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

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. 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 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 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. 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.

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

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. 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. 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

[Click on poster for larger version to download /print.] MUSICIAN BIOS: 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 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. Many thanks to Father Weber and St Justin Martyr Church  for their generosity in hosting this event.

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

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.   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 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. 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 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. 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 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.

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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.

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

[San  Francisco]

and

[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 [ Map of location ] 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 [ Map of location ] Tickets at the door: $15 general, $12 students and seniors.

• Listen for Life founder Donna Stoering will sing 3 solos in the concert.
• Listen for Life Exec. Director Andy Anderson sings bass with Slavyanka.