2026-2027 Season Concerts - San Francisco

IMPOSSIBLE INVENTIONS

Saturday, September 19, 2026, 7:30 PM (Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco)

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: Noe Valley Ministry
City: San Francisco
State: CA
Organizer: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Performer: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Start: 2026-09-19T19:30:00-07:00

MOZART CLARINET QUINTET

Saturday, November 21, 2026, 7:30 PM (Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco)

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: Noe Valley Ministry
City: San Francisco
State: CA
Organizer: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Performer: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Start: 2026-11-21T19:30:00-08:00

SONGS OF A WAYFARER (SAN FRANCISCO)

Monday, January 18, 2027, 4:00 PM (Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco)

Six new miniatures exploring the nature of Home are set alongside Gustav Mahler’s Songs of a Wayfarer.

Event: Songs of a Wayfarer
Location: Noe Valley Ministry
City: San Francisco
State: CA
Organizer: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Performer: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Start: 2027-01-18T16:00:00-08:00

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
Location: Noe Valley Ministry
City: San Francisco
State: CA
Organizer: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Performer: Left Coast Chamber Ensemble
Start: 2027-05-23T16:00:00-07:00