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    Featured wines at this performance Mozart’s Don Giovanni is one of the most important operas of all time, and is an audience favorite for good reasons. An extremely dramatic work, full of intrigue, spooky ghosts, beautiful damsels, and revenge, it's based on the fictional legends of the notorious seducer, Don Juan, who carelessly abuses everyone in ...

    $12 – $46

  • Kathleen Grace Band 2014

    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Jazz

    Saturday, July 19, 2014, 3:00 PM Preston Hall A favorite of the Festival as Big Band singer, Kathleen Grace returns with her own band and her own songs that fuse the musical language of jazz, rock and folk with extraordinary storytelling abilities. “Smart, alluring and evocative” (Washington Post), Kathleen Grace has traveled the world sharing ...

    $27

  • Festival Big Band with Kim Nalley: Homage to Aretha Franklin 2014

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Jazz

    Featured wines at this performance The annual Big Band concert will feature vocalist Kim Nalley, former owner of the San Francisco Jazz Club at Pearl’s. She has an amazing 3 ½ octave range and is known for her striking stage presence. She will sing songs made famous by Aretha Franklin, many of which will be ...

    $27

  • Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen 2014

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    Featured wines at this performance. Chris Hillman, formerly of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, teams up with his buddy Herb Pedersen from the Desert Rose Band to play their own blend of bluegrass, folk, and country music. They have the superb blend and easy interchange that only long-time friends can achieve. They can play nearly ...

    $12 – $37

  • POCO: Encore Concert 2014

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    Featured wines at this performance One of the first and longest-lasting country-rock groups, POCO will perform an encore concert on the stage of the Mendocino Music Festival.  Rusty Young has announced the band’s February 2014 retirement from regular touring, but has agreed to do one more performance for the Festival as a result of the ...

    $12 – $46

  • Calder Quartet 2014

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Chamber Music

    Featured wines at this performance Benjamin Jacobson, violin Andrew Bulbrook, violin Jonathan Moerschel, viola Eric Byers, cello.  Called “outstanding” and “superb” by the New York Times, the Calder Quartet defies boundaries through performing a broad range of repertoire at an exceptional level, always striving to channel the true intention of the work’s creator.  The quartet ...

    $12 – $37

  • Ledford House: the Iconic Festival Dinner Party 2014

    Ledford House Restaurant 3000 Highway One, Albion, CA
    Benefit Events

    Enjoy a delightful evening of gourmet food and music at one of the area’s leading restaurants, with premium wines generously supplied by Goldeneye Winery, and an intimate musical performance by violinist David McCarroll and pianist Miles Graber. $75 per person. This event is full.<!-- Click to Reserve Now Menu coming soon.

    $75

  • Frederica von Stade 2014

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    Featured wines at this performance The wonder of an art song is that it tells a story, defines its characters and makes an emotional connection in just a few brief minutes. In this recital, with pianist Miles Graber, von Stade will sing songs by Ned Rorem, Louis Guy, Jake Heggie, Maurice Ravel, Virgil Thompson, Aaron ...

    $12 – $37

  • Suzanna Smith and Kenny Washington 2014

    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Jazz

    Superheroes of the Bay Area Jazz Scene. Listen to the magic as Smith, who combines the confessional imperative of a singer/songwriter with the rhythmic acuity of a jazz chanteuse, teams up with Washington, a jazz virtuoso who thrills audiences with his soulful interpretations, seemingly limitless range, and rapid-fire scatting. Both have superb voices that glide ...

    $27

  • Festival Orchestra with David McCarroll 2014

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    Featured wines at this performance Join us in a celebration of romance as you listen to the Concerto for Violin and Orchestra by Jean Sibelius and Symphony #2 of Rachmaninoff, both thrilling, monumental works. Julian Waterfall Pollack will premier his evocative Night Flower. Violinist David McCarroll grew up at a remote mountaintop monastery in the ...

    $12 – $46

  • Festival Chamber Players 2014

    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Chamber Music

    The concert will consist of the Mozart Quintet in E flat Major for Piano and Winds K.452, and the Schumann Quintet in E flat Major for Piano and Strings, played by the world-class Festival Orchestra’s principal players, joined by pianists Miles Graber and Carolyn Steinbuck. Mozart wrote his only piano quintet at the height of ...

    $27

  • Poncho Sanchez and his Latin Jazz Band 2014

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Around the World

    Featured wines at this performancePoncho Sanchez’s music is a swirl of some of the hottest colors and brightest lights to emerge from either side of the border. At every show Latin jazz, swing, bebop, salsa and other infectious grooves collide and churn with results that are no less than dazzling. Among the more prominent figures ...

    $12 – $37

  • Emerging Artists Concert 2014

    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Chamber Music

    This is a recital by the outrageously excellent young string players from the Emerging Artists program. The Emerging Artists have won scholarships to receive intensive training at the Festival, and an opportunity to perform with established professionals in orchestral and chamber concerts. Don’t miss this recital. These are tomorrow’s renowned musicians at the outset of ...

    $27

  • Irma Thomas, Queen of the Delta Blues 2014

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    Featured wines at this performanceIrma Thomas won a Grammy in 2007 for Best Contemporary Blues Album and was chosen as one of NPR’s 50 Great Voices. Dubbed the Soul Queen of New Orleans, Thomas will warm your heart with her blend of roots and blues. She has been inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame ...

    $12 – $46

  • Julian Waterfall Pollack and Natalie Tenenbaum: Duo Pianos 2014

    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    Two of the most brilliantly talented pianist/composers from the New York scene team up to play the driving, rhythmic music of Adams, Reich, and their own compositions, as well as creative arrangements of popular contemporary songs. The eclectic program was drawn together by the performers' love of great music, regardless of genre, and their interest ...

    $27

  • Festival Orchestra and Chorus 2014

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Classical

    Featured wines at this performance The final orchestral concert of great choral works by Haydn and Bach will provide a fitting climax to the Festival.  Handel’s Royal Fireworks for orchestra alone will precede Bach’s Cantata #51 and Haydn’s Creation, sung by large choir and soloists. There is nothing as inspirational as hearing a powerful choir giving heartfelt ...

    $12 – $47