Festival String Orchestra 2

Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

The lively “Hoe-down” from Aaron Copland’s Rodeo will get this show on the road. Maestro Pollack will then lead the Festival String Orchestra in his own composition, Suite for My ...

$15 – $35

Perla Batalla

Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Once a Leonard Cohen back-up singer, singer-songwriter Batalla launched her solo career with Cohen’s encouragement. The Grammy-nominated Batalla has recorded seven albums, written for both film and television, and toured ...

$15 – $35

Festival Big Band, featuring Kim Nalley

Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

This year’s Big Band Night will feature the great Kim Nalley, singing the most popular tunes and arrangements that she has performed over the past number of years. There will ...

$15 – $35

Event Series Masterclass (8 times, 10/4-11/22)

Masterclass (8 times, 10/4-11/22)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Mondays, 10 AM-11:30 AM Pacific, October 4-November 22. Come join a small group of seasoned singers who want to hone their skills and become better at their craft. If you sing in a local chorus, at church, at events, or even privately, this class will help you find better vocal technique and artistry, and will help you refine your voice and performance skills.

$80

It’s Showtime: American Musical Theater Techniques (8 times, 10/4-11/22)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Mondays, 4:00-5:30 PM Pacific, October 4-November 22. Love musical theatre? Sing everything from songs of the early Golden Age to present-day musicals. Learn “monologuing,” a technique essential to creating a character and putting a song across.

$80
Event Series French Mélodie (8 times, 10/5-11/23)

French Mélodie (8 times, 10/5-11/23)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30 AM Pacific, October 5-November 23. Love to sing in French, or need to brush up your French? Explore songs for voice and piano from composers such as Berlioz, Fauré, Duparc, Hahn, Debussy and Poulenc, and perfect your singing pronunciation.

$80
Event Series Masterclass (8 times, 10/4-11/22)

Masterclass (8 times, 10/4-11/22)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Mondays, 10 AM-11:30 AM Pacific, October 4-November 22. Come join a small group of seasoned singers who want to hone their skills and become better at their craft. If you sing in a local chorus, at church, at events, or even privately, this class will help you find better vocal technique and artistry, and will help you refine your voice and performance skills.

$80

It’s Showtime: American Musical Theater Techniques (8 times, 10/4-11/22)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Mondays, 4:00-5:30 PM Pacific, October 4-November 22. Love musical theatre? Sing everything from songs of the early Golden Age to present-day musicals. Learn “monologuing,” a technique essential to creating a character and putting a song across.

$80
Event Series French Mélodie (8 times, 10/5-11/23)

French Mélodie (8 times, 10/5-11/23)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30 AM Pacific, October 5-November 23. Love to sing in French, or need to brush up your French? Explore songs for voice and piano from composers such as Berlioz, Fauré, Duparc, Hahn, Debussy and Poulenc, and perfect your singing pronunciation.

$80
Event Series Masterclass (8 times, 10/4-11/22)

Masterclass (8 times, 10/4-11/22)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Mondays, 10 AM-11:30 AM Pacific, October 4-November 22. Come join a small group of seasoned singers who want to hone their skills and become better at their craft. If you sing in a local chorus, at church, at events, or even privately, this class will help you find better vocal technique and artistry, and will help you refine your voice and performance skills.

$80

It’s Showtime: American Musical Theater Techniques (8 times, 10/4-11/22)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Mondays, 4:00-5:30 PM Pacific, October 4-November 22. Love musical theatre? Sing everything from songs of the early Golden Age to present-day musicals. Learn “monologuing,” a technique essential to creating a character and putting a song across.

$80
Event Series French Mélodie (8 times, 10/5-11/23)

French Mélodie (8 times, 10/5-11/23)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30 AM Pacific, October 5-November 23. Love to sing in French, or need to brush up your French? Explore songs for voice and piano from composers such as Berlioz, Fauré, Duparc, Hahn, Debussy and Poulenc, and perfect your singing pronunciation.

$80
Event Series Masterclass (8 times, 10/4-11/22)

Masterclass (8 times, 10/4-11/22)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Mondays, 10 AM-11:30 AM Pacific, October 4-November 22. Come join a small group of seasoned singers who want to hone their skills and become better at their craft. If you sing in a local chorus, at church, at events, or even privately, this class will help you find better vocal technique and artistry, and will help you refine your voice and performance skills.

$80

It’s Showtime: American Musical Theater Techniques (8 times, 10/4-11/22)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Mondays, 4:00-5:30 PM Pacific, October 4-November 22. Love musical theatre? Sing everything from songs of the early Golden Age to present-day musicals. Learn “monologuing,” a technique essential to creating a character and putting a song across.

