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Alex DeGrassi/Andrew York Duo; Badi Assad 2016

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

Alex 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 technical mastery to deliver an astonishingly diverse program of music. Assad is a vibrant and exciting singer/guitarist from Brazil who transcends traditional styles with her unique ...

$12 – $39

Clairdee, Soulful Songstress 2016

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

This 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 standards set to state of the art arrangements that are equally smart and entertaining. Pianist Ken French has been performing jazz piano professionally for nearly ...

$12 – $29

Pre-Concert Lecture, Erin Neff 2016

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

Enhance 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 of her musical peers and made her an audience favorite throughout the country. Equally at home in the operatic, lied and oratorio repertoires, Ms. Neff ...

Opera: Abduction from the Seraglio 2016

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

Mozart'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 with Mozart, age 25, living in Vienna, newly released from bondage to the Archbishop of Salzburg, and perhaps best of all, living in Madam Weber’s ...

$12 – $49

Piano Series: Christopher Atzinger 2016

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

Praised 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 Sechs Klavierstücke, Op. 118; Pierre Jalbert Toccata; Chopin Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49; Barber Sonata for Piano, Op. 26. BUY TICKETS

$12 – $29

Festival Big Band, featuring Clairdee 2016

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

This 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 the art arrangements that are equally smart and entertaining. Pianist Ken French has been performing jazz piano professionally for nearly two decades on the San ...

$12 – $53

All About Beethoven 2016

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

A 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 States

American 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 change during a visit to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival in the early 2000's, she made the decision to move to Nashville and went on to ...

$12 – $49

Young Beethoven (1792-1802)

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

Arriving 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 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 an intimate musical performance by Alex DeGrassi. The Ledford House Restaurant is located seven miles South of Mendocino on Highway One in Albion, California. Its ...

$85

Beethoven: The Heroic Period (1802-1812)

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

Accepting 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 States

Featured 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. Raised in rural England and with a musician father, Jack was brought up on a diet of music that could later be described as his ...

$12 – $39

Pre-Concert Lecture, Kayleen Asbo, Ph. D. 2016

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

Deepen 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 States

Violin 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

Late Beethoven (1813-1827)

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

After 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 States

Marko 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 compositions based on Serbian folk rhythms. The international women's vocal group ROSA, specializing in Serbian non-tempered singing, will round out a complex and riveting musical ...

$12 – $39

Emerging Artists Concert 2016

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

This is the annual, much anticipated recital by the outrageously excellent young string players from the festival’s Emerging Artists Program. BUY TICKETS

$12 – $29

BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet 2016

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

Since forming in 1975, Grammy winners BeauSoleil have claimed their undisputed role as the most esteemed Cajun group in music. BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet take the rich Cajun traditions of Louisiana and artfully blend elements of Zydeco, New Orleans jazz, Tex-Mex, country, blues and more into a satisfying musical recipe. From The Grand Ole Opry ...

$12 – $49

Gwyneth Moreland and Friends 2016

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

Gwyneth Moreland’s gift for open-hearted storytelling is perfectly suited to the modern art of folk music. No wonder, then, that “Slaughterhouse Gulch,” the first single from her latest album, landed her on the Folk Airplay charts. Gwyneth’s songs flow with a graceful simplicity infused with the ambience of her home perched in the majestic redwoods ...

$12 – $29

Pre-Concert Lecture, Stefanie Tcharos 2016

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

Stefanie Tcharos is a historian of early modern music with broad expertise in 17th- and 18th-century Europe, and specialties in Italian music and musical practices.  Her research and teaching traverse diverse subjects, including the critical history of opera, baroque music drama and related vocal traditions, music production and reception in early modern contexts, genre study, ...

Festival Orchestra 3, featuring the Festival Chorus 2016

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

The season closes with Bach’s moving and magnificent Mass in B minor, a sublime choral experience with orchestra, chorus. The Mass in B minor shows Bach at the height of his powers, expressing the grandeur of heartfelt spiritual expression as no one else has ever been able to do.  Nothing can compare to the glory ...

$12 – $49

Glorious Gardens and Bluegrass 2016

Home of Deborah Whigham and Gary Ratway 31101 Middle Ridge Road, Albion, CA, United States

A performance by bluegrass and Americana icon Laurie Lewis with long-time collaborators Tom Rozum, Nina Gerber and Max Schwartz forms the centerpiece of a perfect autumn afternoon of festive food, locally-produced ciders, and fine local wines, presented in the stunning Albion home and noted private gardens of Deborah Whigham and Gary Ratway of Digging Dog Nursery, once featured in a Martha Stewart Living cover story.

