Heartfelt Song
PAS presents "Heartfelt Song" with singers Amanda Britt and Ngeri Mwaniki in a variety of songs by Puccini, Mozart, Nadia Boulanger, Johann Strauss, Vaughn Williams, and more.
Pipes and Tubes Through the Ages
Pipes and Tubes Through the Ages
Friday, October 11, 2024 @ 7:30pm
Doors open @ 7pm
All Saints Episcopal Church
2150 Benton Dr. Redding, CA
"Pipes and Tubes Through the Ages" presents the king of instruments--organ--as well as trombone quartet, and a trombone/organ duo. Organists Joel Thomson and Ellen Southard will play the pipes.
Trombonists Paul de Silva, Chris Ivey, Lloyd Roby and Paul Young will quench our curiosity about a rare tube ensemble.
Note the venue: All Saints' Episcopal Church, 7:30 pm.
Splendors of the Human Voice
WAG PRESENTS: SPLENDORS OF THE HUMAN VOICE
Friday, September 13, 2024 @ 7:30pm
Doors open @ 7pm
All Saints Episcopal Church
2150 Benton Dr. Redding, CA
Three special singers from the Waterbury Aria Group will present an evening of splendid vocal repertoire, to be accompanied at the piano by Dr. Elizabeth Waterbury. The group’s Artistic Director, bass-baritone Robert Waterbury, will present Schubert’s tribute to the art of music, An Die Musik. He will present a dramatic aria from Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra. Mezzo-soprano Gwendolyn Rooker undertakes art songs by Johannes Brahms and arias from American composer Mark Adamo’s Ballad or Baby Doe, Saint Saens Samson et Dalilah, and Rossini’s Barber of Seville. Baritone Henry Patterson sings of longing and nostalgia: a set of sea shanties, along with art songs by Schubert, including Erlkönig. Patterson will present arias from Mozart’s Don Giovanni. The singers will close with well-known songs from Lerner and Lowe’s wonderful musical My Fair Lady.
An Evening of Musical Curiosity
An Evening of Musical Curiosity
Friday, August 9, 2024
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
All Saints Episcopal Church
2150 Benton Dr Redding, CA 96003
This concert will feature an entertaining variety of songs written by Grammy award-winning and Emmy nominated composer Michael Silversher. Michael will perform, along with his wife singer Victoria Graham, music he composed for Disney and the Jim Henson Company and others. Does the music a composer writes come from the outside in or the inside out? The answer to that question is what this concert will explore!
Note the venue: All Saints Episcopal Church
SUPPORT
Donations are gratefully accepted at the door, through Square (Click Here), or by mailing a check to PAS at PO Box 990904, Redding, CA 96099.
If you missed any of the previous PAS concerts, visit our YouTube channel at youtube.com/PASRedding
Purchase an annual membership.
Membership fees for the 2023-2024 season:
$20 for seniors/students
$30 for individuals
$40 for families.
$50 and above for donors.
If you would like to become a member or renew your membership, please do so at the door or you may send a check to PAS at PO Box 990904, Redding, CA 96099. Click Here to access the membership form.
Piano Trios of 1886, 1979, 2024
Piano Trios of 1886, 1979, 2024
Friday, June 7, 2024
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
All Saints Episcopal Church
2150 Benton Dr Redding, CA 96003
The northernmost expanse of California is rich in lakes, mountains, evergreens, manzanita, and wildlife. It is as much a paradise, as it is marred by natural and man-made disasters, creating a unique dichotomy. The music chosen reflects the joy and mystery of the Northstate: piano trios by Germaine Tailleferre, Johannes Brahms and a commissioned work by local composerJulian Dürr. Note the venue: All Saints Episcopal Church
Seasoned performers are violinist Celeste Pena, cellist Anthoni Polcari, and pianist Diego Bustamante.
SUPPORT
Donations are gratefully accepted at the door, through Square (Click Here), or by mailing a check to PAS at PO Box 990904, Redding, CA 96099.
If you missed any of the previous PAS concerts, visit our YouTube channel at youtube.com/PASRedding
Purchase an annual membership.
Membership fees for the 2023-2024 season:
$20 for seniors/students
$30 for individuals
$40 for families.
