Cabrillo Music Festival Donors Concert at the Civic Auditorium. Donors $500+ are invited to help us kick off our 60th season with this intimate concert performed by brilliant Cabrillo Festival musicians.  In recognition of the important commitment made by our Annual Fund donors of $500 or more, we are thrilled to reprise our very special Donors […]

Cabrillo Music Festival Dinner and Pre-concert talk at the Civic Auditorium. Our 60th anniversary season begins with a special ticketed dinner served alfresco at the Civic Auditorium, when music director and conductor Cristi Măcelaru welcomes you with an outdoor pre-concert talk. Ticketed dinner: 6:30pm, talk:7:00pm. Reservations must be made in advance. For cost and other […]

Cabrillo Music Festival Concert at the Civic Auditorium. THE END OF RAIN Jessie Montgomery: Soul Force (WCP) Gabriela Lena Frank: Contested Eden (WP | Festival Commission) Scott Ordway: The End of Rain (Roomful of Teeth, vocal ensemble) (WP | Festival Commission) Our 60th anniversary season opens tonight as we return to the live concert stage with two world premiere commissions and […]

Cabrillo Music Festival Concert at the Civic Auditorium. LET ME SEE THE SUN Iván Enrique Rodríguez: A Metaphor for Power (WCP) Stacy Garrop: The Battle for the Ballot (WCP | Festival Commission) (Texts from seven suffragists; Valerie Joi, narrator) Paola Prestini: Let Me See the Sun (Lara Downes, piano) John Harbison: The Great Gatsby Suite (WCP) Four composers will join you in the audience […]

Cabrillo Music Festival Concert: Roomful of Teeth, at the Civic Auditorium. Grammy Award-winning octet and self-described “vocal band,” Roomful of Teeth is dedicated to reimagining the expressive potential of the human voice. Through study with masters from vocal traditions the world over, the ensemble continually expands its vocabulary of singing techniques and forges a boundless new repertoire […]

New Music Works presents "The Future is Female" at Peace United Church. Pianist Sarah Cahill performs music of twelve women composers. Music by Janice Giteckk, Frangiz Ali-Zadeh, Mary Watkins, Rebecca Saunders, Adelaide Pereira da Silva, Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Regina Harris Baiocchi, Hyo-shin Na, Maggi Payne, Reena Esmail and Margaret Bonds. For cost and other information, go to https://www.newmusicworks.org/  

Santa Cruz Chamber Players presents "Beethoven, Bagatelles, and Music for Winds and Piano" at Christ Lutheran Church. Music by Beethoven, Françaix, Ligeti, Jon Scoville, Couperin performed by Ivan Rosenblum, Concert Director and Piano; Lars Johannesson, Flute; Peter Lemberg, Oboe; Erica Horn, Clarinet; Michelle Reem, Bassoon and Susan Vollmer, French Horn. Beethoven’s 250th birthday celebrations started […]

Santa Cruz Symphony presents Symphonic Dances at the Mello Center in Watsonville. Music by Dvorak, Li Huanzhi, Enescu, Brahms and Bartholomew-Poyser, with Esperanza Del Valle Baile Folclorico. For cost and other information, go to https://santacruzsymphony.org/concerts-events

Santa Cruz Symphony presents Symphonic Dances at the Mello Center in Watsonville. Music by Dvorak, Li Huanzhi, Enescu, Brahms and Bartholomew-Poyser, with Esperanza Del Valle Baile Folclorico. For cost and other information, go to https://santacruzsymphony.org/concerts-events

Santa Cruz Chamber Players presents "Beethoven, Bagatelles, and Music for Winds and Piano" at Christ Lutheran Church. Music by Beethoven, Françaix, Ligeti, Jon Scoville, Couperin performed by Ivan Rosenblum, Concert Director and Piano; Lars Johannesson, Flute; Peter Lemberg, Oboe; Erica Horn, Clarinet; Michelle Reem, Bassoon and Susan Vollmer, French Horn. Beethoven’s 250th birthday celebrations started […]

Espressivo Orchestra presents "Bouquet" at Santa Cruz Community Church. We offer you a sampling of French culture at its most elegant and refined, with that certain sensual je ne sais quoi. Louise Farrenc -- Nonet Claude Debussy -- “Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune” (arr. Iain Farrington) Maurice Ravel -- Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé -- […]

Ensemble Monterey presents Favorites for Winds at Peace United Church. In 1784 Mozart wrote an unprecedented, ground-breaking work for 13 wind instruments: the Gran Partita. This 50-minute masterpiece is Mozart at his transcendent best. 30 years ago, Ensemble Monterey began its first concert with this work, and now, to celebrate the beginning of our Thirtieth […]

