​2021 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES

Next Streaming Concert:

Friday, October 15, 2021 @ 6:00pm
Live on ZOOM! 
Soprano Jane Spencer-Mills
Violist Paula Karolak
Pianist Ian Scarfe
Performing works by Samuel Barber and Franz Schubert
Register to attend! Click Here!

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Trinity Alps Chamber Music Festival
1416A Washington Blvd.
​San Francisco, CA 94129
PAST CONCERTS:

Saturday, August 28, 2021 @ 7:00pm
The Sierra String Quartet and pianist Ian Scarfe
A special international collaboration with Festival Rolland.

June 2021 - North State Concerts:
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Saturday, June 12, 7:00pm
Hyampom Community Hall, Hyampom, CA

Sunday, June 13, 7:00pm
Lee Fong Park, Weaverville, CA
Outdoor concert

Monday, June 14, 7:00pm
China Creek Amphitheater, Willow Creek, CA
​Outdoor concert
June 2021 - Bay Area Concerts:

Friday, June 18, 8:00pm
Digital Concert
Watch the recording on our YouTube Channel!

Saturday, June 19, 12:00pm
Ford Street Concert, San Francisco, CA
Sidewalk music in the Castro!

Sunday, June 20, 3:00pm
Lakeside Rose Garden Concert!
Camron-Stanford House, Oakland, CA
Friday, April 30
7:00pm Pacific Time

The Sierra Quartet 
This group of young virtuosos features two regular guest artists, cellist James Jaffe and violist Christina Simpson, as well as two new faces, violinists Elbert Tsai and Rochelle Nguyen.
Sunday, April 11
5:00pm Pacific Time

"Classical Crossover"
featuring cellist James Jaffe and violinist Brynn Albanese.
featuring Spanish cello music by Pablo de Sarasota and Gaspar Cassado, and a range of violin and fiddle music by Bach, Celtic and Scottish dances, popular standards, and film music.

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Friday, March 26
"Scenes from Childhood"

Classical and contemporary guitar,
with Brendan Evans
Spanish song arrangements for viola,
with Stephen Fine
Schumann's "Scenes from Childhood",
with Ian Scarfe
Sunday, March 14, 

"Musician Showcase"
featuring classical guitarist Ryan Loweth, clarinetist Matthew Boyles, and the entertaining and energetic duo of violinist Laurel Talley and violist Jennifer Drake.
Friday, February 26, 
7:00pm Pacific Time

"Classical Crossover"
featuring pianist Ben Harper and violinist Mads Tolling, performing classical works by Rachmaninoff, Kreisler, and Brahms, alongside jazz standards and original compositions

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Admission is "pay-what-you-want"
Visit our home page to make a direct contribution, or,
Visit our donation page to make a fully tax-deductible charitable donation!
Sunday, February 14 2021
11:00am Pacific Time
(2:00pm Eastern, 8:00pm European)

"Love Duets" -
Art Songs and Operatic Arias
featuring mezzo soprano Cecelia Hall and tenor Samuel Levine, accompanied by pianist Anne Larlee
live from Frankfurt, Germany!
Sunday, January 31, 2021
11:00am Pacific Time
(2:00pm Eastern Time)

​"Classical California"
​featuring violinist Philip Brezina and pianist Ian Scarfe giving live performances, and offering a special premiere of two new music videos!
Sunday, December 20th, 2020

NIGHT MUSIC - songs, carols, and dreamscapes

Program:
Nocturnes by Chopin and Grieg
   (Ian Scarfe, piano)
Songs and Carols
   (Amy Foote, soprano, autoharp, harmonium)
Piano Sonata No. 1 by Carl Vine
   (Britton Day, piano)

Sunday, December 6, 2020
J. S. Bach - Cello Suite No. 6 (Joseph Howe, cello)
Poulenc - Cello Sonata (Mariko Wyrick, cello, and Britton Day, piano)

Sunday, November 22, 2020
J. S. Bach - Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor ----- Hannah Addario-Berry, cello (San Francisco)
Works for percussion instruments ----- Owen Weaver, percussion (Bergen, Norway)
Edvard Grieg - Piano Sonata, Op. 7 ----- Jeanne Hourez, piano (Paris, France)

