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The Garden of Memory is held every June 21st from 5pm to 9pm to celebrate the solstice at The Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland, California. Note that tickets are ALWAYS available at the door throughout the event. Advance ticket sales online end on June 20th.

Performer list for 2019:

Elizabeth A. Baker & Nathan Corder
James Beauton
John Benson
John Bischoff
Krys Bobrowski & Karen Stackpole
Chris Brown
Nils Bultmann
Sarah Cahill
Joe Colley
Cornelius Cardew Choir
Amanda Chaudhary & Serena Toxicat
Majel Connery
Trance Mission Duo: Beth Custer & Stephen Kent
Paul Dresher & Joel Davel
duo B.: Lisa Mezzacappa & Jason Levis
Dutton/Nishi-Smith/Otte Trio: Kristina Dutton, Kanoko Nishi-Smith & Adria Otte
Amy Foote & Danny Clay
Gautam Tejas Ganeshan
Vinny Golia
Anne Hege
Shelley Hirsch
Brenda Hutchinson will lead a sunset bell ringing as part of her Daily Bell Project.
IMA: Nava Dunkelman & Amma Ateria
Laura Inserra
Andrew Jamieson
Janam
Henry Kaiser, Scott Amendola & Brandy Gale
Kitka
The Lightbulb Ensemble with The Friction Quartet
Living Earth Show
Dylan Mattingly & Eli Wirtschafter
Richard Mix
Amy X Neuburg
New Moon Duo: Anne Rainwater & Melinda Becker
Chris Olson
Orchestra Nostalgico
Maggi Payne
Robin Petrie and friends
Dan Plonsey with Goggle Plex
Randy Porter
Wendy Reid
Gino Robair & Tom Djill
The Kevin Robinson KREation Ensemble
Rova Saxophone Quartet
Edward Schocker
John Schott
SCLOrk
Irene Sazer & Kate Stenberg
Sahba Sizdahkhani
Donald Swearingen
Zachary James Watkins & Ross Peacock
Peter Whitehead
Theresa Wong
Pamela Z

Tres Hermanicas (Nell Snaidas, Daphna Mor and Shira Kammen) bring the depth and sweetness of Sephardic songs and dances to the concert stage. Since music was so central to the daily lives of the Sephardim, particularly in the domain of women, they were able to preserve this astonishing musical heritage for 500 years by oral tradition.

Telling the stories of its people, the program celebrates the songs of the Sephardim, which are filled with tales of exile and courtship, family life, weddings and pranks, infectious rhythm and haunting melodies. This beautiful, poetic Ladino repertoire includes romanzas (ballads of love, loss and adventure), endechas (laments), piyyutim (lyrical embellishments of prayers), and koplas (strophic festival songs), some of which even feature recipes within their texts.

This unique concert will be curated especially for IEMF by Nell Snaidas together with Daphna Mor and Shira Kammen.

Nell Snaidas has been praised by the New York Times for her “beautiful soprano voice, melting passion” and “vocally ravishing” performances. Her voice has also been described as “remarkably pure with glints of rich sensuality” (Vancouver Sun); and she has been called “a model of luminous timbre and emotional intensity” (Cleveland Plain Dealer).

American-Uruguayan soprano Nell Snaidas began her career singing leading roles in zarzuelas at New York City’s Repertorio Español.  Specialization in Latin American and Spanish Baroque music has taken her all over Europe, North and Latin America. She has been invited to join many leading Early Music ensembles in the capacity of soloist, guitarist, and Iberian/New World language and repertoire consultant. These groups include Apollo’s Fire, The Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Ex Umbris, Ensemble Viscera, El Mundo, Chatham Baroque and at Music Festivals from the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Italy, to Germany, Austria and Switzerland. She has recorded for Sony Classical, Koch, Naxos and Dorian (for whom she served as language coach and soloist on 3 Spanish/New World Baroque recordings). Her latest recording as a featured soloist with El Mundo in this same repertoire has been nominated for a Grammy in the Best Small Ensemble category.

In addition to her busy performing career, Nell is the co-Artistic Director of “GEMAS: Early Music of the Americas.” This concert series in NYC, devoted to the Early Music and Performers of Latin America and Canada, is a project of the Americas Society and GEMS (The Gotham Early Music Scene). More information can be found at www.gemsny.org/gemas.

“The program offered aural rewards of many sorts…compelling little tales of courtship and exile, songs of faith and family, funny ballads and wistful laments. The program painted a vivid portrait of secular and sacred everyday life in medieval Spain and beyond, at once Iberian and Middle Eastern in flavor.”

– Chicago Tribune

“The concert was led by guest curator and performer Nell Snaidas — a captivating storyteller and crystalline singer in everything she sang — Everything was executed with a stylish exuberance so infectious that audience members gladly sang and clapped along.”

– Chicago Tribune

11pm | CONCERT
The Boston Camerata
Anne Azéma, director
Songes & Mençonges: Medieval visions and dreams of prophecy, love, and folly
New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall

Songes & Mençonges: Medieval visions and dreams of prophecy, love, and folly
Now in their 65^th year, The Boston Camerata ranks among the world’s most illustrious Early Music ensembles. Camerata members were among BEMF’s founders, and they performed at the inaugural 1981 Festival, making them the longest continuously active guest ensemble in the Festival’s history. Celebrating the 10^th anniversary of Anne Azéma’s tenure as Artistic Director, the Camerata continues to tour regularly across the globe in productions renowned for their exuberant spontaneity and impeccable musicianship. Join them for a beautiful selection of Medieval songs exploring themes of sleep and dreams, including works by the visionary composer Hildegard von Bingen.

Friday,  June 7,  2019 at the Hillside Swedenborgian Church,
El Cerrito, at 6.30

LINSENBERG, KAMMEN, HEATER and MAUND 

A La Mode, Au Monde 2 @ El Cerrito, CA or

“Beyond The Fipple”– Music for Shifted Paradigms from Still-Undiscovered Worlds 

Oops, they’re doing it again.  More details for this concert very, very soon.  The last (the first) go-around for this group was spectacular!

Hillside Swedenborgian Church,
1422 Navellier Street, El Cerrito
All Tickets $20 (free for those 18 and under).
Tickets at the door or reserve in advance online at
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3614446