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Claire Lynch Band: Taking Bluegrass to New Heights 2014

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

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

Rehearsal, Opera

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

Bachfest: Bach at the Keyboard 2014

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

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

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

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

Rehearsal, Opera

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

A Cappella Fever 2014

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

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

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

Rehearsal, Opera Dress

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

Piano Series: Robert Schwartz 2014

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

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

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

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

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

Rehearsal, Big Band

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

Kathleen Grace Band 2014

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

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

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

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

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

Rehearsal, Orch 2 (7/23)

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

Calder Quartet 2014

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

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

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

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

Rehearsal, Orch 2 (7/23)

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

Suzanna Smith and Kenny Washington 2014

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

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

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

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

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

Rehearsal, Orch 3 (7/26)

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

Rehearsal, Orch 3 (7/26)

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

Emerging Artists Concert 2014

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

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

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

Rehearsal, Orch 3 (7/26)

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

Julian Waterfall Pollack and Natalie Tenenbaum: Duo Pianos 2014

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

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

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

MacCallum House Dine-Out 2014

MacCallum House Inn & Restaurant 45020 Albion St., Mendocino, CA, United States

Support the Mendocino Music Festival by treating yourself to a sumptuous meal! On Wednesday, November 5, the MacCallum House Inn and Restaurant will donate all proceeds from the evening to the Festival.

Big Time in Little River 2014

Little River home of John and Kathy Danhakl 45650 Headlands Drive, Little River, CA

Saturday December 6, 2014 2:30-5:30
Little River home of John and Kathy Danhakl
Festival Big Band All-Stars Kathleen Grace, Julian Pollack, Allan Pollack, Ralph Humphrey; Libations, Sensations, Delectables, Treats, and your Festival Family—all in a matchless setting!

$125

MacCallum House Winemaker’s Dinner with Navarro Vineyards 2015

MacCallum House Restaurant 45020 Albion Street, Mendocino, CA

A delicious gourmet dining experience awaits you at the Festival's annual MacCallum House Winemaker's Dinner from the kitchen of Executive Chef Alan Kantor and featuring Navarro Vineyards’ acclaimed artisan wines, handcrafted in Mendocino County's Anderson Valley since 1974. An all-inclusive bargain at $100, the evening includes hors d'oeuvres and wine at 6:00, followed by dinner with ...

$100

Big Band in San Francisco 2015

Moraga Hall at the Presidio Officers' Club 50 Moraga Ave., San Francisco, CA

For one night only, the Bay Area’s own formidable jazz and blues singer Kim Nalley will sing Aretha Franklin's hits, backed up by the powerful Festival Big Band. This reprise of last summer’s smash sensation Festival performance will be held in Moraga Hall, located at the Presidio Officers’ Club, on April 27. The event will also include food ...

$100

Sostenuto: A Celebration of Sustainability 2015

Home of Linda and Fedele Bauccio

Friday, July 10, 2015, 6-9 pm Click to Reserve Now At the spectacular oceanfront home of Linda and Fedele Bauccio. Celebrate music and the sustainable abundance of Mendocino County. Enjoy a sumptuous seasonal buffet presented at stations in the kitchens, at the grill, and throughout the gardens. Prepared and presented in the fantastic indoor and ...

$175

Mendocino Merchants Celebrate the Festival with Extended Saturday Hours 2015

Various Mendocino, CA, United States

Mendocino merchants will celebrate the Festival this year with extended Saturday hours during the Festival. Opening night, July 11, 5-6 pm, during the Second Saturday Art Walk, galleries and shops throughout the town of Mendocino will host “Meet the Orchestra Musicians.” Look for balloons, and meet the musicians, from the Mendocino Art Center to the Ford House.

Free

Festival Orchestra with Livia Sohn 2015

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

Featured wines at this performanceThe Festival will open with the delightful Second Jazz Suite of Shostakovich, showing the light side of this composer. Award-winning violinist Livia Sohn will perform the thrilling Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto on her Guadagnini violin. Ending the program is the lyrical Symphony No. 7 of Prokofiev, warm and wonderful with melodies he ...

$12 – $49

De Temps Antan 2015

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

Featured wines at this performanceDe Temps Antan performs memorable and time-honored melodies of Quebec, songs with a hint of contemporary that speak to familiar rhythms of the past. With a special blend of musical flair and using fiddle, accordion, harmonica, guitar, bouzouki and a number of other instruments, these virtuosos - Éric Bèaudry, André Brunet ...

$12 – $39

Vishten 2015

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

A Canadian roots music band, Vishten entertains with a high-spirited concert of Acadian and Celtic genres combined with rock and indie-folk influence. One of the most respected bands on the international touring scene, enjoy Vishten's trademark blend of accordion, fiddle, flutes, step-dancing, guitar, to name just a few. These musicians are powerful francophone singers and ...

$12 – $39

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