Concert Schedule

Concert Schedule

Would Beethoven sell tickets to concerts at his house?

What might he think of the retail “value” of music in our big concert halls?

Seth Montfort

Performs

“CHILD PRODIGY, BOY GENIUS, MAN MASTER… HOPING NOT TO RUN OUT OF PURE GENIUS HE MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE DO WITH MERE MORTAL GENIUS” – Arts Council of Sonoma County

“Dazzling” – Contra Costa Times

“perfect interpreter for Gershwin” – San Francisco Chronicle

If you clicked through the Inside Out maze and finally landed on this page, the point of all that was not to show you how whacky and different I am. It’s just that so much lip service is given to “thinking outside the box” that the real value of ACTUALLY thinking outside the box gets lost in some process most people never intended to GET BOXED INTO!

Just Think Outside The Box - Concerts when YOU want (best with groups of 3 - 90)!

“Oh my God, what if he is sold out or I can’t get a seat?” Relax, I do not live in that World at home. Aren’t you tired of living that way all the time too? Don’t worry if there is no concert on the schedule below that fits your schedule. Just call or email and let me know when YOU would like the concert to be and it will all work out. This is a small town and always pretty especially in the rain. No it is not a particularly dazzling hall except for its interesting mural, fine acoustics, pianos, concerts and innovative events. Oh, and the best place I have found in my 2,500 concerts to date for all extraneous distractions to fade away so you can get lost in the music. That IS what you love about music isn’t it? Not how many “tickets" were sold or how well marketed the concert was? Or do you really not like music only consumerism?

At my piano concerts I often play my choices AND YOURS from a list of over 20 hours memorized repertoire from Mozart, Chopin, Gershwin & Joplin, standard & unusual European classics, Virtuoso Jungle Music & Exotic ragtime from all over the world!

We had an incredibly exciting festival at the end of October:

Our Bay Area Orchestral Concerts

October 27 - November 1

Christopher Collins Lee

with Matt Alber, Suzanne Ciani, Annette DiMedio, Viviana Guzman, Seth Montfort, as well as other World Acclaimed Musicians from across the US, will perform with The Mortuary Orchestra of Guerneville! Watch this space for the schedule.

Here's a big poster!

8pm Tuesday October 27 - San Francisco - $15
Matt Alber in Virtuoso Paradise

Bach, Vivaldi & Villa-Lobos & Alber, Matt’s music video, End of the World continues to spread like wildfire among fans who claim “it is the most romantic music video of our time.” Here is the link - Matt Alber sings End of the World from “Hide Nothing”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTvJdpkdLiw

Formerly with Chanticleer now a Tommy Boy recording artist, Matt at last makes his first full appearance in San Francisco with San Francisco Concerto Orchestra, Roberto-Juan Gonzalez, conductor, Seth Montfort, piano, Christopher Collins Lee, violin & Joe Schillaci, flute!
Main Post Chapel, 130 Fisher Loop, Presidio of San Francisco (plenty of free parking)

8pm Thursday, October 29 – Monte Rio - 11-Piece Virtuoso Paradise Philharmonic – Saint Saens Carnival of the Animals more, with Internationally Acclaimed soloists Viviana Guzman, flute, Christopher Collins Lee, violin, Seth Montfort & Annette DiMedio, pianos, Lisa Cheryl Thomas, piano, Emanuel Vacakis, cello, & Roberto Gonzalez, conductor, with Ogden Nash Narration by Michael Tabib, Mark Gregory
The HALL for the Performing Arts (formerly Pegasus Hall), 20347 Highway 116, Monte Rio, CA 95462

9pm Friday, October 30 - The 25-piece Mortuary Orchestra of Guerneville - Battle of the Puritans and the Exhibitionists – Halloween Costumes Welcome! Works by Chopin, Mendelssohn, Gottschalk, Ballard, Ciani, others with 5-time Grammy nominee Suzanne Ciani, and Internationally Acclaimed soloists Suzanne Ciani, piano, Annette DiMedio, piano, Viviana Guzman, flute, Christopher Collins Lee, violin, Seth Montfort, piano, and Lisa Cheryl Thomas, piano

6pm Saturday, October 31 - The 7-piece Mortuary Orchestra of Guerneville – Halloween Concert – Halloween Costumes Welcome! Works by Liszt, Genin, Rachmaninoff, Ciani, others with 5-time Grammy nominee Suzanne Ciani, and Internationally Acclaimed soloists Suzanne Ciani, piano, Viviana Guzman, flute, Christopher Collins Lee, violin, and Seth Montfort, piano

