2018
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Wed24Jan2018
San Francisco Performances: PIVOT series
8:30 pmThe Strand Theater
1127 Market St
San Francisco, CA 94103In an intensive five-day exploration, PIVOT celebrates creator-performers on the American artistic edge. Sarah leads a celebration of visionary California composer Lou Harrison’s 100th birthday, partnering with the Alexander String Quartet, Kate Stenberg, and William Winant Percussion Group, in a program including the Varied Trio, Summerfield Set, Song for Quetzalcoatl, Threnody for Carlos Chavez, Music for Violin with Various Instruments, and Quartet Set.
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Thu01Feb2018
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble: Visions de l'Amen
7:30Berkeley Piano Club
2724 Haste St, BerkeleySarah joins pianist Eric Zivian in Messiaen’s Visions de l’Amen for two pianos as well as the premieres of Chris Castro’s IV-I and Philip Acimovic’s Reverent Murmurs, presented by the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble.
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Sat03Feb2018
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble: Visions de l'Amen
7:30Berkeley Piano Club
2724 Haste St, BerkeleySarah joins pianist Eric Zivian in Messiaen’s Visions de l’Amen for two pianos as well as the premieres of Chris Castro’s IV-I and Philip Acimovic’s Reverent Murmurs, presented by the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble.
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Mon05Feb2018
Left Coast Chamber Ensemble: Visions de l'Amen
7:30San Francisco Conservatory of Music
50 Oak Street, San Francisco
Sarah joins pianist Eric Zivian in Messiaen’s Visions de l’Amen for two pianos as well as the premieres of Chris Castro’s IV-I and Philip Acimovic’s Reverent Murmurs, presented by the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble.
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Wed28Feb2018Fri02Mar2018
Ethos NewSound Festival
State University of New York at Fredonia
Sarah performs works by Meredith Monk, Ursula Mamlok, George Lewis, Ingram Marshall, Samuel Adams, Annea Lockwood and others, and also leads a piano recital seminar master class and reads works by students.
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Wed28Mar2018
New Music Miami ISCM Festival
7:00 pmMiami Beach Urban Studios, 420 Lincoln Rd, Miami Beach, FL 33139
Sarah’s solo program features the premiere of Orlando Jacinto Garcia’s A Gamelan in the Distance, in memory of Lou Harrison; the premiere of a new work by Jacob Sudol; Lou Harrison’s A Summerfield Set; Ursula Mamlok’s 2000 Notes; Tania León’s Ritual; George Lewis’ Endless Shout; Meredith Monk’s St. Petersburg Waltz; and Ann Southam’s Glass Houses No. 7.
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Wed04Apr2018
China Gates at Piano Department Recital
7:30 pmSan Francisco Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak Street, San Francisco
At a free recital offered by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Piano Department to celebrate the Conservatory’s centennial, in a program of works written by composers who have either taught or studied at SFCM, Sarah performs John Adams’ China Gates, written for her when she was a seventeen-year-old student. Other composers in this concert include Robert Helps and Aaron Jay Kernis and, for some reason, Debussy and Rachmaninov. https://sfcm.edu/events/piano-department-centennial-recital
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Fri06Apr2018
Bard Music West: The World of Henry Cowell
7:30 pmNoe Valley Ministry, 1021 Sanchez St. (at 23rd), San Francisco, CA 94114
Bard Music West returns to Noe Valley Ministry with a deep dive into the world of Bay Area visionary Henry Cowell. Sarah performs Cowell’s High Color, John Cage’s Bacchanale, Johanna Beyer’s Gebrauchsmusik I, Leo Ornstein’s Suicide in an Airplane, and Dane Rudhyar’s “Stars” from Pentagram No. 3.
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Sat07Apr2018
New Music Works: Because
7:30 pmPeace United Church of Christ, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
New Music Works presents Because, a chamber program featuring music by Akinele Bankole, John Thomas, John Lennon/Paul McCartney, Frank Pesci, and Jon Scoville. Sarah will premiere new pieces for solo piano by Jon Scoville and Julia by Bunita Marcus.
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Sun08Apr2018
chamber music at Bellevue Club
4 pmBellevue Club, 525 Bellevue Avenue, Oakland
Sarah teams up with flutist David Latulippe and cellist Andres Vera for Louise Farrenc’s Trio, Poulenc’s Flute Sonata, and Robert Starer’s Remembering Felix with Latulippe as narrator. This may be a private event, so please contact the Bellevue Club if you’d like to come.
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Wed11Apr2018
Other Minds 23 Festival
7:30 pmODC Theater, 3153 17th St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Sarah will join forces with the Other Minds Ensemble and vocal soloists Kevin Baum, Randall Wong, Joel Chapman, and Sidney Chen to perform Virgil Thomson’s Capital Capitals (text by Gertrude Stein) as part of the Other Minds 23 Festival.
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Sat12May2018Sun13May2018
pre-concert talks for the LA Phil
Disney Hall, Los Angeles.
Sarah gives pre-concert talks about Schubert’s Fantasia in F minor for Four Hands, Bruch’s Concerto for Two Pianos, and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 7 before concerts by the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
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Wed16May2018
Duo with Kate Stenberg
noon to 1 pmThrockmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, CA
Sarah and violinist Kate Stenberg perform works by Kaija Saariaho, Linda Catlin Smith, Grazyna Bacewicz, Gabriella Frank, and Ruth Crawford in a free noontime concert.
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Sun27May2018
memorial concert for Eve Vanderstoel
1 pmBerkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, 2155 Center Street, Berkeley.
For a concert in memory of Eve Vanderstoel, Sarah performs works by composers who have been meaningful or close to Eve and her husband Graeme Vanderstoel, including Lou Harrison, Paul Dresher, Jon Scoville, and Ruth Crawford.
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Thu21Jun2018
Garden of Memory
5-9pmChapel of the Chimes, 4499 Piedmont Ave, Oakland, CA
New Music Bay Area presents Garden of Memory, the annual summer solstice concert at the Chapel of the Chimes, a beautiful columbarium and mausoleum designed by Julia Morgan. Performers you can hear during this popular event include Pamela Z, Danny Clay and Amy Foote, Adam Tendler, Robin Petrie, Zachary James Watkins, Gyan Riley, Paul Dresher and Joel Davel, Amy X Neuburg, the ROVA Saxophone Quartet, Dylan Mattingly, Laura Inserra, Maggi Payne, Theresa Wong, Sarah Cahill and Kate Stenberg, and many more. Joshua Kosman of the San Francisco Chronicle calls Garden of Memory “a walk-through fun house of musical and visual splendor.” Pick up a map with performer locations, or just wander freely, discovering a variety of acoustic and electronic music in the four hours before twilight. Sarah performs the Bay Area premiere of I Still Play by John Adams, and is joined by violinist Kate Stenberg for Kaija Saariaho’s Tocar and three movements from Gabriela Frank’s Suenos de Chambi. -
Thu05Jul2018
Interlochen Arts Festival
8pmDendrinos Chapel and Recital Hall, Eugene Ormandy Ave, Interlochen, MI
Sarah performs music that has been composed for her over the years, including Phil Kline’s Long Winter, John Adams’ China Gates, Annea Lockwood’s RCSC, Samuel Adams’s Shade Studies, excerpts from Meredith Monk’s Steppe Music, Pauline Oliveros’ Quintuplets Playpen, Ingram Marshall’s Authentic Presence, and Terry Riley’s Be Kind to One Another.
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Sat07Jul2018
Flower Piano
noon to 2 pmBotanical Gardens, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
Flower Piano returns to Golden Gate Park for its annual twelve-day installation of pianos and music. Pianos will be placed in beautiful garden settings for anyone to play, with performances by talented local musicians scheduled on weekends. Flower Piano, the brainchild of Mauro ffortissimo and Dean Mermell, has broken 75 years of attendance records for the Botanical Gardens, and is always a magical event. Check out http://sunsetpiano.com/flowerpiano/ for a full schedule. Sarah will perform music by Terry Riley and Meredith Monk.
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Thu12Jul2018
Flower Piano
8:40 to 1 pmBotanical Gardens, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
Flower Piano returns to Golden Gate Park for its annual twelve-day installation of pianos and music. Pianos will be placed in beautiful garden settings for anyone to play, with performances by talented local musicians scheduled on weekends. Flower Piano, the brainchild of Mauro ffortissimo and Dean Mermell, has broken 75 years of attendance records for the Botanical Gardens, and is always a magical event. Check out http://sunsetpiano.com/flowerpiano/ for a full schedule. For this special evening concert, featuring several different pianists, Sarah will perform music by Terry Riley and Meredith Monk.
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Sun15Jul2018
Flower Piano
11 am to noonBotanical Gardens, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco
Flower Piano returns to Golden Gate Park for its annual twelve-day installation of pianos and music. Pianos will be placed in beautiful garden settings for anyone to play, with performances by talented local musicians scheduled on weekends. Flower Piano, the brainchild of Mauro ffortissimo and Dean Mermell, has broken 75 years of attendance records for the Botanical Gardens, and is always a magical event. Check out http://sunsetpiano.com/flowerpiano/ for a full schedule. Sarah will perform music by Terry Riley and Meredith Monk.
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Sun22Jul2018
New Music Champion Award at Old First Concerts
4 pmOld First Church, 1751 Sacramento Street at Van Ness, San Francisco
On the occasion of being named New Music Champion for 2018 from the American Composers Forum, Sarah performs music that has been composed for her over the years, including Phil Kline’s Long Winter, John Adams’ China Gates, Annea Lockwood’s RCSC, Samuel Adams’s Shade Studies, excerpts from Meredith Monk’s Steppe Music, Pauline Oliveros’ Quintuplets Playpen, Ingram Marshall’s Authentic Presence, and Terry Riley’s Be Kind to One Another. The brief awards ceremony will be at intermission.
https://www.oldfirstconcerts.org/performance/sarah-cahill-sunday-july-22-at-4-pm/
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Sat28Jul2018
benefit for Terry Riley film
5 pmprivate residence in San Francisco
Sarah performs Terry Riley’s Keyboard Studies and Fandango on the Heaven Ladder in a benefit for a new film about Terry Riley being made by Amy Miller and Josh Rosen. For more information, send an e-mail to notnotart@comcast.net.
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Tue18Sep2018
Piedmont Gardens
7 pmPiedmont Gardens, 110 41st Street, Oakland, CA
Sarah performs works by Clara Schumann, Florence Price, Cecile Chaminade, Nina Makarova, and others.
For more information, contact Piedmont Gardens at (800) 496-8126
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Sun30Sep2018
SF Music Day
noon to 8 pmVeterans Building, 401 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA
At 5:20 pm, Sarah and Kate Stenberg perform works by Kaija Saariaho, Gabriela Lena Frank, Henry Cowell, and Grazyna Bacewicz as part of SF Music Day, a free daylong festival presented by InterMusic SF, featuring dozens of ensembles performing a diverse range of repertoire, including classical, jazz, avant garde, and contemporary works.
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Fri05Oct2018
Tribeca New Music: Jerome Kitzke
7 pmDiMenna Center - Cary Hall, 450 West 37th Street, New York, NYTribeca New Music presents the complete works for amplified speaking pianist by composer Jerome Kitzke featuring pianists Sarah Cahill, Anthony de Mare, Lisa Moore, Kathleen Supové, and Jerome Kitzke, along with oboist/English Hornist Keve Wilson. Sarah will perform Kitzke’s There is a Field with texts by Walt Whitman and Rumi. This concert also features the premiere of Kitzke’s A Lament and Cry for These United States.
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Fri12Oct2018
Old First Concerts with Kate Stenberg
8 pmOld First Church, 1751 Sacramento St, San Francisco, CA
Sarah and Kate Stenberg premiere Aaron Gervais’ Talking in Circles and perform Gabriela Lena Frank’s Suenos de Chambi, Kaija Saariaho’s Tocar, Linda Catlin Smith’s With Their Shadows Long, and works by Henry Cowell and Grażyna Bacewicz. The Stenberg-Cahill Duo is dedicated to promoting the American experimental tradition and expanding it through the commissioning of new work.
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Sun14Oct2018
North Dakota Museum of Art
2 pmNorth Dakota Museum of Art, 261 Centennial Dr, Grand Forks, ND
Sarah performs her new project “The Future is Female” at the extraordinary contemporary galleries of the North Dakota Museum of Art in Grand Forks.
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Mon15Oct2018
Mayville State University
7:30 pmMayville State University, 330 3rd St NE, Mayville, ND
Sarah performs a classical program of works by women composers at Mayville State University.
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Thu25Oct2018
Cal Poly Pomona Masterclass
1 pmCal Poly Pomona Music Recital Hall, 3801 W Temple Ave, Pomona, CA
Masterclass at Cal Poly Pomona.
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Thu25Oct2018
Shapchenko & Friends Chamber Music
8 pmCal Poly Pomona Music Recital Hall, 3801 W. Temple Avenue, Pomona, CA
Sarah performs a program of works that have commissioned by her or written for her by Terry Riley, John Adams, Meredith Monk, Annea Lockwood, Samuel Adams, Ingram Marshall, Phil Kline, and Pauline Oliveros. Her residency also includes a lecture and master class.
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Fri26Oct2018
Cal State Fullerton New Music Series
2:30 to 10 pmCalifornia State University Fullerton
Sarah spends the day at Cal State Fullerton, beginning with a workshop at 2 pm, then working with the New Music Ensemble, directed by Pamela Madsen, in Terry Riley’s A Rainbow in Curved Air and other works, then participating in a performance at 5 pm on the library lawn. Sarah’s concert at 8 pm features works that she commissioned or have been composed for her over the years.Guest Artist New Music SeriesWorkshop/Masterclass 2-3:30PM Recital HallNew Music Ensemble with Sarah Cahill-Tuning Meditation, Terry Riley, Rainbow in Curved Air 4-5PMPlanetary Dance, 5-6PM Library LawnConcert, 8PM Recital HallFeaturing works by Meredith Monk, Ingram Marshall, John Adams, Pauline Oliveros, Annea Lockwood, Phil Kline, Samuel Adams and Terry Riley, all written for or commissioned by Sarah -
Sun11Nov2018
Festival of New American Music
7:00pmCapistrano Concert Hall
California State University, Sacramento
6000 J St.
Sacramento, CASarah Cahill performs at Sacramento State’s annual Festival of New American Music with renowned composers Terry and Gyan Riley.
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Tue20Nov2018
Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
12 pmSt. Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Sarah performs Terry Riley’s Keyboard Studies and Be Kind to One Another, Lou Harrison’s Summerfield Set, and Harold Budd’s Children on the Hill, an improvisation transcribed by Kyle Gann, at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
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Wed12Dec2018
PlantLife: Sarah Cahill, Pet the Tiger
7 pmCenter for New Music, 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Sarah will perform selections from Mamoru Fujieda’s Patterns of Plants as part of the program “PlantLife,” presnted by the Center for New Music.