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Half Moon Bay Music, Film, Theather, Galleries and Comedy 

So you're coming to Half Moon Bay (on the California coast just 30 minutes south of San Francisco) and would like to catch a nice show in the evening? You're in luck. Not only does this site list the great galleries and live music events in town, it also has updated information on amazing performances by local theather and comedy group. Whether you want to listen to Jazz, Blues or Rock and enjoy spectacular ocean views, or prefer to catch an independent film in the evening near downtown, or to explore the creative art and designs in one of our amazing galleries while sipping on excellent vino you're sure to find the right event here in Half Moon Bay.

While you're here, don't forget to stop in to one of the town's wonderful shops, or have a delectable meal at one of our fabulous restaurants. If you need a place to stay you're sure to find the perfect room in one of our many hotels and inns

Looking for more activities in Half Moon Bay? Check out our selection of classes and workshops on the coast.

Enjoy your visit, and we look forward to seeing you at our next event!

Music Chamber Orchestra

Nov 11th, Sat 3pm

Program:
Selections from Cumberland Suite for Woodwind Quintet,
Piano Quintet in A Major (The Trout) by Franz Schuber
Piano Concerto in F Major by Joseph Haydn featuring pianist Shauna Picket-Gordon
the Simple Symphony by Benjamin Britten

For more details on upcoming performances click here

Music Chamber Orchestra - 2017-11-11 - 3:00pm

Coastside Community Orchestra

Coastside Community Orchestra Music Chamber
Robert Smith, conductor

Program:
Selections from Cumberland Suite for Woodwind Quintet by Eric Ewazen
Piano Quintet in A Major (The Trout) by Franz Schuber, Piano Concerto in F Major by Joseph Haydn featuring pianist Shauna Picket-Gordon, the Simple Symphony by Benjamin Britten>

Joyce Grant - 2017-07-01 - 5:30pm to 9:30pm

Sam Chowder House

Joyce Grant, a mezzo soprano is also the great-great-niece of famed ragtime composer Scott Joplin. City Swing started a new chapter in 2007 with jazz singer Joyce Grant. Grant has been singing jazz in Bay Area venues for over 20 years. A mezzo-soprano with a voice like dark honey, Grant has a performance resume which includes a wide range of venues including the Empire Plush Room and...

Billy Childs Quartet - 2017-05-21 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

Four-time GRAMMY© award winner Billy Childs remains one of the most diversely prolific and acclaimed artists working in music today. Childs' canon of original compositions and arrangements has garnered him an additional 10 GRAMMY© award nominations, the 2013 Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship

SPRING CONCERT 2017 - 2017-05-13 - 7:00pm

Coastside Community Orchestra

Coastside Community Orchestra Spring Concert
Robert Smith, conductor

Program:
The Impresario Overture
Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra
featuring Patty Bartscher; Flute and Gwen Halterman; Harp Symphony No.35 (Hafner)

Spring Concert 2016 - 2016-02-06 - 7:00pm

Coastside Community Orchestra

Coastside Community Orchestra Spring Concert
Robert Smith, conductor

Program:
Concerto in C Major for Violoncello and Orchestra - Joseph Hayden, Charles Calvert Soloist
Fantasia on GreenSleeves - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 4 in G Major - Antonín Devorak
William Tell Overture - Gioacchino Rossini

A Night of Silent Horror Films in HMB - 2015-10-23 - 7:30pm

Coastside Film Society

On Friday, Oct 23rd, the Coastside Film Society will be hosting another one of our Silent Film Nights. Given that this screening comes the week between Pumpkin Fest and Halloween we decided to book two silent horror classics. Our Feature is a swashbuckling melodramatic retelling of a dark Victor Hugo novel...

Terry Disley Quartet: The Jazzcracker Suite - 2014-12-07 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

UK pianist Disley brings an exciting group to the Bach to perform his original jazz arrangements of Tchaikovsky's ever-popular Nutcracker Suite. Disley describes the �Jazzcracker Suite" as being somewhat like a mix of Tchaikovsky, electric fusion and classic acoustic jazz." The show will also include many of Disley's popular jazz & fusion hits. Come join us to celebrate the Season at the Bach with this unique Jazz Experience for the Holidays.

