pianoSonoma presents 2025 Vino & Vibrato Concert Series

pianoSonoma, under the leadership of Co-Founders and Artistic Directors Jessica & Michael Shinn, announces the 2025 season of Vino & Vibrato, a 4-part concert series held at the Green Music Center at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California with concerts on July 15, 17, 22, and 24. 

This year’s series includes performances by Bay Area favorite Peter Dugan (piano) and wife, mezzo-soprano Kara Dugan, cellist Michael Dahlberg, pianist and violinist Gabrielle Chou, pianists Sasha Kasman Laude and Christine Wu, violinist Doori Na, trumpeter Riley Mulherkar, and the Shinns, performing music from Baroque to Jazz, exciting contemporary works by Gabriel Kahane and John Adams, and much more. Highlights include two powerhouse Ravel works to celebrate the composer’s 150th birthday, Piazzolla’s Four Seasons spread across two concerts, and two world premieres for piano four hands by Dugan, commissioned by pianoSonoma in celebration of its fifteenth season.

pianoSonoma is thrilled to announce the return of Artist Exchanges and Wine Tastings for the 2025 season. Artist Exchanges give audience members a chance to gain insight into the lives and minds of pianoSonoma Artists in Residence and to give each of their performances more personal context. This year's Artist Exchanges will be held on July 17 and 24, led by Kara Dugan and Sasha Kasman Laude, respectively. ??

All concerts are held at Schroeder Hall at GMC and start at 6pm PT following 5:30pm Wine Tastings. Pre-concert Artist Exchanges take place on the Thursday of each week and begin at 4:30pm prior to the wine tasting. Artist Exchanges and Wine Tastings are included in the cost of tickets for that evening. Tickets are on sale now at gmc.sonoma.edu.

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About pianoSonoma

pianoSonoma is a non-profit arts organization that transforms the model of traditional concert-going by actively engaging the general public with dynamic and innovative professional musicians in performance collaborations. Through the pursuit of artistic excellence, we build a community based on creativity, cultural relevancy, joy, and curiosity. 

We offer three-day, one-week, and two-week workshops that bring together musicians from all backgrounds, instruments, and voice types to collaborate with world-class Artists in Residence in chamber music rehearsals, private lessons, and performances. 

Our public concerts showcase our Artists in Residence in innovative and dynamic performances, with programming ranging from classical favorites to jazz sets to world premieres and more.

About Michael Shinn & Jessica Chow Shinn
Co-Founders and Artistic Directors 

Pianists Jessica Chow Shinn and Michael Shinn perform regularly throughout the United States. Passionate advocates of new music, the Shinns have given world premieres by composers such as Adam Schoenberg and Thomas Cabaniss. They commissioned the latter to write a major two-piano concerto, Double Rainbow, which saw its premiere in 2017 with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, and is the centerpiece of the newly-released album Double Rainbow: The Music of Thomas Cabaniss. As Yamaha Artists, the Shinns have been invited to speak about the role of the arts in society and to perform at the Pebble Beach Authors and Ideas Festival. 

Michael Shinn, DMA, was appointed executive director of Boston Conservatory at Berklee in October 2024. In this role, Michael oversees strategy, operations, and artistic planning for the Conservatory and works closely with faculty members and administrators to develop a transformative curriculum that reflects an ever-evolving performing arts landscape. In addition, Shinn represents Boston Conservatory and its interests, both across the Berklee organization and in public arenas. Learn more about Michael here. 

Jessica Chow Shinn is associate professor of piano and is head of collaborative piano at Boston Conservatory at Berklee. She was a faculty member at The Juilliard School in the College and Evening Divisions from 2012-2017. Learn more about Jessica here.