InConcert Sierra: Your source for music in Grass Valley
MUCH LIKE THE AUBURN SYMPHONY, InConcert Sierra was born thanks to the initiative of Chamber of Commerce leaders and local music enthusiasts — in this instance, 68 years ago. After organizing at the historic Bret Harte Hotel in Grass Valley, the group’s first concert was held at the Veterans Memorial Building in 1946. It featured […]
InConcert Sierra presents world-renowned pianist Emanual Ax
What: InConcert Sierra presents pianist Emanuel Ax When: Tuesday, January 7, 20147:30pm Where: Seventh-day Adventist Church 12889 Osborne Hill Road Grass Valley, CA 95945 Tickets: $40 each available online at inconcertsierra.org at BriarPatch Co-op Community Market or call 530-273-3990 On Sunday afternoon January 7, InConcert Sierra rings in the New Year with pianist Emanuel Ax, […]
Exclusive: InConcert’s Vandevorst in a debut conducting performance on December 14-15
InConcert Sierra’s new assistant artistic director Toon Vandevorst will have his conducting debut with the group’s Sierra Master Chorale and orchestra on December 14-15. “Toon will be having his conducting debut with Poulenc’s Hodie and Sweelinck’s Hodie, two of our a cappella works on the program,” said Julie Hardin, InConcert Sierra’s executive director and a […]
Exclusive: InConcert Sierra to present Harvard Glee Club — and Steinway’s only double-keyboard piano
InConcert Sierra will host a performance of the Harvard Glee Club, America’s oldest collegiate choir, in Grass Valley in January, our magazine has learned. It is a coup for the Sierra Foothills. The visit to Grass Valley is part of a three-week tour to much larger cities: Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San […]
InConcert Sierra presents acclaimed young pianist Sean Chen on November 17
What: InConcert Sierra presents Sean Chen, piano When: November 17, 2013 1:15 pre-concert forum – 2 p.m. concert Where: Seventh-day Adventist Church, 12889 Osborne Hill Road, Grass Valley (Off Hwy 174) Tickets: $28 general; youth 5-17 are free with adults; available online at www.inconcertsierra.org, at Briar Patch Community Co-op Market; or by calling 530-273-3990 On […]
Sierra Master Chorale’s spring concerts on May 16, 19
What: InConcert Sierra presents the Sierra Master Chorale and Orchestra When: Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 7:30pm Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 2pm pre-concert forums 45-minutes prior to each concert Where: Seventh-day Adventist Church 12889 Osborne Hill Road Grass Valley, CA 95945 (Off hwy 174) Tickets: $26 general $13 ages 5-17 Available at Briar Patch […]
InConcert Sierra hires Assistant Artistic Director Toon Vandevorst
InConcert Sierra has hired Toon Vandevorst — an accomplished pianist, composer and singer who has studied with America’s most eminent musicians — as its Assistant Artistic Director, Sierra FoodWineArt magazine has learned. The new position is a sign of InConcert Sierra’s stellar growth, and it will allow Artistic Director Ken Hardin to focus even more […]
New York Polyphony: Think of a barbershop quartet on steroids!
We set aside our weekend work, dropped our son to play disc golf with his cousins and headed to a Sunday afternoon concert at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Grass Valley to see New York Polyphony perform to a packed house. The performance, one of InConcert Sierra’s “Third Sunday” concerts, was spellbinding. New York […]
InConcert Sierra: A new season and “Bach to the future”
“IS CLASSICAL MUSIC DYING?” THE New York Times recently asked in a blunt tone, creating anxiety in the music world. (We excused the hyperbole, figuring they were simply tired of being asked “Are newspapers dying?”) No, like newspapers, classical music isn’t dying—it’s just breaking away from its inherent conservatism and redefining itself: embracing casual classic […]
Sierra Master Chorale another reminder of our exceptional talent in the Sierra Foothills
Like Music in the Mountains, InConcert Sierra finished a highly successful year with an inspiring performance Sunday from its Sierra Master Chorale and Orchestra. The 70-voice auditioned choir performed under the Rotunda at the State Capitol in Sacramento the previous weekend — a high honor. “The reverberation was so great in the Rotunda, I had […]
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