2019
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Thu10Jan2019Sun13Jan2019
LA Phil Pre-Concert Talks
7 pmWalt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
Sarah gives pre-concert talks about John Adams’ Grand Pianola Music, Gabriella Smith’s Tumblebird Contrails, and the premiere of Philip Glass’ Symphony No. 12 (“Lodger”), before each of three performances conducted by John Adams. The talks will include interviews with Adams and pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin.
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Sat19Jan2019
The Future is Female - Point Reyes Dance Palace
7 pmDance Palace Community & Cultural Center, Point Reyes Station, CA
Sarah performs her new program The Future is Female, featuring works by women composers from around the world, including Teresa Carreño (Venezuela), Frangiz Ali-Zadeh (Azerbaijan), Chen Yi (China), Vítzslava Kaprálová (Czechoslovakia), and Florence Price (United States). The evening includes post-concert discussion with the audience.
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Sun27Jan2019
onstage talk with Nicola Benedetti
2 pmZellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley
Sarah interviews violinist Nicola Benedetti onstage before her recital with pianist Alexei Grynyuk on the Cal Performances series.
https://calperformances.org/performances/2018-19/recital/nicola-benedetti-violin-alexei-grynyuk-piano.php
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Wed30Jan2019
talk with Hannah Kendall
3 pmZellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley
Sarah speaks with composer Hannah Kendall on Facebook live. A new work by Kendall is being premiered this week by the Berkeley Symphony, and Sarah is performing her three-movement piano work On the Chequer’d Field Arrayed at Bowling Green State University in March.
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Thu31Jan2019
Women Composers and Gender Equity
7-8:30 pmCenter for New Music, 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco.
Sarah speaks on a panel discussing gender equity in contemporary music, with fellow panelists Elinor Armer, Pamela Z, Daria Novo, Maggi Payne, Aubrey Bergauer, and Mya Byrne. This discussion is free and open to all who are interested in discussing both the current artistic and economic conditions for women in music, and future paths to increasing equality.
https://centerfornewmusic.com/calendar/tracking-series-3-women-composers-and-gender-equity/
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Sat02Feb2019
An Evening with Terry Riley and NewMusicWorks
7:30 pmPeace United Church of Christ, Santa Cruz, CA
Featuring music by Frederic Rzewski, Terry Riley and Philip Collins performed by Terry Riley, piano and voice; Sarah Cahill and Regina Myers, piano; and NewMusicWorks Ensemble.
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Fri08Feb2019
Benefit Concert
8 pmZion Lutheran Church, San Francisco
Sarah joins violinist Kate Stenberg in works by Kaija Saariaho, Gabriela Lena Frank, Henry Cowell, and others in a benefit for The Dirty Girls of Lesvos, a humanitarian and environmental organization helping refugees in Greece.
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Fri22Feb2019Sat23Feb2019
New Music Festival at CSUF
Cal State Fullerton School of Music
Sarah and Kate Stenberg perform and participate in this annual new music festival, directed by Pamela Madsen, with student workshops and panel discussions and concerts.
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Thu28Feb2019Sat02Mar2019
Grieg Lyric Pieces with Jessica Lang Dance
7:30 pmYBCA Theater, San Francisco, CA
Sarah performs selections from Grieg’s 66 Lyric Pieces for Jessica Lang Dance, presented by San Francisco Performances.
