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2025

  • Sun
    05
    Jan
    2025

    Old First Concerts

    2 pm

    Old First Church, Sacramento and Van Ness, San Francisco

    Sarah performs works by James Cleghorn in preparation for a recording for the Other Minds label.  Cleghorn grew up in San Francisco and wrote a wide variety of piano music in the 1930s to 1950s, was active in the new music circle of Henry Cowell and Lou Harrison (and was responsible for introducing them), and became head of the music department at the San Francisco Public Library.  His son Peter Cleghorn gave Sarah the original scores for her upcoming recording. 

  • Mon
    06
    Jan
    2025
    Tue
    07
    Jan
    2025

    recording music by James Cleghorn

    San Francisco Conservatory of Music

    Sarah records works by James Cleghorn for the Other Minds label.  Cleghorn grew up in San Francisco and wrote a wide variety of piano music in the 1930s to 1950s, was active in the new music circle of Henry Cowell and Lou Harrison (and was responsible for introducing them), and became head of the music department at the San Francisco Public Library.  His son Peter Cleghorn gave Sarah the original scores for this recording. 

  • Thu
    16
    Jan
    2025

    pre-rehearsal talk

    9 am

    Davies Hall, San Francisco

    Before an open rehearsal with the San Francisco Symphony, Sarah speaks about the program: John Adams’ new piano concerto “After the Fall” with pianist Vikingur Olafsson,  Charles Ives’ The Unanswered Question, and Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, conducted by David Robertson.

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any composer could dream of”

– San Francisco Chronicle