BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Mendocino Music Festival - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://mendocinomusic.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Mendocino Music Festival REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260713T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260713T143000 DTSTAMP:20260603T151556 CREATED:20260415T223650Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T184841Z UID:10008196-1783953000-1783953000@mendocinomusic.org SUMMARY:Business Casual DESCRIPTION:Exploring a wide range of genres\, Bay Area vocal band Business Casual is celebrated for their smart and surprising covers of popular songs. What would Mozart sound like as performed by a salsa band? What if Justin Timberlake were a jazz quartet? Taking inspiration from artists like Postmodern Jukebox and Scary Pockets\, Business Casual delights audiences with genre-swapped arrangements of crowd-pleasing tunes. Audiences can’t believe these singers are using only their voices to produce the beats and orchestral sounds! \nBusiness Casual is without a doubt the next big thing in a cappella!”- Deke Sharon \n\n\n\n\nCHOOSE SEATS AND BUY URL:https://mendocinomusic.org/event/business-casual-2026/ LOCATION:Preston Hall\, 44867 Main Street\, Mendocino\, CA\, 95460\, United States CATEGORIES:Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mendocinomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/DSC00076A-1600web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mendocino Music Festival":MAILTO:info@mendocinomusic.org GEO:39.30529;-123.7972762 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Preston Hall 44867 Main Street Mendocino CA 95460 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=44867 Main Street:geo:-123.7972762,39.30529 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260714T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260714T143000 DTSTAMP:20260603T151556 CREATED:20260415T223655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T044524Z UID:10008198-1784039400-1784039400@mendocinomusic.org SUMMARY:Beethoven Chamber 1 DESCRIPTION:Beethoven’s charming\, enigmatic\, and deeply felt Sonata No. 7 in D Major\, Opus 10 No. 3 will be played by Susan Waterfall. The brooding and complex String Trio in C minor No. 3\, Op. 9 will feature Terrie Baune (violin)\, Susan Freier\, (viola) and Stephen Harrison (cello). In the late-period Cello Sonata No. 1\, Op. 102\, Stephen Harrison (cello) and Keisuke Nakagoshi (piano) will take on an emotional and expansive piece. The Quintet in E-flat for Piano and Winds\, Op. 16\, Beethoven’s only quintet for those instruments\, is said to be modeled on Mozart’s. The work\, played by Keisuke Nakagoshi (piano)\, Eric Kritz (clarinet)\, Tom Nugent (oboe)\, Carolyn Lockhart (bassoon) and Jesse Clevenger (horn) will bring the afternoon to a thrilling conclusion.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nCHOOSE SEATS AND BUY \n\n\n \n \n2026 Featured Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven\n \nLate 18th century Europe. A world in turmoil. A musical genius is born into circumstances that nourish his talent\, but starve him emotionally. He has an innate\, unwavering desire to cure suffering with music that expresses a more perfect world. More than 250 years later\, we are drawn again to Beethoven’s phenomenal musical imagination\, compassion\, and charismatic vision to find meaning and inspiration. Immerse yourself in his world and his music\, and understand how his music evolved over his lifetime\, with a documentary film\, narrated chamber recitals featuring exciting guest artists\, and various other settings of Beethoven’s work across the Festival. \nWaterfall’s productions always present exciting\, absorbing playing of great music\, but are also rare\, distinctive examples of what can be called music education\, though they’re more conversational\, truly a sharing of perspective\, interest\, anecdote. There’s a sense of immediacy to her delivery\, weaving in and out of the playing\, an intimately conceived present awareness of this heritage. It’s something unique that needs to be experienced.” -Ken Bullock\, Berkeley Daily Planet\n \nExplore the Series \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n \nBeethoven\, Now!