Music from Marin Summer Festival

June 24th, 2024 - 10:45pm

Music from Marin Summer Festival 2024

JULY 5 — 21, 2024

…music worth finding

Paul Smith, Director

Free admission / Free parking
Program length approximately 70 minutes


American Music for 2 Pianos

College of Marin Emeritus Professor Paul Smith and Brad Schultz, the recently appointed music director at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Belvedere, join forces to perform four outstanding works by American composers. Bernstein and Sondheim are represented by college-era compositions showing their fully formed musical styles. Cole Porter wrote this delightful ballet score while living in Paris, and Percy Grainger’s arrangement of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess is one of the masterpieces of the 2 piano literature.

Leonard Bernstein — Music for Two Pianos
Cole Porter — Within the Quota (Ballet Suite)
Stephen Sondheim — Concertino for Two Pianos
George Gershwin — Porgy and Bess Fantasy

Friday, July 5, 7 pm
Studio Fourth Street, San Rafael
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Saturday, July 6, 7:30 pm
James Dunn Theatre, College of Marin, Kentfield
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Sunday, July 7, 4 pm
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Belvedere
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Sunday, July 7, 7 pm
Muir Beach Community Center, Muir Beach
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Contemporary Opera Marin

2 Political Satires
Paul Smith, director

And just in time for the silly season, we present two political satires finding humor in the most unlikely places. Hans Gal, a noted Viennese composer, fled Austria in 1938 and found a home in London and Edinburgh. During World War II, he wrote a revue for fellow inmates in an internment camp. Rayok, an underground opera by Dimitri Shostakovich, presents the Soviet politburo at its most ludicrous. Never publicly performed during his lifetime, secret private living room performances were always a hot ticket.

Stage direction by Rick Wallace.

What a Life — Cabaret Opera in 1 Act by Hans Gal (1940)
Rayok — Anti Formalist Opera by Dimitri Shostakovich (1957)

Saturday, July 13, 7:30 pm
James Dunn Theatre, College of Marin, Kentfield
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Sunday, July 14, 2 pm
James Dunn Theatre, College of Marin, Kentfield
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Friday, July 19, 7 pm
Studio Fourth Street, San Rafael
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Saturday, July 20, 7:30 pm
James Dunn Theatre, College of Marin, Kentfield
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Sunday, July 21, 2 pm
James Dunn Theatre, College of Marin, Kentfield
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Sunday, July 21, 7 pm
Muir Beach Community Center, Muir Beach
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For more information: (415) 485-9460

Individuals seeking access support or reasonable accommodations to attend this event may contact (415) 485-9460.