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GMC CHAMBERFEST 2015 | P. 21 Nine concerts over four days, culminating with Bach’s six Brandenburg Concertos

SATURDAY CABARET | P. 22 Storm Large | Richard Glazier | Intersection | Paula West

MUSICIANS FROM VALLEY OF THE MOON MUSIC FESTIVAL | P. 22 Four chamber music concerts featuring some of the finest Bay Area musicians performing 18th- and 19th-century music

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BACH: Italian Concerto | TCHAIKOVSKY: The Seasons | CHOPIN: Scherzos Nos. 1–4 Rising to the pinnacle of the concert world, pianist Lang Lang has inspired millions of children to take piano lessons, and has awed billions more with televised appearances from the 2008 Olympics to the Grammy® Awards, where he has performed with Herbie Hancock, Metallica and Pharrell Williams.

Sat, Oct 3 | 7pm GALA CONCERT SUBSCRIPTION ADD-ON

The world’s ambassador of the keyboard. —THE NEW YORKER

OPENING NIGHT GALA Celebrate the opening of our 2015/16 season with a gala concert on October 3 featuring Lang Lang, followed by dinner and entertainment. Additional information, including table pricing and benefits, is available at gmc.sonoma.edu. To inquire about the gala dinner, please call 707.664.3517.

THE BOLLYWOOD MASALA ORCHESTRA AND DANCERS OF INDIA The Spirit of India

In this original theatrical event, lavishly costumed dancers, acrobats, fire-eaters and sword dancers writhe and twirl to driving rhythms played on a unique combination of Western and traditional Indian instruments.

FRI, OCT 16 | 7:30PM WORLD 1 PACKAGE

When violinist Joshua Bell performed anonymously in the Washington D.C. subway, he made headlines, and inspired The Man with the Violin, a children’s book about the power of music to melt hearts, even in a bustling underground station. Bell will stir your soul, whether he’s performing the great classics or music from the movies.

Greatest American violinist active today. —BOSTON HERALD

SAT, OCT 17 | 7:30PM SUBSCRIPTION ADD-ON

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JOSHUA BELL, VIOLIN

ACADEMY OF ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS CHAMBER ENSEMBLE ROSSINI: String Sonata in G major | MOZART: Quintet for Horn and Strings SCHUBERT: Octet

This London-based group is arguably the best-known chamber orchestra in the world, beloved for its superlative live performances and numerous recordings of the Classical period.

SAT, OCT 24 | 7:30PM CHAMBER PACKAGE

One doesn’t hear orchestral and instrumental playing of this calibre every night of the week. —CLASSICAL SOURCE

CHUCHO VALDÉS: IRAKERE 40 PEDRITO MARTINEZ GROUP Chucho Valdés, piano | Pedrito Martinez, percussion

Masters of the Afro-Cuban scene will bring fireworks to the stage of Weill Hall with two shows in one night. First, Cuban percussion wizard Pedrito Martinez brings a performance sure to have you on your feet. Then, pianist Chucho Valdés will revisit the music of his groundbreaking Cuban group, Irakere, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

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A pianist of imperial command, possessed of a dazzling, deceptively casual virtuosity. —THE NEW YORK TIMES

SUN, OCT 25 | 7PM JAZZ PACKAGE

ERIC OWENS, BASS-BARITONE Program to include works by Wolf, Schumann, Schubert, Debussy, Ravel and Wagner

You first notice his stalwart physique and good-natured grin, so it’s surprising that this American bass-baritone is often hailed for his portrayals of vulnerability in opera. Equally at home in recital, Owens’ interpretations of art song also possess “a distinct sense of character.”

SUN, NOV 1 | 3PM VOCAL PACKAGE

American bass-baritone Eric Owens speaks to you even in his silences ... and shakes you when he sings. —CHICAGO SUN TIMES

JEAN-YVES THIBAUDET, PIANO SCHUMANN: Piano Sonata No. 1 and Kinderszenen RAVEL: Pavane pour une enfante défunte and Miroirs

With his trademark shock of surfer-blonde hair and charismatic performance style, pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet defies stereotypes. Playing repertoire from Debussy to Duke Ellington, and with a stage presence eliciting whoops from the audience, this Frenchman has style to burn, along with technique and artistry infusing his classical playing with the freedom and spirit of jazz. Thibaudet’s whispered phrases had the vast audience eating out of his hand. —WASHINGTON POST

