Music in May

The 6th Season of Music in May’s World-Class Chamber Music Concerts

SANTA CRUZ — Music in May (Mim) presents its 6th season with concerts on Friday, May 17 and Saturday, May 18, 2013. This season, for the first time, both Mim concerts will feature all-female musicians performing astonishing rare jewels of chamber music placed together in thoughtful thematic settings with wonderful cross-connections. The composite effect will be ravishing. In addition to continuing to present interactive programs for local youth, Mim will be extending its outreach this year to youth from the Homeless Services Center.

Music in May brings renowned musicians to Santa Cruz, California in a weekend full of chamber music concerts. The intent of Mim is to expand and broaden the audience of classical music, impact youth, and increase awareness of and develop relationships with other local non-profit organizations serving the Santa Cruz community.

Music in May 2013 Season 6

Music in May and Santa Cruz Sister City Support
First Congregational Church 900 High Street, Santa Cruz

Friday, May 17, 6:30 PM Pre-concert lecture 7:30 PM Concert $20 advance/$25 door. The program is an adventure in rich romantic color with the beloved Violin Sonata by César Franck, the Spanish impressionism of Enrique Granados (Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 49) and a mesmerizing 20th century masterwork by Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera (Pampeana No. 2 for cello and piano). Franck Sonata for violin and piano in A Major (1886) Ginastera Pampeana No. 2 Rhapsody for cello and piano (1950) Granados Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 49 (1985)

Saturday, May 18, 6:30 PM Pre-concert lecture 7:30 PM Concert $20 advance/$25 door. The concert is a revelation of 20th century works including Claude Debussy’s rarefied late Cello Sonata, Samuel Barber’s String Quartet featuring the original version of his ineffable “Adagio for Strings”, and a well-matched treat from Edward Elgar (Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 84) that demonstrates his unique blend of late romanticism and English pastoralism, as well as his farewell to a bygone era. Debussy Sonata for cello and piano (1915) Barber String Quartet Op. 11 (1936) Elgar Piano Quintet in A Minor, Op. 84 (1918)

Each performance is preceded by a free pre-concert lecture presented by musicologist Kai Christiansen.

Mim 2013 welcomes:

• Violinist In Sun Jang of the San Francisco Symphony (a graduate of Juilliard and New England Conservatory, Jang was a top prize winner at the Henry Szeryng Violin Competition; prior to coming to San Francisco, she served as concertmaster of New World Symphony).
• Cellist Sarah Rommel (a silver medalist in the 2007 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition as a member of the Newman Quartet, Rommel is a recent graduate of Curtis).
• Returning this year is violist Alexandra Leem of the Santa Fe Opera.
• Pianist Amy Yang (a graduate of Curtis, Juilliard, and Yale, The Philadelphia Inquirer says of Yang: “artistically, [she] has fully arrived”).
• Mim Artistic Director and violinist Rebecca Jackson (who The San Francisco Examiner has described as “riveting”).

Mim is proud to announce its partnership with fiscal sponsor Santa Cruz Sister City Support (“SCSCS”), a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization here in Santa Cruz that will link Mim with our sister city, Puerta la Cruz in Venezuela.

Tickets are available now and range from $20-$25, with discounts for advance purchases. More details as well as full artists’ bios can be found online at www.musicinmay.org.

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For Tickets: Phone: (800) 838-3006 – Online: www.brownpapertickets.com – In Person: Soif Wine Bar, 105 Walnut Ave., Downtown Santa Cruz