Upcoming Performances
UP
Monday September 12th 7:30pm in the Concert Hall at the SF Conservatory of Music
50 Oak Street, San Francisco *this is a free concert!
For this faculty concert I join my duo partner, Sarah Cahill, for a program of two piano works including: a world premiere by Riley Nicholson titled UP, a piece for 2 pianos/8 hands by Errollyn Wallen titled The Girl in My Alphabet (joining us for this piece will be Allegra Chapman and Monica Chew), and works by Elena Kats-Chernin, Meredith Monk and Eleanor Alberga.
UP is a commission that Sarah and I received from Riley in Spring 2020. The premiere was delayed several times due to covid so we're super excited to finally bring this gorgeous epic two piano work into the world!
I have the pleasure of once again participating in the Flower Piano Festival in the SF Botanical Garden on two dates.
Tickets are sold by the day so you can enjoy a whole afternoon of programming around the Garden!
Wear layers, as the Botanical Garden is in Golden Gate Park, near the ocean and the weather changes throughout the day. Last year it was sunny and hot though at 5pm! Bring a folding chair or picnic blanket for this casual, family friendly event.
Wednesday September 14th 5:00-6:00pm Opening Ceremony: Fall and Fly
Great Meadow (link to garden map here)
Tickets: Fall and Fly
Composer, Benjamin Gribble, has written a unique work for 12 pianos that will open the festival! Fall and Fly is a 3 movement piece that takes you on a 25 minute journey of renewal and regrowth. The sound of twelve grand pianos, outdoors amongst the gardens, performing this powerful piece will be quite a spectacle!
Saturday September 17th 1:00-2:00pm Piano Duo Program
Celebration Garden
Tickets: Saturday Day Pass
If you couldn't make it to our concert on Monday night, Sarah and I will perform our program of 2 piano works again in the Botanical Garden!
Again, there are performances all day, kid events and opportunities for the public to tinker around on the pianos that are spread throughout the Garden.
THIS SAME TEMPLE
Saturday MARCH 26, 6:00PM 514 KELLY AVE HALF MOON BAY
This is a program of two piano and four hand music that my duo partner, Sarah Cahill, and I built around the piece This Same Temple by composer Paul Dresher. The piece was written in 1976 and uses different minimalist styles to draw you into a beautiful and mesmerizing soundscape. The rest of the program will include:
Ellis Island (1981) Meredith Monk (b. 1942)
Three-Day Mix (1991) Eleanor Alberga (b. 1949)
Festival Dance (1951) Lou Harrison (1917-2003)
Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues (1980) Frederic Rzewski (1938-2021)
More information and tickets can be found HERE
CROSS RHYTHMS
September 17th, 8 pm
Old First Concerts
1750 Sacramento Street
San Francisco, CA
When the lockdown started, pianist Sarah Cahill gathered pianists from across the United States via Zoom for a weekly sharing of ideas and work-in-progress. We’ll hear results from their collaboration in this exuberant group concert that combines new music with works by women composers and composers of color.
I’ll be performing two, four-hand pieces with Sarah: Etude for the Old Country by Terry Riley and 3 Day Mix by Eleanor Alberga.
Flower piano
Tuesday September 21 4pm
Zellerbach Garden, San Francisco Botanical Gardens
San Francisco Botanical Garden and Sunset Piano are excited to present one of the most unique, creative, and innovative events in the Bay Area. After five successful years, and a pause in 2020 due to the pandemic, they are excited to bring back Flower Piano to transform San Francisco Botanical Garden once again into the city’s own alfresco concert hall where everyone is invited to play and listen.
click for more info about this festival!
I’ll be performing 4-hand pieces with Sarah Cahill and solos pieces by Ann Southam and Ian Dicke. Come enjoy an early evening of music surrounded by the botanical gardens!