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2009
April 2, 8 p.m.
Premiere of David Garner's
Chanson fuer Morgen

with

Kristin Pankonin, piano

Including music by Enesco, Ludtke, and others
Trinity Chamber
Concerts

Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana St.
Berkeley, CA


Suggested donation: $15 General/$10 Senior/ Disabled/ Student
For advance tickets call: (510) 549-3864
Feb. 19, 8 p.m.
Soprano Soloist

           in


Mahler's Fourth Symphony/ Canteloube Chants d'Auvergne, Book I


           with the

Palo Alto Philharmonic,
Thomas Shoebotham, conducting
Tickets: $10/5

Cubberley Theatre

4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA

info@paphil.org

 Map


Mon.,
Jan. 24,
12:30 p.m.
Music by Mahler & Canteloube

with

pianist Kristin Pankonin
Etude Club
Hillside Club,
2286 Cedar St., Berkeley
Admission Free
Date TBA
Ilia (Idomeneo)

Capitol Opera Sacramento/ Davis
Dixon Theater for the Performing Arts
555 College Ave., Dixon, CA
Nov. 19,
8 p.m./
Nov. 21
3 p.m.
Soprano Soloist

in

Mozart Vesperae Solemnes
&
Rossini Stabat Mater

with the

S.F. City Chorus,
Larry Marrietta, conducting
Nov. 19: First Congreational Church
2345 Channing, Berkeley


Nov. 21: San Francisco

Sat.,
Oct. 30
8 p.m
Masked Ball
Halloween Opera Gala

with

Mission City Opera
  • Triton Museum of Art

    1505 Warburton Ave. 
    Santa Clara

  • Tickets: $50
  •  Info: 408-247-3754
  • info@missioncityopera.org
  • Sun.,
    Oct. 24
    2 p.m.
    Betty Wong & Friends!


    Music from Across the Globe,

    from Bach to Verdi, Piazzola to Thelonius
    Community Music Center,
    Richmond Branch
    741 30th St. @ Balboa, S.F.

    Advance Tickets $15/ 10
    Reservations: boodwong@mindspring.com

    Tickets at the Door $20
    Sun.
    Oct. 17
    3 p.m.
    Music by Modern American & English Composers!

    A benefit concert to help match the EBFA

    grant for David Garner & Nanette McGuinness

    M
    usic by John Bilotta, Benjamin Britten, David Garner, William Ludtke,  & more!

    with

    William Ludtke, piano; Michael Jones, violin; Kristin Pankonin, piano.
    Concerts at the Org
    2601 Durant Ave.
    Berkeley, CA



    Call  510-848-1729
     for information
    Free-will donation

    A portion of the proceeds to go towards matching the Garner-McGuinness Challenge grant from the East Bay Fund for Artists
    Fri.,
    Oct. 15,
    8 p.m.
    Sounds of Justice

    with tenor Abraham Aviles-Scott,
    pianist Betty Wong

    along with

    Muza Mdzinarishvili (piano), Ken Rosen (ensemble TBD), Alexi Wajchman (guitar & vocals), & pianist/ composer Justin Levitt


    Program to include: Chinese Poetry, Folk, and Jazz Music, songs, arias and duets by  Garner, Piazzola, Schumann, Verdi & more!
    Community Music Center

    544 Capp Street, San Francisco
    Tickets: $15/ 10


    A portion of the proceeds to go towards matching the Garner-McGuinness Challenge grant from the East Bay Fund for Artists
    Sat.
    Oct. 2
    3 p.m
    Holy Names Concert Alumni Concert


    with pianist William Ludtke

    in

    Li Bai Songs by Ludtke
    and
    Favorite arias by Dvorak and Weber
    Holy Names University
    Fri.,
    Sept. 24, 8. p.m.
    Fight Cancer Through Song flyer pdf

    a benefit concert for

    Kristin Pankonin

    with

    Singers:  Frederica von Stade, Zheng Cao, Catherine Cook, Nicolle Foland, Krista Wigle, J Raymond Meyers, Bruce Rameker, Christa Pfeiffer, Lisa Delan, Maryam Mahvi, Raeeka Shehabi-Yaghmai

    &

    Pianists: Tim Bach,  Robert Schwartz, Kristin Pankonin
    San Francisco Conservatory Concert Hall



    50 Oak St., SF
    info: 510-410-8453

    Tax-exempt donations to help defray medical bills will be accepted at the concert, or mail a check payable to "Kristin Fund" to Danville Congregational Church, 989 San Ramon Valley Blvd, Danville 94526
    July 7, 6:30 p.m.
    Opera in the Park
    Famous Arias by Mozart, Verdi, Dvorak, Puccini, Bizet, and others

    with

    Krista Wigle, Norm DuVol, Sharon Kaye, Sharon Maswell-Yamamoto, and many more!

