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)
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.
Enjoy a day of music and community at Field Day! Field Day is CMC’s annual open house and Performathon, raising money for scholarships and tuition assistance, and celebrating our beloved institution and the visionary founder behind it, Gertrude Field.
The festivities include the two-day Performathon featuring CMC students and faculty, and open house with lesson demos, instrument petting zoo & more!
Registration is now open. Register HERE.
Saturday, March 21, 2020 from 11:00 am–5:00 pm
Performathon with performances by CMC students, faculty, staff, and friends
Free
Performers will be raising money for tuition assistance. Donations are gratefully accepted to support CMC scholarships and programs.
Sunday, March 22, 2020 from 11:00 am–5:00 pm
Performathon with performances by CMC students, faculty, staff, and friends
Free
Performers will be raising money for tuition assistance. Donations are gratefully accepted to support CMC scholarships and programs.
Sunday, March 22, 2020 from 3:00 pm–5:00 pm
Open house with free classes, lesson demos, and the Instrument Petting Zoo.
Faculty Concert TBA
Learn more about Field Day, and how you can participate here.
Performers will be raising money for tuition assistance. Donations are gratefully accepted to support CMC scholarships and programs.
Enjoy a day of music and community at Field Day! Field Day is CMC’s annual open house and Performathon, raising money for scholarships and tuition assistance, and celebrating our beloved institution and the visionary founder behind it, Gertrude Field.
The festivities include the two-day Performathon featuring CMC students and faculty, and open house with lesson demos, instrument petting zoo & more!
Registration is now open. Register HERE.
Saturday, March 21, 2020 from 11:00 am–5:00 pm
Performathon with performances by CMC students, faculty, staff, and friends
Free
Performers will be raising money for tuition assistance. Donations are gratefully accepted to support CMC scholarships and programs.
Sunday, March 22, 2020 from 11:00 am–5:00 pm
Performathon with performances by CMC students, faculty, staff, and friends
Free
Performers will be raising money for tuition assistance. Donations are gratefully accepted to support CMC scholarships and programs.
Sunday, March 22, 2020 from 3:00 pm–5:00 pm
Open house with free classes, lesson demos, and the Instrument Petting Zoo.
Faculty Concert TBA
Learn more about Field Day, and how you can participate here.
Performers will be raising money for tuition assistance. Donations are gratefully accepted to support CMC scholarships and programs.
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.
Cuban pianist and composer Alfredo Rodríguez has become a globally recognized Grammy nominee with multiple critically acclaimed releases on Mack Avenue Records since being discovered and produced by the great Quincy Jones. Rodríguez is leading the way for the new wave of Cuban musicians, including past collaborators Ibeyi and Pedrito Martinez, and exposing the rich musical history of Cuba to a wider audience.
CMC thanks San Francisco Performances for making these concerts free for our community.
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.
Described by the Boston Globe as “one of the world’s most remarkable singers,” American tenor Nicholas Phan is increasingly recognized as an artist of distinction. Praised for his keen intelligence, captivating stage presence and natural musicianship, he performs regularly with the world’s leading orchestras and opera companies.
Over the last decade, Gabriel Kahane has quietly established himself as a songwriter all his own, grafting a deep interest in storytelling to a keen sense of harmony and rhythm. His major label debut, The Ambassador, a study of Los Angeles seen through the lens of ten street addresses, was hailed by Rolling Stone as “one of the year’s very best albums”.
CMC thanks San Francisco Performances for making these concerts free for our community.
