MusiKohl Notes - April 2023

Looking Ahead . . .

Alexander String Quartet with Paul Yarbrough and Eric Gaenslen

Sunday, May, 7, 2023 at 7 pm

Mozart: Viola Quintet in B-flat Major, K. 174

Paul Yarbrough, guest violist

Kodaly: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10

Brahms: String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major, Op. 18

Paul Yarbrough, viola and Eric Gaenslen, guest cellist

6 pm: Pre-concert Talk with cellist Christopher Costanza

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Free Master Classes with Young Chamber Musicians

Tuesday, April 25
6 pm - 8 pm Kohl Mansion Library
MASTERCLASS with the ALEXANDER STRING QUARTET
featuring YCM’s Adeline Piano Quintet performing Arensky, and Lyra String Quartet performing Debussy.

Tuesday, May 1
5 pm - 7pm Kohl Mansion Library
MASTERCLASS with the ERIC CHIN, violinist Telegraph Quartet
featuring YCM’s Aistra Quartet performing Brahms, and Pueri Quartet performing Mendelssohn.

Spring Cleaning? Donate your Gently Used Instruments!

Our team welcomes your gently used instrument donations. We’ll handle getting your instruments to a deserving home within a public school on the Peninsula. Call 650-762-1130 to learn more and to schedule an appointment to drop off your donation.

In collaboration with Music in Schools Today.

SATURDAY May 6: Free Family Concert
at the San Mateo Public Library

Saturday May 6, at 3 pm, Music at Kohl and the San Mateo Public Library present a Family Concert by Hola-Yallah! A Latin-Arabian Duo creating new music, sharing classic pieces from both cultures, and bringing a fresh sound from the very compatible Spanish/Arab musical heritages. Georges Lammam, violin and Gabriel Navia, guitar.

Around the Bay... Celebrate Arts & Culture Month

Steinway Society - The Bay Area invites you to join us to hear the compelling interpretive skills and extraordinary musicianship of award-winning Spanish pianist Martín García García. 

In 2022, García made his Carnegie Hall debut and released his first album ‘Chopin and His Master,’ which includes works by Bach, Chopin, Liszt, and Scriabin.

Visit www.steinwaysociety.com for tickets, program notes and a complimentary pre-recorded lecture.

Live & LiveStream Tickets April 30, 2023, 2: 30pm

Music@Menlo

Tickets are on sale for Music@Menlo’s 2023 festival, Beethoven Unfolding! The festival offers a multitude of programs from Baroque to brand-new works alongside the complete Beethoven String Quartet cycle performed by the incomparable Calidore String Quartet. Music@Menlo’s free educational events also return this summer, with free late-morning masterclasses, afternoon Prelude Performances, and Koret Young Performers Concerts! Click here to learn more!