$50 and above for donors.
If you would like to become a member or renew your membership, please do so at the door or you may send a check to PAS at PO Box 990904, Redding, CA 96099. Click Here to access the membership form.
Li-Yuan Ho Farewell Concert
Li-Yuan Ho Farewell Concert
Friday, June 7, 2024
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
2850 Foothill Blvd
Redding, CA 96001
Throughout 21 years in Redding, Li-Yuan has collaborated with colleagues and performed annually in PAS concerts. This final concert is a tribute to her enjoyment playing with them. Music selections feature duos, quartets, an octet, also a full ensemble. Composers include Schubert, Elgar, and Dvorak, along with Haydn’s Farewell Symphony.
SUPPORT
Donations are gratefully accepted at the door, through Square (Click Here), or by mailing a check to PAS at PO Box 990904, Redding, CA 96099.
If you missed any of the previous PAS concerts, visit our YouTube channel at youtube.com/PASRedding
Purchase an annual membership.
Membership fees for the 2023-2024 season:
$20 for seniors/students
$30 for individuals
$40 for families.
$50 and above for donors.
If you would like to become a member or renew your membership, please do so at the door or you may send a check to PAS at PO Box 990904, Redding, CA 96099. Click Here to access the membership form.
Harmonies of the Heart
Harmonies of the Heart
PIanist/violinist Allie Braito, a student of the late Dr. Robert Bowman and Li-Yuan Ho, presents a senior recital featuring classical and contemporary piano and violin masterpieces. Joined by her siblings Tyler and Katie, friend Karis, they will showcase composers Bruch, Debussy, Schumann, Chopin, Kreisler, along with Joplin, Joe Hisaishi, and Dario Marianelli.
SUPPORT
Donations are gratefully accepted at the door, through Square (CLICK HERE), or by mailing a check to PAS at PO Box 990904, Redding, CA 96099.
If you missed any of the previous PAS concerts, visit our YouTube channel at youtube.com/PASRedding
Purchase an annual membership.
Membership fees for the 2023-2024 season:
$10 for seniors/students
$20 for individuals
$40 for families.
If you would like to become a member or renew your membership, please do so at the door or you may send a check to PAS at PO Box 990904, Redding, CA 96099.
Magic of Chopin
Oliver Moore, dramatic young pianist and frequent PAS performer will present "Magic of Chopin" with a display of forms such as Impromptu, Scherzo, Nocturne, Mazurka, Ballade, Waltz, Etude and Sonata. Oliver currently studies with Garrick Ohlsson at the San Francisco Conservatory. Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) revolutionized the possibilities of the piano. Born in Poland, Chopin assimilated the folk music of his homeland as well as the music of masters such as J.S. Bach, Mozart, Italian opera composers, and salon composers. In 1830, he would leave Poland, never to return due to Russian oppression (after his death he would be buried in Paris, with his heart returned to Warsaw). Composer Robert Schumann described Chopin’s music as containing “cannons buried in flowers.” On the surface, his music displays great refinement, beauty, and charm, but underneath can be found deep passion and revolutionary fervor.
SUPPORT
Donations are gratefully accepted at the door, through Square (CLICK HERE), or by mailing a check to PAS at PO Box 990904, Redding, CA 96099.
If you missed any of the previous PAS concerts, visit our YouTube channel at youtube.com/PASRedding.
Purchase an annual membership.
Membership fees for the 2023-2024 season:
$10 for seniors/students
$20 for individuals
$40 for families.
If you would like to become a member or renew your membership, please do so at the door or you may send a check to PAS at PO Box 990904, Redding, CA 96099.
The Compass String Quartet
PAS PRESENTS: The Compass String Quartet
February 9, 2024 at 7:30pm
Doors open at 7pm
Pilgrim Congregation Church
2850 Foothill Blvd. Redding, CA 96003
SUPPORT
Donations are gratefully accepted at the door, through Square (CLICK HERE), or by mailing a check to PAS at PO Box 990904, Redding, CA 96099.
If you missed any of the previous PAS concerts, visit our YouTube channel at youtube.com/PASRedding.
Purchase an annual membership.
