Fever’s wildly popular Candlelight performances bring you into an intimate string quartet experience lit by thousands of candles.

Tentative Program

Thriller - Michael Jackson

Funeral March of a Marionette - Charles Gounod

String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor (Dresden Quartet), Op. 110: II. Allegro Molto - Dmitri Shostakovich

Tubular Bells (Theme from The Exorcist) - Mike Oldfield

Stranger Things (Theme) - S U R V I V E

Beetlejuice (Theme) - Danny Elfman

The Addams Family (Theme) - Vic Mizzy

Halloween (Theme) - John Carpenter

Psycho (Prelude) - Bernard Herrmann

Ghostbusters (Theme) - Ray Parker Jr.

Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saëns

Night on Bald Mountain - Modest Mussorgsky

Der Erlkönig - Franz Schubert

Medley from The Nightmare Before Christmas - Danny Elfman

In the Hall of the Mountain King - Edvard Grieg

Fever’s wildly popular Candlelight performances bring you into an intimate string quartet experience lit by thousands of candles.

Tentative Program

Thriller - Michael Jackson

Funeral March of a Marionette - Charles Gounod

String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor (Dresden Quartet), Op. 110: II. Allegro Molto - Dmitri Shostakovich

Tubular Bells (Theme from The Exorcist) - Mike Oldfield

Stranger Things (Theme) - S U R V I V E

Beetlejuice (Theme) - Danny Elfman

The Addams Family (Theme) - Vic Mizzy

Halloween (Theme) - John Carpenter

Psycho (Prelude) - Bernard Herrmann

Ghostbusters (Theme) - Ray Parker Jr.

Danse Macabre - Camille Saint-Saëns

Night on Bald Mountain - Modest Mussorgsky

Der Erlkönig - Franz Schubert

Medley from The Nightmare Before Christmas - Danny Elfman

In the Hall of the Mountain King - Edvard Grieg

Fever’s wildly popular Candlelight performances bring you into an intimate string quartet experience lit by thousands of candles.

Tentative Program

• Time from Inception

• This Land from The Lion King

• Zooster’s Breakout from Madagascar

• Supermarine from Dunkirk

• Honor from The Pacific

• A Dark Knight from The Dark Knight

• Wonder Woman Suite

• Gladiator Suite

• Cornfield Chase from Interstellar

• Dune Suite

• Discombobulate from Sherlock Holmes

• Pirates of the Caribbean Suite

Fever’s wildly popular Candlelight performances bring you into an intimate string quartet experience lit by thousands of candles.

Tentative Program

Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 1 RV 269: “Spring”

Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2 RV 315: “Summer”

Jules Massenet | Thaïs: Méditation

Max Richter | Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: “Spring 3”

Astor Piazzolla | The Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas: Verano Porteño

Astor Piazzolla | Libertango

Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 3 RV 293: “Autumn”

Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 4 RV 297: “Winter”

with

Jon Lee, piano

Program

Clara Schumann ⟡ 3 Romances, op. 22
Nikolai Kapustin ⟡ Nearly Waltz, op. 98
Ludwig van Beethoven ⟡ Sonata for Cello and Piano in A Major, op. 69

Today we enjoy a wide artistic spectrum - the mood of this program changes from wistful longing to mischief to ultimate triumph, with even more stops along the way. See if you can track the evolving relationship between piano and cello sounds as crafted by Clara Schumann, Nikolai Kapustin, and Ludwig van Beethoven. Are the two voices meant to be unified or individual?

ARTZenter Institute is a newly-established grant program in partnership with the SF Contemporary Players, encouraging the creation of new music that explores the power and grace of the traditional orchestral ensemble. The fund was created by Tony Magee, founder of The Lagunitas Brewing Company of Petaluma, CA, and is committed to creating chamber orchestra workshops, mentorship and performance opportunities for young composers nationwide. The Emerging Composer Completion Grant Program has the potential to evolve into one of the nation’s largest and most ambitious vehicles in support of new work, with multiple calls-for-scores being announced annually.

