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Emerging Artists Concert 2015
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesThis is a recital by the outrageously excellent young players from the Festival’s Emerging Artists program. This program is limited to serious musicians between the ages of 18 and 26. ...
$12 – $29
Clarice Assad Trio 2015
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesFeatured wines at this performance A bold composer, a brilliant jazz pianist and an inventive vocalist all rolled into one, Clarice Assad floats freely across musical idioms. Born into one ...
$12 – $49
Rehearsal, Orch. 3 (7/25)
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
Piano Trios: Miles Graber 2015
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesAudience favorite pianist Miles Graber will bring two of his friends, violinist Jeremy Preston and cellist Robert Howard, to join him for a sublime concert of delicious chamber music. The ...
$12 – $29
Pre-Concert Lecture, Patrick Gomes 2015
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
Closing Night 2015
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesFeatured wines at this performance Spencer Myer, piano Two monumental works of the classical repertoire will be featured at the final concert of the season. Pianist Spencer Myer will play ...
$12 – $49
Elegance in Elk 2015
The Prow House 7300 South Highway One, Elk, CA, United StatesSaturday December 5, 2015 2:00-5:00
The Prow House, Elk
Jazz Vocalist Kenny Washington; Libations, Sensations, Delectables, Treats, and your Festival Family—all in a matchless setting!
$125
MacCallum House Winemaker’s Dinner with Brutocao 2016
MacCallum House Restaurant 45020 Albion Street, Mendocino, CAFeatured wines at this event A perfect pairing: scrumptious food from MacCallum House’s celebrated chef Alan Kantor and elegant wines from Brutocao Cellars. An all-inclusive bargain at $100, the evening ...
$100
How to Listen to Beethoven: An Exploration of Musical Form 2016
Community Center of Mendocino 998 School Street, Mendocino, CAIncrease your musical pleasure by learning to listen to musical form! If you know what the form is going to be, you will have a good chance of following it as the piece unfolds. Susan Waterfall and Allan Pollack will help you to understand the features of sonata, rondo, and variation form with diagrams, audio examples and definitions of terms like tonality, modulation, and counterpoint.
In July, join Susan Waterfall and an array of exceptional Festival musicians for five days of lectures and narrated concerts exploring the life and music of Beethoven, the most influential and consistently popular composer in Western music.
Volunteer Sign-Up Day 2016
Community Center of Mendocino 998 School Street, Mendocino, CARehearsal, Orch. 1 (7/10)
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
Sostenuto: A Celebration of Sustainability 2016
Home of Linda and Fedele BauccioFriday, July 8, 2016, 6-9 pm At the spectacular oceanfront home of Linda and Fedele Bauccio. Click to Reserve Now In music, Sostenuto means to sustain. Just as Fedele Bauccio ...
$175
Rehearsal, Orch. 1 (7/10)
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
Bach Violin Sonatas, featuring Stephen Prutsman, Geoff Nuttall 2016
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesThe rapturous music of J. S. Bach opens the 2016 Festival with all six of the rarely heard sonatas for violin and piano. Described as the “Jon Stewart of chamber ...
$12 – $39
Peter Mawanga and the Amaravi Movement 2016
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesA self-proclaimed "Voice for the Voiceless" and leader of the premier band in Malawi, Mawanga joins traditional Malawian rhythms, compositions and vocal arrangements with modern instrumentation to produce socially conscious, ...
$12 – $49
Rehearsal, Orch. 1 (7/10)
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
Festival Orchestra 1, featuring Stephen Prutsman 2016
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesTonight we celebrate instrumental masters: Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. There will be energy and passion in the tent, opening with the final movement of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony—an Allegro with great Brio. ...
$12 – $49
Rehearsal, Opera (7/15)
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
Piano Series: Gloria Cheng 2016
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesMontage: Great Film Composers and the Piano The six film composers represented on this program have among them amassed 73 Oscar nominations and eight wins. “But,” ponders the introductory essay ...
$12 – $29
Paul McKenna Band 2016
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesCombining their love for folk and traditional music, the Paul McKenna Band offers captivating sounds. With a contemporary approach, but not straying too far from their roots, their arrangements have ...
$12 – $39
Rehearsal, Opera (no orch.) (7/15)
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
Calder Quartet 2016
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesReturning for a fourth year of insightful and moving playing, the internationally acclaimed Calder Quartet will perform the Debussy String Quartet; Anders Hillborg Kongsgaard Variations; and Beethoven Op. 59 No. ...
$12 – $39
Rehearsal, Opera (7/15)
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
Side Note 2016
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesHip. Imaginative. Fun. Fresh. Funky Fresh. Side Note is a group of seven twentysomethings, from wildly different musical backgrounds, who draw their diversity to create an all-new sound. It's contemporary ...
$12 – $29
Stray Birds 2016
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesHailing from Pennsylvania and flying high since the 2012 release of their critically acclaimed self-titled album, The Stray Birds is a genre-melding acoustic trio of classically trained musicians who have ...
$12 – $39
Rehearsal, Opera Dress (7/15)
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
Piano Series: Robert Henry 2016
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesEnjoy the fascinating programming and gorgeous pianism of this charming young pianist from Georgia. In addition to Haydn and Brahms, you will hear a rarely heard work by Lili Boulanger, ...
$12 – $29
Alex DeGrassi/Andrew York Duo; Badi Assad 2016
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesAlex de Grassi and Grammy award winner Andrew York are widely acclaimed as leading innovators and virtuosos of acoustic and classical guitar; the duo combine their distinctive compositions, arrangements, and ...
