Program
Trio Sonata in C Minor from Musical Offering by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Drei Nachtstücke (1990) by Klaus Hinrich Stahmer (b. 1941) Hungarian Trio (2012) by Nathan Kolosko (b. 1975)
“Black Cedar forges a new repertoire with flair.” says San Francisco Classical Voice. The Black Cedar Trio’s accolades include multiple grants from the Zellerbach Family Foundation and InterMusic SF, an invite to the National Flute Association Convention, and a critically acclaimed 2016 debut album, A Path Less Trod. “While the instrumentation is unconventional, it is surprisingly effective,” writes Stephen Smoliar of The Rehearsal Studio. The trio’s commissions include Javier Contreras’ Tres Colores (2018), Andre Gueziec’s In the Spring (2018), Ursula Kwong-Brown’s In Transit (2017), Mark Fish’ The Devil Inside (2016), Miscellaneous Music (2015) by Durwynne Hsieh and Of Emblems (2014) by Garrett Shatzer. Their annual Local Composers in Public Libraries is in its fourth year of bringing contemporary music to new audiences in San Francisco and Berkeley, and their Chamber Music Outreach at the Arc of the East Bay has brought classical music to persons with developmental disabilities since 2013. Visit www.blackcedartrio.com for more information.
Kris Palmer is a winner of the Carmel Chamber Music Society Competition, a second prize winner in the National Flute Association Young Artist Competition, and a Carnegie Hall Recital Debut winner with Artists International. She is a former member of the New Mexico Symphony, and she holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts from Rice University. The New York Concert Review calls her “clearly among the few current performers on any instrument to fully understand the nature of French Baroque music.” www.krispalmer.com
Steven Lin is a winner of both the Boston GuitarFest Competition and the East Carolina University Guitar Competition. A recording artist for VGo Recordings, Steve has released two albums, Eliot Fisk Series Vol. 1, and Imagen. Classical Guitar magazine calls Lin “a confident player with a powerful sound, quick hands, and a solid musical memory.” Steve holds a Masters degree from the Yale School of Music and is the Professor of Guitar at San Jose State University. www.linguitar.com
Isaac Pastor-Chermak is Principal Cellist of Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony and Lake Tahoe Music Festival; Associate Principal Cellist of Stockton Symphony; Assistant Principal Cellist of Opera San Jose and Eisenstadt Classical Music Festival; and a member of Santa Barbara Symphony, Monterey Symphony, Santa Cruz Symphony, Dayton Philharmonic, Black Cedar Trio, and Ensemble 1828. Isaac earned a Bachelor of Arts, with honors, from U.C. Berkeley, and a Master of Music, with honors, from San Francisco Conservatory of Music. www.isaacpastorchermak.com
Welcome to our 2020 season of NOON CONCERTS! Our 2020 season runs from January thru June 2020 and features some of the most outstanding musicians from throughout the Bay Area and beyond. These classical concerts are free to the public and available on a first-come, first-serve basis. If you need ADA accommodations or have a group that wishes to attend please contact Barb at Barb@142ThrockmortonTheatre.org to make arrangements. The concerts are popular and do fill up so it is a good idea to plan ahead.
ABOUT NOON CONCERTS We have opened our doors for the past 7 + years and presented our Noon Concerts Series free of charge to the public. We bring in talented musicians, offering listeners the opportunity to discover the beauty of music in an intimate, accessible setting. Concerts are in a one-hour format and located in one of our street front settings where both audience and musicians can sit in vibrant, close proximity. Musicians often stay after the performance to informally speak about the program and their upcoming concerts.
NOON CONCERTS CURATOR We have had the good fortune to have Beni Shinohara as our Noon Concerts Curator over the last 4 years. She is a highly respected Bay Area musician who is in demand for her talent and dedication. She has made our Noon Concerts one of the areas sought after engagements for many performers.
SUPPORT Noon Concerts relies on the support of our community. Are you interested in helping us continue to provide high quality Noon Concerts as well as offer free and open access to our entire public? If so, we have many sponsor or donor opportunities available. Please contact Barb at Barb@142ThrockmortonTheatre.org
PERFORMERS If you are interested in being considered for one of our concert dates please contact Beni Shinohara at beni@142throckmortontheatre.org and include the information below. We do pay a small stipend to our performers.
- Bio or performance resume for each participating musician
- Summary of the proposed program (50-60 minutes in length)
- Contact Information (Name/Address/Telephone/Email)
- Requested time period/dates
ABOUT BENI SHINOHARA A native of Nagoya, Japan, violinist Beni Shinohara studied at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, where she earned a Master of Music degree. She also studied extensively in Europe with Sandor Vegh before coming to the United States. Beni has been the Assistant Principal Second violin for the San Francisco Opera Orchestra since 1988 and Assistant Concertmaster in the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra since 1990. She has appeared as a soloist with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony and the Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, the Houston Ballet Orchestra, and the Cabrillo Music Festival Orchestra. Over the years, she has premiered numerous twentieth-century Japanese composers’ works, participating in the “Music Today” Concert Series under the direction of Toru Takemitsu. She also performs with many with Bay Area chamber ensembles such as the Marin Chamber Players, Gold Coast Chamber Players, and the Edgewood Trio. She currently lives in Mill Valley with her husband Katsuto and their Flat-Coated Retriever, Myla.
