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LINDA STAFFORD BURROWS, SERIES COORDINATOR
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ROBERT CASSIDY, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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The spectacular 40th Season of the Santa Ynez Valley Concert Series!
Captivating live performance in the Santa Ynez Valley.
Captivating live performance in the Santa Ynez Valley.
WELCOME to world-class music in what reviewer Josef Woodard describes as the “accommodating ambiance” of St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley Church in Los Olivos.
Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano
Ben Jacobson, violin, and Jonathan Moerschel, viola, Robert Cassidy, piano
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2019, 7 PM
The gala opening concert of the 40th season features internationally acclaimed soprano, Isabel Bayrakdarian in a program of Gypsy songs and tangos. Joining her are Ben Jacobson, violin and Jonathan Moerschel, viola, both from the Calder String Quartet as well as Artistic Director, Robert Cassidy, piano.
Isabel Byrakdarian is a winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions—the same year she graduated from the University of Toronto cum laude with a Biomedical Engineering Degree—Ms. Bayrakdarian thereafter found her career rapidly taking wing. She scored a notable success in the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s world premiere production of William Bolcom’s A View from the Bridge; the following year, she walked away from Plácido Domingo’s prestigious Operalia competition with first prize. More debuts followed, including her San Francisco Opera debut, as Valencienne in The Merry Widow, and her Metropolitan Opera debut, in the New York premiere of Bolcom’s opera; a season later, she won plaudits as Teresa in the Met premiere of Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini. Mozart became a specialty: Zerlina in Don Giovanni (New York, Houston, Salzburg), Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro (Los Angeles, London), and Pamina in The Magic Flute (New York, Toronto). Her roles at Toronto’s Canadian Opera Company range from Gluck’s Euridice to Debussy’s Mélisande to Poulenc’s Blanche in Dialogues des Carmélites; and away from Canada, she has shone as Monteverdi’s Poppea in Barcelona, Handel’s Romilda (Serse) in Dresden, and Janáček’s Vixen in New York, Florence, and the Saito Kinen Festival in Matsumoto, Japan.
But opera is only one page of the Bayrakdarian résumé. An ever-active concertizer, she’s appeared with the premier orchestras of New York, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, RAI Torino, Paris, London, Vienna, Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal under the baton of such eminent conductors as Seiji Ozawa, James Conlon, David Zinman, Michael Tilson Thomas, Alan Gilbert, Nicholas McGegan, Christoph von Dohnányi, Christoph Eschenbach, Colin Davis, Sir Andrew Davis, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Mariss Jansons, Leonard Slatkin, James Levine, Anne Manson, Bramwell Tovey, Peter Oundjian and Richard Bradshaw.
Her versatility is also reflected in being the featured vocalist on the Grammy Award-winning soundtrack of the blockbuster film The Two Towers from The Lord of The Rings trilogy and on the soundtrack of Atom Egoyan's Ararat.
Ben Jacobson, violin, and Jonathan Moerschel, viola, Robert Cassidy, piano
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2019, 7 PM
The gala opening concert of the 40th season features internationally acclaimed soprano, Isabel Bayrakdarian in a program of Gypsy songs and tangos. Joining her are Ben Jacobson, violin and Jonathan Moerschel, viola, both from the Calder String Quartet as well as Artistic Director, Robert Cassidy, piano.
Isabel Byrakdarian is a winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions—the same year she graduated from the University of Toronto cum laude with a Biomedical Engineering Degree—Ms. Bayrakdarian thereafter found her career rapidly taking wing. She scored a notable success in the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s world premiere production of William Bolcom’s A View from the Bridge; the following year, she walked away from Plácido Domingo’s prestigious Operalia competition with first prize. More debuts followed, including her San Francisco Opera debut, as Valencienne in The Merry Widow, and her Metropolitan Opera debut, in the New York premiere of Bolcom’s opera; a season later, she won plaudits as Teresa in the Met premiere of Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini. Mozart became a specialty: Zerlina in Don Giovanni (New York, Houston, Salzburg), Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro (Los Angeles, London), and Pamina in The Magic Flute (New York, Toronto). Her roles at Toronto’s Canadian Opera Company range from Gluck’s Euridice to Debussy’s Mélisande to Poulenc’s Blanche in Dialogues des Carmélites; and away from Canada, she has shone as Monteverdi’s Poppea in Barcelona, Handel’s Romilda (Serse) in Dresden, and Janáček’s Vixen in New York, Florence, and the Saito Kinen Festival in Matsumoto, Japan.
