Sep 10 House Concert: Tres Baías
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Santa Cruz House Concerts
Aug 26, 2022, 2:04:05 AM8/26/22
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Our Downtown Soundz house concert series is starting up again this fall, with an outstanding lineup of musicians, starting with:
Saturday, Sep 10 6:30 PM (one set, no break)
Tres Baías - featuring Almir Côrtes, Nando Duarte, Brian Rice
Brazilian Choro Trio
Details below. The concert will be held outdoors.
We'd prefer to limit bathroom access to urgent needs.
Masks are optional but recommended.Vaccinated adults only (includes ages 12+) please.
Children under 12 are welcome if they remain masked.
Suggested donation: $25/person sliding scale (under 12 free).
To reserve your spot, please email <Conc...@InstantHarmony.com>.
Be sure to include the total in your party.
Tres Baías will also be appearing:
Thu Sep 8, 7:00pm: The Sound Room, Oakland
Upcoming shows in our series:
Fri, Sep 23, 6:00pm: Janam: Balkan, Near Eastern, American roots fusion
Sun, Oct 23, 6:00pm: Duo Violão + 1: Brazilian choro & samba trio
Other events of interest:
Sep 21-25: Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
Thu, Oct 13, 7:00pm: Qwanqwa: Kuumbwa, Santa Cruz
Innovative Ethiopian ensemble
(also, Fri Oct 14, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley)
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Tres Baías
Saturday, Sep 10 6:30 PM
Tres Baías straddles the last century and a half of Brazilian music, enticing listeners
with fresh versions of Brazil's own old-timey music, Choro, that irrepressible string
music propelled with counterpoint and infectious danceability. Choro, the first music
from Brazil to identify as a national style, contributed to the development of samba.
Tres Baías is inspired by the three bays of Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and San Francisco
from which each of the band members come. Their music appeals to bluegrass, jazz,
and chamber music buffs alike, bringing new life to the Brazilian choro repertoire
with creative arrangements and astounding virtuosity.
Almir Côrtes: mandolin
A native of Bahia, Brazil, multi-instrumentalist Almir Côrtes is equally at home
on mandolin, acoustic and electric guitars, viola caipira (Brazilian ten-string guitar)
and the rarely-seen Bahian guitar. His repertoire of styles is equally broad, including
choro, frevo, samba, maxixe and Brazilian jazz among others. He has performed
throughout Brazil as well as the United States, Europe and Cuba, with David
Grisman, Mike Marshall, Nailor Proveta, Howard Alden, Armandinho Macêdo
and many other luminaries, as well as leading his own Trio, featuring many of his
original compositions.
"Almir is a virtuoso instrumentalist who swings like mad in a variety of
musical styles and improvises with great energy and creativity. He is a
world class teacher and performer on mandolin and guitar." - Mike Marshall
world class teacher and performer on mandolin and guitar." - Mike Marshall
Nando Duarte: 7-string guitar
Nando, a Rio de Janeiro native, started his musical career at a young age
playing electric guitar on tour with pop bands in Brazil. Moving to the seven-string
playing electric guitar on tour with pop bands in Brazil. Moving to the seven-string
acoustic guitar he became one of the catalysts of Brazil’s popular music
re-awakening with Dino 7 cordas as his mentor and Luiz Otávio Braga, Hélio Delmiro
among others as his professors. His career as a seven-string guitarist led him to
play, record, and/or produce some of the biggest names in Brazilian music, including
Elza Soares, Gal Costa, Zélia Duncan, João Bosco, Nicolas Krassik, Yamandú Costa,
Martnália, Moska, Maria Gadú, Adriana Calcanhoto, Walter Alfaiate, Zeca Pagodinho,
Soraya Ravenle, Ney Matogrosso, Moyses Marques, Diogo Nogueira, among others.
Brian Rice: percussion
Brian has devoted much of his musical career to playing Brazilian music, and choro
Brian has devoted much of his musical career to playing Brazilian music, and choro
in particular. His great expertise on the pandeiro (“Brazilian tambourine”) has led to
performances with Mike Marshall, Claudia Villela, Jovino Santos Neto, Dudu Maia,
Alessandro Penezzi, and Rogerio Souza, and many others. In 2017, he performed at
the Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Savannah Music Festival and on NPR’s famed
“Tiny Desk Concert” with the Danilo Brito Quintet. Brian is the co-founder and artistic
director of the Berkeley Festival of Choro and teaches Samba Bateria & Afro-CubanEnsembles at UC Davis, and Brazilian percussion at the California Jazz Conservatory.
Santa Cruz House Concerts
Sep 12, 2022, 12:10:03 PM9/12/22
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Our Downtown Soundz house concert series continues with:
Balkan, Near Eastern, American roots fusion
Details below. The concert will be held outdoors.
We'd prefer to limit bathroom access to urgent needs.
Masks are optional but recommended.Children under 12 are welcome if they remain masked.
Suggested donation: $25/person sliding scale (under 12 free).
To reserve your spot, please email <Conc...@InstantHarmony.com>.
Be sure to include the total in your party.
