BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet 2019

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

Since forming in 1975, Grammy winners BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet have been making some of the most potent and popular Cajun music on the planet. Born out of the rich ...

$15 – $52

Festival Orchestra 1, featuring Stephen Prutsman 2019

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

To open the classical festival, Maestro Allan Pollack will lead the orchestra in Respighi’s evocative tone poem, Pines of Rome; Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21, with its lyrical second movement; and Pictures at an Exhibition, the stunning suite Mussorgsky wrote in honor of a painter friend who died young.

$15 – $52

Rehearsal, Opera (7/19)

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

Piano Series: Robert Schwartz 2019

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

Robert Schwartz is an active performer and a teacher in the Bay Area. His wide-ranging program will include Haydn’s Sonata in E-flat Major; Chopin’s Impromptus in G-flat Major and A-flat ...

$15 – $30

Sheléa 2019

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

Featured wines at this performance With hands that effortlessly glide over the keys and a voice that will carry you to the moon, Sheléa’s musical mastery makes her one of ...

$15 – $42

Calder Quartet 2019

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

Back for a seventh year of sensitive and eloquent playing, the Calder will perform Ravel’s String Quartet in F Major; Daniel Bjarnason’s Still Shot; and Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 13 ...

$15 – $30

Coro Mendocino Wine Tasting 2019

Hill House Inn 10701 Palette Drive, Mendocino, CA

Join us at an extraordinary Coro wine tasting event, while enjoying the sparkling views from the upper reaches of the Hill House House Inn. It was 13 vintages ago that a group of Mendocino County winemakers joined together and came up with a unique idea to create an ultra-premium wine blend that would showcase the heritage varietal of Mendocino County, Zinfandel. The christened label and blend known as “Coro,” named and inspired from the Latin root for “chorus” is the first wine of its kind to set blending and aging parameters for a wine distinctive to its region in the United States, bringing together the best of Mendocino County grapes and wine.

$80

Rehearsal, Opera (7/19)

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

Piano Series: Robin Sutherland 2019

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

By Tonality Joined Most known for his playing of Bach, Robin Sutherland will contrast some Bach works with pieces by other composers in the same key. This concert will pair ...

$15 – $30

Le Vent du Nord 2019

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

The award=winning and highly acclaimed band Le Vent du Nord is a leading force in Quebec’s progressive francophone folk movement. The group’s vast repertoire draws from both traditional sources and original ...

$15 – $42

Piano Series: Spencer Myer and Mario Diaz-Moresco 2019

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

Mario Diaz-Moresco, baritone; Spencer Myer, piano An afternoon of songs, old and new: Brahms, Schubert, and Barber will make up the first half; gems by Respighi, John Musto and Amy ...

$15 – $30

Badi Assad, Diego Figueiredo 2019

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

Brazil’s Badi Assad is lauded as one of the world’s most unique performance artists of this generation. She transcends traditional styles of her native Brazilian music with a mixture of pop, jazz and world/ethnic sounds from around the world. Combining an extraordinary guitar talent, unique mouth percussion and beautiful singing, Assad creates an exciting, fresh sound. Fellow Brazilian Diego Figueiredo, a virtuoso with an infectious, joyful feeling, is a fast-rising star among the world’s greatest jazz guitarists. His superb technique and imagination have made him one of the hottest international names as he unites a fusion of Brazilian music with jazz. Twice a winner at the Montreux Jazz Competition, Figueiredo is also a producer, arranger, orchestrator and multi-instrumentalist.

$15 – $42

Kathleen Grace 2019

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

Kathleen Grace has forged a remarkable career that has sent her around the globe playing for audiences who appreciate her eclectic musical tastes that range from jazz, to blues, to ...

$15 – $30

Guitars in the Mendocino Village 2019

Various Mendocino, CA, United States

If you’re out and about Mendocino on Friday afternoon July 19 during the Festival you may happen upon a little Bach, some bossa nova, or even a classic pop song ...

Pre-Concert Lecture, Anne Woodhead 2019

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

Lecture admission is included with your concert ticket. Ann Woodhead, Stage Director for this year’s opera, L’elisir d’amore,  is an award-winning dancer, choreographer, actor, and director. This is her second ...

Opera: L’Elisir d’Amore 2019

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

Featured wines at this performanceGuest conductor Mary Chun. Stage director Ann Woodhead. Donizetti’s enduringly popular comic opera features a spunky and beautiful landowner, a poor but good-hearted country boy and ...

$15 – $52

Alex de Grassi and Andrew York 2019

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

Fingerstyle guitar master Alex de Grassi is the founder of the Mendocino Summer Guitar Workshop which runs concurrently with the Mendocino Music Festival. Grammy Award-winning classical guitarist, composer and guest ...

$15 – $30

Festival Big Band: Tribute to Aretha, featuring Kim Nalley 2019

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

Featured wines at this performance. With a reputation as one of the world’s best jazz and blues vocalists, Kim Nalley is back to join the big band musicians in a ...

$15 – $55

Brahms: His Life and Times, featuring Susan Waterfall 2019

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

Brahms' momentous meeting with Clara and Robert Schumann when he was only 20 forged a bond of love and familial connection that lasted throughout Brahms’ and Clara’s lifetimes. Susan’s lecture ...

