May
11
3:00 PM15:00

An Afternoon of Chamber Music

Program

  • Hoagy Carmichael - Stardust, arr. Robert G Hughes

  • Leroy Anderson - Buglers’ Holiday, arr. Fraser Jackson

  • Arcady Dubensky - Concerto Grosso for 3 Trombones and Tuba

    • Greg Gómez, Rebecca Burrington, and Michael Hartglass, trombone

    • Francis Upton, tuba

  • Johannes Brahms - Trio for Clarinet, Violoncello, and Piano, op. 114

    • Kathy Emery, clarinet

    • Liz Varnhagen, cello

    • Julie Morgan, piano

  • Bedřich Smetana - String Quartet no. 1, “From My Life”

    • Nina Han, violin

    • Dan Shih, violin

    • Cindy Wang, viola

    • Matt Schwede, cello

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May
19
3:00 PM15:00

Civic Strings: Romantic Favorites

Program

  • W. A. Mozart - String Quartet in D Major K. 155

  • Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for Four Violins

  • Dmitri Shostakovich - Romance (arr. Naughtin)

  • Johannes Brahms - Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2 (arr. Naughtin)

  • Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 6 (arr. Naughtin)

Michelle Maruyama - Guest Music Director
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Jun
15
3:00 PM15:00

An Afternoon of Chamber Music

Program

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Five Variations in G-Major, K. 501

    • Destiny Dong and Yi Nan, piano

  • T. Stewart Smith - Suite for Four Equal Clarinets

  • Clare Grundman - Caprice for Clarinets

    • Peter Norman, Kathy Emery, Inga Soule, Victor Lam, and Danessa Miller, b-flat clarinet

    • Jill Hendrix, e-flat/b-flat clarinet

    • Everett Austin, basset horn

    • Tanner Shioshita, b-flat/bass clarinet

    • Jeff Bowles, bass clarinet

  • Itaru Sakai - Good Morning!

    • Sha Jin, Lucy Kaye, Tessa Moore, and Gabriela Benuto, flute

  • Johannes Brahms - Piano Quartet no. 3 in C-minor, op. 60

    • Leyan Lo, violin

    • Cindy Wang, viola

    • Ken Ferry, cello

    • Stanley Wolfersberger, piano

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Jun
23
3:00 PM15:00

Mozart to Mendelssohn: Classical Idols

Program

  • Franz Joseph Haydn - Overture to The Creation

  • Ludwig van Beethoven - Leonore Overture No. 3

  • Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 1

John Kendall Bailey – Music Director
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Apr
13
3:00 PM15:00

An Afternoon of Chamber Music

Program

  • Jason Gibbs - Viennese Action (after Joseph Lanner) for Wind Sextet

  • Lis Addison - The Room

    • Barbara Landt, flute

    • Diana Gómez, piccolo

    • Louise Pescetta, oboe/english horn

    • Danessa Miller, clarinet

    • Jason Gibbs, bassoon

    • Carol Yarbrough, french horn

  • Florence Price - Piano Quintet in A-minor

    • Elizabeth Lee, piano

    • Marianne Cooper and Carolyn Lowenthal, violin

    • Lindy Lo, viola

    • Jennifer Ziebarth, cello

  • Felix Mendelssohn - String Quartet no. 6 in F-minor

    • Elisa Zhang and Charlene Bashore, violin

    • Cindy Wang, viola

    • Teera Price, cello


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Mar
23
3:00 PM15:00

An Afternoon of Chamber Music

Program

  • Eugène Bozza - Trois pièces pour une musique de nuit    

  • Claude Arrieu - Suite en quatre

    The New Wind Collective

    • Ellen Hershey, flute

    • Moira Little, oboe

    • Rebecca d’Alessio, clarinet

    • Jim Lockwood-Steward, bassoon

  • W. J. Wentz and Len Edmondson - Three Questions

  • Joseph Gregorio - Music for Springtime

    Presidio Quintet

    • Nance Becker, flute

    • Brian Thompson, oboe

    • Peter Krag, clarinet

    • Mary Jane Evans, french horn

    • Len Edmondson, bassoon

  • Franz Schubert - E-flat Major Piano Trio, op. 100

    • Iris Otani, violin

    • Ilya Levtov, cello

    • Taide Ding, piano


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Mar
3
3:00 PM15:00

Civic Strings: Winter Concert

Program

  • W.A. Mozart - Divertimento No.1 in D Major, K.136

  • Joseph Haydn - Concerto for Violin in G Major

    • featuring Michelle Maruyama

  • Charles Ives - String Quartet No. 1

  • Joseph Bracket - Simple Gifts (arr. Matthew Naughton)