FREE ADMISSION - no tickets or reservations required.

Featuring the winning composers from ARTZenter’s third round of completion grants from June 2024, we present a public reading and lab session of six newly completed works for chamber orchestra, as the kick-off event in this exciting new program’s second year.

• Laura Cetilia - Unless (2024)

• Sofia Ouyang - Burst (2024)

• Luca Robadey - Stained Glass (2024)

• Ethan Solodad - Cages of Jade (2024)

• Chawin Temsittichok - Infinite Swipe (2024)

• Max Vinetz - Scenes from Interior Life (2024)

with

Alexandra Simpson, viola

Program

W.A. Mozart (arr. Werner Icking) ⟡ Duo, K. 423
Astor Piazzolla (arr. Kevin Hsu) ⟡ La Calle 92
Caroline Shaw ⟡ limestone & felt
Handel-Halvorsen (arr. Alexandra Simpson) ⟡ Passacaglia

*plus a bonus surprise or two

This program covers a lot of geographical areas and time periods, but the C string ties it all together! If that doesn't make sense yet, just imagine how the lowest string on both the viola and the cello would define each instrument's range, giving this duo a uniquely rich sound. We'll tell you more about it at the show.

—Free Admission—

The Fire and Music Project tour: a series of six concerts across North State California. The concert experience will feature live music, poetry, and videography accompanying stories of fire ecology, indigenous land management practices, and history of California's relationship with fire suppression and prescribed fire. The program features a group of artists who have begun their transformation into fire practitioners. Their stories and performances will create an immersive experience that invites audiences to examine their own relationship with fire.

Artists

Ariana Kim, violin ⟡ Ellen McGehee, violin

Christina Simpson, viola ⟡ James Jaffe, cello

Ian Scarfe, piano + harmonium ⟡ Julie Zhu, composer

Silvi Alcivar, poet ⟡ Rob Wadleigh, videography

Program

Every performance will be unique with music to be chosen from: Ludwig van Beethoven, Hildegard von Bingen, Danny Clay, Antonín Dvořák, Missy Mazzoli, Franz Schubert, and Julie Zhu. Zhu's work Solastalgia, a place-based piece written for the project, centers listening and stewardship in the music as inspired by the group’s work with indigenous fire practitioners. Poet Silvi Alcivar brings focus and connection to the experience, sharing work written on-the-spot at prescribed burns and interacting with the audience. Live projections of video and imagery will show the artists returning prescribed fire to Northern California's landscapes, creating an immersive atmosphere.

This activity is funded in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, through the Upstate California Creative Corps program.

—Free Admission—

The Fire and Music Project tour: a series of six concerts across North State California. The concert experience will feature live music, poetry, and videography accompanying stories of fire ecology, indigenous land management practices, and history of California's relationship with fire suppression and prescribed fire. The program features a group of artists who have begun their transformation into fire practitioners. Their stories and performances will create an immersive experience that invites audiences to examine their own relationship with fire.

Artists

Ariana Kim, violin ⟡ Ellen McGehee, violin

Christina Simpson, viola ⟡ James Jaffe, cello

Ian Scarfe, piano + harmonium ⟡ Julie Zhu, composer

Silvi Alcivar, poet ⟡ Rob Wadleigh, videography

Program

Every performance will be unique with music to be chosen from: Ludwig van Beethoven, Hildegard von Bingen, Danny Clay, Antonín Dvořák, Missy Mazzoli, Franz Schubert, and Julie Zhu. Zhu's work Solastalgia, a place-based piece written for the project, centers listening and stewardship in the music as inspired by the group’s work with indigenous fire practitioners. Poet Silvi Alcivar brings focus and connection to the experience, sharing work written on-the-spot at prescribed burns and interacting with the audience. Live projections of video and imagery will show the artists returning prescribed fire to Northern California's landscapes, creating an immersive atmosphere.