$12 – $39
Clairdee, Soulful Songstress 2016
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesThis woman can do it all," is how the Los Angeles Daily News describes Clairdee. With her lustrous voice, soulful delivery, and scene-stealing charisma, she has honed a repertoire of ...
$12 – $29
Pre-Concert Lecture, Erin Neff 2016
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesEnhance your experience of this evening's opera performance with a pre-concert lecture by director Erin Neff. Mezzo-soprano Erin Neff’s dynamic performance abilities and radiant sound have earned her the veneration ...
Opera: Abduction from the Seraglio 2016
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesMozart's first operatic masterpiece, comic but passionate, written in the fervor of love for his soon-to-be wife, Konstanze. Full of spectacular arias and charming "Turkish" orchestral effects. Our scene opens ...
$12 – $49
Rehearsal, Big Band (7/16)
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
Piano Series: Christopher Atzinger 2016
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesPraised for his interpretive vision and power, Atzinger's program includes his signature performance of the monumental Barber Sonata. Mozart Piano Sonata No. 17 in B flat Major, K. 570; Brahms ...
$12 – $29
Festival Big Band, featuring Clairdee 2016
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesThis woman can do it all!" --Los Angeles Daily News With her lustrous voice, soulful delivery, and scene-stealing charisma, Clairdee has honed a repertoire of standards set to state of ...
$12 – $53
All About Beethoven 2016
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesA witty and penetrating multi media lecture by Susan Waterfall, providing an overview of Beethoven’s life, music, family, friends, patrons, fellow musicians, Napoleon, the Viennese cultural milieu, and the ongoing controversy about the immortal beloved.
Join Susan Waterfall and an array of exceptional Festival musicians for five days of lectures and narrated concerts exploring the life and music of Beethoven, the most influential and consistently popular composer in Western music.
$12 – $29
Nora Jane Struthers and the Party Line 2016
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesAmerican singer/songwriter Nora Jane Struthers, a former Brooklyn high school English teacher, grew up singing and playing music with her father, a bluegrass musician. Making a major life and career ...
$12 – $49
Rehearsal, Orch. 2 (7/20)
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
Young Beethoven (1792-1802)
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesArriving in Vienna from Bonn, the socially awkward Beethoven strives to attain the stature of Haydn and Mozart, mastering all genres before his hearing loss becomes pronounced.
Join Susan Waterfall and an array of exceptional Festival musicians for five days of lectures and narrated concerts exploring the life and music of Beethoven, the most influential and consistently popular composer in Western music. For this concert Waterfall is joined by Eric Kritz, Burke Schuchmann, David McCarroll, Miles Graber, and the Festival Chamber Players.
$12 – $29
Ledford House: the Iconic Festival Dinner Party 2016
Ledford House Restaurant 3000 CA-1, Albion, CA, United StatesFeatured wines at this event Enjoy a delightful evening of gourmet food and music at one of the area’s leading restaurants, with premium wines generously supplied by Husch Vineyards, and ...
$85
Rehearsal, Orch. 2 (7/20)
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
Beethoven: The Heroic Period (1802-1812)
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesAccepting his deafness and physical infirmities, Beethoven vows to “seize Fate by the throat” and pursue his artistic goals.
Join Susan Waterfall and an array of exceptional Festival musicians for five days of lectures and narrated concerts exploring the life and music of Beethoven, the most influential and consistently popular composer in Western music. For this concert Waterfall is joined by Keisuke Nakagoshi, Alex Boyer, Angela Moser, and Carolyn Steinbuck.
$12 – $29
Jack Broadbent, Liz Vice: Double Bill 2016
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesFeatured wines at this event Jack Broadbent started his career with humble beginnings busking, and has since been leaving audiences spellbound with his live shows and unique style of slide guitar. ...
$12 – $39
Rehearsal, Orch. 2 (7/20)
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
Pre-Concert Lecture, Kayleen Asbo, Ph. D. 2016
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesDeepen your enjoyment of the evening's concert by attending this pre-concert lecture by Kayleen Asbo, Ph. D.
Join Susan Waterfall and an array of exceptional Festival musicians for five days of lectures and narrated concerts exploring the life and music of Beethoven, the most influential and consistently popular composer in Western music.
Festival Orchestra 2, featuring David McCarroll 2016
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesViolin virtuoso David McCarroll returns to dazzle Festival audiences with his rapturous, yet tender, interpretation of Beethoven’s great Violin Concerto. The Festival Orchestra also performs Beethoven’s majestic Eroica Symphony, full of drama and pathos. Two defining symphonic masterpieces from Beethoven’s Heroic Period, and a soloist of international repute.
Join Susan Waterfall and an array of exceptional Festival musicians for five days of lectures and narrated concerts exploring the life and music of Beethoven, the most influential and consistently popular composer in Western music.
$12 – $49
Rehearsal, Orch. 3 (no chorus) (7/23)
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
Late Beethoven (1813-1827)
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesAfter the renunciation of his “immortal beloved,” in social withdrawal and complete deafness, Beethoven forged a final style.
Join Susan Waterfall and an array of exceptional Festival musicians for five days of lectures and narrated concerts exploring the life and music of Beethoven, the most influential and consistently popular composer in Western music. For this concert she is joined by Brian Thorsett, Miles Graber, Tammie Dyar, Tingting Gu, Alexander Volonts, and Burke Schuchmann.
$12 – $29
Julian Pollack, featuring Sveti and ROSA 2016
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesMarko Djordjevic (left) with Julian Pollack (right) An exciting and many faceted evening inspired by traditional Serbian folk music. Enjoy Julian with drummer Marko Djordjevic’s band, Sveti, and their amazing ...
$12 – $39