Past Performances
QL and Bruno Ruviaro at Mosswood
Quinteto Latino presents three works: Gabriela Ortiz’ Puzzle-Tocas, Orlando Jacinto Garcia’s multiple winds in the distance, and a QL commission, C U Z A – four nocturnes for wind quintet, by Felipe Nieto-Sáchica. Happy to share this concert with long-time colleagues from Quinteto Latino, Bruno Ruviaro will play a set of live coding electronic improvisations based on reworked samples of Brazilian music. Sunday, December 11, 20222pmMosswood Sound Series3630 Telegraph AvenueOakland $10 –...
Read MoreYasushi and Friends
Acclaimed violinist Yasushi Ogura, concertmaster for many Bay Area orchestras and operas (including Jarvis Conservatory’s many zarzuelas, Pocket Opera and many others), will perform with flutist Diane Grubbe and pianist Frank Johnson (host of “It’s a Grand Night for Singing”) in a program of chamber music. Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 5 (“Spring”) in F majorHandel Trio Sonata in g minor (HWV 393)Gieseking Sonatine for flute and piano Saturday, October 157pm Jarvis Conservatory 1711 Main StreetNapa, CA $10 – $25 more information...
Read MoreAmbient Bird
A performance with Wendy Reid and ensemble, including live and pre-recorded African grey parrot, blue parrotlet and green parrotlet. Thursday, September 15, 2022Live Oak ParkBerkeley, CA 6pm Free
Read MoreQL Seminario 2022
On August 4-7, 2022, Quinteto Latino presented Seminario, a biennial conference of Latino musicians from around the United States, exploring the intersections of identity, artistry, and racial equity in the classical music field. As part of this intensive, co-hosted by San Jose State University, the public was invited to view the opening plenary and the culminating concert featuring Seminario cohort musicians. Thursday, August 4-7, 2022Seminario 2022San José State University
Read MoresfSound Group & Giacomo Fiore
Guitarist GIACOMO FIORE presents a pair of just intonation works: CATHERINE LAMB’S point/wave (2015) and LARRY POLANSKY’S freeHorn (2004). sfSoundGroup performs two iconic 20th century works of chamber music: GÉRARD GRISEY’S bracing Talea(1986) and the premiere of a transcription of BRUNO MADERNA’S rarely performed, beguiling Serenata N.2(1956). Friday, July 22, 20228pmMosswood Sound Series3630 Telegraph AvenueOakland $10 –...
Read MoreThe Grand Duchess of Gerolstein
Pocket Opera presents Offenbach’s opéra bouffe poking fun at militarism in general and at a young Grand Duchess specifically who learns that she cannot always get her way. Sunday, June 12, 20222pmHillside Club2286 Cedar StreetBerkeley Friday, June 17, 20227pmJarvis Conservatory1711 Main StreetNapa Sunday, June 19, 20222:30Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts500 Castro StreetMountain View Sunday, June 26, 20222pmGunn TheatreLegion of Honor100 34th AvenueSan Francisco Tickets and more information...
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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.