33rd Annual Classical Piano Fest - 2014-11-23 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

Mack McCray of the SF Conservatory joins Ning Zhou and Chenchen Zhang -- two "absolutely brilliant pianists" originally from Shanghai for three individual 35 minute sets on the 9 ft Steinway. Among other pieces, they will be playing Chopin's Second Sonata, a Fantasy on the Strauss Blue Danube Waltz, and the Brahms Paganini Variations...

Larry Vuckovich - Vince Guaraldi Tribute - 2014-09-14 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

Larry Vuckovich was Vince Guaraldi's only student and played in Vince's two-piano quintet, Powder Keg. This tribute showcases an authentic, first-hand, musical portrait of the Bay Area native and internationally acclaimed pianist...

Jerry Vivino Quartet - 2014-08-24 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

Jerry's back with his LA musicians from the Conan O'Brien Show on TBS: Among other favorites, they will be featuring music from Jerry's new CD, Back East -- straight ahead bop and r&b with a New York vibe. If you caught this show last August, chances are you will come back for more. Great music great energy. Saxophonist/ flutest/vocalist Jerry Vivino and his bandmates resumes read like a Who's Who in music. Collectively they have performed or recorded with the likes of Keely Smith, James Taylor, Gerry Mulligan, Doc Severinson and Bruce Springsteen to name a few.

Totally Tom Orchestra and the Tom Cats - 2014-08-09 - 8:00pm

Pacifica Spindrift Players

Talented Tom Stafford and his "Totally Tom Orchestra and the Tom Cats," will be performing a benefit show for Pacifica Spindrift Players on August 9th, at 8:00 PM.

Babaja Showcase - 2014-08-03 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

Bassist/composer Jeff Denson's music is steeped in the jazz tradition, where the propulsive rhythms are the heartbeat of the music and the musicians are master improvisers of harmonic structures, song forms, and melodic invention. Where the music diverges from the jazz tradition and creates its unique fingerprint in the handling of the juxtaposition of the composed and improvised material, the roles and uses of the instruments within the compositions, its musical forms and the unmistakably memorable melodic language of Jeff Denson, leaving them singing them long after the music has stopped.

Half Moon Bay Comedy Improv Show - 2014-08-02 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Blue Blanket Improv

Join us for a laugh-out-loud, high-energy, affordable comedy theater experience on the Coastside! Our community-based improv comedy troupe brings people together for the common good and ...

Missing Home - 2014-08-01 - 7:30pm

Coastside Film Society

Missing Home is a documentary that explores modernization - specifically its effects on the culture & lives of people living in hutongs, Beijing�s ancient sprawling alleys.

Auditions for the 2014 concert season - 2014-07-31 - 7:30pm

New Millenium Chamber Orchestra

We're always looking for new players to join us. Right now, we're looking for an additional oboe and bassoon as well as string players (especially on viola, cello and contrabass). Membership in NMCO is by audition with the Music Director or by referral from oustanding musicians in the community . See Audition Requirements under NEWS below.

Half Moon Bay Comedy Improv Show - 2014-07-19 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Blue Blanket Improv

Join us for a laugh-out-loud, high-energy, affordable comedy theater experience on the Coastside! Our community-based improv comedy troupe brings people together for the common good and ...

Jeff Densons Secret World - 2014-07-06 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

Bassist/composer Jeff Denson's music is steeped in the jazz tradition, where the propulsive rhythms are the heartbeat of the music and the musicians are master improvisers of harmonic structures, song forms, and melodic invention. Where the music diverges from the jazz tradition and creates its unique fingerprint in the handling of the juxtaposition of the composed and improvised material, the roles and uses of the instruments within the compositions, its musical forms and the unmistakably memorable melodic language of Jeff Denson, leaving them singing them long after the music has stopped.

Live Dulcimer Concert - 2014-06-27 - 7:30pm

Coastside Film Society

Patricia and Wayne start the evening by introducing us to their instruments and playing some of their favorite songs. Don't be surprised if a few of the stars of their documentary show up to provide accompaniment to this short, sweet concert.

Hearts of the Dulcimer - 2014-06-27 - 8:00pm

Coastside Film Society

Patricia and Wayne screen their recently completed feature-length documentary about the unlikely California mountain dulcimer boom in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Halie Loren Quartet - 2014-06-22 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

The search for a genuine identity has tripped up many a vocalist as they opt for the more manufactured vibe appeal But Halie Loren is simply herself, favoring a more organic approach as a story teller. Critics recognize that she not only has that innate gift of connection but the prodigious vocal chops to pull off fresh originals and time tested standards...