FRI, NOV 6 | 7:30PM KEYBOARD PACKAGE

JUILLIARD STRING QUARTET SCHUBERT: Quartettsatz | MOZART: String Quartet No. 19, “Dissonance” DEBUSSY: String Quartet in G minor

Like a fine wine, this venerable quartet, founded in 1946, keeps getting better. If you want to hear beloved classics, you can’t do better than the interpretations of this group whose namesake represents the best-of-the-best, and whose playing is marked by “exquisite control,” “dramatic vitality” and “sheer passion.”

There was no blurring, only delight, followed by a commensurate roar from the packed hall. —THE STRAD

FRI, NOV 13 | 7:30PM CHAMBER PACKAGE

Program to include: BACH: Sonata and Partitas Additional compositions and contemporary works by Chris Thile

Chris Thile is a multiple Grammy® Award winner and MacArthur Fellow, but don’t let that intimidate you. This musician — a master of the mandolin, and member of Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek — transcends borders, whether he’s playing bluegrass, jazz, rock or a sonata by J.S. Bach.

His stunning playing is laced with a wild, delirious pleasure, a piercing happiness, even a joy. —THE NEW YORKER

SAT, NOV 14 | 7:30PM CLASSICAL PACKAGE

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COMPAÑIA FLAMENCA | JOSÉ PORCEL José Porcel, Artistic Director

Spain’s premiere flamenco dancer and choreographer, José Porcel, and his company of gifted dancers and musicians bring an explosion of passionate rhythms, powerful movement, vibrant colors and breathtaking choreography to our stage.

SUN, NOV 22 | 7PM WORLD 1 PACKAGE

The dances are evocative and exciting, blending traditional flamenco with some decidedly more contemporary music, moves and looks. —LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AUGUSTIN HADELICH, VIOLIN HANDEL: Concerto Grosso | STRAVINSKY: Divertimento for Violin and Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY: Valse Scherzo | SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 5

The conductor-less Orpheus Chamber Orchestra has achieved worldwide fame and garnered numerous awards, including a Grammy®, with a unique self-governing structure that draws musical leadership from within the group. Their guest artist is superstar violinist Augustin Hadelich.

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[Hadelich] navigated the technical intricacies of this bravura showpiece with seemingly effortless virtuosity. — THE NEW YORK TIMES

SUN, NOV 29 | 3PM ORCHESTRA PACKAGE

PACIFICA QUARTET MENAHEM PRESSLER, PIANO BEETHOVEN: Quartet in F major, Op. 135; | JANÁCEK: Quartet No. 2, “Intimate Letters” BRAHMS Piano Quintet

Featured in this program is 91-year-old pianist Menahem Pressler, who continues to perform to great critical acclaim while maintaining an active teaching career. Youth and maturity meet in a program that includes a quartet written by a then-63-year-old Leos Janácek while embroiled in a doomed love affair with a woman 37 years his junior, to whom he sent 700 “intimate letters.”

SUN, DEC 13 | 3PM CLASSICAL PACKAGE

Menahem Pressler’s joyous pianism is from another age and is a virtually forgotten sensibility. He is a national treasure. —LOS ANGELES TIMES

SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR Wherever it appears — from Sydney and Hong Kong to New York and its native South Africa — this Grammy® Award-winning, 24-voice choir raises the roof with stirring renditions of gospel music from the African tradition to celebrate the holidays.

A major force on the world music scene. —JAZZTIMES.COM

SAT, DEC 19 | 7:30PM WORLD 2 PACKAGE

PHILHARMONIA BAROQUE ORCHESTRA HANDEL’S MESSIAH Nicholas McGegan, conductor | Amanda Forsythe, soprano | Meg Bragle, mezzo-soprano Isaiah Bell, tenor | Tyler Duncan, baritone | Philharmonia Chorale, Bruce Lamott, director

HANDEL: Messiah

Their glorious rendering of the music had us transfixed throughout. —HUFFINGTON POST

SUN, DEC 20 | 3PM ORCHESTRA PACKAGE

Jeffrey Kahane, piano | Joseph Swensen, violin | Carter Brey, cello MOZART: Trio in E major | SCHUMANN: Trio No. 1 in D minor RAVEL: Trio in A minor, “1914” | SCHOENFIELD: Café Music

