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.”
Field Day is CMC’s annual extravaganza of music and community with a school-wide Performathon, raising money for scholarships and tuition assistance, and celebrating our beloved institution and the visionary founder behind it, Gertrude Field.
Field Day 2022 includes both a spectacular in-person performathon, plus a one-day virtual performathon for those who prefer an online option, broadcasting on CMC’s YouTube Channel to celebrate our Centennial and musical community.
Sponsor a performer or donate online here: https://give.classy.org/FieldDay2022
VIRTUAL PERFORMATHON
Thursday, June 2, 2022 from 6–7:30pm watch online here: https://youtu.be/hDaXxgQl15M
Friday, June 3, 2022 from 6–7:30pm watch online here: https://youtu.be/HkNO5zzG_lg
IN-PERSON PERFORMATHON
Saturday, June 4 from 11am–5pm
@ CMC Concert Hall
Find performer schedules on the Field Day page here
We’re excited to welcome some local radio personalities as special guest emcees at our in-person performathon: Chasta (107.7 The Bone) and Paul “Paulie Mac” McCaffrey (KNBR Radio)!
Learn more about Field Day, and how you can get involved here.
Thank you to our Field Day Sponsors!
Madalyn Jane Co.
Mission Neighborhood Centers
Ventura Partners
Media Sponsors:
KNBR Radio
107.7 The Bone
Field Day is CMC’s annual extravaganza of music and community with a school-wide Performathon, raising money for scholarships and tuition assistance, and celebrating our beloved institution and the visionary founder behind it, Gertrude Field.
Field Day 2022 includes both a spectacular in-person performathon, plus a one-day virtual performathon for those who prefer an online option, broadcasting on CMC’s YouTube Channel to celebrate our Centennial and musical community.
Sponsor a performer or donate online here: https://give.classy.org/FieldDay2022
VIRTUAL PERFORMATHON
Thursday, June 2, 2022 from 6–7:30pm watch online here: https://youtu.be/hDaXxgQl15M
Friday, June 3, 2022 from 6–7:30pm watch online here: https://youtu.be/HkNO5zzG_lg
IN-PERSON PERFORMATHON
Saturday, June 4 from 11am–5pm
@ CMC Concert Hall
Find performer schedules on the Field Day page here
We’re excited to welcome some local radio personalities as special guest emcees at our in-person performathon: Chasta (107.7 The Bone) and Paul “Paulie Mac” McCaffrey (KNBR Radio)!
Learn more about Field Day, and how you can get involved here.
Thank you to our Field Day Sponsors!
First Republic Bank
Madalyn Jane Co.
The Mangalick and Maitra family
Mission Neighborhood Centers
Ventura Partners
Media Sponsors:
KNBR Radio
107.7 The Bone
Field Day is CMC’s annual extravaganza of music and community with a school-wide Performathon, raising money for scholarships and tuition assistance, and celebrating our beloved institution and the visionary founder behind it, Gertrude Field.
Field Day 2022 includes both a spectacular in-person performathon, plus a one-day virtual performathon for those who prefer an online option, broadcasting on CMC’s YouTube Channel to celebrate our Centennial and musical community.
We’re excited to welcome some local radio personalities as special guest emcees at our in-person performathon: Chasta (107.7 The Bone) and Paul “Paulie Mac” McCaffrey (KNBR Radio)!
Sponsor a performer or donate online here: https://give.classy.org/FieldDay2022
VIRTUAL PERFORMATHON
Thursday, June 2, 2022 from 6–7:30pm
Friday, June 3, 2022 from 6–7:30pm
Stay tuned for the links to watch!
IN-PERSON PERFORMATHON
Saturday, June 4 from 11am–4pm
@ CMC Concert Hall
Find performer schedules on the Field Day page here
Stick around for the FIELD DAY DANCE PARTY with the CMC Cuban Charanga Ensemble starting at 5pm!
RSVP HERE
Learn more about Field Day, and how you can get involved here.
Thank you to our Field Day Sponsors!