$15 – $30

Ruthie Foster 2019

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

Featured wines at this performanceHailing from rural Texas, Foster is a singer-songwriter of blues and folk music. Mixing a wide palette of American song forms, from gospel and blues to ...

$15 – $52

Ledford House: the Iconic Festival Dinner Party 2019

Ledford House Restaurant 3000 CA-1, Albion, CA, United States

Featured 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 ...

$100

Brahms: Clean-Shaven-2019

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

Susan Waterfall will play the Four Ballades Op. 10; Miles Graber, Larry Lowe, and Jay Zhong will essay the Horn Trio in E-flat Major Op. 40; and Carolyn Steinbuck, Jay ...

$15 – $30

Carolyn Wonderland 2019

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

Featured wines at this performance. A musical force equipped with the soulful vocals of Janis and the guitar slinging skills of Stevie Ray, Carolyn Wonderland reaches into the depths of ...

$15 – $42

The Odd Dogs 2019

Hill House Inn 10701 Palette Drive, Mendocino, CA

The Odd Dogs’ sound is a melting pot of dynamic rock and world music, expressed through jazz and improvisational sensibilities. The band draws from a rich pallet of musical influences: ...

$15 – $30

Pre-Concert Lecture, Kayleen Asbo, Ph. D. 2019

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

Kayleen Asbo is a passionate scholar: a cultural historian, musician, writer and teacher who weaves myth, music, psychology, history and art with experiential learning. A faculty member of the San ...

Festival Orchestra 2, featuring Spencer Myer 2019

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

Festival Orchestra with pianist Spencer Myer Featured wines at this performance.The concert will open with Mendelssohn’s evocative concert overture, The Hebrides; long-time crowd favorite Spencer Myer will bring his warm ...

$15 – $52

Brahms: Bearded 2019

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

Susan Waterfall and Eric Kritz will play the Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op. 120; Christopher Nomura and Daniel Lockert will sing Vier Ernste Gesänge; and Jay Zhong, ...

$15 – $30

Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band 2019

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

Featured wines at this event Grammy-award winner Peter Rowan is a singer-songwriter who started his career as a Blue Grass Boy in 1964. By Bill Monroe's own admission, Peter sounded ...

$15 – $42

Emerging Artists Concert 2019

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

The annual recital by the enormously talented young string players from the festival’s Emerging Artists Program is anticipated by all who love chamber music. BUY TICKETS

$15 – $30

Sweet Honey in the Rock® 2019

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

Featured wines at this performanceSweet Honey is a well-known Grammy Award-winning (and many times nominated) a cappella ensemble that expresses their history as African American women through song, dance, and ...

$15 – $52

Business Casual 2019

Hill House Inn 10701 Palette Drive, Mendocino, CA

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 ...

$15 – $30

Pre-Concert Lecture, Daniel Lockert 2019

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

As a soloist or collaborator, Daniel Lockert is equally versatile on the piano, organ and harpsichord. A native of San Diego, CA, he began formal piano studies at the age ...

Festival Orchestra 3, featuring the Festival Chorus 2019

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

Featured wines at this performance.Festival Orchestra and Chorus The season finale will feature Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major; Brahms’ orchestrally-accompanied choral work, Schicksalslied Op. 54; and Beethoven’s ...

$15 – $55

Festival Christmas Concert and Celebration 2019

Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church 201 E Fir Street, Fort Bragg, CA, United States

Festival Christmas Concert and Celebration Saturday, December 7, 2:30-5:00 Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, and Larson Hall $50 per person, to benefit the Mendocino Music Festival adult education ...

$50

Event Series Vocal Masterclass (8 times, 1/20-3/9)

Vocal Masterclass (8 times, 1/20-3/9)

Eidseth House Choir Room 44867 Main St., Mendocino, CA, United States

Mondays, 10:00 AM-11:30 AM, January 20-March 9 (eight weeks). Join a small group of 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 help you refine your voice and performance skills. Best for singers who have taken the beginning voice class, Finding Your True Voice, or who have had some private training.

$80

The World of Duets, Trios and Small Ensembles (8 times, 1/20-3/9)

Eidseth House Choir Room 44867 Main St., Mendocino, CA, United States

Mondays, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM, January 20-March 9 (eight weeks). Enjoy singing with others but get lost in a big group? Let us introduce you to the small ensemble repertoire. You will be partnered with another singer(s) and learn the skill of singing and holding your part.

$80

Solo Singing for the Meek and Humble (8 times, 1/20-3/9)

Eidseth House Choir Room 44867 Main St., Mendocino, CA, United States

Mondays, 5:30-7:00 PM, January 20-March 9 (eight weeks). Emerge from just singing in the car, the shower, or even in a group, to become a more confident solo singer. Students will learn better vocal techniques as well as interpretive skills to unleash the solo singer buried deep inside, all in a safe and supportive environment to become brave and confident.

$80
Event Series Sight-Singing 2 (8 times, 1/20-3/9)

Sight-Singing 2 (8 times, 1/20-3/9)

Eidseth House Choir Room 44867 Main St., Mendocino, CA, United States

Mondays, 7:15-8:30, January 20-March 9 (eight weeks). For those who attended Sight Singing I . Daniel Lockert will continue with the book Successful Sight Singing as well as enhance the class with the tricks and hacks to make sight singing easier.

$80