Arts + Entertainment
Artists’ Co-op “Transitions” featured online exhibit
The Artists’ Co-op of Mendocino Gallery is on Winter Break for the month of January. You may arrange for an appointment by email: artcoop@mcn.org. Go to their website for virtual exhibits and to browse the art collections of members and guest artists. The featured online exhibit this month is “Transitions,” which is presented in two parts: (1) a collection of member works on small wood panels, with all proceeds benefiting Project Sanctuary;
and (2) new winter art created independently by members in a variety of formats. All “Transitions” works are easy to purchase by direct contact with the artists from the website. New guest artists include Bob Rhoades (multi media) and Bob Spies (sculpture). While you are online, sign up for their monthly ArtNotes. Coming next month: a February Heart theme and a focus on their six guest artists. Happy New Year; mask, distance, wash hands, stay safe. For more information, email the Artists’ Co-op of Mendocino at artcoop@mcn.org or visit their website at artcoopmendocino.com.
Christòpheren Nomura with Jenny Matteucci and Daniel Lockert
Jenny Matteucci and Daniel Lockert talk with baritone Christópheren Nomura on Friday, Jan. 22, at noon. A discussion about his journey from the San Francisco Boys Choir to appearing on Broadway, and the various fascinating stops along the way. You might remember Christòpheren from his extraordinary and powerful performances at the 2018 Mendocino Music Festival, of the Brahms Four Serious Songs, and in baritone solos in Beethoven Symphony No. 9.
To register, visit mendocinomusic.org.
SRS @ HOME Virtual Concert Series
Santa Rosa Symphony’s SRS @ HOME Virtual Concert Series, Conducted by Francesco Lecce-Chong, will be held on Sunday, Jan. 24, 3 p.m. on YouTube featuring works by Bach, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Marianna Martines and Mozart. For more information, visit srsymphony.org/
Mendocino Music Festival Encore 2020
Mendocino Music Festival is delighted to announce Encore! This new feature makes available to you, free of charge (and freed of Zoom glitches), all 18 of the virtual events they’ve presented since last spring— everything from behindthe-scenes glimpses of the Festival, to the richly varied Lunchtime series produced by Jenny Matteucci and Daniel Lockert, to chats with Lucia Micarelli and Kim Nalley. Music includes Susan Waterfall’s explorations of the Debussy Préludes Book I, the best of Stephen Sondheim, some extraordinary jazz singers, and Spencer Myer playing Chopin. Ticketing for Encore! programs works the same as their other virtual events: “buy” a free ticket; receive a link via email at https://mendocinomusic.secure.force. com/ticket/#/
WCA January 2021 exhibit
The Willits Center for the Arts presents Fabric Baskets by Rosie Saxe and Paintings by Mariangela La Thanh. The show runs through Jan 31. Also, The Willits Photography Club has a spectacular show in the Great Room. The Willits Center for the Arts is located at 71 E. Commercial St., next door to the
Noyo Theater. The galleries are open weekends, Friday through Sundays between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Masks are mandatory and only six people will be permitted in the galleries at one time.
The Mendocino Music Festival Chorale sings two winter songs
The Mendocino Music Festival wishes you, your family, and your friends a cozy and lovely holiday season. To help you celebrate, please enjoy videos of two beautiful winter songs the Festival Chorale has recorded in recent weeks. The Festival Chorale is the shining light at the top of our education program, but little could any of us have imagined what the Chorale would be learning in recent months. Not able to meet in person, the group rehearsed via Zoom, and eventually decided to create a virtual choir. Each singer had to know their part well enough to sing it alone, and then learn the technical aspects of recording it.
You’ll hear Eric Whitacre’s “Glow,” and Randall Thompson’s “Choose Something Like a Star,” set to a poem by Robert Frost. This has been such a difficult year. Here’s to a happy and healthy 2021, filled with good times and new adventures. These songs can be viewed until Jan. 31, 2021. For more information, visit mendocinomusic.org.