SF MUSIC DAY 2019 SCHEDULE SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, NOON–7:45 PM SF WAR MEMORIAL VETERANS BUILDING FIRST SECOND FOURTH FOURTH p. 19 12:00–12:30 p. 36 12:00–12:30 FLOOR FLOOR FLOOR FLOOR JAZZ & Brass Over Bridges CLASSIAL Hristo Vitchev Trio 2nd floor CONTEMPORARY balcony p. 46 12:30–1:00 p. 8 12:45–1:15 12:45–1:15 Quinteto Latino p. 21 CLASSICAL CONTEMPORARY Dee Spencer: JAZZ The Smile Orange Project Fervida Trio CLASSIAL p. 37 1:00–1:30 CONTEMPORARY StringQuake CONTEMPORARY p. 9 1:30–2:00 p. 22 1:30–2:00 p. 47 1:30–2:00 Sylvestris Quartet EARLY CLASSIAL CLASSIAL Stenberg|Cahill Duo CLASSICAL Trance Mission CONTEMPORARY CONTEMPORARY p. 38 2:00–2:45 2:15–2:45 Equity & Opportunity: p. 24 Cornelius Boots A Panel Discussion with Women Music Leaders p. 10 2:30–3:00 & the Heavy Roots p. 49 2:30–3:00 Dresher | Davel Shakuhachi Ensemble CONTEMPORARY in the Bay Area Ensemble for Invented Instrument Duo CONTEMPORARY These Times CONTEMPORARY p. 25 3:00–3:30 Chordless: Sara LeMesh p. 41 3:15–3:45 & Allegra Chapman CLASSIAL CONTEMPORARY Los Tangueros 3:30–4:00 3:30–4:00 p. 12 Del Oeste p. 50 CONTEMPORARY JAZZ Destiny 3:45–4:15 duo B. JAZZ Muhammad Trio p. 26 Experimental Band CONTEMPORARY Keyed Kontraptions CLASSIAL CONTEMPORARY p. 43 4:15–4:45 JAZZ Howard Wiley 4:30–5:00 4:30–5:00 4:30–5:00 p. 13 p. 27 & Extra Nappy p. 51 Myra Melford JAZZ Ila Cantor’s Patrick Galvin & JAZZ CLASSIAL CLASSIAL Fay Victor Green Room Green Encanto Jung-eun Kim CONTEMPORARY CONTEMPORARY Lisa Mezzacappa CONTEMPORARY Herbst Theatre p. 44 5:15–5:45 p. 29 5:15–5:45 Education Studio Astraeus Terrence Brewer JAZZ p. 15 5:30–6:00 CLASSIAL Acoustic Jazz Quartet p. 53 5:30–6:00 String Quartet CONTEMPORARY JAZZ Telegraph Quartet Atrium Theater Taube Nathan Bickart Trio CLASSICAL p. 33 6:00–6:30 Friction Quartet p. 45 6:15–6:45 6:30–7:00 CONTEMPORARY The Alaya Project p. 54 p. 16 6:30–7:30 GLOBAL JAZZ / GLOBAL Melody of China Richard Howell Quartet 6:45–7:15 CONTEMPORARY JAZZ p. 35 plays John Coltrane’s 7:15-7-45 The Meráki Quartet p. 57 A Love Supreme CLASSICAL Nash Baroque & the SF Renaissance & EARLY Baroque Dancers 2 • SF Music Day 2019 SF Music Day 2019 • 3 SF Music Day Marketplace Visit the SF Music Day Marketplace in the main lobby to meet representatives of the Bay Area’s music presenting and artist service organizations, and learn about their upcoming seasons, events and programs. California Jazz Conservatory, p. 18 2087 Addison St Crowden Music Center, p. 34 1475 Rose Street, Berkeley Old First Concerts 1751 Sacramento Street Berkeley Chamber Performances, p. 14 SF, CA 94109 Old First Concerts, p. 5 Berkeley City Club. 2315 Durant 1751 Sacramento Street Mr. Tipples, p. 52 Center for New Music, p. 32 Over 60 concerts per year on Friday 39 Fell St, SF 55 Taylor Street, SF evenings and Sunday afternoons Roland Feller Violin Makers, p. 48 551 Divisadero, SF Chamber music, piano solo, world music, jazz and vocal concerts Earplay, p. 40 earplay.org Complimentary refreshments at SF Community Music Center, p. 17 San Francisco Early Mission & Richmond district locations Music Society, p. 23 intermission SF, Palo Alto, Berkeley Music on the Hill, p. 18 St. Aidan’s Church, Voices of Music, p 56 Discounted tickets when purchased online Diamond Heights voicesofmusic.org Student tickets just $5! Chamber Music Society of San Francisco, p. 28 Celebrating 50 years of great music chambermusicsocietysf.org Philharmonia Baroque, p. 28 philharmonia.org Amateur Music Network, p. 11 for tickets and more info: amateurmusic.org www.oldfirstconcerts.org Jazz in the Neighborhood, p. 42 Music at Kohl Mansion, p. 20 jazzintheneighborhood.org 2750 Adeline Drive, Burlingame SF Contemporary Music Players, p. 11 sfcmp.org 4 • SF Music Day 2019 Ila Cantor explains her approach to stylistic blending, and the exploration of ancient musical traditions in her ensemble, Encanto: Welcome to SF Music Day! “It is meant to be both a new lens on charango and a new contribution to modern jazz. The Welcome to our 12th annual SF Music Day! charango is a stunning folk instrument that has been admired in Andean music, but rarely On behalf of InterMusic SF, I want to congratulate you have other cultures been exposed to its beauty. all on your superb taste in music! We are thrilled you are Likewise, rarely do we see instruments from spending your day with us, listening to some of the Bay other cultures in jazz. The sonic possibilities Area’s finest musicians. of this music inspired me to continue my If you are new to SF Music Day, we invite you to explore all four venues of the exploration of ancient and world instruments Veterans Building and experience both familiar performers and new artists. which I bring into a modern jazz setting.” If