MacCallum House Dine-Out

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

Support the Mendocino Music Festival by treating yourself and your friends to a sumptuous meal in the restaurant, or lighter fare, wine and artisanal cocktails from the Grey Whale Bar! The MacCallum House Inn and Restaurant will donate a portion of the evening's food and beverage proceeds to the Festival.

Elegance in Elk 2016

The Prow House 7300 South Highway One, Elk, CA, United States

Saturday December 3, 2016 2:00-5:00
The Prow House, Elk
Kathleen Grace Band; Libations, Sensations, Delectables, Treats, and your Festival Family—all in a matchless setting!

$125

Does Music Transform Young Lives?

Community Center of Mendocino 998 School Street, Mendocino, CA

Does Music Transform Young Lives? Yes! The Mendocino Music Festival and the Community Center of Mendocino invite you to spend an hour experiencing the transformative joy that music can bring to kids. Listen to nine-year old Frej Barty describe the process of developing a plot for the mini-opera we presented at last summer’s Operation Opera, Abduction ...

Free

MacCallum House Winemaker’s Dinner with Witching Stick 2017

MacCallum House Restaurant 45020 Albion Street, Mendocino, CA

A perfect pairing: scrumptious food from MacCallum House’s celebrated chef Alan Kantor and elegant wines from Witching Stick. See the menu and learn about Clayton and Meredythe Daley's wine donation to this year's silent auction.

$100

Sostenuto: A Celebration of Sustainability 2017

Home of Linda and Fedele Bauccio

Friday, July 7, 2017, 6-9 pm At the spectacular oceanfront home of Linda and Fedele Bauccio. Celebrating the cuisine and music of New Orleans, with dancing to the lively Zydeco band CZ and the Bon Vivants. Click to Reserve Now In music, Sostenuto means to sustain. Just as Fedele Bauccio is committed to sustainable food, ...

$175

Calder Quartet 2017

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

Back for a fifth year of insightful and moving playing, the Calder will perform the Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op.13; and the Beethoven String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132. Performances like these — freshly rethought, impeccably played — do more than provide enjoyable listening. They reveal hidden dimensions, ...

$12 – $40

The House Jacks 2017

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

Featured wines at this performance Describing themselves as a “rock band without instruments,” The House Jacks have been leaders in the contemporary a cappella world for 25 years. Their arrangements were used for the smash hit movie Pitch Perfect and their music has been the soundtrack for NBC’s The Sing-Off and ESPN’s Monday Night Football. ...

$12 – $50

The House Jacks Workshop 2017

Matheson Performing Arts Center Cahto Street and Ford Street, Mendocino, CA

Watch the House Jacks singers work their magic on several local a cappella groups. FREE TICKETS

Free

Side Note 2017

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

Hip. Imaginative. Fun. Funky. Fresh. Side Note is a group of seven twenty-somethings, each from a wildly different musical background, who draw on their diversity to create an all-new sound. Performing everything from classic 60s hits to mashups of the latest chart toppers, it's contemporary a cappella pushed to the limits of pop, R&B, funk, ...

$12 – $30

Festival Orchestra 1, featuring Jeremy Cohen 2017

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

Soloist Jeremy Cohen Featured wines at this performance Event Sponsor The season opens with the exotic rhythms and sinuous melodies of Gershwin’s Cuban Overture; Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires; and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sheherazade. CHOOSE SEATS AND BUY

$12 – $50

In Bocca al Lupo 2017

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

A concert of medieval and Renaissance music. Featuring Shira Kammen, Allison Zelles Lloyd, Peter Hallifax and Julie Jeffrey. Shira has spent well over half her life exploring the worlds of early and traditional music. A member for many years of Ensembles Alcatraz and Project Ars Nova, she has also worked with Sequentia, Hesperion XX, Kitka ...

$12 – $30

Laurie Lewis, Rita Hosking 2017

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

A key figure in bluegrass, traditional and folk music circles, Berkeley’s Laurie Lewis has established herself as one of the finest and most diverse talents in music today. A winner of the International Bluegrass Music Association award for Female Vocalist of the Year, multiple times and a Grammy winner for her contribution to True Life ...

$12 – $40

Stenberg/Cahill/Winant Trio Celebrates Lou Harrison 2017

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

In celebration of maverick composer Lou Harrison’s 2017 centennial, violinist Kate Stenberg, pianist Sarah Cahill, and percussionist William Winant will perform a concert of Harrison’s music spanning half a century – exuberant dance music from his early years, dissonant complexity from the 1940s, and substantial works from the 1980s. Their program will include Harrison's Varied ...

$12 – $30

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