First Republic Bank
Madalyn Jane Co.
The Mangalick and Maitra family
Mission Neighborhood Centers
Ventura Partners
Media Sponsors:
KNBR Radio
107.7 The Bone
We’re excited for the return of CMC’s annual All–School Recital for the first time since 2019! The All-School Recital is an all-level student showcase featuring exceptional students from both our Mission and Richmond District Branches. Students are selected by audition based on their progress in relation to the amount of time they’ve been studying on their instrument. This is a CMC favorite, and it’s free!
CMC continues to closely monitor information from public health officials regarding public gatherings. Please be aware that events are subject to change to comply with these protocol. Thank you for helping us keep our communities safe!
CMC Sessions: Traditions Moving Forward
Make musical discoveries with faculty from Community Music Center as they explore their methods, approaches, and creative practices in adapting musical traditions to inspire and guide the musicians of tomorrow. CMC Sessions: Traditions Moving Forward showcases the talents of faculty from the CMC Cultural Traditions and Piano Departments who represent diverse classical and non-classical traditions in workshops and presentations. The online workshops will use video, audio, and lecture-demonstrations to illustrate the faculty members’ influences and the musical education that shaped them, highlighting how their traditions impact their teaching and performing at CMC. Their personal stories illustrate the breadth of talent and creativity in CMC’s faculty.
Meet these talented and inspiring faculty:
June 9, 2022 at 7pm (PT)
FREE
In this session we explore the ways that contemporary vocal composers and ensembles are enriching the classical choral and vocal repertoire by incorporating vocal techniques and styles from a multitude of world music traditions and genres. In particular, we will focus on “Partita for 8 Voices” by Caroline Shaw, composed for the vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth.
This event will be conducted online via video conferencing. RSVP HERE to receive the link to join, emailed prior to the start of the discussion.
People who are interested in this workshop can dive deeper by exploring private lessons and group classes and ensembles.
Bio:
Joshua Saulle is a composer and teacher whose choral compositions have been performed across the US. He earned degrees in composition from San Francisco Conservatory of Music and UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music. He teaches piano at San Francisco Community Music Center and music theory and fundamentals at Pepperdine University.
CMC Sessions: Traditions Moving Forward
Make musical discoveries with faculty from Community Music Center as they explore their methods, approaches, and creative practices in adapting musical traditions to inspire and guide the musicians of tomorrow. CMC Sessions: Traditions Moving Forward showcases the talents of faculty from the CMC Cultural Traditions and Piano Departments who represent diverse classical and non-classical traditions in workshops and presentations. The online workshops will use video, audio, and lecture-demonstrations to illustrate the faculty members’ influences and the musical education that shaped them, highlighting how their traditions impact their teaching and performing at CMC. Their personal stories illustrate the breadth of talent and creativity in CMC’s faculty.
Meet these talented and inspiring faculty:
June 16, 2022 at 7pm (PT) please note the updated date of this session!
FREE
Lilia Zheltova will discuss the Russian tradition of music education for gifted students, which begins intensive training at an early age and continues for 16 years through graduation from a conservatory. Using examples from the standard text, Piano School by Alexander Nikolaev, she will illustrate developing the ear and the artistic conception along with technique, cultivating the quality and variety of sound, and teaching an understanding of the historical and cultural context for specific music pieces. She will show some of the exercises she uses now, and will discuss how she adapts the principles of her Russian training for contemporary American students, both in terms of technical development and the choice of music taught.
This event will be conducted online via video conferencing. RSVP HERE to receive the link to join, emailed prior to the start of the discussion.
People who are interested in this workshop can dive deeper by exploring private lessons and group classes and ensembles.