you came to hear a particular ensemble or style of music, we hope you find And Ensemble for These Times leader, Nanette McGuiness speaks to something new on the schedule to spark your interest. Your new favorite group inspiration in the group’s program, “Dracula Rising: Ghosts from Hollywood might be performing just before, or after, the artists you came to hear! Past,” which features chamber music by European emigre composers who fled Today each artist on our roster will present a short set of music designed to a conflict-ridden Europe in the 1930s and 40s: highlight their group’s artistic vision, and you will find an incredible degree “What inspires us is giving a voice to undeservedly of variety from program to program. While we feature musical genres in the forgotten musical gems by both composers from program book—new music, classical, early music, jazz, and world inspired the past and present, as well as performing new sounds—you’ll find that musicians across the festival’s genre spectrum bend music by living composers whose work excites us. the boundaries of these categories, and experiment with tradition in exciting We are passionate about bringing diverse artistic and original ways. voices to the table, especially, but not only, by For this year’s festival, we have invited participating musicians to consider women creators and we actively try to reclaim and respond to our theme, Rebels & Renegades. Intended as a celebration the works of composers whose musical voices of musical innovation transcending genre or era, the theme has served as a were suppressed or even extinguished. prompt for artists as they considered their program choices for the festival, The composers in our program were path and has also encouraged them to consider what keeps them pushing forward breakers here in the US, bringing their compositional styles to LA at the as artists, musicians and ensemble leaders. dawn of talkies to create what became today’s “Hollywood sound.” Richard Howell is performing John Coltrane’s seminal work, A Love Supreme, SF Music Day is and will remain a free community-based festival. We and shared his thoughts about the theme: are thankful to our foundation and government supporters, as well as the “What appears to be a rebellious revolutionary individual donors that help us bring this event to life year after year. During act today is to fight for the principles of the golden your time at SF Music Day, please stop by our InterMusic SF table in the rule. My music, “Bridge Music,” is performed in the front lobby to learn more about all of our programs, and explore the festival spirit of bridging the divide, creating a pathway to Marketplace, where you can meet representatives from other incredible Bay bring us together through sonic vibration and just Area arts organizations. Thank you for joining us to celebrate live music! plain simple love. I am a servant of love and the Sincerely, most high; I exist to touch souls and enrich lives and to be of service. That keeps me standing tall!” Cory Combs 6 • SF Music Day 2019 Executive Director, InterMusic SF SF Music Day 2019 • 7 Herbst Theatre Herbst Theatre 12:45–1:15 PM 1:30–2:00 PM DEE SPENCER: HE MILE RANGE ROJECT STENBERG | CAHILL DUO SC by Christine photo Alicino, KS Block by Jim photo T S O P DS by Auintard photo Dee Spencer, piano • Charles Thomas, bass • Mark Lee, drums Kate Stenberg, violin • Sarah Cahill, piano Lisa Sanchez, guitar • Erik Andrews, trumpet Howard Wiley, saxophone • Pat Mullen, trombone Prelude from Grand Duo (1988) Lou Harrison (1917–2003) Reimagining the score from the 1976 film Smile Orange Violin Sonata (1917) Claude Debussy (1862–1918) by composer/trombonist Melba Liston Allegro vivo The Smile Orange Project is a musical experience arranged and directed Intermède: Fantasque et léger by Bay Area jazz luminary, Dee Spencer, combining the 1976 film Smile Finale: Très animé Orange with a live band performance of the soundtrack composed by The Stenberg | Cahill Duo brings together two luminaries in modern and trombonist Melba Liston. Spencer’s arrangement combines soul, R&B, contemporary music, dedicated to promoting the American experimental jazz, pop and blues with traditional Jamaican sounds and pays homage to tradition and expanding it through the commissioning of new work. SF two great artists: Author Trevor D. Rhone (1940–2009) and Melba Liston Classical Voice wrote: “It’s difficult to believe that the Stenberg | Cahill Duo (1926–1999). Sketches of the original scores are archived at the Center for was formed in 2016: These two musicians sound as though they have been Black Music Research (CBMR) at Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois, collaborating with one another much longer.