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Friday, November 20, 2020
Charles Akert, cello (Fairbanks, Alaska)
J. S. Bach - Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major
Philip Brezina and Ian Scarfe, piano (San Francisco)
​Sibelius - Romance, Op. 78
Tchaikovsky - Melodie, Op. 43
Bolcom - The Graceful Ghost Rag
Beethoven - Romance, Op. 50
Kreisler - Polichinelle
Sunday, November 8, 2020
Karl Knapp (cello)
JS BACH - Cello Suite No. 3
Roseminna Watson (violin)
MISSY MAZZOLI - Dissolve, Oh My Heart
ROSEMINNA WATSON - Lymbic Hymnal
Jamie-Rose Guarrine (soprano) Karl Knapp (cello) Ian Scarfe (pre recorded piano :)
VINCENZO BELLINI - Ma Rendi
REYNALDO HAHN - Si Mes Vers
SCOTT GENDEL - We Grow Accustomed to the Dark
GAETANO BRAGA - La Serenata
LEONARD BERNSTEIN - Dream With Me

Sunday, November 1
11:00am Pacific Time

Program:
G. F. Handel - Forte e liete, from TAMERLANO
G. F. Handel - Total Eclipse, from SAMSON
G. F. Handel - Pastorello d'un povero armento, from RODELINDA

Frederic Chopin - Nocturne in B major, Op. 32
​Ottorino Respigh - Notturno in G-flat Major

Wagner - Immer ist Undank Loges Lohn, from DAS RHEINGOLD
Wagner - Über Stock und Stein, from DAS RHEINGOLD
Mussorgsky - V'ugliche, v sabore from BORIS GODUNOV
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18
​Bach Suite No. 2 - Evan Kahn, cello
and, live from Copenhagen, violinists Emma Steele and Hulda Jónsdóttir!
TUESDAY, September 29th, 8:00pm
LIVE FROM THE TRINITY ALPS! 

​program:
Ludwig van Beethoven
     Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1, "Ghost Trio"
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
     5 Negro Melodies, Op 59

performers:
Ellen McGehee, violin
James Jaffe, cello
​Ian Scarfe, piano
Saturday, June 27
5:00pm Pacific Time
"Classical Crossovers"

Eric Moore, cello (Petaluma, California)
Eric Moore – Song Without Words No. 1
Daniel Pesca – In Solitude
Martin Toch-Ishli – Reflection

Tristan Scroggins (Nashville, Tennessee)
Performs his own arrangements:
Crosspicking Medley
Solo Mandolin Medley
Medley Métis Set

Alisa Rose (San Francisco, California)
 J.S. Bach - Giga from Partita No. 2
Astor Piazzolla - Tango Caprice No. 3
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson - Plain Blues
Alisa Rose - Fiddle Caprice

Scroggins & Rose (split screen videos)
Alisa Rose - I Can Fix It
Tristan Scroggins - Jackalope
Tristan Scroggins - Anxiety Jig
DIGITAL CONCERT #6
"Visionaries and luminaries"
​Saturday, June 20
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Liana Berube, violin 
J. S. Bach - Sonata in A Minor, BWV 1003

Evan Kahn, cello
George Crumb - Sonata for Solo Cello

Britton Day, piano
J. S. Bach - "Sheep May Safely Graze" (arr. Percy Grainger)
Frederic Chopin - "Revolutionary" Etude
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Preludes, Op. 23, Nos. 4 and 5
​DIGITAL CONCERT #5
"A Tour of Europe - Part 2"
SUNDAY, JUNE 14
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Performers and Program:
Emma Steele, violin (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Tomas Vitali – Chaconne in G Minor

Owen Weaver, percussion (Bergen, Norway)
Frederic Rzewski – To the Earth, for flower pots and voice

Samuel Levine, tenor and Takeshi Moriuchi (Frankfurt, Germany)
Franz Schubert - “Frühlingsglaube”
Franz Lehar - “Wolgalied” (from Zsarewitsch)
Engelbert Humperdinck - “Ei, ist das schwer, ein Bettler sein!” (from Königskinder)
Hanns Eisler - “An den kleinen Radioapparat”
Hans May - “Ein Lied geht um die Welt” (from the film, A Song Goes Round the World)
Digital Concert #4
"From the Swiss Alps to the Trinity Alps"
SUNDAY, JUNE 7
Performers:
Maria Korndoerfer and Stéphanie Scalbert, violins (Lucerne, Switzerland)
James Jaffe, cello (San Francisco, California)

Program:
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704)
Passacaglia in G Minor, from Rosary Sonata Nr 16 ‚'Guardian Angel‘

Paul Müller-Zürich (1898-1993)
Prelude, Air and Fugue for 2 Violins

Traditional Yiddish Folksong
Ale Brider (arranged by  Martin Keller, 2006) 

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87
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Digital Concert #3 - Sunday, May 31

​"A Tour of Europe - Part 1"
featuring live performances from musicians living in Europe