This activity is funded in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, through the Upstate California Creative Corps program.

—Free Admission—

The Fire and Music Project tour: a series of six concerts across North State California. The concert experience will feature live music, poetry, and videography accompanying stories of fire ecology, indigenous land management practices, and history of California's relationship with fire suppression and prescribed fire. The program features a group of artists who have begun their transformation into fire practitioners. Their stories and performances will create an immersive experience that invites audiences to examine their own relationship with fire.

Artists

Ariana Kim, violin ⟡ Ellen McGehee, violin

Christina Simpson, viola ⟡ James Jaffe, cello

Ian Scarfe, piano + harmonium ⟡ Julie Zhu, composer

Silvi Alcivar, poet ⟡ Rob Wadleigh, videography

Program

Every performance will be unique with music to be chosen from: Ludwig van Beethoven, Hildegard von Bingen, Danny Clay, Antonín Dvořák, Missy Mazzoli, Franz Schubert, and Julie Zhu. Zhu's work Solastalgia, a place-based piece written for the project, centers listening and stewardship in the music as inspired by the group’s work with indigenous fire practitioners. Poet Silvi Alcivar brings focus and connection to the experience, sharing work written on-the-spot at prescribed burns and interacting with the audience. Live projections of video and imagery will show the artists returning prescribed fire to Northern California's landscapes, creating an immersive atmosphere.

This activity is funded in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, through the Upstate California Creative Corps program.

—Free Admission—

The Fire and Music Project tour: a series of six concerts across North State California. The concert experience will feature live music, poetry, and videography accompanying stories of fire ecology, indigenous land management practices, and history of California's relationship with fire suppression and prescribed fire. The program features a group of artists who have begun their transformation into fire practitioners. Their stories and performances will create an immersive experience that invites audiences to examine their own relationship with fire.

Artists

Ariana Kim, violin ⟡ Ellen McGehee, violin

Christina Simpson, viola ⟡ James Jaffe, cello

Ian Scarfe, piano + harmonium ⟡ Julie Zhu, composer

Silvi Alcivar, poet ⟡ Rob Wadleigh, videography

Program

Every performance will be unique with music to be chosen from: Ludwig van Beethoven, Hildegard von Bingen, Danny Clay, Antonín Dvořák, Missy Mazzoli, Franz Schubert, and Julie Zhu. Zhu's work Solastalgia, a place-based piece written for the project, centers listening and stewardship in the music as inspired by the group’s work with indigenous fire practitioners. Poet Silvi Alcivar brings focus and connection to the experience, sharing work written on-the-spot at prescribed burns and interacting with the audience. Live projections of video and imagery will show the artists returning prescribed fire to Northern California's landscapes, creating an immersive atmosphere.

This activity is funded in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, through the Upstate California Creative Corps program.

—Free Admission—

The Fire and Music Project tour: a series of six concerts across North State California. The concert experience will feature live music, poetry, and videography accompanying stories of fire ecology, indigenous land management practices, and history of California's relationship with fire suppression and prescribed fire. The program features a group of artists who have begun their transformation into fire practitioners. Their stories and performances will create an immersive experience that invites audiences to examine their own relationship with fire.

Artists

Ariana Kim, violin ⟡ Ellen McGehee, violin

Christina Simpson, viola ⟡ James Jaffe, cello

Ian Scarfe, piano + harmonium ⟡ Julie Zhu, composer

Silvi Alcivar, poet ⟡ Rob Wadleigh, videography

Program

Every performance will be unique with music to be chosen from: Ludwig van Beethoven, Hildegard von Bingen, Danny Clay, Antonín Dvořák, Missy Mazzoli, Franz Schubert, and Julie Zhu. Zhu's work Solastalgia, a place-based piece written for the project, centers listening and stewardship in the music as inspired by the group’s work with indigenous fire practitioners. Poet Silvi Alcivar brings focus and connection to the experience, sharing work written on-the-spot at prescribed burns and interacting with the audience. Live projections of video and imagery will show the artists returning prescribed fire to Northern California's landscapes, creating an immersive atmosphere.

