Elaine Kreston, cellist

CONCERT HISTORY:

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November 21, 23, 25, 2007: with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra on Tour
November 21: San Jose, CA, HP Pavillion, 8:00pm
November 23: Fresno, CA, 8:00pm
November 25: Sacramento, CA, 3:00pm AND 7:30pm

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November 20, 2007: Krishna Das - An Evening of Kirtan
Santa Cruz Veterans Memorial Building
846 Front Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Ticket Price: $25 advance / $30 door
For tickets: Gateways Books, Tel (831) 429-9600

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Sunday November 18, 2007: Four Seasons Concerts presents
Elaine Kreston, cellist and Marco Granados, flutist
at the Chabot Space & Science Center, Oakland, CA
This outstanding duo will perform their music under the stars of the Chabot Planetarium. Come and be enriched!
Program includes: Bach C Major Cello Suite; Flute works of Debussy, Ibert, & Honegger; Villa-Lobos' Jet Whistle; and the premiere of Pleiades: Improvisation upon a Star Cluster, by Granados and Kreston.
Click here for ticket information

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November 9-10, 2007: Give Thanks Kirtan with Krishna Das
Saint Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church
500 De Haro Street at Mariposa, San Francisco, CA 94107
Ticket Price: $25 advance/$30 at door
For info and tickets: contact Susannah at Yoga Sita 415.864.SITA (7482) omsusannah@aol.com
www.yogasitasf.com/kirtan.html
Come chant with Krishna Das in the beautiful Basilica. Easy access via MUNI.

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November 3, 2007:Amy X Neuburg & the Cello ChiXtet
Freight & Salvage, 1111 Addison Street, Berkeley CA 94702
Elaine Kreston, Jess Ivry, and Beth Vandervennet, cellists,
with “Avant-cabaret” vocalist Amy X Neuburg and her ground-breaking compositions for voice, cello trio, and live electronics.
Get a preview - click here to watch the Spark TV profile online.
For Tickets: click here or call TicketWeb at 866-468-3399

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Weekends in October 2007: D’Arc, woman on fire
Presented by Footloose at Shotwell Studios in San Francisco:
Written & Performed by Amanda Moody
Music Composed by Jay Cloidt
Direction and Dramaturgy by Melissa Weaver
Cello Performed by Elaine Kreston
Produced by Mary Alice Fry and Agapé Performance Group
Shotwell Studio is located at 3252-A 19th Street in San Francisco
at the corner of Shotwell (between South Van Ness and Folsom)
D’Arc offers a surreal inquiry into the costs of dreams, lived and unlived. Weaving the threads of the Dark Ages with our own dark times, “D’Arc” depicts a present-day intercession by Saint Joan of Arc.
We meet Joanne. Home alone, she fixates on letters from her daughter who vanished while working abroad in a war-torn region. Raging against loss, Joanne receives bizarre visions through the cold flame of her television set. It is Saint Joan burning through the TV twilight to answer her grief. Relating tales of her own battles and trials, Joan teases and admonishes Joanne, disrupts her obsessions, and challenges her to listen anew to the call of her own life.

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Sunday, September 30, 2007: RumiCello performs alongside others celebrating the 800th Birthday of the mystic poet, RUMI
UUCB: Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, 1 Lawson Road Kensington, CA 94707
RumiCello is the collaborative presentation of two performers: Eric Schneider heartfully and joyously spouts contemporary translations of mystical poetry of Rumi, Hafiz, and Kabir to the inspired improvisational and classical cello of Elaine Kreston. Since Eric has memorized hundreds of poems, and Elaine plays a combination of memorized and improvised music, RumiCello performances are inspired spontaneity.

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August 25, 2007: RumiCello in San Francisco
Enjoy RumiCello's inspired blend of poetry and music in a special venue: a private home, across the street from the Exploratorium & the Palace of Fine Arts. 3600 Lyon Street, San Francisco, California
Please call 415.440.8668 or E-mail geishapoet (at) aol.com to reserve your seat. Thank you to Diane Frank and Jeanne Glennon for hosting us, and for starting this new series!

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August 18, 2007:The Cello Chixtet performs
Dohi Moon - Bi:guni Chum at the Fifth Annual Festival of Contemporary Music
The Cello Chixtet is: Elaine Kreston, Jess Ivry, and Beth Vandervennet
San Francisco Community Music Center, 544 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

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August 15, 2007: RumiCello returns to Gateways!
1126 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz, California 95062. for more info: 831-429-9600; Toll Free: 877-429-9600

RumiCello is the collaborative presentation of two performers: Eric Schneider heartfully and joyously spouts contemporary translations of mystical poetry of Rumi, Hafiz, and Kabir to the inspired improvisational and classical cello of Elaine Kreston. Since Eric has memorized hundreds of poems, and Elaine plays a combination of memorized and improvised music, RumiCello performances are inspired spontaneity.

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August 3 - 4, 2007: San Francisco Choral Society at Davies Symphony Hall
performs Brahms' German Requiem and Kirke Mechem's Pride & Prejudice Act I
Come see Elaine in her role as principal cellist for this fabulous music in Davies Hall.