Performers and Program:

Jari Piper, cello (Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia)
C. F. Abel - Allegro in D minor for viola da gamba (mid 18th c.)
Ilkim Tongur - Dawn (2012)
Ahmet Adnan Saygun - Partita for Violincello Alone  (1954)
       III. Allegretto

Leonie Bot, violin (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Eugene Ysaÿe - Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 2 (1923)
       I. Obsession – Prelude: Poco vivace
       II. Malinconia – Poco lento
       III. Danse des ombres – Sarabande (Lento)
       IV. Les Furies – Allegro furioso
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Ian Scarfe, piano (San Francisco, California)
Frederic Chopin - Barcarolle, Op. 60 (1845)
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Alaskan cellist Jari Piper currently lives and works in Tbilisi, the capital of The Republic of Georgia. He plays there in the Georgian Philharmonic Orchestra and also worked as principal cello of the State Chamber Orchestra and the Georgian Sinfonietta.
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Violinist Leonie Bot is from The Netherlands, and studied in San Francisco, California, before returning to her homeland.  

​She is a violinist with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, as well as a member of its board. She performs chamber music and has spent lots of time since the pandemic crisis practicing the violin and working in her tiny garden.
Digital Concert #2 - Saturday, May 16, 

Performers and Program:
Joseph Howe, cello and Madoka Asari, piano (Boulder, Colorado)
Maurice Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte
Gabriel Fauré - Papillon, Op. 77
Gabriel Fauré - Sicilienne, Op. 78
Heitor Villa-Lobos - Song of the Black Swan

James Keene, violin (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
Béla Bartók - Sonata for Solo Violin

Jamie-Rose Guarrine, soprano, and Karl Knapp, cello (Amherst, Massachusetts)
Renaldo Hahn - "Si mes vers avaient des ailes"
Ralph Vaughn Williams - "Silent Noon"
Vincenzo Bellini - "Ma rendi pur contento"
*Scott Gendel - "Accustomed to the Dark"
*Scott Gendel - "In Vain"
Digital Concert #1 - Saturday, May 2, 5pm PST / 8pm EST

Performers and Program:
Ian Scarfe, piano (San Francisco, CA)
Samuel Barber - "Excursions for Piano, No. 1"

Rachel Patrick, violin, and Matthew Boyles, clarinet (Oakland, CA)
Georg Philipp Telemann - "Canonic Sonatas No. 1" arr. for clarinet and violin
Caroline Shaw - "In Manus Tuas" for solo viola 
Bela Kovacs - "Hommage a Zoltan Kodaly" for solo clarinet
Darius Milhaud - "Jeu" from Suite for clarinet, violin, and piano

​Philip Brezina, violin (San Pedro, Mexico)
Mark O'Connor - "F.C.s Jig"

James Jaffe, cello (San Francisco, CA)
J. S. Bach - Prelude from "Suite No. 1 for Cello Solo"
Gaspar Cassado - Preludio/Fantasia from "Suite for Cello Solo"
J. S. Bach - Sarabande from "Suite No. 4 for Cello Solo"

Ian Scarfe, piano (San Francisco, CA)
Frederic Chopin - Bolero, Op. 19
PAST PROGRAMS
 SHIFTING BALANCE - WORKS FOR CELLO AND PIANO
Featuring Charles Akert, cello, and Ian Scarfe, Piano

Sunday, March 1 - Private Residence (San Francisco, CA)
Tuesday, March 3 - Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center (Weaverville, CA)
Thursday, March 5 - Private Residence (Portland, OR)
Friday, March 6 - Scenic Valley Farms and Vineyard (Salem / Woodburn, OR)
Sunday, March 8 - The Sprague Theater (Bandon, OR)
Monday, March 9 - Eureka Women's Club (Eureka, CA)
Saturday, March 14 - First Presbyterian Church (San Luis Obispo, CA) (CANCELLED)
Friday, April 3 - Opus 128 (Geyserville, CA)

PIANO EXTRAVAGANZA - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28
Doors 7:30pm, Music 8:00pm
RSVP through Groupmuse here
TWO PIANOS | FOUR PIANISTS | EIGHT HANDS
SAN FRANCISCO
This concert celebrates two pianos DONATED to the Trinity Alps Chamber Music Festival,
currently living at the underground classical music space MONUMENT.
Come support these musicians, and this festival's "Piano Fund" which helps re-home
​ pianos so that venues, children, audiences, and students can use them.

