https://www.burlingamemusicclub.org/home daily 1.0 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/5d2c74f3-3c85-48b0-b0c4-2791231b71ff/jean_goyal.jpg About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/a842f8dc-b8cf-40c9-b2c5-97ec3c8b003f/image1.png About - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/5efee98b-b0bb-45d0-bc0d-d521515a8b36/2025winners.jpg About - Make it stand out May ‘25 BMC Competition Winners with BMC Vice President, from left to right - Natalie Burr (honorable mention, piano), Oliver Corro (first place, piano), Peter Parra (second place, piano), Hiroshi Corro (third place, piano), Edna Steele (BMC Vice President), Daniel Wang (first place, strings - cello), Sydney Li-Jenkins (second place, strings - violin), Melissa Lam (third place, strings - cello), Lisa Saito (honorable mention, strings - violin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1531346374392-5U6EQ3C5WRH018BE33X8/home-tile-1.jpg About - Our Mission The major purpose of BMC is to provide competitive performance opportunities in a warm and supportive environment for gifted young musicians. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1530834110492-VL3INKZY6YC227BT37BC/KarenRozRuby.jpg About - Our Beginning The Burlingame Music Club (BMC), was founded March 5, 1930 by local music teachers, and is recognized as a music lover’s gem on the San Francisco Bay Area Peninsula. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1533683578845-Q55KLPK6FW4EE0N7B5XT/Students-Guests.jpg About - What We Do BMC monthly programs showcase performances by student musicians who are in competition for the BMC awards, and performances/demonstrations by guest artists who are typically professionals in their fields. In the Bay Area, we are fortunate to be able to tap into a highly diverse artistic community who expand our horizons and inspire us with performances often drawn from music from other parts of the world and representing a wide array of genres, styles and eras. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1531346931461-XNBBGH4X37NQVBHVIPR1/CharlotteKelley-tile.jpg About - Join us every 2nd Monday, November through May https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1742513370331-B1WJLKS5NQP2A3TS9R2R/Screen+Shot+2025-02-23+at+2.13.05+AM.png About - Enjoy our student performers. Help us celebrate their achievements! Feb ‘25 BMC meeting student performers with BMC President, from left to right - Josefina Swartz (cello), Karen Matsui (piano), Marcia Leonhardt (BMC President), Minjoon Jo (viola), Aaron Ma (violin) https://www.burlingamemusicclub.org/potowski-av daily 0.75 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/5d2c74f3-3c85-48b0-b0c4-2791231b71ff/jean_goyal.jpg Guest Artists Pianist Jean Goyal left her native Singapore in 1985 to begin her American musical journey in Bloomington, Indiana. She earned her B.Mus. in chamber music and piano accompanying, along with an M.A. in musicology from Indiana University, Bloomington. At I.U., she collaborated across the music school, from voice to wind and string studios. She is grateful to have been coached not just by her piano teacher Edward Auer but also by maestros Janos Starker, Josef Gingold, and Csaba Erdelyi. Her Ph.D. (ABD) in musicology from Stanford University was fortuitously interrupted by the birth of her first child. Over time, as her family matured, she rediscovered the joys of performing music and, through performance, returned to her study of music. Jean finds great fulfillment and joy in collaborating with others within the realm of chamber music and embraces every opportunity to share her music with audiences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/a4845cf0-b3fd-4f42-9ce4-1f30d2f7c592/noriko_iwamoto.jpg Guest Artists Noriko Iwamoto, violist, is an avid chamber musician and is actively introducing viola repertoire while guiding the next generation of young violinists and violists in the area. Noriko studied violin at Toho Gakuen Preparatory in Japan. She received B.A. in Music from Dominican University and attended the Accademia Chigiana in Italy. Upon returning to Japan, she engaged herself in viola studies. She appeared as violinist and then violist in orchestras such as Tokyo Bach Ensemble, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta de Minería, among others, and has given recitals and recordings in Tokyo, Mexico, Prague and in US where she resides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1766873620979-KWVY1OAX1P31T7QX2AU7/DecArtists.jpg Guest Artists - Make it stand out Jinny Lee (violin), Jason Kim (piano), Stephanie Wu (cello) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/8f98fac0-7fe6-4e97-9f3a-7bd8405478fe/Samsun.van+Loon.jpg Guest Artists Cellist Samsun van Loon is a founding member of the Chamber Music Society of San Francisco and a member of the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra. Critically praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as an artist who performs with "the rhetorical polish of a skilled storyteller," he has in recent years given the US premieres of Philip Glass's 9th String Quartet and performed in festivals and series across the US and Europe. Equally passionate about teaching and performing, he is currently a faculty member of the Young Chamber Musicians program at Kohl Mansion. He studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with Jean-Michel Fonteneau and performs on an English cello built in 1750 by Joseph Hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1766873236478-ED851HT9PK1M34YCI2TJ/JanetWeinstein.jpg Guest Artists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1766873236207-LDL1CN501NFYUSXIMBQX/RebeccaToutDAlessio.jpg Guest Artists - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/47881789-07a9-44dd-8bb0-6f0daadfa75c/mariotszchunto.png Guest Artists - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/8128b990-204f-4e50-a51f-96bfd32f696a/jessicafolson.png Guest Artists - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/a842f8dc-b8cf-40c9-b2c5-97ec3c8b003f/image1.png Guest Artists Flutist Beverly Radin, born in New York, exhibited her talent early on by winning first prize in a concerto competition at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and later claiming another victory at the Henry Flagler Competition. Her conservatory training began with the prep-division of Julliard and culminated with her earning a Master’s degree at the Manhattan School of Music where she tutored under the renowned flutist Frances Blaisdell. Additionally, she honed her craft through studies with other flute masters, most notably the celebrated flutists Jean-Pierre Rampal and Marcel Moyse. Ms. Radin has performed chamber music at the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Society for Ethical Culture and the New York Historical Society. Her solo recitals have taken her to California, Florida and throughout the New York area. Ms Radin has been a Fellow for the Bach Aria Group Institute at Stony Brook, New York, and has played with orchestras at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall and on tour through Italy. She continues to perform in the San Francisco Bay Area and is a founding member of the Encore Chamber Players in Palo Alto. At present she teaches at her Palo Alto studio and even on Zoom to India! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/81ea6861-5f24-4185-b874-ac94ebdc10c7/jean_goyal.jpg Guest Artists Pianist Jean Goyal left her native Singapore in 1985 to pursue music in the United States. She earned her B.Mus. in chamber music and piano accompanying and an M.A. in musicology from Indiana University, Bloomington. While at I.U., she collaborated across the music school, from voice to wind and string studios. She is grateful to have been coached not just by her piano teacher Edward Auer, but also by maestros Janos Starker, Josef Gingold, and Csaba Erdelyi. Her Ph.D. (ABD) in musicology from Stanford University was fortuitously interrupted by the birth of her first child. As her family matured, she rediscovered the joys of performing music and, through performance, returned to her study of music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1739944188276-MBKZGDY24U0C5IKKXKN3/angela_kraft_cross_cropped.jpg Guest Artists - Angela Kraft Cross Angela Kraft Cross, San Francisco Bay Area organist, pianist and composer, graduated from Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music in 1980 with bachelor’s degrees in Physics and Organ Performance. She then earned her Doctor of Medicine degree at Loma Linda University, where she subsequently completed her residency in ophthalmology. In 1993, she completed her Master of Music degree in Piano Performance at the College of Notre Dame with Thomas LaRatta. Her organ teachers have included Louis Robilliard, Marie-Louise Langlais, Sandra Soderlund, S. Leslie Grow, William Porter and Garth Peacock. In 2001, she was awarded the Associateship credential of the American Guild of Organists (AAGO) after passing rigorous playing and written examinations. She has studied composition with Pamela Decker. Dr. Kraft Cross has performed extensively on both organ and piano, having given over six hundred concerts across the United States, in Canada, England, Holland, France, Russia, Finland, Hungary, Korea, Lesotho and Guam, including such venues as Notre Dame Cathedral, St. Sulpice and the Madeleine in Paris, Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., St. Patrick’s Cathedral and St. Thomas Church in New York City, Methuen Memorial Music Hall and Trinity Church in Boston, E. Power Biggs’ organ at Harvard, and Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Cathedral and Southwark Cathedral in London. She has been featured soloist with local Bay Area ensembles; Master Sinfonia Orchestra, Soli Deo Gloria, Sine Nomine, Masterworks Chorale, Viva la Musica, The Choral Project, and the San Jose Symphonic Choir as well as Seattle’s Philharmonia Northwest Chamber Orchestra and the Skagit Symphony in northern Washington. In October 2017, Viva la Musica performed her composition Exsultate Deo on their international tour to Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and St. Petersburg, Russia. In spring 2022, she performed the Jongen Symphonie Concertante and Guilmant Symphonie 1 with the Saratoga Symphony. In July 2011, Dr. Kraft Cross was a featured recitalist at the San Francisco AGO Region IX Convention. She has released nine solo CD albums, recorded locally in California as well as in Paris, Lyon and London. Her latest CD album, Passages on the Journey, recorded in Methuen, Massachusetts, features her compositions of the past ten years. Her organ recordings can be heard on Pipedreams with Michael Barone on American Public Media, as well as on Sounds of the Spires with Jennifer Pascual and are accessible on Spotify and other streaming services. Starting in 2018, Lorenz Music/Sacred Music Press has begun publishing her compositions and has released five books of organ compositions: Tree of Life, Journey to Wholeness, Messianic Longings, House of Love, and Courage in a