Membership fees for the 2023-2024 season:
$10 for seniors/students
$20 for individuals
$40 for families.
If you would like to become a member or renew your membership, please do so at the door or you may send a check to PAS at PO Box 990904, Redding, CA 96099.
PAS PRESENTS: In Memoriam of Dr. Robert Bowman: A Concert by His Students
Students of late Professor Emeritus Dr. Robert Bowman (CSU Chico) will honor his vast impact on our communities. Pianists will play works he taught them, from Bach to Rachmaninoff, as well as several duos with violin or cello.
Ian Scarfe Presents: Travels with Chopin
Pianist Ian Scarfe, founder and director of the Trinity Alps Chamber Music Festival, makes a rare North-State appearance as a soloist. This program will take the audience on a musical journey, exploring the great works and influences of the stellar Romantic composer Frederic Chopin. Selections will include Barcarolle, Bolero, and selected Preludes, as well as other works by J.S. Bach, Isaac Albeniz, Enrique Granados, and more. The musical adventures will take us from Chopin's Polish roots to his many years spent living in Paris, to his vacation-gone-wrong in Mallorca, and his vacation-that-never-was in Venice.
Scarfe is a prodigious performer, appearing in more than 100 concerts each year across the United States, Canada, and Europe. Aside from his dedicated work with the Trinity Alps Chamber Music Festival in bringing classical chamber music to rural North State communities, Scarfe also brings music to people in dozens of senior residences across the world, and younger audiences with his highly successful series of house concerts. He lives in San Francisco, where he studied and currently teaches at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Stadler Trio Strides the Centuries
On November 10, the Stadler Trio will present an eclectic program of trioand duo music by composers ranging from Beethoven to Arvo Pärt. Cynthia and Tom Stauffer (piano and cello), with Bruce Belton (clarinet), will play selections including a lyrical sonata for clarinet and piano by British composer James Rae: Sonata in G minor, written for clarinet virtuoso James Campbell in 2014.
Tom and Cynthia will perform the Rhapsody for Cello and Piano by Hungarian composer Rezsõ Sugár, a pupil of Zoltán Kodály at the Budapest Academy of Music.
The trio will take on Beethoven’s popular Opus 11 Trio composed in 1797, one of a series of early chamber works, many with woodwind instruments because of their popularity and novelty at the time.
Bruce and Tom will interpret “Ludus Minor,” a duo for clarinet and cello by Paul Hindemith. This short five-movement duet for clarinet and cello comprising three fugues and two interludes was written to be played by Hindemith and his wife, an amateur cellist. The manuscript has no expression or dynamic markings, so all interpretations are open to the performers.
The trio will perform Arvo Pärt's Mozart Adagio, composed in 1992 in memory of Oleg Kagan, one of Russia's leading violinists. The program will end with a delightful trio by Italian film composer Nino Rota.
PAS Presents: "Spirit of Carl Sandburg: The People's Poet In His Own Words."
Definitions in Poetry, conceived and performed by orator Max Walter
PAS Presents: Li-Yuan Ho and Friends: Delightful Strings Galore
Performing Arts Society of Redding presents violinist Li-Yuan Ho and her friends on violin, viola, cello, and bass in a variety of ensembles, including piano. Sixteen local musicians will explore the sound worlds of Vivaldi, Respighi, Shostakovich, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Mendelssohn, as well as an enticing violin trio written by promising contemporary composer Paul Trapkus.
Concerts are free, and donations are welcome, at the door, or online bit.ly/pasredding-donate
Doors open @ 7pm
PAS Presents: "Scenes of Passion" by WAG, the Waterbury Aria Group
The Waterbury Aria Group will present Scenes of Passion, a program of songs and arias of great emotion. Mezzo soprano Gwen Rooker will sing Robert Schumann's song cycle Frauenliebe und Leben, which takes us from the first joy of love and marriage to the grief of loss. In the poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson set to music in selections from Vaughan Williams' Songs of Travel, sung by baritone Henry Patterson, we feel the awakening of beauty itself and gaze in awe at the infinite shining heavens. In aria selections from operas of Mozart, Verdi, and Puccini, sung by Patterson, Rooker, and soprano Rebeca Abinante, we run the gamut from love to rejection, and from humor to jealousy and deceit. Robert Waterbury is Artistic Director, with Dr. Elizabeth Waterbury coach/accompanist.