THE PROGRAM:
Shostakovich - Concertino for Two Pianos
Mozart - Concerto in F, K. 459 (arr. for Two Pianos)
Milhaud - Braziliera for Two Pianos
Rachmaninoff - Polka for Two Pianos, Eight Hands

THE PIANISTS:
Ian Scarfe, Britton Day, Jenny Wu, Lisa Spector
​MIDWINTER CLASSICS 2020
”Beethoven’s Last Words”

Featuring Beethoven’s final works for piano and string quartet. 

CONCERTS:
Friday, January 3, 7:00pm
Hyampom Community Hall, Hyampom
Admission: Pay-what-you-can

Saturday, January 4, 7:00pm
Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center, Weaverville
Admission: Pay-what-you-can

Sunday, January 5, 7:00pm
Eureka Women’s Club, Eureka
Admission: Pay-what-you-can

January 6 and/or7 - time TBD
Performance for schools and families - Redding
Admission: Pay-what-you-can

Friday, January 10, 8:00pm
Live on Amaranta (private residence), Palo Alto
Admission: $30, R.S.V.P. Required!
Please email live.on.amaranta@gmail.com
For address and reservations

Saturday, January 11, 8:00pm (doors 7:30pm)
Monument, San Francisco
Admission: $20-30 suggested donation R.S.V.P. Required! 
Reserve a spot online at the Groupmuse website

Sunday, January 12, 4:00pm
Petaluma Historical Library and Museum, Petaluma
Admission: $25-$40
Purchase Tickets at PetalumaMuseum.com
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Concerts featured selections from the following works:

Mozart
Piano Concerto in A Major, K. 414

Beethoven
Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 2, No. 1
Six Bagatelles for Piano, Op. 126
​String Quartet in F Major, Op. 135

MUSICIANS:
James Keene, violin
Ellen McGehee, violin
Stephen Fine, viola
Charles Akert, cello
Ian Scarfe, piano

FALL 2019
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Trinity Alps Chamber Players in the San Francisco Bay Area -
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Performing Johannes Brahms' Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 60, and works for strings and harmonium by Antonin Dvorak and Danny Clay.

Thursday, October 3, 7:00pm
The Sound Room, Oakland, California
Tickets available online (click here)

Friday, October 4, 7:00pm
405 Shrader, San Francisco, California
SOLD OUT Tickets no longer available

Saturday October 5, 7:00pm
405 Shrader, San Francisco, California
Tickets available online (click here)

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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA / OREGON TOUR

Wednesday, October 22, 7:00pm
Redding, California
House Concert at a Private Residence
Please RSVP to Ian Scarfe at iscarfe@gmail.com for more information

Sunday, October 27, 4:00pm
Eugene, Oregon
House Concert at a Private Residence
with violinist Fritz Gearhart, featuring music by Aaron Copland, Fritz Kreisler, Manuel De Falla, and our dearest friend Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Please RSVP to Ian Scarfe at iscarfe@gmail.com for more information.

Monday, October 28, 7:00pm
The Sprague Theater, Bandon, Oregon
with violinist Fritz Gearhart
Admission on a sliding scale, suggested $10-$25 per person

Tuesday, October 29, 8:00pm
The Sanctuary, Arcata California
"Behind the Scenes of Classical Music with Concert Pianist Ian Scarfe" - a Halloween Party
Admission on a sliding scale, suggested $10-$25 per person

SUMMER 2019
CONCERTS:
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WEEK ONE:

Friday, July 26, 8:00pm
Hyampom Community Hall,
Hyampom, CA

Saturday, July 27, 7:00pm
Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center, Weaverville, CA

Sunday, July 28, 2:00pm
Morris Graves Museum of Art,
Eureka, CA

Friday, August 2
Century Club of California,
San Francisco, CA
*7:30pm reception, 8:00pm concert*
*Click here to purchase tickets through Groupmuse.com*​

WEEK TWO:

Friday, August 9 - 8:00pm
Hyampom Community Hall, Hyampom

Saturday, August 10 - 7:00pm
China Creek Amphitheater, Willow Creek

Sunday, August 11 - 7:00pm
​Trailhead Pizza, Coffee Creek

To follow us, and receive program updates and concert information, find our summer event page on Facebook!
PROGRAMS:

WEEK ONE:

Franz Schubert - “The Shepherd on the Rock”
for soprano, clarinet, and piano
with Jamie-Rose Guarrine, soprano

Scott Gendel - “To Keep the Dark Away”
for soprano, cello, and piano, poetry by Emily Dickinson
with Jamie-Rose Guarrine, soprano

