Ann Mony and guest artists host a classy dance party straight out of Prohibition days with some of the hottest jazz and swing bands in the Bay Area! Features live jazz and a drop-in taster class in swing dancing.
8:30-9:00 Drop-in Taster Class
9:00-12:00 Social Dance and Live Music
Visit sfbootleggersball.com for more info on musicians and schedule.
Come dance, listen, hang out and experience smoking Cuban charanga music at Community Music Center – it’s free! CMC’s own Cuban Charanga Ensemble will be performing as part of the Mission Arts Performance and Project (MAPP). There will be two sets of swinging Cuban dance music, from Danzón to Timba.
6:30 pm – 7:00pm Salsa Dance Class
7:00 pm – 9:30pm CMC Cuban Charanga Ensemble (Afro Cuban Dance Music)
VOCE is a prestigious competition for vocalists, strings, winds/brass, and chamber music at the Branch and State levels. In 1971, cellist Gretchen Kuehny Geber and pianist Eleonor Dalton of MTAC’s San Fernando West Valley Branch created VOCE as a means of providing solo and chamber ensemble opportunities for students. The group was named for Vocalists, Orchestral instrumentalists, Chamber music, and Ensembles.
The first State VOCE Recital was held July 7, 1972 at the MTAC Convention in North Hollywood. Since then, the program has grown from five winning categories to ten. In 1998, 244 students performed, resulting in 46 competing finalists. In 2004, that number grew to 100 finalists.
Students first perform at Branch Competitions, which can be hosted by any Branch before March 1. A non-competitive format is available for students who are not quite ready for competition, allowing them to perform for judges’ comments without being judged against other students.
Additional program details TBA.
The free Concert with Conversation series features world-class musicians performing in the CMC concert hall. Each short concert is followed by a Q & A session, where the audience can learn about the lives, hard-work, and inspiration of these artists.
Praised for his rich tone and powerfully thrilling voice, bass-baritone Dashon Burton has proven himself to be a voice to be reckoned with, winning international competitions and performing with opera companies and orchestras across the country and in Europe. His talents make him equally at home performing Bach and Mozart to Stockhausen, as well as touring with the Grammy Award-winning contemporary vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth. Burton’s repertoire includes classical and sacred music as well as programming with deeper political meaning.
CMC thanks San Francisco Performances for making these concerts free for our community.
SCHEDULE:
8-9pm: All level class with CMC Faculty Sonja Riket
9pm-12am: Milonga Tango social dance – Live music TBA
Please, bring snacks and refreshments to share! This is a fragrance-free event.
Every 2nd Saturday of the month, CMC and Tango dance faculty member Sonja Riket host a monthly Milonga (Argentine Tango social dance gathering) with a drop-in class and dancing to Tango music from the Golden Era and beyond. This Milonga series will include live music and dance workshops/performances by local and international Tango guests.
Enjoy dancing in the beautiful Victorian concert hall with smooth wooden floor and outdoor patio! Come to listen and watch or join in the dance. All ages are welcome!
More info: Sonja Riket 415.661.1852; www.tangorevolution.blogspot.com
Harvey Milk was known as ‘The Mayor of Castro Street’. He galvanized a community by uniting disparate groups, registering new voters and motivating the grassroots to address local issues. What can we learn from how Harvey activated his community to create change? Who is doing this now? Why is this important?
Host: Cat Brooks (Community Activist, Playwright)
Musical Performance: New Voices Bay Area – Transgender, Intersex, & Gender Queer Chorus – Community Music Center
Panellists: Rafael Mandelman – Supervisor District 8, Ani Rivera – Galeria de la Raza, Aria Sa’id – Compton’s Transgender Cultural District, Manny Yekutiel – Founder of ‘Manny’s’ Civic Gathering Space.
About “Harvey Milk: The Bullhorn Series”
In the lead up to the opera Harvey Milk, hitting the stage in May 2020, Opera Parallèle in partnership with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus present a series of responsive community conversations that elevate LGBTQ voices and inspire civic activism in a new generation of voters and citizens. We take as inspiration the life of Harvey Milk, to explore his legacy, to shine a light on issues that are facing the community today and to celebrate those who are working to address them.
Discounts: Save 20% when you buy the Full Series Bundle and attend all four events.
20% discount code for CMC students, faculty, and friends. Use the code NVBACMC on the first page of the check out page.
More information visit: http://operaparallele.org/bullhorn/
CMC piano faculty member Matilda Rotkiewicz performs in concert with her trio. Additional program details TBA.
A showcase of outstanding student work at CMC in collaboration with the 2019 Junior Bach Festival. Selected performers present a program of works on keyboard, winds, strings, and voice. Hosted by CMC piano faculty Betty Wong.
CMC will be closed in observance of President’s Day.
Hosted by Johnathan Smucker, members of the CMC vocal faculty perform in recital. Additional program details TBA.
