10th Annual Festival of Carols

Friday, December 10th, 7 PM

Foothill Presbyterian Church musical ensembles and guests come together to usher in the season of Advent through music. This year features the FPC Chancel and Children's choirs, Glory Ringers bell choir, and the Peralta Consort early music group. Special guests include Alum Rock Christian Golden Handbells, a cappella vocal jazz sextet Amaranth, La Dolce Clarinet Quartet, and numerous guest soloists.

Foothill Presbyterian Church

5301 McKee Road, San Jose, CA 95127

Contact: Jay Jordana, (408) 258-8133x105

Suggested Donation: Non-perishable food items, new socks, new undergarments, and/or toys for children aged-four. Proceeds benefit the Lord's Pantry and Innvision to help those in need. Thank you for your support.

South Bay Philharmonic: "All Russian Concert"

Friday, November 12th, 7:30 PM

The concert will feature conductor George Yefchak conducting Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 2 (Little Russian), and former San Jose Chamber Orchestra assistant conductor Jay Jordana conducting Kalinnikov's Overture to Tsar Boris. www.southbayphilharmonic.org

Foothill Presbyterian Church

5301 McKee Road, San Jose, CA 95127

Contact: Jay Jordana, (408) 258-8133x105

www.foothillpc.org

Suggested Donation: $10/person

Donations benefit the Foothill Music Series to facilitate future concerts. Thank you for your support.

Junko Aono/Sylvia Loebach

Sunday, November 7th, 3 PM

Chinese Dulcimer (*Yangqin) player Junko Aono is a native Japanese artist who grew up playing classical piano. She began formal lessons on Yangqin from a Chinese instructor while studying the Chinese language at Waseda University in Japan. Having debuted her first CD Fantasy of Silk Road in 1993, Ms. Aono immigrated to the US in 1999 and has been performing in solo concerts and with classical and jazz ensembles all over the Bay Area. Released in 2009, her second CD Peace of Mind was broadcasted on the air. Having received her Bachelor of Music from The University of Illinois and her MA from the Julliard School, clarinetist Sylvia Loebach has performed with a variety of chamber music groups as well as with the Mexico City Philharmonic. www.junkodulcimer.com

*The biggest and the most complex instrument in the dulcimer family, the Yangqin originates from the Persian Santur. Its range of tones is about four octaves with 135 strings. Its strings are struck by thin bamboo sticks that are rubber-tipped.

Foothill Presbyterian Church

5301 McKee Road, San Jose, CA 95127

Contact: Jay Jordana, (408) 258-8133x105

www.foothillpc.org

Suggested Donation: $10/person

Proceeds benefit the Foothill Music Series to facilitate future concerts. Thank you for your support.

Celtic Rose

Sunday, October 17, 3 PM

Doris Williams and Viola Rosa of midtown Palo Alto have been playing various Bay Area venues together for six years. Ms. Williams holds an M.A. in Early Music from Stanford University. She teaches private piano and voice and also performs as a soloist in various churches and retirement homes. Ms. Williams also performs Renaissance music. Ms. Rosa holds an M.L.S. Library Science from San Jose State University and studied music with Carol McComb of Palo Alto. She writes songs for Celtic Rose and also sings folk-rock with Summer of Love Band of San Jose, CA. www.doriswilliams.com

Foothill Presbyterian Church

5301 McKee Road, San Jose, CA 95127

Contact: Jay Jordana, (408) 258-8133x105

www.foothillpc.org

Suggested Donation: $10/person

Donations benefit the Foothill Music Series to facilitate future concerts. Thank you for your support.

Cupertino Jazz Sextet

Sunday, September 19th, 3 PM

This six-piece group got its start when a handful of musicians decided to get together and play jazz during their lunch hour. Their current repertoire features music from the '50s, '60s, and '70s, and includes tunes by Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Herbie Hancock and others. However, don't be surprised if you hear some Dixieland and Klezmer music, too! Members are Steve Leitner on tenor sax, Mike Paivienen on trumpet, Dave Allmon on trombone, Terrill Tanaka on piano, Frank Mendoza on bass, and Todd Hanson on drums

Foothill Presbyterian Church

5301 McKee Road, San Jose, CA 95127

Contact: Jay Jordana, (408) 258-8133x105

Suggested Donation: $10/person

Proceeds benefit the Music Series to facilitate future concerts. Thank you for your support.

10th Annual Jazz On the Grass

Sunday, August 29th, 12:15 PM

Presenting live jazz, and picnic lunch at the Foothill courtyard with the Steve Turner Jazz Combo. Dancing is highly encouraged. Come join us for this fun-filled, musical afternoon on the grass and under the oak trees.

Foothill Presbyterian Church

5301 McKee Road, San Jose, CA 95127

Contact: Jay Jordana, (408) 258-8133x105

Suggested Donation: $5/person

Proceeds benefit the Music Series to facilitate future concerts. Thank you for your support.

South Bay Philharmonic

Featuring excerpts from Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 1 de Falla: Three Cornered Hat

Friday, February 26, 7:30 PM

Foothill Presbyterian Church

5301 McKee Road, San Jose, CA 95127

Contact: Jay Jordana, (408) 258-8133x105

www.foothillpc.org

Suggested Donation: $10 per person

Early Music Concert Series

Saturday February 6, 2010 - 3:00 PM
Flauti Dolci & Amici I

Some of the Bay Area's most skilled and talented recorder consorts and mixed ensembles. Baroque Etc., Ministriles, SDQ, Ensemble Sonoma and others come together to perform early music as well as recent compositions.

Sunday, February 28, 2010 - 3:00 PM
Judith Linsenberg & Katherine Heater

Recorder virtuoso Judith Linsenberg (www.Linsenberg.com) and harpsichordist Katherine Heather; featuring recorder and continuo music from the 16th -20th centuries, including works by Bach, Sammartini, Bassano, Pete Rose, and others.

Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 7:30 PM
Canconier

The Garden Enclosed: Medieval Music of Celebration and Revelry; Annette Bauer and Tim Payborn present a program of virtuosic medieval works for the 13th & 14th centuries from Italy, France, Spain, and England. www.conconier.com

Sunday, March 28th, 2010 - 3:00 PM
AROW

Garden of Delights; a musical experience beyond Eden; The American Recorder Orchestra of the West, featuring works by Brahms, Debussy, Hovhaness, Mozart, ffenbach, Poulenc, Satie, Schubert, and Shostakovich. www.arowmusic.org

Tuesday May 18, 2010 - 7:30 PM
Monteverdi Brass Quintet

Richard Roper & Robert Wilkins (trumpets), Don Benham, Frank Bunger, Mike Cushing (trombones) share their passion for chamber music and glorious works for the Renaissance. Program includes music by Palestrina, Shein, Isaac, and Victoria.

Sunday, May 23, 2010 - 3:00 PM
Flauti Dolci & Amici II

Some of the Bay Area's most skilled and talented recorder consorts and mixed ensembles. The Belmont Consort, The Cupertino Crones, Recorder Journey, and others come together to perform early music as well as recent compositions.

Saturday, June 5, 2010 - 3:00 PM
MPRO

Directed by Fred Palmer, the Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra preforms imaginative arrangements of orchestral music. www. sfems.org/mpro/