Musical Soulmates LIVE: Joy! Piano Quintets and Poetic Offerings

532 Center Street,Santa Cruz CA 95060

21 November, 2021

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Musical Soulmates is overjoyed to bring you Piano Quintets of Schumann and Dvorak , with Bhavananda Lodkey weaving poetic offerings. This Soulmates Concert is presented LIVE, with only 32 seats available for now, in the beautiful and spacious Sanctuary of Calvary Episcopal Church. For the DIGITAL tickets for this event go to : digitalsoulmatesjoy.eventbrite.com These beloved masterpieces by Schumann and Dvorak are infused with joy. Soulmates is collaborating with Bhavananda Lodkey to add poetic offerings to this intimate musical moment. We look forward to weaving the poetic expression in and out of these two works : breathe in the Joy. The musicians for the Quintet are: Shannon D'Antonio, Violin Terre Lee,Violin Jill Van Gee, Viola *Ellen Sanders (pictured below, with bio), 'Cello Kate Alm, Piano This year the Soulmates concerts raise funds and awareness for Music in May and Juneteenth Santa Cruz, with an added dimension of supporting Kate's Harmony Choir, a project, with Terre Lee, in conjunction with Music in May and others, to reach and serve underserved youth in a joyous musical project. The remaining Soulmates concert for 2021-2022 is April 10, 2022. Transformation and Transcendance: American Art Song featuring works by Barber and Price. Sopranos Diane Syrcle, Leberta Lorál , and Pianist Kate Alm. Tickets on sale February 10. livesoulmatestranscendance.eventbrite.com digitalsoulmatestranscendance.eventbrite.com Ellen Sanders, 'Cello, will be traveling from her home in Sun Valley Idaho for this Soulmates Concert and will replace Aria DiSalvio. This is a reunion: Ellen graced the Soulmates stage (Then "Chamber Music at Lincoln and Center") with Kate and with Leberta Lorál in the '90's! Ellen was Prinicipal 'Cellist with the Santa Cruz Symphony from 2006-2016, and had previously been in the Santa Cruz Spmphony from 1993-1999. Also a teacher, and conductor, Ellen graduated from Oberlin College and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In 1992 she was invited to play in the Elkhorn Music Festival which is now the Sun Valley Music Festival. This was her 30th summer playing in the cello section! Ms. Sanders lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for almost 30 years and performed with various ensembles and artists from San Francisco Opera to Smokey Robinson to performing for over 50,000 elementary students in the San Francisco public schools. Ellen moved to Sun Valley, ID in August 2016. She is the Orchestra Teacher at Wood River Middle School and the String Department Chair and cello/bass teacher for the Sun Valley Music Institute. This past winter season, Ms. Sanders added classic nordic skiing to her recreational activities.