$80
Event Series French Mélodie (8 times, 10/5-11/23)

French Mélodie (8 times, 10/5-11/23)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30 AM Pacific, October 5-November 23. Love to sing in French, or need to brush up your French? Explore songs for voice and piano from composers such as Berlioz, Fauré, Duparc, Hahn, Debussy and Poulenc, and perfect your singing pronunciation.

$80

Event Series Masterclass (8 times, 10/4-11/22)

Masterclass (8 times, 10/4-11/22)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Mondays, 10 AM-11:30 AM Pacific, October 4-November 22. Come join a small group of seasoned singers who want to hone their skills and become better at their craft. If you sing in a local chorus, at church, at events, or even privately, this class will help you find better vocal technique and artistry, and will help you refine your voice and performance skills.

$80

It’s Showtime: American Musical Theater Techniques (8 times, 10/4-11/22)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Mondays, 4:00-5:30 PM Pacific, October 4-November 22. Love musical theatre? Sing everything from songs of the early Golden Age to present-day musicals. Learn “monologuing,” a technique essential to creating a character and putting a song across.

$80
Event Series French Mélodie (8 times, 10/5-11/23)

French Mélodie (8 times, 10/5-11/23)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30 AM Pacific, October 5-November 23. Love to sing in French, or need to brush up your French? Explore songs for voice and piano from composers such as Berlioz, Fauré, Duparc, Hahn, Debussy and Poulenc, and perfect your singing pronunciation.

$80
Event Series Masterclass (8 times, 10/4-11/22)

Masterclass (8 times, 10/4-11/22)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Mondays, 10 AM-11:30 AM Pacific, October 4-November 22. Come join a small group of seasoned singers who want to hone their skills and become better at their craft. If you sing in a local chorus, at church, at events, or even privately, this class will help you find better vocal technique and artistry, and will help you refine your voice and performance skills.

$80

It’s Showtime: American Musical Theater Techniques (8 times, 10/4-11/22)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Mondays, 4:00-5:30 PM Pacific, October 4-November 22. Love musical theatre? Sing everything from songs of the early Golden Age to present-day musicals. Learn “monologuing,” a technique essential to creating a character and putting a song across.

$80
Event Series French Mélodie (8 times, 10/5-11/23)

French Mélodie (8 times, 10/5-11/23)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30 AM Pacific, October 5-November 23. Love to sing in French, or need to brush up your French? Explore songs for voice and piano from composers such as Berlioz, Fauré, Duparc, Hahn, Debussy and Poulenc, and perfect your singing pronunciation.

$80
Event Series Masterclass (8 times, 10/4-11/22)

Masterclass (8 times, 10/4-11/22)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Mondays, 10 AM-11:30 AM Pacific, October 4-November 22. Come join a small group of seasoned singers who want to hone their skills and become better at their craft. If you sing in a local chorus, at church, at events, or even privately, this class will help you find better vocal technique and artistry, and will help you refine your voice and performance skills.

$80

It’s Showtime: American Musical Theater Techniques (8 times, 10/4-11/22)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Mondays, 4:00-5:30 PM Pacific, October 4-November 22. Love musical theatre? Sing everything from songs of the early Golden Age to present-day musicals. Learn “monologuing,” a technique essential to creating a character and putting a song across.

$80
Event Series French Mélodie (8 times, 10/5-11/23)

French Mélodie (8 times, 10/5-11/23)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30 AM Pacific, October 5-November 23. Love to sing in French, or need to brush up your French? Explore songs for voice and piano from composers such as Berlioz, Fauré, Duparc, Hahn, Debussy and Poulenc, and perfect your singing pronunciation.

$80

It’s Showtime: American Musical Theater Techniques (8 times, 10/4-11/22)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Mondays, 4:00-5:30 PM Pacific, October 4-November 22. Love musical theatre? Sing everything from songs of the early Golden Age to present-day musicals. Learn “monologuing,” a technique essential to creating a character and putting a song across.

$80
Event Series French Mélodie (8 times, 10/5-11/23)

French Mélodie (8 times, 10/5-11/23)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Tuesdays, 10:00-11:30 AM Pacific, October 5-November 23. Love to sing in French, or need to brush up your French? Explore songs for voice and piano from composers such as Berlioz, Fauré, Duparc, Hahn, Debussy and Poulenc, and perfect your singing pronunciation.

$80

Understanding Schubert, with Susan Waterfall

Zoom Cyberspace

Join us for the virtual world premier of Susan Waterfall's Understanding Schubert—an 85-minute video biography, with art and portraits from Schubert’s era as well as 16 recorded musical excerpts, including ...

