Melba’s Kitchen, a 14-piece, all-women band, will play a show in Melba Liston’s honor at Freight & Salvage on Friday, Jan. 13, which would have been Liston’s 97th birthday.
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Remembering flamenco guitarist David Serva Jones, ‘America’s greatest least known musician’
Known for his acerbic wit and old-school manners, Jones’ masterful style earned him a five-decade career in Spain unmatched by any other American. He was also a fierce ambassador for pueblo-style flamenco in the Bay Area.
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Slo mo pelicans, live music: Violinists seek to preserve the Earth at Kala Art Institute
A short film by violinists Irene Sazer and Kate Stenberg combines scenes of animals in the wild with commentary from researchers and activists. The duo will perform the film’s score live Tuesday in Berkeley.
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‘Traveler’s Prayer,’ based on psalm composer Steve Reich recites before boarding planes, will take flight in Berkeley Thursday
The West Coast premiere will be played at Zellerbach Hall as part of a bi-coastal celebration of the esteemed composer’s 86th birthday.
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Yungchen Lhamo, great Tibetan singer of love and defiance, will perform in Berkeley Sunday
Lhamo, who has traveled an extraordinary musical path since fleeing Tibet as a teen, will celebrate her new album ‘Awakening’ at Freight & Salvage.
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Berkeley Symphony opens season Sunday with music of 2 Black composers, born a century-plus apart
Florence Price’s violin concerto, composed in 1952, will be played after Brian Nabors’ new piece, commissioned via a program supporting composers of color, on Oct. 16 at Zellerbach Hall.
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Berkeley’s Barbara Dane, 95, celebrates a ‘life of defiance and song’ in new memoir
Dane, a jazz fixture and activist, is holding a party to celebrate the release of her new memoir this Monday at Freight & Salvage.
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Tony Corman brings out the ‘beautiful colors’ in Harold Land’s big band sound
Berkeley guitarist and arranger Tony Corman’s Morchestra orchestra presents the music of Harold Land on Saturday at the California Jazz Conservatory.
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Rain check: Berkeley’s first ‘roller boogie’ rescheduled for this Sunday
The skate party will shut down much of downtown Berkeley from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25, and feature live DJs and skate lessons.
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Gregory Howe’s hands-on producing has led Berkeley’s Wide Hive Records to thrive
Howe produced music from his Berkeley living room until he moved operations into a 900-square-foot Telegraph Avenue space 15 years ago.
Posted inSchools
Crowden director steps down as music school nears settlement with fired principal
The legal battle of a principal fired after giving vocab test questions involving lobster jokes is close to resolution. The administrator who fired him is leaving her role.
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Deidre McCalla, groundbreaking ’70s singer, returns to East Bay
McCalla will perform at Berkeley’s Back Room Sunday afternoon, celebrating the release of her first new album in two decades, ‘Endless Grace.’