spring performances - FREE!
we're putting together a lovely program of more "BELLA Moments Musicaux" to celebrate this beautiful spring season. join us at the bing concert series at stanford hospital (wed, may 30th at 1230pm) or at the san francisco community music center (sunday, june 3rd at 7:30pm) and enjoy.
the performances are free and open to the public - bring lots of friends, we promise to inspire!
you did it!
dear Family, Friends and Fans,
THANK YOU FOR GENEROUS SUPPORT!
we are pleased to announce that we raised all the funds needed to match the scholarship we were awarded to attend the highly selective renowned Chamber Music Residency at the Banff Arts Centre next month! we can't wait for this opportunity to learn and grow under the guidance of some of today's best world-class professional performing artists.
and, we look forward to bringing back what we learned to our audiences when we are back on stage this Fall!
gratefully,
Mimi, Gabriel and Stephanie
we need your help!
We have been selected to participate in the world renown Chamber Music Residency at the Banff Arts Centre this June, along with 40 other members of elite up-and-coming ensembles chosen by audition from all across the globe.
World-class professional artists, including Director, Barry Shiffman (Violin), Mark Steinberg (Violin), Donald Weilerstein (Violin), James Boyd (Viola), Joel Krosnick (Cello), Gilbert Kalish (Piano), and Vivian Hornik Weilerstein (Piano) will be guiding us through master classes, coachings and performances.
We will also have an opportunity to use the recording facilities to work on our first CD.
WE NEED YOUR HELP to match the scholarship we have been awarded from the Banff Centre.
DONATE NOW (click here) and help us launch our journey to Banff, an idillyc center inspiring artists to perfect their craft and build programming and bring the highest quality chamber music performances back to our communities.
All donations are 100% tax deductible through our fiscal sponsor, the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music.
World-class professional artists, including Director, Barry Shiffman (Violin), Mark Steinberg (Violin), Donald Weilerstein (Violin), James Boyd (Viola), Joel Krosnick (Cello), Gilbert Kalish (Piano), and Vivian Hornik Weilerstein (Piano) will be guiding us through master classes, coachings and performances.
We will also have an opportunity to use the recording facilities to work on our first CD.
WE NEED YOUR HELP to match the scholarship we have been awarded from the Banff Centre.
DONATE NOW (click here) and help us launch our journey to Banff, an idillyc center inspiring artists to perfect their craft and build programming and bring the highest quality chamber music performances back to our communities.
All donations are 100% tax deductible through our fiscal sponsor, the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music.
DONATE ONLINE HERE
or
WRITE A CHECK to the SF Friends of Chamber Music.
Please note "BELLA Trio" on your check.
Then mail it to:
BELLA Trio | 1250 Leavenworth Street, 3rd Floor | SF, CA 94109
or
WRITE A CHECK to the SF Friends of Chamber Music.
Please note "BELLA Trio" on your check.
Then mail it to:
BELLA Trio | 1250 Leavenworth Street, 3rd Floor | SF, CA 94109
Contributions of $100 or more will secure your invitation to a VIP Donors Recital in the Fall of 2012 and a professionally produced CD recording.
while steph's away ... the shostakovich sonata for cello and piano
while steph is on tour with world famous indie-rock band, death cab for cutie, gabriel and mimi are preparing the shostakovich sonata for cello and piano. who's having more fun? well, it's comparing apples and oranges ...
catch the first and second movements next week at the morrison artists series master class at sf state university with the trio valtorna.
it's free and open to the public!
let's celebrate SPRING!
Join us at Trinity Chapel in Berkeley - we're offering a full course aural meal, complete with appetizers and palate cleansers ....
Update on 2012-04-01 21:07 by BELLA
A romantic evening indeed.
Rain on the outside, but a warm gathering of friends and music making on the inside of an acoustically special chapel, filled with spirit. It was an amazing experience. See you at the next one!
yo-yo ma as global ambassador - this speaks our collective mission, and how we can contribute through music
join us for a beautiful spring program at the sf conservatory TONIGHT!
Beethoven and Schubert - what more could you ask for on a lovely Spring evening?
Bring a Friend and be amongst friends - we look forward to playing for you!
Update on 2012-03-26 04:49 by BELLA
we're going to BANFF this summer!
We're thrilled to have been chosen to spend three weeks this summer with James Boyd - Viola, Mark Steinberg - Violin, Geoff Nuttall - Violin, James Parker - Piano, Denis Brott - Cello, Donald Weilerstein - Violin, Vivian Hornik Weilerstein - Piano, Joel Krosnick - Cello at the reknown Banff Centre's Chamber Music Residency for Pre-formed ensembles.
We're eager to learn and perform and record with some of the greatest artists in the field. Our only regret is that we'll be missing all of our friends at the St. Lawrence String Quartet's Summer Seminar which we were looking forward to! Next year ...