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June 21, 2007: New Music Bay Area & Chapel of the Chimes
present the annual Garden of Memory Summer Solstice Celebration
This year's concert featured on NPR's Weekend Edition
join Elaine Kreston and Owen Davis (on congas) in: Studies In Time
The Chapel of the Chimes is a Julia Morgan-designed columbarium
located at 4499 Piedmont Avenue in Oakland, California.
Don't miss this unique and magical event,
where the audience is free to wander through the labyrinthine space
to discover and experience simultaneous performances of Bay Area musicians.
Admission is $12 general, $8 students & seniors, $5 kids under 12 (kids under 5 are free).
For more info, call 415-563-6355, x. 3

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May 18, 19, 20, 2007: San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Crossroads: Music from the African Diaspora: works by St. Georges, Alberga, Coleman, Mozart, and Wayne Wallace
Concerts In Berkeley, Palo Alto, and San Francisco

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Tuesday April 17, 2007: Amy X Neuburg & the Cello ChiXtet
Café Du Nord, 2170 Market Street, San Francisco
Elaine Kreston, Jess Ivry, and Beth Vandervennet, cellists,
with “Avant-cabaret” vocalist Amy X Neuburg, and her compositions for voice, cello trio, and live electronics.
For Tickets ($15) click here or call: 415-861-5016
Opening for the ChiXtet: Debora Petrina (Italy); Emily Bezar

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Monday April 16, 2007: Classical at the Freight
Freight & Salvage: 1111 Addison Street, Berkeley CA 94702
Rossini's Duo for Bass and Cello performed by Michel Taddei and Elaine Kreston
... as well as compositions by Druckman, Sperger, and others.
For tickets ($17.50) click here or call 510- 548-1761
"Classical at the Freight" brings the Bay Area's best classical musicians to our stage for an hour of top-flight chamber music in an informal, friendly atmosphere. San Francisco Chamber Orchestra music director Benjamin Simon is your host; his goal is to un-stuffify and de-mystify classical music for the general music lover, sharing the joys and rewards of this timeless art with new audiences.

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March 28 & 30: Amy X Neuburg & the Cello ChiXtet Television Broadcast on SPARK on KQED TV
Our SPARK episode airs on KQED Channel 9:
The episode can also be seen on their various digital channels on Saturday and available on Comcast on Demand in most cities.
And... It is available online at the KQED website:
Streaming instructions: click here
Our episode: click here

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January 28, 2007: Nut Hill Noise
Highways Performance Space, Los Angeles/Santa Monica, CA
NUT HILL NOISE (Luciano Chessa, Elaine Kreston, Gregory Moore, + Christine Morse…) …returns to Highways with songs, little synthetic symphonies, and sound collage. The evening will feature the premiere of a new audience participation pageant celebrating the different ways we all got here.
Highways Performance Space is located at 1651 18th Street in Santa Monica, within the 18th Street Arts Center.
For tickets ($20/$15) call 310-315-1459 or click here.

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Sunday, January 7: Shantala and RumiCello
RumiCello is: Cellist Elaine Kreston and Eric Schneider
Shantala is: Heather & Benjy Wertheimer
Please join us for a magical evening in Santa Cruz.
Cayuga Vault
1100 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, CA
For info and tickets ($15 ) call 831-421-9471
info@cayugavault.com

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January 5, 2007: Amy X & the Cello ChiXtet - Opening for The Tubes!
The Independent
628 Divisadero Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
For tickets ($20) click here

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January 4, 2007: Amy X & the Cello ChiXtet
Join us to follow the continuing adventures of the Cello ChiX!
Elaine Kreston, Jess Ivry, and Beth Vandervennet, cellists,
with “Avant-cabaret” vocalist Amy X Neuburg, and her compositions for voice, cello trio, and live electronics.
Benefit concert at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley:
Irene Sazer's Restoration Crew presents an All-Star night of music featuring: Dina Maccabee, Jessica Ivry & Alisa Rose of Irene Sazer's Real Vocal String Quartet plus Suzy Thompson, Amy Hofer, Eric Pearson, Sheldon Brown, Gerry Tenney, Amy X Neuburg & the Cello ChiXtet, Ramon & Jessica, John Schott, Kaila Flexer, Vienna Teng, plus others tba....
Freight & Salvage is at 1111 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA, 94702
For Tickets ($18.50) click here or call 510-548-1761

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December 15, 16, 17, 2006: Amy X and the Cello ChiXtet
Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco
3316 24th St, San Francisco, across from the 24th BART subway
Tickets: $15 advance, $18 at the door; Call (415) 273-4633
"The Secret Language of Subways"
A song cycle about love and war and New York
Join us to follow the continuing adventures of the Cello ChiX!
Elaine Kreston, Jess Ivry, and Beth Vandervennet, cellists.
“Avant-cabaret” vocalist and composer Amy X Neuburg, known for her wildly entertaining performances, presents a new song cycle for voice, cello trio, and live electronics. Conceived largely while riding on New York subways, these 12 songs use urban imagery and metaphors of war to explore the deceits, battles and triumphs within personal relationships. Using drum pads, faders and pedals, Neuburg processes both her voice and the cellos with effects and real-time looping, to build up layered harmonies and counterpoints live on stage. Presented in dramatized concert form with special lighting effects.

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December 2, 2006
The Maybeck Trio performs at Trinity Chamber Concerts
Concerts take place in Trinity Chapel
2320 Dana Street, Berkeley, California
(between Bancroft Way & Durant Avenue,
one block from the U.C. Berkeley Campus)
For tickets ($8-12) or more info, please call (510) 549-3864

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November 16, 2006
Krishna Das in New York City
Benefit Concert with Krishna Das and David Hykes
for The Breathing Project and Namarupa Magazine Midtown Loft
267 Fifth Avenue, 11th floor, New York, NY 10016
Ticket Price: $45.00
For information and tickets - Tel (212) 979-9642 ext. 2
Email benefit@breathingproject.org
Web www.breathingproject.org
or www.krishnadas.com
Concert will benefit non-profit activities of The Breathing Project. Concert donations are tax-deductible.

