CMC Presents! features outstanding music and educational events such as “Concerts with Conversation” with internationally acclaimed artists (in partnership with SF Performances), concerts by our award-winning faculty, master classes, clinics, and special CMC productions such as our annual Performathon, “Field Day at CMC.”
Community Music Center Music Jams at Bissap Baobab – 3372 19th Street, San Francisco (between Capp and Mission streets) Starting October 16, 2018
1st and 3rd Tuesdays 7-9pm
1st Tuesday -Jazz Jam with Charlie Gurke
Bring your instrument; www.sfcmc.org and www.bissapbaobab.com
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 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 www.IntimateEmbraceTango.com
Parking garage at 21st St & Bartlett and lot Capp St (b/w 19th& 20th). Also street parking at Folsom St., 2 blocks away
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 with Rodrigo Ipince
7:00 pm – 9:30pm CMC Cuban Charanga Ensemble (Afro Cuban Dance Music)
The Mission Arts and Performance Project is a homegrown bi-monthly, multidisciplinary, intercultural happening that takes place in the Mission District.
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, and friends!
Highlights include Music for Children, Private Lesson Demos, Vocal Harmony Workshop, Old-Time Music and Latin Jazz Jam Sessions, and don’t miss the crowd pleasing favorite Instrument Petting Zoo!
Schedule details TBA. Click here for examples of past CMC Sundays events.
Praised for his rich tone and powerfully thrilling voice, bass-baritone Dashon Burton has proven himself to be a voice to be reckoned with since graduating from Oberlin Conservatory of Music and Yale University, winning multiple 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 include classical and sacred music as well as programming with deeper political meaning.http://www.dashonburton.com/
CMC thanks San Francisco Performances for bringing these world-class artists to our stage for a free community concert.
Pablo Sáinz Villegas has been acclaimed by international press as “the soul of the Spanish guitar” and as the most outstanding classical guitarist of his generation. The New York Times has recognized his “virtuous and moving interpretation.” He has an outstanding artistic career and emotional delivery on stage, both in recitals in intimate rooms and sold-out stadiums. Sáinz Villegas has studied at the Royal Superior Conservatory of Music in Madrid and Manhattan School of Music, and won countless international competitions and prestigious awards for his playing, which encompasses traditional Spanish guitar and avant garde orchestral music. https://pablosainzvillegas.com/en/
CMC thanks San Francisco Performances for bringing these world-class artists to our stage for a free community concert.
Sean Jones has established himself as one of the most outstanding trumpeters and composers on today’s scene. Apprenticing with Gerald Wilson, Frank Foster, Jimmy Heath and Nancy Wilson, he served as lead trumpeter with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. He has toured with Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter. Heavily involved in education, Sean has recently joined the Berklee College of Music’s distinguished faculty as the Chair of the Brass Department. He has also taught at Duquesne University and at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Sean is current Artist-in-Residence at SF Performances and is a member of The SF JAZZ Collective. https://www.sean-jones.com/
CMC thanks San Francisco Performances for bringing these world-class artists to our stage for a free community concert.
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, and friends!
Highlights include Music for Children, Private Lesson Demos, Vocal Harmony Workshop, Old-Time Music and Latin Jazz Jam Sessions, and don’t miss the crowd pleasing favorite Instrument Petting Zoo!
Schedule details TBA. Click here for examples of past CMC Sundays events.
