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  • The Mattlock Duo Cabaret 2018

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

    The Mattlock Duo (husband-and-wife team Daniel Lockert and Jenny Matteucci) will transform Preston Hall into a New York cabaret with music that crosses over from favorite standards, to twentieth century “classical” composers, and to Broadway. Their eclectic and humorous show “For the Love of…” will explore the many facets of love and showcase songs with ...

    $15 – $30

  • Barefoot Movement 2018

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    Heartfelt, energetic, and down home, The Barefoot Movement has been heralded by CMT Edge as “one of the most promising new bands on the bluegrass scene.” Selected as showcase artists at conferences of both the International Bluegrass Music Association and the Americana Festival, this acoustic band takes listeners back to another place and time with ...

    $15 – $40

  • Clairdee: A Love Letter to Lena Horne 2018

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

    In “A Love Letter to Lena Horne,” Clairdee will commemorate the career of the groundbreaking singer, actress, and activist with fresh arrangements of songs associated with Horne from Harlem to Hollywood, Broadway and beyond. The program will include historical references and personal reflections on Horne’s significance as an American cultural icon. Clairdee’s lustrous voice and ...

    $15 – $30

  • Pre-Concert Lecture, Erin Neff 2018

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

    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: Cimarosa, Il Matrimonio Segreto, Luçik Aprahämian, Guest Conductor

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

    Guest conductor Luçik Aprahämian Stage director Erin Neff The original setting is Bologna in the 1700s. Geronimo is a cranky older man with two daughters, Carolina and Elisetta. He also has a hearing problem and constantly misunderstands everything he's told. Carolina has recently married Geronimo's clerk, Paolino, without telling anyone because Geronimo would never have ...

    $15 – $50

  • Festival Chamber Players 2018

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

    Bach’s Trio Sonata in E-flat Major; Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor; and Mozart’s Quintet in A Major for Clarinet and Strings. Tammie Dyer, violin; Susan Freier, violin; Jay Zhong, violin, Eric Kritz, clarinet; Tom Nugent, oboe; Stephen Harrison, cello; Carolyn Steinbuck, piano. BUY TICKETS

    $15 – $30

  • Festival Big Band, featuring Kim Nalley, Kenny Washington 2018

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

    Kim Nalley Kenny Washington The red-hot Festival Big Band plays the perennially sold-out concert, this year with two vocalists to add to the high energy.  Last year’s Big Band vocalist Kim Nalley returns again this year to set the woods, and the house, on fire.  According to Down Beat, "Sultry voiced Nalley brings an irresistibly ...

    $15 – $55

  • Chopin: Dreams and Memories of a Lost Homeland; Multimedia Lecture by Susan Waterfall

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

    Chopin Series Opening Presentation Susan Waterfall’s multimedia exploration of Frederic Chopin’s life and times (1810-1849) will explore his early years as a musical prodigy in Warsaw, and his last 19 years as a popular composer and piano virtuoso in Paris.  Chopin’s dedication to Bach, Mozart, Italian opera, and traditional Polish music and his relationships with ...

    $15 – $30

  • Perla Batalla: House of Cohen 2018

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

    Once a Leonard Cohen back-up singer, singer-songwriter Batalla launched her solo career with Cohen’s encouragement. The Grammy-nominated Batalla has recorded seven albums, written for both film and television, and toured worldwide. Batalla’s gorgeous, rich, contralto voice adds another layer of beauty to Cohen’s elegantly crafted songs.” Beautifully conceived and executed, Bird on the Wire is ...

    $15 – $40

  • Chopin 2: Susan Waterfall, Miles Graber, David Kadarauch

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

    Susan Waterfall will discuss and perform a selection of Chopin’s  Mazurkas,  the dance genre where he refined his mastery of the folk idiom and launched his most daring compositional experiments. Susan will also play Chopin’s Barcarolle, Opus 60, and touch on its special place both in Chopin’s output. and as a source for the future ...

    $15 – $30

  • Ledford House: the Iconic Festival Dinner Party 2018

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

    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 TBA. The Ledford House Restaurant is located seven miles South of Mendocino on Highway One in Albion, California. Its bluff ...

    $85

  • Chopin 3, Piano Series: John Novacek 2018

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

    Piano Series, with continued focus on Chopin In his recital for the Piano Series,  John Novacek has chosen examples from four important Chopin genres: the etude, the nocturne, the impromptu, ...

    $15 – $30

  • The Dustbowl Revival 2018

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    With a vibrant mix of vintage Americana sounds, this eight-piece group “would have sounded utterly at home within the hallowed confines of Preservation Hall in New Orleans' French Quarter,” according ...

    $15 – $40

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 2 (7/18)

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

  • Chopin 4, Piano Series: Spencer Myer 2018

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

    Piano Series, with continued focus on Chopin In his recital for the Piano Series Spencer Myer will play, among other works, the Four Scherzi of Chopin. Haydn’s Keyboard Sonata in ...

