Upcoming Events
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Sun06Apr2025
Backstage Pass with Yefim Bronfman
5 pmHerbst Theatre, San Francisco
Sarah Cahill’s “Backstage Pass” w. Yefim Bronfman in San Francisco
in partnership with Amateur Music Network
Have you ever wondered how artists prepare and create their performances? In this series we break down the barriers of genre and style with performing artists, revealing the secret processes behind their music. This conversation will take place at the conclusion of Mr. Bronfman’s recital at Herbst Theater and is available free to all ticket-holders. To attend the conversation, you must have a ticket to the concert.https://chambermusicsf.org/ -
Wed09Apr2025
Backstage Pass with Marin Alsop and Gabriela Montero
7 pmWattis Room, Davies Hall, San Francisco
Wednesday, April 9 at 7:00pm, Amateur Music Network presents Sarah Cahill’s Backstage Pass with special guest, conductor Marin Alsop. In a live conversation in Davies Symphony Hall’s Wattis Room and streamed online, Cahill and Alsop offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the artistic process. Tickets are available for purchase through Amateur Music Network. LEARN MORE
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Thu15May2025
pre-rehearsal talk
9 amDavies Hall, San Francisco
Before an open rehearsal, Sarah interviews composer Anna Thorvalsdottir onstage about her new cello concerto, which Johannes Moser will premiere with the San Francisco Symphony during these concerts, with Dalia Stasevska conducting. Sarah also talks about Sibelius’ Fifth Symphony.
https://www.sfsymphony.org/Buy-Tickets/2024-25/Stasevska-OR
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Fri16May2025
Terry Riley 90th celebration
7 pm405 Shrader, San Francisco
https://www.405shrader.com/
Sarah performs a program celebrating Terry Riley’s ninetieth birthday year, with his own music ranging from his 1964 Keyboard Studies to his 2008 Be Kind to One Another, along with works composed in his honor by Frederic Rzewski, Pauline Oliveros, Danny Clay, and others.
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Sat21Jun2025
Garden of Memory
5 to 9 pmChapel of the Chimes, Piedmont Avenue, Oakland
At this beloved annual new music event celebrating the summer solstice, Sarah performs music by Terry Riley in honor of his ninetieth birthday which is June 24th.
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Tue22Jul2025Wed23Jul2025
Stravinsky in Mendocino
Mendocino Music Festival
Sarah joins Allegra Chapman in Stravinsky’s Concerto for Two Pianos for two performances at the Mendocino Music Festival.
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Sat16Aug2025
Point Reyes Dance Palace
afternoonPoint Reyes Dance Palace
dancepalace.org
Sarah performs works by Tania León, Gabriela Ortiz, Theresa Wong, Margaret Bonds, Mary Watkins, and others at this wonderful community center in Point Reyes Station
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Sun07Sep2025
Blue/Bob
Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland
Robert Ashley and “Blue” Gene Tyranny collaborated for decades, and both were iconic and beloved teachers at the Mills College music department. This concert celebrates their work with Tyranny’s two-piano gems Decertified Highway of Dreams and Letters from Home and Ashley’s Viva’s Boy, along with solo compositions. Joseph Kubera and Sarah Cahill worked on these scores with both composers, and will perform pieces that Tyranny dedicated to each of them, including The Drifter and Spirit.
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Fri19Sep2025
concert at CSMA
Community School of Music and Arts, Mountain View
Sarah performs a recital in the series at the Community School of Music and Arts
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Fri17Oct2025
Other Minds Festival
Brava Theater, San Francisco
Sarah premieres a new composition by Samuel Adams, in memory of Ingram Marshall, at the Other Minds Festival. This new work is part of a commissioning project Sarah is doing on the theme of Homages.
otherminds.org
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Thu20Nov2025
Blue/Bob
Roulette, Brooklyn, New York
Robert Ashley and “Blue” Gene Tyranny collaborated for decades, and both were iconic and beloved teachers at the Mills College music department. This concert celebrates their work with Tyranny’s two-piano gems Decertified Highway of Dreams and Letters from Home and Ashley’s Viva’s Boy, along with solo compositions. Joseph Kubera and Sarah Cahill worked on these scores with both composers, and will perform pieces that Tyranny dedicated to each of them, including The Drifter and Spirit.