Past Concerts and Events...
Sun, 9/13/09
SALON SERIES Sunday Afternoon Performances
Wine, Savories, Sweets, Music and great company...!
Hosted by Mr. & Mrs. Steve Pietkiewicz of Fremont
Program: Igor Stravinsky "Suite Italienne" & Sergei Rachmaninoff Sonata for Cello and Piano in g minor.
Sat, 11/14/09
"SUONO in Concert"
Old Mission San Jose, Fremont
7:15/8PM @ Old Mission San Jose, Fremont
Critically acclaimed as "polished and superb" by the San Antonio Express News, this dynamic violin/piano duo, performed Beethoven's compelling "Kreutzer" Sonata op. 47, Brahms Sonata op. 108, no. 3 in d minor, Schnittke "Suite Am Alten Stil" and works by Erich Korngold and Astor Piazzolla!
Sun, 2/7/10
THE MISSION MASQUERADE BALL
Best House-Palmdale Estates, Fremont
Music by Jonny Keigwin, Matt Montgomery, Steve Pietkiewicz, Pat Klobas, Jack Krouscup and Bob Scott.
Sponsors: UPrinting, Tri City Voice, Gael and Don Stewart of Mission Coffee and Fremont Flowers
Sat, 3/13/10
"MUSIC IN THE TIME OF TURMOIL
- From Conflict to Redemption "
Old Mission San Jose, Fremont
Armed conflict brings out the worst of humanity... And it has also inspired some of the greatest art this world has known. Program: Oliver Messiaen "Quartet for the End of Time" ~ Paul Schoenfield "Sparks of Glory" ~ Leos Janacek Sonata for Violin & Piano ~ Christos Hatzis "Dance of the Dictators"
Jeff Anderle, clarinet | Karen Shinozaki Sor, violin
Gianna Abondolo, cello | Aileen Chanco, piano
Sun, 4/25/10
SALON SERIES Sunday Afternoon Performances
Wine, Savories, Sweets, Music and great company...!
Hosted by Mr. & Mrs. Ganlin Wu of Fremont
Program: Haydn Trio no. 2, Deak "BB WOLF", J.S. Bach Cello Suite, Schubert Variations on a Theme "Trockene Blumen" and Widor Suite for Flute & Piano
Fri, 5/21/10
CD RELEASE PARTY for "Ferdinand the Bull and Friends" Music by Mark Fish
7:00-8:30 PM
Mission Coffee Roasting Co.
151 Washington Blvd, Fremont
Come to the official release party for "Ferdinand the Bull and Friends," a classical CD for children narrated by actor David Ogden Stiers. Food, Wine and excerpts from "The Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saens, "the Mother Goose Suite" by Maurice Ravel, and "Ferdinand the Bull" by Bay Area composer Mark Fish.
Also check out the "CD RELEASE PARTY & CONCERT PACKAGE": For purchasing tickets online to both events, this Special Offer gets you $7 OFF the price of our "Music and the Spoken Word" Concert!! A weekend full of humor, literature, music, food and great fun!! Join Music at the Mission for it's last concert of the season on Saturday, May 22nd. "MUSIC AND THE SPOKEN WORD" Concert, featuring David Ogden Stiers as narrator in the premiere of Mark Fish's "Winston of Churchill" based on the children's book by Jean Davies Okimoto, and meet the artists at our post-concert Meet-and-Greet Dessert Reception on Saturday, May 22nd! (Scroll further down for more details...)
Sat, 5/22/10
"MUSIC & THE SPOKEN WORD" Concert
7:15 Pre-Concert Talk by composer Mark Fish
8PM Concert at Old Mission San Jose
43300 Mission Blvd., Fremont
From the rantings of a frustrated night school teacher to the mysteries of Sherlock Holmes...From the tales of Jack London to a new recipe for "Peacock Turducken"... Music at the Mission explores the many facets of music with narration, from the comedic, to the tragic, to the absurd. Join us in this season's exciting final concert of literary delights and a Meet-and-Greet Dessert Reception will follow the concert!
David Ogden Stiers, Narrator | Bill Everett, Double Bass
Aileen Chanco, Piano | Karen Shinozaki Sor, Violin
Michael Corner, Clarinet | Michael Graham, Cello
Alicia Telford, Horn | Loren Mach, Percussion
Program:
*Premier of a newly commissioned piece by Bay Area composer, Mark FISH entitled, "Winston of Churchill" based on the delightful children's book by Jean Davies Okimoto; Jon DEAK'S "The Wager at the El Dorado Saloon" for piano trio and "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" for Solo Double Bass;
Harold MELTZER'S "Sindbad" for Piano Trio and Narrator;
and Barbara KOLB "Three Place Settings"
Acknowledgements:
This concert is made possible by the Zellerbach Foundation, the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music, Musical Grant Program, the Fremont Bank Foundation. Composer, Mark Fish's appearance is made possible by the METLife Creative Connections Meet The Composer Program. Leadership
support for Meet The Composer's MetLife Creative Connections program is
generously provided by MetLife Foundation. Additional support is
provided by The Amphion Foundation, Argosy Foundation
Contemporary Music Fund, BMI Foundation, Inc., Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust,
Aaron
Copland
Fund for Music, Inc., The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, The
James Irvine Foundation, Jerome Foundation, mediaThe Foundation,
National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural
Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, Pennsylvania Council on
the Arts and Virgil Thomson Foundation, Ltd.
Mr. Stier's stay in the Bay area is sponsored by:
