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Alice Lenaghan, DMA, Principal Flute with the Oakland Symphony will be conducting a masterclass on practicing and performing flute and piccolo orchestral excerpts.

Sunday, October 18, 2015 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Sacramento, CA
Performance fee: $40. Flute club members may audit for free.

Register at: sacramentofluteclub.org.

If you haven’t joined the flute club yet, do check it out. They have a number of fun events planned: a flute festival, choir reading sessions, masterclasses and special guests. There is a wonderfully supportive flute community in the Sacramento area and now we have more opportunities to hang out together!

Tuesday, September 29, 2015
7:00 pm
Richmond District Library
351 9th Avenue (near Clement)
San Francisco, CA

Free admission.

Join us for an hour filled with a wonderful variety of music performed on flutes of all sizes, shapes and combinations.

For more information contact Gail Edwards, director, at flutege@sbcglobal.net.

This weekend, members of Berkeley Choro Ensemble are having two shows featuring visiting Brazilian musicians: Vitor Gonçalves, piano/accordian, NYC and Rio, and Rogério Souza, 7-string Brazilian guitar, Rio, guitarist,composer and scholar of Brazilian Popular Music. Please join us! We’re really happy to welcome our friends, both of whom will be teaching at California Brazil Camp in Cazadero during this period.

Saturday, August 22nd, 8 pm
Piedmont Piano Club, Uptown Oakland
1728 San Pablo Ave. (at 18th), Oakland

$20 – To reserve tickets with your credit card, please call (510) 547-8188…

Piedmont Piano Company is pleased to present:
Brazilian Folkloric Jazz
Harvey Wainapel & Vitor Gonçalves

piedmontpiano.com/concerts/150822wainapelgoncalves.html

Harvey Wainapel and Vitor Gonçalves will present a concert that showcases the great variety and richness of Brazilian music; besides the well-known sounds of samba and bossa nova, the duo will perform exotic rhythms such as choro, maracatú, forro, xote, and more. Expect an evening of high-spirited virtuosity, spontaneity, and lyricism.

Sunday, August 23rd, 2-4 pm
Berkeley Choro Ensemble and
Rogério Souza Home Concert
North Berkeley off Solano

This program will feature Rio de Janeiro 7-string Brazilian guitarist, ogério Souza, one of the leading performers and scholars of Brazilian Popular Music, in choro, original compositions, samba and more. Featuring Jane Lenoir, flute, Harvey Wainapel, clarinet,
Brian Rice, pandeiro/percussion and some special guests.

to Reserve: berkeleychoroensemble {at} gmail.com
Address delivered at the time of reservation
or ticket purchase:

Tickets: (recommended-space limited)
www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2156462

Only a few days remain to register and get the month of May 30% discount for Flutes By The Sea Masterclass, July 9-11, 2015 in Half Moon Bay.

flutesbythesea.com

June 19 and 27, 2015

Learn more: Alliance Francaise Silicon Valley

Donate to their Indiegogo campaign: LeFrestival

Friday, October 3 – Sacramento – 7:30pm

Flute Recital – “Bach, Budapest and Beyond”
Robert Stallman with pianist Dmitriy Cogan and flutist Isabelle Chapuis
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1430 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Tickets: $ 25 Adults, $20 Students (Discounts available to Sacramento Flute Club Members). Tickets at the door or online at: camelliaflutes.com. Contact: sacramentofluteclub@gmail.com or 530-387-4807

Saturday, October 4 – Sacramento – 10am to 3:30pm

Master Class – “It’s About the Music”
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1430 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
$85 participants/$35 auditors. Come with your flutes!
Visit camelliaflutes.com for registration forms and tickets. Contact sacramentofluteclub@gmail.com for more info.

Thursday, October 9 – Berkeley – 7:30pm

Recital – “Bach, Budapest and Beyond”
Robert Stallman with pianist Dmitriy Cogan and flutist Isabelle Chapuis
Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana Street, Berkeley, CA 94704
Tickets: $ 25 general, $20 Seniors/Students/Disabled
Contact: 510-549-3864 – www.trinitychamberconcerts.com

Friday, October 10 – Fremont – 4 to 9pm

Master Class – “It’s About the Music”
Queen of the Holy Rosary School of Music, Mission San Jose, 43326 Mission Blvd., Fremont, CA 94539
$85 participants/ $35 auditors. Come with your flutes! Pianist Frank Johnson.
Contact Diane Grubbe at noevalleyflute@aol.com or 415-794-2575 for info or to sign up.

Wednesday, October 15 – San Jose – 6 to 9pm

Master Class – “It’s Always About the Music!”
Valley Christian High School, Music Conservatory Bldg., 100 Skyway Drive, San Jose, CA
$85 participants/ $35 auditors. Come with your flutes! Pianist Dmitriy Cogan.
Contact: isabellechapuis@sbcglobal.net or 650-948-2060 for info or to sign up.

Thursday, October 16 – Los Altos Hills – 7:30pm

House Concert – “Schubert and His Romantic Influences”
Robert Stallman with pianist Dmitriy Cogan, flutist Isabelle Chapuis, and a special appearance by flutist Apoorva Rangan.
Home of Venkat and Jaisri Rangan, 24801 Prospect Avenue, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022.
Tickets at the door: $35. Dessert and wine après concert. For info contact Judy Quinn at judyquinn123@gmail.com. Directions: From 280, take El Monte exit (west) and make a left turn onto Stonebrook, then a right onto Prospect. First come first served parking nearby.

Download a flyer.

Performances, masterclasses, workshops, competitions, and exhibitors all in one place. Buy your tickets online and take advantage of early bird discounts.

Place:
Valley Christian Schools Conservatory
100 Skyway Dr #110, San Jose, CA 95111

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Please join Music from Boxwood Artists Chris Norman, flute, and David Greenberg, violin, for this concert, joined by guest Gilbert Martinez on harpsichord.

Location: Trinity Chapel, Dana and Durant Streets, Berkeley, CA 94704

Go to the Facebook Event

September and October are cooling down in the Bay Area, but the music continues to simmer courtesy of local flutist Jane Lenoir.

Chris Norman – David Greenberg Duo: Saturday, September 21, 2013 at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Albany.

First Annual Berkeley Festival of Choro Music: Sunday, October 13, 2013 at the Berkeley Arts Festival and The Freight and Salvage in Berkeley.

The Choro Music Festival is also seeking tax-deductible donations to open up the workshops to young musicians for free. This fund drive will provide scholarships to local students 14-21 years of age and ensure the success of this event, which will be an annual event with visiting guests from Brazil. Please check out their donation page at Wepay.com.

Robert Stallman returns in March for another series of concerts and masterclasses. Robert will be in concert on March 15, 2013 in Mountain View and March 22, 2013 in San Jose. He will also conduct a masterclass on March 24,2013 in San Francisco. More details are available on the events calendar….

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