"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, 

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