In collaboration with Rona Hu MD, Stanford University, CHIPAO. Fandango! Works of the Latin American and Spanish Baroque Period This program will feature the works of the Spanish and Latin American Baroque. Soprano, Nell Snaidas, praised by the New York Times for her “vocally ravishing” performances, curates this program that will take us from the…
In collaboration with Rona Hu MD, Stanford University, CHIPAO. Silenced Voices The meaningful topic of Silenced Voices has been relevant throughout history and remains so today. This program features composers whose works were banned for political and/or religious reasons. This music is an invitation to reflect on the countless voices in the arts and literature…
In collaboration with Rona Hu MD, Stanford University, CHIPAO. Diacritical Marks We bring you Amy Beach’s unusually beautiful String Quartet in One Movement built upon three Inuit melodies. We will then explore Diacritical Marks for string quartet of Nico Muhly. Still in his 30’s, the prolific and versatile Muhly wrote the score for the Academy…
Musikiwest is postponing our April, 2020 school appearances and concert. We will keep you updated on new dates as soon as we have them.
This program has the harp strongly featured throughout. The program will be Lou Harrsion’s Duo for cello and harp, Henriette Renié’s Trio for harp, violin, and cello and the Jacques Ibert Trio for the same instrumentation. Playing harp will be the prize-winning Juilliard Masters Candidate Adam Phan who is quickly becoming one of the bright…
Made possible by a generous grant from the Monterey Arts Council. Join our wonderful musicians as they share insight into the nature and process of their collaboration. Selections from the Sunday program of Biber, Kodaly and Dvorak will be featured. Our wonderful musicians: Violoinists: Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu and Liana Berube, violist - David Samuel, cellist - Michelle…
Made posssible by a generous grant from the Monterey Arts Council. Our program takes its inspiration from the culturally rich region of Bohemia with compositions spanning 300 years from the Baroque era to the 20th Century. Join us as we explore the Bohemian Knights! Program: Fidicinum Sacro Profanum, Sonata No.9 in G major -- Heinrich…
All living female composers will be featured. We celebrate International Women's Day with a carefully crafted program of compositions for string quartet by some amazing female composers, including Caroline Shaw's Ritornello - 2.sq.2.j.a, Lisa Bielawa's Trojan Women - Hecuba and Cassandra, Jennifer Higdon's Quiet Art from Impressions for string quartet, and Gabriela Lena Frank's Leyendas. The music is just as amazing…
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The Degenerates Our fall Musikiwest concert will be on November 10th in our home venue: SandBox, Sand City. In this program entitled The Degenerates we will explore the works of composers categorized as such by the Nazi regime for the color of their skin or their religion. The inspired String Quartet No. 2 of Florence…
Limited seating for this intimate evening. Jazz harp legend Destiny Muhammad presents her new work "Guided by Something More Powerful", an improvised sonic suite inspired by the art of Rosie Lee Tomkins. Rosie Lee Tomkins (1936–2006) is widely considered one of the most brilliant and inventive quiltmakers of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.…
Cello2Cello Cello2Cello is a spectacular offering of music and musicians, not to be missed! First we will share Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid (Night Music of the Streets of Madrid), Opus 30, No. 6, G. 324, a quintet for stringed instruments, by Luigi Boccherini. This piece will be familiar to movie buffs as it…
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