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Piano Series: Spencer Myer
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesAudience 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 StatesAudience 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
The StepCrew
Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United StatesCreated 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 StatesDebussy’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 StatesBack 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 StatesA 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
Jackie Gage
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesJackie Gage is a jazz singer whose velvety voice, relaxed piano playing, and uplifting songwriting straddle the worlds of jazz, folk, and R&B. Born in San Jose, she relocated to ...
Sounds and Perfumes of Evening
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesDebussy was interested in writing music that evoked feelings in listeners and in himself, and these pieces showcase his ability to conjure the mysterious atmosphere of night, moonlight, and erotic ...
$15 – $30
L’apero at Ledford House
Ledford House Restaurant 3000 CA-1, Albion, CA, United StatesFeatured wines at this event When there is nothing left to do besides have good food and wine with friends, L’apéro is the part of the day when the French ...
$75
Ralph Humphrey and Summit
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesSummit is a group of accomplished musicians playing together for the first time to make music that includes original compositions and classic standards from the Great American Songbook. Legendary drummer ...
Piano Series: Gloria Cheng
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesThe Washington Post called Gloria Cheng “one of the most adventurous interpreters of contemporary music around." Among the pieces she will play this year are “32 Garlands for Steven Stucky,” ...
$15 – $35
Festival Chorale, Chorus and Chamber Orchestra
Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United StatesThe first part of this concert, “All Creatures Great and Small” will feature the Festival Chamber Chorale, directed by Jenny Matteucci, singing a menagerie of music from Renaissance to Contemporary, ...
$15 – $35
Emerging Artists Concert
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesThe annual concert by the wonderfully talented young string players from the Festival’s Emerging Artists Program is anticipated by all who love hearing accomplished musicians interpret chamber music classics. CHOOSE ...
$15 – $30
Festival Big Band, featuring Kim Nalley
Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United StatesAccording to the San Francisco Chronicle, "Kim Nalley is a vocal powerhouse with pipes to burn and works the stage like she means it." Put her in front of the seasoned Festival Big Band musicians and you have an evening of red-hot jazz, steamy blues, and sexy swing.
$15 – $35
Festival Chorale: All Creatures Great and Small (Preston Hall)
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesClassical composers have always been inspired by animals. Think of orchestral works like Carnival of the Animals by St. Saens or Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev. In the field ...
$20
Masterclass (4th Mondays, January–April)
Preston Hall 44867 Main St., Mendocino, CA, United StatesThe Masterclass returns with a once-a-month “open mic” concept. Class participants can bring in music to sing in front of class with a live pianist. Jenny and Daniel will provide ...
$20 – $40
Festival Chorale: A Jubilant Song
Preston Hall 44867 Main St., Mendocino, CA, United StatesThe Mendocino Music Festival Chorale will perform a concert celebrating American composers, including music by Aaron Copland, Norman Dello Joio, Gwyneth Walker, and the lovely Frostiana by Randall Thompson. This ...
$20
Maurizio! The Life and Times of Maurice Ravel
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesIn-person film premier with Susan Waterfall. You’ve heard music by Ravel and probably loved it. You’ve heard random gossip about this secretive composer. Now’s your chance to experience Ravel’s life and music in its historic context. With contemporary art and photographs, and 26 musical excerpts...
$20
Rehearsal, Orch. 1 (7/16)
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
Celebration Toast and Dinner
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesCelebration! Toast to the Tent We hope you can join us as we return to our Tent Concert Hall. It’s time to joyfully celebrate our amazing Festival community and the ...
$25 – $125
Rehearsal, Orch. 1 (7/16)
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
CJ Chenier and the Red Hot Louisiana Band
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesCJ Chenier, “The Crown Prince of Zydeco,” was born into an indigenous American culture with a distinctive language and music. The Creole son of Clifton Chenier, he started playing in ...
$15 – $55
Rehearsal, Orch. 1 (7/16)
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
Festival Orchestra 1, with soloists Jessica Fellowes and Katie Kadarauch
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesTo begin the classical Festival, Maestro Allan Pollack will lead the orchestra in Shostakovich’s Festive Overture in A Major, Op. 96, an appropriately effervescent opening. Mozart’s joyful Sinfonia Concertante in ...
$15 – $45
Ravel: The Lure of the Exotic, featuring Susan Waterfall
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesSusan Waterfall will play Pavane pour un infante défunte, Oiseaux tristes, and Un barque sur l'ocean. She will be joined by Julian Pollack on “Mother Goose Suite.” Jenny Matteucci, soprano, ...
