Reminder: Bay Area Rainbow Symphony concert at SF Conservatory of M... @ Sat Sep 15 8pm - 9pm (Queer Things)

more details » Bay Area Rainbow Symphony concert at SF Conservatory of Music Bay Area Rainbow Symphony Join Guest Conductor Cyrus Ginwala for the opening night concert of BARS's 2012-13 season. Jennifer Higdon's Blue Cathedral, Ravel's Piano Concerto in G, featuring Marc Peloquin, and Brahms's Symphony No. 2. SF Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak Street (at Van Ness), SF, 94102 For tickets ($15-35) and info visit http://bars-sf.org/ About Dr. Cyrus Ginwala, guest conductor Conductor Cyrus Ginwala has appeared with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Boca Pops, the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica, the Aspen Concert Orchestra and the Sewanee Summer Festival Orchestra. He has served as visiting faculty at the Peabody Conservatory and the St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia. Since relocating to the Bay Area in 2005, he has conducted concerts throughout the region, including during the inaugural season of the Bay Area Rainbow Symphony. About Marc Peloquin, piano A New York Times critic recently declared pianist Marc Peloquin's "energetic approach yielded a performance that was refreshing and alive. Individual lines rang out with remarkable definition and clarity..." Appearances have taken him from the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, the American Academy in Rome, Germany's Darmstadt Festival and the Cultural Center of Roubaix, France, to New York City spaces including Merkin Concert Hall, the Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Modern Art and Bargemusic. About Jennifer Higdon, composer Pulitzer Prize-winner Jennifer Higdon (b. Brooklyn, NY, December 31, 1962) is one of America's most performed living composers. Higdon received the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Music for her Violin Concerto, with the committee citing Higdon's work as "a deeply engaging piece that combines flowing lyricism with dazzling virtuosity." She is the recipient of many other awards, including a Pew Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship and two awards from the American Academy of Arts & Letters. Her list of commissioners range from the Philadelphia Orchestra to the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; from Eighth Blackbird to the Tokyo String Quartet; and from The President's Own Marine Band to such artists as Hilary Hahn. About Bay Area Rainbow Symphony: The Bay Area Rainbow Symphony (BARS) is an orchestra that provides a safe and supportive environment for musicians of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions. BARS makes cultural, social, and educational contributions to the San Francisco Bay Area by performing ambitious repertoire to a high standard. When Sat Sep 15 8pm – 9pm Pacific Time Calendar Queer Things Who • larrybob@gmail.com - creator

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