In the ever-so-infrequent land of my occasional blog, it's time for yet another quick and last-minute announcement...for my Baroque group, the Vinaccesi Ensemble. Our June series is in full swing, which in this case means concerts in Berkeley, Santa Rosa, and SF, plus a CD release celebration. Here's the low down....
After our much-loved archlute player, Sarge Gerbode, decided to focus on the revisions to a new edition of his book on metapsychology, Beyond Psychology, we are thrilled to welcome a new and fabulous plucked instrument player (say that five times fast if you can), Adam Cockerham, who will be playing theorbo and Baroque guitar in our June concerts. The rest of the group is the same as before: Kindra Scharich, mezzo, Jonathan Smucker, tenor, Kirk Eichelberger, bass, Hallie Pridham on Baroque cello, Susie Fong on harpsichord, et moi. Welcome, Adam!
Adam recently earned his Master's degree from the SFCM, where he won the concerto competition with the Vivaldi Lute Concerto. You can hear him play the slow movement from it this weekend.
Curious about the rest of the program? There's more Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Monteverdi, Strozzi and more... Check it out here.
And the schedule?
Voices of Venice, Saturday, June 1 8 p.m., Trinity Chamber Concerts, 2320 Dana St., Berkeley $15/10
Post-concert, come and join us for an hour of celebrating our new CD at the Musical Offering, 2430 Bancroft, Berkeley. Food, beverages, CDs for signing and sale...should be fun ;)!
Voices of Venice, Sunday, June 2, 3:30 p.m., Creative Arts Series, 303 Stony Point Rd., Santa Rosa, $15.
Catch a podcast of our interview with the knowledgeable Charles Sepos on KRCB in Santa Rosa, on his program "Curtain Call" last week here.
And if only San Francisco will do for you, we'll be performing a shortened version of the program on Tuesday, June 11 at 12:30 p.m., at Noontime Concerts, a great series at Old St. Mary's Cathedral, 660 California St.
Hope one of those will work for my ever-patient blog readers who are in the region by the Bay.
What I'm reading: Vigilant by James Alan Gardner, sci fi. This is a sequel to his Expendable and an interesting read. Also the second book by Andrea Camilleri in his popular and beautifully-written Inspector Montalbano (Sicilian) mystery detective series (translated by Stephen Sartarelli).
What I'm listening to: Are you kidding? I can't get the music for this weekend's concerts out of my head!
What I'm studying: ditto. :)
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