Ukiah Community Concert Association
2023–2024 Season
Great Music and You – An Inspired Ensemble
Jâca
“At a Jâca concert you’re not just a bystander – you feel a part of it.” – Humans of Chamber Music
Jâca, (Wesley Ferreira and Jaxon Williams), is a clarinet and guitar duo that combines classical and world music to bring an adventurous, passionate, and completely original musical style to the stage. Jâca’s music reflects the versatility of their instruments, using Western Classical training as a base to combine with their diverse musical and cultural heritage. From Flamenco to Fado, Appalachia to Argentina, and guitar slides to clarinet smears, Jâca’s music is truly a unique fusion that fits into no single genre. The duo breathes new life into the traditional concert experience, ignoring convention and consistently leaving their audiences buzzing.
Date: Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 2 pm
Venue: Mendocino College Center Theater
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
“…unrivaled joy, technical élan, and questing spirit.” – Los Angeles Times
Comprised of four uniquely accomplished musicians, the Grammy© Award winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet has been bringing an innovative energy to the concert stage for the past 42 years with programs ranging from Bluegrass to Bach. Their inventive and critically acclaimed transcriptions of concert masterworks provide a fresh look at the music of the past, while their interpretations of works from the contemporary and world-music realms continually break new ground. Programs including Latin, African, Far East, Irish, Folk and American Classics transport sold-out audiences around the world in a single concert experience. Founding members Bill Kanengiser and John Dearman are joined by Matt Greif and their newest member, Brazilian wunderkind Douglas Lora. Their latest recording, Opalescent, was released in 2022.
Date: Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 2 pm
Venue: Mendocino College Center Theatre
New World String Project
Celtic, Nordic, and American traditional and original music performed on an exciting variety of exotic instruments.
The New World String Project presents a lush blend of extraordinary instruments and heartwarming music in the Celtic, Nordic and American folk traditions. It features John Weed (fiddle), Aryeh Frankfurter (nyckelharpa, fiddle, and Celtic harp), Lisa Lynne (cittern, Celtic harp and percussion), and Stuart Mason (guitar, bouzouki). These four highly skilled and well-known multi-instrumentalists—two veteran duo acts—have joined forces to create an exciting weave of traditional world music. Ancient and modern sounds mingle freely on Swedish nyckelharpa, Celtic harp, fiddle, guitar, cittern, bouzouki, and vocals with traditional ballads newly arranged.
Date: Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 2 pm
Venue: Mendocino College Center Theater
Elena Casanova
Elena Casanova returns to Ukiah to perform a multi-media concert of music from her native Cuba
Long a Ukiah favorite, the brilliant piano virtuoso, Elena Casanova, has assembled an exciting multi-media concert around her performances of music evoking the flavor of Cuba from years gone by. Incorporating guest artists, graphic art and video projections, lighting and narration, she will immerse us in the riches of the popular art music by composers from her native island. Elena’s passion for this music grew from the beginning of her conservatory studies in Havana at the age of seven and has continued in performance and recordings throughout her career.
Date: Sunday, April 21, 2024 at 2 pm
Venue: Mendocino College Center Theater
Video: Elena Casanova plays Ensueños by Silvano Boudet
There's A Great Seat Waiting For You
Find out what so many of your neighbors already know about the value, inspiration, and sheer enjoyment of live concert music. Our upcoming season features artists who have performed in over 30 countries world-wide including the most prestigious venues.
While Vienna, New York, St. Petersburg, Paris, Tokyo, or Zurich may be a bit too far to go for a concert, your Ukiah Community Concert Association brings artists who perform there right here to your doorstep. It is a short step for you to become a member and enjoy a long remembered season of great music.
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