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Last year, midway into
Steinway Society of Riverside County’s awards festival, COVID-19 forced closure of Xavier High School, where the event was being held, forcing an abrupt change from live performances to self-recorded recitals.
This year,
Jim McCormick, director of the awards festival program, was ready and well-adapted for a sophisticated live Zoom event that was held over two Sundays, March 7 and 14.
“After some initial ‘birthing pains,’ the process of virtual connection in education via Zoom and other platforms has become almost second nature,” McCormick said. “We still encountered a few surprise kinks along the way, but, as with anything else, when you give it your attention and continue to refine it, the virtual connection works so much better than many of us would have expected.”
Junior Bach Festival Honors Concert
An all-Bach live stream concert showcasing young musicians from Northern California. Selected through professionally adjudicated auditions, the event will feature gifted performers under age 21.
4 p.m. March 28.
Viewing available on the Old First Concerts YouTube channel. $20 suggested donation. 415-474-1608. oldfirstconcerts.org
The Calix String Quartet is scheduled to perform on March 21 from the Berkeley Piano Club as well as on March 25 at the S.F. Conservatory of Music. Photo: Berkeley Piano Club
Cal Performances at Home
Mitsuko Uchida
Recorded live from London’s Wigmore Hall for this Cal Performances at Home event, the pianist presents interpretations of Schubert in a recital dedicated to the composer’s piano works featuring “Impromptu” in A-flat Major, “Impromptu” in C minor and “Sonata” in G Major.
Chronicle Staff February 16, 2021Updated: February 22, 2021, 8:12 am
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‘Black Joy’ explored in Black History Month artist panel hosted by James Lick Middle School
The concept of “Black Joy” has meant different things to different Black individuals over the years: For some it is performing acts to push for inclusion, for others it’s the feeling of accomplishment when racial divides are challenged, and some define it simply as the feeling of resistance they experience just daring to exist in society.
To celebrate Black History Month, the African American Student Success Team at James Lick Middle School is presenting an online conversation, titled “Forward Together: Celebrating Black Joy in the Performing Arts,” hosted by Keith Carames and Whitnee Garrett-Walker.
One of the worldâs most accomplished tuba soloists appears at Arts at Ascension Friday, Feb. 12.
Patrick Sheridan will appear in concert with Charles Szczepanek at Church of the Ascension starting at 7 p.m. Pianist Szczepanek is founder and artistic director of Arts at Ascension.
Seating this season is limited. Tickets are $30 each and are available at the parish office. Call 480-837-1066 for availability.
Sheridan has performed at Arts at Ascension in past seasons. He also has performed more than 3,000 concerts in more than 50 countries in venues ranging from the White House to NBA half-time shows to the Hollywood Bowl.