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Fri22Mar2019
The Future is Female - Detroit Institute of Arts
7 pm and 8:30 pmRivera Court at Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
Sarah performs two separate programs from her project The Future is Female, one at 7 pm and one at 8:30 pm:
Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, op. 20 (1853) Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
Etude No. 1, op. 16 (1938) Nina Makarova (1908-1976)
Music for Piano (1989/1997) Frangiz Ali-Zadeh (b. 1947)
Chaconne “L’Inconstante” (1707) Elizabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1665-1729)
Sonata in E minor, first movement (1932) Florence Price (1887-1953)
St. Petersburg Waltz (1997) Meredith Monk (b. 1942)
Heights and Depths of Love (2009) Žibuoklé Martinaityté
Guessing Chen Yi (b. 1953)
Un reve en mer Teresa Carreño (1853-1917)
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April Preludes No. 1 and 3 (1937) Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915-1940)
She Dances Naked Under Palm Trees (2019) Theresa Wong (b. 1976)
Sonata No. 9, opus 5 no. 3 (1811) Helene de Montgeroult (1764-1836)
Ear-Walking Woman (1996) Annea Lockwood (b.1939)
Peggy’s Rag (1996) Elena Kats-Chernin (b. 1957)
Glass Houses No. 7 (1981) Ann Southam (1937-2010)
Birds at Dawn (1919) Fannie Charles Dillon (1881-1947)
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Mon25Mar2019
The Future is Female - Bowling Green New Music Festival
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Sarah performs the U.S. premiere of Deirdre Gribbin’s Unseen (2018), Theresa Wong’s She Dances Naked Under Palm Trees (2019), Hannah Kendall’s On the Chequer’d Field Array’d (2013), Žibuoklė Martinaitytė’s Heights and Depths of Love (2009), Annea Lockwood’s Ear-Walking Woman (1996), Frangiz Ali-Zadeh’s Music for Piano (1989/1997), Elena Kats-Chernin’s Peggy’s Rag (1996), and Tania León’s Ritual (1987).
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Sat30Mar2019
Cabrillo College: Night of the Living Composer
7:30pmSamper Recital Hall, Cabrillo College
6500 Soquel Drive
Aptos, CASarah performs Phil Collins’ Going Places
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Fri17May2019
Sarah Cahill & Regina Myers - Old First Concerts
8pmOld First Church
1751 Sacramento Street (at Van Ness)
SF, CA 94109Sarah Cahill and Regina Myers perform a program focused on the theme of social justice including Elinor Armer’s Mirror, Mirror, Ruby Fulton’s All Night, All Day (joined by Monica Chew and Riley Nicholson), Frederic Rzewski’s Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues, Pauline Oliveros’s A New Indigo Peace (with audience singalong), Meredith Monk’s Ellis Island, and a premiere by Sharmi Basu (with Regina as soloist). Sarah also performs the West Coast premiere of Theresa Wong’s She Dances Naked Under Palm Trees.
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Sun09Jun2019
Avant Garden Party
2:00pmThe Garden, 2701 Monterey Avenue, Soquel, CA
Avant Garden Party is a benefit for NewMusicWorks. Sarah and pianist Michael McGushin will perform Erik Satie’s Three Pieces in the Shape of a Pear for four-hand piano.
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Fri21Jun2019
Garden of Memory
5 to 9 pmChapel of the Chimes, 4499 Piedmont Avenue, Oakland, CA
The annual summer solstice event, Garden of Memory, returns to the magical Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland, with more than forty musicians performing a wide range of music around the building simultaneously. Sarah performs Terry Riley’s “The Walrus in Memoriam” and other works.
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Sun14Jul2019
Flower Piano
11:00amBotanical Gardens, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco CA
Sarah will perform works from her ongoing project The Future is Female- music by Hélène de Montgeroult, Florence Price, Elena Kats-Chernin, and Vítězslava Kaprálová
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Thu18Jul2019
Flower Piano
8:00pmBotanical Gardens, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco CA
Sarah will perform works from her ongoing project The Future is Female- music by Žibuoklė Martinaitytė, Germaine Tailleferre, Fanny Mendelssohn, and Frangiz Ali-Zadeh.
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Fri02Aug2019Sun04Aug2019
Carlsbad Music Festival
St Michael's by-the-Sea 2775 Carlsbad Blvd., Carlsbad, CA
Sarah performs three concerts during the three days of the festival: two encompassing programs from her The Future is Female project, and one devoted to the music of Terry Riley.