Bio:
Lilia Zheltova was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (former Soviet Union), where she attended the special music school. She received her B.A. and M.A. degrees in musicology at the St.Petersburg Conservatory in Russia. She taught at the Petrozavodsk Music College, and then worked as lead musicologist at the Tashkent opera house and Philharmonic. Ms. Zheltova has also appeared as an Arts Commentator on TV and Radio programs and has published over 50 articles in newspapers and magazines. In 1990, Lilia immigrated to the USA. Currently, Ms. Zheltova teaches piano at the Community Music Center, and at her private studio. She also appears as an accompanist for several Bay Area companies, including SFSU, Marin Ballet, and ACT. Ms. Zheltova works as an accompanist for Eurythmy and Choir at the SF Waldorf high school. She has performed as a pianist in India, France, New Zealand, Netherlands, Belgium,Germany, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Philippines, South Korea, and Australia with the SF Youth Eurythmy Troupe.
CMC Sessions: Traditions Moving Forward
Make musical discoveries with faculty from Community Music Center as they explore their methods, approaches, and creative practices in adapting musical traditions to inspire and guide the musicians of tomorrow. CMC Sessions: Traditions Moving Forward showcases the talents of faculty from the CMC Cultural Traditions and Piano Departments who represent diverse classical and non-classical traditions in workshops and presentations. The online workshops will use video, audio, and lecture-demonstrations to illustrate the faculty members’ influences and the musical education that shaped them, highlighting how their traditions impact their teaching and performing at CMC. Their personal stories illustrate the breadth of talent and creativity in CMC’s faculty.
Meet these talented and inspiring faculty:
June 23, 2022 at 7pm (PT) please note the updated date of this session!
FREE
Everyone learns differently! This session will address how to create a positive learning space for all students, specifically neurodiverse students. As a teacher, Michaela has worked in various non-musical settings, which has had a significant impact on her teaching. She will share ideas of how to support all students in their learning while considering verbal, cognitive, and social/emotional skills..
This event will be conducted online via video conferencing. RSVP HERE to receive the link to join, emailed prior to the start of the discussion.
People who are interested in this workshop can dive deeper by exploring private lessons and group classes and ensembles.
Bio:
Michaela Overall is a native of the Bay Area, and enjoys teaching piano and music! She received a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Psychology from the esteemed Hampton University. In the field, Michaela has had the opportunity to work with children of various ages and abilities in a variety of educational settings.
Her love of music has brought her back to piano study as she completed a B.M. in Piano Performance from SFSU, and an M.M. in Piano Pedagogy. Michaela’s background in Psychology has had a positive impact on her teaching style, and she enjoys working with diverse populations.
The Shenson Faculty Concert Series returns this summer with free concert spotlighting CMC talented faculty members. Each year, the Shenson Foundation sponsors free community concerts for CMC faculty music projects to support CMC Faculty as performing artists and ensure their work on stage is shared and celebrated in our community.
This year’s presenters, featuring many talented intergenerational collaborators, will highlight a wide variety of musical styles, techniques, and creative inspirations—from the historical legacies of Black roots music, California folk and Sephardic music traditions, to theater and environmental and human rights activism.
June 23: Deszon X. Claiborne, drums
July 21: David Steinberg, saxophone/clarinet
August 4: Beth Wilmurt & Sharon Wayne, voice/piano/guitar
Reimagining the Trapset Drums: From Slavery to Afro-Futurism with Deszon Claiborne
Thursday, June 23 at 7pm
@ Sha’ar Zahav (290 Dolores St, San Francisco)
FREE
This performance celebrates the legacy of Black music—from history to the present day— through the drum. During slavery, the white slave owners feared the communicative power of the drums and subsequently banned their use. This new presentation-performance, coinciding with the Juneteenth commemoration of the emancipation of enslaved Black people in 1865, will also pay tribute to the important trapset drummers in the last 100 years, from Baby Dodds to Max Roach to Tyshawn Sorey.
This event will be hosted by our Mission District neighbors Sha’ar Zahav. RSVP is recommended, but there will be space for walk-up patrons at the door.
