Preview Pop Up Performance #1
The Backroom – March 16th, 2024
Rubina Mazurka
The Heart of a Woman, by Florence Price (1887-1953)
Three Shakespeare Songs, by Amy Beach (1867-1944)
I want to die while you love me, by Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989)
Soleil couchants, by Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979)
accompanied by Charlotte Wong, piano
Rubina Mazurka is a classical soprano who frequently performs concerts in SF and around the Bay Area. Rubina is on a quest to enhance the art of concert programming with eclectic intermedia. She is excited to be part of Summer at the Hidden Cafe’s “Still We Rise!” which presents a wide array of musical sets in their program.
Charlotte Wong, age 21, started playing the piano at the age of five and currently studies with Jeffrey Sykes at UC Berkeley, where she currently pursues a simultaneous degree in microbial biology and music. She was previously a pre-college scholarship student at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music since 2015, where she studied with Corey McVicar. Charlotte has received top prizes in many competitions, including the Vancouver International Music Competition and San Jose International Piano Competition and has been featured in the Live From Here variety show with Chris Thile aired on NPR, performing at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. Her recent performances include playing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra and Palo Alto Philharmonic, and was most recently invited to perform at the Four Arts Society in Florida with the Chamber Music Society. Besides playing the piano, Charlotte enjoys playing table tennis and traveling.
Gamelan Sekar Jaya – Gender Wayang
Music for the Balinese shadow puppet theater (wayang) is provided by four musicians playing ten-keyed gender—one of Bali’s most technically challenging yet rewarding instruments. Because of its role in dramatic accompaniment, music for the Gender Wayang ensemble is wide ranging both in mood and character.
“Nguad” is the newest composition by our gifted artist-in-residence and Guest Music Director, Ni Nyoman Srayamurtikanti. It means “expansion,” referring to Srayamurtikanti’s experience of living in the United States for the past nine months and growing in perspective, creative output, and more. This four-part piece, while taking inspiration from traditional gender wayang repertoire, delights with unusual and creative time signatures, chords, tempo changes, and power.
Gamelan Sekar Jaya (GSJ) fosters artistic exchange between Bali and the United States through residencies, workshops, performances, and the creation of innovative new works for music and dance. Founded in 1979, the company is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and specializes in the performing arts of Bali. GSJ has been called “the finest Balinese gamelan outside of Indonesia” by Indonesia’s Tempo Magazine, and the group has performed in venues ranging from New York’s Symphony Space to LA’s Hollywood Bowl to remote village squares in Bali.
Friends of The Hidden Cafe
Tegere Tulon (2018), by Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté (1974-)
Plan and Elevation, by Caroline Shaw (1982-)
Kana Luzmoor and Jackson Snead, violin
Melissa McGlumphy, viola
Emma Hill, cello
Summer at The Hidden Cafe presents two works for string quartet performed by our organizers and friends.
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