Three young musicians joined forces more than 25 years ago to play chamber music. All moved on to illustrious careers: Kahane as music director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Swensen as Conductor Emeritus of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Brey as New York Philharmonic Principal Cello. Now reunited, they wow audiences with their impassioned interpretations of the chamber literature. There’ll always be a place for the virtuoso recital, but it’s more interesting to collaborate with fully formed soloists … an exchange … rather than a dictation of ideas. —Carter Brey, LOS ANGELES TIMES

SAT, JAN 16 | 7:30PM CHAMBER PACKAGE

MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN, PIANO MOZART: Sonata in D major | DEBUSSY: Images, Book II | SCHUBERT: Sonata in B-flat major | HAMELIN: Pavane Variée | HAMELIN: Variations on a Theme by Paganini

This Canadian pianist and composer is known as a fearless technician whose “ferocious fingers” easily conquer works that would leave lesser pianists in a cold sweat. This program showcases Hamelin both as a thoughtful interpreter of more nuanced works and as a composer.

FRI, JAN 22 | 7:30PM KEYBOARD PACKAGE

From hushed clusters to hammered accents, one always feels that Hamelin is drawing the maximum amount of color from the instrument. —THE BOSTON GLOBE

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KAHANE / SWENSEN / BREY TRIO

EDDIE PALMIERI LATIN JAZZ BAND PETE ESCOVEDO LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA Eddie Palmieri, piano | Pete Escovedo, timbales

These two legends of Latin music continue to thrill audiences. Ten-time Grammy® Award-winning pianist and bandleader Eddie Palmieri is the acknowledged inventor of the salsa sound. Opening the show is master stickman Pete Escovedo who, like Palmieri, has spent decades fusing Latin, jazz, soul and funk into a new sound world. Two shows. One amazing night.

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Mr. Palmieri … can make a piano roar. —THE NEW YORK TIMES

SAT, JAN 23 | 7:30PM JAZZ PACKAGE

MS. LISA FIScHER and GRAND BATON, JAZZ VOCALIST She’s been called “the greatest artist you never heard of,” but her voice is known to millions for her smoldering duet with Mick Jagger in Gimme Shelter. A solo Grammy® Award winner in her own right — and a cherished collaborator with the greats of rock, pop, and jazz — Fischer creates spontaneous combustion whenever she’s on stage.

SAT, FEB 6 | 7:30PM JAZZ PACKAGE

[Fischer] mesmerized, haunted and seduced with nuance, dynamics and remarkable inventiveness. —MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE

CAMERON CARPENTER FEATURING THE INTERNATIONAL TOURING ORGAN If organ music makes you think of decorous church hymns, this keyboard master — who favors sky-high Mohawk hair and sequined trousers — will change your mind forever. Playing the mighty console of his own custom-built organ, he produces sonorities he has described as “suggestive, licentious and violent.”

Extravagantly talented … the audience’s response was raucous … everything he touches turns fantastical and memorable. —THE NEW YORK TIMES

FRI, FEB 12 | 7:30PM KEYBOARD PACKAGE

PHILHARMONIA BAROQUE ORCHESTRA NIChOLAS M C GEGAN, CONDUCTOR SUSAN GRAHAM, MEZZO-SOPRANO HANDEL: Arias from Xerxes and Ariodante, Suites from Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks

New Mexico–born opera star Susan Graham, dubbed “America’s favorite mezzo” by Gramophone magazine, joins Nicholas McGegan and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra to sing arias. Also on the program, the beloved Water Music, composed for King George I, which was premiered on a barge in the River Thames.

SUN, FEB 14 | 3PM ORCHESTRA PACKAGE

Once Graham opens her mouth, a listener can only submit to a lustrous voice that abounds in expressive colors. —CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER

Performing 120 concerts a year in countries around the world doesn’t leave this vocal sextet time to write postcards, so they sing them instead. Their “Postcards” program includes stirring arrangements of traditional songs from their native Great Britain and points around the globe from South Africa to the New World, as well as ancient airs from continental Europe.

