Gabrielle Veronique and Jonathan Liu: CANCELLED DUE TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS

A program of songs by Poulenc, Faure, Hahn, Debussy, and others.

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Poulenc ~ Bonne Journée, Hotel, Fleurs
Rachmaninoff ~ Son
Boulanger ~ Deux Ancolies
Debussy ~ Proses Lyriques

Ode
Faure ~ Nell, Rencontre, Sylvie, Après un Rêve, Aurore
Hahn ~ Offrande, Phyllis
Strauss ~ Cäcilie, Breit Über Mein Haupt
Schumann ~ Mein Schöner Stern, Herzeleid

(program runs approx. 60 mins.)


Jonathan and Gabrielle are singers and collaborative pianists. For the past year, they have regularly collaborated on song recitals, presenting thoughtful, lyrical, and ambitious programs in SF and the East Bay.

Helias Fujiwara Goldberg Trio: CANCELLED DUE TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS

Mark Helias (bass), Tomas Fujiwara (drums), and Ben Goldberg (clarinet) present original compositions and improvisations.

Bassist/Composer Mark Helias has performed throughout the world for more than four decades. Helias has written music for two feature films as well as chamber pieces and works for large ensemble and big band. His orchestra piece “Stochasm” was premiered by the American Composers Orchestra in June of 2011. Tomas Fujiwara is a Brooklyn-based drummer, composer, and band leader. Described as “a ubiquitous presence in the New York scene…an artist whose urbane writing is equal to his impressively nuanced drumming.” Clarinetist Ben Goldberg has established himself as “one of the most vibrant, flexible, and inventive clarinetists in jazz and improvised music” (Downbeat), “an artist who seems to find beautiful melodies at the end of every path.” (NPR).

Bye Bye Bartok: CANCELLED DUE TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS

A Jazz Approach to Classic Symphonic and Chamber Music Themes

What if Béla Bartók wrote “Bye Bye Blackbird”? What if Charlie Parker wrote a prelude in E, or Sun Ra, a symphony in C? We may never know, but five Bay Area voices return to Maybeck to groove, swing, and do their thing over themes by Bach, Bartok, Satie, Tchaikovsky, and others. Chamber jazz from the heart!

This will be a live recording session! After a brief pause, the audience is welcome to stay and listen to any alternate takes that might transpire.

Darren Johnston – trumpet
Matt Renzi – clarinet, tenor sax, English horn
Adam Shulman – piano
Eric Vogler – upright bass
Jon Arkin - drums