Auditions for A Midsummer Night's Dream - 2014-06-21 -

Half Moon Bay Shakespeare

Auditions for A Midsummer Night's Dream are fast approaching. Slots are filling fast for June 21st and we have many of our favorite actors returning on June 22 for Call Backs. Remember, if you are a past participant in our productions, let us know you are interested in auditions and you are welcome at Call Backs. We are also anticipating a large turn out for the young actors audition in Carter Park on June 28. For more information, visit our web site at www.hmbshakespeare.org

Holophonor - 2014-06-15 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

HOLOPHONOR is a fearless collaboration of seven of today's most dynamic young jazz musicians from all over the U.S. and South America. Their performances feature original music from each member of the group as well as works written collectively. The group manages to combine imaginative compositions with improvisational...

Half Moon Bay Comedy Improv Show - 2014-06-07 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Blue Blanket Improv

Join us for a laugh-out-loud, high-energy, affordable comedy theater experience on the Coastside! Our community-based improv comedy troupe brings people together for the common good and ...

Fred Ross Project - 2014-05-25 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

Singer/musician Fred Ross knows how to gather great musicians and stir up the house. This is the fifth year Pete Douglas has invited Fred and his current Project back, saying, "It's fantastic funk; tight, gotta move music." Fred has recorded with Aretha Franklin, members of Tower of Power, Santana, Chaka Kahn, the Commodores, and more...

The Lincoln Trio - 2014-05-18 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

Bringing together performing experience spanning the globe, each member is an artist of international renown. Violinist Desir�e Ruhstrat has performed throughout the US and Europe...

SPRING CONCERT 2014 - 2014-05-10 - 7:00pm

Coastside Community Orchestra

Coastside Community Orchestra Spring Concert
Robert Smith, conductor

Program:
Slavonic Dances (selections) by Dvorak
Symphony #9 in E minor, "From the New World" by Dvorak
Violin Concerto in E minor by Mendelssohn, Bruce Yu, soloist

The Sugar Bean Sisters - 2014-05-09 - 8:00pm

Pacifica Spindrift Players

In this Southern Gothic comedy of romance, murder and alien abduction, the Nettle sisters are determined to escape spinsterhood - Willie Mae by going to Salt Lake and finding a good Mormon husband and Faye by hopping on the spaceship when the "space people" return for another visit.

Mitchel Forman - 2014-04-27 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

Mitchel Forman (Stan Getz, Wayne Shorter, John McLaughlin�s Mahavishnu Orchestra) leads a stellar trio of bassist Kevin Axt (Tierney Sutton, Ray Charles) and drummer Steve Hass (Manhattan Transfer, Patti Austin) in an engaging...

Judy Wexler - 2014-04-06 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

Jazz vocalist Judy Wexler celebrates the release of her fourth album 'What I See.' Known for her inventive interpretations of underexposed gems and pure, clean voice, she will perform songs associated with a diverse mix of jazz and pop legends...

New Paintings Exhibit - 2014-04-02 -

The Garden Gallery

26 New Paintings have arrived!
We're always excited when new paintings come through our door. This latest collection of 26 new paintings are objects to be excited about! Beautiful, excellent, diverse!

The Poulenc Trio - 2014-03-30 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

The ever entertaining master flute and vibraphone player, Roger Glenn leads a "battle of the vibes" with four Bay Area vibists performing numbers from some of the great icons who have made the instrument famous: Rex Allen (music of Lionel Hampton)...

Roger Glenn - Beware the Vibes of March - 2014-03-23 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

The ever entertaining master flute and vibraphone player, Roger Glenn leads a "battle of the vibes" with four Bay Area vibists performing numbers from some of the great icons who have made the instrument famous: Rex Allen (music of Lionel Hampton)...

Tierney Sutton: After Blue - The Joni Mitchell Project - 2014-03-16 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

A great jazz singer's almost perfect understanding of one of the greatest singer-composers of her time.

Disappear Incompletely - The Radiohead Project - 2014-02-09 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

Featuring a line-up of top jazz, rock, electronic, experimental musicians from the San Francisco Bay Area, Disappear Incompletely performs new arrangements from the Radiohead songbook.

