COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER HAS MADE THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO CANCEL ITS CONCERT HALL EVENTS THROUGH SUNDAY APRIL 5. WE HAVE MADE THIS DECISION WITH THE WELL-BEING AND HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY IN MIND.
Guitar and songwriting faculty member Larry Dunn is putting together a concert celebrating four of CMC’s own singer/songwriters performing their original compositions in folk, country, blues, R&B, and bluegrass styles. They will be performing songs solo (individually) in a round-robin fashion, much like a Nashville singer/songwriter circle. Each artist will play four songs. Expect backstories, anecdotes, and even a bit about the songwriting process as relates to the song an artist performs. In addition to music by Dunn, Erik Pearson, Maestro Curtis, and Anne Carol Mitchell will be performing original music.
This faculty concert series is made possible by support from the Shenson Foundation.
2019-2020 marks the 25th Anniversary season of the Shenson Faculty Concert Series at Community Music Center. This series was established by the Shenson Foundation to support CMC Faculty as performing artists and ensure their work on stage is shared and celebrated in our community. Each year, the Shenson Foundation sponsors four free community concerts for CMC faculty music projects.
COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER HAS MADE THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO CANCEL ITS CONCERT HALL EVENTS THROUGH THURSDAY APRIL 30, 2020. WE HAVE MADE THIS DECISION WITH THE WELL-BEING AND HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY IN MIND.
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.
Michael Long, violin faculty member—along with guest performers Eiko Mitani, piano and Ben-han Sung, piano—will be performing Music in Times of Resistance. This classical music concert highlights music written in or about extreme political circumstances and oppression. This program includes composers who not only dealt with dictators and political tumult, but who also used their compositions to confront or address this in some way, such as Poulenc, Shostakovich, and Schulhoff.
This faculty concert series is made possible by support from the Shenson Foundation.
2019-2020 marks the 25th Anniversary season of the Shenson Faculty Concert Series at Community Music Center. This series was established by the Shenson Foundation to support CMC Faculty as performing artists and ensure their work on stage is shared and celebrated in our community. Each year, the Shenson Foundation sponsors four free community concerts for CMC faculty music projects.