Their vocal production was effortless, stylistically varied and beautifully blended. —WASHINGTON POST

FRI, FEB 19 | 7:30PM VOCAL PACKAGE

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THE KING’S SINGERS

THE BAND OF THE ROYAL MARINES FEATURING THE PIPES, DRUMS AND HIGHLAND DANCERS OF THE SCOTS GUARDS Pipes skirl and kilts swirl as The Band of the Royal Marines, featuring The Pipes, Drums and Highland Dancers of the Scots Guards take the stage of Weill Hall in a grand display of pageantry and ancient military traditions celebrating the music and dance of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

FRI, FEB 26 | 7:30PM WORLD 1 PACKAGE

PADDY MoLONEY AND THE CHIEFTAINS To call The Chieftains a folk band doesn’t begin to describe their range and impact. These six-time Grammy® Award winners have collaborated and performed with some of the biggest names in rock, pop, classical and traditional music, and have made Irish music beloved around the world.

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The world’s best-loved Irish folk band. —THE GUARDIAN UK

SAT, FEB 27 | 7:30PM WORLD 2 PACKAGE

LAWRENCE BROWNLEE, TENOR Program to include African American spirituals, and songs by Ben Moore, Ginastera, Liszt, Mozart and Marx

This American tenor has been praised for the power, flexibility and thrilling high notes he brings to his opera performances. Audiences will get up close and personal with this master of the high Cs in the intimate setting of a recital.

FRI, MAR 11 | 7:30PM VOCAL PACKAGE

Brownlee’s supple, strong and high-flying voice… is an instrument of great beauty and expression. —NPR

SIR JAMES GALWAY, FLUTE LADY JEANNE GALWAY & THE GALWAY CHAMBER PLAYERS Sir James Galway, flute | Lady Jeanne Galway, flute Michael McHale, piano | The Galway Chamber Players MOZART: Flute Quartet in D major | DEBUSSY: Clair de Lune | FRANZ & KARL DOPPLER: Rigoletto Fantasie for Two Flutes | Works by Bizet/Borne, Gossec, Marais, Harty, Mancini, David Overton and Claude Bolling

After decades of performing for kings, presidents and popes, selling more than 30 million albums worldwide, and winning vast numbers of accolades, what still matters most to this consummate performer — the “Man with the golden flute” — is that his performances “should touch the listener at all times.” Nonchalant virtuosity and sterling musicianship. —CHICAGO TRIBUNE

FRI, MAR 18 | 7:30PM CHAMBER PACKAGE

JAMES EHNES, VIOLIN | ORION WEISS, PIANO RAVEL: Sonata | BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 10 Works by Dvorák, Schubert and Copland

Canadian violinist James Ehnes is known for his technical brilliance and probing musicianship, but what he cares most about is “coming the closest to my own personal musical ideals. You have to be a 100 per cent convinced of that … How can you convince other people if you haven’t convinced yourself?”

Effusively lyrical … hair-raisingly virtuostic. —THE GUARDIAN

SAT, MAR 19 | 7:30PM CLASSICAL PACKAGE

Acoustic Africa will bring the African tradition of voice and song to life featuring two legendary musicians: South African Vusi Mahlasela, known for his passionate, octave-leaping vocalizations, and as a collaborator with the likes of Dave Matthews Band, Sting, Paul Simon and Taj Mahal; and Malian Habib Koité, whom Bonnie Raitt called “the most amazing guitarist I’ve heard in years.”

This has to be one of the most serene, sweetest, tuneful compilations to appear for ages. —BBC

SUN, MAR 20 | 7PM WORLD 2 PACKAGE

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ACOUSTIC AFRICA FEATURING HABIB KOITé & VUSI MAHLASELA

ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DE MONTRÉAL KENT NAGANO, CONDUCTOR | DANIIL TRIFONOV, PIANO DEBUSSY: Jeux | PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 3 | STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring

Berkeley native Kent Nagano brings his Montreal Symphony Orchestra to perform three early 20th-century masterpieces. The program features Russian piano prodigy and rising star Daniil Trifonov, acclaimed winner of the 2011 International Tchaikovsky Competition. Trifonov has already dominated some of the greatest stages in the world … next will be Weill Hall.

FRI, MAR 25 | 7:30PM ORCHESTRA PACKAGE

[Trifonov’s] playing can only be described as a visceral experience. —WASHINGTON POST

ANDRÉ WATTS, PIANO Program to include works by Schubert and Liszt

Six decades after his debut at age nine, André Watts is still the consummate professional — performing around the world and garnering standing ovations and critical raves for playing of “gravitas, nobility and grace” and “subtle elasticity.”