Michelle Maruyama– Guest Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

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Feb
10
3:00 PM15:00

An Afternoon of Chamber Music

Program

  • Joseph Haydn - String Quartet, op. 70 no. 2

    • Scot Moore and Aaron Colverson, violin

    • Gayle Tsern Strang, viola

    • Irene Herrmann, cello

  • Eugene Bozza - Jour d’Été à la Montagne pour Quatre Flutes

    • Diana Gómez, Christine Page, Diane Rigda, and Jinbo Wang, flute

  • Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet, op. 59 no. 1

    • Raymond Mak and Vita Yee, violin

    • Keven Jim, viola

    • Sung Choi, cello


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Feb
4
3:00 PM15:00

Mozart to Mendelssohn: Neo/Classical Jokes

Program

  • Joseph Haydn

    • Symphony No. 60, “Il Distratto”: IV. Finale: Prestissimo

    • Symphony No. 93: II. Largo cantabile

    • Symphony No. 47 “The Palindrome”: III. Minuet al roverso

    • Symphony No. 94 “Surprise”: II. Andante

    • Symphony No. 90: IV. Allegro assai

    • Symphony No. 45 “Farewell”: IV. Presto / Adagio

  • Krzysztof Penderecki - Three Pieces in the Old (Baroque) Style

  • Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 9

John Kendall Bailey – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

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Jan
21
3:00 PM15:00

Civic Symphony: Rhapsody in Blue

Program

  • Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kije

  • Borodin - Polovtsian Dances

  • Florence Price - Adoration

  • Ives (arr. Boyd) - The Allcotts

  • Michael Gilbertson - Fools Gold

  • Gershwin (arr. Berens) - Rhapsody in Blue

Brad Hogarth – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

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Jan
13
3:00 PM15:00

An Afternoon of Chamber Music

Program

  • Gordon Jacob - Trio for Flute (Doubling Piccolo), Oboe, and Piano

  • Eugène Goossens - Pastorale et Arlequinade

    • Catherine Jennings, flute

    • Eva Langeldt, oboe

    • Julian Fong, piano

  • Samuel Barber - Summer Music

    Scattered Winds

    • Winslow Taub, flute

    • Anthony Perry, oboe

    • Robert Smith, clarinet

    • John DeGiglio, horn

    • Lisa Gerbracht, bassoon

  • Franz Schubert - Cello Quintet in C-Major

    • Brian Koh and Nathalie Yeo, violin

    • Jocelyn Startz, viola

    • Hans Kolbe and Nicholas Carlin, cello


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Dec
10
3:00 PM15:00

Civic Strings: Fall Concert

Program

  • W.A. Mozart - Divertimento No.3

  • Vivaldi - Autumn from 4 Seasons,

    • Featuring Michelle Maruyama

  • Benjamin Britten - Simple Symphony

Michelle Maruyama – Guest Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members, and physical distancing is strongly encouraged.

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Oct
28
3:00 PM15:00

An Afternoon of Chamber Music

Program

  • Camille Saint-Saens - Tarantella

    • Ernest Bloch, Concertino

    • Joyce Wu, flute

    • Christina Kolotouros, clarinet

    • Josh Korman, piano

  • Geoffrey Bush (1920-1998) - Quintet in Memory of Prokofiev

    • Barbara Brown, flute

    • Susan Ritter, oboe

    • Alan Shonkoff, clarinet

    • Lisa Brewer Canter, bassoon

    • Bob Satterford, horn

  • Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, Op. 127

    • Brian Lach, Karen Ouyang, violins

    • Evan Dorsky, Viola

    • Leo Steinmetz, Cello


      Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

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four people peeking through a shelving unit with plants and stringed instruments on it

String quartet musicians Brian Lach, Evan Dorsky, Leo Steinmetz, and Karen Ouyang

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Aug
27
3:00 PM15:00

Summer Workshop 2023

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Program

  • Beethoven - Symphony No. 7

  • Nick Platoff - Symphony No. 1 - world premiere

  • Aaron Lington - Suite for Baritone Saxophone and String Orchestra

    • Baritone Saxophone: Aaron Lington

Arun Saigal - Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

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Jul
2
3:00 PM15:00

Mozart to Mendelssohn: Paganiniana

Program

  • Alfredo Casella - Paganiniana Op.65

  • Nicolò Paganini - Caprice No. 24

    • Michael Long, violin

  • Witold Lutoslawski - Variations on a Theme by Paganini

    • Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano

  • Nicolò Paganini - La Campanella (from Violin Concerto No. 2, op. 7)

    • Michael Long, violin

  • Sergei Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    • Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano

John Kendall Bailey – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20


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Jun
17
3:00 PM15:00

An Afternoon of Chamber Music

Program

  • Franz Doppler, Andante & Rondo for 2 Flutes & Piano, Op. 25
    Joseph Haydn, London Trio in C Major for Two Flutes & Cello

    Milo Benningfield, Danielle Ciccarelli, flutes
    Fred Silverman, cello
    Inara Morgenstern, piano

  • Léo Delibes, "Flower Duet" from Lakme
    Jerry Bock, "Sabbath Prayer", from Fiddler on the Roof Gabriel Fauré, Pavane, Op. 50 Alun Cook (1955-), A Knight Remembered Gershwin (1898 - 1937), “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess

    Clarinets of San Francisco:

    Everett Austin
    Jeff Bowles
    Victor Lam
    Danessa Miller
    Tanner Shioshita
    Inga Soule

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Quintet for Piano and Winds, K. 452

    Suzanne Kirk, Piano
    Keith Sklower, Oboe
    Peter Krag, Clarinet
    Alex Strachan, French Horn
    Roy LeDuc, Bassoon


    Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

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Jun
11
3:00 PM15:00

Civic Symphony: Transfigurations - Orchestral Premier

Program

  • Lili Boulanger - D'un matin de printemps

  • Stefan Cwik - Transfigurations

    • I - Sourse

    • II- Riverbend

    • III - Wandering Road

    • IV - Portals

    • V - Gateway

    • VI - Healing

  • Antonín Dvořák - Symphony 8

Brad Hogarth – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Transfigurations
Stefan Cwik's new work Transfigurations for orchestra and solo brass quintet is set to be premiered in the SF Civic Symphony's summer concert series. The massive and cinematic work features paintings of renowned Mexican Artist Eduardo Rodriguez Calzado, who will be creating digital animations of his own work. Working with Mr. Calzado and local DJ Kris Grant, the collaboration will take the work of Calzado and create animations that the music was written to specifically accompany. Much like Disney’s Fantasia, the audience will be taken on a journey through the art while Cwik’s trademark bombastic orchestral compositional style supercharges the ride through the paintings

Masks are recommended for audience members, and physical distancing is strongly encouraged.

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May
21
3:00 PM15:00

Civic Strings Spring Concert

Program

  • W.A. Mozart - String Quartet in C Minor K 157

  • Edward Elgar - Nimrod (from Enigma Variations)

  • J.S. Bach - Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor

  • Edvard Grieg - Holberg Suite

    • I. Prelude

    • II. Sarabande

    • III. Gavotte + Musette

Jory Fankuchen – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members, and physical distancing is strongly encouraged.

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May
20
3:00 PM15:00

An Afternoon of Chamber Music

Program

  • Ruth Gipps, A Wealdon Suite, Op 76
    Hirokazu Fukushima, Fragments
    Daisuke Shimizu, The Voynich Manuscript

    Laurie Ho, Eb & Bb clarinet
    Chang-yi Yvonne Liu, Bb clarinet
    Ann Miyada, A & Bb clarinet
    Chris Farrell, Bb & Bass clarinet

  • Osvaldo Golijov, Tenebrae

    Elisa Zhang, violin 1
    Charlene Bashore, violin 2
    Cindy Wang, viola
    Teera Price, cello

  • Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor Op. 25

    Daniel Cher, violin
    Alessandra Aquilanti, viola
    Michael Flexer, cello
    Eugene Lee, piano


    Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

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Apr
23
3:00 PM15:00

Mozart to Mendelssohn: A Weber Celebration

Program

  • Carl Maria von Weber - Euryanthe Overture

  • Carl Maria von Weber - Clarinet Concerto No. 1

    • Jeff Anderle, clarinet

  • Carl Maria von Weber - Invitation to the Dance (orch. Hector Berlioz)

  • Carl Maria von Weber - Entr’acte from Die Drei Pintos (orch. Gustav Mahler)

  • Carl Maria von Weber - Turandot Overture & March

  • Paul Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber

John Kendall Bailey – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks are recommended for audience members, and physical distancing is strongly encouraged.

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Mar
26
3:00 PM15:00

Civic Symphony: From London to the Long Pandemic

Program

  • Darwin Aquino - Lunga Pandemia

  • Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 99

  • George Whitefield Chadwick - Symphony No. 3

Paul Schrage – Principal Guest Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks will be required inside, and physical distancing of audience members is strongly encouraged.

