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Glenview Classical Series
This exciting Oakland series welcomes Quinteto Latino to perform a program including commissions by two Venezuelan-American composers, Paul Desenne and Victor Márquez-Barrios, as well as music from Mexico (Eugenio Toussaint), Brazil (Marcus Siqueira), Cuba (Paquito d’Rivera) and Argentina’s star tango composer, Astor Piazzolla. Friday, March 22, 20247:30St. Paul Lutheran Church1658 Excelsior AvenueOakland CA 94602 $25 suggested...
Read MoreQL returns to Mazza Castle
The Mazza Castle Music Salon Series welcomes Quinteto Latino, a one-of-a-kind San Francisco Bay Area-based 501(c)3 organization driving social change in the classical music industry. The program will include a commissions by two Venezuelan-American composers: Paul Desenne and Victor Márquez-Barrios as well as music from Mexico (Eugenio Toussant), Brazil (Marcus Siqueira), Cuba (Paquito d’Rivera!) and Argentina’s star tango composer, Astor Piazzolla. Sunday, March 17, 20245pm (doors open at 4pm)Mazza Castle900 Mirador TerracePacifica, CA $45 general admission Tickets available...
Read MoreQuinteto Latino performs for Calliope
The quintet presents “Music of Latin America for Winds.” The program will include commissions by Gabriela Lena Frank and Paul Desenne as well as music of Mexican composers Gabriela Ortiz and Eugenio Toussant, Cuban composer Paquito D’Rivera and Argentina’s star, Astor Piazzolla. Saturday, February 25, 20244pmCalliope East Bay Music & ArtsSt. Alban’s Episcopal Church1501 Washington AvenueAlbany CA 94706 $15 youth$25 senior/student$30 general admission Tickets available through...
Read MoreWest Oakland Sound Series
Visiting from Austria, mezzo-soprano Heléna Sorokina joins local composer-vocalist Sarah Grace Graves to perform Scelsi’s Sauh voice duos alongside solos and duos written for, and in certain instances by, them. Featuring music by Giacinto Scelsi, Harrison Birtwistle, Jon You, Sarah Grace Graves, and others. The concert also features the Oakland Reductionist Orchestra, a supergroup of local musicians with a predilection for lowercase/fricative/reductionist acoustic improvisation that often sounds more electronic than acoustic. This ensemble grows out of a rich tradition of “American reductionist” music that emerged (re-emerged?)...
Read MoreQuinteto Latino at CSMA
The quintet presents “Puzzles and Myths, Classical Music for Winds.” The program will include commissions by Gabriela Lena Frank and Paul Desenne as well as music of Mexican composers Gabriela Ortiz and Eugenio Toussant, Cuban composer Paquito D’Rivera and Argentina’s star, Astor Piazzolla. Saturday, January 13, 20247:30pmTateuchi HallCommunity School of Music and Arts230 San Antonio CircleMountain View, CA 94040 FREE! More information here
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Diane Grubbe has appeared as a soloist with the Siena Music Festival in Italy, the San Francisco Concerto Orchestra, L’Orchestre de Notre Dame in San Francisco and the Calabasas Chamber Orchestra in Southern California, with whom she recorded the Vivaldi Piccolo Concerto for their CD The Baroque Concerto.