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Innate skill and virtuosity [with] characteristic casual elegance. —DALLAS OBSERVER

FRI, APR 1 | 7:30PM CLASSICAL PACKAGE

CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER Ani Kavafian and Erin Keefe, violin | Yura Lee and Matthew Lipmann, viola David Finckel and Dmitri Atapine, cello R. STRAUSS: Sextet for Strings from Capriccio | DVORÁK: Sextet in A major BRAHMS: Sextet No. 2 in G major

The whole is truly greater than the parts when these artists — all accomplished, award-winning soloists — join forces to play together as members of the nation’s premier repertory company for chamber music.

FRI, APR 8 | 7:30PM CHAMBER PACKAGE

The rotating ensemble … approached the [work] with polish and relish. —THE NEW YORK TIMES

PETER SERKIN, PIANO MOZART: Rondo in A minor | BEETHOVEN: Sonata No 30, op. 109 Works by Sweelinck, Nielsen and Reger

In the 1960s, Peter Serkin was billed as the hippie pianist. Although he long ago traded in his dashikis for classic suits, he is still a questing iconoclast known for programs that meld familiar classics with sublime, rarely played gems.

Plays with the attention, care, enlightened reserve and illuminating touch of a Zen master. —LOS ANGELES TIMES

SUN, APR 10 | 3PM KEYBOARD PACKAGE

CHANTICLEER, “OVER THE MOON” Program to include works by Monteverdi, Busoni, Mahler, Elgar and Barber

Praised by the San Francisco Chronicle for “tonal luxuriance and crisply etched clarity,” this San Francisco-based “orchestra of voices” is hailed around the world for the seamless blending of its 12 male singers and its original interpretations of vocal literature, from Renaissance to jazz, gospel and new music.

The ensemble’s phrasing was flawless, its dynamics crisp and polished. —SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

FRI, APR 15 | 7:30PM VOCAL PACKAGE

As daughter of the legendary Indian musician Ravi Shankar, Anoushka is deeply rooted in Indian classical music, but that hasn’t kept her from avidly exploring a sound all her own. Supported by an ensemble of Western and Eastern musicians, her music is influenced by sounds including flamenco, electronica, jazz and Western classical music.

An infectiously heady blend of flamenco and classical Hindustani music. —BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

SAT, APR 16 | 7:30PM WORLD 2 PACKAGE

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ANOUSHKA SHANKAR, SITAR

CHICK COREA & BÉLA FLECK Two legends — one a giant of jazz piano, the other a banjo virtuoso — come together for an intimate evening of music making drawn from their Grammy®-winning album, The Enchantment! Their unique mash-up of jazz, bluegrass, flamenco and gospel crosses all borders and speaks in many languages to music lovers of all ages and tastes.

THU, APR 21 | 7:30PM SUBSCRIPTION ADD-ON

Corea found a sweet spot where the alacrity of bebop and Latin music meet. —THE SEATTLE TIMES

ZAP MAMA Marie Daulne, known to her fans as Zap Mama, was literally born to transcend musical boundaries. Child of a Belgian father and an African mother, her early exposure to traditional Congolese songs and culture as well as European religious and pop music, resonates in the unique sound world she creates with her vocal quintet.

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The group can crisscross the Atlantic in the course of a song. —THE NEW YORK TIMES

FRI, APR 22 | 7:30PM WORLD 1 PACKAGE

MIDORI, VIOLIN BACH: Sonata for Violin and Piano | PROKOFIEV: Sonata No. 2 in D major TCHAIKOVSKY: Waltz-Scherzo | BRAHMS: Sonata No. 1 in G major

The name Midori, which means “green” in Japanese, also signifies fame — appropriate for this award-winning artist who came to worldwide attention at age 11 with a New York Philharmonic debut, and has remained firmly in the spotlight ever since.