    Mission City Opera
    Central Park
    Arbor Pavillion
    909 Kiely Blvd.,
    Santa Clara, CA
    June 17 & 19,
    8 p.m.
    Cabaret Opera's

    Tenth Annual Fresh Voices: Festival of New Works:
    X in the Soul of Europe and Beyond

    as

    Sophie  in The Bloody Chamber by Daniel Felsenfeld/Elizabeth Gold
    with
    Jo Vincent Parks and Indre Viskontas

     &

    God in the WORLD PREMIERE of
    Job: A Masque by Mark Alburger
    with

    Marilyn Pratt, Crystal Philippi, Heather Klein, Sarita Cannon, and Kate Bautch

    Live Oak Theater
    1301 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA

    Advance tickets: $20 / $15
    Tickets at door: $25/ $20

      Tickets online
    or 415-289-6877
    or email
    June 7,
    1:00 p.m.
    Berkeley Early Music Fringe Festival

    The Vinaccesi Ensemble:

    Nanette McGuinness, soprano, Jonathan Smucker, tenor, Amy Brodo,, Baroque cello, Sarge Gerbode, Archlute, & Jonathan Davis, harpsichord

    Music by Benedetto Vinaccesi, Cavalli, Caldara, Barbara Strozzi, Legrenzi, and Monteverdi
    Trinity Chapel
    2320 Dana St.
    Berkeley, CA

    For tickets: 510-549-3864
    Tickets: $15 general/
    $12 SFEMS members/
     $10 senior/student disabled
    No one turned away
    for lack of funds
    June 4,
    8:00 p.m
    Escape from the Opera House!

    4th Annual Opera House Meets the Big House
    Benefit Concert

    Proceeds go to the Life After Exoneration Program (LAEPP) and
    Unrepresented Death Row Prisoner Project (UDRPP)
    First Congreational Church
    2345 Channing
    Corner of Dana & Durant


    Tickets: $15 adults/ $10 students and children
    April 26, 12:30 p.m.
    In Dieser Zeit by David Garner

    with

    Kristin Pankonin

    Hillside Club,
    2286 Cedar St., Berkeley
    Admission Free
    March
    10, 7 p.m.
    Servino's Opera Night

    with

    Maestro Robert Ashens
    soprano Angela Eden Moser
    boy soprano Ryan Lee Nelson
    and special appearances by
    tenor Ben Bongers
    baritone Jeremy Silvers
    Servino Ristorante



    Reservations:
     415.435.2676
     9 Main Street
    Tiburon, CA
    March 4-6,
    12-14

    Fri.: 8 p.m
    Sat.: 8 p.m.
    Sun.: 7 p.m.
    Noah, Dinah

    in

    San Francisco Cabaret Opera's
    SEX AND THE BIBLE: THE OPERA (Pt I
    )

    WORLD PREMIERE 

    by

    Composer/librettist Mark Alburger

    with Kimberly Anderman, Robert Benda, Elizabeth Finkler, Maria Mikheyenko, Marilyn Pratt, and Indre Viskontas

    A 75-minute cabaret opera based on the Old Testament by way of Las Vegas

    Community Music Center
    544 Capp Street, San Francisco


    Tickets
    $25 cabaret table per person (Must be purchased in advanced.)
    $15 general admission
    $10 seniors/ students

    Four ways to buy:
    Online purchase at SF Cabaret Opera
      Email San Francisco Cabaret Opera
    415-289-6877
    Or at the door


    Parking:
    Mission-Bartlett Garage,

     3255 21st St..