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October 25, 2006
The Maybeck Trio performs at
Spring Lake Village, California

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October 23, 2006
Krishna Das in Santa Cruz
Evening of Kirtan with Krishna Das
Inner Light Ministry, 5630 Soquel Dr., Soquel CA 95073
Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at door
For information and tickets - Gateways Books
Tel: (831) 429-9600
Email: events@gatewaysbooks.com
Web: www.gatewaysbooks.com
More info about Krishna Das at: www.krishnadas.com

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October 22, 2006, 7:00 pm
Krishna Das in San Francisco
Chant with Krishna Das at Beautiful Mission Dolores
Dolores and 16th Streets, SF, 94110
Tickets $25 by 10/21; $30 door. Cash or check only.
Tickets will be available at Yoga Sita, and several Bay Area Yoga studios and shops. Plenty of tickets at the door at 5:30.
Contact: Susannah, at Yoga Sita
Tel: (415) 864-SITA (7482)
Email: susannahyoga@aol.com
Web: www.yogasitasf.com/kirtan.html
More info about Krishna Das at: www.krishnadas.com

October 22, 2006, 2:00 pm
The Maybeck Trio performs at SGI - USA Peace Concert Series
SGI - USA Ikeda Auditorium
2450 - 17th Street (at Potrero Avenue) San Francisco, California 94110
doors open at 1:30 pm; No tickets necessary; free parking

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October 18, 2006
RumiCello
Gateways Books and Music, Santa Cruz
1126 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz, California 95062
more info: 831-429-9600; Toll Free: 877-429-9600

RumiCello is the collaborative presentation of two performers: Eric Schneider heartfully and joyously spouts contemporary translations of mystical poetry of Rumi, Hafiz, and Kabir to the inspired improvisational and classical cello of Elaine Kreston. Since Eric has memorized hundreds of poems, and Elaine plays a combination of memorized and improvised music, RumiCello performances are inspired spontaneity.

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October 15, 2006
RumiCello
Open Secret Bookstore, San Rafael
Please join us for a lovely afternoon of RumiCello in Marin!
923 C Street, San Rafael, Marin County, California (click for directions)
for more info, call 415-457-4191

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September 30, 2006
Berkeley Juggling and Unicycling Festival - Finale Performance
1781 Rose Street, Berkeley, CA
I will be PLAYING the cello, not juggling it!
David Bernbaum and I will perform together: his choreographed juggling to Bach's Cello Suite in G Major

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September 26, 2006
The Maybeck Trio
performs at Berkeley Chamber Performances
Concerts take place on the second floor of Julia Morgan’s gorgeous Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704. For tickets ($20) or more info, please click here. For information about the City Club, for directions, or to make required reservations for a pre-concert dinner, call 510-848-7800.

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September 14, 2006
The Maybeck Trio
performs at the Oakmont Concert Series
The Maybeck Trio joins an illustrious list of artists who have performed at the Oakmont Concert Series. Concerts take place on the stage of Berger Hall, 6633 Oakmont Drive, an auditorium seating 400 and located in Oakmont, an hour north of San Francisco, approximately 7 miles from downtown Santa Rosa, and in the heart of the Sonoma Valley Wine Country.

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July 17, 2006
The Maybeck Trio
performs as featured artists at the Cazadero Performing Arts Camp

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July 7, 8, 9, 2006
Yachats Music Festival
Concerts take place at the
Yachats Community Presbyterian Church
360 West 7th Street
in the beautiful seaside town of
Yachats, OR 97498
For tickets: 541-547-3141 or 541-547-3636

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June 3, 2006: Berkeley World Music Festival
Parlor Tango: Odile Lavault: Bandoneon, Marco Casasola: Piano, Elaine Kreston: Cello
You are invited to join Parlor Tango for a special dancing party: we will be performing at the charming (and spacious) La Fiesta Banquet Room on Saturday, June 3rd, 1-3 p.m., as part of the free 3rd Annual Berkeley World Music Weekend. In this hidden hacienda, 2506 Haste Street (adjoining the Amoeba Music building), you'll find a bit of old Mexico. If you wish, Mario and Rosalinda Tejada will have a Tango Brunch and café snacks & beverages for you to order. Parlor Tango will be one of more than 2 dozen continuous performances throughout the Berkeley World Music Weekend on Telegraph Avenue, Saturday, June 3rd & Sunday, June 4th, Noon- 9 P.M.

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May 13, 2006: ISHQ (Sufi fusion)
at the Cayuga Vault, Santa Cruz
Lori Rivera - vocals (of "The Bobs")
Elaine Kreston - cello
John Connell - percussion
Steve Robertson - tabla
Jim Junayad Moore - vocals
David Rhodes - piano & harmonium (of MoonBirds)
1100 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, California; $15 adv, $18 door

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May 8, 2006: Parlor Tango
Odile Lavault: Bandoneon
Marco Casasola: Piano
Elaine Kreston: Cello
Cafe Trieste, 2500 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley
Parlor Tango is dedicated to traditional Argentine Tango music composed between 1910 and 1950. Its repertoire of tangos, waltzes and milongas evokes the flavor of black-and-white movies and steamy dance halls.

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April 4, 2006: Berkeley Chamber Performances
Luna Nova Quartet:
Ben Brussell, mandolin; Erica Wong, violin; Thomas Elliott, viola; Elaine Kreston, cello
Works of Piazzolla, Villa-Lobos, Bartok, Satie, and Jacob do Bandolim
Concerts take place on the second floor of Julia Morgan’s gorgeous Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704
For tickets ($20) or more info, please click here.