SAT, APR 23 | 7:30PM CLASSICAL PACKAGE

As committed a musician as you will find. She never lets an audience down. —LOS ANGELES TIMES

MATTHIAS GOERNE, BARITONE ALEXANDER SCHMALCZ, PIANO SCHUBERT: Die Schöne Müllerin (The Lovely Maid of the Mill)

Schubert’s riveting cycle of 20 songs ranges from the hopefulness of first love to the fateful despair of loss and rejection. “For insight, dramatic intensity and vocal artistry,” wrote one Chicago critic, this interpretation by baritone Matthias Goerne “is unlikely to be matched anytime soon.”

An artistic event to remember. —CHICAGO TRIBUNE

SUN, APR 24 | 3PM VOCAL PACKAGE

YUJA WANG, PIANO Program to include Bach, Schoenberg and Chopin

Don’t let her youth fool you. Twenty-seven-year-old Chinese-born pianist Yuja Wang is the real thing: a world-famous artist who has achieved a level of technical brilliance and interpretive insight that eludes many more experienced artists.

Just as there are five-alarm fires, there are five-encore recitals, and New York got one on Thursday night. —NEW YORK CLASSICAL REVIEW

FRI, MAY 6 | 7:30PM KEYBOARD PACKAGE

Program to include arias and duets from the operas and oratorios of Handel, and a newly arranged work by Arvo Pärt

Anne Sofie von Otter and Andreas Scholl are guests of honor for a very special concert celebrating Nicholas McGegan’s 30th anniversary as conductor and music director of Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. Ms. Von Otter’s performance was the picture of interpretive subtlety. —THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Sept 27 Vocal powerhouse Storm Large and her band Le Bonheur weave French chanson, jazz, heavy metal and smokehouse lounge into a singular sonic tapestry.

Feb 28 Program to feature quartets by Haydn and Beethoven This San Francisco ensemble, known for its “beautifully proportioned and powerful” playing (Washington Post), present a program of beloved favorites.

THE LINCOLN TRIO

Nov 15 Program to include: BACH: Trio in B-flat major BRAHMS: Trio in C major | REBECCA CLARKE: Trio

TRIO OF TANGOS

Named for their home in the heartland of the U.S. —the land of Lincoln— the Chicago-based Lincoln Trio has been praised for its polished presentations of well-known chamber works and its ability to forge new paths with contemporary repertoire. Jan 17 Program to include SCHUMANN: Dichterliebe | songs by Rorem, Heggie and Bowles NPR calls this sweet-voiced lyric tenor, “an artist who must be heard.” He teams up with a pianist Opera News calls “among the top accompanists of her generation.” Jan 31 Program to include works by Mendelssohn, Sweelinck and J.S. Bach. Called “a conjurer of organ performance,” Rus, former organist of the San Francisco Symphony, works his magic on the 1,248 pipes of Schroeder Hall’s Brombaugh Opus 9 organ.

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NICHOLAS PHAN

Program to include: PIAZZOLLA: Le Grand Tango | CHOPIN: Polonaise for piano and cello

JAMES DAVID CHRISTIE, ORGAN

Apr 17 Program to include works by Buxtehude, Reincken and J.S. Bach.

NICHOLAS PHAN, TENOR | MYRA HUANG, PIANO

CHARLES RUS, ORGAN

Mar 6 Victor Villena, bandoneon | Eileen Moon, cello | Krisztina Wajsza, piano

James David Christie, former organist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, presents a program of works by 16th-, 17th- and 18th-century masters of the “king of instruments.”

MARGARET LENG TAN, TOY PIANO AND TOY INSTRUMENTS “Ode to Schroeder”

May 1 This “Queen of the Toy Piano” (The New York Times) has almost singlehandedly inspired a wave of young composers to write for toy instruments.

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GREEN MUSIC CENTER G MC CHAMBERFEST 2015 $30 each concert | $200 for the festival

BACH, BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS — the three beloved B’s — are the focus of the inaugural GMC ChamberFest, a summer celebration of the intimate art of music making among friends in Schroeder Hall. Featuring nine concerts over five days —eight in Schroeder Hall— the Festival will culminate in a performance of Bach’s six Brandenburg Concertos in Weill Hall.

