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  • All About Beethoven 2016

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

    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
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    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
    Chamber Music

    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
    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 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
    Chamber Music

    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
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    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

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 2 (7/20)

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

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

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

    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
    Classical

    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
    Classical

    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
    Around the World

    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
    Chamber Music

    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
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    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

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 3 (7/23)

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

  • Gwyneth Moreland and Friends 2016

    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    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
    Lecture

    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
    Classical

    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
    Benefit Events

    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
    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 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
    Benefit Events

    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
    Lecture

    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
    Benefit Events

    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

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 1 (7/9)

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

  • Sostenuto: A Celebration of Sustainability 2017

    Home of Linda and Fedele Bauccio
    Benefit Events

    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

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 1 (7/9)

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

  • Calder Quartet 2017

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

    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
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    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

  • Rehearsal, Orch. 1 (7/9)

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

  • The House Jacks Workshop 2017

    Matheson Performing Arts Center Cahto Street and Ford Street, Mendocino, CA
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    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
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    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
    Classical

    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

  • Rehearsal, Opera (7/14)

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

  • In Bocca al Lupo 2017

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

    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
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    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
    Chamber Music

    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

  • Rehearsal, Opera (7/14)

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

  • Kathleen Grace 2017

    Preston Hall 44867 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass

    “Smart, alluring and evocative” (Washington Post), Kathleen Grace has traveled the world sharing her country, folk and jazz inspired music with audiences from New York to Peru. Her latest release, No Place to Fall, presents Grace’s dynamic original songs alongside revelatory covers of artists as diverse as Duke Ellington, Tom Waits, Townes Van Zandt and The Meat Puppets. Grace’s ...

    $12 – $30

  • Pine Leaf Boys 2017

    Tent Concert Hall 45035 Main Street, Mendocino, CA, United States
    Around the World

    Featured wines at this performance Event Sponsor Four-time Grammy-nominated, the world-renowned Pine Leaf Boys have made a name presenting their own inimitable brand of music with youthful exuberance, reviving ancient songs and bringing them to the bandstand. Hailing from southwest Louisiana, they are known for their wild shows, thoughtful arrangements, and breathing new life into ...

    $12 – $40

  • Piano Series: John Novacek 2017

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

    “A commanding presence at the keyboard” and an accomplished composer, John Novacek will perform the Beethoven Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 2; Schumann Carnaval, Op. 9; Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87, No. 1 in C Major & No. 15 in D-flat Major; Ginastera Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2; and Novacek 3 Concert ...

    $12 – $30

  • Band of Heathens 2017

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

    Featured wines at this performanceThe term "Americana" was practically invented to describe the Band of Heathens' sound, rich with lyrical content and supported by soaring guitar work and a rock-solid rhythm section. Hailing from Austin, Texas, and together ten years, the group fuses Lone Star blues, rock, and soul sounds with influences from Southern boogie-woogie, ...

    $12 – $40

  • Zoe Ellis with Maya Kronfeld, piano 2017

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

    Zoe Ellis's dramatic and colorful voice is well known to music fans in the Bay Area and beyond. Described by reviewers as "a resourceful and inventive vocalist," she sang for many years with the Bay Area funk band, the Mo’Fessionals. A dynamic performer, Ellis’s credits include live performances with the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Donald ...

    $12 – $30