May Festival Programs

For our 19th anniversary festival season, we present three unique main stage programs. Program 1 is at Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History on Tuesday May 26th, 5:00-6:00 p.m. Free admission. Programs 2 and 3 are at Samper Recital Hall on the Cabrillo College campus on Saturday, May 30th, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 31st, at 2:00 p.m. Tickets will go on sale by April 2nd.

In addition to our main stage programs, on Wednesday May 27th between 11:00 and 12:30 p.m., we present free pop-up concerts at the legendary Bookshop Santa Cruz featuring festival artists alongside local talent. Each pop-up will include a 19-person string orchestra, and we are looking for up to 30 musicians. Sign up by March 1st and we will notify selected players by March 9th. Click HERE for more details including repertoire and simple instructions on how to sign up. 

 
 

  • We present a 1-hour program featuring Ensemble San Francisco string quartet in the Atrium of Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History. Free admission.

  • On Wednesday May 27th, we present free pop-up concerts at the legendary Bookshop Santa Cruz. From 11:00-11:30 a.m. and 12:00-12:30 p.m. enjoy different programs featuring festival artists alongside local talent.

  • Join us for a free concert featuring El Sistema PV Youth Orchestra at Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History from 7:00 to 7:30 p.m.

  • Join us for an evening program (7:30 p.m.) at Samper Recital Hall featuring Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du soldat.

  • Join us for an afternoon program (2:00 p.m.) at Samper Recital Hall featuring Bradenburg Concertos Nos. 2, 4, and 5.

 

Tues May 26, 5:00-6:00 p.m.

  • Joseph Haydn String Quartet in C op. 20 no. 2

    Performed by Jennifer Choi, Rebecca Jackson-Picht, Jessica Chang, and Angela Lee

  • Max Richter On the Nature of Daylight

    Performed by Jennifer Choi, Rebecca Jackson-Picht, Jessica Chang, and Angela Lee

Samper Recital Hall: Saturday May 30, 7:30 p.m.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Major, BWV 848

    Performed by Paolo Bordignon

  • Francois Couperin Le tic-toc-choc (from Dixhuitième Ordre)

    Performed by Paolo Bordignon

  • Brian Raphael Nabors Seven Dances

    Performed by Julietta Curenton, Ashley Smith, and Evan Kahn

  • Payton MacDonald Devil Dance for flute and hand drum

    Performed by Julietta Curenton and Sohrab Bazargannia

  • Stravinsky Soldier's Tale for Trombone, Trumpet, Bassoon, Clarinet, Violin, Bass, Percussion

    Performed by Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, Omar Lateef, Nick Platoff, Leah Kohn, Ashley Smith, Ethan Moffitt, Sohrab Bazargannia, and narrator Abigail Kaun.

Samper Recital Hall: Sunday May 31, 2:00 p.m.

  • Arcangelo Corelli Sonata da Chiesa in A major Op.3, No.12

    Performed by Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, Rebecca Jackson-Picht, Evan Kahn, and Paolo Bordignon

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Clarinet Quintet in f-sharp minor, Op. 10 Larghetto affetuoso

    Performed by Ashley Smith, Rebecca Jackson-Picht, Niv Ashkenazi, Alexandra Leem, and Evan Kahn

  • Polina Nazaykinskaya “Adagio” from Symphony for Strings

    World Premiere arrangement for MiM festival musicians Omar Butler, Julietta Curenton, Ashley Smith, Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, Niv Ashkenazi, Rebecca Jackson-Picht, Alexandra Leem, Evan Kahn, and Ethan Moffitt.

  • J.S. Bach Bradenburg Concerto No. 4

    Performed by Julietta Curenton, Ráyo Furuta, Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, Rebecca Jackson-Picht, Niv Ashkenazi, Alexandra Leem, Evan Kahn, Ethan Moffitt, and Paolo Bordignon

  • J.S. Bach Bradenburg Concerto No. 5

    Performed by Paolo Bordignon, Julietta Curenton, Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, Rebecca Jackson-Picht, Niv Ashkenazi, Alexandra Leem, Evan Kahn, and Ethan Moffitt.

  • J.S. Bach Bradenburg Concerto No. 2

    Performed by Julietta Curenton, Omar Lateef, Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, Gabriel Young, Rebecca Jackson-Picht, Niv Ashkenazi, Alexandra Leem, Evan Kahn, Ethan Moffitt, and Paolo Bordignon.