Distinguished Artists presents the Goldstein Jiang Piano Duo in A Celebration of Brahms 125th Birthday at Peace United Church. The program includes Bach/Kurtag: Actus Tragicus for 4 hands; Beethoven: “Les Adieux” Sonata in E Flat, 81a; Bernstein: Masks; Ravel: La Valse for 4 hands; Prokofiev: Sonata No. 6; and Brahms: Haydn Variations for 2 pianos […]

Santa Cruz Chamber Players presents Music from Leipzig at Christ Lutheran Church, featuring The Nisene Ensemble. Kristin Garbeff, cello and concert director, Cynthia Baehr-Williams, violin Chad Kaltinger, viola Kumi Uyeda, piano Leipzig, Germany has been the center for Western art music for over 800 years! This concert features music composed in Leipzig by two composers who […]

Santa Cruz Chamber Players presents Music from Leipzig at Christ Lutheran Church, featuring The Nisene Ensemble. Kristin Garbeff, cello and concert director, Cynthia Baehr-Williams, violin Chad Kaltinger, viola Kumi Uyeda, piano Leipzig, Germany has been the center for Western art music for over 800 years! This concert features music composed in Leipzig by two composers who […]

Santa Cruz Chamber Players presents "Women’s Words and Music" at Christ Lutheran Church. Music by Chris Pratorius-Gomez, Clara Schumann, Rebecca Clarke, Margaret Bonds, Caroline Shaw and William Bolcom. Emily Sinclair, soprano and concert director Polly Malan, viola Josiah Stocker, piano This concert highlights women composers and poets of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, using […]

Santa Cruz Chamber Players presents "Women’s Words and Music" at Christ Lutheran Church. Music by Chris Pratorius-Gomez, Clara Schumann, Rebecca Clarke, Margaret Bonds, Caroline Shaw and William Bolcom. Emily Sinclair, soprano and concert director Polly Malan, viola Josiah Stocker, piano This concert highlights women composers and poets of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, using […]

Musical Soulmates presents "Yearning" at Calvary Episcopal Church. It is a delight to be starting off our 2022-2023 season with another evening of Piano Quintets. This intimate evening includes the complete and illustrious Brahms Piano Quintet, a masterpiece borne not only of Brahms' musical genius and turbulent emotions but through his collaborative journey with his […]

Santa Cruz Symphony presents "Testament" at the Civic Auditorium. Music includes: Silvestrov Prayer for Ukraine Bartok Viola Concerto Featuring: Yuchen Lu, viola Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 6 Pathetique. For cost and other information, go to https://santacruzsymphony.org/concerts-events

Santa Cruz Symphony presents "Testament" at the Mello Center in Watsonville. Music includes: Silvestrov Prayer for Ukraine Bartok Viola Concerto Featuring: Yuchen Lu, viola Tchaikovsky Symphony no. 6 Pathetique. For cost and other information, go to https://santacruzsymphony.org/concerts-events

Distinguished Artists presents Danny Driver, piano at Peace United Church. Music by Faure, Franck, Ravel and Schumann. For cost and other information, go to https://distinguishedartists.org/

Santa Cruz Baroque Festival, Distinguished Artists and UCSC Music Department together present Nicholas Mathew at Messiah Lutheran Church, for a celebration of Beethoven's 150th birthday. Nicholas Mathew, 19th Century style fortepianos The year 2020 marked the beginning of the 250th birthday celebrations of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), which are still continuing worldwide. We honor the […]

Musical Soulmates presents "Passion" at Calvary Episcopal Church. “Passion Song Cycle “by Richard Thompson and American songbook selections, featuring Leberta Loral, accompanied by Kate Saphir Alm and the renowned Tammy Lynn Hall. Please be prepared to show proof of vaccination and booster; masks may be required. For cost and other information, go to https://katealmsuzukipianostudio.com/musicalsoulmates/

Santa Cruz Chamber Players presents The Place Where You Never Grow Old at Christ Lutheran Church. Music by Johannes Brahms, Camille Saint-Saëns, Jean Françaix and Rebecca Clarke. Bruce Foster, clarinet and concert director Chad Kaltinger, viola Miles Graber, piano The music that composers write later in life is often the most profoundly beautiful and heartfelt […]

Santa Cruz Chamber Players presents Slavic Glory at Christ Lutheran Church. Music by Frédéric Chopin, Efrem Zimbalist, Fritz Kreisler, and Antonín Dvořák Roy Malan, Concert Director and Violin Polly Malan, Viola Christine Lee, Cello James Winn, Piano This concert celebrates a few of the many great Slavic composers. The program starts with Ballade No. 2 […]

Santa Cruz Chamber Players presents Slavic Glory at Christ Lutheran Church. Music by Frédéric Chopin, Efrem Zimbalist, Fritz Kreisler, and Antonín Dvořák Roy Malan, Concert Director and Violin Polly Malan, Viola Christine Lee, Cello James Winn, Piano This concert celebrates a few of the many great Slavic composers. The program starts with Ballade No. 2 […]