Time of Struggle. They have also published her anthems Exsultate Deo and What Does the Lord Require of You? During the Covid19 pandemic, she has built a YouTube channel of organ and piano performances: Angela Kraft Cross organist. For the National Prayer Service associated with the 2021 Presidential Inauguration, Thomas Sheehan performed her “Healing” movement from Journey to Wholeness for the postlude at Washington National Cathedral. She has served as the organist of the Congregational Church of San Mateo since 1993, and is currently the Artist in Residence. She is also a regular organ recitalist at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor as well as at St. Mary’s Cathedral and Mission Dolores in San Francisco. In addition to her musical career, Dr. Kraft Cross retired in 2011 having worked for 22 years as an ophthalmic surgeon at the Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Redwood City, and now volunteers as an ophthalmologist at the Samaritan House San Mateo. She is committed to the musical education of young people, and since 1997 has been instrumental in organizing Organ Camps for young pianists headquartered at her church. She deeply enjoys teaching and a number of her students have gone on to incorporate organ study in their university studies in schools such as Oberlin, USC, Stanford and UC Berkeley. Dr. Kraft Cross is the founding director of the San Francisco Peninsula Organ Academy, a nonprofit organization formed in 2014 to support young concert organists with scholarships on short intensive overseas study trips. She also served as faculty and/or performed in Pipe Organ Encounters in San Francisco 2005, San Diego 2012, and Stanford 2013 and 2016 and Los Angeles 2018. She was the President of the Junior Bach Festival in Berkeley 2018-2021. She is also a member of the Concert Artist Cooperative III. Come visit her website at: www.angelakraftcross.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/a4845cf0-b3fd-4f42-9ce4-1f30d2f7c592/noriko_iwamoto.jpg Guest Artists Noriko Iwamoto, violinist, is an avid chamber musician and is actively introducing viola repertoire while guiding the next generation of young violinists and violists in the area. Noriko studied violin at Toho Gakuen Preparatory in Japan. She received B.A. in Music from Dominican University and attended the Accademia Chigiana in Italy. Upon returning to Japan, she engaged herself in viola studies. She appeared as violinist and then violist in orchestras such as Tokyo Bach Ensemble, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta de Minería, among others, and has given recitals and recordings in Tokyo, Mexico, Prague and in the US where she resides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/81ea6861-5f24-4185-b874-ac94ebdc10c7/jean_goyal.jpg Guest Artists Pianist Jean Goyal left her native Singapore in 1985 to pursue music in the United States. She earned her B.Mus. in chamber music and piano accompanying and an M.A. in musicology from Indiana University, Bloomington. While at I.U., she collaborated across the music school, from voice to wind and string studios. She is grateful to have been coached not just by her piano teacher Edward Auer, but also by maestros Janos Starker, Josef Gingold, and Csaba Erdelyi. Her Ph.D. (ABD) in musicology from Stanford University was fortuitously interrupted by the birth of her first child. As her family matured, she rediscovered the joys of performing music and, through performance, returned to her study of music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/13151f3e-aea0-4e01-a846-25c6de58fb60/james_jaffe_cropped.jpg Guest Artists - December 2024 James Jaffe is a professional cellist based in San Francisco, CA, specializing in chamber music and solo cello performance. The son of a musicologist and an orchestral conductor, James began his lifelong journey with music by listening to ensembles conducted by his father, and absorbing his mother’s joy at the power of music and nature. James began piano lessons at the age of five and cello lessons at the age of nine, and before graduating high school he had won local concerto competitions at the Sacramento Youth Symphony, the Diablo Symphony Orchestra, and the Peninsula Symphony. He sees every performance as an opportunity to create authentic connections between art, artists, and audience members. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/d678f947-9502-4d0e-be3e-6cc256e3e8ec/unnamed.jpg Guest Artists - November 2024 Performing and teaching on both violin and viola, Scot Moore works in a variety of musical genres. With over 15 years of professional experience, Scot is equally at home in early, classical, new music, musical theater, folk, rock, jazz, latin, and pop, and has concertized widely at major venues across North America, Europe, and Asia. Scot earned his BA, BM, MA, and Performance Certificate from Bard College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/17360df0-a249-4464-99ee-f77eccec4dca/alexandra_simpson.jpeg Guest Artists - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/6d6d22a9-0a10-4be6-bfa7-72990deab21d/kendra_grittani.jpg Guest Artists - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/46d62fea-322d-4426-b39d-d37434732dca/jonlee.jpg Guest Artists - April 2024 A prizewinner of several competitions, pianist Jon Lee captured first prize at the Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition, first prize at the San Diego International Piano Competition, and competitions in Washington, Boston and Seattle. He has appeared in festivals in cities across the U. S. and Europe, and has worked with esteemed pedagogues Jerome Lowenthal, Leon Fleisher, Boris Slutsky, and Russell Sherman, and currently studies with Professor Yoshikazu Nagai. Mr. Lee pursued a Master’s degree in computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, after which he enjoyed a career in software engineering and management. Recently he completed the Professional Studies Certificate program in Keyboard Performance at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Combining his interests in music and technology, Jon wrote MusicPodium, an app for iPad, to make piano score reading more portable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1716421712364-P3LYSY4LHXLRB7E0OBLH/monika_gruber_resized.png Guest Artists - Monika Gruber, Violinist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1716421712357-3VGL6AAS0ZJIC931I2R2/david_ryther_resized.png Guest Artists - David Ryther, Violinist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1716421713500-NYWPJPA2DCSLSK8K8J4K/david_wishnia_resized.png Guest Artists - David Wishnia, Cellist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1716421713833-HMSIURR3RZGKBZKH0LUV/omid_assadi_resized.png Guest Artists - Omid Assadi, Violist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/b4ed2e09-7f7b-4379-a579-3a0fc2875623/Matthew+Linaman.jpeg Guest Artists - February 2024 Matthew Linaman has performed in over 15 countries both as a soloist, teacher and as a founding member of the Cello Street Quartet. His notable appearances include a premier of Richard Marriott's Ghostship Requiem for cello and Orchestra with the Oakland Symphony under the baton of the late Maestro Michael Morgan. Matthew has spoken on the TED stage and served as a Music Ambassador for the U.S. State Department in Europe and Asia. After receiving the coveted Dean’s Award for outstanding contributions to chamber music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM), and winning the annual Concerto Competition, Matthew completed his studies with award-winning french cellist Jean-Michel Fonteneau. He now serves on the faculty of the SFCM Pre-College program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1716420831988-NIYJ5OEBN2X8RJZ8IRTL/verve_trio.jpg Guest Artists - The Verve Trio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1716420832276-20LSZ58SS1W3R6VM5SY0/Elbert+Tsai+.png Guest Artists - Elbert Tsai Violinist Elbert Tsai leads a multifaceted career as a soloist, chamber musician, and sought-after pedagogue. He currently serves on the violin faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory Pre-College as well as Center Stage Strings at the University of Michigan School of Music. Guest faculty appointments include the Oberlin Conservatory and SFCM Collegiate Division. His students have competed at the Menuhin Competition, won awards from the YoungArts Foundation, and are regularly accepted to “From the Top,” Music@Menlo, NYO-USA, NYO2, Bowdoin Festival, Morningside Music Bridge, and Heifetz Institute. Elbert maintains an active performing schedule, his recitals having been featured recently at the Colburn School for the Performing Arts, Three Rivers Performing Arts Institute, and Bridges Hall at Pomona College. Early in his professional career, Elbert won positions with the San Francisco Ballet and San Francisco Symphony orchestras, touring with the symphony throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. He holds degrees from the University of Southern California, Rice University, and Oberlin College. For more information, please visit www.elberttsai.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1716420833056-A25P2JKYRLXKT9U635S0/Chis-Lin+Yang.png Guest Artists - Chia-Lin Yang Dr. Chia-Lin Yang has toured throughout the United States, Canada, and her native Taiwan as a concert pianist and chamber musician. Top prizes at the Seattle International Piano Competition and Kingsville Isabel Scionti Solo Piano Competition helped launch a performance career which has included concerts at Benaroya Hall and the Banff Centre’s Rolston Recital Hall as well as a national broadcast on WQXR in Minnesota. Additional competition awards include the National Arts and Letters Competition, WAMSO Young Artist Competition, Camerata Concerto Competition, and Wideman Piano Concerto Competition. She is a recipient of the Hellen von Ammon Fund for Emerging Artists. Dr. Chia-Lin Yang holds both her Doctor’s and Master’s degrees in piano performance from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music under the tutelage of André Watts and Evelyne Brancart. Chia-Lin was on faculty at Indiana University and West Valley College in Saratoga where she established the acclaimed WVC Young Artist Concert Series. Being enthusiastic about chamber music, Chia-Lin is the founder of the Aristo Trio, the Aristo Duo, the Yang-Shin-Bate Trio, and a member of the Sarasota Chamber Music Festival in Florida. She recently co-founded the Verve Trio with violinist Elbert Tsai and cellist Brady Anderson and they have taken home the Gold Prize from the 2022 Amadeus International Music Awards of Salzburg. She currently also serves as Lecturer in Piano at UC-Santa Cruz. Visit www.chialinyang.com for more information. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1716420833423-QE12GQRDPJUJ8ZVUMMCY/Blrady+Anderson.png Guest Artists - Brady Anderson Cellist Brady Anderson is a highly acclaimed cellist and pedagogue. Brady is the artistic director of the Benicia Chamber Players and Pleasanton Chamber Players. Having performed chamber music extensively, he is the cellist and a founding member of the Verve Trio and was the interim cellist of the Thalea String Quartet. Brady studied chamber music under the guidance of Menahem Pressler, Jorja Fleezanis, Anne Epperson, Atar Arad, Paul Hersh, Ian Swensen, the Pacifica String Quartet, the Juilliard String Quartet, the JACK Quartet, the Miró Quartet, and many others. Brady has recorded with dozens of groups, including Nataly Dawn, Cypress Hill, Jennifer Hudson and can be heard on the Grammy-nominated La Orquesta Sinfonietta album Canto America.Brady has played with the Stockton Symphony, Monterey Symphony, and Fresno Philharmonic, and Indiana orchestras Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, and Columbus Philharmonic. He was principal cellist of the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, Berkeley Chamber Orchestra, IU Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, Concert Orchestra, and Summer Philharmonic. Brady has played under the baton of Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gustavo Dudamel, Marin Alsop, and Jakub Hruša.A dedicated cello teacher, Brady has coached cello sectionals for the Solano County Youth Orchestra, the Berkeley Chamber Orchestra, the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, and the California Youth Symphony, and has been a guest artist in several teaching residencies around the country. Brady teaches cello in his current studio in Dublin. For more information visit: www.bradyandersoncellist.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/8f98fac0-7fe6-4e97-9f3a-7bd8405478fe/Samsun.van+Loon.jpg Guest Artists - Samsun van Loon Cellist Samsun van Loon is a founding member of the Chamber Music Society of San Francisco and a member of the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra. Critically praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as an artist who performs with "the rhetorical polish of a skilled storyteller," he has in recent years given the US premieres of Philip Glass's 9th String Quartet and performed in festivals and series across the US and Europe. Equally passionate about teaching and performing, he is currently a faculty member of the Young Chamber Musicians program at Kohl Mansion. He studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with Jean-Michel Fonteneau and performs on an English cello built in 1750 by Joseph Hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/c1463e09-03da-4ed6-b8e8-91c38f3c0e9e/keisuke.nakagoshi.jpg Guest Artists - Keisuke Nakagoshi Pianist Keisuke Nakagoshi has performed to acclaim on prestigious concert stages across the United States, including the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. He has received training from some of the most celebrated musicians of our time – Emanuel Ax, Gilbert Kalish, Menahem Pressler, Robert Mann, Paul Hersh, David Zinman – and enjoys collaborating with other accomplished musicians. Mr. Nakagoshi is a Pianist-in-Residence at The San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the award-winning Opera Parallele. He resides in San Francisco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/d07f4b35-c634-423c-8687-0e82c3c2997f/IMG_0156.jpg Guest Artists - November 2023 - SAGE SAGE performed at our second meeting of the season. Jessica Chang, viola; Rebecca Jackson-Picht, violin; Katie Youn, cello. SAGE was founded in 2022 by a group of friends seeking creative collaboration in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ensemble strives to unite our diverse perspectives and lived experiences to create music that transcends boundaries and inspires hope. For more information about SAGE, visit their website here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/ed3d0b4f-4398-47d1-8058-5800a7b0cea1/AngelaKraftCross.png Guest Artists - October 2023 “Spooky Fall Favorites” Angela Kraft Cross, Organist Our 2023-2024 Season Opening Meeting featured the extremely talented and renowned Angela Kraft Cross at the organ. Dressed for the Season in a long black cape, she performed a program of “Spooky Fall Favorites”, with music by Bach, Widor, Vierne and Dupré. It was a glorious performance and a truly memorable treat! For more information about Angela, please visit her website by clicking here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1600563050071-4I7VEX26GPSGRBQ4JJQY/YCM+and+SusanBates.jpg Guest Artists - October 2020 Young Chamber Musicians We are honored to have access to a concert by the YCM and gratefully acknowledge the generosity of Susan Bates, the Founder of YCM. Susan has kindly provided a short introduction which is followed by the YCM performance. Please click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1604973335532-CQYOEDRDQ1THHPJQZT40/KMO.jpg Guest Artists - November 2020 Kimberly Marie Olivier, SF Ballet November welcomes Kimberly Olivier once again, this time dancing an original and uplifting choreography that she and her dance partner, Luke Willis, created in the midst of the pandemic and mandated quarantine that has impacted so many of our lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1607978135440-9C08MB9PPS3X6NQH1FCC/BenSimon-Cropped+10-13-19-33.jpg Guest Artists - December 2020 Ben Simon, Conductor, Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra (Summer Music Workshop) BMC’s good friend, Ben Simon, who is also the conductor of the SF Chamber Orchestra, treated us to a couple of performances from the children who participated in the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra’s Summer Music Workshop, typically a 2 week intensive study/performance camp. If you are interested in learning more about this wonderful summer camp, see the PACO website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1610927839553-P42A9QJZYQSQQX43ZRI9/LarryDunlap.jpeg Guest Artists - January 2021 - Larry Dunlap Returns! Long time friend and BMC supporter presents 3 amazing pieces, one which Larry composed, another featuring the Emmy-nominated Kenny Washington and the last with the Larry Dunlap Quartet. Click here to find out more and to hear these wonderful performances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1614383063744-GD6LATW26G65QJAD720E/ClairdeeCollage.jpg Guest Artists - February 2021 - Valentine’s Day Serenade by Clairdee and Ken French BMC good friends, songstress Clairdee and pianist Ken French perform wonderfully tender and upbeat songs in celebration of Valentine’s Day. Please click here to listen to the entire performance. For more information about Clairdee and Ken French, click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1617292083611-4E9C607B28W3Y52ZQU0J/AngelaKraftCross.jpg Guest Artists - March 2021 - Bach!! Angela Kraft Cross, Organist To celebrate Bach's 336th birthday, our special guest artist and renown organist, Dr. Angela Kraft Cross, performs 4 selected pieces by Bach: Click here to watch and listen. For more information about Angela, please visit her website by clicking here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1618859711000-UFK9O1PBT65K0DC5XUU7/collage.jpg Guest Artists - April 2021 - Nathan Chan & Friends Nathan Chan, Assistant Principal Cello, Seattle Symphony, and one of BMC's former honored guests, has created a special program just for BMC members. This time, he has recruited a few of his friends & esteemed colleagues - Karen Hutchinson (godmother and BMC Co-President), Eru Matsumoto, Christine Lee and Ken Kubota, to join in the program. To listen to this program, please click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1620584762844-8U77KNVAAA4808HGY4MS/Aurio-2.JPEG Guest Artists - Kick Back with the Aurio Trio A series of “backyard performaces” were specially created for BMC by the Aurio Trio. Listen to all 5 performances which were shared with members from November 2020 through April 2021. A HUGE thank you to Karen Hutchinson, Rufus Olivier, Jr. and Zachariah Spellman. To listen to their performances, please click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1573677977332-R9R6971WJ99FMHQ2X3JU/collage-Final.jpg Guest Artists - BMC Honored Guest, Susan Bates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1573599938780-XPBWAQ3OTM7K7AUFSSUH/Cross-Olson.PNG Guest Artists - November 11, 2019 BMC Seasonal Opener Member meeting was held at The Congregational Church of San Mateo. Once again, our members enjoyed wonderful program by gifted organisit Angela Kraft Cross. This performance was made all the more special by the performance of Angela’s son, Chase Olson. Please click here for their performance program and their bios. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1576451910406-CM8UMV8E10PDSSXTKDWO/HopeBriggs.JPG Guest Artists - December 9, 2019 BMC was graced with an extraordinary and joyous holiday performance by Hope Briggs, soprano, and Carl Blake, piano. For full program details and bios please click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1579207904292-Z0N1KQQQZL2M05WFHAVS/IMG_0353-MoC.JPG Guest Artists - January 13, 2020 We launched the new year and commemorated the Chinese New Year of the Rat with a wonderful performance (and demonstration) by members of Melody of China, Yanqin Zhao, Artistic Director and co-Founder, and Gangqin Zhao, Director of the Chinese Arts & Music Center in SF. Among the Chinese instruments played were the yangqin (hammered dulcimer), the guzheng (zither), erhu (fiddle) and a number of Chinese wind, string and percussion instruments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1579207970612-6UJGKSVST0MYKFB5VLM6/collage-Members1.jpg Guest Artists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1579207989408-S8JWNHE5BCQPE79SPVQ6/IMG_0356-MoC.JPG Guest Artists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1581622667949-RKFEB6A7D4GO7B3H6W0K/Guestcollage1.jpg Guest Artists - Febraury 10, 2020 BMC members were treated to a demonstration and performance by Mark Almond (French Horn), Zachariah Spellman (Tuba) and BMC’s Co-President, Karen Hutchinson (Piano). We all learned that one of the best ways to rid an instrument of “condensation” (not “spit”) was simply to turn the intrument upside down. (No new-fangled technology needed.) For details of this very enjoyable performance, please click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1581623201872-RZT4FSQVW3YF7PDDZBI3/DSC_1599.jpeg Guest Artists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1581623235045-WMMVKVT6QCPR1GRBVHWN/Sisters-RAJ.jpeg Guest Artists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1581623545983-AYQODRN8BARF3NJYP5WS/DSC_1603-Edited.jpeg Guest Artists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1542319022436-BUX3W1VPRX5O2KEL5MJR/SfarzoWainzinger.JPG Guest Artists - The International Cafe De Musica Ron Sfarzo, keyboardist/accordianist and Hugo Wainzinger, guitarist presenting a program with at taste of European charm … (see program and bios here) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1546124255533-MO9MIY06OT6INRCJHYSB/Marnie.jpg Guest Artists - Marnie Breckenridge A Holiday Program American soprano Marnie Breckenridge captivated the BMC audience