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Mar
18
3:00 PM15:00

An Afternoon of Chamber Music

Program

  • Ludwig Thuille, Sextet in B-Flat Major for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, and Piano, Op. 6

    Lisa Maher, flute
    Eva Langfeldt, oboe
    Christy Diggins, clarinet
    Tim Machajewski, bassoon
    Jeff Dickey, French horn
    Bill Rudiak, piano

  • Frank Bridge (1879-1941), "Phantasy" Piano Quartet in F-sharp Minor, H. 94

    Justine Leichtling, violin
    Cindy Wang, viola
    James Jaffe, cello
    Jon Lee, piano

  • Gary Schocker, Traditional Korean Melodies for Two Flutes

    Diana Gómez, Elisabeth Lowry, flutes

  • Claude Debussy, String Quartet in G minor, Op.10

    Brian Lach, violin 1
    Karen Ouyang, violin 2
    Evan Dorsky, viola
    Leo Steinmetz, cello


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Mar
5
3:00 PM15:00

Civic Strings Winter Concert

Program

  • Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto in A Minor for Two Violins

  • Edward Elgar - Elegy, Op. 58

  • William Grant Still - Danzas de Panama

Jory Fankuchen – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks will be required inside, and physical distancing of audience members is strongly encouraged.

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Feb
19
3:00 PM15:00

Mozart to Mendelssohn: Neoclassical!

Program

  • Maurice Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin

  • Francis Poulenc - Suite Française

  • Max Richter - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Recomposed - Spring

    • Michael Long, violin

  • Igor Stravinsky - Symphony in Three Movements

John Kendall Bailey – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks will be required inside, and physical distancing of audience members is strongly encouraged.

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Feb
11
3:00 PM15:00

An Afternoon of Chamber Music

Program

  • Kadie Kelly, Storied Generations

    Sadie Hewitt, Kelsey Seymour, Susanne Rublein, flutes
    Nimah Rowden, percussion
    Kadie Kelly, piano

  • Alexander Zemlinsky, Humoreske (Rondo)
    Michael Kibbe, Wind Quintet #4 "The American"

    Kona Winds:
    Barbara Landt, flute
    Don Pender, oboe
    Corey Weinstein, clarinet
    Kathie Hammond, bassoon
    Harlan Suits, French horn

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Piano Trio in A minor

    Iris Otani, violin
    Stephanie Tsai, cello
    Ben-han Sung, piano


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Jan
22
3:00 PM15:00

Civic Symphony: Portraits of America - Bernstein, Still, Barber, Copland

Program

  • Leonard Bernstein - Overture to Candide

  • Samuel Barber - First Essay for Orchestra

  • Aaron Copland - Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo

  • William Grant Still - Afro-American Symphony

Brad Hogarth – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks will be required inside, and physical distancing of audience members is strongly encouraged.

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Jan
7
3:00 PM15:00

An Afternoon of Chamber Music

Program

  • Paul Taffanel, Wind Quintet in G Minor

    Redwood Quintet

    Linda Watkins, flute
    David Allen, oboe
    David Miller, clarinet
    Naomi Dushay, French horn
    Nat Echols, bassoon

  • Maurice Ravel, Piano Trio

    Shuo Zhai, piano
    Iris Otani, violin
    Summer Hu, cello


    Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks will be required inside, and physical distancing of audience members is strongly encouraged.

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Dec
11
3:00 PM15:00

Civic Strings Fall Concert

Program

  • J.S. Bach - Concerto for Violin in A minor

  • William Grant Still - Danzas de Panama

  • George Walker - Lyric for Strings

  • Bela Bartok - Romanian Folk Dances

Jory Fankuchen – Music Director
Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

Masks will be required inside, and physical distancing of audience members is strongly encouraged.

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Nov
5
3:00 PM15:00

An Afternoon of Chamber Music

A picture of five musicians holding instruments

Program

A picture of the Sfiato Quintet standing on a staircase
  • Joseph Haydn, String Quartet, op. 76, no. 5

    Scot Moore, violin
    Gayle Tsern Strang, violin
    Danny Coward, viola
    Irene Hermann, cello

  • Geoffrey Bush, Quintet in Memory of Prokofiev

    Barbara Brown, flute
    Susan Ritter, oboe
    Alan Shonkoff, clarinet
    Lisa Brewer Canter, bassoon
    Bob Satterford, French horn

  • Paul Hindemith, Klein Kammermusik, Opus 24 no. 2

    Sfiato Wind Quintet:
    Catherine Jennings, flute
    Audrey Gore, oboe
    Leah di Tullio, clarinet
    Noah Cort, bassoon
    Ryan Timmons, French horn

  • Antonín Dvorak, Piano Quartet no. 1 in D major, op. 23

    Carolyn Lowenthal, violin
    Katherine Bukstein, viola
    Liz Varnhagen, cello
    Bill Horne, piano


    Free Concert – Donations Accepted – Suggested Donation $10 - $20

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