This activity is funded in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, through the Upstate California Creative Corps program.

—Free Admission—

The Fire and Music Project tour: a series of six concerts across North State California. The concert experience will feature live music, poetry, and videography accompanying stories of fire ecology, indigenous land management practices, and history of California's relationship with fire suppression and prescribed fire. The program features a group of artists who have begun their transformation into fire practitioners. Their stories and performances will create an immersive experience that invites audiences to examine their own relationship with fire.

Artists

Ariana Kim, violin ⟡ Ellen McGehee, violin

Christina Simpson, viola ⟡ James Jaffe, cello

Ian Scarfe, piano + harmonium ⟡ Julie Zhu, composer

Silvi Alcivar, poet ⟡ Rob Wadleigh, videography

Program

Every performance will be unique with music to be chosen from: Ludwig van Beethoven, Hildegard von Bingen, Danny Clay, Antonín Dvořák, Missy Mazzoli, Franz Schubert, and Julie Zhu. Zhu's work Solastalgia, a place-based piece written for the project, centers listening and stewardship in the music as inspired by the group’s work with indigenous fire practitioners. Poet Silvi Alcivar brings focus and connection to the experience, sharing work written on-the-spot at prescribed burns and interacting with the audience. Live projections of video and imagery will show the artists returning prescribed fire to Northern California's landscapes, creating an immersive atmosphere.

This activity is funded in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, through the Upstate California Creative Corps program.

Fever’s wildly popular Candlelight performances bring you into an intimate string quartet experience lit by thousands of candles.

with

Evan Price, violin
Clio Tilton, viola

Tentative Program

• “Clocks”

• “My Universe”

• “Speed of Sound”

• “Trouble”

• “Fix You”

• “Paradise”

• “Shiver”

• “Yellow”

• “Something Just Like This”

• “The Scientist”

• “A Sky Full of Stars”

Fever’s wildly popular Candlelight performances bring you into an intimate string quartet experience lit by thousands of candles.

with

Evan Price, violin
Clio Tilton, viola

Tentative Program

• “Hello”

• “Rumour Has It”

• “Make You Feel My Love”

• “Water Under the Bridge”

• “Oh My God”

• “Someone Like You”

• “Send My Love (to Your New Lover)”

• “Chasing Pavements”

• “Skyfall”

• “When We Were Young”

• “Set Fire to the Rain”

• “Easy On Me”

• “Rolling in the Deep”

After a ground-breaking first collaboration for the fall equinox, Sketchboard.co and Wave Chamber Collective are joining forces again on March 17. String quartet music will play while art models pose against gorgeous backdrops, and a group of artists capture the scene. Join the audience and take it all in, or bring your sketchpad!

with

Ian Scarfe, piano
Sam Weiser, violin
Alexandra Simpson, viola
Christina Simpson, viola

Come enjoy chamber music at the CCC in the famous Julia Morgan-designed ballroom of one of California’s most venerable women’s clubs. And since it’s a Wave Chamber Collective event, expect an interdisciplinary twist!

