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Kenneth Liao, violin & Igor Pandurski, piano | Free Mini-Concert
Mar
31
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Kenneth Liao, violin & Igor Pandurski, piano | Free Mini-Concert

Monday, March 31, 2025
12 PM

Violinst Kenneth Liao will perform with his San Diego Symphony violin colleague Igor Pandurski, who will join him on piano. Violinist Kenneth Liao joined the San Diego Symphony in 2019 after spending two seasons as a Fellow with the New World Symphony. Born in Maryland, Mr. Liao received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Southern California, where he studied with Midori Goto, and subsequently completed a Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School under the tutelage of David Chan.

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Peter Sprague, guitar; Danny Green, piano; & Mack Leighton, bass
Apr
7
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Peter Sprague, guitar; Danny Green, piano; & Mack Leighton, bass

Monday, April 7, 2025
12 PM

Peter Sprague started playing guitar when he was 12 and attended a year of study at Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan. Over the past decade, jazz pianist and Origin Records recording artist Danny Green has earned recognition as a bandleader and as a composer with a gift for spinning supple, absorbing narratives. Green’s growing portfolio of vibrant sounds—an enchanting mix of jazz, classical, and Brazilian rhythms—has captured the attention of critics around the world, including DownBeat Magazine, Jazziz, San Diego Union Tribune, the Boston Globe, and Public Radio International. It’s no small wonder that Green has earned two San Diego Music awards for Best Jazz Album and an additional award for Best Jazz Artist. Bassist Mackenzie Leighton is a bass player specializing in jazz and theater.

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Seaside Quartet | Free Mini-Concert
Apr
14
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Seaside Quartet | Free Mini-Concert

Monday, April 14, 2025
12 PM

Seaside Quartetis a virtuoso ensemble comprised of pianist Brenda Martin, violinist Philip Tyler, violinist/violist Päivikki Nykter and cellist Cecilia Kim. They are friends on and off stage, which is apparent in their seamless and graceful ensemble playing. Their deep love and desire to play chamber music was the main reason to form this quartet and take time from their busy schedules to make beautiful music together. Their collaboration and exquisite musical taste has produced highly acclaimed performances in San Diego area. Brenda and Phil serve as professors at the Point Loma University Music Department and Päivikki and Cecilia and freelance musicians.

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Katina Mitchell, soprano
Apr
21
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Katina Mitchell, soprano

Monday, April 21, 2025
12 PM

Katina Mitchell's musical work pairs an adventurous curiosity with historical specialization. As a soprano she has performed with organizations such as Monday Evening Concerts, Da Camera Society of Los Angeles, The Getty, and Bach Collegium San Diego. This program will feature original arrangements for harp and voice, spanning medieval music, folk music of oral tradition, and new music. 

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Yale Strom, violin | Free Mini-Concert
Apr
28
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Yale Strom, violin | Free Mini-Concert

Monday, April 28, 2025
12 PM

Yale Strom is a pioneer among revivalists in conducting extensive field research in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans among the Jewish and Roma communities.  Initially, his work focused primarily on the use and performance of klezmer music among these two groups.  Gradually, his focus increased to examining all aspects of their culture, from post-World War II to the present.  From more than 3 decades and 75 such research expeditions, Strom has become the world’s leading ethnographer-artist of klezmer music and history. 

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Aviara Trio | Free Mini-Concert
May
5
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Aviara Trio | Free Mini-Concert

Monday, May 5, 2025
12 PM

Sheer passion for chamber music drives Aviara Trio. Comprised of pianist Ines Irawati, violinist Robert Schumitzky, and cellist Erin Breene, this exciting ensemble has been making an indelible impression on the musical landscape of Southern California for the past ten years. Most recently, the trio was invited to perform on Celebrate LA, Los Angeles Philharmonic's 100-year anniversary celebration, at the Hollywood Bowl. With performance degrees from the Juilliard School, Cleveland Institute of Music, Yale University, and Rice University, Ms. Irawati, Ms. Breene, and Mr. Schumitzky have studied and performed with some of the world’s finest musical pedagogues including Paul Katz, Claude Frank, Timothy Eddy, Fred Sherry, Joseph Silverstein, Jacques Israelievitch, Sally Thomas, Miriam Fried, Peter Oundjian, and the Juilliard, Miró, American, Tokyo, Cleveland, Borromeo, and Alexander Quartets.

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Pacific Woodwind Quintet (flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet & horn) | Free Mini-Concert
May
12
12:00 PM12:00
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Pacific Woodwind Quintet (flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet & horn) | Free Mini-Concert

Monday, May 12, 2025
12 PM

Pacific Woodwind Quintet is a group of experienced musicians who are enthusiastic about introducing audiences to both standard wind quintet literature as well as arrangements of orchestral music. Consisting of Janet Cherif (horn), Laura Ford (bassoon), Paul Goodman (clarinet), Ken Kahan (flute), and Kathi Bower Peterson (oboe), the quintet is looking forward to their Athenaeum debut.

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Brightfeather Duo, piano & violin | Free Mini-Concert
May
19
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Brightfeather Duo, piano & violin | Free Mini-Concert

Monday, May 19, 2025
12 PM

Brightfeather is a dynamic and immersive violin-piano duo founded by violinist Benjamin Hoffman and pianist Irene Kim. Through deeply personal performances, Brightfeather is committed to bringing the light, hope, and strength of music to audiences across the globe. The duo has performed throughout the United States as well as in Europe, Asia, and Oceania, and presents repertoire spanning an extensive range of time periods and musical languages.

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Folias Duo, flute & guitar | Free Mini-Concert
Jun
9
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Folias Duo, flute & guitar | Free Mini-Concert

Monday, June 9, 2025
12 PM

Join us for a captivating concert with Folias Duo, the celebrated pairing of flutist Carmen Maret and guitarist Andrew Bergeron. With over two decades of collaboration, they are renowned for their seamless fusion of classical, jazz, world music, and improvisation. Their original compositions, inspired by life on the road and the beauty of the natural world, transport audiences with vivid storytelling through music. This performance will feature highlights from their newest works, including pieces inspired by the Great Lakes.

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Joshua White, jazz piano | Free Mini-Concert
Mar
24
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Joshua White, jazz piano | Free Mini-Concert

Monday, March 24, 2025
12 PM

Joshua White is one of the music scene’s most creative and technically accomplished pianists. Praised by legendary musicians like Herbie Hancock as having “immense talent” and lauded for his “daring and courageous approach to improvisation … on the cutting edge of innovation,” Joshua has distinguished himself as a formidable leader of distinct voice among his peers.

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Colin McAllister & Wayne Wilkinson, jazz guitar duo | Free Mini-Concert
Mar
10
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Colin McAllister & Wayne Wilkinson, jazz guitar duo | Free Mini-Concert

Monday, March 10, 2025
12 PM

Colin McAllister is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, where he is a 2021–2022 Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Fellow. His performances as a guitarist and conductor have been hailed as “sparkling…delivered superbly” (San Francisco Chronicle), “ravishing” (San Diego Union-Tribune) and “an amazing tour de force” (San Diego Story), and he has recorded on the Summit, Innova, Centaur, Naxos, Albany, Old King Cole, Vienna Modern Masters, Carrier and Tzadik labels. His research interests include contemporary music performance and pedagogy, musical modernism, and the apocalyptic paradigm as manifested in varying phenomena—literature, music, and art. Wayne Wilkinson is a headliner guitarist that performs and tours across the country and internationally. Throughout his over four decade career, Wayne has shared the stage with iconic jazz musicians, world class performers and a President of the United States.

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Aaron Larget-Caplan, guitar & Diana Tash, mezzo-soprano | Free Mini-Concert
Mar
3
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Aaron Larget-Caplan, guitar & Diana Tash, mezzo-soprano | Free Mini-Concert

Monday, March 3, 2025
12 PM

Classical guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan has premiered over 110 compositions, directs the New Lullaby Project and Spanish classical music & flamenco dance ensemble ¡Con Fuego! His groundbreaking arrangements and recording of the music of John Cage are the first to be sanctioned by the estate and issued by Edition Peters and the UK label Stone Records. He has eight acclaimed solo albums and multiple publications with the American Composers Alliance. He has awards from the Société Académique Arts-Sciences-Lettres of Paris, France for his trailblazing work in music, and was Musician in Residence at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Canada. His first album of compositions ‘honey cadence’ was released in April 2022.

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Duo Alloro, guitar & cello | Free Mini-Concert
Feb
17
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Duo Alloro, guitar & cello | Free Mini-Concert

Monday, February 17, 2025
12 PM

Fred Benedetti was born in Sasebo, Japan, and began playing the guitar at the age of 9. In 1986 he was one of the 12 guitarists chosen worldwide to perform in the Master Class of Andres Segovia at USC. Erica Erenyi completed a Master’s degree and Performance Residency Program in cello performance at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as a student of Anne Martindale Williams. She received her Bachelor of Music from Biola University in La Mirada, California, as a student of Marlin Owen. More recently, she undertook a course of intensive study with Peter Thiemann in Barcelona, Spain. Erica has performed with International Opera Theater in Italy, Academia Internacional de Música de Solsona, Spain, and the Henry Mancini Institute in Los Angeles. She is active as a freelance musician in San Diego, playing in a variety of genres including theatre productions (with The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, and Broadway San Diego), California Chamber Orchestra, recording projects, and with jazz pianist Danny Green.

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Adam Wolff Trio | Free Mini-Concert
Feb
10
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Adam Wolff Trio | Free Mini-Concert

Monday, February 10, 2025
12 PM

Adam Wolff has been playing the piano for most of his life. Starting at the age of 8, he spent ten years studying classical piano performance, music theory, and creative music expression. Raised in New York and Chicago, he returned to New York City in the 80s and spent many years playing music full-time in Manhattan. While living in New York, Wolff studied with several great pianists: Barry Harris (Keeper of the Bebop Flame), Mike Longo (Musical Director for Dizzy Gillespie), and Kenny Werner (Author of Effortless Mastery and a global music legend).

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Dmitry Kirichenko, piano
Feb
3
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Dmitry Kirichenko, piano

Monday, February 3, 2025
12 PM

Dmitry Kirichenko began his musical education under a Soviet system that selected only the best, most talented students for artistic study. At the age of 7, he was accepted into the Stolyarsky School of Music. Upon graduation he was accepted to the Moscow Conservatory for college level studies under Professor Zemliansky. One of the leading educational institutions in the world, the Moscow Conservatory is reserved for the most talented music students.

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Gregory Page, guitar
Jan
27
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Gregory Page, guitar

Monday, January 27, 2025
12 PM

Gregory Page is an eclectic, prolific, genre-bending performing songwriter, balladeer, recording artist, film maker, art activist, music producer, and published poet with an extensive discography. With endearing stage presence, evocative lyrics, masterful guitar work and warm voice, the London-born artist seamlessly draws from imagination and experience transcending traditions of folk, Celtic, Armenian, American Roots, ragtime, blues, swing and French Romanticism into his own signature idiom that has been described as “Americeltic.” 

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Ines Irawati, solo piano
Jan
13
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Ines Irawati, solo piano

Monday, January 13, 2025
12 PM

Known for her expressivity, virtuosity, and versatility, Indonesian-born pianist Ines Irawati is in demand both as a solo recitalist and a collaborative pianist. Ms. Irawati is currently serving as the music and artistic director of San Diego Opera's Young Artist Training Program, as well as its community outreach concert series, Opera Exposed! Concerts. She has served as a vocal coach and pianist at the Institute for Young Dramatic Voices, and she was the head vocal coach and collaborative piano faculty at Point Loma Nazarene University from 2004–2017.

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Rob Thorsen Trio
Dec
16
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Rob Thorsen Trio

Monday, December 16, 2024
12 PM

Jazz bassist Rob Thorsen maintains a diverse and busy schedule in Southern California as a performer, educator, clinician and composer. He has found his true voice in the upright bass and performs regularly as a leader with artists including the Mike Wofford/Holly Hofmann Quartet, Gilbert Castellanos, Charles McPherson, Steph Johnson and a host of others.

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Danny Green, solo piano
Dec
9
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Danny Green, solo piano

Monday, December 9, 2024
12 PM

Over the past decade, jazz pianist and Origin Records recording artist Danny Green has earned recognition as a bandleader and as a composer with a gift for spinning supple, absorbing narratives. Green’s growing portfolio of vibrant sounds – an enchanting mix of jazz, classical, and Brazilian rhythms – has captured the attention of critics around the world, including DownBeat Magazine, Jazziz, San Diego Union Tribune, the Boston Globe, and Public Radio International. It’s no small wonder that Green has earned two San Diego Music awards for Best Jazz Album and an additional award for Best Jazz Artist. Green takes listeners on a journey that is equal parts introspective and exuberant, and always compelling.

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Stanton Street Duo (Alan Roberto, harmonica & Tatiana Senderowicz, 7-string guitar)
Dec
2
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Stanton Street Duo (Alan Roberto, harmonica & Tatiana Senderowicz, 7-string guitar)

Monday, December 2, 2024
12 PM

The Stanton Street Duo is a chromatic harmonica and 7-string guitar ensemble based in San Francisco. Since their participation as finalists in the CAG Elmaleh Competition in NYC, the duo has performed across the US and Mexico. Praised for their virtuosity, intensity, and musicality, the Stanton Street Duo continues to attract a diverse range of audiences through their dynamic and electrifying live performances. Beyond their focus on elevating and reimagining traditional Latin American music styles, the Stanton Street Duo demonstrates their versatility and range in their performance of classical and film composers as well as their own original compositions. 

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Artonic
Nov
18
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Artonic

Monday, November 18, 2024
12 PM

As members of the San Diego Symphony, long time friends Jing and Julia were thrilled when kismet sent the matched set of long time friends Abraham and Nathan to join the orchestra at the same time. Through the pandemic the four discovered a remarkable shared musical chemistry, and recently have performed for a wide range of San Diego audiences—from thousands of migrant children housed at the convention center to symphony donors onstage at The Rady Shell.

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Trio Arpavioluta
Nov
4
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Trio Arpavioluta

Monday, November 4, 2024
12 PM

A versatile recitalist and chamber musician, violinist/violist Päivikki Nykter, is equally at home with standard repertoire as well as contemporary music. Cathy Blickenstaff holds a Master’s Degree in Flute Performance from the University of Colorado where she studied with Maralyn Prestia. Laura Vaughan began her study of music on the piano at age five with her mother, harpist and pianist, Donna Vaughan. She excelled on the harp at an early age and started studying with Sheila Sterling, former principal of the San Diego Symphony, at age nine.

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Me Kolme Trio (Päivikki Nykter, violin; Kyle Blair, piano & Robert Zelickman, clarinet)
Oct
28
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Me Kolme Trio (Päivikki Nykter, violin; Kyle Blair, piano & Robert Zelickman, clarinet)

Monday, October 28, 2024
12 PM

Robert Zelickman, clarinetist, has been teaching and performing in San Diego since 1982. A versatile recitalist and chamber musician, violinist/violist Päivikki Nykter, is equally at home with standard repertoire as well as contemporary music. Lyricism, complexity, and dissonance characterize the musical interests of pianist Kyle Blair.

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Chiara Capobianco, harp
Oct
21
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Chiara Capobianco, harp

Monday, October 21, 2024
12 PM

Chiara Capobianco was born in Milano, Italy in 1980. She is a music graduate in harp (10 year course) from Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi of Milano and a university graduate in musicology (3 year course) from Scuola di Paleografia e Filologia Musicale di Cremona (Università degli Studi di Pavia-Italy). When she was fifteen years old, she started playing with many different operatic and symphonic orchestras touring all over Europe.

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Jeff Berkley, guitar
Oct
7
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Jeff Berkley, guitar

Monday, October 7, 2024
12 PM

Jeff Berkley is a native San Diegan who has made music his life.  He has been called a San Diego legend, and it’s easy to understand why. Berkley’s musical contributions include his work in current bands Berkley Hart and Jeff Berkley & The Banned, as well as his solo performances. His previous bands include The Cry, The Redwoods, and Citizen Band. He is also known for his work with the many musicians he has produced in studios around the world, including his own. 

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Nick Montemarano & David Mehalko, Irish folk music
Sep
30
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Nick Montemarano & David Mehalko, Irish folk music

Monday, September 30, 2024
12 PM

Tenor banjo player Nick Montemarano and fiddle player David Mehalko will perform Irish folk music. After graduating from UCLA with a degree in music history, Montemarano explored Ireland. There Irish traditional music piqued his interest and led to years of learning the traditional style. Mehalko was the frontman for Irish/folk band Flashpoint and in 2014 was awarded first place in the senior fiddle competition at the Midwest Fleadh Cheoil.

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Joshua White, jazz piano
Sep
23
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Joshua White, jazz piano

Monday, September 23, 2024
12 PM

Joshua White is one of the music scene’s most creative and technically accomplished pianists. Praised by legendary musicians like Herbie Hancock as having “immense talent” and lauded for his “daring and courageous approach to improvisation … on the cutting edge of innovation,” Joshua has distinguished himself as a formidable leader of distinct voice among his peers.

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Naomi Hobbs, piano "American Music from Musicals & Movies”
Sep
16
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Naomi Hobbs, piano "American Music from Musicals & Movies”

Monday, September 16, 2024
12 PM

Naomi Hobbs was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. She earned her music degree at the Musashino Academia Musicae in Tokyo, where she also taught for 10 years. In 1998, the year before she moved to San Diego, she performed Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Piano Concerto with the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra. She was a music and piano instructor at San Diego Community College district for 10 years. Hobbs won first prize at the Seventh Annual International Piano Competition in Mexico in 2012 and was the gold medalist of the Sixth Annual Seattle International Piano Competition in 2015.

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Pei-Chun Tsai, violin
Sep
9
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Pei-Chun Tsai, violin

Monday, September 9, 2024
12 PM

Taiwanese violinist Pei-Chun Tsai received her Doctorate in Musical Arts from City University of New York with the publication of her dissertation on the violin writing of Richard Strauss. She also holds bachelor and master degrees in violin performance from The Juilliard School.

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Alejandro Brittes, Brazilian accordion, 7-string Brazilian guitar, contrabass
Sep
2
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Alejandro Brittes, Brazilian accordion, 7-string Brazilian guitar, contrabass

Monday, September 2, 2024
12 PM

Alejandro Brittes is an Argentine composer, accordionist and researcher of the music of the littoral region of Argentina. He has been residing in Porto Alegre, Brazil since 2010. He has more than 30 years of performing chamamé around the world. He researches the musical origins of the Chamamé rhythm, and the identity of that musical genre. He has toured with artists such as: Chango Spasiuk, Raúl Barboza, Os Fagundes, Elton Saldanha and done performances with Brazilian artists such as Luiza Possi.

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Loie Flood & Rosalind Richards, piano & flute
Aug
26
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Loie Flood & Rosalind Richards, piano & flute

Monday, August 26, 2024
12 PM

Pianist Loie Flood and flutist Rosalind Richards play regularly at many venues throughout San Diego. Rosalind is a member of a flute ensemble in Sorrento Valley and was a principal flutist at the La Jolla Civic Orchestra. Loie is an accompanist at UCSD for Phil Larson’s choir, and she plays violin with the La Jolla Civic Orchestra. Both are also members of a classical trio and play at weddings, parties, receptions, and libraries.

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Lesi Mei, solo piano
Aug
19
12:00 PM12:00
Mini-Concert

Lesi Mei, solo piano

Monday, August 19, 2024
12 PM

Lesi Mei has been involved in many fields—such as bioengineering and kinesiology—but piano and classical music have molded her into the person she is. In front of the keys, her background and personality manifest in dazzling virtuosity and stunning musicality.

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