Building Community through Music & Arts Incarnation Episcopal Church 1750 29th Avenue, San Francisco 415-564-2324 sunsetarts.wordpress.com 1 Dear Friends, Welcome to the Sunset Music & Arts 2018 season. Our 4th season is another ambitious season on the heels of a very successful 2017 season. We are extremely grateful to our audience members, artists, donors, and the many volunteers who help put together this upcoming season. We continue to focus on bringing high-quality live music programming and performing arts to the Sunset district of San Francisco, adding to the cultural milieu of San Francisco in these extremely challenging times. Some of the highlights of the new season include performances by both returning artists as well as many new artists. In 2018 we have an expanded instrumental series, a strong chamber music and vocal series, and an expanded Jazz/Folk series as well. We are especially proud to partner with our artists- in-residence, the San Francisco Renaissance Voices (director Katherine McKee) and other groups like the San Francisco Boys Chorus, the San Francisco Girls Chorus, and the Bay Shore Lyric Opera company. In addition to concerts we also continue with our community events with travelogues, student recitals, and workshops. In 2018 we are proud to collaborate with the Phoenix Recital Symposium of San Francisco (Professor Sylvia Anderson, General and Artistic Director), to showcase up and coming opera singers as they prepare for a career in opera. These are just some of the highlights of the season. Please take time to read about all of the extraordinary artists and offerings in this brochure and join us as at one or more of our events in 2018. We look forward to sharing the joy of these unique performances with you. With best wishes, Mathew Chacko Sally Porter Munro Co-Directors, Sunset Music & Arts An initiative of Incarnation Episcopal Church, San Francisco Sunset Music & Arts 1750 29th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94122 415.564.2324 http://sunsetarts.wordpress.com [email protected] 2 SUNSET MUSIC & ARTS — 2018 Season Sunset Music & Arts is dedicated to providing high-quality, affordable music Table of Contents and arts programs to people of all ages, in Monthly Calendar…………………………………… Page 4 the Sunset district of San Francisco and Recital Instrumental Series…………………….……... Page 5—10 beyond. In addition, we occasionally conduct a variety of workshops focusing Recital—Vocal Series………………………………… Page 10—11 on the arts. Chamber Music/Ensemble……………………………. Page 13—19 Jazz/Folk Series………………………………………. Page 20—24 The initiative is a community offering Choral Series………………………………………… Page 25—29 generously provided by the Episcopal Opera ………… …………………………………….. Page 30—31 Church of the Incarnation, San Opera/Broadway Gala ……………………………… Page 32 Francisco, where we have the use of the Community Events/Workshops……………………… Page 33—37 beautiful space, wonderful acoustics, and Calendar by Series Page 38—39 the use of a grand piano and pipe organ. We are also excited about launching our brand new initiative, “Sunset Community Music & Arts,” where you can enjoy mostly free (occasionally, Special Events donations or a small fee may be requested) concerts and programs, produced and performed by members of the local community. If you are interested in performing as part of this program, please contact us at 415.564.2324 or e-mail us at [email protected]. Please consider partnering with Sunset Music & Arts by supporting us either financially or volunteering at one of our events. Your support helps us to continue to bring quality programming at affordable prices. You can support us financially by writing a check made payable to “Incarnation Episcopal Church” and write ‘Sunset Music & Arts’ on the memo line of your check. Opera Gala & Reception ………………………….…….. Page 32 We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and your donations are 100% deductible. You can also donate online via PayPal. Check our website for details. Thank you for your consideration and support. Please mail your check to: Episcopal Church of the Incarnation 1750 29th Avenue San Francisco CA 94122 3 JANUARY FEBRUARY Sat. Jan 6—Bridge Piano Quartet (Page 13) Sat. Feb 3—Monica Chew (Page 6) Fri. Jan 19—Phoenix Performance (Page 34) Sat. Feb 10—N. Takesono/K. Korth Sat. Jan 20—Misuzu Tanaka (Page 5) (Page 11) Fri. Feb 16—MUSA (Page 14) MARCH APRIL Sat. March 3—Patrick Galvin/Jungeun Kim Sat. April 7—V. Langer/V. Breheda (Page 12) (Page 15) Sat. April 14—Phoenix Performance Sat. March 17—Joana Gonazlez (Page 7) (Page 34) Sat. March 24—San Francisco Renaissance Sun. April 15—Trio 180 (Page 16) Voices (Page 25) Fri. April 27—SF Girls Chorus (Page 27) Sun. April 29—Phoenix Performance (Page 34 ) MAY JUNE Sat. May 5—Anne Rainwater (Page 8) Fri. June 8—Phoenix Performance (Page 34) Sat. May 12—Larry Vuckovich (Page 20) Sat. June 9—pickPocket Ensemble (Page 24) Sun. May 13—Acis & Galatea (Page 30) Sun. June 10—Phoenix Performance Sat. May 19—Pablo Estigarribia (Page 21) (Page 34) TBD May—SF Renaissance Voices (Page 27) Sat. June 16—Eric Tran (Page 9) Sat. June 23—Folias Duo (Page 22) JULY AUGUST TBD —Opera Gala & Fundraiser (Page 32) To be announced Sat. Aug 18—Chamber Concert (Page 17) Sat. Aug 25—Così fan tutte (Page 31) SEPTEMBER OCTOBER Sat. Sept. 1—Gayatri Venkatesan (Page 35) Sat. Oct 13—K. Palmer/V. Milinder (Page 19) Sat. Sept. 8—A. Mallya/D. Cogan (Page 36) Sat. Oct 27—Othello Jefferson (Page 10) Sat. Sept 15—B. Snellings/J. Totzke (Page 18) NOVEMBER DECEMBER Sat. Nov 3—Brazzissimo (Page 23) TBD —SF Boys Chorus (Page 28) TBD —Lessons and Carols (Page 29) 4 Misuzu Tanaka, piano Recital: Instrumental Piano Series Date & Time: Saturday January 20, 4 pm Venue: 1750 29th Avenue, San Francisco Tickets: $20 General, $15 Seniors/Students Hailed by international press as a pianist “who dispatched everything with both dizzying speed and sensitivity” Today’s Zaman (Turkey) and for her “exceptionally high technical level” General-Anzeiger Bonn (Germany), Misuzu Tanaka has established herself as an artist of remarkable individuality with a rare combination of poetic sensitivity and breathtaking virtuosity. She has performed in prestigious concert venues throughout the world, from the Gewandhaus in Leipzig and Mozart’s Museum at Villa Bertramka in Prague to Alice Tully Hall in New York. Misuzu Tanaka is also a respected regular performer for Music from the Frederick Collection, a leading North-American venue for performance on historical instruments. Enjoying an active solo career in the U.S., she is among the country’s brightest emerging stars. Her recent debut album which was recorded live on the Concertant Classics label, “Misuzu Tanaka in Concert” features works by Leoš Janáček and J. S. Bach, two composers who have been a constant source of her musical inspiration. The 2017-18 season brings two new releases: a second piano recital in which she further explores music of Janáček as well as music by Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff, and a debut album “Epilogues” with clarinetist Maksim Shtrykov, which focuses on four clarinet sonatas, which are the last works of three leading composers – Johannes Brahms, Camille Saint-Saëns and Francis Poulenc. Her 2017-18 season includes an instant return engagement on the RIT Performing Artist Series (Rochester, NY) in addition to numerous other debut appearances. Highlights of the past seasons include a concerto debut at the Amadeus Festival (Whitefish, MT) with the Festival Orchestra under the direction of maestro John Zoltek as well as recitals at California State University Sacramento Piano Series, Distinguished Artists Lecture and Concert Series in Santa Cruz (CA), Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts in Chicago (IL), Pro Musica in San Miguel de Allende (Mexico), Chamber Music Society of Maryland and Ridgecrest Chamber Music Society (CA). An avid small-ensemble collaborator, Misuzu Tanaka has appeared with prominent artists including James Dunham (Cleveland Quartet) and members of the National Symphony Orchestra. In 2012, together with her artistic partner and critically acclaimed clarinetist Maksim Shtrykov, she began touring throughout the United States as the Shtrykov-Tanaka Duo. Born in London, United Kingdom where she began her piano lessons at the age of five, she then continued her studies in Japan and in the United States with Martin Canin at The Juilliard School. Her Masters and Doctoral degrees are from University of Michigan where she was a full scholarship recipient studying with Logan Skelton and devoted much time to the study and performance of the works of Leoš Janáček, which led to further studies with Miroslav Brejcha and the late Ivan Moravec in the Czech Republic. J. S. BACH Concerto in the Italian Style in F Major, BWV 971, “Italian Concerto” FELIX MENDELSSOHN Prelude & Fugue in E Minor, Op.35 No.1 L. BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109 LEOŠ JANÁČEK Piano Sonata 1.X.1905, From the street FRANZ LISZT Après une Lecture de Dante, fantasia quasi sonata, from Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année 5 Monica Chew, piano Recital: Instrumental Date & Time: Saturday February 3, 4 pm Piano Series Venue: 1750 29th Avenue, San Francisco Tickets: $20 General, $15 Seniors/Students Monica Chew is a pianist living in Oakland, California. Born in Florida, she spent her first 20 years in North Carolina. She appeared on Good Morning America at age 8 and made her solo debut with the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra at age 13. She entered the University of North Carolina at Greensboro on a full scholarship at age 17 and graduated three years later with a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics. She received her Master of Music from San Francisco Conservatory of Music under scholarship.