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Reunion
$20-$85 - Free tickets for youth, ages 7-17 Patrons may request 1 free ticket for a youth 7-17 with each paid adult ticket to a Classical Series concert. This offer is not available online; contact Patron Services by phone or in person. ForEventTimes: srsymphony.org - Performances are at Weill Hall, Green Music Center, Sonoma State University -1801 E Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park
Feb 18 ~ Lucy Kaplansky in Concert N.Y.C.-based singer/ songwriter/ psychologist Lucy Kaplansky is a rising star of modern city folk. $25 general adminssion, 8:00pm Occidental Center for the arts 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental, Occidentalcenterforthearts. org 707-874-9392
Feb 25 ~ A Benefit for the Earle Baum Center for the Blind - Will Kimbrough and Brigitte DeMeyer very generously offer their audiences the ultimate singer/ songwriter experience. 21+ A seated show. - $22. – $25. - 8p-10:30p - HopMonk Tavern 230 Petaluma Ave Sebastopol -
Feb 25 ~ Songwriters' Showcase - A special performance featuring individual composers by the Occidental Community Choir's Songwriters in an informal evening. $10 / Kids Free - 8p - Occidental Center for the Arts - 3850 Doris Murphy Ct, Occidental
Feb 26 ~ Creative Arts Series - Cantiamo Sonoma - - Music of James MacMillan, Kevin Siegfried, William Henry Smith, Nicolas Custer, Eric Whitacre, Stanford, Ola Gjeilo, Finzi, Paie Cantiones (1582), Will Todd, Peter Mathews, Alan Smith, Tomás Luis de Victoria, David Willcocks, Palestrina, Rutter and Moses Hogan; 3:30p $15 Suggested Donation - Resurrection Parish 303 Stony Point Rd. Santa Rosa 707-824-5611 - CreativeArtsSeries.com
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Haute Flash Quartet ~ www. HauteFlashQuartet.com
Feb 15 ~ Gaia's Garden, 1899 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, 6:30-8:30 pm
Veteran Greenwich Village folk/country/pop singer, Lucy Kaplansky, will hold a solo performance at the Occidental Center for the Arts on Feb. 18. Speaking from her home in the Village, she indicates she’ll accompany herself on guitar, with some piano and mandolin. Three-
quarters of her songs will be originals.
Married to an NYU professor,
with a 14-year-old daughter, her last
couple of albums focus on themes of
motherhood, home, and family – “my
daughter growing up, my parents,
both gone now, growing old. My most
important job is being a mother.” She for the 2017 Live at Juilliard
Grammy-winning “Steady On.” Kaplansky also collaborated in the late ‘80s on recordings with Suzanne Vega and Nanci Gri th.
Torn between music and an interest in clinical psychology, she says, “I was so con icted about letting myself have what I wanted.” With her singing career going well, she chose clinical psychology, achieving her doctorate and working in hospitals, while also having a private practice.
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When Colvin approached her about making another record, Kaplansky decided she didn’t want to be a psychologist because “I wanted to sing.” Looking back on the academic career she dropped, she adds, “I learned so much and it helped me in my life.”
1994 found her signing with Red House Records for the rst of seven solo albums, “The Tide.” She’s recorded three collaborations, also.
Michael Hantman ~ plays 12 string guitar "smooth rock
Feb 7, 14, 21, 28 - 6-8p Blue Heron Restau- rant, 25300 Steelhead Lane, Duncans Mills. Nocover.
Kaplansky has been applauded by the New York Times, the New Yorker, and Entertainment Weekly, and has won two awards for best pop album of the year from the Association for Independent Music.
A 1998 book, SOLO: Women Singer- Songwriters in Their Own Words, includes her among Colvin, Ani DiFranco, Sheryl Crow, and Jewel. Her TV appearances include “quite a few” on CBS and NPR. She also sang two songs on Bob Dylan tribute albums.
Feb 1, 8, 15, 22 - 6-9p Spoonbar, 219 Healdsburg Avenue, Healdsburg. No cover.
Interestingly, her father, Irving Kaplansky, a renowned University of Chicago mathematician, was also a talented pianist, “who wrote songs for fun,” Kaplansky relates. An EP in 2000 includes him on piano for some of her shows.