    $15 – $30

  • Pre-Concert Lecture, Marcia Lotter 2018

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

    A freelance musician throughout northern California, Marcia Lotter received her undergraduate training from the University of Washington in Seattle and has studied with such noted teachers as Vilem Sokol, Andor ...

  • Festival Orchestra 2, featuring John Novacek, piano 2018

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

    Festival Orchestra with pianist John Novacek Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 in D minor and Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major. Ticket price includes pre-concert lecture at 6:30 CHOOSE ...

    $15 – $50

  • Venice 2018

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    Performing together since 1980 and consisting of two sets of brothers, Venice’s music is a reflection of growing up in the California beach town for which the group is named. ...

    $15 – $40

  • Emerging Artists Concert 2018

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

    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

  • Pine Leaf Boys 2018

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    A smash hit at last year’s festival, the Pine Leaf Boys have been described by the New York Times as “the best new, energetic, and fun Cajun band in a ...

    $15 – $50

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 3 (7/21)

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

  • Alex de Grassi, Andrew York 2018

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

    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

  • Pre-Concert Lecture, Daniel Lockert 2018

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

    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 ...

  • MacCallum House Dine-Out 2018

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

    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 substantial portion of the evening's food and beverage proceeds to the Festival.

  • Big Time in Little River 2018

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

    Saturday, December 1, 2018 2:00-5:00
    Little River home of John and Kathy Danhakl
    Festival Chamber Chorale; Libations, Sensations, Delectables, Treats, and your Festival Family—all in a matchless setting!

    $125

  • MacCallum House Winemaker’s Dinner with Navarro Vineyards 2019

    MacCallum House Restaurant 45020 Albion Street, Mendocino, CA
    Benefit Events

    A perfect pairing: scrumptious food from MacCallum House’s celebrated chef Alan Kantor and elegant wines from Navarro Vineyards. An all-inclusive bargain at $125, the evening includes hors d'oeuvres and wine ...

    $125

  • Festival Chamber Chorale Presents Brahms’ Liebeslieder (Love Song) Waltzes

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

    Enjoy the delights of Brahms’ Vienna with a lovely springtime concert on Mother's Day. There will be pretty little tables, delicious pastries, and a lot of great music. Flowers, too. Jenny Matteucci will conduct the Festival Chamber Chorale, and Daniel Lockert and Susan Waterfall will play the duo-piano accompaniment, plus the marvelously dramatic Brahms Hungarian Dances, No. 1 in G minor, No. 4 in F minor, and No. 10 in E Major. Daniel will play Intermezzos Op. 118 No. 1 and No. 2, plus the Ballade Op. 118, No. 3. Ana Lucas will sing two duets with Jenny: “Weg der Liebe” and “Die Meere.” Jenny will sing the gorgeous ”Dein Blaues Auge.”

    $30

  • Sostenuto: A Celebration of Sustainability 2019

    Benefit Events

    Sostenuto 2019: From Memphis to Motown Friday, July 12, 2019, 6-9 pm At the spectacular oceanfront home of Linda and Fedele Bauccio. Celebrate all that the Festival represents—music, sustainable food, art, and nature, with a sumptuous al fresco dinner prepared by Bon Appétit Management Company and local organic wine provided by Frey Vineyards. Click to ...

    $195

  • BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet 2019

    Around the World

    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 Acadian ancestry of its members, and created and driven by bandleader Doucet’s spellbinding fiddle playing and soulful vocals, BeauSoleil’s distinctive sound derives from the distilled ...

    $15 – $52

  • Festival Orchestra 1, featuring Stephen Prutsman 2019

    Classical

    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

  • Piano Series: Robert Schwartz 2019

    Chamber Music

    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 Major; Chopin’s Barcarolle Op. 60; and Brahms’ 8 Klavierstücke Op. 76. His playing was crystal clear and his poetic insights remarkable.” BUY TICKETS

    $15 – $30

  • Sheléa 2019

    Jazz

    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 the most exhilarating up and coming artists today. While donning multiple hats of vocalist, songwriter, pianist, arranger and producer, Sheléa evokes the sultry energy of ...

    $15 – $42

  • Calder Quartet 2019

    Chamber Music

    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 in B-flat Major Op. 130 (with Finale). Performances like these — freshly rethought, impeccably played — do more than provide enjoyable listening. They reveal hidden ...

    $15 – $30

  • Coro Mendocino Wine Tasting 2019

    Benefit Events

    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

  • Piano Series: Robin Sutherland 2019

    Chamber Music

    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 Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Major (BWV 848) with “partners,” the menuet movement of Ravel’s Sonatine, among others. After intermission, he will take us ...

    $15 – $30

  • Le Vent du Nord 2019

    Around the World

    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 compositions, while enhancing its hard-driving soulful music (rooted in the Celtic diaspora) with a broad range of global influences. Le Vent du Nord must melt ...

    $15 – $42