PROGRAM I

Weds, Jun 24 | 7pm BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata | BRAHMS: Piano Quartet in G minor

PROGRAM II

Fri, Jun 26 | 3pm BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata, Op. 10 | BACH: Organ Chorales BRAHMS: from Op. 122 for piano and organ BRAHMS: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Handel

PROGRAM IV

Fri, Jun 26 | 7pm BACH: Prelude and Fugue | BRAHMS: Cello Sonata in E minor BEETHOVEN: String Quartet, Op. 59, No. 3

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Sat, Jun 27 | 3pm BEETHOVEN: String Quartets, Op. 59, Nos. 1 and 2

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Sat, Jun 27 | 7pm BACH-BUSONI: Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ BRAHMS: Cello Sonata in F major | BEETHOVEN: Septet

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Sat, Jun 27 | 11am BACH: Sonata No. 3 for solo violin | Works for organ by Bach and Buxtehude

Thur, Jun 25 | 7pm BEETHOVEN: Violin Sonata in C minor | BRAHMS: Horn Trio

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Jeffrey Kahane, Artistic Director | Jennifer Koh, violin | Charles Rus, organ Benjamin Beilman, violin | Benjamin Hochman, piano | Miró Quartet

PROGRAM IX

Sun, Jun 28 | 3pm The Organ’s 5 B’s | Buxtehude, Bruhns, Böhm, Bach, Brahms Sun, Jun 28 | 7pm | WEILL HALL BACH: The Six Brandenburg Concertos GMC Chamberfest 2015 is made possible by the generous support of Alan Mason and Timothy Rodrigues. Additional support has been provided by Sandra Velasco Jordan and Catherine and David Marsten.

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$30 each concert | $100 for the festival

The Valley of the Moon Music Festival features some of the finest Bay Area musicians, performing 18th- and 19th-century music on period instruments. Musicians to include: Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin Tanya Tomkins, cello | Eric Zivian, fortepiano Monica Huggett, violin | Christine Brandes, soprano Axel Strauss, violin PROGRAM I

“MUSIC FOR THREE” Sat, Nov 21 Haydn and early Beethoven piano trios

PROGRAM II

“SCHUMANN: THE INTIMATE CONVERSATIONALIST” Sat, Jan 30 SCHUMANN: Piano Trio in G minor, Kinderszenen for solo piano, Piano Quartet

SATU RDAY CABARET | 7:30PM $30 each concert

STORM LARGE & LE BONHEUR

Sat, Sept 26 Vocal powerhouse Storm Large and her band Le Bonheur weave French chanson, jazz, heavy metal and smokehouse lounge into a singular sonic tapestry.

INTERSECTION

Sat, Mar 12 Featuring pianist John Novacek, violinist Laura Frautschi and cellist Kristina Reiko Cooper, Intersection seamlessly fuses the traditional with the new; the premeditated with improvisation for an extraordinary musical experience.

RICHARD GLAZIER, PIANO

Sat, Mar 26 Whether he’s playing the music of Joplin, Gershwin, Rodgers, Kern or other Golden Era composers, pianist Richard Glazier brings new life to old favorites, blended with a narration that never fails to dazzle an audience.

PROGRAM III

“SCHUBERTIADE” Sat, Feb 13 SCHUBERT: Selected Lieder, Sonatina in A minor, “Trout” Quintet

PROGRAM IV

“THREE BEETHOVEN CELLO SONATAS” Sat, Mar 5 BEETHOVEN: Sonata in G minor, Sonata in D major, Sonata in A major

PAULA WEST, JAZZ SINGER

Sat, Apr 30 Bay Area jazz and cabaret artist Paula West brings her signature voice to Schroeder Hall where she will share her interpretations of songs ranging from jazz standards to cabaret classics.

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EDUCATION INITIATIVES

SANTA ROSA SYMPHONY The Santa Rosa Symphony — resident orchestra at the Green Music Center— celebrates its 88th season in 2015-16. Music Director/Conductor Bruno Ferrandis is in his 10th year of delivering musical inspiration to the North Bay community.

Sonoma State University Department of Music

Each year, Sonoma State University’s Department of Music presents more than 100 performances for approximately 9,000 audience members. Outreach initiatives, festivals and invitationals annually bring an additional 2,500 secondary school students, teachers and guests to the campus.

