Calendar
featuring:
Netta Skog (Finland)
Gabe Hall-Rodriguez
Stas Venglevski
Joan Sommers with Stas
Cory Pesaturo
Matthias Matzke (Germany)
Those Darn Accordions
the Mad Maggies
The Great Morgani
Future Accordion Stars
Golden State Accordion Band
the GRAND FINALE!
More acts will be added as they are confirmed.
Link to Vendor Applications:
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PARKING AND SHUTTLE INFO HERE.
SHUTTLE PICK UP FROM SMART TRAIN AS WELL.
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AVAILABLE FOR SALE.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED PLEASE WRITE TO: merchandise@cotatifest.com
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featuring:
Netta Skog (Finland)
Gabe Hall-Rodriguez
Stas Venglevski
Joan Sommers with Stas
Cory Pesaturo
Matthias Matzke (Germany)
Those Darn Accordions
the Mad Maggies
The Great Morgani
Future Accordion Stars
Golden State Accordion Band
the GRAND FINALE!
More acts will be added as they are confirmed.
Link to Vendor Applications:
Apply now for best placement.
Link to Advertise in 2018 Souvenir Program.
PARKING AND SHUTTLE INFO HERE.
SHUTTLE PICK UP FROM SMART TRAIN AS WELL.
READ ABOUT IT HERE.
WE HAVE T-SHIRTS AND POSTERS
AVAILABLE FOR SALE.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED PLEASE WRITE TO: merchandise@cotatifest.com
and we will get back to you with availability and pricing.
See more at www.cotatifest.com
THE 73RD ANNUAL SEBASTOPOL APPLE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL 2019
Theme: It Takes a Village to Blossom
Celebrating the Rich Diversity of our Community!
Saturday April 13, 2019
Festival & Parade
(Parade starts at 10 am
on Main St.)
Sunday April 14, 2019
Festival and Blues Music Explosion
2019 Festival Features Live Blues Performers and awesome music from nearby & around the country.
Click for the full line up.
The Green Music Center begins its first full month of indoor programming with seven outstanding performances from what is arguably the most eclectic season to date. Presenting diverse artistic experiences that educate, connect, and inspire, performances will take place in both Weill Hall and Schroeder Hall.
The month begins with the widely acclaimed Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble performing works by Brahms and Mendelssohn, and more that highlight the ensembles uniqueness and passion for larger-scale chamber music repertoire (Oct 13).
Drawing its membership from the world-renowned chamber orchestra the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, which was founded by Sir Neville Marriner in 1958 and is currently led by Music Director Joshua Bell, the Chamber Ensemble was formed to perform the larger-scale chamber music repertoire with players who customarily worked together and have a passion for chamber music.
Program
Sally BEAMISH: Partita for String Octet
Johannes BRAHMS: Sextet for Strings in G-Major, op. 36
Felix MENDELSSOHN: Octet for Strings in Eb-Major, op. 20
The Green Music Center begins its first full month of indoor programming with seven outstanding performances from what is arguably the most eclectic season to date. Presenting diverse artistic experiences that educate, connect, and inspire, performances will take place in both Weill Hall and Schroeder Hall.
Established by an Act of Congress in 1798, the United States Marine Band is America’s oldest continuously active professional musical organization. Its mission is unique—to provide music for the President of the United States and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Now well into its third century of bringing music to the White House and to the American public, “The President’s Own” continues to affirm that the arts are an invaluable bridge between people.
The Green Music Center begins its first full month of indoor programming with seven outstanding performances from what is arguably the most eclectic season to date. Presenting diverse artistic experiences that educate, connect, and inspire, performances will take place in both Weill Hall and Schroeder Hall.
End of Life is an innovative project that presents readings of ancient Greek plays, Sophocles’ Philoctetes and Women of Trachis, as a catalyst for discussions about death, illness, palliative care, and the challenges faced by patients, families, and medical professionals today. This unique
participatory event is intended to promote powerful discussions with the audience, fostering knowledge and understanding about end of life issues and the mortality we all share.
Area service providers will be on hand to share information on relevant support services. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will offer a six-week program on end of life planning beginning in September.
The Green Music Center begins its first full month of indoor programming with seven outstanding performances from what is arguably the most eclectic season to date. Presenting diverse artistic experiences that educate, connect, and inspire, performances will take place in both Weill Hall and Schroeder Hall.
Christopher Houlihan is widely acknowledged as one of the brightest stars in the new generation of organists, hailed as “gifted” (New York Times), “dazzling” (Wall Street Journal), and “a true revelation” (Los Angeles Times). Houlihan has performed at major venues across the country, including the Kennedy Center. Hear what he does with Schroeder Hall’s exquisite Brombaugh Opus 9 organ.
Program
BACH: Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
SCHUMANN: from Four Sketches for Pedal Piano, op. 58
GUILMANT: March on a theme by Handel
Visionary artist, choreographer, writer, and educator, Liz Lerman will discuss her artistic process through the lens of her newest project Wicked Bodies. After a week long residency at Sonoma State to develop the piece and to work with faculty and students, Liz and her company will also share excerpts from the work.
Following the successful 2017 tour celebrating the music of Memphis, Take Me To The River – New Orleans LIVE! gathers some of the most influential figures of modern New Orleans funk, R&B, soul, and jazz together on the same stage for a night of unforgettable music.
Featuring – The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Ivan Neville, Ian Neville, Walter “Wolfman” Washington plus Mardi Gras Indians with “Big Chief” Monk Boudreaux of The Golden Eagles and “Big Chief” Romeo of the 9th Ward Hunters
Hailed by The Washington Post for his “poised and imaginative playing,” Filipino-American pianist Victor Santiago Asunción made his orchestral debut at the age of 18 with the Manila Chamber Orchestra, and his New York recital debut in Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall in 1999. In the years since, he has appeared in concert halls in Brazil, France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, and the Philippines, as a recitalist and concerto soloist.
Program
Franz LISZT: 6 Grandes Etudes de Paganini
Maurice RAVEL: Miroirs
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 23 (Appassionata)