3:30pm Sunday, November 1 - The 25-piece Mortuary Orchestra of Guerneville – Dia de los Muertos Concert! Works by Tchaikovsky, Piazolla, Ciani, Montfort, others with 5-time Grammy nominee Suzanne Ciani, and Internationally Acclaimed soloists Suzanne Ciani, piano, Viviana Guzman, flute, Christopher Collins Lee, violin, Seth Montfort, piano, and Emanuel Vacakis, cello

8pm Friday, 12/18 - Seth Montfort with Special Guest, Viviana Guzman, flute, Montfort Temple to the Sun & works by Massenet, Rachmaninoff, Genin, Gershwin & Villa-Lobos

8pm Saturday, 12/19 - In the Eye of the Storm - Beethoven's "Tempest" Sonata & works by Liszt, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin & Villa-Lobos

3pm Sunday, 12/20 - The American Indianists - Early 20th Century works byTroyer, Farwell, Cadman, Skilton & Cowell

7pm Sunday, 12/20 - The Latin American Indianists - Copland/Bernstein, Villa-Lobos, Montfort's Temple to the Sun

8pm Monday, 2/21 - Solstice Celebration - I will allow "the elements" to unfold which music from the above 3 concerts will be performed!

7 & 9pm Thursday, 12/24 - The Complete Christmas music of Franz Liszt for Solo piano including The Christmas Tree Suiteand 2 Movements transcribed by Liszt from his Great Christmas Oratorio

9pm Thursday, 12/31 - The History of Dancing with “The Devil” from the Waltz to the Tango & Rag - Weber & Chopin to Joplin & Nazareth to the present

6pm Friday, 1/1 - Festive New Years Waltzes and Latin Dances by Weber, Chopin, Smetena, Tchaikovsky, Nazareth. Lecuona, Copland/Berstein and Montfort

3pm Saturday, 1/2 - In the Eye of the Storm - Beethoven "Tempest" Sonata & works by Liszt, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin & Villa-Lobos

8pm Friday, 2/12 - Seth Montfort, piano - Cupid's Jungle - Gottschalk, Scott, Nazareth, Lecuona, Godowsky, Villa-Lobos & Montfort

8pm Saturday, 2/13 - Seth Montfort - Cupid's Latin Saloon - Gottschalk, Nazareth, Scott Joplin, Copland/Bernstein, Paul Bowles & Montfort

3 & 7pm Sunday, 2/14 - Seth Montfort, piano - Cupids Greatest Hits by Chopin, Wagner/Liszt, Satie, Debussy & Granados - some of the most romantic of all piano music!

3pm Monday, 2/15 - Seth Montfort, piano - President's Day Concert - Camp Classic Virtuoso Battle Scenes written for Washington and Lincoln by Hewitt, Blind Tom & Gottschalk.

8pm Friday, 2/19 - Seth Montfort, piano - Jungle Recital - Gottschalk, Scott, Nazareth, Lecuona, Godowsky, Villa-Lobos, Camilerri & Montfort

8pm Saturday, 2/20 - Seth Montfort, piano - The American Indianists - Farwell, Troyer, Cadman, Cowell & Skilton.

3pm Sunday, 2/21 - Seth Montfort, piano - Latin American Indianists - Copland/Bernstein, Paul Bowles, Sas, Villa-Lobos & Montfort.

Montfort is a “man who can memorize over 100 works, and were talking complicated works here, send them from memory to fingertips and then while he's at it, throw in a heap of astounding technique, showmanship and sensual grace to nearly blow the roof from its rafters.” - The Pacifica Tribune

Mr. Montfort notes that “my repertoire is split rather equally between works from The Old World (Europe) and the New World (North and South America). Though many of the works from the New World were once famous or still famous elsewhere, most of them are unfamiliar to local audiences. These are enduring works that stay fresh and are full of memorable melodies harmonies and rhythms. Music of the America's goes way beyond the well known Gottschalk, Joplin and Gershwin. I often give a bit of the history of the music before performing it. This is one of the assets of performing in intimate venues - not to mention that music has more emotional impact when you are near the performer and can actually see and hear the performance to its fullest effect.”


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