    Dec. 13, 
    2:30 p.m.   
    Christmas Concert

    Including the premiere of William Ludtke's Christmas Cantata
    &
    Mozart Vesperae Solemnes

    with

    Kathleen Moss, mezzo-soprano,
    Paul Murray bass-baritone,
    Michael Jones, violin
    Stephen Levintow, violin/ viola
    David Auerbach, keyboard
    St. Andrew's Choir and Handbell Quartet
    William Ludtke, conductor
    First Church of Christ Scientist
    2619 Durant Ave.
    Berkeley, CA
    Sept. 27,
    3 p.m.
    Salon Concert

    Lieder by Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, Marx & Poulenc; duets by Dvorak & Saint-Saens

    with

    Meghan McQuillin, mezzo-soprano &
    Kristin Pankonin, piano
    Concerts at the Org
    2601 Durant Ave.
    Berkeley, CA



    Call  510-848-1729
     for information
    Free-will donation
    Sept. 26
    7:30 p.m.
    Opera in the Nave Michael & All Angels Church
               2925 Bonifacio, Concord
    Sept. 12
    noon
    Arts Walk Santa Clara

    Santa Clara Central Park Pavilion
    July  1,
    6:30  p.m.
    Concert in the Park
    Famous Arias & Duets by Mozart, Verdi, Bizet, and others

    with

    Martin Bell, Norm DuVol, Diane Squires, Sharon Kaye, Daniel Galpin, Sharon Maswell-Yamamoto, and many more!
    Mission City Opera
    Central Park
    Arbor Pavillion
    909 Kiely Blvd.,
    Santa Clara, CA
    May 22-3 Sex and Delilah
     
    by Mark Alburger

    With Maria Maryshenko, Kristen Brown, Steven Hoffmann & Alexander Katsman

    Also

    Open, a song cycle by Jean Ahn

    with Alexander Katsman

    Fresh Voices IX

    Festival of New and Used Operas – Part II
      Evenings in Hell - Or Is It Heaven?

    Community Music Center
    544 Capp St., SF

    (415) 289-6877
    harriet@goathall.org
    San Francisco Cabaret Opera
    May 3
    7 p.m.
    Vinaccesi Ensemble

    with

    Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano
    Amy Brodo, viola da gamba
    Sarge Gerbode, archlute
    Jonathan Davis, harpsichord

    Music at First Pres

    First Presbyterian Church of Alameda

    2001 Santa Clara Ave (at Chestnut)

    Alameda, CA  94501


    www.AlamedaChurch.com 

    (510) 522-1477

    April 13
    7:30 p.m.
    Athena Trio
    (Nanette McGuinness,
     mezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich
    & pianist Kathryn Cathcart)
     
    in

    An Evening of Operatic Arias and Duets
    Rossmoor Music Series
      Gateway Center, Rossmoor
        Walnut Creek, CA

    Admission: $10

    Tickets available for purchase
    at the door for non-subscription
    audience members
    April 4
    2 p.m.
    Micaela (Carmen)
    Verismo Opera
    The Sequioas

    Admission $15/ $12

    501  Portola Rd, Portola Valley

    (707) 864-0630

    March 28
    7:30 p.m.
    Micaela (Carmen)    
      
    Verismo Opera
    Pacifica Performances

    Admission $20/$ 15/ $12

    1220 Linda Mar Blvd, Pacifica
    (650) 355-1882
    info@pacificperformances.org
    Pacifica Performances
    March
    23, 12:30 p.m.
    Jugendstil Lieder by Marx & Schoenberg
    Etude Club of Berkeley

    Feb. 15,
    3 p.m.
    Salon Concert

    with

    Michael Jones, violin &
    William Ludtke, piano
    Concerts at the Org
    2601 Durant Ave.
    Berkeley, CA



    Call  510-848-1729
     for information
    Free-will donation

                         
    2008                          
    Dec.  14,
    2:30 p.m.     
    Christmas Concert

    with

    Kathleen Moss, mezzo-soprano, Paul Murray bass-baritone, Michael Jones, violin, Stephen Levintow, viola, Patti Tenbrook, cello,
     and William Ludtke, organ
    First Church of Christ Scientist
    2619 Durant Ave.
    Berkeley, CA
    Sept. 27
    7:30 p.m.
    Opera in the Nave
    (Wine & Cheese Reception at 6:30 p.m.)
    Michael & All Angels Church
               2925 Bonifacio, Concord, CA

    Tickets $10/
     $20 with reception
    Sept.  12
    7:30 p.m.
    Benefit Concert
    Capitol Opera Sacramento/ Davis
    Dixon Theater for the Performing Arts
    555 College Ave., Dixon, CA
    June 6,
    12 p.m.
    A Baroque Journey of Love & Loss

    at the                         

    Berkeley Early Music Fringe Festival


    The Vinaccesi Ensemble:

    Nanette McGuinness, soprano, Kindra Scharich, mezzo-soprano, Paul Hale, Baroque cello, Sarge Gerbode, Archlute, & Bruce Wetmore, virginal

    Music by Benedetto Vinaccesi, Cavalli, Strozzi, Rossi, and Monteverdi
    Trinity Chapel
    2320 Dana St.
    Berkeley, CA









    For tickets: 510-549-3864
    Tickets: $15 general/
    $12 SFEMS members/
     $10 senior/student disabled

    No one turned away
    for lack of funds

    May 4,
    3 p.m.

