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. Links to book tickets are below.
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.
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We present a 1-hour program featuring Ensemble San Francisco string quartet performing in the Atrium of Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History. Free admission.
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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.
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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.
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Join us for an evening program (7:30 p.m.) at Samper Recital Hall featuring Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du soldat.
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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.
Museum of Art and History
Free Concert Admission
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Beethoven Eyeglasses WoO 32
Performed by Jessica Chang and Angela Lee
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Joseph Haydn String Quartet in C op. 20 no. 2
Performed by Jennifer Choi, Rebecca Jackson-Picht, Jessica Chang, and Angela Lee
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Max Richter On the Nature of Daylight
Performed by Jennifer Choi, Rebecca Jackson-Picht, Jessica Chang, and Angela Lee
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Jessie Montgomery Strum
Performed by Jennifer Choi, Rebecca Jackson-Picht, Jessica Chang, and Angela Lee
Samper Recital Hall: Saturday May 30, 7:30 p.m.
To book tickets, call the Vapa Box Office at (831) 479-6154 during business hours, Thursday through Saturday from 12:00-6:00 p.m. When booking tickets online, Vapa requires patrons to “register/login” (top of the webpage) at the link below.
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Payton MacDonald Devil Dance for flute and hand drum
Performed by Julietta Curenton and Sohrab Bazargannia
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Brian Raphael Nabors Seven Dances
Performed by Julietta Curenton, Ashley Smith, and Evan Kahn
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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.
To book tickets, call the Vapa Box Office at (831) 479-6154 during business hours, Thursday through Saturday from 12:00-6:00 p.m. When booking tickets online, Vapa requires patrons to “register/login” (top of the webpage) at the link below.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.