Upcoming shows in our series:
Sun, Oct 23, 6:00pm: Duo Violão + 1: Brazilian choro & samba trio
Other events of interest:
Sep 21-25: Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
Thu, Oct 13, 7:00pm: Qwanqwa: Kuumbwa, Santa Cruz
Innovative Ethiopian ensemble
(also, Fri Oct 14, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley)
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Janam
Friday, Sep 23 6:00 PM
“An innovative ensemble that explores a dizzying range of styles, from Appalachia
and Asia Minor to Eastern Europe. They play swirling, hard-driving music that
always seems to end up in unexpected places.” - SF Chronicle
Fusing funky Balkan rhythms, gritty Appalachian ballads, arresting vocal harmonies
and enchanting acoustic textures, Janam (a term of endearment in Macedonian and
Turkish) creates a one-of-kind musical experience. Janam unites some of the Bay
Area's most playful and imaginative devotees of southern Balkan and American roots
music who weave together folk tunes and their own colorful compositions and take
their audiences on a labyrinthine musical ride. The group’s bittersweet modes, driving
tunes, and sultry ballads invoke the nightingales and dark eyes, the hot love and cold
hollows of Europe and America’s most musical mountains.
“They’re a band to watch, with some sterling musicianship and a real sense of
fervour about them.” - Sing Out!
Juliana Graffagna: voice, accordion
Janam’s founder Juliana Graffagna fell in love with Balkan and Eastern European
Janam’s founder Juliana Graffagna fell in love with Balkan and Eastern European
folk music in the late 80's and hasn't stopped singing it since. As a veteran vocalist
and music director of the acclaimed Kitka Women's Vocal Ensemble, Juliana has
performed throughout the U.S. and Eastern Europe, appearing in projects as diverse
as Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares 50th anniversary concert in Sofia, Bulgaria, and on
Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion". She has studied with master vocalists
Tzvetanka Varimezova, Mariana Sadovska, Merita Halili, Donka Koleva, Svetlana Spajic,
Carl Linich and Christos Govetas, and has been featured on numerous recordings and
film soundtracks. Juliana also performs with True Life Trio.
Shira Kammen: violin, harp, voice
Multi-instrumentalist and occasional vocalist Shira Kammen has spent well over half
her life exploring the worlds of early and traditional music. A member for many years of
the early music Ensembles Alcatraz and Project Ars Nova, and Medieval Strings, she has
also worked with Sequentia, Hesperion XX, the Boston Camerata, Kitka, the King’s Noyse,
the Newberry and Folger Consorts, Rose of the Compass, Anonymous IV, the California
Revels, and is the founder of Class V Music, an ensemble dedicated to providing music on
river rafting trips. She has performed and taught in the United States, Canada, Mexico,
Europe, Israel, Morocco, Latvia, Russia and Japan, and on the Colorado, Rogue, Green,
Grande Ronde, John Day, East Carson and Klamath Rivers.
Gari Hegedus: oud, saz, mandocello, mandolin, lira
Gari Hegedus plays violin and viola as well as a variety of lutes from Greece and Turkey,
Gari Hegedus plays violin and viola as well as a variety of lutes from Greece and Turkey,
including laouto, oud, and saz. He performs with Teslim and the world music group
Stellamara. He has studied with oud master Naseer Shamma and has studied, recorded
and performed with Ross Daly and Kelly Thoma. He has toured with the Mevlevi Dervish
(Sufi) Order of America and continues to participate in Turkish ceremonial and devotional
gatherings around the country. In addition to being a composer and performer, Gari is a
talented luthier, repairing stringed instruments of every variety.
Tom Farris: laouto, guitar, percussion
Tom Farris has been playing in Bay Area Balkan rhythm sections since 1994. He is a
multi-instrumentalist and plays a variety of stringed instruments and drums. He was a
long time member of The Helladelics, Brass Menažeri, Anoush, and Top Dog Run.
In addition to Balkan music, Tom also writes and records his own folk-rock songs.
Dan Auvil: percussion
It was love at first sight 35 years ago when Dan Auvil saw the large, two-headed drum
called the tupan, which is one of the drums he plays in the band. Dan tours and teaches
percussion internationally and was a founding member of the Balkan groups Édessa & Ziyiá.
Santa Cruz House Concerts
Sep 19, 2022, 1:12:42 AM9/19/22
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There are still seats available for this Friday's outdoor concert:
Friday, Sep 23 6:00 PM (one set, no break)
Janam - featuring Juliana Graffagna, Shira Kammen & more
Balkan, Near Eastern, American roots fusion
Suggested donation: $25/person sliding scale (under 12 free).
To reserve your spot, please email <Conc...@InstantHarmony.com>.
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This Sunday, my Brazilian forró band will perform for free:
Sunday, Sep 25 10:00am-12:30pm
O Circo do Seu Bidu (Mr. Bidu's Circus)
-----The World Harmony Chorus meets Tuesdays, 6:00-7:30pm, at London Nelson Center. Everybody is welcome -- no musical experience necessary!
Try it out for free, and experience the magic of singing together.
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