Performances
We curate eclectic and provocative programs that feature the endless creativity of our Artists in Residence.
Vino & Vibrato Concert Series
Sonoma County’s beloved summer concert series takes place over four evenings in July with wine tastings preceding each performance.
All concerts take place in beautiful Schroeder Hall at The Green Music Center (Sonoma State University).
Celebrate pianoSonoma’s fifteenth season with magnificent music, including two Bach transcriptions for solo piano, two powerhouse Ravel works to celebrate the composer’s 150th birthday, Piazzolla’s Four Seasons spread across two concerts, and two world premieres commissioned by pianoSonoma and composed by Peter Dugan.
Tuesday, July 15 | 5:30pm Wine Tasting | 6pm Concert
We start our fifteenth season with Busoni’s transcription of Bach’s Wachet auf and follow with Debussy’s Chansons de Bilitis and Beethoven’s A Major Cello Sonata. The program also includes the first of two world premieres, commissioned by pianoSonoma and composed by Peter Dugan.
Bach (arr. Busoni) Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, No. 2, BWV 645
Gabrielle Chou, piano
Debussy Trois chansons de Bilitis
Kara Dugan, mezzo-soprano
Jessica Chow Shinn, piano
Beethoven Sonata for Piano and Cello in A Major, Op. 69
Mike Dahlberg, cello
Peter Dugan, piano
Peter Dugan World Premiere TBD *commissioned by pianoSonoma in celebration of its fifteenth season
Michael and Jessica Shinn, four hands
Thursday, July 17 | 4:30pm Artist Exchange with Kara Dugan | 5:30pm Wine Tasting | 6pm Concert
Our second concert features a second Bach transcription, solo works by Chopin and Gabriel Kahane, and Juhi Bansal’s Life, Loss, and Exile, a vocal chamber piece that sets anonymous poetry by the women of Afghanistan. We conclude with the first of two pieces by Ravel in our Vino & Vibrato series, celebrating the composer’s 150th birthday.
Bach (arr. Feinberg) Sonata for Organ in C major, BWV 529: Largo
Sasha Kasman Laude, piano
Chopin Nocturne in B Major, Op. 62, No. 1
Christine Wu, piano
Juhi Bansal Life, Loss, and Exile (selections)
Kara Dugan, mezzo-soprano
Mike Dahlberg, cello
Sasha Kasman Laude, piano
Gabriel Kahane Works on Paper
Gabrielle Chou, piano
Ravel Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in G Major
Doori Na, violin
Christine Wu, piano
Tuesday, July 22 | 5:30pm Wine Tasting | 6pm Concert
Four sets with four incredible approaches to music: a haunting trio by young Rachmaninoff, a minimalist work by John Adams, two tangos by Piazzolla, and a jazz set performed by our Artists in Residence duo Riley Mulherkar and Peter Dugan.
Rachmaninoff Trio élégiaque No. 1 in G minor
Doori Na, violin
Mike Dahlberg, cello
Sasha Kasman Laude, piano
John Adams Road Movies
Gabrielle Chou, violin
Christine Wu, piano
Piazzolla Four Seasons (selections)
Doori Na, violin
Mike Dahlberg, cello
Peter Dugan, piano
Duke Ellington “Azalea”
“Black and Tan Fantasy” (Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley)
“In a Sentimental Mood”
Riley Mulherkar, trumpet
Peter Dugan, piano
Thursday, July 24 | 4:30pm Artist Exchange with Sasha Kasman Laude | 5:30pm Wine Tasting | 6pm Concert
Celebrate the conclusion of pianoSonoma’s special anniversary season with our final concert, featuring Ravel’s La Valse, music by Brahms, Shchedrin, the second of our two world premieres by Peter Dugan, Piazzolla, and more from Riley and Peter.
Ravel La Valse
Michael Shinn, piano I
Jessica Chow Shinn, piano II
Brahms Sonata for Violin and Piano in A minor “F-A-E”: III. Scherzo in C minor, WoO 2
Doori Na, violin
Gabrielle Chou, piano
Shchedrin Basso ostinato
Sasha Kasman Laude, piano
Peter Dugan World Premiere TBD *commissioned by pianoSonoma in celebration of its fifteenth season
Michael and Jessica Shinn, four hands
Piazzolla Four Seasons (selections)
Doori Na, violin
Mike Dahlberg, cello
Peter Dugan, piano
Leonardo Dugan “Easy Have, Cozy Life”
Riley Mulherkar “Untitled”
“Hopscotch”
Riley Mulherkar, trumpet
Peter Dugan, piano
Artist Exchanges
Artist Exchanges give audience members a chance to gain insight into the lives and minds of a pianoSonoma Artist in Residence and to give each of their performances more personal context.
Artist Exchanges will take place in Schroeder Hall and are included as part of that evening’s concert ticket.
Thursday, July 17 | 4:30pm | Artist Exchange with mezzo-soprano Kara Dugan
Thursday, July 24 | 4:30pm | Artist Exchange with pianist Sasha Kasman Laude
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