    Jugendstil & Fin de siècle

    Chamber music by Debussy, Berg, Webern, Joseph Marx,, and others.

    with

    Meghan McQuillin, mezzo-soprano,
    William Ludtke, piano, Michael Jones,
     violin, and Stephen Levintow, viola
    CSO Hall
    2601 Durant Ave.
    Berkeley, CA



    Call  510-848-1729
     for information
    Free-will donation
    April 25,
    7:30 p.m.
    Mimì (La Bohème) 
    Verismo Opera
    Sebastapol Center for the Arts
    6780 Depot St.
    Sebastapol

    For tickets, call  707-829-4797
    or 707-864-0630

    April  13,
     2:30 p.m. &
    April 18,
    7:30 p.m. 

    Mimì (La Bohème)                                                                                           
             Verismo Opera
    Unity Church of the Valley
    350 N. Orchard Ave.
    Vacaville, CA

    For tickets, call 707-864-0630
    Jan. 4,
    7:30 p.m.

    Guest soprano soloist
    13th Annual Messiah Sing-along

    66 Stephens Dr
    Orinda, CA

     
    2007
    Dec. 23,
     3 p.m.
    Athena Trio
    (Nanette McGuinness,
     mezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich
    & pianist Kathryn Cathcart)

     

     Arias, Duets, and Seasonal Favorites         
    Crocker Art Museum
    Capistrano Hall
    CSU Sacramento
    Sacramento, CA

    Free to Crocker Museum
    members; $8 for nonmembers
    Dec. 16,
    3 p.m.
    Soprano soloist
    Annual Messiah Sing-along
    West Marin Festival
    Singers & Orch.,

    Carol Negro, conducting
    w
    The Dance Palace Center
    503 B Street
    Point Reyes Station, CA

    $8 general, $5 seniors,
    $4 kids and teens/ $15 general,
    $12 seniors/
    students, kids free
    Oct.19 - Nov. 10 
    Foreign Woman (The Consul)
    Cinnabar Opera Theater
    3333 Petaluma Blvd. N
    Petaluma, CA

     $35 general admission
    $32 for seniors and students
      707.763.8920
    Sept. 29

    Opera in the Nave
    St. Michael & All Angels Church
    2925 Bonifacio, Concord, CA
    Sept. 16,
    2:30 p.m.
    Santa Clara Art & Wine Festival
    Mission City Opera 
    Central Park, 909 Kiely Blvd.
    Santa Clara, CA
    May 18

    Chamber Music by composers
    William Ludtke & David Garner

    with


    I Gatti Freschi (trio),  Martha Stoddard (flute), Willliam Ludtke (piano) & Kristin Pankonin (piano)
    Giorgi Gallery


    Tickets: .$15.00/ $12.00
      2911 Claremont Ave., Berkeley, CA
      Reservations & advance sales: (510) 848-1228

    April 25-27
    Countess Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro)
    Capitol Opera Sacramento/ Davis

    April 25-27: Veterans Memorial Theatre

    203 East Fourteenth St.
    Davis, CA
    Admission:  General...$15.00/Students & Seniors...$12.00
    For tickets, call: 
    916.944.2149

    April 16
    7 p.m.
    Athena Trio
    (Nanette McGuinness,
     mezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich
    & pianist Kathryn Cathcart)

     
    in

    An Evening of Operatic Arias and Duets

    Rossmoor Music Series
      Gateway Center, Rossmoor
        Walnut Creek, CA

    Admission: $10
    Tickets available for purchase at the door for non-subscription audience members

    April 14
    8 p.m.
    Athena Trio
    (Nanette McGuinness,
     mezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich
    & pianist Kathryn Cathcart)

     
    in

    From Opera to Broadway:  An Evening of  Arias and Duets


     

     
    Trinity Chamber
    Concerts

    Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana St.
    Berkeley, CA


    Suggested donation: $12 General/$8 Senior/ Disabled/ Student
    For advance tickets call: (510) 549-3864


