Posts by diane
Noontime Concerts
Quinteto Latino performs Paquito d’Rivera’s playful Wapango followed by their own arrangement (by José-Luis Hurtado) of the Mexican folk song, Son de la Bruja. Also on the program are QL’s commission, El Recreo, La Cumbia, Los Vikingos, y otras Miniaturas, by Paul Desenne and Marcus Siqueira’s monumental Egrégores. The program concludes with Mexican composer Eugenio Toussaint’s clever Mambo. Tuesday, May 14, 202412:30pm Old Saint Mary’s Cathedral660 California StreetSan Francisco, CA Free
Read MoreCunning Little Vixen
Pocket Opera presents Janáček’s charming masterpiece. Sunday, April 14, 20242pmHillside Club2286 Cedar StreetBerkeley Sunday, April 21, 20242:30Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts500 Castro StreetMountain ViewSunday, April 28, 20242pmGunn TheatreLegion of Honor100 34th AvenueSan FranciscoTickets and more information here.
Read MoreMusic@Noon
Quinteto Latino performs Paquito d’Rivera’s playful Wapango and Gabriela Lena Frank’s colorful Mitos (composed for Quinteto Latino). Also on the program are Marcus Siqueira’s monumental Egrégores and Eugenio Toussaint’s clever Mambo. Don’t miss this free opportunity to hear QL in the South Bay. You will have a chance to chat with the musicians about the music, the composers, and the musicians themselves too. Wednesday, April 24, 202412pm Santa Clara UniversityMusic Recital Hall500 El Camino RealSanta Clara, CA Free
Read MoreGlenview 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...
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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.