Wild Jane - The River Tour!
Her latest solo release, “Reunion,” includes Eliza Gilkyson and Buddy Miller. The title song celebrates her pioneering grandmother who sailed from Poland to Toronto in 1913.
-Feb 3 ~ Main Street Bistro 16280 Main Street, Guerneville 6-9p- John Simon, Tom Shader, Kendrick Freeman
Feb 7 ~ The Big Easy 128 American Alley, Petaluma 7-10p - John Simon, Rob Wright, Kendrick Freeman
Feb 18 ~ Uva Trattoria 1040 Clinton Sreet, Napa 8:30-11:30p - John Simon, Tom Shader, Kendrick Freeman
As she ages, Kaplansky feels “wiser, understanding more about what’s important. I’m clearer about what I believe.””
More at http://lucykaplansky.com/
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Kaplansky started singing as a teenager in Chicago’s important folk scene, which included John Prine and Steve Goodman. Just out of high school, she left for New York City, the folk music scene being more dynamic there.
Music by Date
Feb. 3 ~ The Songs of Audrey Auld performed by Nina Gerber, Pamela Delgado and Jeri Jones~ Audrey Auld was one of a kind, equal parts feisty, hilarious and true. Tickets: $25 Gen admission, $30 premium; 8pm Sebastopol Community Cultural Center390 Morris Street Sebastopol, CA 95472 More Information: 707-823-1511 sccc@seb.org
Celebrating Black History Month with local vintage jazz & blues group, The doRian Mode. Tickets start at $20. 6:30p - Petaluma Historical Library & Museum 20 4th St. Petaluma - 707- 778-4398 petalumamuseum.com
Feb 4 ~ David Luning "Restless" Album Release Party - $17 - 8p - $22 at the legendary Mystic Theatre 23 Petaluma Blvd N, Petaluma, The tickets are available now! Get your tickets at: ticketweb.com/t3/sale/Sal eEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectio nData&eventId=7048455&pl=mystic
Feb 4 ~ Mairah Parker's Indo Latin Jazz Ensemble - For an uplifting serene yet passionate musical journey into an ideal world. 8p, Tickets $20 Info: OccidentalCenterforthearts.org
Feb 10 ~ The North Bay Winds -An evening of fascinating, thoughtful, foot stomping melodies, including pieces ranging from Beethoven to Joplin will be performed to the pleasure of the audience. $15/$10 student 7:30p Sebastopol Center for the Arts - 282 S. High Street Sebastopol brownpapertickets.com/event/2830908
Feb 11 ~ Sebastopol Talent Show - Small Town, Big Talent - $10 - $13. - 7p Sebastopol Community Cultural Center -390 Morris St, Sebastopol 707-823-1511talentshow@seb.org
Feb 11 ~ Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen Compelling interpretations of traditional & contemporary folk songs, rich harmonies, accomplished guitar, banjo, and concertina accompaniment, and a good dose of humor. $15 - $20 7:00PM Occidental Center for the Arts 3850 Doris Murphy Ct. Occidental,
Feb 11-13 - Tales of Love with Alessio Bax
She landed at the Village’s Folk City, site of Bob Dylan’s rst professional gig. Working there as a performer, bartender, and waitress, she met people like Suzanne Vega and Shawn Colvin.
Feb 3 ~ 5th Annual Jazz Concert -
Kaplansky developed a reputation as an excellent harmony singer, and, in 1980, joined Colvin as a duo, leading to their harmonizing on Colvin’s 1990
Auditions
Healdsburg Jazz Festival Organization invites area high schools to participate in a new, free program for high school musicians: the Student Jazz Combo Competition (SJCC). The competition, which will take place in April 2017, is a friendly one, emphasizing feedback and poise in performance rather than strict judgment. healdsburgjazzfestival. org/wordpress/wp-content/ uploads/2016/04/Student-Jazz-Combo-
presented by Santa Rosa Symphony
speaks of reaching out to audiences. “People want to nd something together, with the artist, with each other. Ideally, a song has some emotional truth to it.”
- Now accepting band submissions concert series. Jessica 707-543-4674.
Mar 6 ~ Live at Juilliard Concert Series