with her exquisite voice and charming personality, serenading us with a selection of holiday favorites. Ms. Breckenridge has sung with the San Francisco Opera, the English National Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and the list goes on … For a more complete biography of Ms Breckenridge, please click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1548546295191-5JT1QY3XHBS5EJNJ5QFE/ballet-collage-1.jpg Guest Artists - Kimberly Olivier and Joshua Jack Price A Ballet Demonstration and Performance Once again, BMC members were honored with a ballet demonstration by San Francisco Ballet Corps de Ballet member, Kimberly Olivier. This time, Kimberly brought her colleague, Joshua Price, an apprentice with the San Francisco Ballet, to help expand our understanding of the art, skill, rigors and performance of ballet. For further information about Kimberly and Joshua, please click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1550261809946-KU2FEYCMOCX1NNUM2XPI/Aurio2-collage.jpg Guest Artists - Aurio Trio - Karen Hutchinson, Rufus Olivier, Jr. & Zachariah Spellman With a special Beatles Medley arrangement by Don Howe A Valentine’s Day Serenade For program details click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1552591465702-JSDC4PWS463NHH177FSY/Bagpipes-collage.jpg Guest Artists Note the 100 year old Sgian Dubh Scottish Dirk Knife Dagger in Lynne’s sock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1555350145780-TUZIJQEE45V7RLT8GV3R/Cross-collage3.jpg Guest Artists - Dr. Angela Kraft Cross Renown organist, Dr. Kraft Cross, once again graced us with her performance at the beautiful Congregational Church in San Mateo, CA. It was a wonderful performance dotted with a bit of history about both the pieces she played and a number of exquisite organs around the world that she has been invited to play. For more details click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1555350649904-1M45HIWKMUTSDZ6RVASZ/Cross-collage1.jpg Guest Artists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1555350700908-ERP3ZQ7A61X0L9ANDLRW/Cross-collage2.jpg Guest Artists New BMC Officers were installed at the April Meeting held inside the Congregational Church. Above, Parliamentarian Louise Nelson announces these new officers as Karen Hutchinson and Beth Bhatnagar, Re-elected Co-Presidents, look on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1531417814414-PDJTYVH3A9RDSGY01Q5S/rufus-2.jpg Guest Artists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1531417832144-6VCP4UNCGF24AN78V77X/rufus-3.jpg Guest Artists Rufus Oliver accompanied by Karen Hurchinson, Artistic Director BMC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1531417757015-F0EUZYEFUQ60ADN10TCM/rufus-1.jpg Guest Artists - Rufus Olivier Our first guest artist of the 2017-2018 season, Mr. Olivier did not disappoint! For information on his wonderful performance, click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1531416063468-393BQZKR9S0AXPZM9XRM/8+EDWARD+PHILLIPS%EF%80%A2ISABELLA+TORRE.JPG Guest Artists Vocal students from the Edie Delegans Voice Studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1531419222013-JOABSQQZUB9TW2EGW91N/12+BRANDAN+BHATNAGAR.JPG Guest Artists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1531419492843-TPWPNR6WC5HVHBDDWXBQ/Lila+Gold.jpg Guest Artists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1531417111730-CLEL4OOC36DV0LUEO5B9/Topaz.JPG Guest Artists - The Topaz Quartet In January 2018, BMC welcomed the student-formed Topaz Quartet as its guest artists. Members of the Quartet (L-R) Chelsea Park (founder), Seyon Kim, Young Jin Lee, and Hyewon Ahn. For more information on the Quartet performance and on the background of each member, click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1531429037309-398HBZAGJ7VQT8GHOO7S/Larry+Dunlap%2C+Piano.jpg Guest Artists - Larry Dunlop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1531429000021-2ODH2MQN9YXVKZ7N8YRI/Trio+with+Singer.jpg Guest Artists - Bobbe Norris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1531429070410-S1LYD85TLTU878M0DT8K/Akira+Tana%2C+Drums.jpg Guest Artists - Akira Tana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1531429100060-4X71Q2QQV4LHOL96JPV7/Ruth+Davis+Bass.jpg Guest Artists - Ruth Davis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1531429841318-2I440H5BTAR9VGH0MIZH/kimberly-4.JPG Guest Artists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1531430529187-OL981QOCTC0QLSKG21W9/Kimberly-3.JPG Guest Artists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1531429722535-4CTYLR9LJ9PCLRVDYLM4/Kimberly-1.JPG Guest Artists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1531349646892-WL1LOM4PIJIVE6NY22L7/Angela+Kraft+Cross.jpg Guest Artists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1531349565139-Y25RB8D1IUYFKEEUUZS6/Windows-audience.jpg Guest Artists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1531349579113-XWU157TOO0D1JCJVLZ3T/Angela+Ktaft+Cross_edited-3.jpg Guest Artists https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1531430944834-J95UBFPKMMVPFRWVDNQW/IMG_1278.jpg Guest Artists - Clairdee and Ken French The wife and husband team of Clairdee and Ken French closed out the BMC season again. We never tire of listening to the soulful interpretations by this amazing song stylist and her favorite accompanist. We are so grateful to Clairdee and Mr. French for being such great supporters of BMC. For more information on Clairdee and Mr. French click here. https://www.burlingamemusicclub.org/calendar daily 0.75 2026-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/5d2c74f3-3c85-48b0-b0c4-2791231b71ff/jean_goyal.jpg Calendar - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/a842f8dc-b8cf-40c9-b2c5-97ec3c8b003f/image1.png Calendar - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/5d2c74f3-3c85-48b0-b0c4-2791231b71ff/jean_goyal.jpg Calendar - Feb 26 - Jean Goyal Pianist Jean Goyal left her native Singapore in 1985 to begin her American musical journey in Bloomington, Indiana. She earned her B.Mus. in chamber music and piano accompanying, along with an M.A. in musicology from Indiana University, Bloomington. At I.U., she collaborated across the music school, from voice to wind and string studios. She is grateful to have been coached not just by her piano teacher Edward Auer but also by maestros Janos Starker, Josef Gingold, and Csaba Erdelyi. Her Ph.D. (ABD) in musicology from Stanford University was fortuitously interrupted by the birth of her first child. Over time, as her family matured, she rediscovered the joys of performing music and, through performance, returned to her study of music. Jean finds great fulfillment and joy in collaborating with others within the realm of chamber music and embraces every opportunity to share her music with audiences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/0b997132-03c6-43a9-9ddd-5a502cd5b88d/noriko_iwamoto.jpg Calendar - Feb 26 - Noriko Iwamoto Noriko Iwamoto, violist, is an avid chamber musician and is actively introducing viola repertoire while guiding the next generation of young violinists and violists in the area. Noriko studied violin at Toho Gakuen Preparatory in Japan. She received B.A. in Music from Dominican University and attended the Accademia Chigiana in Italy. Upon returning to Japan, she engaged herself in viola studies. She appeared as violinist and then violist in orchestras such as Tokyo Bach Ensemble, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta de Minería, among others, and has given recitals and recordings in Tokyo, Mexico, Prague and in US where she resides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1766873620979-KWVY1OAX1P31T7QX2AU7/DecArtists.jpg Calendar - Dec 25 - Ensemble di Luce Jason Kim, pianist, a San Diego native now based in the Bay Area, is a graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he earned both a Master’s Degree and Artist Certificate in Piano Performance under Professors Yoshikazu Nagai and Jon Nakamatsu. He previously studied with Bernadene Blaha (USC), Jon Kimura Parker (Rice University, B.M.), George Fee, and Eunice Ahn. A prizewinner in numerous competitions—including the San Diego Musical Merit Scholarship, MTNA CA State Competition, LA Music Center Spotlight, and the SFCM Piano Concerto Competition—Jason has performed widely in the U.S. and Europe, attending festivals such as Aspen, Brevard, and Rebecca Penneys. With over a decade of teaching experience, he has guided students of all ages and levels in their musical growth. Jinny Lee, violinist, serves as principal second violin of the Stockton Symphony and performs regularly with Symphony San Jose and the Santa Rosa Symphony. An active chamber musician based in the Bay Area, she is also the founder of Jinny’s Music Studio, a venue dedicated to classical performance and recording. In addition, she leads a thriving violin studio, guiding students of all ages and levels. Originally from South Korea, she studied at Chung-Ang University, earned a full scholarship to Park University’s International School of Music under Ben Sayevich, and later completed the Orchestra Artist Diploma at the San Francisco Symphony Academy. Her artistry continues to be shaped by the mentorship of distinguished musicians, including Catherine Van Hoesen. Stephanie Wu, cellist, is praised for her “spirited, emotionally immediate” playing (The Washington Post) and “plush, singing tone” (San Francisco Classical Voice). She debuted at 17 with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center and has performed chamber music with principals from the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics, Philadelphia Orchestra. She is Assistant Principal Cellist of the Berkeley Symphony and teaches cello students of all ages and levels. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard with a BA in Social Studies and Music, she also earned her Master’s at the Royal Northern College of Music and an MBA from UC Berkeley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1766873226971-X3TASLUMOFM27INBBLE9/1762480608168blob.jpg Calendar - Nov 25 - Samsun van Loon Cellist Samsun van Loon is a founding member of the Chamber Music Society of San Francisco and a member of the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra. Critically praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as an artist who performs with “the rhetorical polish of a skilled storyteller” he has in recent years given the US premieres of Philip Glass’s 9th String Quartet and performed in festivals and series across the US and Europe. Equally passionate about teaching and performing, he is currently a faculty member of the Young Chamber Musicians program at Kohl Mansion. He studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with Jean-Michel Fonteneau and performs on an English cello built in 1750 by Joseph Hill. Samsun is our BMC’s Competition Director. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1766873226825-IVW8BS87C74LEYJ3JDDJ/1762480739962blob.jpg Calendar - Nov 25 - Jon Lee Known for his dynamic and expressive playing, pianist Jon Lee seeks to uncover emotional and historical connections that resonate with modern audiences. He has performed across North America and Europe at venues including Boston’s Symphony Hall, Fort Worth’s Bass Hall, Paris’s Salle Cortot, Calgary’s Jack Singer Hall, Seattle’s Benaroya Hall, and Rockport’s Shalin Liu Performance Center. A prizewinner at the Cliburn International Amateur and San Diego International Piano Competitions, Jon has also received top honors at the Washington International, Boston International, and Seattle International competitions. He has performed with the Fort Worth Symphony, Boston Pops Orchestra, and Utah Symphony, and collaborated in chamber settings with Kim Kashkashian, the Telegraph Quartet, Jonathan Vinocour, and Nicholas Phan. Beyond performance, Jon developed MusicPodium, an iPad app for digital score reading, and serves as Director of Festival Planning for the Hawaiʻi Chamber Music Festival and Digital Operations Director for the Amalfi Coast Music & Arts Festival. Originally from Wisconsin and raised in Utah, he is pursuing an Artist Diploma at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, studying with Yoshikazu Nagai, and holds a Master’s degree from MIT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1766873236478-ED851HT9PK1M34YCI2TJ/JanetWeinstein.jpg Calendar - Oct 25 - Janet Weinstein Janet Weinstein, pianist, was born and educated in New York City. She studied piano with Martha Pestalozzi and Zenon Fishbein at the Manhattan School of Music. After moving to California in 1970, she studied with Bernhard Abramowitsch. Ms. Weinstein earned a B.S. degree in mathematics from the City College of New York and a master’s degree in city and regional planning from UC Berkeley. For over 30 years she has taught privately in her Oakland studio. Presently, she plays in chamber music ensembles and performs locally. She is the mother of two professional musician sons, Aaron (violin) and David (cello) Requiro. They have performed as the Ivanhoe Trio at the Oakland Museum, for the Carmel Performing Arts Festival, and for the East Bay/San Francisco Symphony League. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1766873236207-LDL1CN501NFYUSXIMBQX/RebeccaToutDAlessio.jpg Calendar - Oct 25 - Rebecca Tout d'Alessio Rebecca Tout d’Alessio, clarinet, teaches band at Lovonya DeJean Middle School and Kennedy High School in Richmond. Dr. d’Alessio earned her Bachelor of Music Education and Clarinet Performance at Bradley University before completing her graduate studies at Arizona State University (M.M., D.M.A.). Rebecca served as Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay from 2002-2006 before moving back to her home state of California. She has performed and presented master classes across the United States as well as in China and Turkey. Dr. d’Alessio has been featured in a series of concerts with Duo Camaraderie, a professional flute and piano chamber ensemble featuring a variety of guest artists, and regularly performs with the Golden Gate Band and The New Wind Collective. The Concert Artists Guild and the International Clarinet Association recognized Dr. d’Alessio with semi-finalist and finalist rankings in both institutions’ international competitions for her work in contemporary solo clarinet. She currently lives in San Rafael with her husband and son. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1514680164384-TE7ISMJJ7FTQR7558EFP/BMC+Logo_300dpi.png Calendar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/5efee98b-b0bb-45d0-bc0d-d521515a8b36/2025winners.jpg Calendar - May '25 - BMC Competition Winners with BMC President From left to right - Natalie Burr (honorable mention, piano), Oliver Corro (first place, piano), Peter Parra (second place, piano), Hiroshi Corro (third place, piano), Edna Steele (BMC Vice President), Daniel Wang (first place, strings - cello), Sydney Li-Jenkins (second place, strings - violin), Melissa Lam (third place, strings - cello), Lisa Saito (honorable mention, strings - violin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/47881789-07a9-44dd-8bb0-6f0daadfa75c/mariotszchunto.png Calendar - Apr 25 - Duo Islay, Mario Tsz-chun To Mario Tsz-chun To is an established guitarist-composer who has collaborated with esteemed international artists including Meng Su, Sergio Assad, David Tanenbaum and Hungarian conductor Gergely Madaras. Mario is currently a teaching faculty member of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (Pre-College) and the California Conservatory of Music. For more information, visit www.mariotoguitar.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/8128b990-204f-4e50-a51f-96bfd32f696a/jessicafolson.png Calendar - Apr 25 - Duo Islay, Jessica Folson Jessica Folson, violinist, is a freelance musician, teacher, and administrator in the Bay Area. Originally from North Dakota, she earned her bachelor’s degree at St. Olaf College in Minnesota and her master’s degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Professor Simon James. An avid chamber musician, she is a member of the Bridge Chamber Music Collective, the Lazuli Quartet, and Duo Islay. For more information, visit www.jessicafolsonviolin.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1742513402536-GOZIALFLG4XTZXKQLCLJ/beverlyradincropped.png Calendar - Mar 25 - Beverly Radin Flutist Beverly Radin, born in New York, exhibited her talent early on by winning first prize in a concerto competition at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and later claiming another victory at the Henry Flagler Competition. Her conservatory training began with the prep-division of Julliard and culminated with her earning a Master’s degree at the Manhattan School of Music where she tutored under the renowned flutist Frances Blaisdell. Additionally, she honed her craft through studies with other flute masters, most notably the celebrated flutists Jean-Pierre Rampal and Marcel Moyse. Ms. Radin has performed chamber music at the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Society for Ethical Culture and the New York Historical Society. Her solo recitals have taken her to California, Florida and throughout the New York area. Ms Radin has been a Fellow for the Bach Aria Group Institute at Stony Brook, New York, and has played with orchestras at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall and on tour through Italy. She continues to perform in the San Francisco Bay Area and is a founding member of the Encore Chamber Players in Palo Alto. At present she teaches at her Palo Alto studio and even on Zoom to India! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1737604966569-X6WF8PPCFGA1KNADL6PB/jean_goyal_cropped+copy.jpg Calendar - Jan and March 25 - Jean Goyal Pianist Jean Goyal left her native Singapore in 1985 to pursue music in the United States. She earned her B.Mus. in chamber music and piano accompanying and an M.A. in musicology from Indiana University, Bloomington. While at I.U., she collaborated across the music school, from voice to wind and string studios. She is grateful to have been coached not just by her piano teacher Edward Auer, but also by maestros Janos Starker, Josef Gingold, and Csaba Erdelyi. Her Ph.D. (ABD) in musicology from Stanford University was fortuitously interrupted by the birth of her first child. As her family matured, she rediscovered the joys of performing music and, through performance, returned to her study of music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1742513370331-B1WJLKS5NQP2A3TS9R2R/Screen+Shot+2025-02-23+at+2.13.05+AM.png Calendar - Feb 25 - Student Performers Feb ‘25 BMC meeting student performers with BMC President, from left to right - Josefina Swartz (cello), Karen Matsui (piano), Marcia Leonhardt (BMC President), Minjoon Jo (viola), Aaron Ma (violin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1742513370133-79EKDGDRNM3E1FS06NMD/peterparra.png Calendar - Feb 25 - Peter Parra, student performer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/5c6bcd96-bb76-424e-981d-2e16e0bad594/image3.jpg Calendar - Feb 25 - Angela Kraft Cross https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1737604757796-RV2AMZQHVLPP0QBQNTJ7/noriko_iwamoto_cropped.jpg Calendar - Jan 25 - Noriko Iwamoto Noriko Iwamoto, violinist, is an avid chamber musician and is actively introducing viola repertoire while guiding the next generation of young violinists and violists in the area. Noriko studied violin at Toho Gakuen Preparatory in Japan. She received B.A. in Music from Dominican University and attended the Accademia Chigiana in Italy. Upon returning to Japan, she engaged herself in viola studies. She appeared as violinist and then violist in orchestras such as Tokyo Bach Ensemble, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta de Minería, among others, and has given recitals and recordings in Tokyo, Mexico, Prague and in the US where she resides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1734383945284-HMYLX8Y2VUW4788MZPG6/image2.jpeg Calendar - Dec 24 - James Jaffe Cellist James Jaffe views every performance as a chance to foster genuine connections between artists, art, and audiences. He has soloed with prestigious groups like the National Repertory Orchestra and CityMusic Cleveland and performed internationally in venues such as Beijing's Central Conservatory and the Casalmaggiore International Festival. His broadcasts have aired on WCLV Cleveland, WVTF Virginia, and KDFC San Francisco, and he’s embraced diverse performance opportunities, including playing at a dive bar in Alberta and participating in a music video for Machine Head. James co-founded Wave Chamber Collective, merging music with poetry, art, and science, and has worked with the Fire and Music Project to transform Californians’ relationship with fire. A core member of One Found Sound, an unconducted chamber orchestra in San Francisco, he also serves as artistic director of Festival Rolland in Burgundy, France. He’s collaborated with artists from Journey to Brad Mehldau. The son of a musicologist and conductor, James began his musical journey early, studying piano and cello and winning several competitions. He earned advanced degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and San Francisco Conservatory and trained at esteemed festivals like Aspen and Banff. Passionate about teaching, he’s coached at institutions including Baldwin Wallace University and the Detroit Symphony's Civic Youth Ensembles. For more information, please visit www.jamesjaffecello.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1734383943886-NAXNMU6TDAMKKWSWTHHG/IMG_7787.jpg Calendar - Dec 24 - Student Performers December’s student performers with BMC President Marcia Leonhardt. From left to right: Calliope Smith (violin), Lisa Saito (violin), Marcia Leonhardt (BMC President), Dayton Nguyen (piano), Sydney Li-Jenkins (violin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1734383943937-OOB5259ELFJDLKNITCJ2/IMG_7635.jpg Calendar - Dec 24 - Student performer Lucas Kuo (violin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1732555080192-14274URPO980YHBGDOF8/scot_moore_cropped.jpg Calendar - Nov 24 - Scot Moore Performing and teaching on both violin and viola, Scot works in a variety of musical genres. With over 15 years of professional experience, Scot is equally at home in early, classical, new music, musical theater, folk, rock, jazz, latin, and pop, and has concertized widely at major venues across North America, Europe, and Asia. Scot earned his BA, BM, MA, and Performance Certificate from Bard College. For more information visit www.scot-moore.