We invite you to join us for our Noon Concert Series held every Wednesday at Noon. Concerts last approximately an hour and we present many talented Bay Area performers in an intimate setting.
Program Wednesday, December 30 Noon
Divesh Karamchandani, Marimba and Sinela Aghasi Moshabad, Violin
Cello Suite No. 1- Prelude Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Histoire du tango Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
1.Bordel 1900
2.Cafe 1930
3.Nightclub 1960
Violin Partita No. 2- Allemande Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Sonata No. 1- Presto
Legal Highs David p. Jones (b. 1958)
1. Mr. Coffee
2. Menthology
3. Sweet Thing
Sinella Aghasi Moshabad graduated from CSU Stanislaus with the honor of Magna Cum Laude in 2014. She received her Bachelor’s degrees in Instrumental Music Education and Violin Performance. Sinella was accepted into the San Francisco School of Music and Dance for her Master’s Degree in violin performance with a full scholarship starting Fall 2014. Sinella has studied the violin with Zakarias Grafilo, Geoffrey Mulder, Ali Jafari Pouyan, Golriz Zarbakhsh, and Nima Zahedi. She was accepted into the music high school of Tehran-Iran at the age of 11 and earned her diploma in music specializing in the violin with a minor in voice. Sinella has performed in different countries and cities as a violinist and vocalist. Sinella has sung in Townsend Opera’s productions. She took voice lessons with Shahla Milani, and Dr. Daniel Afonso, and was a member of the CSUS Chamber Singers for couple of years. She won the first place in the International Christian Music Festival in 2010. Sinella joined Sigma Alpha Iota, the international music fraternity in 2011, and served as the musicale chair. Sinella was chosen as the outstanding student of the year from the CSUS Music Department, and received the Dean’s award of excellence. Sinella was nominated for membership, and initiated into the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi chapter of CSU Stanislaus. She was also awarded the scholarship of the Special Talent from the Assyrian American Association of Southern California in 2011. Sinella wont the Concerto Competition at SF State in 2014. She has served as the concertmaster of the San Francisco State Symphony Orchestra, CSU Stanislaus Symphony Orchestra, and has performed in different orchestras, such as Townsend Opera Orchestra, and MJC community orchestra. She performed as a soloist with the Mesopotamia Orchestra in 2014. In addition to several performances, Sinella’s passion for the Music Education has never stopped from growing. She served as the orchestra manager, and taught different classes at the CSUS Summer Music Camp for four years. She was the assistant conductor of Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra for two years. She was the violin instructor at the Healing Nation- non-profit organization in Modesto. She is currently the string coach at the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra’s Education Department, and she is the classroom music teacher at St. Anne Elementary School. Sinella has her own violin studio, and she enjoys very much teaching younger students.
Divesh Karamchandani graduated in 2012 with a Bachelor of Music in percussion performance and instrumental music education, after which he quickly embarked on what is already a successful and decorated career. He recently earned a master’s degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, having studied with world-renowned percussionist Jack Van Geem. He is now the principal percussionist for the Modesto-based Townsend Opera Players and a member of the U.S. Beacon Artist Association, with recent performances including the Townsend Opera productions of “La Traviata” and “La Boheme.”
Karamchandani is equally passionate about and accomplished in his teaching. He is the youngest teaching artist in the San Francisco Symphony’s Instrument Training and Support Program and is the Director of Percussion at San Francisco’s Phillip & Sala Burton High School. He also gives weekly lessons at middle schools and high schools in the San Francisco Unified School District and returns to CSU Stanislaus each year to teach at the University’s Summer Music camp
Some of our past performers have been:
Ray Capiral, pianist, composer and teacher, graduated from University of California, Los Angeles, in 2009. He enjoyed an active career as a private teacher and gigging musician in L.A. for ten years before moving north, and has now resided in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2011. Currently, Mr. Capiral serves as the music director at Open Door United Methodist Church (Richmond) and pianist and organist at Mira Vista United Church of Christ (El Cerrito), and enjoys part-time work at Avenue Yarns in Albany. Between knitting, spinning at his spinning wheel, and playing the piano, one can assume Mr. Capiral is likely taking in the sights at Land’s End, wandering around Angel Island, or fantasizing about snowboarding in Tahoe.
Eric is a graduate of Stanford University and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. During his studies, he was the winner of the concerto competitions of both institutions. In 2013, he was awarded the prestigious Robert M. Golden Medal for outstanding contributions to the arts. As a composer, he won the Pacific Musical Society Composition Prize 2014, and his sets of children’s music have been programmed for over six years on the syllabus of the US Open Music Competition. His music has been performed by the St. Lawrence String Quartet, the Friction Quartet, his generous friends, and his adorable piano students.Eric also comprises one half of the notorious “Happy Dog” piano duo, with his piano partner, Nathan Cheung. For over a decade, they have performed four-hands originals, transcriptions, and classics alike with a focus on bringing humor and joy to the classical music world. In his spare time, he enjoys a good game of Go.
Taija Warbelow, originally from Fairbanks, Alaska, is the violist in the Bay Area based Friction Quartet. She studied at the Juilliard Pre-College with Toby Appel and at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with Jodi Levitz. Though bios are a necessary part of being a performer, she feels they are impersonal and would prefer for audiences to get to know her through her playing and by talking to her after the performance.
Bassist Eugene Theriault is a born and raised San Francisco native. He graduated with a B.M. from the Oberlin Conservatory and an M.M. from the San Francisco Conservatory, where he studied with Scott Haigh and Steve Tramontozzi, respectively. The performance of new music has been a part of his life since high school and he continues to be a strong supporter of contemporary music, performing most recently with the San Francisco Conservatory’s New Music Ensemble, Opera Parallele, and the Berkeley Symphony. He currently works as a freelance performer and teacher in the Bay Area, and enjoys playing a wide range of musics.