About the Performers:
A native of the Bay Area, Deszon Claiborne began his musical career at the early age of ten. Virtually self taught in the beginning, he went on to study with world-renowned drummers such as Richard Peterson, Rick Quintinel (Chuck Brown school of Drumming), James Levi, Billy Cobham and Kenneth Nash , an experience which provided him with a strong foundation in jazz, rhythm & blues and world music. He has had the pleasure to perform or record with the following artists: Peter Apfelbaum, Don Cherry, Charles brown, Angela Bofill, Les McCann, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Robin Ford, Boz Scaggs, Greg Howe, Henry Butler, Giovani Hildalgo, Kai Eckhardt, John Handy, Taj Mahal, Donald Harrison, Rodney Franklin, and may others.
In addition to his performing and recording credits, Deszon is also an educator. He has taught both private and group lessons to students of all ages and levels, youth to adult, and beginning to advanced. Deszon has also participated in music education programs in the Bay Area over the last 20 years, including Berkeley Jazz School, Jazz Camp West, Stanford Jazz Camp, Lafayette Summer Music camp, Moody’s Jazz Camp, Just Say Jazz, and Adventures in Music.
CMC continues to closely monitor information from public health officials regarding public gatherings. Please be aware that events are subject to change to comply with these protocol. Thank you for helping us keep our communities safe!
Sha’ar Zahav is a fragrance-free environment. Please do your best to follow these guidelines when you visit our synagogue building:
For more information on this subject, including why it’s important and a list of Fragrance-Free products, please visit: eastbaymeditation.org
CMC Sessions: Traditions Moving Forward
Make musical discoveries with faculty from Community Music Center as they explore their methods, approaches, and creative practices in adapting musical traditions to inspire and guide the musicians of tomorrow. CMC Sessions: Traditions Moving Forward showcases the talents of faculty from the CMC Cultural Traditions and Piano Departments who represent diverse classical and non-classical traditions in workshops and presentations. The online workshops will use video, audio, and lecture-demonstrations to illustrate the faculty members’ influences and the musical education that shaped them, highlighting how their traditions impact their teaching and performing at CMC. Their personal stories illustrate the breadth of talent and creativity in CMC’s faculty.
Meet these talented and inspiring faculty:
June 30, 2022 at 7pm (PT)
FREE
Martha Rodríguez-Salazar will illustrate her musical journey as a classically trained musician in Mexico City, coming to the US to study at Mills College for her M.A,, and ending up learning more about Mexican and Latin American music in the Bay Area. She will share her appreciation for the richness of her cultural heritage and the importance of sharing it with her Bay Area community. Through her work at CMC, she has created multi-generational projects that have transformed lives and been deeply impactful to her. She will also talk about her work as the Día de los Muertos curator at the San Francisco Symphony and her performing life in the US, playing with different ensembles, such as Coro Hispano de San Francisco, the Bernal Hill Players, Chile y Limón Duo, and Ave Fénix Duo.
This event will be conducted online via video conferencing. RSVP HERE to receive the link to join, emailed prior to the start of the discussion.
People who are interested in this workshop can dive deeper by exploring private lessons and group classes and ensembles.
Bio:
Singer, flutist, conductor, and producer Martha Rodríguez-Salazar has been bringing Latin American folk, classical and contemporary music to the Bay Area for more than 20 years. For her outstanding leadership in promoting and developing Mexican music and culture in the Bay Area Martha was recognized as a “Luminary” in 2011 by the Mexican Consulate in SF and as “Excelencia Latina” by LAM and Mundo Fox in 2013.
A native of Mexico City, Martha was classically trained in both Mexico and Mills College as a concert flutist and opera singer. She has been a faculty member of the Community Music Center since 2000, where she teaches voice, flute, conducts several older adult choirs, directs Coro de Cámara, and is part of the San Francisco Unified School District Mariachi Program. Martha has produced several Latin music shows at CMC including La Posarela and December Fiesta. She was also the MDYMP coordinator and Latin Vocal Workshop instructor for 12 years.
She currently performs with the Bernal Hill Players, the Latin folk duo Chile y Limón, and Ave Fénix Duo as well as curating the “Día de los Muertos” event at the San Francisco Symphony since its inception in 2008.