$15 – $30
Foxglove, with Gwyneth Moreland
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesOver the past 20 years, Foxglove has established itself as a Mendocino County favorite. The band’s selection of heartfelt originals and carefully curated covers have featured tight harmonies and tasty ...
$15 – $30
The Steel Wheels
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesFrom their base in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, this acoustic roots music collective has played the most prestigious festivals, listening rooms, and clubs in the world, cementing a reputation as ...
$15 – $45
Rehearsal, Orch. 2 (7/21)
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
Piano Series: Jeffrey LaDeur, with Kindra Scharich
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesJeffrey LaDeur is known for his rare blend of insight, spontaneity, and approachable, communicative stage presence. He is the founder and artistic director of the San Francisco International Piano Festival ...
$15 – $30
Mads Tolling, with pianist John R. Burr
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesAn internationally renowned violinist and composer originally from Copenhagen, Denmark, Mads Tolling now calls San Francisco home. As a former nine-year member of both bassist Stanley Clarke’s band and the ...
$15 – $30
Blind Boys of Alabama
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesThe Blind Boys of Alabama have the rare distinction of being recognized around the world as both living legends and modern-day innovators. They are not just gospel singers borrowing from ...
$15 – $45
Rehearsal, Orch. 2 (7/21)
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
Otis Taylor
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesHailing from Boulder, Colorado, blues singer/composer Otis Taylor is a multi-instrumentalist whose talents include vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin, and harmonic. Capable of exploring any musical mood at any given time, ...
$15 – $45
Rehearsal, Orch. 2 (7/21)
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
Kalil Amar Wilson
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesKalil Wilson’s bright re-imaginings of jazz standards and originals are informed by the rich history of great jazz singing and meld with their heartfelt, eclectic stylings. An Oakland native, they ...
$15 – $30
Festival Orchestra 2, The Barber of Seville (concert version)
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesConcert Version; Guest Conductor Ryan Murray The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution, is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. Musicologists believe that the music was ...
$15 – $55
Rehearsal, Big Band (7/22)
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
Piano Series: Ralph Van Raat and Heather Pinkham, duo pianos
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesThe artists will play John Adams’ Hallelujah Junction for two pianos, named after a small truck stop on US 395 near the California–Nevada border. Pinkham’s Mechanical Transcendence for two pianos ...
$15 – $30
Festival Big Band, featuring Maiya Sykes
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesThis year the big band musicians are going to find their groove with Maiya Sykes, a former back-up singer whose rendition of “Stay with Me” on The Voice in 2014 ...
$15 – $55
Calder Quartet 2023
Cotton Auditorium 500 N Harold Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United StatesHailed as “imaginative, skillful creators” by the New York Times, the Calder Quartet captivates audiences with its explorations of a broad repertoire, always striving to fulfill the composer’s vision in ...
$14 – $45
Tierney Sutton
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesJulian Pollack, along with bassist Trey Henry and drummer Ray Brinker, will begin the evening with jazz standards beautifully and inventively performed. Tierney Sutton will join the band for the ...
$15 – $45
Rehearsal, Orch. 3 (7/26)
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
Sam Reider, with Jorge Glem
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesPianist, accordionist, composer, and educator from San Francisco, Reider brings together various streams of American music, from jazz and folk tunes to popular song and contemporary composition. He has appeared ...
$15 – $30
Ravel: The Attraction of Modernism, featuring Susan Waterfall
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesSusan Waterfall will play Sonatine. Silvie Jensen, mezzo-soprano, will be joined by Daniel Lockert on piano for Deux melodies hébraïques. Harpist Anna Maria Mendieta will be joined by a small ...
$15 – $30
Ledford House: the Iconic Festival Dinner Party 2023
Ledford House Restaurant 3000 CA-1, Albion, CA, United StatesEnjoy a delightful evening of gourmet food and music at one of the area’s leading restaurants, with premium wines generously supplied by Husch Vineyards. Located seven miles south of Mendocino on the Pacific Coast Highway (CA-1) in Albion, California, its bluff-top location on the Albion headlands allows panoramic views of the Pacific and breathtaking sunsets.
$100
Rehearsal, Orch. 3 (7/26)
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
California Bluegrass Reunion
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesEvery year since 2012, banjo master Bill Evans brought together a stellar collection of banjo players from all over the world and joined them with an all-star California-based band to ...
$15 – $45
Rehearsal, Orch. 3 (7/26)
Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
Piano Series: Rachel Breen
Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United StatesCurrently based in Germany, American pianist Rachel Breen’s performances have been described as “truly show-stopping” (Gramophone UK), having “a beautiful piano sound and original detail.” She has enjoyed an active ...
$15 – $30