\, curated by Susan Waterfall\, includes her documentary film on his life and music\, and performances of seventeen of his works spread over nine symphony and chamber concerts. Two narrated chamber concerts will each include four of his works; pianist Anthony Ratinov will perform Sonata No. 8 in C minor\, the Pathétique; the Calder Quartet will perform his last completed major work\, his String Quartet No. 16 in F Major; pianist Rachel Breen will perform his last three Sonatas\, Op. 109\, 110 and 111; and the Festival Orchestra will perform his 6th and 7th symphonies\, closing the Festival with his iconic 9th Symphony. URL:https://mendocinomusic.org/event/beethoven-chamber-1/ LOCATION:Preston Hall\, 44867 Main Street\, Mendocino\, CA\, 95460\, United States CATEGORIES:Chamber Music,Classical,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mendocinomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/Joseph_Karl_Stielers_Beethoven_mit_dem_Manuskript_der_Missa_solemnis4x3crop1600web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mendocino Music Festival":MAILTO:info@mendocinomusic.org GEO:39.30529;-123.7972762 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Preston Hall 44867 Main Street Mendocino CA 95460 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=44867 Main Street:geo:-123.7972762,39.30529 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260715T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260715T143000 DTSTAMP:20260603T151556 CREATED:20260415T223708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T203820Z UID:10008200-1784125800-1784125800@mendocinomusic.org SUMMARY:Jacksonport\, with special guest Julian Pollack DESCRIPTION:Cuban-American artist and musican John Fonseca Fatum is the solo creator of Jacksonport\, named for the small Wisconsin town where he spent summers growing up. Now a Los Angeles-based songwriter\, session drummer\, record producer\, and performer\, with four studio records as Jacksonport and two more under his own name\, he’s also worked with artists Sarah Jarosz\, the Watkins Family Hour\, Madison Cunningham\, Jon Batiste\, Aoife O’Donovan\, Bella White\, Liana Flores\, Maya Hawke\, Buck Meek\, Joshua Crumbly\, The Brother Brothers\, Jack Symes\, Wilsen\, Bridget Kearney\, Jefferson Hamer\, Olive Klug\, Jacob Jeffries\, Lucy Clearwater\, Benjamin Jaffe\, and many more. For parts of this peformance\, Fatum will be be joined by pianist Julian Pollack\, who “deftly balances virtuosity with tenderness.” (Timeout New York).\n\n\n\nCHOOSE SEATS AND BUY URL:https://mendocinomusic.org/event/jacksonport/ LOCATION:Preston Hall\, 44867 Main Street\, Mendocino\, CA\, 95460\, United States CATEGORIES:Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mendocinomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/IMG_3520-4x3crop1600web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mendocino Music Festival":MAILTO:info@mendocinomusic.org GEO:39.30529;-123.7972762 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Preston Hall 44867 Main Street Mendocino CA 95460 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=44867 Main Street:geo:-123.7972762,39.30529 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260716T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260716T143000 DTSTAMP:20260603T151556 CREATED:20260415T223713Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T050126Z UID:10008202-1784212200-1784212200@mendocinomusic.org SUMMARY:Piano Series: Anthony Ratinov DESCRIPTION:Pianist Anthony Ratinov’s impressive talents will be on display when he performs selections from Debussy’s Douze Études\, both Book I and Book II. The compositions address aspects of pianistic technique in the first book and explore new sonorities in the second. In between the Debussy\, he will draw upon his virtuosity to carry us through Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor\, the Pathétique. To round out his commanding performance\, Ratinov will play Guido Agosti’s arrangement of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite for solo piano.\nHis confidence in taking risks is striking…”- Le Devoir \nRatinov showed class\, style\, technical mastery and solo prowess”- Beckmesser \nSuperb musicianship and technical mastery…”- Christopher Axworthy \n\n\n\nCHOOSE SEATS AND BUY \n\n\n \n \n2026 Featured Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven\n \nLate 18th century Europe. A world in turmoil. A musical genius is born into circumstances that nourish his talent\, but starve him emotionally. He has an innate\, unwavering desire to cure suffering with music that expresses a more perfect world. More than 250 years later\, we are drawn again to Beethoven’s phenomenal musical imagination\, compassion\, and charismatic vision to find meaning and inspiration. Immerse yourself in his world and his music\, and understand how his music evolved over his lifetime\, with a documentary film\, narrated chamber recitals featuring exciting guest artists\, and various other settings of Beethoven’s work across the Festival. \nWaterfall’s productions always present exciting\, absorbing playing of great music\, but are also rare\, distinctive examples of what can be called music education\, though they’re more conversational\, truly a sharing of perspective\, interest\, anecdote. There’s a sense of immediacy to her delivery\, weaving in and out of the playing\, an intimately conceived present awareness of this heritage. It’s something unique that needs to be experienced.” -Ken Bullock\, Berkeley Daily Planet\n \nExplore the Series \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n \nBeethoven\, Now!