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1732554704357-UKM43WF4PC3VSZD663B3/IMG_7330.jpg Calendar - Nov 24 - Student performers Students with Marcia Leonhardt, BMC President: (from left) Lucas Kyoko, piano, Bella Chen, piano, Daniel Wang, cello. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1732555238130-T79W1FMHNPU04362PD6R/IMG_7222.jpg Calendar - Nov 24 - Student performer Lucas Wang, violin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1729721760279-1PY1RC7IN994FPF4F35P/alexandra_simpson_cropped.jpg Calendar - Oct '24 - Alexandra Simpson Alexandra Simpson, (viola, Oursa) based in Emeryville, plays in several orchestras, and serves as Principal Violist Fresno Philharmonic and Assistant Principal at California Symphony. She studied with Kim Kashkashian at New England Conservatory, Ettore Causa at Yale School of Music, and Dmitri Murrath at San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She also has performed with a number of pop acts, including Kygo, Sigur Ros, Andrea Bocelli, and Michael Bublé. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1729721760275-29DIWLJ1TMRQF0AT8SHB/kendra_grittani_cropped.jpg Calendar - Oct '24 - Kendra Grittani Kendra Grittani (cello, Oursa) has years of experience performing solo, chamber and orchestral works, and is dedicated to providing breathtaking and enchanting music for any occasion. Described as playing with “authority, grace and artistry…” following her most recent performance of the Haydn Cello Concerto in D with the Oakville Symphony Orchestra, Kendra Grittani has performed in venues across Canada and the United States. Kendra has completed her Masters in cello performance at McGill University with accomplished symphonic and chamber musician, and cello professor, Elizabeth Dolin. Kendra has a passion for connecting modern audiences with all forms of Classical music. In a world where Classical music is becoming more and more inaccessible, attending a concert organized and curated by Kendra means experiencing a historically informed musical performance, while receiving insight into how a musician reads, prepares and performs Classical music, along with other genres. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1729721761088-7TER7RJGFPTRXTIDPOL6/bmc_oursa_cropped.jpg Calendar - Oct '24 - Oursa with BMC President BMC 2024-2025 season opening meeting. Professional performers Oursa with BMC president. From left to right: Alexandra Simpson, viola; Kendra Grittani, cello; Marcia Leonhardt, BMC President https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1729721761202-M2H0T8Y3FVJAAHKFZNDQ/oursa_meeting_cropped.jpg Calendar - Oct '24 - Oursa Alexandra Simpson, viola (left), and Kendra Grittani, cello (right) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1714621998300-ZXPFYQLM3K2BF15HK81L/jonlee_cropped_wide_left.jpg Calendar - April '24 - Jon Lee A prizewinner of several competitions, pianist Jon Lee captured first prize at the Cliburn International Amateur Piano Competition, first prize at the San Diego International Piano Competition, and competitions in Washington, Boston and Seattle. He has appeared in festivals in cities across the U. S. and Europe, and has worked with esteemed pedagogues Jerome Lowenthal, Leon Fleisher, Boris Slutsky, and Russell Sherman, and currently studies with Professor Yoshikazu Nagai. Mr. Lee pursued a Master’s degree in computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, after which he enjoyed a career in software engineering and management. Recently he completed the Professional Studies Certificate program in Keyboard Performance at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Combining his interests in music and technology, Jon wrote MusicPodium, an app for iPad, to make piano score reading more portable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1711428445788-19R696RBH0LIGF7OL7TU/monika_gruber_resized.png Calendar - Mar '24 - Monika Gruber Violinist for Circadian String Quartet, our professional performers at March’s meeting. The ensemble was founded in 2013 and performs a wide range of classical and contemporary repertoire with folkloric or cultural significance, as well as original pieces composed or arranged by members of the group, including a transcription of Igor Stravinsky's Rite of Spring for string quartet and percussion. Members of Circadian String Quartet perform throughout the Bay Area and also serve as resident teaching artists for the Zephyr Point Chamber Music Workshop. Members of the quartet are active music teachers and work with musicians of all ages in developing their musical abilities in chamber music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1711428445546-SRGJ6N2XX9DUEYJ0LMIL/david_wishnia_resized.png Calendar - Mar '24 - David Wishnia Cellist for Circadian String Quartet, our professional performers at March’s meeting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1711428444569-09KU58SZ81IW1DA3UOP4/david_ryther_resized.png Calendar - Mar '24 - David Ryther Violinist for Circadian String Quartet, our professional performers at March’s meeting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1711428444642-JHP9O8RRRBIC4YHG5ENR/omid_assadi_resized.png Calendar - Mar '24 - Omid Assadi Violist for Circadian String Quartet, our professional performers at March’s meeting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1711428773449-18BCJAZ8XHSD473FVBPN/IMG_5749.jpg Calendar Audience members at our March 2024 meeting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1708119169472-2KJLXQLKNTUDE15KRFF7/IMG_5522.jpg Calendar - Feb '24 - Matthew Linaman and Samsun van Loon Matthew Linaman and Samsun van Loon performing at February’s meeting. Matthew performed The Classical Cello - A Solo and a Duet with Samsun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1708119153688-VT2DM9465OJ591KGHPE1/Samsun.van+Loon.resized.jpg Calendar - Feb '24 - Samsun van Loon Feb ‘24 - Cellist Samsun van Loon is a founding member of the Chamber Music Society of San Francisco and a member of the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra. Critically praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as an artist who performs with "the rhetorical polish of a skilled storyteller," he has in recent years given the US premieres of Philip Glass's 9th String Quartet and performed in festivals and series across the US and Europe. Equally passionate about teaching and performing, he is currently a faculty member of the Young Chamber Musicians program at Kohl Mansion. He studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with Jean-Michel Fonteneau and performs on an English cello built in 1750 by Joseph Hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1708119170214-QCFEY22NO992TZ9733KF/Matthew+Linaman_resized.jpg Calendar - Feb '24 - Matthew Linaman Matthew has performed in over 15 countries both as a soloist, teacher and as a founding member of the Cello Street Quartet. His notable appearances include a premier of Richard Marriott's Ghostship Requiem for cello and Orchestra with the Oakland Symphony under the baton of the late Maestro Michael Morgan. Matthew has spoken on the TED stage and served as a Music Ambassador for the U.S. State Department in Europe and Asia. After receiving the coveted Dean’s Award for outstanding contributions to chamber music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM), and winning the annual Concerto Competition, Matthew completed his studies with award-winning french cellist Jean-Michel Fonteneau. He now serves on the faculty of the SFCM Pre-College program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1705972205390-SASLRDRI03P08B1Z2B9D/students_with_edna.jpg Calendar - Student Performers with BMC President Edna Steele Jan ‘24 - Keiya Wada (cello), Dayton Nguyen (piano), BMC president Edna Steele, Jennifer Kang (viola), Irene Hwang (piano), Andrew Hwang (viola) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1705972206192-O4XY27W8AMSARAK9T6PO/verve_trio.jpg Calendar - The Verve Trio Jan ‘24 - Elbert Tsai (violin), Chia-Lin Yang (piano), Brady Anderson (cello) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1705972204290-HT4DFMU3YN7KYQ25YTC3/Blrady+Anderson.png Calendar - Brady Anderson Cellist Brady Anderson is a highly acclaimed cellist and pedagogue. Brady is the artistic director of the Benicia Chamber Players and Pleasanton Chamber Players. Having performed chamber music extensively, he is the cellist and a founding member of the Verve Trio and was the interim cellist of the Thalea String Quartet. Brady studied chamber music under the guidance of Menahem Pressler, Jorja Fleezanis, Anne Epperson, Atar Arad, Paul Hersh, Ian Swensen, the Pacifica String Quartet, the Juilliard String Quartet, the JACK Quartet, the Miró Quartet, and many others. Brady has recorded with dozens of groups, including Nataly Dawn, Cypress Hill, Jennifer Hudson and can be heard on the Grammy-nominated La Orquesta Sinfonietta album Canto America.Brady has played with the Stockton Symphony, Monterey Symphony, and Fresno Philharmonic, and Indiana orchestras Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, and Columbus Philharmonic. He was principal cellist of the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, Berkeley Chamber Orchestra, IU Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, Concert Orchestra, and Summer Philharmonic. Brady has played under the baton of Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gustavo Dudamel, Marin Alsop, and Jakub Hruša.A dedicated cello teacher, Brady has coached cello sectionals for the Solano County Youth Orchestra, the Berkeley Chamber Orchestra, the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, and the California Youth Symphony, and has been a guest artist in several teaching residencies around the country. Brady teaches cello in his current studio in Dublin. For more information visit: www.bradyandersoncellist.