$10
Event Series Adventures in Art Song (8 times, 3/21-5/16)

Adventures in Art Song (8 times, 3/21-5/16)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Mondays, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM PST (except April 18; May 16 session is at 12:00 PM Pacific). Due to the popularity of the German lieder and French melodie classes, we have decided to expand the class to art songs of many languages. Singing beautiful songs in German, French, Italian, Spanish, and English (British and American), we’ll delve into the poetry and the composers, addressing diction, style and presentation, and collaboration between voice and piano.

$40 – $80
Event Series Adventures in Art Song (8 times, 3/21-5/16)

Adventures in Art Song (8 times, 3/21-5/16)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Mondays, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM PST (except April 18; May 16 session is at 12:00 PM Pacific). Due to the popularity of the German lieder and French melodie classes, we have decided to expand the class to art songs of many languages. Singing beautiful songs in German, French, Italian, Spanish, and English (British and American), we’ll delve into the poetry and the composers, addressing diction, style and presentation, and collaboration between voice and piano.

$40 – $80

Event Series Adventures in Art Song (8 times, 3/21-5/16)

Adventures in Art Song (8 times, 3/21-5/16)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Mondays, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM PST (except April 18; May 16 session is at 12:00 PM Pacific). Due to the popularity of the German lieder and French melodie classes, we have decided to expand the class to art songs of many languages. Singing beautiful songs in German, French, Italian, Spanish, and English (British and American), we’ll delve into the poetry and the composers, addressing diction, style and presentation, and collaboration between voice and piano.

$40 – $80
Event Series Adventures in Art Song (8 times, 3/21-5/16)

Adventures in Art Song (8 times, 3/21-5/16)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Mondays, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM PST (except April 18; May 16 session is at 12:00 PM Pacific). Due to the popularity of the German lieder and French melodie classes, we have decided to expand the class to art songs of many languages. Singing beautiful songs in German, French, Italian, Spanish, and English (British and American), we’ll delve into the poetry and the composers, addressing diction, style and presentation, and collaboration between voice and piano.

$40 – $80
Event Series Adventures in Art Song (8 times, 3/21-5/16)

Adventures in Art Song (8 times, 3/21-5/16)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Mondays, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM PST (except April 18; May 16 session is at 12:00 PM Pacific). Due to the popularity of the German lieder and French melodie classes, we have decided to expand the class to art songs of many languages. Singing beautiful songs in German, French, Italian, Spanish, and English (British and American), we’ll delve into the poetry and the composers, addressing diction, style and presentation, and collaboration between voice and piano.

$40 – $80

Adventures in Art Song (8 times, 3/21-5/16)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Mondays, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM PST (except April 18; May 16 session is at 12:00 PM Pacific). Due to the popularity of the German lieder and French melodie classes, we have decided to expand the class to art songs of many languages. Singing beautiful songs in German, French, Italian, Spanish, and English (British and American), we’ll delve into the poetry and the composers, addressing diction, style and presentation, and collaboration between voice and piano.

$40 – $80

Adventures in Art Song (8 times, 3/21-5/16)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Mondays, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM PST (except April 18; May 16 session is at 12:00 PM Pacific). Due to the popularity of the German lieder and French melodie classes, we have decided to expand the class to art songs of many languages. Singing beautiful songs in German, French, Italian, Spanish, and English (British and American), we’ll delve into the poetry and the composers, addressing diction, style and presentation, and collaboration between voice and piano.

$40 – $80
Event Series Adventures in Art Song (8 times, 3/21-5/16)

Adventures in Art Song (8 times, 3/21-5/16)

Fort Bragg Presbyterian Church Social Hall 367 S Sanderson Way, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Eight Mondays, 4:00 PM-5:00 PM PST (except April 18; May 16 session is at 12:00 PM Pacific). Due to the popularity of the German lieder and French melodie classes, we have decided to expand the class to art songs of many languages. Singing beautiful songs in German, French, Italian, Spanish, and English (British and American), we’ll delve into the poetry and the composers, addressing diction, style and presentation, and collaboration between voice and piano.

$40 – $80

The Life and Art of Claude Debussy, with Susan Waterfall

Zoom Cyberspace

Join us for the exciting premiere of Susan Waterfall’s new film The Life and Art of Claude Debussy. Immerse yourself in the composer’s world, and enhance your experience of the many Debussy offerings in this summer’s Festival: the Festival Orchestra’s Afternoon of a Faun, the Calder’s performance of the String Quartet, Spencer Myer’s Pour le Piano, and the two narrated chamber music concerts Breakfast with Chou-Chou and Sounds and Perfumes of Evening.

$10

Festival Orchestra 1

Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Maestro Allan Pollack will open the Festival with The Phoenix, his new composition that celebrates the victory of life over death and hope over despair. Yevgeny Kutik will solo in Prokofiev’s ethereal Violin Concerto No. 1. The concert will conclude with Beethoven’s rhythmic and lively Symphony No. 7.

$15 – $35

Hills to Hollers

Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Super-group Hills to Hollers (Barbara Higbie, Vicki Randle, Laurie Lewis) explores the rich history and intertwined roots of the African-American and white musical traditions of the American south. Vicki Randle, ...

$15 – $35
Event Series Breakfast with Chou-Chou

Breakfast with Chou-Chou

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

Join Debussy at the breakfast table with his wife and beloved daughter, Chou-Chou, as his imagination is stirred by the toys in the nursery, the paintings on the wall, and fantasies of sunlit ancient Greece. Susan Waterfall will play the “Children’s Corner” suite, Eric Kritz will join her on the Rhapsody for Clarinet and Piano, and Daniel Lockert will team up with her on Six Épigraphes Antiques. Two sonatas will round out the petit-déjeuner: the darkly humorous Sonata for Cello and Piano, and the magical Sonata for Flute, Harp and Viola.

$15 – $30
Event Series Business Casual

Business Casual

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

Bay Area vocal band Business Casual explores a wide range of genres including pop, jazz, soul, folk and swing to produce fresh a cappella versions of vintage chart toppers, today's ...

Event Series Breakfast with Chou-Chou

Breakfast with Chou-Chou

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

Join Debussy at the breakfast table with his wife and beloved daughter, Chou-Chou, as his imagination is stirred by the toys in the nursery, the paintings on the wall, and fantasies of sunlit ancient Greece. Susan Waterfall will play the “Children’s Corner” suite, Eric Kritz will join her on the Rhapsody for Clarinet and Piano, and Daniel Lockert will team up with her on Six Épigraphes Antiques. Two sonatas will round out the petit-déjeuner: the darkly humorous Sonata for Cello and Piano, and the magical Sonata for Flute, Harp and Viola.

$15 – $30
Event Series Business Casual

Business Casual

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

Bay Area vocal band Business Casual explores a wide range of genres including pop, jazz, soul, folk and swing to produce fresh a cappella versions of vintage chart toppers, today's ...

Event Series Bululú

Bululú

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

The vernacular Venezuelan term, bululú, means “a gathering of people with excitement.” The San Francisco Bay Area band launched by Venezuelan-born percussionist Lali Mejia and Mexican string expert and vocalist ...

Piano Series: Spencer Myer

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

Audience favorite Spencer Myer returns to play Beethoven Sonata No. 27, Op. 90; Debussy’s Pour le Piano; and Chopin’s “The Four Impromptus.” Two pieces from Enrique Granados’ Goyescas suite—inspired by ...

$15 – $35

Piano Series: Spencer Myer

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

Audience favorite Spencer Myer returns to play Beethoven Sonata No. 27, Op. 90; Debussy’s Pour le Piano; and Chopin’s “The Four Impromptus.” Two pieces from Enrique Granados’ Goyescas suite—inspired by ...

$15 – $35
Event Series Bululú

Bululú

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

The vernacular Venezuelan term, bululú, means “a gathering of people with excitement.” The San Francisco Bay Area band launched by Venezuelan-born percussionist Lali Mejia and Mexican string expert and vocalist ...

The StepCrew

Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Created by Cara Butler and Jon and Nathan Pilatzke (longtime touring members of The Chieftains), The StepCrew combines Irish, Tap and Ottawa Valley Step dancing, music, and song. The virtuosic ...

$15 – $35

Festival Orchestra 2

Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Debussy’s symphonic poem, Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, will take us into Debussy’s charming orchestral music. The mood will change with Mozart’s first orchestral masterpiece, Symphony No. 29. Jennifer Cho and Jonah Kim will be featured in Brahms’ last work for orchestra, the Concerto for Violin and Cello.

$15 – $35

Calder Quartet 2022

Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Back for a tenth year of sensitive and eloquent playing, the Calder Quartet will perform the Beethoven Quartet Op.18, No. 3, and the Debussy G-minor Quartet for Strings. In addition ...

$15 – $35

Las Cafeteras

Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

A Chicano band from East Los Angeles, Las Cafeteras are known for their infectious live performances and music that fuses word and folk music with traditional Son Jarocho, Afro-Mexican music, ...

$15 – $35