\, curated by Susan Waterfall\, includes her documentary film on his life and music\, and performances of seventeen of his works spread over nine symphony and chamber concerts. Two narrated chamber concerts will each include four of his works; pianist Anthony Ratinov will perform Sonata No. 8 in C minor\, the Pathétique; the Calder Quartet will perform his last completed major work\, his String Quartet No. 16 in F Major; pianist Rachel Breen will perform his last three Sonatas\, Op. 109\, 110 and 111; and the Festival Orchestra will perform his 6th and 7th symphonies\, closing the Festival with his iconic 9th Symphony. URL:https://mendocinomusic.org/event/piano-series-anthony-ratinov/ LOCATION:Preston Hall\, 44867 Main Street\, Mendocino\, CA\, 95460\, United States CATEGORIES:Chamber Music,Classical,Performance,Piano ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mendocinomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/Tam_Photography_2024_1-1600web.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="Mendocino Music Festival":MAILTO:info@mendocinomusic.org GEO:39.30529;-123.7972762 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Preston Hall 44867 Main Street Mendocino CA 95460 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=44867 Main Street:geo:-123.7972762,39.30529 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260717T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260717T143000 DTSTAMP:20260603T151556 CREATED:20260415T223731Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260416T214615Z UID:10008204-1784298600-1784298600@mendocinomusic.org SUMMARY:Zoe Ellis DESCRIPTION:Zoe Ellis’s dramatic and colorful voice is 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. Ellis’s credits include live performances with the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir\, Donald Byrd\, Phil Lesh and Friends\, SoVoSo\, and as the leader of her own quartet\, The Zoe Ellis Group. It’s not surprising that she was chosen as Glide Memorial Church’s Director of Music Ministries in November of 2024. She will be backed up by her brother David Ellis on saxophone\, and by Janet Maxie Reid on piano.\n\n\nCHOOSE SEATS AND BUY URL:https://mendocinomusic.org/event/zoe-ellis/ LOCATION:Preston Hall\, 44867 Main Street\, Mendocino\, CA\, 95460\, United States CATEGORIES:Jazz,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mendocinomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/Triptych-provided.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mendocino Music Festival":MAILTO:info@mendocinomusic.org GEO:39.30529;-123.7972762 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Preston Hall 44867 Main Street Mendocino CA 95460 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=44867 Main Street:geo:-123.7972762,39.30529 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260718T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260718T143000 DTSTAMP:20260603T151556 CREATED:20260415T223736Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T002004Z UID:10008206-1784385000-1784385000@mendocinomusic.org SUMMARY:Fire & Grace DESCRIPTION:This dynamic collaboration between guitarist William Coulter and violinist Edwin Huizinga explores the world’s musical landscape. Their performances blend iconic favorites with classic ballads\, mixing North American folk and Celtic melodies with Argentinian tango and Bach sonatas. Described as “a monument to musical diversity and crossover brilliance\,” this duo explores classical\, folk\, and contemporary traditions from around the world.\n…exuded life\, emotion\, warmth and depth.”- Otago Daily Times\, New Zealand \n\n\n\n\n\nCHOOSE SEATS AND BUY URL:https://mendocinomusic.org/event/fire-grace/ LOCATION:Preston Hall\, 44867 Main Street\, Mendocino\, CA\, 95460\, United States CATEGORIES:Around the World,Classical,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mendocinomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/Fire-Grace-5_Jen-Toole-1600.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mendocino Music Festival":MAILTO:info@mendocinomusic.org GEO:39.30529;-123.7972762 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Preston Hall 44867 Main Street Mendocino CA 95460 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=44867 Main Street:geo:-123.7972762,39.30529 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260720T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260720T143000 DTSTAMP:20260603T151556 CREATED:20260415T223749Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260520T184718Z UID:10008210-1784557800-1784557800@mendocinomusic.org SUMMARY:Piano Series: Cahill/Myers Duo DESCRIPTION:The energetic duo of Sarah Cahill and Regina Myers will excite you with their interpretations of a wide range of contemporary two-piano music. The two San