     
    2006
    Sept. 22-24
    S
    ept. 29-30
    Oct. 1
    The First Lady (The Magic Flute)                                
    Mission City Opera

    Center for the Performing Arts
    3250 Monroe Street
     Santa Clara, CA
     408.749.7607 

     info@missioncityopera.orgo
    June 16-18 Madam Bubble/ Voice from Heaven
    (The Pilgrim's Progress,
    by Vaughan Williams)
    Trinity Lyric Opera

    Hoffman Theatre
    Dean Lesher Center
    1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek, CA

    Directions
    Order tickets or call 925-943-SHOW

    May 19-20
    Featured Guest Soloist
    in
    Opera Night,a 40th Anniversary Celebration

    Selections from
    Scott Joplin's Treemonisha
    Beethoven's Fidelio,
    Mozart's The Magic Flute

    Contra Costa Chorale
    John Montanero, cond.

    May 20: First Unitarian Church of Berkeley
    1 Lawson Road, Kensington

      May 21: Lafayette Orinda Presbyterian Church
    49 Knox Drive, Lafayette



    Tickets & Information:  510-527-2026
    General admission $15/  Students, seniors, disabled $10
    Children under 16 free

    Feb.12, 3 p.m

     
    Athena Trio

    "From Broadway to Opera"
    Sundays at the J

    2071 Tice Valley Blvd
     Walnut Creek

    Tickets: 925-938-7800 x 239 or x 244
    $22 for JCC members/ $27 general public

    Feb. 10 Athena Trio

    "From Broadway to Opera"
    Giorgi Gallery

      2911 Claremont Ave., Berkeley, CA
    Tickets: .$15.00/ $12.0
      Reservations & advance sales: (510) 848-1228
    Jan. 17

    Athena Trio
     
    (Nanette McGuinness, soprano
    mezzo-soprano VirginaChen
    & pianist Katherine Cathcart)


    Duets, songs & Arias
    from the 19th and 20th century by

    by Poulenc, Saint-Saens, Fauré, Debussy, & other French composers.

    Noontime Concerts
     part of the annual French Music Festival

    Old St. Mary's Church, 660 California,
    San Francisco, CA


    Tickets: $5 donation

    (415) 777-3211



    2005
    Dec. 17-18 Soprano soloist
    Haydn: Missa in angustiis
    (Lord Nelson       Mass)
    Semyon Lohss, cond.
    &
     Solano Choral Society, Helen Intintoli, cond.

    Dec. 17: Fairfield Center for the Creative Arts
    1035 Texas Street
    Fairfield, CA   94533
    (707) 428-7714

    Dec.18: Vacaville Performing Arts Theatre
    1010 Ulatis Drive
    Vacaville, CA  95687
      (707) 449-6217

    Directions
     Tickets

    General admission $20/  Seniors $17/ Students $8

    Dec. 3 A  Christmas Concert      
    with
    Michael Jones, violin
    William Ludtke, organ


    Carols & seasonal favorites by Bach
    & Handel
    First Church of Christ Scientist
    2619 Dwight Way, Berkeley
    Admission free to the community
    Nov. 19-20


    Featured Guest Soloist,
    Purcell: Ode on St. Cecilia's Day
                  (highlights)

    Handel: Samson & Ode for St.
                  Cecilia's Day (highlights)

    John Montanero, cond.
    &
    New Millenium Strings
     Laurien Jones, cond.



    Nov. 19: Lafayette/Orinda
    Presbyterian Church,

    49 Knox Drive, Orinda

     Nov. 20: Unitarian Universalist
    Church of Berkeley

    1 Lawson Road, Kensington


    Tickets & Information:  510-524-1861
    General admission $15/  Students, seniors, disabled $10

    Oct. 21-3
    Lady with a Cake Box
    (
    Postcard from Morocco by Argento)

    City College of San Francisco

    Michael Shahani, music director
    David Parr, stage director

    Diego Rivera Theatre
    SF City College
    Phelan at Judson

    Tickets & Information: 415-452-5185
    General Admission $15/ Students, Seniors $10
    Oct. 1
    Fourth Annual Opera on the Lawn
     
    St. Michael'sSt. Michael & All Angels Church
    2925 Bonifacio, Concord, CA
    Sept. 16
    Sept. 24