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March 31, 2006: RumiCello !
with Eric Schneider and Elaine Kreston
part of the Music for Peace Project
East West Bookshop
324 Castro Street
Mountain View, California (click for directions)
for tickets and info, call 650-988-9800

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March 20, 2006: 8:00 and 10:00 pm
Kito Gamble (Sista Kee) CD release concert at Yoshi's
from the blues to hip hop, jazz to gospel....
Returning to Yoshi's and her hometown Bay Area community, pianist and composer Kito Gamble (a.k.a. Sista Kee) celebrates the release of her debut solo recording entitled Represent. After a long-time collaboration with the dynamic Faye Carol as a mother & daughter duo, Sista Kee's first solo album combines many influences to create a unique sound all her own. Sista Kee's ensemble includes Charles McNeal, Howard Wiley, Mark Wright, Matt Montgomery, Robert Rhodes, David Goodlet, Catherine Matovich, and Elaine Kreston.

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Kirtan with Krishna Das
Saturday, March 18, 7pm: Kirtan, San Francisco, CA
Mission Dolores Basilica
3321 16th Street at Dolores, San Francisco
tickets: Susannah at Yoga Sita (415) 864-7482
Sunday, March 19, 2:30-6:00pm: Workshop, Berkeley, CA
1821 Catalina (off of Colusa and Solano Ave.), Berkeley
tickets: (510) 845-9642
Tuesday, March 21, 7pm: Kirtan, Santa Cruz, CA
First Congregational Church
900 High St, Santa Cruz
tickets: (831) 429-9600

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March 5, 2006
Maybeck Trio in concert
Special performance for the Santa Rosa Symphony

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February 11, 2006
ISHQ at the Cayuga Vault, Santa Cruz
1100 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, California
Some of Santa Cruz and the Bay Area’s finest musicians have conspired to present ISHQ :
Lori Rivera - vocals (of "The Bobs")
Elaine Kreston - cello
John Connell - percussion
Steve Robertson - tabla
Jim Junayad Moore - vocals
David Rhodes - piano & harmonium (of MoonBirds)
Special Appearance by RumiCello!
Tickets available at Gateways in Santa Cruz, and at the door: $15 adv, $18 door

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January 13, 2006 - Old First Concerts
Graber-Kreston-Rose Trio
1751 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
Celebrating Brahms: Clarinet Sonata, Cello Sonata, and Trio
Phone 415-474-1608 or purchase tickets online

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December 16, 2005
RumiCello ! with Eric Schneider and Elaine Kreston
~ celebrate the holidays with music and poetry ~
Sacred Paths Bookstore
134 South B Street in downtown San Mateo, California
for tickets and info, call 650-347-7284

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December 10, 2005
Amy X and Cello ChiX
“Avant-cabaret” vocalist and composer Amy X Neuburg accompanies her weird and witty dramatic songs with live electronic looping, processing and electronic drums. For this performance, she will be joined by three cellists: Elaine Kreston, Jess Ivry, and Kelley Maulbetsch.
Saturday evening at Roulette , New York City
Location One: 26 Greene Street
(between Canal and Grand Streets)
For Tickets ($12) or info, call: 212-219-8242
SOLD OUT!

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December 2 & 3, 2005; 7:15 pm
Kirtan with Krishna Das
Spirit Rock in Marin County, CA
5000 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Woodacre, west Marin
(Part of the retreat with Sharon Salzberg and Krishna Das)

Monday, November 28, 2005
Kirtan with Krishna Das
Santa Rosa, CA
"All One" Kirtan with Krishna Das
Center for Spiritual Living
2075 Occidental Road in Santa Rosa
hosted by Evolution Yoga
Tickets: available at Evolution Yoga and Copperfields Books. For more locations please call 707-525-YOGA.
ticket price: $20 advance/$25 day of show
contact: info@evolutionyoga.com

Sunday, November 27, 2005
"All One" workshop with Krishna Das
Albany Community Center, 1249 Marin Ave. Albany, CA 94706 (on Berkeley's border)
Tickets: $40-$50 Call: 510-845-9642
Mail: check payable to 4th Street Yoga, 1809C 4th Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
(Tickets will not be mailed, but held at the door)
Hosted by 4th Street Yoga Berkeley, CA

Saturday, November 26, 2005
Krishna Das
Give Thanks Kirtan with Krishna Das
Saint Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church
500 De Haro Street at Mariposa, Potrero Hill, San Francisco, CA
Tickets: $22.00 advance; $25 at door. Cash or checks only.
For information and tickets contact Susannah at Yoga Sita: 415.864.7482

More info about Krishna Das at: www.krishnadas.com

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November 18, 2005
Mystic Streams of the Divine Names Interfaith Concert
Center for Spiritual Enlightenment
1146 University Avenue, San Jose, CA, 95126
Featuring:
Elaine Kreston: solo cello
Yofiyah, Susan Deikman: Kabbalistic Kirtan
Gitanjali, with Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian: Sanskrit devotional chanting
David Rhodes: piano, percussion: Sufi Zikr music
For tickets ($15) or more info, please call 408 283-0221.

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November 17, 2005
Shantala ~ Benjy & Heather Wertheimer
and Special Guest, Cellist Elaine Kreston
Performance at: Yoga of Sausalito
110 Caledonia St (Across from Sushi Ran) Sausalito, CA 94965
As partners in music and in life, Heather & Benjy Wertheimer open hearts around the world with their passionate music. Shantala creates a sublime soundscape of musical harmony between East and West with soul-stirring vocals, sacred lyrics and exotic instrumentation. The music carries the audience on a journey of ethereal beauty, ecstatic percussion, and heart-felt devotional singing. Benjy’s Indian classical instrumentation interwoven with Heather’s soaring vocals is freshly original and creates a profoundly moving experience. To learn more about Benjy's & Heather's many musical projects, visit www.benjymusic.com and www.shantalamusic.com. For those many of you who've worn out the "grooves" on your copy of "The Love Window" this is no secret. For the rest of you...come find out what your ears and hearts have been missing.
Tickets: $15 in advance; $18 day of concert.