While some of the show’s music and poetry is prearranged and scripted, for half of the performance none of the performers know what's gonna happen until it's on the page—not even the poet herself! While the quartet plays, and the audience listens, Silvi types then reads the written on-the-spot poem. If you haven't seen this collaboration before, expect an absolutely original experience. The typewriter is another instrument, poetry another line of music.

with

Silvi Alcivar, poet
Sam Weiser, violin
Maya Cohon, violin
Dmitri Yevstifeev, viola

Fever’s wildly popular Candlelight performances bring you into an intimate string quartet experience lit by thousands of candles.

with

Evan Price, violin
Theo Espy, violin
Christina Simpson, viola

Tentative Program

• “Moon River” from Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Henry Mancini

• “O Mio Babbino Caro” from Gianni Schicchi – Giacomo Puccini

• “Méditation” from Thaïs – Jules Massenet

• “String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: III. Notturno - Andante” – Alexander Borodin

• “Clair de Lune, L.32” – Claude Debussy

• “Libertango” – Astor Piazzolla

• “Love Theme” from Romeo and Juliet – Nino Rota

• “Gabriel's Oboe” from The Mission – Ennio Morricone

• “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic – James Horner and Céline Dion

• “Intermezzo” from Cavalleria Rusticana – Pietro Mascagni

• “Serenade for Strings in E Minor, Op. 20: II. Larghetto” – Edward Elgar

• “Fantasy Overture” from Romeo and Juliet – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Fever’s wildly popular Candlelight performances bring you into an intimate string quartet experience lit by thousands of candles.

with

Evan Price, violin
Theo Espy, violin
Christina Simpson, viola

Tentative Program

• “Moon River” from Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Henry Mancini

• “O Mio Babbino Caro” from Gianni Schicchi – Giacomo Puccini

• “Méditation” from Thaïs – Jules Massenet

• “String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: III. Notturno - Andante” – Alexander Borodin

• “Clair de Lune, L.32” – Claude Debussy

• “Libertango” – Astor Piazzolla

• “Love Theme” from Romeo and Juliet – Nino Rota

• “Gabriel's Oboe” from The Mission – Ennio Morricone

• “My Heart Will Go On” from Titanic – James Horner and Céline Dion

• “Intermezzo” from Cavalleria Rusticana – Pietro Mascagni

• “Serenade for Strings in E Minor, Op. 20: II. Larghetto” – Edward Elgar

• “Fantasy Overture” from Romeo and Juliet – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

with

Alexandra Simpson, viola
Ani Bukujian, violin

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Trio in G Major, op. 9, no. 1
Alexander Borodin: String Trio in G Minor - Variations on a Russian Song
John Mackey: Wrong Mountain Stomp

There's usually something electric about Beethoven, but to our ears, the wild card in his ambitious String Trio in G is the final movement - it sounds like Viennese fiddling! Alexander Borodin gives us a moment of repose painted in the dark colors of a musical Rembrandt, then we find ourselves on John Mackey's runaway train! Written for a summer music festival, Wrong Mountain Stomp tells the story of a young girl leaving home in the language of bluegrass.

Revisiting channels of inspiration that pandemic-era cancellations put on hold, this program riffs on the intersection of two seemingly disparate though surprisingly connected worlds: those of Prog Rock and High Modernism. Mazzoli, Andriessen and Mackey form a triumvirate of influence as modern classicists bent on infusing their work with Rock elements and sound, while the fascinating dialogue and artistic exchange between colossal figures like Boulez and Zappa has air time in a juxtaposition of two of their most compact and characteristic works – the French Modernist’s highly personal take on the specific instrumental colors of Schoenberg’s Pierrot ensemble, and the American experimentalist’s most ambitious homage to late-century European style, through sizable orchestral forces deployed to ingenious effect.

Program

Missy Mazzoli | Tooth and Nail (2010)

Two Works by Composers from SF Conservatory of Music’s Technology & Applied Composition Program (world premieres)

Louis Andriessen | Life (2009) with film by Marijke van Warmerdam]

intermission

Steve Mackey | San Francisco (1997)

Pierre Boulez | Dérive 1 (1984)

Frank Zappa | The Perfect Stranger (1984)

Fever’s wildly popular Candlelight performances bring you into an intimate string quartet experience lit by thousands of candles.

