2008- 2009 Season

“Skip the Commute!”

Sat., Nov. 1, 2008 7:15 PM Pre-Concert talk 8:00 PM Concert Americana...from cowboy songs to jaze and Ragtime Romps Music at the Mission at Old Mission San Jose 43300 Mission Blvd. Fremont, CA 94539	Thurs, Oct 30, 2008 5:30 PM Doors Open 6:00 PM Concert Americana...from cowboy songs to jaze and Ragtime Romps Music@Market at St. Joseph Cathedral 80 S. Market St. San Jose, 95113
Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Michael Chabon wrote: “America’s artists are the guardians of the spirit of questioning, of innovation, of reaching across the barriers that fence us off from our neighbors, from our allies and adversaries, from the six billion other people with whom we share this dark and dazzling world… Art increases the sense of our common humanity.” From the cowboy songs of the old West through the jazz and ragtime romps of the early 20th Century; from the breakthrough of America’s first acclaimed woman composer to the nostalgic tunes of transplanted cultures, we find a rich and diverse art reflective of the great American spirit of adventure, courage and humor! ARTISTS: Robin Sharp, Violin / Ken Freudigman, Cello / Aileen Chanco, Piano PRE-CONCERT LECTURER: Gloria Eive PROGRAM: Sonata for Violin & Piano by J. Corigliano / Piano Trio, op. 150 by A. Beach / “American Vignettes-6 American Folk Songs for Cello & Piano by S. Paulus / Café Music by P. Shoenfield
Fri., Feb 20, 2009 7:15 PM Pre-Concert talk 8:00 PM Concert Tragedia, Commedia y Piazzolla Music at the Mission Old Mission San Jose 43300 Mission Blvd. in Fremont	Thurs, Feb. 19, 2009 5:30 PM Doors Open 6:00 PM Concert Tragedia, Commedia y Piazzolla Music@Market 80 S. Market St. San Jose, CA 95113
Back by popular demand, we welcome the return of Quinteto Quilombo for an exciting exploration of the life and music of Astor Piazzolla. Fusing the tango music of his native Argentina with classical and jazz, Piazzolla created a genre all his own. Never wavering from his ideal, he spent five decades battling both skeptics from the classical world and purists from the tango world. This program will explore the intersections of Piazzolla’s contrasting worlds, ending with a set of his tangos performed in his original quintet instrumentation. ARTISTS: Seth Asarnow, Bandoneon / Ertan Torgul, Violin / Paul Binkley, Electric Guitar / Aileen Chanco, Piano / Bill Everett, Double Bass PRE-CONCERT LECTURER: Bill Everett PROGRAM: Quintets by A. Piazzolla and more.
Sat., Apr 25, 2009 7:30 PM Pre-Concert Lecture 8:00 PM Concert "Russia, From Revolution to Rebirth" Music at the Mission Old Mission San Jose 43300 Mission Blvd. in Fremont Ticket information	Thurs, Apr 23, 2009 5:30 PM Doors Open 6:00 PM Concert "Russia, From Revolution to Rebirth" Music@Market 80 S. Market St. San Jose, CA 95113 Ticket information
Rarely has politics and art intertwined as it did in 20th Century Russia. Explore a century of Russian music from the nationalist Romantic music under the Tsar, through the Social Realist promotion of the Marxist ideal; from the treacherous battles of Shostakovich and the Soviet authorities, to the rebirth of the avant-garde in the post-Stalin years. ARTISTS: Neil Tatman, Oboe / Bill Everett, Double Bass / Michael Graham, Cello / Aileen Chanco, Piano / Ertan Torgul, Violin PRE-CONCERT LECTURER: Bill Everett PROGRAM: Sonata no. 1 for Cello & Piano by N. Miaskowsky / Piano Trio no. 2 by D. Shostakovich / “Three Funny Pieces” by R. Shchedrin / Quintet op. 39 by S. Prokofiev