| Dear Friends of Del Valle Fine Arts,
Welcome again to our renowned series of professional chamber music concerts and recitals in Livermore. As always, we shall be presenting a dazzlingly varied and stimulating assortment of performances at a hard-to-beat price. A particular objective of DVFA is to introduce young persons to the appreciation of fine music. To that end, children are admitted free to our concerts, and full-time students above high school can procure tickets at a special reduced price. We hope you will enjoy our offerings this season as much as we enjoy bringing them to you!
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Saturday, September 17th, 2005Robert Silverman, piano"Silverman made an extraordinary impression ... He created an idyll of exquisite sound and exact, unforced feeling. That was the feat of a mature artist, and something of a revelation." Financial Times (London) "Pianism on a grand scale ... great force and impressive control. A pianist of importance and high-minded purpose." New York Times Mr. Silverman will be performing works by Mozart, Brahms, Debussy, and Chopin, with the full program available here. The flyer for the this concert is available in PDF. For more information, please visit the homepage of Robert Silverman. |
Saturday, October 29th, 2005Turtle Island String Quartet"A unified voice that truly breaks new ground...authentic and passionate...a reflection of some of the most creative music-making today." Yo-Yo Ma "A standard beyond the reach of its few contemporaries... In the multifarious idiom they have all but invented, Turtle Island remains the ne plus ultra." Los Angeles Times |  Photo: Peter Serling |
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Saturday, February 11th, 2006Corigliano String Quartet"The ensemble approached Haydn's late Quartet in D Minor, Op. 76, No. 2, with robust strokes of the bow, digging deeply into the music's flesh and deftly carving out each phase in Haydn's chain of thoughts." The Washington PostThe Quartet is scheduled to perform music by Beethoven and Schumann, as well as John Corigiliano's "Snapshot." You can view the flyer advertising the concert in PDF. For more information, please visit the homepage of the Corigliano String Quartet. |
Saturday, March 11th, 2006Inman Piano Trio"The Inman Trio played with exuberance, graceful lyricism and jaunty high spirits." The Orlando Sentinel, Florida The Inman Piano Trio will play the following program (click for PDF), including Schubert, Beethoven, Shostakovich, and Schoenfield. Also, please see the printable PDF flyer announcing the concert. For more information, please visit the homepage of Inman Piano Trio. |  |
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Saturday, April 8th, 2006Sotto Voce Tuba Quartet"A welcome addition to a genre that has precious few entries. Sotto Voce is a very fine group that plays expressively and has excellent ensemble precision." American Record Guide "Who'd a thought of it? Sotto Voce is performing all over the place as a professional ensemble, garnering raves as serious performers. It doesn't take long to realize that the relegating of the tuba to the basement of the pitch spectrum is unfair - it has quite a wide range." John Sunier, Audiophile Audition
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Season Tickets: General $60, Special* $55
Single Tickets: General $15, Special* $13
Tickets are FREE for children and students through high school.
* Senior (over 62), full-time students
Contributors of $175 to $299 qualify for Patron status, and receive two complimentary season tickets. Contributors who donate $300 or more are Benefactors, and also receive two complimentary season tickets. Sponsors donate $25 to $175. Sponsors, Patrons, and Benefactors all receive our thanks and recognition in each concert's program.
(Phone calls and emails are less effective.) Every year we decide
what
types of programs we will present in our next season in the spring.
The material we have received, if appropriate, will be evaluated
along with
material sought out and received from other artists. You will be
contacted
if we need a CD or more information. Our selections are made based
on CD
recordings, PR materials and reports from local people who have
attended
concerts by these artists.
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