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Nov. 11, 12, 13, 19, 20, 2005
Kitka: The Rusalka Cycle: Songs Between the Worlds
A new vocal-theater project co-created by Kitka,
composer Mariana Sadovska and stage director Ellen Sebastian Chang
Elaine Kreston and Moses Sedler, cellos; Kevin Mummey, percussion

In Slavic folklore, Rusalki are the restless spirits of women who have died unjust, untimely, or unnatural deaths. They inhabit the waters, forests, and fields, luring people to them with their mesmerizing songs and wild laughter. Performed by the eight powerful vocalists of Kitka together with a trio of instrumentalists, The Rusalka Cycle is a riveting dream-like journey that weaves traditional Eastern European folk song and ritual together with original music in a haunting and evocative stage presentation.
Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts
1428 Alice Street (between 14th and 17th Streets) Oakland, CA
(Close to Oakland City Center 12th St. BART; Ample Parking)
Click here to purchase tickets ($15-$26) online
or call 510-444-0323 for more information

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Friday, October 21st, 2005
Chamber Music Concert: L’evocative musique moderne:
Come hear music that will move you –original – inventive – provocative - the harmonies of today composed for early and contemporary instruments.
Sheli Nan: early and contemporary keyboards
Autris Paige: baritone voice
Elaine Kreston: cello Featuring compositions of Sheli Nan:
Johann’s Hidden Hollow; Journey – The Song Cycle; The Last Gesture.
also on the program: Hindemith's Sonata for Solo Cello
and Gaspar Cassado's spirited "Requiebros" for cello and piano
The Hillside Club
2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley 94709
General Admission: $15, $10 for HSC members, professional musicians, students and seniors

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Sunday, October 16, 2005
Highways Performance Space
EXPERIMENTAL SKULL:
New Music, Refracted Language, and Installation
by Gregory Moore
With Luciano Chessa, Elaine Kreston, Christine Morse, Gunnar Proppe, Tara Speiser & Elizabeth Somers.
Works for voice, bassoon, electric cello, musical saw, electronics and video.
At the 18th Street Arts Center
1651 18th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404
For tickets ($15) or more info, please call 310-315-1459

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Saturday, October 15, 2005
Topaz: featuring:
Elaine Kreston, cello; Robin Mayforth, violin; Mimi Dye , viola;
Jane Lenoir, flute; Joan Nagano, piano
program:
East Wind by Shulamit Ran (solo flute)
Trio by Roussel (flute, viola and 'cello)
Gracias a Dios by Mimi Dye (piano, flute, and string trio)
Piano Quartet in C Minor by Brahms (piano, and string trio)
location: All Saints Episcopal Church
555 Waverley Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301
The concert will be followed by a reception and art exhibit featuring the "Jazz Series" by Marin artist Harry Cohen and "Brahms" by San Francisco artist Leonard Braeger.

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Wednesday, September 14, 2005, 12:30pm
Trio de Janeiro
Roy Zajac, clarinet; Laurie Camphouse, flute; Elaine Kreston, cello
Noontime Concert Series
San Francisco, CA
St. Patrick's Catholic Church,
756 Mission Street (click for map & directions)
across from the Yerba Buena Center

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Saturday, September 10, 2005
RumiCello !
with Eric Schneider and Elaine Kreston
as part of Justin Mayer's Music Lovefest
in Santa Cruz, California

Friday, July 22, 2005
RumiCello !
Open Secret Bookstore
923 C Street, San Rafael,
Marin County, California (click for directions)
for tickets ($15) and more info, call 415-457-4191

Saturday, July 23, 2005
RumiCello !
Vara Healing Arts
850 Talbot Avenue, just off Solano Avenue
in Albany (on Berkeley's border)
$15 at the door

Thursday, July 14, 2005
RumiCello !
Gateways Books and Music
1531 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz, California 95060
more info: 831-429-9600

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July 8, 9, 10, 2005
Yachats Music Festival
Concerts take place at the
Yachats Community Presbyterian Church
360 West 7th Street
in the beautiful seaside town of
Yachats, OR 97498
For tickets: 541-547-3141 or 541-547-3636

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Thursday, June 30, 2005
with Dmitri Matheny:
Copia - River Concert Terrace
500 First Street Napa, CA
For tickets ($25) and info, call 888-51-COPIA or 707-259-1600

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Official Celebration of the Sixtieth Anniversary of the
Founding of the United Nations in San Francisco
World Celebration: Grace Cathedral, Nob Hill, San Francisco
A musical celebration with choirs, trumpet fanfare, and orchestra.
Address by H.E.Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland.