Tentative Program

• Time from Inception

• This Land from The Lion King

• Zooster’s Breakout from Madagascar

• Supermarine from Dunkirk

• Honor from The Pacific

• A Dark Knight from The Dark Knight

• Wonder Woman Suite

• Gladiator Suite

• Cornfield Chase from Interstellar

• Dune Suite

• Discombobulate from Sherlock Holmes

• Pirates of the Caribbean Suite

Fever’s wildly popular Candlelight performances bring you into an intimate string quartet experience lit by thousands of candles.

with

Julie Kim, violin
Theo Espy, violin
Clio Tilton, viola

Tentative Program

• “Lavender Haze”

• “Love Story”

• “Cardigan”

• “Blank Space”

• “Enchanted”

• “Anti-Hero”

• “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”

• “All Too Well”

• “Wildest Dreams”

• “Lover”

• “I Knew You Were Trouble”

• “You Belong With Me”

Fever’s wildly popular Candlelight performances bring you into an intimate string quartet experience lit by thousands of candles.

with

Evan Price, violin
Theo Espy, violin
Christina Simpson, viola

Tentative Program

Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 1 RV 269: “Spring”

Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2 RV 315: “Summer”

Jules Massenet | Thaïs: Méditation

Max Richter | Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: “Spring 3”

Astor Piazzolla | The Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas: Verano Porteño

Astor Piazzolla | Libertango

Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 3 RV 293: “Autumn”

Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 4 RV 297: “Winter”

Fever’s wildly popular Candlelight performances bring you into an intimate string quartet experience lit by thousands of candles.

with

Evan Price, violin
Theo Espy, violin
Christina Simpson, viola

Tentative Program

Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 1 RV 269: “Spring”

Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 2 RV 315: “Summer”

Jules Massenet | Thaïs: Méditation

Max Richter | Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi, The Four Seasons: “Spring 3”

Astor Piazzolla | The Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas: Verano Porteño

Astor Piazzolla | Libertango

Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 3 RV 293: “Autumn”

Antonio Vivaldi | The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 4 RV 297: “Winter”

Wave Chamber Collective hosts its first-ever collaboration with the Fire and Music Project, a new arts initiative that invites us to shift our relationship with fire.

While some of the show’s music and poetry is prearranged and scripted, for half of the performance none of the performers know what's gonna happen until it's on the page—not even the poet herself! While the quartet plays, and the audience listens, Silvi types then reads the written on-the-spot poem. If you haven't seen this collaboration before, expect an absolutely original experience. The typewriter is another instrument, poetry another line of music.

with Wave Chamber Collective members Sam Weiser, Ani Bukujian, and Dmitri Yevstifeev, and poet Silvi Alcivar

Knocking chamber music tradition off its pedestal by introducing risks, questions, instability, crowds, the unknown - healthy chaotic good. Founded by musicians, in collaboration with a community of artists, for audiences of everyone.

Doors 7:30 PM ⟡ Music 8:00-ish

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Trio in G Major, op. 9, no. 1
Alexander Borodin: String Trio in G Minor - Variations on a Russian Song
John Mackey: Wrong Mountain Stomp

Featuring Wave Collective members Ani Bukujian on violin and Alexandra Simpson on viola.

This is shaping up to be a truly fun Groupmuse. We can count on young Ludwig for electric musical energy, but to our ears, the wild card in his ambitious String Trio in G is the final movement - it sounds like Viennese fiddling! Alexander Borodin gives us a moment of repose painted in the dark colors of a Rembrandt, then we hop onto John Mackey's runaway train. Written for a summer music festival, Wrong Mountain Stomp tells the story of a young girl leaving home in the language of bluegrass.

Hannah Kendall: Vera
Angélica Negrón: bubblegum grass/peppermint field
Franz Schubert: Octet for Winds and Strings in F Major, D. 803

Our first show of Volume 11, Velocity features new visuals and lighting design by Max Savage, music by two of today's most exciting composers, and Franz Schubert's monumental and intimate Octet.