Jessie Montgomery - “Strum” for String Quartet

Caroline Shaw - “Valencia” for String Quartet

Felix Mendelssohn - Octet for Strings, Op. 20

Mozart - Concert Aria, K.505, “Ch’io mi scordi di te?”
​for soprano, piano, and strings
​with Jamie-Rose Guarrine, soprano, and Ian Scarfe, piano
*San Francisco concert only!*

WEEK TWO:

Vivaldi - Violin Concertos, Op. 8 “The Four Seasons”
       Spring (Ellen McGehee, soloist)
       Summer (Ellen Flaganan, soloist)
       Autumn (Philip Brezina, soloist)
       Winter (Tingting Gu, soloist)

Shelly Washington - "Middleground" for String Quartet

John Mackey - "Wrong- Mountain Stomp" for String Trio

Aaron Copland - "Hoe Down" from Rodeo, for String Orchestra
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- SUMMER 2019 -
2019 MIDWINTER CLASSICS
Beethoven - String Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131
Beethoven - Piano Sonata in A-flat Major, Op. 110

with Rachel Patrick, Ellen McGehee, Stephen Fine,
Charles Akert, and Ian Scarfe


HYAMPOM
Friday, January 4, 7:00pm
Hyampom Community Hall

WEAVERVILLE
Saturday, January 5, 7:00pm
Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center

CHICO
Sunday, January 6, 2:00pm
House Concert, Chico, CA

SAN FRANCISCO
Saturday, January 12, 7:00pm
Monument

OAKLAND
Sunday, January 13, 2:00pm
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Trinity Alps Chamber Music Festival goes to Florida, in collaboration with the Hogtown Chamber Music Series:
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GAINESVILLE, FL

February 18, 5:30pm
House Concert
Please RSVP to TrinityAlps.CMF@gmail.com

Thursday, February 21, 2:00pm
The Village, Lake House Commons,
Please RSVP to TrinityAlps.CMF@gmail.com
2019 MIDWINTER CLASSICS
Beethoven - Violin Sonata in E-flat, Op. 12, No. 3
Beethoven - Cello Sonata in C, Op. 102, No. 1
Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Trio in E Minor, Op. 67

with Rachel Patrick, Charles Akert, and Ian Scarfe

OAKLAND
Saturday, January 19

SAN FRANCISCO
Sunday, January 20, 6:00pm

REDDING
Saturday, January 26, 7:30pm

EUREKA
Friday, February 8, 7:00pm
Morris Graves Museum of Art
suggested donation $20

BANDON, OR
-VENUE CHANGE - NOW IN LANGLOIS, OR!-
Saturday, February 9, 7:00pm
Langlois Cheese Factory, Langlois!
suggested donation $20

SALEM, OR
Sunday, February 10, 2:30pm
Salem Public Library, Loucks Auditorium
suggested donation $20
FALL 2018 - Quartets up the Coast

Ellen McGehee and Ellen Flanagan, violins
Christina Simpson, viola
Charles Akert, cello

Performing works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonin Dvorak, Edvard Grieg, and more.

Friday, November 23, 7:00pm
Seven Devil's Brewing Company, Coos Bay, OR

Saturday, November 24, 7:00pm
The Old Cheese Factory, Langlois, OR

Sunday, November 25, 3:00pm
Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA


2018 - SUMMER CONCERT SERIES

Humboldt Preview:
Music by Bach, Schubert, Britten, and Prokofiev
Stephen Fine, Viola + Karla Avila, clarinet + Ian Scarfe, piano
       Friday, August 10, 7:00pm
       Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka
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Week One, "Music for the Birds"
Haydn - String Quartet "The Lark"
Libby Larsen - Black Birds, Red Hills
Brahms - String Quintet, Op. 111

       Friday, August 17, 8:00pm
       Hyampom Community Hall, Hyampom

       Saturday, August 18, 8:00pm
       Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center, Weaverville

       Sunday, August 19, 2:00pm
       Pilgrim Congregational Church, Redding

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*Concerts are open to the public!
*Free to attend!
*Donations warmly accepted and gladly suggested!

Week Two, "Summer Serenades"
Three Beautiful Outdoor Concert Venues!
Bach - Concerto for 3 Violins
Vivaldi - Concerto for Oboe and Violin
Vivaldi - Concerto for 2 Cellos
Max Stoffregen - World Premiere (2018)
Michael Touchi - Tango Moresque (2018)

       Friday, August 24, 7:00pm
       Bar 717 Camp Trinity, Hayfork

       Saturday, August 25, 7:00pm
       China Creek Amphitheater, Willow Creek

       Sunday, August 26, 7:00pm
       Trailhead Pizza Cafe, Coffee Creek