The Victorian Englander House Concert Schedule
	About The Concerts & The San Francisco Concerto Orchestra The Concerts at The Victorian Englander House are benefits for The San Francisco Concerto Orchestra’s International Vocal & Instrumental Competitions San Francisco Concerto Orchestra, a nonprofit organization, was formed to showcase the individual talents of its members, and winners of its own International Competitions for Musicians. Organized by Seth Montfort, artistic director, these musicians perform as concerto soloists, conductors, and composers. The Orchestra ranges in size from 15 to 75 players, most of whom are members of Bay Area orchestras including the San Francisco Symphony, Ballet, and Opera Orchestras, as well as the San Jose, Oakland, and Marin Symphonies. Since its beginning in 1990 it has given over 200 concerts providing over 500 musicians experience and exposure performing concerti, arias, conducting, and premiering their own compositions. It has been described by the San Francisco Chronicle as “solidly impressive,” and by the San Jose Mercury News as “stellar.” The Sun Times wrote, “to hear them is to hear music straight from the heart.” In 2001 the Orchestra gave its first three International Exchange Concerts, in which members invited their distinguished friends and colleagues from abroad to collaborate with them in performances of music from their homelands. In addition, hundreds of musicians of all ages have participated in the Orchestra’s local and international competitions. In these every contestant was given the opportunity to perform as soloist with orchestra, record their own CD, and perform on a videotaped talk show-style concert in which they were interviewed by Al Covaia after they performed. Reporting on the finals of the 1998 International Piano Competition, The Contra Costa Times commented, “The real winners were the audience members, who witnessed such distinctive interpretations.” Some of the previous & current peformers include (in random order) David Thomas Roberts, Phillip Dyson, Doug Rioth, Viviana Guzman, Karen Bentley, John Khouri,Paul Roberts, Geoffrey Gallegos, Kenneth Raskin, Kurt Rapf, Joseph Gold, Steven Bailey, Lisa Spector, Gregory Taboloff, Daniel Glover, Mathew Reichert, Charles Worth, Brian Lee, Zoe Vandermeer, Richard Nickol, Alexandra Ivanoff, Mauro Correa, Roger Wiesmeyer, James Shallenberger, Darla Wiggington, Brenda Schuman-Post, James Berenholtz, Nicolas Pavlovic, Victor Romasevich, Marie Bafus, Jonathan Salzedo, Albany Consort,Latin American Chamber Music Society, Julia Nielsen, Elaine Kreston, Tania Simoncelli, Anne Krinitsky, Diane Grubbe, Kayle Cumings, Robert Chavez, Rebecca Bogart, Michael Yokas, Deborah Dare, Heather Haughan, Matthew Naughtin, Sue-mi Yoo, Dr. Bryan Baker
	About the Venue >>>> englanderh@aol.com Location: Cathedral Hill / Opera Plaza / Civic Center at 807 Franklin St. (between Turk & Eddy Pianos: Performances on piano are played on either a new, Yamaha 7'-6" concert grand (with Disklavier) and or a 1928 Steinway (reproducing piano purported to have originally belonged to Henry J. Kaiser) Setting: Grand, 1880 Victorian, gilded, double parlor, music room, & dining room (65 feet long), filled with museum quality American Victorian antiques Featured in the book, A Gift to the Street, the Englander House is one of the grandest and most original of the surviving Victorians in San Francisco. Built in 1880, this four story 7,500 square foot home is illuminated with original gasoliers, including one used as a prop in the 1942 classic film "Gaslight", starring Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, and a very young Angela Lansbury. View the extensive collection of museum quality American furniture from 1865 through 1895, including examples made by the premiere New York furniture makers to the "Robber Barons of the Gilded Age": Herter Bros. (for financier J. Pierpont Morgan and California railroad owner Senator, Milton Latham); Pottier & Stymus (for James Flood, "Silver Baron of the Comstock Lode"); and the firm of Alexander Roux. The Original furnishings in the house include a twelve foot tall 24-karat gold gilt pier mirror, purchased from the San Francisco purveyor Hausman Bros. in the 1880's. Information, call 415. 362. 6080 or email: englanderh@aol.com For reservations, send phone number or email address, concert date and check payable to: The San Francisco Concerto Orchestra 807 Franklin St. San Francisco, CA 94102 Prepaid tickets held at door. Tickets at door on first come/space available basis. Program subject to change. To get on the Email List: englanderh@aol.com For all email responses, please put "Englander House" in the subject line. For a map showing the location of The Englander House Victorian Mansion, go to: http://aolsvc.kw.digitalcity.com/sanfrancisco/music/venuemap.adp?vid=179063 Disabled Parking: Persons with disabilities may reserve limited off street parking by calling 415.362.6080 at least 24 hours before the performance.
