Wednesday, April 27, 2011

"Notes for Nourishment" Concert in Oakland, Wed May 11th, 7pm

[Notes for Nourishment logo logo]

[Listen for Life logo]

presents a Benefit Concert


"Nourish Your Neighborhood"


Wednesday May 11th, 2011 at 7pm

(refreshments will be served at 6:30pm, concert starts at 7pm)

Our Lady of Lourdes Church
2808 Lakeshore Ave
Oakland, CA 94610  [map]
(510) 451-1790

ERIN NOLAN (Viola) and DONNA STOERING (Piano)

plus the Listen for Life Chorale
(making their Oakland debut)

FREE ADMISSION
(free-will donation encouraged)

Concert Program:

Elegie (arr for viola and piano)

Selected dances from the
Unaccompanied Cello Suites
(transcribed for solo viola)

Vocalise  (arr for viola and piano)
Gabriel Fauré

J.S. Bach



Sergei Rachmaninov

[There will then be a brief pause to appreciate the work of St Vincent de Paul volunteers in our neighborhood and to pass baskets to collect donations to benefit their activities]

“A Walk within Winter”
(for solo piano, composed 
in 1995 for Donna Stoering)
Brent Heisinger


Donna will announce other solo piano works that she will play on this evening.

Several choral selections will then be performed by the recently-formed Listen for Life Chorale, making their Oakland debut.


[St Vincent de Paul logo] Admission to the concert is 
FREE to the public.

However, free-will donations will be collected to benefit the work of the St Vincent de Paul Society services in the neighborhood of the church.

Donations may also be made online here.


www.listenforlife.org

Further details on Notes for Nourishment Concerts are at www.notesfornourishment.org
and  
www.listenforlife.org/notesfornourishment
MUSICIAN BIOS:

[Donna Stoering]
Donna Stoering is an internationally known concert pianist and singer, and Grammy award nominee, and has been an artistic ambassador for both the USA and Great Britain. Donna is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Listen for Life Foundation.


[Erin Nolan]
Erin Nolan has performed at Carnegie Hall with Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Project and toured as part of the English Chamber Orchestra, the BBC Symphony, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. 
She is the founder of  
Notes for Nourishment.

[Listen for Life Chorale]
A new choir formed from singers across California, from Santa Cruz to Sacramento to Berkeley.

Singers at this performance will include:

Andy Anderson
Liz Calame
Mario Cuestas
Jenny Griffin
John Kevin Harcharik
Erin Nolan
Erin Stokes Oliver
Rebecca Sulek

Conductor / Accompanist:
Donna Stoering

The Chorale gave 
its debut performance 
in San Jose on April 20th; the May 11th concert 
will be its Oakland debut.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

"Notes for Nourishment" Concert in St Louis area, April 30th, 7pm

[Notes for Nourishment logo logo]

[Listen for Life logo]

presents an Evening of 

Classical and Sacred Music


Saturday April 30th, 2011 at 7pm

St Justin Martyr Church
11910 Eddie &  Park Road
Sunset Hills, Missouri 63126  [map]

ERIN NOLAN (Viola) and DONNA STOERING (Piano)

will perform the music of

Fauré, Bach, Schubert, and Chopin


NO TICKETS ARE REQUIRED FOR ADMISSION.


Free-will contributions at the concert will benefit the education 
of the postulants of the Daughters of St. Paul. You can also donate directly online at fsppostulants.blogspot.com.

[Daughters of St. Paul logo] THE DAUGHTERS OF ST. PAUL are a self-supporting missionary congregation of religious Sisters serving throughout the United States and the world. Using all forms of social communications, they proclaim the Gospel message. For more information, please visit the website of the order at  www.daughtersofstpaul.com.

[Concert program cover] The complete
CONCERT PROGRAM
is available for download and printing; please click on the thumbnail image at left for the full PDF file (1.5MB).



Further details on Notes for Nourishment Concerts are at www.notesfornourishment.org
and  
www.listenforlife.org/notesfornourishment

[2011-04-30 Concert]
[Click on poster for larger
version to download /print.]