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Thu15Aug2019
National Relaxation Day
11 am to 6:50 pmYerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Sarah speaks with artist Lisa Cralle as part of National Relaxation Day at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. This is part of YBCA’s Artist to Artist talks, which involve a lively exchange of thoughts and ideas about being an artist today. The entire day of activities (guided meditation, cocktails, dance classes, access to the gallery, etc.) is free, with advance registration. https://ybca.org/event/national-relaxation-day/
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Fri16Aug2019
Premiere with Friction Quartet
8 pmOld First Church, San Francisco
Sarah joins the Friction Quartet for the premiere of a new quintet by Max Stoffregen.
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Sun08Sep2019
Grainger-Cowell-Harrison-Collins
3 pmTBA- Santa Cruz area
Sarah performs music by the four owners of a historic Steinway. Percy Grainger gave the piano to Henry Cowell, who gave it to Lou Harrison, who gave it to Phil Collins, the current owner. Since the Steinway still holds the memory of those four composers, Sarah returns that music to the piano on which it was created. Another performance is scheduled for the Bay Area soon after this one.
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Thu19Sep2019Sat21Sep2019
Pre-concert talks for San Francisco Symphony
Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave San Francisco, CA
Sarah gives pre-concert talks before each of three performances by the San Francisco Symphony: 1-1:30 pm on Thursday, and 7-7:30 pm on Friday and Saturday. The program features the premiere of John Adams’ salute to Michael Tilson Thomas, I Still Dance, as well as Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with Daniil Trifonov and Schumann’s Symphony No. 3. Adams joins Sarah in conversation for the last ten or fifteen minutes of each talk.
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Sun06Oct2019
SF Music Day: Rebels & Renegades
1:30pmSF War Memorial Veterans Building, 401 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA
The Stenberg | Cahill Duo performs for SF Music Day, alongside other distinguished musicians. Free admission.
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Sun13Oct2019
Lou Harrison Concerto for Piano with Javanese Gamelan
5:30 & 7:30pmBerkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, Oxford Street, Berkeley, CA
Sarah performs Lou Harrison’s exuberant Concerto for Piano with Javanese Gamelan with Gamelan Sari Raras, founded and co-directed by Midiyanto and Ben Brinner.
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Tue15Oct2019
Berkeley Chamber Performances
7:30pmBerkeley City Club, Durant Avenue, Berkeley, CA
Sarah and violinist Kate Stenberg perform Cowell’s Sonata from 1945, Brahms’ Sonata in A major, Debussy’s Sonata, and Lou Harrison’s Grand Duo.
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Wed06Nov2019
conversation with Meredith Monk
7:30 pmHolland Theater, Lisser Hall, Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland
Sarah speaks with Meredith Monk onstage after a screening of the remastered version of her work “Quarry.”
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Fri08Nov2019
Lou Harrison Concerto for Piano with Javanese Gamelan
8:00pmHertz Concert Hall, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Sarah performs Lou Harrison’s exuberant Concerto for Piano with Javanese Gamelan with Gamelan Sari Raras, founded and co-directed by Midiyanto and Ben Brinner.
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Sat16Nov2019
Carolina Performing Arts
5:00pmCURRENT ArtSpace + Studio, 123 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, NC
Sarah performs her program The Future is Female, a ritual installation and communal feminist immersive listening experience.
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Mon18Nov2019
University of Iowa
2 pmVoxman Music Building, 93 East Burlington Street, Iowa City, IA
Sarah Cahill presents The Future Is Female, a ritual installation and communal feminist immersive listening experience, featuring piano works by women composers from the 18th century to the present day. Listeners are free to come and go as they please. Performance from 2-5PM.
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Tue10Dec2019
Women's Faculty Club celebration
6 pmWomen's Faculty Club, UC Berkeley
To celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the Women’s Faculty Club, Sarah Cahill performs a program of music by women through the centuries, including Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Clara Schumann, Helene de Montgeroult, Florence Price, and Vítězslava Kaprálová. Please call the Women’s Faculty Club for tickets, or check their website.