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Manteca (Calif.) Bulletin
The Manteca Kindred Arts Association is celebrating its 23rd concert season with five performance dates featuring world-renowned artists.
Season tickets are now available for purchase. A season ticket will also include one Ripon Arts League concert, with the date to be announced.
Season ticket prices are as follows: adult at $45 each; one adult plus family (under 18) at $55; two adults plus family (under 18) at $100. Season tickets may be ordered by sending checks (payable to Manteca Kindred Arts) to: Manteca Kindred Arts, P.O. Box 4201, Manteca, CA 95337. For further details, call (209) 823-2570 or (209) 239-2194.
Donations made beyond the ticket prices are welcome. All donations are tax deductible.
Below are the scheduled programs for the Kindred Arts 2009-10 concert season. All performances are held at the United Methodist Church, corner of Powers Avenue and East North Street in Manteca.
TANYA PLESCIA – Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009 at 3 p.m.
Award-winning concert pianist and composer from Sacramento, Tanya Plescia will perform for the first time on the Kindred Arts series. Kindred Arts has been hoping to present her artistry for several years. Tanya teaches at the Pease Conservatory of Music in Sacramento. She performs recitals regularly in Sacramento and in the Bay Area. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Humanities, and a second Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from California State University, Sacramento.
ALEXIS MAGARO – Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
Dramatic soprano Alexis Magaro has pursued a distinguished career in European Opera houses and recital halls. Originally from the Modesto region, she received her initial vocal training at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She later studied with Jolanda Meneguzzer and Bruno Rigacci in Florence, Italy. Equally comfortable in the coloratura as well as the dramatic soprano repertory, she is a winner of several international singing competitions, including the first place in the Metropolitan Opera auditions, special mention in the Maria Callas International Competition, and second place in the Maria Caniglia competition in Italy.
For several years, she was the leading soprano soloist at the Opera of Halle, Germany, and has performed in Austria, Italy, France, the Czech Republic and throughout the United States. The leading German publication, Oper and Tanz, praised her performances as “astounding for both the art and the energy of her vocal technique and the radiance of her dramatic intensity.” On the Kindred Arts Series, she will be accompanied on the piano by Ron Brickman, director of the Mother Lode Friends of Music Series.
OPUS HANDBELL ENSEMBLE – Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009 at 3 p.m.
Opus Handbell Ensemble was a holiday “Show Stopper” for the past three seasons, and it has become a bit of a tradition to welcome them back. Audiences have been awestruck by their musicianship and presentation. The Opus Handbells have been a featured group for the past two years with the Modesto Symphony on their Holiday Pops Concert. Under the direction of Richard J. Colla, Opus will return by “popular demand.”
NEW PACIFIC TRIO – Saturday, Feb. 6, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
The New Pacific Trio, in residence at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, is quickly gaining recognition throughout the United States. The ensemble’s personnel are: concert violinist Ann Miller, Grammy-nominated cellist Nina Flyer, and award-winning pianist Sonia Leong.
The Trio has performed throughout the West Coast with a featured performance in Guadalajara, Mexico, in March 2009. The group was awarded the Barlow Grant in 2006 to commission eminent composer Chen Yi’s first piano Trio, “Tibetan Tunes.” They have performed frequently on the Composers Inc. series in San Francisco. Critics have hailed the group for its passion, dexterity and its infectious musical vivacity.
STANFORD WOODWIND QUINTET – Sunday, March 21 at 3 p.m.
One of America’s most distinguished ensembles, the Stanford Woodwind Quintet unites five virtuoso performers, each renowned for solo work and chamber music collaboration. The members are all professors at Stanford University, and they perform in the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Ballet Orchestra. Some are former members of the San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other major Symphonies.
Season tickets are now available for purchase. A season ticket will also include one Ripon Arts League concert, with the date to be announced.
Season ticket prices are as follows: adult at $45 each; one adult plus family (under 18) at $55; two adults plus family (under 18) at $100. Season tickets may be ordered by sending checks (payable to Manteca Kindred Arts) to: Manteca Kindred Arts, P.O. Box 4201, Manteca, CA 95337. For further details, call (209) 823-2570 or (209) 239-2194.
Donations made beyond the ticket prices are welcome. All donations are tax deductible.
Below are the scheduled programs for the Kindred Arts 2009-10 concert season. All performances are held at the United Methodist Church, corner of Powers Avenue and East North Street in Manteca.
TANYA PLESCIA – Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009 at 3 p.m.
Award-winning concert pianist and composer from Sacramento, Tanya Plescia will perform for the first time on the Kindred Arts series. Kindred Arts has been hoping to present her artistry for several years. Tanya teaches at the Pease Conservatory of Music in Sacramento. She performs recitals regularly in Sacramento and in the Bay Area. She graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Humanities, and a second Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from California State University, Sacramento.
ALEXIS MAGARO – Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
Dramatic soprano Alexis Magaro has pursued a distinguished career in European Opera houses and recital halls. Originally from the Modesto region, she received her initial vocal training at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She later studied with Jolanda Meneguzzer and Bruno Rigacci in Florence, Italy. Equally comfortable in the coloratura as well as the dramatic soprano repertory, she is a winner of several international singing competitions, including the first place in the Metropolitan Opera auditions, special mention in the Maria Callas International Competition, and second place in the Maria Caniglia competition in Italy.
For several years, she was the leading soprano soloist at the Opera of Halle, Germany, and has performed in Austria, Italy, France, the Czech Republic and throughout the United States. The leading German publication, Oper and Tanz, praised her performances as “astounding for both the art and the energy of her vocal technique and the radiance of her dramatic intensity.” On the Kindred Arts Series, she will be accompanied on the piano by Ron Brickman, director of the Mother Lode Friends of Music Series.
OPUS HANDBELL ENSEMBLE – Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009 at 3 p.m.
Opus Handbell Ensemble was a holiday “Show Stopper” for the past three seasons, and it has become a bit of a tradition to welcome them back. Audiences have been awestruck by their musicianship and presentation. The Opus Handbells have been a featured group for the past two years with the Modesto Symphony on their Holiday Pops Concert. Under the direction of Richard J. Colla, Opus will return by “popular demand.”
NEW PACIFIC TRIO – Saturday, Feb. 6, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
The New Pacific Trio, in residence at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, is quickly gaining recognition throughout the United States. The ensemble’s personnel are: concert violinist Ann Miller, Grammy-nominated cellist Nina Flyer, and award-winning pianist Sonia Leong.
The Trio has performed throughout the West Coast with a featured performance in Guadalajara, Mexico, in March 2009. The group was awarded the Barlow Grant in 2006 to commission eminent composer Chen Yi’s first piano Trio, “Tibetan Tunes.” They have performed frequently on the Composers Inc. series in San Francisco. Critics have hailed the group for its passion, dexterity and its infectious musical vivacity.
STANFORD WOODWIND QUINTET – Sunday, March 21 at 3 p.m.
One of America’s most distinguished ensembles, the Stanford Woodwind Quintet unites five virtuoso performers, each renowned for solo work and chamber music collaboration. The members are all professors at Stanford University, and they perform in the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Ballet Orchestra. Some are former members of the San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other major Symphonies.
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