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Tuesday, June 21, 2005
New Music Bay Area & Chapel of the Chimes
present the annual Garden of Memory
Summer Solstice Celebration
find Elaine & friends in the
Chapel of Everlasting Hope:

Cello and poetry:
with Eric Schneider in RumiCello

Cello and Conga drums:
with Owen Davis, conga

Cello and Agave instruments:
with Ray Regan, samples, Agavatar
and Scott Railsback, didjeridu

The Chapel of the Chimes is a Julia Morgan-designed columbarium
located at 4499 Piedmont Avenue in Oakland, California.
Don't miss this unique and magical event,
where the audience is free to wander through the labyrinthine space
to discover and experience simultaneous performances of Bay Area musicians.
Admission is $10 general, $5 students and seniors.
For more info, call 415-563-6355, x. 3

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Saturday, June 11, 2005
with Dmitri Matheny:
West Coast Live broadcast
See it at SFMOMA
Hear it at KALW 91.7 FM in the SF area
or to search for your local station, click here

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Monday, May 30, 2005, 7:30pm
Cello Bash
what? 100 cellists?
playing at the same place? at the same time?
come check it out:
St. Joseph the Worker Church
1640 Addison Street, Berkeley

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Friday, May 27, 2005, 8:00 pm
Trio de Janeiro
Roy Zajac, clarinet; Laurie Camphouse, flute; Elaine Kreston, cello
Bach, Haydn, Mozart, and two works by Villa-Lobos
Giorgi Gallery
2911 Claremont Avenue
Berkeley, California, 94705
tickets: $15; call 510-848-1228

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May 2005 - New York with Krishna Das
Friday-Sunday May 13-15 - weekend with Krishna Das & Dharma Mittra
Ananda Ashram, Monroe, NY

Thursday May 19 - Kirtan with Krishna Das
Church of St Paul & St Andrew
263 West 86th Street (at West End), New York City
Tickets ($20-25 at the door): www.mangalashribhuti.org/krishnadas

Sunday May 22 - The Power of a Loving Heart: Devotional Chanting and Lovingkindness Meditation
with Krishna Das and Sharon Salzberg (workshop)
Jivamukti Yoga Center, 404 Lafayette Street, 3rd floor, New York City
Tickets ($40-50 at the door): (212) 353-0214 or info@jivamutkiyoga.com

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Kirtan with Krishna Das
Saturday April 30, 2005 - San Francisco, CA
Unitarian Universalist Church on Franklin Street @ Geary
Sunday May 1, 2005 - San Rafael, CA
contact Open Secret Bookstore for info
Tuesday May 3, 2005 - Los Angeles, CA
Golden Bridge Yoga, Sunset and Vine in Hollywood

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Friday, April 15, 2005
Yoga performance/demonstration by Jonathan Lerner
live music by Elaine Kreston, cello
Vara Healing Arts
850 Talbot Ave at Solano Avenue in Albany, CA

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Sat/Sun - April 9 & 10, 2005: The Music for Peace Project 2005
is a global effort to fill the world with music as a call for peace. By coordinating a vast number of concerts worldwide between April 8-10, 2005, The Music for Peace Project will bring popular and media attention to international peace efforts while building a global community of active, socially conscious artists. Dedicated to cultivating peace as both a means and an end, The Music for Peace Project creates a global celebration of peace and provides a voice for the vibrant community that believes in peaceful solutions for the future. Any musician can participate. This year's Musicians' Alliance for Peace sponsored over 174 concerts in 25 countries
spanning every continent (except Antarctica. Anyone know an Antarctica resident we could contact about that?). This international, non-partisan call for peace included music from all over the world, shared with audiences as diverse as the music itself.

Music has the power to inspire compassion and foster understanding between cultures while deepening the bonds that form our communities. Together, all musicians participating in The Music for Peace Project are helping to create a global community of musicians that cannot be ignored. "Artists are messengers whose responsibility is to unite the world that will lead not to destruction, but to transformation"

Saturday, April 9
The Lab - San Francisco, CA: 2948 16th St.
(1 block from 16th/Mission BART) $10 to $20 sliding scale
“Avant-cabaret” vocalist and composer Amy X Neuburg performs a collection of new works never before heard in the Bay Area. Amy accompanies her weird and witty dramatic songs with live electronic looping, processing and electronic drums. For this performance, she will be joined by three cellists: Elaine Kreston, Sarah Fiene, and Jess Ivry.
Opening the show will be two 1/2-hr acts: hey willpower & The Huts
We'll be on around 9 (with any luck).

Sunday, April 10, 2005: Trio de Janeiro
part of The Music for Peace Project
Roy Zajac, clarinet; Laurie Camphouse, flute; Elaine Kreston, cello
Bach, Haydn, Mozart, and two works by Villa-Lobos
Candlelight Concert Series
Benicia Historical Museum
2024 Camel Barn Road, Benicia, CA
For tickets ($20 adult/$10 student): charge by phone: 707-643-4441

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Saturday, March 19, 2005
8:00pm (doors open at 7:30)
Welcome the Spring Equinox with
RumiCello !
Maybeck Studio for the Performing Arts
Berkeley, California
Sold Out!
please email to join the waiting list

Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Maybeck Trio
Noontime Concert Series
St. Patrick's Catholic Church,
756 Mission Street (click for map & directions)
across from the Yerba Buena Center
San Francisco, CA
performing Brahms and Rota Trios
email for more information

Sunday, February 27, 2005
Maybeck Trio
Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley
1 Lawson Road, Kensington, California
Bach Suite No. 1 in G Major for Solo Cello
Debussy Premiere Rhapsody for Clarinet and Piano
Babbitt Reflections for Piano & synthesized tape
Brahms Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano
tickets: $15 at the door
email for more information

Sunday, February 20, 2005
Maybeck Trio
Sun City Chamber Music Society: Roseville, CA

Saturday, February 12, 2005 - Alameda, CA
Benefit for the Alameda Education Foundation
An Evening of Brandenburg Concertos
with Michael Morgan, Frederica von Stade, Emil Miland, Natasha Miller, Josh Cohen,
and ~yours truly~ performing a Bach Cello Suite.
Where: Auctions By the Bay, 2700 Saratoga Street at Alameda Point, 94501
Tickets: $30 adults, $25 students & seniors, $25 after party
Details: www.alamedaeducationfoundation.org
Review: The Alameda Sun

