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Goat Hall Production’s new works in contemporary  opera and musical theater as we celebrate the human spirit in all its depth, passion, and unpredictability, from youth to parent to past our prime.

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CMC Beatles and Djangology Ensembles perform hot jazz and classic rock.

7pm. Free.

Community Music Center welcomes the public to our Mission District Branch to try out an instrument or a class on CMC Sundays! Bring your instrument, your voice, your family, or a few friends – all are welcome! FREE!

Highlights include guitar, mandolin, ukulele, banjo, violin and piano demo lessons, a workshop for classical pianists who want to learn jazz, Old-Time Music and Latin Jazz Jam Sessions, a vocal harmony workshop and a Voyage from Blues to Doo-wop to Jazz lecture/demo. Bring your instrument, your voice, your family, and friends.

FOR KIDS:
3:00-3:45pm – Music For Children demo with Irene Chagall
3:00-5:00pm – Fretted Instrument (guitar, banjo, ukulele, mandolin) Demo Lessons with Sandy Brassard
4:00-5:00pm – Piano Demo Lessons with Juliet McComas
4:00-5:00pm – Instrument Petting Zoo: strings, guitar, and piano
4:00-5:00pm – Violin Demo Lessons with Sin-Tung Chiu

FOR ADULTS AND TEENS
3:00-4:00pm – Old Time Music Jam Session with Erik Pearson
4:00-5:00pm – Latin Jazz Jam with Charlie Gurke and Javier Cabanillas
3:00-4:00pm – Four-Hand Piano Workshop with Juliet McComas
3:00-4:00pm – Applying Classical Music Techniques to Jazz Performance with Jon Jang (Part 1)
4:00-5:00pm – Applying Classical Music Techniques to Jazz Performance with Jon Jang (Part 2)
3:00-4:00pm – “What’s Going On” – Song Analysis – From Blues to Doo-Wop to Jazz with Maestro Curtis
4:00-5:00pm – Composition Arranging and Songwriting with Maestro Curtis– Hands-on (Part 2)
4:00-5:00pm – Vocal Harmony Workshop with Nola Curtis
3:00-5:00pm – Fretted Instrument (guitar, banjo, ukulele, mandolin) Demo Lessons with Sandy Brassard
4:00-5:00pm – Piano Demo Lessons with Juliet McComas
4:00-5:00pm – Voice Demo Lessons with Margaret Gordon
4:00-5:00pm – Violin Demo Lessons with Sin-Tung Chiu

MUSIC JAM AND WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS

Old-Time Music Jam Session with Erik Pearson
Bring your fiddle, banjo, ukulele, guitar, or mandolin (upright bass provided) for an Old Time Music jam session. We’ll be performing Old-Time standards. Sheet music will be provided.

Latin Jazz Jam Session with Javier Cabanillas and Charlie Gurke
Come and play Latin Jazz and Cuban music. Sheet music will be provided for piano, bass, percussion, violin, flute, brass and woodwinds.

Applying Classical Music Techniques to Jazz Performance – with Jon Jang (Part 1 and 2)
For classical pianists who want to learn jazz. This workshop will provide some tools for the journey.

“What’s Going On” – from Blues to Doo-Wop to Jazz with Maestro Curtis Lecture/Demo (Part 1)
What’s Going On – CMC Faculty member, Maestro Curtis (Grammy nominee, author of best-selling book the Art of Producing, protégé of Earth Wind and Fire’s Maurice White), analyzes this classic Marvin Gaye song – looking at its doo-wop origins – and exploring how one can take a simple chord progression and vary harmony and melody through various permutations. A fun workshop on the art of song structure, composition and arrangement.

Composition Arranging and Songwriting with Maestro Curtis– Hands-on (Part 2)
Reconstruct a Doo-Wop song based on the ideas from Part 1 workshop. Reconstructed songs will be played during the workshop.

Four-Hand Piano Workshop with Juliet McComas
Juliet McComas will coach piano duets in four-hand piano pieces. Pre-formed groups encouraged, please RSVP to ssherman@sfcmc.org to reserve a spot.

Sin-Tung Chiu, CMC RDB violin instructor, and guest pianist Dmitriy Cogan conclude their all-Mozart recital series. This is the seventh and last all-Mozart Sonata recital since November, 2015, in their two-year project at the CMC concert hall.
Soprano Nicole Lumetta, CMC MDB voice instructor, will participate.

Program:

Sonata in A Major, K. 402

6 Variations in G minor, K. 360

Aria (Rondo) from the opera “Il re pastore”, K. 208

Sonata in B Flat Major, K. 570

Admission: $15 Adults; $10 Seniors and Students

In memory of Bella and P. P. Chiu

All proceeds benefit the Bella and P. P. Chiu Memorial Scholar Fund at CMC

Community Music Center welcomes the public to our Mission District Branch to try out an instrument or a class for free on CMC Sundays! Bring your instrument, your voice, your family, or a few friends – all are welcome!

Typical activities include:
•    An Instrument Petting Zoo for all ages
•    Demo lessons and group classes
•    Latin, jazz, and chamber music jam sessions
•    Master classes, and much more!

Check back for updated activities!

Celebrating our founder, Gertrude Field, and our mission of music for everyone with free performances, workshops and lessons at Community Music Center’s Mission District Branch.

Who: CMC’s community of students, alumni,faculty, supporters, and guest artists.

What: Field Day is CMC’s second annual open house and performathon. A performathon is similar to a fundraising walk, but instead of walking, participants perform in order to raise money for scholarships at Community Music Center. Look for guest artist performances throughout the day, as well as free workshops, lesson demos, an instrument petting zoo, and lots more fun during Field Day.

Why: We will bring the CMC community together to celebrate our beloved institution and the visionary founder behind it, Gertrude Field.