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

The 7th Annual Organist's Kaleidophone!

Dear Friends,

Come - prolong the spirit of Christmas and ride into the New Year with the colorful sounds of Aeolien-Skinner 3-manual Pipe Organ at the First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz.

On New Year's Eve, at 4 PM, four prominent local Organists will entertain you with mosaics of musical styles and genres: from Bach to Bernstein, from the serious to the comical, sharing the art of organ playing.

Organists Ann Thiermann, Bruce Sawhill, Colin Whitby-Strevens and Vlada Volkova-Moran will be joined by Tatiana Rekow (oboe, saxophone), Nick Royal (mandolin), and Daniel Harvey (tenor, narrator, and MC).

Start your New Year celebrations early with the Organist's Kaleidophone Concert on Saturday, December 31^st at 4 PM, at the First Congregational Church, 900 High Street in Santa Cruz. Admission is free, and all donations will go to the Organ Maintenance Fund. A traditional reception of Champagne, Sparkling Cidar and Chocolates follows!

Halloween Spooktacular!

Piano Recital

at "haunted" Sunshine Villa

on

Saturday, October 22nd,

10:30 a.m.

Did you know...That ...

"...the Sunshine Villa was previously the old McCray Hotel and its dark past holds plenty of history within its walls and surroundings. Legends say that before the classic Victorian was built on the property in the 1860s, the Ohlone Indians performed rituals there and utilized it as sacred Indian burial grounds." (read more about it in Aubrey Graves's book "Supernatural Santa Cruz")

Santa Cruz Chorale in Concerts

Dear friends, if you enjoy choral music, this is concert not to miss...Beautiful voices, insightful and highly skillful conductor, and you can hear me playing harpsichord in the orchestra...

See you there,

Vlada

Christian Grube, Conductor and Artistic Director

Friday, June 17, 2011 - 7:00pm

Our Lady Help of Christians

2401 E. Lake Avenue, Watsonville

Saturday, June 18, 2011 - 8:00pm

Holy Cross Church

126 High Street, Santa Cruz

Sunday, June 19, 2011 - 4:00pm

Holy Cross Church

126 High Street, Santa Cruz

Ode to St. Cecilia

St. Cecilia’s biography is shrouded in mystery, and the supposed events leading to her sainthood are more fantasy than fact. Nonetheless, she has been revered for centuries as the patron saint of musicians, and countless compositions have been composed in her honour. The Santa Cruz Chorale will present two of Henry Purcell’s compositions dedicated to St. Cecilia: “Welcome to all the Pleasures: Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day 1683,” and “Te Deum and Jubilate: for St. Cecilia’s Day 1694”. Purcell’s compositions will stand in contrast to the 20th century “Hymn to St. Cecilia” (Op. 27) by Benjamin Britten—who himself was born on St. Cecilia’s day.