January 2, 2005: San Francisco - Herbst Theatre
December 31, 2004: Berkeley - First Congregational Church
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
music by Boccherini, Meltzer, Mozart

Friday, December 17, 2004
The Maybeck Trio
performs
Beethoven, Janacek, Mendelssohn
Giorgi Gallery
2911 Claremont Avenue
Berkeley, California, 94705

Friday, December 3, 2004
Two Shows: 7pm and 9pm
RumiCello with Eric Schneider and Elaine Kreston
both shows also feature the a capella trio Dis-Moi
Cayuga Vault (click for tickets and more info)
1100 Soquel Avenue (click for directions)
Santa Cruz, CA

Sunday, November 21, 5:30 pm
Chamber Music at CAMI Hall
165 W. 57th Street, New York City
Latin American Chamber Music
with Marco Granados (flute) and friends
This performance of Latin American Flute Music, given by Venezuelan Master Flutist Marco Granados, will include music from Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela with composers such as Villa-Lobos, Piazzolla, Lasala, Esteves, Acosta, Zyman and Granados. He will be accompanied by the renowned Uruguayan Pianist Pablo Zinger, who had the privilege to work with Piazzolla himself; and on the cello will be the talented and versatile Elaine Kreston, who besides recording and performing her solo work, plays regularly with chant master Krishna Das. Among the works to be played on the program are: the exciting duo for Flute and Cello “Assobio a Jato” (the Jet Whistle) by Villa-Lobos and the “Maria the Buenos Aires Suite” by Master Tango Composer Astor Piazzolla.

Friday, November 19, 8:30 pm
Kirtan with Krishna Das
new location: Seward Park H.S.
(hosted by Dharma Yoga Center - click for directions & details)
350 Grand St. New York City

November 12 and 13, 2004: Calistoga, CA
November 14: Berkeley Art Center
The Maybeck Trio
Roy Zajac, clarinet; Elaine Kreston, cello; Jerry Kuderna, piano
performing Brahms, Rota, Lutoslawski and Janacek

Friday, November 5, 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Photography and Music: "Off the Beaten Track"
Javarama in Alameda (1333 Park Street)
Elaine and her cello; Laura Mack and her photographs from the former Soviet Union.
Join us at this event, then continue to other galleries that are part of Alameda's "First Fridays."
For more information, follow this link: www.lkmcreativesolutions.com/invitation.html or call 510-910-6406.

Friday, October 29, 2004
An Evening of Rumi & Hafiz poetry with Cello
with Eric Schneider and Elaine Kreston
Open Secret Bookstore
923 C Street, San Rafael, California 94901
email for more information

October 15-17, 2004
Krishna Das
New York
tickets and info: www.krishnadas.com

Saturday, September 18, 2004
Rumi & Hafiz & Cello
with Eric Schneider and Elaine Kreston
as part of Justin Mayer's Music Lovefest
in Santa Cruz, California

Monday, August 2nd, 2004 - Seattle, Washington
The Sacred Poetry of Rumi & Hafiz
with Eric Schneider and Elaine Kreston
Sunset Hill Community Club, 3003 NW 66th St. Seattle, WA 98117
(For more info, please e-mail Barbara at bburnetts@aol.com )

Sunday August 1, 2004 - Seattle, Washington
An Evening with Ram Dass & Krishna Das
Town Hall - 1119 8th Ave., Seattle, WA 98101
Driving instructions and parking information: www.townhallseattle.org
Information and tickets ($35): East West Bookshop, 6500 Roosevelt Way 98115
phone 206-523-3726 or 1-800-587-6002 www.eastwestbookshop.com or
Samadhi Yoga: 206-329-4070 www.samadhi-yoga.com
www.krishnadas.com

Saturday July 31, 2004 - Portland, Oregon
An Evening with Ram Dass & Krishna Das
First Unitarian Church Main St. Sanctuary
1011 SW 12th, Portland, OR
For information and tickets ($25) - Contact Living Earth
phone 503-788-7311 or e-mail thecircle@livingearthgatherings.org
www.livingearthgatherings.org
www.krishnadas.com

Friday, July 30th, 2004 - Portland, Oregon
The Sacred Poetry of Rumi & Hafiz
with Eric Schneider and Elaine Kreston
Eric Schneider heartfully, joyously spouts the sacred poems of the mystics Rumi and Hafiz,
rekindling the silent flame of awakeness in every heart.
You may have heard Eric at an Adyashanti Retreat or Intensive.
He has memorized over a hundred of these sacred poems that
spring to life through his beautiful voice and spirit.
Portland Community Music Center
3350 SE Francis Street Portland, Oregon 97202
$10 at the door, or at New Renaissance Book Store during the month of July
phone 503-235-4140 or e-mail bburnetts@aol.com

Sunday, July 25
Mt. Tamalpais Concert Series
Roy Zajac, clarinet
Kathy Marshall, violin
Elaine Kreston, cello
Alpine Lodge, 730 Panoramic Hwy
Mill Valley, California

July 9, 10, 11 - Yachats Music Festival
Concerts take place at the Yachats Community Presbyterian Church
360 West 7th Street Yachats, OR 97498
For tickets ($15): 541-547-3141 or 541-547-3636

May 16, 2004
The Luna Nova Quartet
Benicia Candlelight Concerts
sponsored by the Vallejo Symphony
2024 Benicia Camel Barn Road
Benicia, California