	Upcoming Concerts Schedule Chopin's Birthday Concert Saturday, February 22nd, 2:00 PM (doors open 1:30) $20 in advance/ $25 at door The San Francisco Concerto Orchestra will perform Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2, Opus 21, with San Francisco Concerto Orchestra Concerto Competition winner, Lisa Spector, piano, and Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise, Opus 22, and Grande Fantasie on Polish Airs, Opus 13, with Seth Montfort, piano. Seth Montfort's Birthday Concert Sunday, February 23rd, 4:00 PM (doors open 3:30) $15 in advance/ $20 at door Montfort's Three Battles in Sonata Space, Opus 1 Marc Steiner, piano Friday, February 28th, 8:00 PM (doors open 7:30) $15 in advance/ $20 at door He will perform the Berg Sonata, the Bartok Sonata, Stravinsky's Serenade in La, and Messiaen's Preludes. Viviana Guzman, flute and Lisa Spector, piano Saturday, March 1st, 8:00 PM (doors open 7:30) $15 in advance/ $20 at door Works by Bach, Vivaldi and Haydn Brian Lee, violin and Charles Worth, piano Sunday, March 9th, 4:00 PM (doors open 3:30) $15 in advance/ $20 at door Works by Bach, Stravinsky, Mozart and Ravel Phillip Dyson, piano An Englander plays at Englander House Thursday, March 27th, 8:00 PM (doors open 7:30) $15 in advance, $20. at door Classical & Ragtime Works www.phillipdyson.com SETH MONTFORT'S WILD MEN & ELEGANT ENCORES CONCERT SERIES Each of these short concerts by pianist/composer Seth Montfort will be followed by encores $12 at door per concert or $50 pass to all six ($40 Seniors and Students with valid ID) The Savage Virtuoso Sunday, March 9th, 2:00 PM (doors open 1:30) $12 at door Liszt's solo piano arrangement of his Totentanz, Troyer's Kiowa Apache War Dance, Bartok's Allegro Barbaro, and Villa-Lobos' Brazilian Cycle Scenes from Country Life Sunday, March 16th, 2:00 PM (doors open 1:30) $12 at door Grieg's Scenes from Country Life, Dvorak's American Suite, Cadman's Idealized Indian Themes and Montfort's Rondo Rodeo Gypsy Mariachi and Boogie Woogie Sunday, March 23rd, 2:00 PM (doors open 1:30) $12 at door Bethoven's Rage over a lost Penny, Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 1, Copland/Bernstein's El Salon Mexico Paul Bowles' Sayula, Benjamin's Jamaican Rumba, Guastavino's Gato, Hovhannes' Macedonian Mountain Dance, and Montfort's Fandangos Little Known Origins of Ragtime Sunday, March 30th, 2:00 PM (doors open 1:30) $12 at door Schubert's Zwolf Landler, Ragtime by Chopin and Gottschalk, 19th Century Cuban, Puerto Rican, Venezuelan, and Brazilian Dances by Saumell Cervantez, Campos, Palacios, Fernandez, and Nazareth and famous works by Joplin Impressionistic Ragtime Sunday, April 6th, 2:00 PM (doors open 1:30) $12 at door Debussy's Ragtime Suite, Lecuona's Afro-Cuban Dances, and Dett's In the Bottoms Suite Jazz in Unlikely Places Sunday, April 13th, 2:00 PM (doors open 1:30) $12 at door Soler's Fandango, Lambert's Elegiac Blues,Hindemith's Dance of the Wooden Puppets, Gershwin's own solo piano arrangement of his Rhapsody in Blue, Guastavino's Bailecito Mompou's Cancion Y Danza 6, and Montfort's The Empty Virtuoso