Date
and program number

March 17, 2003
Concert # 73

Illustrio

Bruce Belton, clarinet,
Geoff Noer, violin,
Maria Reeves , piano

March 29, 2003
Concert # 74

Hanni Schmid Wyss, piano
From Zurich, in cooperation with the Swiss Consulate of San Francisco

April 4, 2003
Concert # 75 

Mike Marshall, guitars, mandolin
Edgar Meyer, bass

Pre-SF Jazz Festival concert ....These guys really smoked!

January 9, 2004
Concert # 76

Santa Cruz Chamber Players

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Amy Brodo, cellist
Lars Johannesson, flute
Carol Panofsky, oboe and recorder
Jonathan Salzedo, harpsichord
Mark Sowlakis , clarinet

Stone-Zimmermann Duo

Iris Stone , violin
Eva Maria Zimmerman, piano

Adorno Ensemble

Cynthia Mei, violin
Robert Howard, cello
Ji-Eun Kang, piano

Bruce Hamm, Sarod 
Marcus Wise, Tabla 
David Whetstone, Sitar 
Eric Schneider, Rumi recitation

Alexander Tsygankov, domra
Inna Shevchenko, piano
from Moscow

Alexander has been called the world's premier master of the Domra, for good reason.
Inna Shevchenko is a master pianist and accompanies her husband.

Gore, A'Agostino, Manring Trio

Brian Gore, Guitar
Peppino D'Agostino, Guitar
Michael Manring, Basses

Known as a "poet of the guitar," Brian Gore's emotive, expressive style combines influences from folk, jazz and classical music.
http://www.guitarpoet.com (official site) http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/gore 
(sound samples) http://www.theguitarnight.com (international guitar night web page)

Michael Manring's website:      http://www.manthing.com/    Michael played the Prelude to one of the Bach Cello Suites on his fretless bass!

Clara Ponty, improvisational piano

(Daughter of fusion violinist Jean Luc Ponty) Check her out at:  www.ponty.com/clara
(With live video effects projection by Bob Cowart)

A new Bach program that discusses the relationships between the inventions, the suites, and the Well Tempered Clavier.

Mark Sowlakis Jazz Trio

Mark Sowlakis , clarinet, bass clarinet, and soprano sax
Jay Jackson on piano
Tom Bockhold on acoustic bass

Werner Bärtschi, piano
From Zurich, in cooperation with the Swiss Consulate of San Francisco

Paganini-inspired piano repertoire

 For a sound sample go here:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000031UW/qid=1097686481/sr=1 -2/ref=sr_1_2/102-5612493-6286514?v=glance&s=classical

Brahms Night!

Ellen Gonningen, violin
Chad Kaltinger, viola
Amy Brodo, ‘cello
Miles Graber, piano

 Dan Glover, piano

piano, bass, drums

South African Jazz, standards, and originals

Alexander Tsygankov, domra 
Inna Shevchenko, piano
From Moscow

RUSSIAN FOLK/CLASSICAL ARTISTS

Duo Concertante
From British Columbia

Nancy Dahn, violin
Timothy Steeves, piano

Matthias Ziegler, electrified contrabass flute
From Zurich, in cooperation with the Swiss Consulate of San Francisco

Matthias is one of the world's most versatile and virtuosic flutists. He is committed both to the traditional literature for flute as well as to contemporary music and concepts that cross the boundaries between classical music and jazz. Accordingly, his performances take place in a vast range of contexts: he is principal flutist with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, has toured with Andreas Vollenweider and performs with the percussionist Pierre Favre as well as with the American contrabass player Mark Dresser. He is also a member of the "Collegium Novum Zurich", where he has worked with Mauricio Kagel, Heinz Holliger and George Crumb.

Hanni Schmid Wyss, piano
From Zurich, in cooperation with the Swiss Consulate of San Francisco

Natasha (vocals, violin, guitar, and piano) will perform with her jazz piano accompanist 

Ellen Hoffman, piano
Jeremy Miller, guitar.

Franklin Lei, Baroque Lute and archtop jazz guitar

• J.S. BACH - Pieces for lute

• Bill Evans - Jazz guitar suite

• J.S. BACH , The Goldberg Variations (complete)

 Neo Camerara
STRING QUARTET AND PIANO
From DALLAS, Texas  
www.neocamerata.com

PERFORMING ORIGINAL MUSIC BY THE GROUP'S VIOLIST, MARK LANDSON 

Trevor Stephenson, harpsichord

Bach Two-part Inventions, the A minor English Suite, and selections from the Anna Magdalena Notebook. 
He will also discuss the process of developing an interpretation in playing Bach.

Kali's Angels and  New Spirit Voice

http://home.earthlink.net/~cedarsongs/kalisangels/

Hillside Annex, PSR Chapel
First half: Kali’s Angels - Original music. Female vocal trio, ecstatic kirtan-like chanting.
Second Half: New Spirit Church holiday music variety show by congretation members

Alexander Tsygankov, domra
Inna Shevchenko, piano
from Moscow
"The Paganini of Domra"

From Russia with Love: Grand Tour of the World in 60 Minutes
Virtuosic domra playing of folk music from around the world, arranged by Alexander Tsygankov
A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR BERKELEY YOUTH SHELTERS
VENUE:  Pacific School of Religion Chapel    

Hanny Schmid Wyss
From Zurich, in cooperation with the Swiss Consulate of San Francisco

Stone-Zimmermann Duo
Iris Stone , violin
Eva Maria Zimmermann, piano

The Presidio Ensemble

Amelia Jeanette Lukas, flute
Kathryn Thompson, cello
Deborah Katz, violin
David Ryther, violin
Victor L. Lowrie, viola & violin
http://www.presidioensemble.com/index.html

 In Tempore Belli (In the Time of War). The pieces were:

•    Aaron Copland - Threnodies for flute, alto flute and string trio

•    George Crumb -  Black Angels for electric string quartet

•    Velvet Underground -  Venus in Furs - original arrangement for flute and string quartet

•    Oedoen Partos -  Maqamat for flute and string quartet

The Albany Consort
(Septet)

Trevor Stephenson, harpsichord
Keyboard Music of J. S. Bach, Handel, Scarlatti

A Concert-Lecture  played on 17th-century Flemish Harpsichord. His performance/lecture will be about development of Bach's style in his later years: Influences of the gallant style, canon, and ‘stile antico.’ He will also compare each Prelude and Fugue from Book Two with its counterpart in Book One.

Dec 2, 2006
(two shows)
Concert # 108  Concert # 109

Teslim

Kaila Flexer, violin
Gari Hegedus, oud, saz, lauto (Stellamara),

A Concert of Greek, Turkish and Middle Eastern music