Santa Ynez Valley Concert Series Announces 2024-25 Season

August 19, 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts:  Linda Burrows, Concert Series Coordinator; 805-705-0938

and Dr. Robert Cassidy, Artistic Director; syvconcerts@smitv.org; 805-455-5474

2024-2025 Season Announcement

Los Olivos, Santa Barbara County, California—The Santa Ynez Valley Concert Series has announced the amazing list of performances for their 44^th season.

Artistic Director, Dr. Robert Cassidy, says: “Proudly, we present to you our line-up for the 2024-25 season, our 44^th year! As Artistic Director, it is my intention to curate a diverse menu of music and artists for our audiences. Part of our mission is to present new experiences and enrich the lives of our listeners. I hope you can come and participate in all our offerings!”

2024-2025 Santa Ynez Valley Concert Series

Friday, September 27, 2024, at 7pm – Paolo Bordignon, harpsichord

Paolo Bordignon is the harpsichordist of the New York Philharmonic and appears this season with Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, among others. The program he will perform at St. Mark’s includes pieces from Jean-Phillip Rameau’s Suite in D Major, George Frideric Handel’s E-Major Suite  (including the much-loved Harmonious Blacksmith variations) and sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti and music of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Sunday, December 1, 2024, at 4pm – John Holiday, counter tenor & Kevin J. Miller, piano

Widely acclaimed counter tenor John Holiday and collaborative pianist Kevin J. Miller have created a moving program of depth and historical significance. Their recital will highlight classical song cycles by Florence Price and by Margaret Bonds, selections from Robert L. Morris' Lyric Suite cycle of spirituals in gospel style, and songs from the American songbook and contemporary composers.

Concert Sponsor: The Julian Autrey Song Foundation

Saturday, January 11, 2025, at 7pm  - Tivoli Treloar, mezzo-soprano, piano TBD – In Between

In this standout recital program rising opera star Tivoli Treloar will perform works in Spanish, German,        French, and English by composers including Korngold, Obradors, Poulenc, and Kurt Weill. The theme of this masterfully crafted program is pieces composed between the two world wars. In a review of her performance in her first professional starring role in The Romance of the Rose, The Los Angeles Times wrote “At her most magnificent, Treloar embodied illumination that ran through the voice and body, as though she were conducting the universe.”

Saturday, February 22, 2025, at 7pm – Trio Céleste

Iryna Krechkovsky, violin, Ross Gasworth, cello, and Kevin Kwan Loucks, piano are Trio Céleste,

one of the most dynamic chamber music ensembles on the classical music scene today. They are preparing the following ambitious and stunning program for the SYV Concert Series. Vasyl Barvinsky’s Piano Trio No. 1 in A Minor;  Frank Martin’s Trio sur des mélodies populaires irlandaises, and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67.

Saturday, April 26, 2025,  at 7pm – Emmanuel Ceysson, harp

“With his powerful, virtuosic playing, Emannuel Ceysson sweeps away all clichés associated with his instrument… and reveals the harp in all its sparkling splendor.”

One of the world’s leading harpists and currently with the L.A. Philharmonic, Mr. Ceysson will perform a solo recital for the SYVCS, undertaking compositions from throughout the centuries. This probing program will include works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Mikhail Glinka, Louis Spohr, Gabriel Fauré, and Marcel Tournier.

St. Mark’s in-the-Valley provides an intimate concert experience with seating for just over one hundred.

St. Mark’s is pleased to offer the SYV Concert Series as a community arts enrichment program. All people are welcome to enjoy these concerts, and students are always FREE. Tickets on sale to public on Friday, September 6th at: Ticket Order (ejoinme.org)

About St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church: Formed in 1926 and serving the Santa Ynez Valley at its present location in downtown Los Olivos since 1979, St. Mark’s practices a spacious Christianity and welcomes people of all faiths or none. St. Mark’s is a no-fee community center for non-profit groups and community meetings, an arts venue for musical and cultural events, a welcome center for residents and area visitors, and home to a vibrant, inclusive faith community. St. Mark’s top-flight, non-sectarian professional preschool serves Santa Ynez Valley families with quality early childhood education. The County-permitted SYV Community Kitchen at St. Mark's serves as a regional food hub. St. Mark’s is also grateful to be home to the area’s Jewish community and a local Zen sangha (part of Santa Barbara Zen Center). Open doors, restrooms, free Wi-Fi, a shady courtyard, gardens, a labyrinth, and water for pets are available for visitors and area residents all day, every day. For more information, please visit St. Mark's in the Valley Episcopal Church in Los Olivos, CA - News (smitv.org)

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