2015/16 DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC FESTIVALS AND INVITATIONALS Jazz Day | OCT 15 | WEILL HALL Choral Festival | NOV 6 | SCHROEDER HALL CMEA Jazz Festival | JAN 15 | WEILL HALL Sonoma County Honor Band | JAN 29 & 30 | WEILL HALL CMEA Solo and Ensemble Festival | MAR 13 | SCHROEDER HALL Wind Band Festival | MAR 23 & 24 | WEILL HALL CMEA Choral Festival | APR 8 & 9 | SCHROEDER HALL K–12 PROGRAM

The Green Music Center hosts Sonoma County’s local K–12 school districts throughout the year to showcase the school’s performances of choral, instrumental and jazz music. Each district has the opportunity for its students to perform in Weill Hall, joining together all of its schools for one tremendous evening of music and fun. These districts currently include: Santa Rosa City Schools, Waldorf Schools, West Sonoma County Union High School District and the Cotati Rohnert Park Unified School District.

2015-16 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS THE 7-CONCERT CLASSICAL SERIES Triple sets from October to May TWO WORLD PREMIERES: Mohammed Fairouz’s Pax Universalis Daniel Brewbaker’s Dances and Dreams of Dionysus BEETHOVEN’S NINTH SYMPHONY GERSHWIN’S CONCERTO IN F CELLIST ZUILL BAILEY RETURNS FOUR PIANO SOLOISTS TCHAIKOVSKY AND BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONCERTOS FAMILY CONCERT SERIES Fourth season of this series will feature Peter and the Wolf

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ACADEMIC INTEGRATION

Green Music Center Academic Integration builds bridges between Sonoma State University and the GMC. Ten proposals submitted by SSU faculty will be implemented in the 2015/16 season. Events dates will be announced.

Instrumental Music Methods Outreach You Are Here: USA/Korea International Dance & Live Music America at War and Peace: An Oral History Performance and Discussion Math and Music in Schroeder Hall GMC Academic Integration: the Big Ethics and Law Lecture Incorporation of Design and Implementation of Musical Instruments and Effects within Engineering Science Latina/o Performing Arts Series Neuroscience and Music Symposium The First High-Tech Conference by Students for Jewish Music Series

The best combination of hall with orchestra in Northern California these days… Weill Hall with the Santa Rosa Symphony performing inside. — Paul Hertelendy, artssf.com

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Support Levels Patron: $250 — $499 Donor: $500 — $999 Benefactor*: $1,000 — $2,499 Presenter’s Circle: $2,500 — $4,999 Producer’s Circle: $5,000 — $9,999 Director’s Circle: $10,000 — $24,999 Partner’s Circle: $25,000 and above * Members at the Benefactor Level and above receive priority ticket access

MasterCard is the Preferred Card of the Green Music Center To make a gift to the Green Music Center Annual Fund, visit gmc.sonoma.edu/support or call 866.955.6040.

DINING AT THE GREEN MUSIC CENTER YEAR-ROUND DINING Prelude Restaurant Exemplary culinary creations, focused on locally grown food, await you at Prelude Restaurant. Elegant surroundings, gourmet cuisine and a full bar are just steps away from Weill Hall pre-concert, at intermission and following every concert. For reservations, call 1.866.955.6040, ext. 2 or visit gmc.sonoma.edu/Prelude Use your MasterCard to take advantage of premium table reservations.

SUMMER DINING

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DINING TERRACE (available at select performances) Superb service, gourmet food and spectacular seats await you at the dining terrace of Weill Lawn. Come early to enjoy a three-course meal from premium outdoor concert seats.*

WINE AND BEER A day in Sonoma’s Wine Country isn’t complete without a remarkable vintage. Choose from a selection of prizewinning reds, whites and sparklings, not to mention the best domestic and craft brews.*

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PRELUDE RESTAURANT Prelude Restaurant is open pre-concert, during intermission, and following every concert in the summer. For information visit: GMC.SONOMA.EDU/DINING.

* No outside liquids (including water, beer, wine or sodas) may be carried into the hall or onto the lawn. ** Free water bottle-filling stations are available at the Trione Courtyard in front of Weill Hall and at the South Restrooms.

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As you enter campus from Rohnert Park Expressway, there are multiple parking lots immediately to your right.

The Green Music Center is located in the County’s Wine Country. Situated on the campus of Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, the GMC entrance is at the intersection of Rohnert Park Expressway and Petaluma Hill Road. 113 114

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From Highway 101, take the Rohnert Park Expressway exit. Drive east 2.2 miles to the Sonoma State University entrance on your right.

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