Concerts are free, and donations are welcome, at the door, or online bit.ly/pasredding-donate
Doors open @ 7pm
Location: All Saints' Episcopal Church, 2150 Benton Drive, Redding, CA, 96003
PAS Presents: California State Old Time Fiddlers' Association
California State Old Time Fiddlers' Association, District 6, will charm us with tunes from the canon of American fiddle music, including Irish jigs, English quadrilles, Schottisches, waltzes, and hornpipes, as the ensemble prepares for the 40th anniversary Western Open Fiddle Championships in October. Revel in the history of these melodies as played in parlors, barn-raisings, schoolhouse dances, family get-togethers and on back porches.
Concerts are free, and donations are welcome, at the door, or online @ PayPal
Doors open @ 7pm
PAS Presents: Soul Punch Rocks Us
Soul Punch Rocks Us: By popular demand, after our "raucous" show by this 7-man band in January, Soul Punch returns for a summer fling. It's easy—bring your dancing shoes and your love of soul music.
Soul Punch is a collective and determined effort to bring a new era of Groove and Funk music to Northern California. When multiple Redding musicians moved back to town after many years living in various musical Meccas, they found themselves without a local funk scene. So, they started it themselves.
While at its core Soul Punch is a modern Party Band, the undertones of this band harken back to the Funk/Soul and Jazz bands of the past. Staying true to the Funk genre, you will hear deep grooves, blistering solos, and dense harmonies. If you like 60's, 70's and modern day groove bands, you will definitely like what Soul Punch has to offer.Concerts are free, and donations are welcome, at the door, or online @ PayPal
PAS Presents: Piano Potpourri
"Piano Potpourri" showcases young pianists from the Butte County branch of Music Teachers’ Association of California, on Friday May 12. The event will be at Pilgrim Congregational Church, 2850 Foothill Blvd in Redding. 7:30pm, admission is by free-will donations.
The program features Allie Braito, Lilianne Tao, Aiden Rogers, Devin Cheng, and Benjamin Breed. Dr. Robert Bowman will accommodate orchestral parts for concertos and arias. Works spanning some 300 years include a concerto and fantasia of Mozart, a Bach prelude and concerto, Beethoven sonatas, a Schubert sonata, a Chopin etude, Bolcom's "Graceful Ghost Rag", and Frank Zappa's "What's New in Baltimore".
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PAS Presents: "Heartstrings & Keys" Featuring Northstate Students
PAS LIVE PRESENTS: "Heartstrings & Keys"
Outstanding young players of violin, viola, cello, and piano, will be showcased in the Performing Arts Society monthly free concert on April 14th. These skillful students will play a variety of music from Baroque, Classical, and Romantic eras.
Violinists Sasha Iwabuchi, Gracie Benham, Allie Braito, James Johnston, and Kellie McGee will play concertos by Kabalevsky and Haydn, Bach solo violin Partitas, and a work by Sarasate. The hauntingly beautiful Elgar cello concerto and a Beethoven viola/cello duet will be heard with violist Fin Havnen and cellist Jazzmine Tiefenbach. Pianists Sophia Hackler, Allie Braito, and Aidan Rogers will take on works by beloved Romantic period composers, Liszt and Chopin. The students are from the studios of Li-Yuan (Lisa) Ho, Joel Quivey, Anthoni Polcari, Michal Palzewicz, Corrie Taillon, Dr. Sharon Mann, and Dr. Robert Bowman.
COVID PROTOCOLS: Masks are recommended, but not required.
Donations are gratefully accepted at the door or by mailing a check to PAS at PO Box 990904, Redding, CA 96099.
If you missed any of the previous PAS concerts, visit our YouTube channel at youtube.com/PASRedding
It's not too late to renew your PAS membership or to become a member for the 2023-2024 season. Membership fees for the 2023-2024 season: $10 for seniors/students, $20 for individuals, and $40 for families. If you would like to become a member or renew your membership, please do so at the door or you may send a check to PAS at PO Box 990904, Redding, CA 96099.