But opera is only one page of the Bayrakdarian résumé. An ever-active concertizer, she’s appeared with the premier orchestras of New York, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, RAI Torino, Paris, London, Vienna, Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal under the baton of such eminent conductors as Seiji Ozawa, James Conlon, David Zinman, Michael Tilson Thomas, Alan Gilbert, Nicholas McGegan, Christoph von Dohnányi, Christoph Eschenbach, Colin Davis, Sir Andrew Davis, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Mariss Jansons, Leonard Slatkin, James Levine, Anne Manson, Bramwell Tovey, Peter Oundjian and Richard Bradshaw.
Her versatility is also reflected in being the featured vocalist on the Grammy Award-winning soundtrack of the blockbuster film The Two Towers from The Lord of The Rings trilogy and on the soundtrack of Atom Egoyan's Ararat.
Ben Jacobson, violin, and Jonathan Moerschel, viola, of the Calder String Quartet as well as Artistic Director Robert Cassidy, piano, appear with internationally acclaimed soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian at the Gala Opening of the 40th Season on Saturday, September 21st at 7 pm.
Jackie Brand, violin, Erik Rynearson, viola, and Trevor Handy, cello
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2019, 7 PM
Jackie Brand, violin, Erik Rynearson, viola, and Trevor Handy, cello, all of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and Robert Cassidy, piano will present an evening of chamber music featuring the Mozart Piano Quartets and Martinu’s Second String Trio.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2019, 7 PM
Jackie Brand, violin, Erik Rynearson, viola, and Trevor Handy, cello, all of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and Robert Cassidy, piano will present an evening of chamber music featuring the Mozart Piano Quartets and Martinu’s Second String Trio.
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Thomas Joyce, organ and Bill Williams, trumpet
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2020, 7 PM
Organist Thomas Joyce and Trumpeter Bill Williams in concert featuring solos and duets from throughout the past 300 years.
Johnny Gandelsman
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2020, 7 PM
Grammy award-winning violinist and producer Johnny Gandelsman brings his new project to the Santa Ynez Valley, presenting Bach’s complete cello suites on the violin. Gandelsman’s musical voice reflects the artistic collaborations he has been a part of since moving to the United States. As a founding member of Brooklyn Rider and a member of the Silkroad Ensemble, Johnny has worked closely with such luminaries as Béla Fleck, Martin Hayes, Kayhan Kalhor, Yo-Yo Ma, Mark Morris, Anne Sofie Van Otter, Suzanne Vega, Abigail Washburn and Damian Woetzel. Join us for an evening not to be missed.
FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2020, 7 PM
Grammy award-winning violinist and producer Johnny Gandelsman brings his new project to the Santa Ynez Valley, presenting Bach’s complete cello suites on the violin. Gandelsman’s musical voice reflects the artistic collaborations he has been a part of since moving to the United States. As a founding member of Brooklyn Rider and a member of the Silkroad Ensemble, Johnny has worked closely with such luminaries as Béla Fleck, Martin Hayes, Kayhan Kalhor, Yo-Yo Ma, Mark Morris, Anne Sofie Van Otter, Suzanne Vega, Abigail Washburn and Damian Woetzel. Join us for an evening not to be missed.
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The Radian String Quartet FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2020, 7 PM The Radian String Quartet with Mary Beth Woodruff, violin, Jane Chung, violin, Basil Vendryes, viola, and Andrew Smith, cello will present an evening of string quartet masterworks. |
Tickets
Season tickets - all five incredible concerts - Patrons $175, General Admission $100.
Individual tickets - Patrons $35, General Admission $20, Students admitted free, courtesy of a generous grant from St. Mark's Women's Guild. Tickets are available for purchase at the door before the concert or may be purchased here online.
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS.
A free reception with the artists follows each concert.
Interested in being a Series Sponsor or a Season Subscriber with reserved seating?
Contact Music Series Coordinator Linda Stafford Burrows at 805-688-7423 or Lsbethechange@mac.com
Season tickets - all five incredible concerts - Patrons $175, General Admission $100.
Individual tickets - Patrons $35, General Admission $20, Students admitted free, courtesy of a generous grant from St. Mark's Women's Guild. Tickets are available for purchase at the door before the concert or may be purchased here online.
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS.
A free reception with the artists follows each concert.
Interested in being a Series Sponsor or a Season Subscriber with reserved seating?
Contact Music Series Coordinator Linda Stafford Burrows at 805-688-7423 or Lsbethechange@mac.com
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Address & Directions
2901 Nojoqui Avenue at Alamo Pintado Avenue Post Office Box 39 Los Olivos, California 93441 |