Francisco-based pianists have collaborated on many occasions\, most recently for a duo performance at the 2025 Flower Piano in Golden Gate Park. This concert will feature both venerable and new pieces like Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn’s jazz classic\, “Tonk!”; the brilliantly percussive “Folkdance” by Meredith Monk; and a special preview of Theresa Wong’s “Bodywork\,” with the composer in attendance. \n\n\nCHOOSE SEATS AND BUY URL:https://mendocinomusic.org/event/piano-series-cahill-myers-duo/ LOCATION:Preston Hall\, 44867 Main Street\, Mendocino\, CA\, 95460\, United States CATEGORIES:Chamber Music,Classical,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mendocinomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/Duo-at-piano1600web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mendocino Music Festival":MAILTO:info@mendocinomusic.org GEO:39.30529;-123.7972762 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Preston Hall 44867 Main Street Mendocino CA 95460 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=44867 Main Street:geo:-123.7972762,39.30529 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260721T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260721T143000 DTSTAMP:20260603T151556 CREATED:20260415T223754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T050404Z UID:10008212-1784644200-1784644200@mendocinomusic.org SUMMARY:Beethoven Chamber 2 DESCRIPTION:In what has become something of a Festival tradition\, Julian Pollack will join Susan Waterfall on one piano for the Sonata for Piano 4 Hands in D Major\, Op. 6\, a two-movement exercise in pianistic flair. Beethoven wrote beautifully balanced works for strings and piano\, and this concert will celebrate that mastery. Sam Weiser will be accompanied by Carolyn Steinbuck on the Sonata for Violin and Piano in F Major\, “Spring.” Since its debut in 1811\, the “Archduke Trio\,” for violin\, cello\, and piano\, has been considered one of his masterpieces\, and Terrie Baune\, Stephen Harrison\, and Elizabeth Dorman will demonstrate why. Silvie Jensen will sing some of Beethoven’s songs and arias\, accompanied by Kevin Korth on piano\, proving that Beethoven wrote brilliantly for singers too.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nCHOOSE SEATS AND BUY \n\n\n \n \n2026 Featured Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven\n \nLate 18th century Europe. A world in turmoil. A musical genius is born into circumstances that nourish his talent\, but starve him emotionally. He has an innate\, unwavering desire to cure suffering with music that expresses a more perfect world. More than 250 years later\, we are drawn again to Beethoven’s phenomenal musical imagination\, compassion\, and charismatic vision to find meaning and inspiration. Immerse yourself in his world and his music\, and understand how his music evolved over his lifetime\, with a documentary film\, narrated chamber recitals featuring exciting guest artists\, and various other settings of Beethoven’s work across the Festival. \nWaterfall’s productions always present exciting\, absorbing playing of great music\, but are also rare\, distinctive examples of what can be called music education\, though they’re more conversational\, truly a sharing of perspective\, interest\, anecdote. There’s a sense of immediacy to her delivery\, weaving in and out of the playing\, an intimately conceived present awareness of this heritage. It’s something unique that needs to be experienced.” -Ken Bullock\, Berkeley Daily Planet\n \nExplore the Series \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n \nBeethoven\, Now!\, curated by Susan Waterfall\, includes her documentary film on his life and music\, and performances of seventeen of his works spread over nine symphony and chamber concerts. Two narrated chamber concerts will each include four of his works; pianist Anthony Ratinov will perform Sonata No. 8 in C minor\, the Pathétique; the Calder Quartet will perform his last completed major work\, his String Quartet No. 16 in F Major; pianist Rachel Breen will perform his last three Sonatas\, Op. 109\, 110 and 111; and the Festival Orchestra will perform his 6th and 7th symphonies\, closing the Festival with his iconic 9th Symphony. URL:https://mendocinomusic.org/event/beethoven-chamber-2/ LOCATION:Preston Hall\, 44867 Main Street\, Mendocino\, CA\, 95460\, United States CATEGORIES:Chamber Music,Classical,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mendocinomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/Joseph_Karl_Stielers_Beethoven_mit_dem_Manuskript_der_Missa_solemnis4x3crop1600web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mendocino Music Festival":MAILTO:info@mendocinomusic.org GEO:39.30529;-123.7972762 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Preston Hall 44867 Main Street Mendocino CA 95460 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=44867 Main