To kick off the Festival's 40th season's orchestral offerings, Allan Pollack will lead the musicians in Leonard Bernstein’s sprightly Candide overture. The energy will continue to flow when soloist Stephen Prutsman returns to Mendocino to perform Prokofiev’s demanding Piano Concerto No. 3. After we catch our breaths at intermission, we’ll enjoy the energetic 7th Symphony ...
With her dynamic guitar playing, formidable songwriting and pure vocals, Carolyn Wonderland hits the stage with an unmatched presence, mixing the depths of the Texas blues tradition with the wit of a poet. Wonderland plays original, bluesified, cosmic soul music, mixed with heavy doses of Tex-Mex and riff-fueled rock 'n' roll. Performing professionally since the ...
For Brittany Davis, sound is three-dimensional. It is size, shape, and color. It is language. Blind since birth, Davis discovered a world of vivid, vibrant color in music. A childhood appreciation for gospel and jazz gave way to a teenage obsession with hip-hop and R&B. Later, Davis crossed paths with Afro-punk musicians, rock artists, and ...
Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 2 (7/17): Puccini la bohème.
Formed in New York City in 1995, Solas quickly rose to prominence as a revolutionary force in Irish-American music, and they have been lighting up stages across the globe ever since. Hailed by The Wall Street Journal as “an Irish traditional band bearing all the marks of greatness,” Solas continues to captivate audiences with their ...
Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 2 (7/17): Puccini la bohème.
Virginia-based folk-rock band The Steel Wheels have spent almost 20 years writing, recording, and touring, all the while constantly honing their evolving brand of American roots music. Additionally, they are the founders and hosts of the Red Wing Roots Music Festival, a beloved staple of the Shenandoah Valley. Through the years, The Steel Wheels have ...
Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 2 (7/17): Puccini la bohème.
Puccini’s famous opera is the story of love, friendship, poverty, and tragic death. Set in Bohemian Paris of the 1830s, it tells of four friends, all struggling artists of one sort or another. Mimi and Rodolfo meet and fall in love on Christmas Eve. Musetta and Marcello also love one another and, like Mimi and ...
Rehearsing Festival Big Band (7/18).
Maiya Sykes, a classically trained vocalist and producer, wowed the audience at last year’s Festival Big Band concert. A graduate of Yale University, she continued her musical education at The Musicians’ Institute and studied independently with Nina Simone and Betty Carter. Sykes is a former back-up singer who has sung with the likes of Macy ...
Prepare for an exciting evening of piano and keyboard work by perennial favorite, Julian Pollack (AKA J3PO). The San Francisco Chronicle calls him a “ferociously assured and creatively dazzling pianist, composer, and arranger.” After extensive touring this year with Chris Botti, Terence Blanchard, and Marcus Miller, Julian returns to the Festival stage to present his ...
Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 3 (7/22): Shuying Li Purple Mountains overture, Barber Violin Concerto, Beethoven Symphony No. 6 (the "Pastoral Symphony").
For the past 50 years, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet has 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 driven by bandleader Michael Doucet’s spellbinding fiddle playing and soulful vocals, BeauSoleil is notorious for bringing even the most staid ...
Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 3 (7/22): Shuying Li Purple Mountains overture, Barber Violin Concerto, Beethoven Symphony No. 6 (the "Pastoral Symphony").
Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, and national radio host Laila Biali has headlined festivals and venues on five continents. Winner of a Juno award, and a 2026 Grammy nominee (alongside Lady Gaga, Elton John and Brandi Carlile, Barbra Streisand, Jennifer Hudson and Laufey), Laila has worked with Chris Botti and Sting. When not on stage or ...
Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 3 (7/22): Shuying Li Purple Mountains overture, Barber Violin Concerto, Beethoven Symphony No. 6 (the "Pastoral Symphony").
Shuying Li’s Purple Mountains overture will begin an evening of graceful lyricism and energetic rhythms. Amazing young violinist Mio Imai will perform Samuel Barber’s esteemed Violin Concerto. In her hands, elegant solo melodies will soar and mesh with lush orchestral textures. Beethoven’s 6th Symphony, the "Pastoral Symphony," is one of his few pieces with explicitly ...
Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 4 (7/25): Pollack Songs of Love and Loss, Beethoven Symphony No. 9.
Tom Rush is a gifted musician and performer whose shows offer a musical journey into the tradition and spectrum of what music has been, can be, and will become. His distinctive guitar style, wry humor, and warm, expressive voice have made him a legend to audiences around the world. His shows are filled with the ...
Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 4 (7/25): Pollack Songs of Love and Loss, Beethoven Symphony No. 9.
Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 4 (7/25): Pollack Songs of Love and Loss, Beethoven Symphony No. 9.
Originally from Canada, Sue Foley is a multi-award-winning blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. A five-time winner of the Blues Music Award for Traditional Blues Female Artist, Foley has won a Juno Award among other honors. Touring internationally, she has shared stages with B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, and Billy F Gibbons (ZZ Top), earning ...
Rehearsing Festival Orchestra 4 (7/25): Pollack Songs of Love and Loss, Beethoven Symphony No. 9.
The season will conclude with “Songs of Love and Loss” by Allan Pollack, a work for soprano, chorus, orchestra. The piece deals with emotions of grief and longing, blending contemporary texts and musical materials with Biblical passages. The mood will shift with Beethoven’s beloved Symphony No. 9 in D minor, a fitting finale for the ...
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