Mike Gallisatus Big Band - 2014-01-19 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

Original and contemporary compositions and some hard swinging standards with vocalist Duane Lawrence by 18 Bay Area musicians whose performance credits include Count Basie, Huey Lewis, Pete Escovedo, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Joe Louis Walker...

Propaganda Cartoons from WWII - 2014-01-08 - 7:30pm

Coastside Film Society

This is the fifth year in a row that Karl Cohen, the world-renowned film scholar, has dug into his vaults to build a night of animation for the Film Society....

32nd Annual Classical Piano Fest - 2013-12-01 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

For 32 years Mack McCray has brought outstanding talent and also performed at the annual Classical Piano Fest. This year he is most pleased to perform along side Yoonie Han and Jeffrey LaDeur.

Times 4 - 2013-11-24 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

Described as "one of the finest jazz-funk-soul combos in California" by the SJ Mercury and Oakland Tribute, San Francisco-based Urban Jazz quartet...

A Comedy about Cultural Divides - 2013-09-27 - 7:30pm

Coastside Film Society

The members of the Ceremonial Band of Alexandria Egypt hopped on the wrong bus on their way to a gig at an Arab Cultural Center in cosmopolitan Israel. The bus stops, they get out and find themselves stuck for the night in a remote Israeli town with no cultural center and no hotels...

Carmen Lundy - 2013-09-22 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

Carmen Lundy is celebrated throughout the world for her vocal artistry and is highly regarded for her jazz innovation. As a composer, Ms. Lundy's catalogue numbers over sixty published songs, one of the few jazz vocalists in history to accomplish such a distinction. Her songs have been recorded by such artists as Kenny Barron ('Quiet Times'), Ernie Watts ('At The End Of My Rope'), and Straight Ahead ("Never Gonna Let You Go").

Grace Kelly Music - 2013-09-08 - 4:30 pm

Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society

Twenty-one year old saxophone/vocalist/ composer phenomena Grace Kelly has performed over 500 concerts as a leader at prominent venues such as the Montreal and Newport Jazz Festivals, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, the Apollo Theater, Birdland, Boston's Symphony Hall, Dizzy's in NYC, and in venues as far away as Europe and Asia. Wynton Marsalis was so impressed that he invited her to join the ensemble in Washington, D.C. for Barack Obama's Inauguration Celebration. Harry Connick, Jr. heard Kelly in a master class and brought her on stage to sit in with his band that night...

Frank Tusa - Remembering Chet Baker - 2013-08-11 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

Bay Area veteran players perform a special concert in memory of the great Chet Baker and all the wonderful jazz melodies he created on trumpet and voice.

The Jerry Vivino Quartet - featuring Clayton Cameron - 2013-06-30 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

This quartet of LA's finest will feature a mix of jazz standards, soul jazz, bebop --Buddy Rich meets Louie Belson, meets Cozy Cole meets Art Blakey! The big treat however is "Brushman" Clayton Cameron -- one of the greatest drummer/brushman of our time. Saxman Jerry Vivino says, Clayton "brings a style of drumming and musicianship that will literally blow your mind! Clayton Cameron has it all going on!"

Mimi Fox Trio - 2013-06-23 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

Whether delivering jaw-dropping solo sets, performing dazzling duets with sympathetic partners, or leading a hard-charging combo, SF based guitarist/composer Mimi Fox is a consummate improviser who seizes the imagination of her listeners with her passion, soul, and unerring ear for beauty.

Silver Moon Big Band for Fathers Day - 2013-06-16 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

11 piece orchestra led by Lee Waterman will feature crooner Marty Gross interpreting the music of Frank Sinatra, Bobby Daren, Duke Ellington, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, and Tony Bennett. www.silvermoonbigband.com

The New York LA Jazz Ensemble - 2013-06-09 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

Top LA musicians originally from New York, perform some of the most beautiful songs ever written -- a mix of George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Antonia Carlos Jobim, John Coltrane, Thad Jones, Monk and many others.

SUMMER SOLO FEST - 2013-06-08 - 7:30pm

New Millenium Chamber Orchestra

Join us on Saturday, June 8th as we conclude the 2012-2013 season with our Summer Solo Fest! concert, featuring THREE PREMIERES! We're making music history right here on the Peninsula with Los Angeles composer Joachim Horsley's amazing new score, 'Small Hours of the Pacific' (written expressly for NMCO); Bay Area violinist & composer Trevor Lloyd's lively, jazz-inspired 'Spiderwalk' for wind ensemble; and the first concert performance of Emmy-Award-winning Southern California composer Anton Sanko's hauntingly beautiful �Whale Migration' from the PBS Series, 'Great Migrations'!

Ocean View Lodge Show - 2013-06-08 - 7:30pm

Blue Blanket Improv

Join us for a laugh-out-loud, high-energy, affordable comedy theater experience on the Coastside! Our community-based improv comedy troupe brings people together for the common good and ...

An Evening of Contemporary Animation - 2013-05-24 - 7:30pm

Coastside Film Society

Animation historian Karl Cohen will host a night of contemporary international animation guaranteed to expand your consciousness of what this art form can be...

Denise Donatelli and Geoffrey Keezer Quartet - 2013-04-21 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

LA based Denise Donatelli has become one of today�s premiere jazz vocalists. She just received her second consecutive 2012 GRAMMY� nomination for Soul Shadows (Savant Records), aarrangements and music direction courtesy of the excellent pianist Geoff Keezer...

Santiago is Santiago - 2013-04-19 - 7:30pm

Coastside Film Society

The Coastside Film Society screens a documentary about the rich homegrown Afro-Cuban folk culture that has thrived in the eastern region of Cuba...

New Millenium CO SPRING CONCERT - 2013-04-19 - 7:30pm

New Millenium Chamber Orchestra

Both the Spring and Summer concerts will feature "California Voices". Hear some of our outstanding West Coast composers. Among them are Joachim Horsley (Los Angeles), Daniel Leo Simpson (San Carlos), Trevor Lloyd (Castro Valley), Adrienne Albert (Los Angeles), Nancy Bloomer Deussen (Palo Alto) and Anton Sanko (Los Angeles).
Suggested donation: $10/person. Students free.

Vahagni Trio - 2013-04-14 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

Vahagni�s groundbreaking releases introduce him not only as a composer and guitar virtuoso but a pioneer in new World Music. With multiple awards, 5 star reviews and a consistent, forward motion career, including several world tours, appearances on TV and radio, Vahagni continuously takes his music to new heights...

Joel Harrison and Spirit House feat. - 2013-04-07 - 4:30 pm

Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society

Guitarist, composer, arranger, vocalist, songwriter and 2010 Guggenheim Fellow JOEL HARRISON sees no reason to sort his music into jazz, classical, or any such divisions. "Ultimately you�re just trying to arrive at great music". Spirit House will mostly perform Harrison's compositions, with additional pieces by Blade and Vu...

The Desert of Forbidden Art - 2013-03-15 - 7:30pm

Coastside Film Society

A tale that is stranger than fiction several times over. Viewers of this remarkable documentary will be astonished at not only what this art looks like and why it's forbidden, but also where it is and how it got there. Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times...

Joan Kwuon, violinist - 2013-03-10 - 4:30 pm

Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society

Now an international sensation, this exquisite violinist was discovered by Andre Previn and has worked with him any number of times, both as soloist with orchestra - the London Symphony Orchestra...

John Daversa - 2013-03-03 - 4:30pm

Dancing Bach Socitey

LA Trumpeter, John Daversa is a versatile and internationally respected performer (Trumpet/EVI), composer, arranger, producer, bandleader, educator, and BFM Jazz recording artist...

Ana Moura (Bay Area Event) - 2011-06-25 - 8:00pm

SFJAZZ

Akin to the blues in its heroically stoic response to suffering, loss, longing and the vicissitudes of fate, the Portuguese style known as fado is in the midst of a glorious renaissance, and the music's brightest young star is Ana Moura. Her luxuriant voice...

The Ahn Trio - 2011-06-05 - 4:30pm

Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society

Korean born sisters, Angella (violin), Lucia (piano) and Maria (cello) have been redefining chamber music with a modernist, fusion sensibility that is perfect for our age. Trained at Juilliard, they achieved widespread recognition in 1987 when TIME Magazine featured them in a cover story about "Asian-American Whiz Kids"...

LIONEL LOUEKE TRIO - 2011-05-22 - 4:30pm

Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society

Praised by his mentor Herbie Hancock as "a musical painter," West African-born guitarist Lionel Loueke has enjoyed a recent meteoric rise, including Downbeat's top Rising Star in 2008 and 2009. The NY Times declared Loueke "a startlingly original voice�

CLAIRDEE - Soulful, sultry, song stylist for Mothers Day - 2011-05-08 - 4:30pm

Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society

The Bay Area's own Clairdee seamlessly blends great songs and buoyant rhythms, telling riveting stories in her distinctive style
At the crossroads of jazz, pop, blues, and soul, Clairdee seamlessly blends great songs and buoyant rhythms, telling riveting stories in her distinctive style.

SFJAZZ HIGH SCHOOL ALL STARS - 2011-04-17 - 4:30pm

Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society

Founded in 2001 by Dr. Dee Spencer and directed by esteemed educator Paul Contos, the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars comprises 22 of the finest young Bay Area jazz musicians, annually selected by competitive audition...

Animation of Nina Paley - 2011-04-08 - 7:30pm

Coastside Film Society

Nina Paley is an amazing animator, syndicated comic strip artist, a professor at Parsons School of Design, and a Guggenheim Fellow who creates masterworks all by herself...

MIKE GREENSILL AND DICK FREGULIA TRIOS - 2011-04-03 - 4:30pm

Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society

Two separate trios re-visit the glory days of San Francisco's beloved North Beach neighborhood, from Vince Guaraldi at the Hungry i to Bill Evans at Keystone Korner.

ECLIPSE STRING QUARTET - 2011-03-27 - 4:30pm

Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society

The Eclipse String Quartet is an ensemble dedicated to the music of twentieth century and present day composers. The quartet also creates works of their own often in collaboration with other media. This quartet is made up of Sara Parkins � violin, Sarah Thornblade � violin, Alma Lisa Fernandez � viola, Maggie Parkins � cello, all with strong backgrounds in international and...

Jim Snidero - 2011-03-20 - 4:30pm

Bach Dynamite Dancing Society

Described as an "alto sax virtuoso" and "master musician" (Downbeat) and a "genuinely significant figure in jazz composition" (Penguin Guide to Jazz) Snidero brings a world-class quartet to Bach D&D Society featuring original music described at "Rooted Modernism". Soulful, swinging, yet utterly modern, the music promises to touch and inspire those in attendance.

GEOFFREY KEEZER/JOE LOCKE DUO - 2011-03-13 - 4:30pm

Bach Dynamite Dancing Society

Twice GRAMMY-nominated pianist Geoffrey Keezer and NYC vibraphone dynamo Joe Locke team up for an intimate evening of duets including jazz standards, originals and popular songs. While this particular combination of instruments calls to mind the legendary Chick Corea-Gary Burton duets, Keezer and Locke have honed their own unique, intuitive high-octane style.

David Samuels - 2011-02-27 - 4:30pm

Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society

A powerhouse team of veterans. DAVE SAMUELS, vibraphone and marimba, has performed and recorded with a broad scope of artists, Oscar Peterson and Stan Getz to the Yellowjackets and Frank Zappa...

JOSH NELSON TRIO - 2011-02-20 - 4:30 pm

Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society

Performing straight-ahead and progressive originals plus arrangements of classic jazz standards, LA pianist, composer, teacher and recording artist "Josh Nelson has all the markings of being a major factor in the modern jazz scene."...

Vocalist, TESSA SOUTER - 2011-02-13 - 4:00pm

Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society

Vocalist Tessa Souter "uses dynamics and inflections to convey a deeper sense of meaning that the songs imply, and she does it with great attention to details that most singers overlook...

Tina Guo, Cello Piano Recital - 2011-01-30 - 4:30 pm

Douglas Beach House

"A virtuoso on the classical cello, the 23-year-old crossover artist is equally skilled as a powerhouse shredder on the electric cello, masterfully balancing classical elegance with her inner metal child."

Carpe Diem String Quartet - 2011-01-09 - 4:30pm

Douglas Beach House

Carpe Diem String Quartet is quickly becoming the premier American "indie" string quartet. The critically acclaimed musicians are bringing new audiences into the concert hall and revitalizing the chamber music recital through innovative programming, thematic concerts, and popular...