Street:geo:-123.7972762,39.30529 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260722T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260722T143000 DTSTAMP:20260603T151556 CREATED:20260415T223802Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T022323Z UID:10008214-1784730600-1784730600@mendocinomusic.org SUMMARY:Evie Ladin and Keith Terry DESCRIPTION:The polyrhythmic heat of Evie Ladin’s clawhammer banjo\, resonant voice\, real stories\, and rhythmic dance have been heard from A Prairie Home Companion to Lincoln Center\, Celtic Connections to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass\, Brazil to Bali. A prolific creator and gracious facilitator\, Ladin grew up steeped in traditional folk music/dance throughout the East Coast. She brings a syncretic vision to new work while holding fast to her roots.\nLadin sings and plays infectious clawhammer banjo\, while Terry is a master percussionist. It was Appalachian string band music pared to the absolute minimum of accompaniment\, but packed with an orchestra’s worth of rhythm.”- Music City Roots\, Nashville \nShe can write\, she can sing\, and she pulls back from the saccharine brink with wit – a sharp intelligence.”- Grant Alden\, No Depression \nMr. Terry in action is like visiting an anatomical carnival\, where hands\, feet\, fingers\, engage in a musical ballet.”- Wall Street Journal \nYou don’t often hear words like “traditional\,” and “authentic” paired with “innovative” and “unique\,” but Evie Ladin & Keith Terry have brought them together brilliantly\, and the result is truly a high point in new old-time music.”- FOLKWORKS\, Los Angeles \n(An) arrestingly fun show\, bursting with talent.. every song\, dance solo\, and mid-number banjo breakdown was following by vigorous clapping and hollers.- Smile Politely\, Champaign-Urbana \n\n\n\n\nCHOOSE SEATS AND BUY URL:https://mendocinomusic.org/event/evie-ladin-and-keith-terry/ LOCATION:Preston Hall\, 44867 Main Street\, Mendocino\, CA\, 95460\, United States CATEGORIES:Boogie-Blues-Bluegrass,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mendocinomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/EvieLadinKeithTerry_highres2-scaled-1600web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mendocino Music Festival":MAILTO:info@mendocinomusic.org GEO:39.30529;-123.7972762 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Preston Hall 44867 Main Street Mendocino CA 95460 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=44867 Main Street:geo:-123.7972762,39.30529 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260723T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260723T143000 DTSTAMP:20260603T151556 CREATED:20260415T223807Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T050457Z UID:10008216-1784817000-1784817000@mendocinomusic.org SUMMARY:Piano Series: Rachel Breen DESCRIPTION:American pianist Rachel Breen’s performances have been described as “truly show-stopping” (Gramophone UK) and having “a beautiful piano sound and original detail.” She has enjoyed an active and successful competition career and has performed and taught masterclasses around the world. If you enjoyed her performance last year\, you will certainly appreciate this one. \n…took [listeners] into outer space and then back again—and this is meant as a compliment”- International Piano Magazine \n…truly show-stopping.”- Gramophone UK \nWho programs like this? Amazing!…musicians like her are the future.”- ludwig-van.com \nHer account of the Goldberg Variations by Bach will be long remembered.”- Calgary Herald \n\n\n\n\nCHOOSE SEATS AND BUY \n\n\n \n \n2026 Featured Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven\n \nLate 18th century Europe. A world in turmoil. A musical genius is born into circumstances that nourish his talent\, but starve him emotionally. He has an innate\, unwavering desire to cure suffering with music that expresses a more perfect world. More than 250 years later\, we are drawn again to Beethoven’s phenomenal musical imagination\, compassion\, and charismatic vision to find meaning and inspiration. Immerse yourself in his world and his music\, and understand how his music evolved over his lifetime\, with a documentary film\, narrated chamber recitals featuring exciting guest artists\, and various other settings of Beethoven’s work across the Festival. \nWaterfall’s productions always present exciting\, absorbing playing of great music\, but are also rare\, distinctive examples of what can be called music education\, though they’re more conversational\, truly a sharing of perspective\, interest\, anecdote. There’s a sense of immediacy to her delivery\, weaving in and out of the playing\, an intimately conceived present awareness of this heritage. It’s something unique that needs to be experienced.” -Ken Bullock\, Berkeley Daily Planet\n \nExplore the Series \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n \nBeethoven\, Now!\, curated by Susan Waterfall\, includes her documentary film on his life and music\, and performances of seventeen of his works spread over nine symphony and chamber concerts. Two narrated chamber concerts will each include four of his works; pianist Anthony Ratinov will perform Sonata No. 8 in C minor\, the Pathétique; the Calder Quartet will perform his last completed major work\, his String Quartet No. 16 in F Major; pianist Rachel Breen will perform his last three Sonatas\, Op. 109\, 110 and 111; and the Festival Orchestra will perform his 6th and 7th symphonies\, closing the Festival with his iconic 9th Symphony. URL:https://mendocinomusic.org/event/piano-series-rachel-breen-2026/ LOCATION:Preston Hall\, 44867 Main Street\, Mendocino\, CA\, 95460\, United States CATEGORIES:Chamber Music,Classical,Performance,Piano ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mendocinomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/rachel2-2000x1200-1600web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mendocino Music Festival":MAILTO:info@mendocinomusic.org GEO:39.30529;-123.7972762 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Preston Hall 44867 Main Street Mendocino CA 95460 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=44867 Main Street:geo:-123.7972762,39.30529 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260724T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260724T160000 DTSTAMP:20260603T151556 CREATED:20260415T223812Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T050627Z UID:10008218-1784908800-1784908800@mendocinomusic.org SUMMARY:Emerging Artists Recital DESCRIPTION:The annual concert by the wonderfully talented string players from the Festival’s Emerging Artists Program is anticipated by all who love hearing accomplished young musicians interpret chamber music classics and present exciting contemporary works. Each year twleve participants are chosen from the many who apply to come to Mendocino\, receive chamber music coaching from principals in the Festival Orchestra\, and rehearse and perform alongside professional orchestra musicians in three symphony concerts. Along the way\, they prepare and perform a program of challenging chamber music works. \n\n\nCHOOSE SEATS AND BUY \n\n\n \n \n2026 Featured Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven\n \nLate 18th century Europe. A world in turmoil. A musical genius is born into circumstances that nourish his talent\, but starve him emotionally. He has an innate\, unwavering desire to cure suffering with music that expresses a more perfect world. More than 250 years later\, we are drawn again to Beethoven’s phenomenal musical imagination\, compassion\, and charismatic vision to find meaning and inspiration. Immerse yourself in his world and his music\, and understand how his music evolved over his lifetime\, with a documentary film\, narrated chamber recitals featuring exciting guest artists\, and various other settings of Beethoven’s work across the Festival. \nWaterfall’s productions always present exciting\, absorbing playing of great music\, but are also rare\, distinctive examples of what can be called music education\, though they’re more conversational\, truly a sharing of perspective\, interest\, anecdote. There’s a sense of immediacy to her delivery\, weaving in and out of the playing\, an intimately conceived present awareness of this heritage. It’s something unique that needs to be experienced.” -Ken Bullock\, Berkeley Daily Planet\n \nExplore the Series \n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n \nBeethoven\, Now!\, curated by Susan Waterfall\, includes her documentary film on his life and music\, and performances of seventeen of his works spread over nine symphony and chamber concerts. Two narrated chamber concerts will each include four of his works; pianist Anthony Ratinov will perform Sonata No. 8 in C minor\, the Pathétique; the Calder Quartet will perform his last completed major work\, his String Quartet No. 16 in F Major; pianist Rachel Breen will perform his last three Sonatas\, Op. 109\, 110 and 111; and the Festival Orchestra will perform his 6th and 7th symphonies\, closing the Festival with his iconic 9th Symphony. URL:https://mendocinomusic.org/event/emerging-artists-recital-2026/ LOCATION:Preston Hall\, 44867 Main Street\, Mendocino\, CA\, 95460\, United States CATEGORIES:Chamber Music,Classical,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://mendocinomusic.org/wp-content/uploads/2025_EA_group_photo1600web.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mendocino Music Festival":MAILTO:info@mendocinomusic.org GEO:39.30529;-123.7972762 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Preston Hall 44867 Main Street Mendocino CA 95460 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=44867 Main Street:geo:-123.7972762,39.30529 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR