2026-2027 Season Concerts - San Francisco
FALL CONCERTS
IMPOSSIBLE INVENTIONS
Sunday, September 20, 2026, 4:00 PM (Berkeley Piano Club, Berkeley)
Music full of youthful brilliance and optimism opens our season: we celebrate the music of the new generation through our Pathways Program, alongside Mendelssohn’s beautiful E-flat major quartet and music from Paul Novak, the winner of Left Coast’s 2025 composition contest.
Event: Impossible Inventions
Location: Berkeley Piano Club
City: Berkeley
State: CA
Organizer: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Performer: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Start: 2026-09-20T16:00:00-07:00
MOZART CLARINET QUINTET
Sunday, November 22, 2026, 4:00 PM (First Church of Christ, Scientist, Berkeley)
A paean to all the many different personalities of the clarinet, this program sets Mozart’s quintet, written for his dear friend Anton Stadler, alongside a new quintet written specially for Left Coast clarinetist Jerome Simas by his friend and fellow clarinetist, Jonathan Russell.
Event: Mozart Clarinet Quintet
Location: First Church of Christ, Scientist
City: Berkeley
State: CA
Organizer: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Performer: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Start: 2026-11-22T16:00:00-08:00
WINTER WANDERING FESTIVAL
DAY 1: SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 2027
MAPS
Saturday, January 16, 2027, 11:00 AM (First Church of Christ, Scientist, Berkeley)
Left Coast connects with community members to perform Brittany J. Green’s Maps and a special performance with Iranian composer and improviser, Hesam Abedini for a sonic exploration of physical space and our place within it.
In collaboration with the Amateur Music Network.
Event: Maps
Location: First Church of Christ, Scientist
City: Berkeley
State: CA
Organizer: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Performer: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Start: 2027-01-16T11:00:00-08:00
DISPLACEMENT: TALK & MUSIC
Saturday, January 16, 2027, 6:00 PM (First Church of Christ, Scientist, Berkeley)
Guest speaker and historian Sheer Ganor discusses ideas of home through the lens of those who have lost it, alongside music by Iranian composer and improviser, Hesam Abedini.
Join us after the presentation for a festive reception with complimentary refreshments!
Event: Displacement: Talk & Music
Location: First Church of Christ, Scientist
City: Berkeley
State: CA
Organizer: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Performer: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Start: 2027-01-16T18:00:00-08:00
ON AN OVERGROWN PATH
Saturday, January 16, 2027, 7:30 PM (First Church of Christ, Scientist, Berkeley)
Six newly-composed miniatures for ensemble on the theme of What Is Home? are placed alongside Janáček’s wistful and moody vignettes of place and memory.
Event: On an Overgrown Path
Location: First Church of Christ, Scientist
City: Berkeley
State: CA
Organizer: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Performer: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Start: 2027-01-16T19:30:00-08:00
DAY 2: SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 2027
SONGS OF A WAYFARER (EAST BAY)
Sunday, January 17, 2027, 4:00 PM (First Church of Christ, Scientist, Berkeley)
Songs by Joni Mitchell and Hildegard von Bingen are remixed in new versions by Kurt Rohde. They meet Ty Bloomfield’s poignant exploration of love and beauty and Gustav Mahler’s songs about wandering and heartbreak, weaving together common themes over the centuries.
Event: Songs of a Wayfarer (East Bay)
Location: First Church of Christ, Scientist
City: Berkeley
State: CA
Organizer: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Performer: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Start: 2027-01-17T16:00:00-08:00
SPRING CONCERT
EPHEMERA: REBECCA CLARKE AND FRIENDS
Sunday, May 23, 2027, 4:00 PM (Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco)
On the threshold of impressionism, romanticism, and modernism, Rebecca Clarke’s imaginative compositions are now at the heart of chamber music and the viola repertoire. This concert puts her music in the perspective of other British and American composers who followed in her footsteps.
Event: Ephemera: Rebecca Clarke and Friends (East Bay)
Location: Piedmont Center for the Arts
City: Piedmont
State: CA
Organizer: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Performer: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Start: 2027-05-22T19:30:00-07:00