    KATRINA
    RELIEF BENEFIT CONCERTS

    with pianist Kristin Pankonin,
    sopranos Hope Briggs, Kristin Clayton,
    Marnie Breckenridge, Nanette
    McGuinness, Christa
    Pfeiffer, Krista Wigle, Beth Amisano, and
    Maryam Mahvi, mezzo-soprano
    Raeeka
    Shehabi-Yagmai, tenors  J. Raymond Meyers & Brian Staufenbiel,
    and baritone Mike Taylor
    Sept. 16: St. Matthews 
    Lutheran Church
    16th St. and Dolores, SF

    Sept. 24: Danville
    Congregational Church
     989 San Ramon Valley
    Rd., Danville

    All proceeds will go to the American Red Cross.
    May 13
    Athena Trio
    (Nanette McGuinness,
    mezzo-soprano Virginia Chen,
    & pianist Kathryn Cathcart)


     Ooh, la, la!:
    songs, duets & arias
     by Poulenc, Debussy, Saint-Saens,
    Massenet, Britten, & Weill

     
      2911 Claremont Ave.
     Berkeley, CA

    For reservations & advance sales: (510) 848-1228
    April 17

    Athena Trio
    (Nanette McGuinness,
    mezzo-soprano Virginia Chen,
    & pianist Kathryn Cathcart)


     Ooh, la, la!:
    songs, duets & arias
     by Poulenc, Debussy, Saint-Saens,
    Massenet, Britten, & Weill


    Oakland Lyric Opera
    Sunday Afternoon Musicale & Tea

    co-sponsored by the Chapel of the Chimes


       Julia Morgan Chapel of the Chimes
    4499 Piedmont Ave., Oakland
    $20; Seniors $18  (includes tea reception)

    For reservations & to charge tickets
     by phone:
    (510) 836-6772

    The Chapel of the Chimes is  the building on the left before
    the entrance to the cemetery, at the end of Piedmont Ave. 
    Parking lot (FREE) across the street
    March 26



    Music at the Giorgi Gallery
    A Benefit for the Giorgi Gallery Concert Series

    Music by Bach, Mozart, Poulenc, Barber, and Weill


    Giorgi Gallery

      2911 Claremont Ave.
     Berkeley, CA

    For reservations & advance sales: (510) 848-1228

    Feb. 20


    French duets  by Delibes, Faure,
    Gounod, & Franck


    with

     mezzo-soprano Virginia Chen
    & pianist Melinda Coffey

    Sunday Concerts
    Church in the Forest


    Forest Lake Road, Pebble Beach, CA



                   2004
    Aug. 12
    Athena Ensemble
    (with pianist Kathryn Cathcart)

    From Verdi to Weill:
    Arias & Songs by Verdi, Bellini,
    Villa-Lobos, Poulenc, & Weill


     
    Rossmoor Concerts
      Walnut Creek, CA

    July 15

     

    ATHENA Ensemble, with pianist Kathryn Cathcart

    From Verdi to Weill

    Arias & Songs by Verdi, Bellini, Villa-Lobos,
    Poulenc, & Weill


    Westlake Christian Terrace
       Oakland, CA

     


    Sept. 25
    Third Annual Opera on the Lawn
    St. Michael & All Angels Church,
    2925 Bonifacio, Concord, CA
    Oct. 24
    A Musical Kerry Potpourri
     
    Support John Kerry & John Edwards.
    Join soprano Nanette McGuinness, mezzo-soprano
    Virginia Chen, tenor Jonathan Smucker,
    baritone Patrick Leveque, guitarist Richard
    Flores, pianist William Ludtke and other artists for a
    program of  arias, songs, and classical music.


    Refreshments by Alice Huberman
     
     Seating is limited: reservations required $100/ person.
    Contact Claire Wahrhaftig, music4kerry@yahoo.com



    2003
    Dec. 12-13
    Holiday Fireside Concerts
     
    Pacific Repertory Opera
    .
    Avila Valle
    y Estates
    San Luis Obispo, CA

    Tickets and information: 805-541-5369
    Oct. 25
    International Opera Singers' Competition, Semi-Finals
      Center for Contemporary Opera
      New York
    Sept. 27
    Second Annual Opera on the Lawn
    St. Michael & All Angels Church
    2925 Bonifacio, Concord, CA
    Oct. 12
    Old and New Music
    with
    Philip Gelb, shakuhachi,
    &
    William Ludtke, piano

    Music by Barber, Ludtke, Copland, Puccini, and Mozart

     
    Berkeley Art Center
    1275 Walnut St.
     Berkeley, CA

    Admission $10/$8.00/ members & children under 12 , free
    Information: 510-644-6893

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