Chamber Music with Gail Machlis and Friends

Join us for a chamber music celebration with Gail Machlis and friends.

Program

Mozart String Quartet in E Flat Major (k160)
Gail Machlis, Rachel Carlin, Rick Diamond and Nick Carlin

Two Serenades by Siegfried Benkman
Noel Benkman and Gail Machlis

Intermission

Mendelssohn String Trio in D Minor, Op. 49
Gail Machlis, Diane Louie and Paul McCurdy

Gail Machlis and Friends at the Maybeck Studio
Sunday, September 28, 2014, 3:00pm
This event is sold out. Thank you for your interest.

"NO MOON AT ALL:" Cathi Walkup, Linda Kosut, Shanna Carlson with the David Udolf Trio

"NO MOON AT ALL"
Cathi Walkup, Linda Kosut, Shanna Carlson
with the David Udolf Trio

Three singers with very different styles present an afternoon of solid fun and beauty - including originals (from funny to poignant), swinging standards and cabaret-influenced jazz.  After years of performing their annual "Moon" concerts, this time they join forces for a non-moon concert (okay, one of them may do the title song).  

The three vocalists will be accompanied by the trio of David Udolf at the piano, Rich Girard on bass and Eric Swinderman on guitar.

With limited seating (only 40 seats) please get your tickets in advance and early, as the show is expected to sell out.

Cathi Walkup, Linda Kosut, Shanna Carlson at the Maybeck
Sunday, September 21, 2014, 3:00pm
Tickets: $20
Purchase tickets online here.

ARTISTS' WEBSITES:
Cathi Walkup
Linda Kosut
Shanna Carlson

David Udolf
Rich Girard
Eric Swinderman

Charming Hostess and True Life Trio

Join us on September 13 for a double bill featuring Charming Hostess and True Life Trio.

Propulsive rhythm? YES. Eerie harmonies? YES. Voice, text and diaspora consciousness? YES! Charming Hostess plays radical Jewish music with the freak-folk soul of Oakland, California.  Tonight in small form, ChoHo will be singing songs of harvest and celebration from Bosnia to Brooklyn.  We may also present some work-in-progress from our upcoming installation, The Ginzburg Geography. It explores sense of place in the work of Natalia and Leone Ginzburg, famous for their intellectual brilliance and resistance to Mussolini’s fascist state.  This project maps the Ginzburgs’ lives in Turin, Pizzoli, and Rome—places that sustained them emotionally, spiritually, and politically. 

Charming Hostess works at the intersection of voice, text and diaspora consciousness.  Led by founder Jewlia Eisenberg, they often work in immersive performance—making hybrid spaces that incorporate music performance, visitor participation, and experimental ritual.   Recent performance installations include Teraphim (Meridian, 2012) on feminist biblical criticism; and The Bowls Project (YBCA 2010) on Babylonian women’s amulets. They have released four CDs on Tzadik’s Radical Jewish Culture series including Sarajevo Blues, which sets Bosnian resistance poetry, and Trilectic, a look at the political-erotic world of Walter Benjamin.

http://www.charminghostess.com

True Life Trio performs riveting vocal harmonies from Eastern Europe, America & beyond. This innovative trio explores the creative possibilities of cross-fertilization of different traditions with unlikely timbres connecting Bulgaria to the Bayou. TLT’s improvisation-laced repertoire includes original songs and folk tunes from far-flung lands such as Macedonia, Louisiana, Albania, Ukraine, Mexico, Poland, Italy and Georgia. Featuring the powerful vocal talents of three dynamic performers whose musical collaboration was forged in Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble, the trio delves deep into a vast array of folk music that lends itself to three-part vocal harmony, massaging and expanding the boundaries of these traditional styles.  The result is a sweet, sonic explosion that melts in the listener’s ear and that is uniquely True Life Trio.

True Life Trio is:

Leslie Bonnett: voice, fiddle, percussion
Briget Boyle: voice, guitar, percussion
Juliana Graffagna: voice, accordion, percussion
http://www.truelifetrio.com
http://www.facebook.com/truelifetrio

TLT’s debut EP is available on cdbaby: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/truelifetrio

"True Life Trio has created a unique musical journey...each song is a small auditory work of art meant to be intently listened to."  Ginger Murray, SF WEEKLY

Charming Hostess and True Life Trio at the Maybeck
Saturday, September 13, 2014, 3:00pm
Suggested donation: $20
Seating is limited. Get your required online reservation here.

Sony and Jerry Holland

Sony Holland has headlined concerts at many of the premier jazz clubs and festivals in the U.S. and Asia, working with top musicians in every setting from quartet to Big Band. Her bell-toned voice and stylish delivery has won over fans and critics wherever she goes. Since relocating back to San Francisco last November, Sony has been unquestionably one of the Bay Area’s hardest working singers. Along with her guitarist/husband, Jerry Holland, she has held down a 3-night per/week residency at the J.W. Marriott Union Square and filled in the rest of her calendar with performances all over NorCal.

Sony loves the heavy schedule. “Performing is the reward for all of the hard work I do every day in preparation,” she says. “It is very satisfying to move people with a song.” As Joshua Klipp of the Bay Area Reporter writes, “No matter how near or far we sat from Sony, it was always as if she sang just to us. Every song felt fresh and personal. There was no sense of repetition, only warmth, joy, and Sony's profound desire to give her gift to anyone who would listen.” 

Sony and Jerry Holland at the Maybeck Studio

Sunday, September 7, 2014, 3:00pm

Suggested donation: $15 at the door

Seating is limited. Get your required online reservation here.

Friends and Family Concert

We'll host a "friends and family" chamber music concert on Saturday, September 6.

Program:

Trio I, Op. 3..........Beethoven

Allegro con brio - Andante - Menuetto - Finale

Ann Eastman, Violin

Rosemarie Krovoza, Viola

Lin Barron, Cello

Intermission

Sextet in A Major, Op. 48..........Dvorak

Allegro Moderato - Dumka - Furiant - Finale

Miwako Tomizuke, Violin 1

Margaret Wu, Violin 2

Rosemarie Krovoza, Viola 1

Margaret England, Viola 2

Catherine Jolly, Cello 1

Lin Barron, Cello 2

Friends and Family Concert at the Maybeck
Saturday, September 6, 2014, 3:00pm
For reservations, contact Rosemarie Krovoza.