The 8th Annual Organist's Kaleidophone!

Dear Friends,

Come and warm up your New Year celebrations early with the magic and majestic sounds of our Aeolien-Skinner 3-manual Pipe Organ!

On New Year's Eve, at 4 PM, five local Organists will entertain you with mosaics of musical styles and genres from the Baroque to the Contemporary, in solos, duets and trios, with all highlighting the art of organ playing.

Organists Ann Thiermann, Bruce Sawhill, Colin Whitby-Strevens, Leah Parker and Vlada Volkova-Moran will be joined by Tatiana Rekow (oboe, saxophone), Joanne Tanner (violin), Lars Johannesson (flute), Eva Sweazey and Jorge Torrez on the dance floor, Daniel Harvey as MC, and others.

Start your New Year celebrations early with the Organist's Kaleidophone concert on Monday, December 31st at 4 PM, at the First Congregational Church, 900 High Street in Santa Cruz. 

June Concerts

Songs of Destiny

Friday, June 8, 2012 - 8:00pm

Sunday, June 10, 2012 - 4:00pm

Holy Cross Church
126 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Get Directions:

Location Map

Where are we going? What is our destiny?

In its spring concerts on June 8 and 10, the Santa Cruz Chorale will explore the themes of fate and destiny in lyrical and evocative works by 19th, 20th and 21st century composers. The concerts will include such pieces as Brahms' Nenia and Schicksalslied; Beethoven's Elegischer Gesang; two songs by Samuel Barber: Sure On This Shining Night, and Let Down the Bars, O Death; Amor de Mi Alma by Z. Randall Stroope; They That Mourn by Kirke Mechem; and Lord, Let Me Know Mine End by Charles Parry, which features two choirs. 

The music for the Chorale’s June concerts is beautiful and powerful, varied and uplifting. Artistic Director Christian Grube has assembled a program that is sure to resonate with audiences through its lyricism and artistic treatment of love, loss and uncertainty.

Spring Piano Recital


when: Saturday, June 2nd, 2 p.m.
where: First Congregational Church, Santa Cruz, 900 High Street
Reception follows.
Invite all your friends, neighbors, and  relatives! Let's celebrate!

Santa Cruz Youth Symphony Spring Concert — Aptos HIgh School Performing Arts Center, on May 20, at 3:00 pm, featuring our concerto winners Kevin Dong (violin), & Tyler Hayford (piano).

Spring Concert repertoire: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major - W. A. Mozart Symphonie Espagnole - Edouard Lalo Pavane pour une infante défunte - Ravel Carmen Suite - Bizet

  Composer's Showcase!

Tanya Davidson and Vlada Volkova-Moran are hosting 3rd Annual Composer's Showcase!

When: Saturday, May 19th, at 2 p.m.
Where: 115 Berkshire street
What: Presentation and music of three local composers:
          Harlan Otter
          Evan Merz
          John Horowitz
          Piano student's recital with their original compositions,
                            and
          Celebrational Reception!
     

Gilded Lilies

Saturday, March 31st, 7:30 p.m,

Holy Cross Church

Dear friends,

It is going to be a lovely concert!

I'll be playing beautiful settings of Choral Preludes by Bach and Brahms, Prelude and Fugue by Mendelssohn (mix of baroque form, and very romantic spirit), and dramatic Fugue by Schumann ( based on BACH). The organ and acoustics of Holy Cross Church is such an amazing match - you'll be in haven from the sound!

Featuring Ariose Singers (Michael McGushin, director),
Vlada Moran (organ) & Sheila Willey (soprano).

The Baroque Festival's next concert showcases medieval, renaissance and baroque choral masterworks in their pristine glory, alongside intriguing re-interpretations by later generations of composers, who transformed familiar heirlooms into sensitive and sophisticated new works. Performing are Ariose Singers, a choral ensemble of skilled singers under the direction of Michael McGushin, as well as soprano soloist Sheila Willey, with Vlada Moran on organ. We invite our audience to revel with romantics such as Mendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms and their settings of organ works by J.S. Bach, and Charles Gounod's beloved 'Ave Maria'.

This concert takes place on March 31, 2012 at 7:30pm at Holy Cross Church in Santa Cruz. Tickets can be purchased through the UCSC Ticket Office (www.santacruztickets.com, 831-459-2159) and the Civic Center Box Office. Ticket prices range between $3-23. For more information please visit www.scbaroque.org

Winter Piano Recital

When: Saturday, January 14th, 2 p.m.

Where: First Congregational Church,

Santa Cruz, 900 High Street

Reception with a grand-cake follows!

Our 7th Annual Organist's Kaleidophone was an exciting and successful event. Our thanks to all who attended, and to all the musicians who made it so eventful.

Follow the link below to read what the Santa Cruz Sentinel had to say...

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_19653022

At First Congregational Church in Santa Cruz, musicians herald the new year with annual concert