MUSICIAN BIOS:
[Donna Stoering]
Donna Stoering is an internationally known concert pianist and singer, and Grammy award nominee, and has been an artistic ambassador for both the USA and Great Britain. Donna is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Listen for Life Foundation.


[Erin Nolan]
Erin Nolan has performed at Carnegie Hall with Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Project and toured as part of the English Chamber Orchestra, the BBC Symphony, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. 
She is the founder of  
Notes for Nourishment
and in 2010 she became a postulant with the Daughters of St. Paul.


[St. Justin Martyr logo]

Many thanks to
Father Weber and
St Justin Martyr Church 
for their generosity in hosting this event.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

"Notes for Nourishment" Concert in San Jose, April 20th, 7pm

[Notes for Nourishment logo logo]

[Listen for Life logo]

presents a

Cross-Cultural Music Concert

Wednesday April 20th, 2011 at 7pm

St Leo the Great
88 Race Street, San Jose, CA 95126 [map]


Program:
  • Donna Stoering, internationally renowned concert pianist, will play works by Rachmaninov, Chopin, and San Jose-based world music composer Brent Heisinger.
  • Three cellists (Ellen Sanders, Gerald Miller, and Graham Nelson) from the San José Chamber Orchestra will join Ms. Stoering (piano) in playing "Requiem" by David Popper.
  • The Listen for Life Chorale  conducted by Ms. Stoering, will perform several short contemporary sacred works and then conclude the evening with "Service of Darkness" by Dale Wood, a haunting and powerful contemporary setting of the Seven last Words (Tenebrae) which will have spoken meditations by Fr. Marcelo Navarro, IVE before each of the 7 short pieces.  

[St Leo the Great] The concert is a Listen for Life  "Notes for Nourishment" event hosted by: St Leo the Great parish, 88 Race St, San Jose, California 95126, and will take place in the church but is FREE and open to the public of all faiths, cultures and demographics

[St Vincent de Paul logo] Donations will be collected to benefit the work of the St Vincent de Paul Society services in the neighborhood of the church.

Please make any checks payable to St. Leo the Great.

[Concert program cover] The concert program is available for download and printing; please click on the thumbnail image to the left for the full PDF file (1.5MB).
PERFORMERS:

[Donna Stoering]
Donna Stoering is an internationally known concert pianist and singer, and Grammy award nominee, and has been an artistic ambassador for both the USA and Great Britain. Donna is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Listen for Life Foundation.

[Listen for Life Chorale]
A new choir formed from singers across California, from Santa Cruz to Sacramento to Berkeley:


Andy Anderson
Don Borges
Bernadette Breen
Liz Calame
Jenny Griffin
John Kevin Harcharik
Catherine Heck
Sarah Klauer
Sara Moravej
Erin Stokes Oliver

Conductor / Accompanist:
Donna Stoering

[SJCO logo]
The three guest cellists:

Ellen Sanders
Gerald Miller
Graham Nelson

appear by courtesy of the
San Jose Chamber Orchestra and its director, 
Barbara Day Turner.




POST-CONCERT UPDATE:

Audio and video recordings were made of this April 20th concert, 
and excerpts will be posted on this page as soon as editing is completed.
 Thank you for your patience!

If you enjoy hearing music from different cultures, please visit  
Listen for Life's YouTube channel at www.listenforlife.org/youtube


www.listenforlife.org
IF YOU ATTENDED THE APRIL 20th CONCERT, 
please feel free to add a comment below.
We would love to hear your thoughts! 

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Slavyanka Performances -- Oakland, Sat April 2nd and Sacramento, Sun April 3rd, 2011

Slavyanka Men's Russian Chorus
[San  Francisco]

and
Slavic Chorale of Sacramento
[Sacramento]


will perform two joint concerts this weekend


Oakland, Saturday
Saturday April 2 2011, 7:30pm
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
114 Montecito Ave
Oakland, CA 94610


Tickets at the door:
$15 general, $12 students and  seniors.
 Sacramento, Sunday
Sunday April 3, 2011, at 2:00pm
First United Methodist Church
2100 J Street
Sacramento CA 95816


Tickets at the door:
$15 general, $12 students and seniors.