April 29 - May 2, 2004
The Maybeck Trio
Roy Zajac, clarinet
Elaine Kreston, cello
Jerry Kuderna, piano
in a series of performances
featuring the premiere of Gregory Moore's "Change of Course"
with guest artist Gregory Moore
Maybeck Studio, Berkeley, CA

March 28 - April 3, 2004 - Krishna Das
Sunday, March 28, 2004, 6:00pm
Santa Rosa - Church of Religious Science
2075 Occidental Road, Santa Rosa, CA
Ticket Price: $18 until March 26th/ $22 day of show
Contact: Evolution Yoga Tel (707) 525-9642
Web www.evolutionyoga.com
Monday, March 29, 2004, 7:30pm
San Rafael, CA (Marin County) - Masonic Lodge
1010 Lootens Street, San Rafael, CA, 94901
Ticket Price: $18
For information and tickets: Open Secret Bookstore
Tel: (415) 457-4191
Email: osrainbo@sbcglobal.net
Web: www.opensecretbookstore.com
Wednesday March 31, 2004, 7:00 pm
Santa Cruz, CA - First Congregational Church
900 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA
Ticket Price: $20 advance / $25.00 door
For information and tickets: Gateways Books and Gifts
Tel: 831-429-9600
Web: www.gatewaysbooks.com
Saturday, April 3, 2004, 1:30-4:30pm - Berkeley, CA
Heart of Devotion Workshop
An afternoon of stories, song and meditations with Krishna Das
4th Street Yoga
1809C Fourth St. Berkeley, CA 94710
Ticket Price: $25 if purchased by March 6/ $30 after
Tel: (510) 845-YOGA
Email: barbara@4thstreetyoga.com
Web: www.4thstreetyoga.com
more info at www.krishnadas.com

December, 2003
The Maybeck Trio
Roy Zajac, clarinet
Elaine Kreston, cello
Jerry Kuderna, piano
in a series of December concerts:
Thursday, Dec. 18, 8:00pm
Friday, Dec. 19, 8:00pm
Saturday, Dec. 20, 4:00pm
sonatas of Debussy and Lutoslawski,
Connesson's Disco Toccata,
and, of course, the wonderful trio by Brahms
Maybeck Studio, Berkeley, California
please email to reserve a seat - seating is limited for this special event

Monday, December 1, 2003
New Music at Stanford University
premiere of an original trio and solo works

Thursday, November 13, 2003
Elaine performs with the Sprocket Ensemble
Two shows! Live, original music to animated films
from around the world (including the Bay Area)
at the Red Vik Movie House in San Francisco

Friday, October 17, 2003
Elaine performs with Jerry Kuderna, pianist
in the Berkeley Arts Festival
Works of Brahms, Debussy, and Bach
www.berkeleyartsfestival.com

October 10-13, 2003
Krishna Das
New York
tickets and info: www.krishnadas.com

October 1, 2003
Strings Musical Showcase
trios with Molly Axtmann and Rem Djemilev
Berkeley, California

Thursday, September 11, 2003
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
as part of the SF World Music Festival
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco 
"The centerpiece of this year's festival is a specially commissioned orchestral work with libretto by the internationally acclaimed Lebanese composer Marcel Khalife, set to premiere September 11 as an international music experiment and artistic statement for global peace."

August 28, 2003
Elaine performs with Jerry Kuderna, pianist
Debussy, Bach, Richard Swift, Brahms
Maybeck Studio, Berkeley, California
please email to reserve a seat - seating is limited for this special event

July 2003
....Elaine tours Romania and Italy....

June 25 and 26, 2003
Krishna Das
New York City
tickets and info: www.krishnadas.com

June 21, 2003
New Music Bay Area
Chapel of the Chimes
Summer Solstice Celebration
Elaine performs with
Ray Regan, musician and instrument creator,
and Scott Railsback, didjeridu
~as the Agavatars~
in the Garden of St. John
The Chapel of the Chimes is a Julia Morgan-designed columbarium
located at 4499 Piedmont Avenue in Oakland, California.
Don't miss this unique and magical event,
where the audience is free to wander through the labyrinthine space
to discover and experience simultaneous performances of Bay Area musicians.

April 19, 2003
Albany Concert Series
Mozart and Weber Clarinet Quintets
Albany, California (just north of Berkeley)
www.albanyumc.org/concerts

April 4 and 5, 2003
Krishna Das
in San Rafael and Berkeley, California
tickets and info: www.krishnadas.com

March 21-23, 2003
Inner Directions Gathering
La Jolla, California
(click for more info)

March 17-19, 2003
Pacific Chamber Symphony
Vivaldi's Double Cello Concerto

March 7-11, 2003
Pacific Chamber Symphony
Beethoven's 2nd and 3rd Symphonies
San Francisco and the East Bay

February 22 - 2003, 7:30 pm
Sprocket Ensemble
Pacifica, California
http://sprocket.laughingsquid.org

January 10, 11, 12 - 2003
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Palo Alto, Berkeley, and San Francisco, California
www.sfchamberorchestra.org

December 31, 2002, 8:00 pm
San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
Berkeley, California 

November 24, 2002, 7:00 pm
Schumann Cello Concerto
with the San Francisco Concerto Orchestra

September 8, 2002, 7:30 pm
J.S. Bach, Suites 1, 2, 3 for solo cello 
at the Berkeley Art Center
Berkeley, California
(click for directions and more info)

A radio "appEARance" on KPFA (94.1 FM in Berkeley) 
Sunday morning, September 8, 2002
Mary Berg's show -
I'll be on at approximately 8am, for 30 minutes or so.

More events & concerts to come: please check back for updates, and thanks for visiting my Web site!

mail ~ at ~ elainekreston ~ dot ~ com