Flute Bay Area - Calendar

Voices of Music presents The Romance of the Rose, a Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Stroll Through the Garden. Hanneke van Proosdij, recorder; Susan Rode Morris, soprano; Peter Maund, percussion; Natalie Cox, harp; and David Tayler, mandora. St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 1501 Washington Avenue. 8:00 p.m. Tickets $25, $20 seniors and students. Contact 510-236-9808 or www.voicesofmusic.org.

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San Francisco Contemporary Music Players present Pierre Boulez, Le marteau sans maitre for voice, flute, guitar, three percussion, and viola. Also music of Luca Francesconi, Zhou Long, Kaija Saariaho. Tod Brody, flute. Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street. Pre-concert talk at 7:15 p.m. Concert at 8:00. Tickets $28/$23 senior/$10 student. Contact www.sfcmp.org or 415-978-2787.

Left Coast Chamber Ensemble presents Happy Birthdays! Program includes works of Messiaen, Carter, Ravel, and Rorem. Stacey Pelinka, flute. 142 Throckmorton Theater, 142 Throckmorton Avenue. 8:00 p.m. Tickets $20 general/$15 seniors and students. Contact www.leftcoastensemble.org or 415-383-9600.

Wm. S. Haynes Co.'s Visit to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak Street, Room 501. 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. RSVP to Sarah Kelley at sarah@wmshaynes.com by 12/9 to be added to the guest list or to schedule a private appointment before or after the showing hours.

Trinity Chamber Concerts features flutist Elizabeth-Baptista Gaston in a solo performance of music by G. P. Telemann. Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana Street. 8:00 p.m. Tickets $12 general, $8 seniors. Contact trinitychamberconcerts.com or 510-549-3864.

San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra presents Jacques Ibert's Flute Concerto with flutist Jillian Yu and guest conductor Alasdair Neale. Program also includes Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances. San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall, 50 Oak Street. 8:00 p.m. Tickets $20 general, $15 seniors and non-SFCM students. Contact www.sfcm.edu or 415-503-6275.

A Christmas Spectacular, featuring the Ohlone Wind Orchestra, Ohlone Community Band, and the Ohlone Tuba Ensemble. Smith Center at Ohlone College, 43600 Mission Blvd. 3:00 p.m. Tickets at the door, $15 general, $10 seniors and students, $8 youth under 12. Contact 650-327-3214.

Vibrations in the Air, concert presented by Sonoma State University Chamber Winds Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble, R. Anderson Collinsworth and Jennifer Wilsey, Directors. Sonoma State University, Ives Concert Hall 119. 4:00 p.m. Free Admission. Contact 707- 664-2353.

San Francisco State University Flute Choir presents Aurora, a work for 16 flutes by Alaskan composer Richard Freeman Toole. Program also includes works by Tchaikovsky, Corelli, Bizet, and others. S.F.S.U. Creative Arts Bldg., Knuth Hall, Hollway Avenue. 7:30 p.m. Free admission. Contact director Gail Edwards for more info at flutege@sbcglobal.net.

Left Coast Chamber Ensemble presents Happy Birthdays! Program includes works of Messiaen, Carter, Ravel, and Rorem. Stacey Pelinka, flute. The Green Room, San Francisco War Memorial Performing Arts Center, 401 Van Ness Avenue (Second Floor above Herbst Theater). 8:00 p.m. Tickets $20 general, $15 seniors and students. Contact 415-642-8054 or ChMusic@dslextreme.com.

Trinity Chamber Concerts presents Les Graces, performing vocal chamber music of the Baroque period. Jennifer Paulino, soprano, Annette Bauer, recorders, Rebekah Ahrendt, viola da gamba, and Jonathan Rhodes Lee, harpsichord. Includes works of Purcell, Dowland, Marais, Couperin, and others. Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana Street. 8:00 p.m. Tickets $12 general, $8 seniors. Contact www.trinitychamberconcerts.com or 510-549-3864.

Voices of Music presents The Romance of the Rose, a Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Stroll Through the Garden. Hanneke van Proosdij, recorder; Susan Rode Morris, soprano; Peter Maund, percussion; Natalie Cox, harp; and David Tayler, mandora. St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 1111 O'Farrell Street. 8:00 p.m. Tickets $25, $20 seniors and students. Contact 510-236-9808 or www.voicesofmusic.org.

Noontime Concerts presents The Laurel Ensemble performing works of Durufle and Higdon. Sarah Holzman, flute. Old St. Mary's Cathedral, 660 California Street. 12:30 p.m. Contact 415-777-3211.

Pacific Performances presents The Laurel Ensemble performing works of Durufle, Higdon, and Brahms. Sarah Holzman, flute. 1220 Linda Mar Boulevard. 7:30 p.m. Contact 650-355-1882.

Trinity Chamber Concerts presents

Elizabeth-Baptista Gaston

in an earthy,

humorous take on the

Twelve Fantasias of

G.P. Telemann.

Saturday, December 13

at Trinity Chapel

in Berkeley.

See details here.