This concert has been postponed. A new date will be announced when chosen. Espressivo presents "Overcast, Clearing" at Santa Cruz Community Church. A precocious work; Celtic brooding; and Romantic charm. Benjamin Britten -- Sinfonietta, Op. 1 Arnold Bax -- Nonet Franz Lachner -- Nonet Espressivo is the small, intense orchestra that is making big news […]

Santa Cruz Symphony presents Translations at the Civic Auditorium. Kicking off the New Year, our next concert features the world premiere commission by Turkish composer/pianist Hakan Ali Toker. Also, the sonic translation of our California coastal wildlife by local Gabriella Smith, and Ravel’s homage to the Parisian Baroque a la Francois Couperin. Experience the magic […]

Santa Cruz Symphony presents Translations at the Mello Center. Kicking off the New Year, our next concert features the world premiere commission by Turkish composer/pianist Hakan Ali Toker. Also, the sonic translation of our California coastal wildlife by local Gabriella Smith, and Ravel’s homage to the Parisian Baroque a la Francois Couperin. Experience the magic […]

Santa Cruz Baroque Festival presents A Rainbow of American Musics at Holy Cross Church. Our Golden Anniversary opens with a rainbow of historic musics from all the Americas. UCSC Chamber Singers opens by performing the first printed music to originate in the so-called ‘New World’, a 1631 hymn to the Virgin Mary in the Quechua […]

Ensemble Monterey presents A Rainbow of Favorites at Peace United Church. This concert is a rainbow of color featuring three rarely heard but much-loved gems. The great violinist Efrem Zimbalist wrote a Fantasy for Piano, Oboe and String Quartet.  This is a masterwork you may never have heard of but that you really must hear. […]

Distinguished Artists presents The Coming of Age of American Art Music at Peace United Church. John Orlando, piano is joined by Kate Alm, piano and organ & members of Symphony San Jose: Craig Bate, viola, Carolyn Carl, violin, Kiri Murakami-Loehmann, violin, and Janet Witharm, cello. Hear piano and organ solos, and chamber music from New England’s Classical Romanticists - […]

Aptos Keyboard Series presents Sofya Gulyak, piano at St. Johns Episcopal Church in Aptos. For cost and other information, go to https://www.st-john-aptos.org/aptos-keyboard-series.html

Santa Cruz Baroque Festival presents The Paris Quartet at Peace United Church. This concert will feature: Janet See, Baroque Flute, Lisa Weiss, Baroque violin, Peter Hallifax, viol, and Katherine Heater, harpsichord. At the beginning of the Baroque, a new style proudly swept aside the equality of parts that characterized Renaissance counterpoint. Any sensuous or jaunty tune supported by a […]

Santa Cruz Symphony presents a Family Concert: The Orchestra Sings, at the Civic Auditorium. Carnegie Hall’s Link Up program introduces students to the orchestra by helping them to become a part of it. Through this highly participatory program, students learn to sing and play an instrument in the classroom and perform with a professional orchestra […]

Santa Cruz Chamber Players presents Americana: A Century of Song at  Christ Lutheran Church. Please join us for an evening of classical American song featuring underrepresented composers, living composers and all-time favorites. Solmaaz Adeli, concert director and mezzo-soprano; Danielle Naler, piano; Micah Naler, violin American Lullaby by Gladys Rich (1904-1994) Ashokan Farewell by Jay Ungar […]

Santa Cruz Chamber Players presents Americana: A Century of Song at  Christ Lutheran Church. Please join us for an evening of classical American song featuring underrepresented composers, living composers and all-time favorites. Solmaaz Adeli, concert director and mezzo-soprano; Danielle Naler, piano; Micah Naler, violin American Lullaby by Gladys Rich (1904-1994) Ashokan Farewell by Jay Ungar […]

New Music Works presents Listening to the Land at Peace United Church. Philip Collins | Artistic Director Raven Chacon | Guest Composer (recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in Music, 2022) Michael McGushin | Conductor Come early for the 6:30pm Pre-Concert Chat: Composers Raven Chacon and Ben Dorfan; moderated by Philip Collins Navajo composer Raven Chacon […]

Distinguished Artists presents Pianist Gabrielle Baldocci at Peace United Church. Hear Beethoven’s 5th symphony arranged for solo piano. For cost and other information go to https://distinguishedartists.org/

Santa Cruz Baroque Festival presents Concordian Dawn at Holy Cross Church. Christopher Preston Thompson, Director, tenor, Medieval harp; Clifton Massey, countertenor; David Dickey, countertenor, recorder; Thomas McCargar, baritone; Niccolo Seligmann, vielle; Concert Sponsor: Dean Silvers In their triumphant return to Santa Cruz, Concordian Dawn, the Medieval music ensemble of New York City, presents seldom performed virtuosic Organum Quadruplum by Pérotin of […]