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1705972204078-P6C2ZD1VGE63J6RWU8OG/Chis-Lin+Yang.png Calendar - Chia-Lin Yang Dr. Chia-Lin Yang has toured throughout the United States, Canada, and her native Taiwan as a concert pianist and chamber musician. Top prizes at the Seattle International Piano Competition and Kingsville Isabel Scionti Solo Piano Competition helped launch a performance career which has included concerts at Benaroya Hall and the Banff Centre’s Rolston Recital Hall as well as a national broadcast on WQXR in Minnesota. Additional competition awards include the National Arts and Letters Competition, WAMSO Young Artist Competition, Camerata Concerto Competition, and Wideman Piano Concerto Competition. She is a recipient of the Hellen von Ammon Fund for Emerging Artists. Dr. Chia-Lin Yang holds both her Doctor’s and Master’s degrees in piano performance from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music under the tutelage of André Watts and Evelyne Brancart. Chia-Lin was on faculty at Indiana University and West Valley College in Saratoga where she established the acclaimed WVC Young Artist Concert Series. Being enthusiastic about chamber music, Chia-Lin is the founder of the Aristo Trio, the Aristo Duo, the Yang-Shin-Bate Trio, and a member of the Sarasota Chamber Music Festival in Florida. She recently co-founded the Verve Trio with violinist Elbert Tsai and cellist Brady Anderson and they have taken home the Gold Prize from the 2022 Amadeus International Music Awards of Salzburg. She currently also serves as Lecturer in Piano at UC-Santa Cruz. Visit www.chialinyang.com for more information. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1705972205582-2G0SCRPABZA9GDGU7HHP/Elbert+Tsai+.png Calendar - Elbert Tsai Violinist Elbert Tsai leads a multifaceted career as a soloist, chamber musician, and sought-after pedagogue. He currently serves on the violin faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory Pre-College as well as Center Stage Strings at the University of Michigan School of Music. Guest faculty appointments include the Oberlin Conservatory and SFCM Collegiate Division. His students have competed at the Menuhin Competition, won awards from the YoungArts Foundation, and are regularly accepted to “From the Top,” Music@Menlo, NYO-USA, NYO2, Bowdoin Festival, Morningside Music Bridge, and Heifetz Institute. Elbert maintains an active performing schedule, his recitals having been featured recently at the Colburn School for the Performing Arts, Three Rivers Performing Arts Institute, and Bridges Hall at Pomona College. Early in his professional career, Elbert won positions with the San Francisco Ballet and San Francisco Symphony orchestras, touring with the symphony throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. He holds degrees from the University of Southern California, Rice University, and Oberlin College. For more information, please visit www.elberttsai.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1704251985892-7RVZWIJD1V3EDL5Y5QC1/Samsun.van+Loon.resized.jpg Calendar - Samsun von Loon Dec ‘23 - Cellist Samsun van Loon is a founding member of the Chamber Music Society of San Francisco and a member of the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra. Critically praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as an artist who performs with "the rhetorical polish of a skilled storyteller," he has in recent years given the US premieres of Philip Glass's 9th String Quartet and performed in festivals and series across the US and Europe. Equally passionate about teaching and performing, he is currently a faculty member of the Young Chamber Musicians program at Kohl Mansion. He studied at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with Jean-Michel Fonteneau and performs on an English cello built in 1750 by Joseph Hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1704251947393-18BR6TOWA0EISWL206XG/keisuke.nakagoshi.resized.jpg Calendar - Keisuke Nakagoshi Dec ‘23 - Pianist Keisuke Nakagoshi has performed to acclaim on prestigious concert stages across the United States, including the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. He has received training from some of the most celebrated musicians of our time – Emanuel Ax, Gilbert Kalish, Menahem Pressler, Robert Mann, Paul Hersh, David Zinman – and enjoys collaborating with other accomplished musicians such as Lucy Shelton, Ian Swensen, Jodi Levitz, Robin Sutherland, Lev Polyakin, Axel Strauss, Mark Kosower, Gary Schocker and also conductors such as Alasdair Neale, George Daugherty, Nicole Paiement, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Herbert Blomstedt. Mr. Nakagoshi is a Pianist-in-Residence at The San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the award-winning Opera Parallele. He resides in San Francisco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1699392627801-BTX5E360SL0HAT9H83VG/IMG_0156.jpg Calendar - SAGE Nov ‘23 - SAGE performed at our second meeting of the season. Jessica Chang, viola; Rebecca Jackson-Picht, violin; Katie Youn, cello. SAGE was founded in 2022 by a group of friends seeking creative collaboration in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ensemble strives to unite our diverse perspectives and lived experiences to create music that transcends boundaries and inspires hope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1700583821389-DKHK9MIOJC9NKQPTT64Z/IMG_4842.jpg Calendar Nov ‘23 - BMC President, Edna Steele, with this month’s student performers: Melissa Lam (age 15, cello), Nadia Karpenko (age 16, violin), Leo Denizen (age 13, piano), Ariel Pawlik-Zwiebel (age 16, violin), Casey Kim (age 15, cello). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1700583820670-DAWTRTMP0MLM6OY08V76/IMG_4836.jpg Calendar Nov ‘23 - BMC meeting attendees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1699393076463-WYKEH60KGUZSFFO5FVOM/IMG_0172.jpg Calendar Nov ‘23 - “Our mission is to use the power of music to connect with our audience, to express our shared experiences and emotions, and to offer a source of solace and joy. We use our art as a force for positivity and progress, to promote inclusivity and mutual respect, and to foster a sense of belonging and community through the universal language of music.” https://www.musicatsage.com/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1705458932075-3O7RT82TISM1AG53E9L0/Screen+Shot+2023-10-02+at+5.47.11+PM+%281%29.png Calendar - Angela Kraft Cross Oct ‘23 - Our featured Professional Artist was Angela Kraft Cross at the organ. She performed a program of “Spooky Fall Favorites”, with music by Bach, Widor, Vierne and Dupré. She is immensely talented and has performed on many of the historical organs around the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1696460463002-MJYXQK76ZDD8D9T6Y4KR/1+Ziyue+Zeng%2C+1rst+place+piano%2C+Lin+Jiang%2C+2nd+place+piano%2C+Sarah+Son%2C+2nd+place+violin.jpeg Calendar - Ziyue Zeng, Lin Jiang, Sarah Son May ‘23 - Three of our competition winners performed at our final meeting of the 22-23 season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1696460462594-AFW5J6YW4FOQHDI202YI/2+Lin+Jiang%2C+piano-2nd+prize.jpeg Calendar - Lin Jiang May ‘23 - Performance by Lin Jiang, our 2nd prize winner for piano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1696460464572-61VTIDMMO4YC1RJCNAAH/3+Sarah+Son%2C+violin%2C+2nd+prize.jpeg Calendar - Sarah Son May ‘23 - Performance by Sarah Son, our 2nd prize winner for violin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1696460465109-WCR0JB6BGJ8JUK1QZDKY/4+Ziyue+Zeng%2C+piano%2C+1rst+prize.jpeg Calendar - Ziyue Zeng May ‘23 - Performance by Ziyue Zeng, our 1st prize winner for piano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1696460465782-ZWO37TKRXDFM9RCXBQ1A/5+Karen+Hutchinson%2C+outgoing+president%2C+interviews+Ziyye+Zeng%2C+piano%2C+Lin+Jiang%2C+piano%2C+Sarah+Son%2C+violin.jpeg Calendar May ‘23 - Outgoing president Karen Hutchinson interviewing our competition-winning performers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1696460466208-A77J6FOGYB4GB7DS17QV/6+Outgoing+president+Karen+Hutchinson+with+congratulatory+bo.jpeg Calendar - Karen Hutchinson May ‘23 - Sending our outgoing president off with a congratulatory bouquet of flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1696460467389-ZBXYHBTCK09830MLAYTI/7+New+2023-2BMC+officers+-Lorraine+Smith%2C+treasurer%2C+Margaret+Herzen%2C+co-secretary%2C+Norma+Hoch%2C+co+secretary%2C+Louise+Nelson-installing+officer%2C+Sandy+Berry%2C+vice+president%2C+Edna+Steele%2C+president.jpeg Calendar - 2023-2024 Officers May ‘23 - Welcoming our officers for the 2023-2024 BMC season - Lorraine Smith (treasurer), Margaret Herzen (co-secretary), Norma Hoch, (co-secretary), Louise Nelson (installing officer), Sandy Berry (vice president), Edna Steele (president) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1696460469297-LN0TWENU5UN95PSXP3DA/8+Incoming+president+Edna+Steele.jpeg Calendar - Edna Steele May ‘23 - Welcoming incoming president, Edna Steele. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1684533393626-D20H5XU3QW0QFWSVNHWN/Lin+Jiang%2C+Oliver+Corro%2C+Jennifer+Kang%2C+Sora+Corro.jpeg Calendar - Lin Jiang, Oliver Corro, Jennifer Kang, Sora Corro April ‘23 - April’s student performers. Left to right, Lin Jiang - age 14, Oliver Corro - age 15, Jennifer Kang - age 13, and Sora Corro - age 13. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1684533395447-4JJLROC1PYOI2RSA2R7H/Sora+Corro+1.jpeg Calendar - Sora Corro April ‘23 - Student performance by Sora Corro on piano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1684533394739-LSSETY55MLD6EXV8PCQ1/Oliver+Corro+1.jpeg Calendar - Oliver Corro April ‘23 - Student performance by Oliver Corro on piano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1684533394497-7EZE8D3V7J1RXHE4I3NM/Lin+Jiang.jpeg Calendar - Lin Jiang April ‘23 - Student performance by Lin Jiang on piano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1684533393494-8PUIJ5PLJ9PPB4T9P15B/Jennifer+Kang+1.jpeg Calendar - Jennifer Kang April ‘23 - Student performance by Jennifer Kang on viola. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1682025138632-S4CWZX92BD7GCNKC5L5Z/Haruka+Fujii+marimba.jpeg Calendar - Haruka Fujii March ‘23 - A very special professional performance by Haruka Fujii, a world famous percussionist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1682025148636-0TRUCWXRWK28238J9HYD/Haruka+Fujii+Small+Chat.jpg Calendar - Haruka Fujii Mar ‘23 - Our talented guest playing a charming improvised piece on various pots and bowls she had bought at Home Depot and Daiso. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1677179977226-J9PJRO40AXZAALSRLYJ7/1+BMC+Feb+2023+mtg+Alex+Hsieh%2C+Florence+Wei%2C+David+Meng.jpeg Calendar - Alex Hsieh, Florence Wei, David Meng Feb ‘23 - This month’s student performers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1677179978280-5SGZAG3QLOBJO7EAHR9I/3+David+Meng.jpeg Calendar - David Meng Feb ‘23 - Student performance by David Meng on piano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1677179977256-CF1J4TWPMS8NSG8KC3E8/2++Florence+Wei.jpeg Calendar - Florence Wei Feb ‘23 - Student performance by Florence Wei on cello. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1677179978539-SQO60X7OZJNT9I3GLF81/4+Alex+Hsieh.jpeg Calendar - Alex Hsieh Feb ‘23 - Student performance by Alex Hsieh on piano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1677179979374-CGMC54WY7CRMDH6PZFML/5+Aleece+Carson%2C+United+Methodist+Music+Director%2C+MM%2C+MTS.jpeg Calendar - Aleece Carson Feb ‘23 - This month’s professional performer was Aleece Carson - United Methodist Music Director, MM, MTS - on piano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1677180782741-AZYKBM6JUWLFI25Q6JF4/5+Gabe+Young%2C+oboe%2C+Karen+Hutchinson%2C+piano%2C+Janet+Popesco+Archibald%2C+oboe+Jan+2023+BMC+mtg.jpeg Calendar - Gabe Young, Karen Hutchinson, Janet Popesco Archibald Jan ‘23 - January’s professional performers played works of Handel, Bach, Dvorak, and Gershwin. From the left: Gabe Young on oboe, Karen Hutchinson on piano, and Janet Popesco Archibald on oboe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1677180781949-YORBNO1ZWH8VFMJMXF9F/4+student+performers+Sarah+Son%2C+violing%2C+Nathan+Chong%2C+piano%2C+Daniel+Yim%2C+cello+Jan+2023+BMC+mtg.jpeg Calendar - Sarah Son, Nathan Chong, Daniel Yim Jan ‘23 - This month’s student performers. Sarah Son on violin, Nathan Chong on piano, and Daniel Yim on cello. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1677180780909-5QF7XQY38BAC0MDA459K/1+Sarah+Son%2C+violin%2C+2%2C+Jan+2023+BMC+mtg.jpg Calendar - Sarah Son Jan ‘23 - Student performance by Sarah Son on violin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1677180780864-SSK5ZWHQ07JTU9ESS4WI/2+Daniel+Yim%2C+cello.jpg Calendar - Daniel Yim Jan ‘23 - Student performance by Daniel Yim on cello. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1677180781806-VSIQSYERKG03ZP21S722/3+Nathan+Chong+Piano+Jan+2023+BMC+MTG.jpeg Calendar - Nathan Chong Jan ‘23 - Student performance by Nathan Chong on piano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1677180783660-AIU1RB9M5W3N2SWEA067/7+Gabe+Young%2C+oboe%2C+Jan+2023+BMC+mtg.jpeg Calendar - Gabe Young Jan ‘23 - Gabe is an Oboist for the SF Opera Orchestra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1677180782879-IKP0C0SAPQUBAFLD6IYD/6+Janet+Popesco+Archibald+English+horn+Jan+2023+BMC+mtg.jpeg Calendar - Janet Popesco Archibald Jan ‘23 - Janet is a recently retired oboist and English horn player from the SF Opera Orchestra. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1673572184219-502N0WUWAY2VM3YD6ZWR/Angela+Kraft+Cross+double.jpg Calendar - Angela Kraft Cross Dec ‘22 - Internationally respected virtuoso organist, pianist, and composer Angela Kraft Cross performing. Click here to learn more about her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1673572183838-421JMI2ZFPF7NOEUETKU/3+Ariel+Pawlik-Zwiebel+violin.jpeg Calendar - Ariel Pawlik-Zwiebel Dec ‘22 - Student performance by Ariel Pawlik-Zwiebel on violin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1673572182111-SMGKZJGJ72IOG4T2TCRM/2+Andrea+Yang+cello.jpeg Calendar - Andrea Yang Dec ‘22 - Student performance by Andrea Yang on cello. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1673572182202-3S3559D54SH76XDZZ2GX/1+Katherine+Yang+viola.jpeg Calendar - Katherine Yang Dec ‘22 - Student performance by Katherine Yang on viola. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1671490563858-KP31IDH0Z0Y0BYVKFMUK/Dahna+Rudin+cello%2C+Deborah+Davis%2C+piano.jpg Calendar - Dahna Rudin Nov ‘22 - Dahna is a seasoned performer as soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player. She was accompanied on the piano by Deborah Davis, a member of the Music Teachers Association of California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1671490564787-3ZKWLVU3RVGI6554J0KZ/IsaacChoi+Nov+2022+mtg.jpg Calendar - Isaac Choi Nov ‘22 - Student performance by Isaac Choi on piano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1671490566025-0E54STV4QDKS58S4CGOO/Samantha+Cheunkarndee+BMC+Nov+2022+mtg.jpg Calendar - Samantha Cheunkarndee Nov ‘22 - Student performance by Samantha Cheunkarndee on violin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1671490566623-B1982285TATQCPDSSVLN/Ziyue+Zeng+BMC+Nov+2022.jpg Calendar - Ziyue Zeng Nov ‘22 - Student performance by Ziyue Zeng on piano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1671490467098-UNHI31EY8VQE7AVPJXO8/Resized_20221010_145941.jpeg Calendar - Larry Dunlop Jazz Trio Oct ‘22 - Special performance featuring Larry Dunlop on Piano, Neil Adler on chromatic harmonica, and Jim Kerwin on bass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1671490460826-5LSMFW2D1YPT4XEU1VYE/Resized_20221010_134558.jpeg Calendar - Silent Auction Oct ‘22 - Participants peruse and make their bids on silent auction items. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1671490468925-YX7CMR4NZNKDGICU44CH/20221010_204455.jpg Calendar - Festive Halloween Refreshments Oct ‘22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1571614563751-VQVZA3GZDLTSC1MG1TYE/collage.jpg Calendar - October 13, 2019 Susan Bates, Honoree, and Arcturus Trio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1573677205003-LN1YD2COIWSBIEW1U4FW/AngelaChase.jpg Calendar - November 11, 2019 The Congregational Church of San Mateo Angela Kraft Cross & Chase Olson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1575426186832-3R1VMZJP9MLOQAU8KSV5/MadamaButterfly.JPG Calendar - December 9, 2019 Hope Briggs, Soprano https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1573672599604-4REUBP3VOW66QN4DAII5/MelodyOfChina.JPG Calendar - January 13, 2020 Melody of China, Chinese Chamber Music https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1563758156313-5V5X3OYBV064WAP29RRO/mark_almond.jpg Calendar - February 10, 2020 Mark Almond, French Horm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1580676680388-DYSZWBBZACNS5FD2SKU5/Spellman-Zachariah.jpg Calendar - February 10, 2020 Zachariah Spellman, Tubist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1580677127062-KWDPW6LDUQO4ZU3YGCRK/Karen.jpg Calendar - February 10, 2020 Karen Hutchinson, Pianist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1563758167460-4KXZ2KDXQ29U9KGWQLDT/LarryDunlap.jpg Calendar - April 13, 2020 CANCELLED https://www.burlingamemusicclub.org/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2020-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1607133202137-KWTMMWIUQQ5DH4UGHI3C/Tigger.jpg Holiday Wishes - 2020 Happy Holidays from Beth, Raj and Tiggrr Bhatnagar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1607030528117-OS8UQT3S7GWSIUNRKCU4/ufo+dinner.jpg Holiday Wishes - 2020 Happy UFO Day from Steve Cady and Chris Angeles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1607113182612-ET2SD0JQ3JBAJSEK4PQY/DSC_1540.jpeg Holiday Wishes - 2020 Compliments of Karen Hutchinson - Nutcracker Act 2 Grand Pas Kimberly Marie Olivier & Jamar Goodman (2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1607029084155-IMOTWHVQA37VET9BTO2F/Christmas+cookies+2018.jpeg Holiday Wishes - 2020 Yummy Christmas Cookies from Edna Steele https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1607048332329-LPQQSEJ7IYCDMDWP8D6V/Norma-1.jpg Holiday Wishes - 2020 Norma Hoch’s beautiful wreath from Filoli https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1607113292654-VP0AB08E4ZM6LJE1VNQL/RozDebbie.JPG Holiday Wishes - 2020 Holiday greetings from Roz, Debbie and friends https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1607112609746-LTF7JVPE6E7J1Q86IJOQ/Louise2.jpg Holiday Wishes - 2020 Creative greetings from Louise Nelson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1607133321118-ESLGCGVXGAKNL288JI2D/Barb.JPG Holiday Wishes - 2020 Happy Halloween from Barb and Loca Braun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1607133369201-04J11Y4XTVVELS6GT3JO/IMG_0432.PNG Holiday Wishes - 2020 Beautiful fall colors in Sandy Berry’s backyard https://www.burlingamemusicclub.org/winners daily 0.75 2025-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/3cb26bc1-8340-46cd-914c-7c05b2e26efe/OliverCorro_FirstPiano.jpeg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - First Place, Piano, The Ida Braun Award Oliver Corro, age 17 Teacher: John McCarthy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/375e831a-00ca-4556-8851-7b02f7ac0236/DanielWang_firststrings.jpeg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - First Place, Strings, The ida braun award Daniel Wang, cello, age 13 Teacher: Richard Aaron https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/41f82364-ad07-4a92-a353-0c988e6ecc69/PeterParra_SecondPiano.jpeg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Second Place, Piano, The Patron of the Arts Award Peter Parra, age 14 Teacher: Corey McVicar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/4130fbbe-97ad-45c1-af72-fbc7636a011e/SydneyLi-Jenkins_SecondStrings.jpeg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Second Place, Strings, The patron of the arts award Sydney Li-Jenkins, Violin, age 14 Teacher: Elbert Tsai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/70f4face-7a7e-45d9-a540-e1fe4c7e11de/HiroshiCorro_ThirdPiano.jpeg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Third Place, Piano Hiroshi Corro, age 13 Teacher: Sandra Wright Shen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/7cd5697f-9f6a-41e9-8f96-e9bf3923c1cf/MelissaLam_ThirdStrings.jpeg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Third Place, Strings Melissa Lam, cello, age 17 Teacher: Sergei Riabtchenko https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/d615da81-00e7-472b-96d3-804d3cc604f7/NatalieBurr_HonorableMentionPiano.jpeg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Piano Natalie Burr, age 17 Teacher: Sharon Mann https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/43464b5d-0a32-461e-9645-6b52e9cc3d3b/LisaSaito_HonorableMentionStrings.jpeg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Strings Lisa Saito, violin, age 13 Teacher: Robin Sharp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/5ddd3934-a3c1-411d-adb3-34f1f5a8c8e3/katelyn_deng_new_cropped.png BMC Award Winners (Copy) - First place, piano, patron of the arts award Katelyn Deng, age 15 Teacher: Kai Chi Zhu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/69e3aa86-b905-49d0-933f-bf874b1f8406/huisun_hong_cropped.png BMC Award Winners (Copy) - First place, strings, patron of the arts award Huisun Hong, cello, age 17 Teacher: Eric Sung https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/669c3b7e-8f91-48d8-927f-051e7b41628a/irene_hwang_cropped.png BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Second place, piano Irene Hwang, age 16 Teacher: Sandra Wright Shen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/e07b4551-7d44-41b8-bf1e-90f2d9a2194b/aiden_kim_new_cropped.png BMC Award Winners (Copy) - second place, strings Aiden Kim, cello, age 15 Teacher: Jonathan Koh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/c6aad0f5-70fb-4415-b699-e509e6d60c72/sora_corro_cropped.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - third place, piano Sora Corro, age 13 Teacher: Yuko Yoshida https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/b088bc83-3802-45a7-9fd2-24d45d05db90/kayla_lee_cropped.png BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Third place, strings Kayla Lee, violin, age 16 Teacher: Zhao Wei https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/0616db86-50fa-4212-8a0c-359a2f3330f9/peter_parra_new.png BMC Award Winners (Copy) Peter Parra, piano, age 13 Teacher: Erna Gulabyan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/dc702498-45de-4aef-9f3d-38951624c706/oliver_corro_new_cropped.png BMC Award Winners (Copy) Oliver Corro, piano, age 16 Teachers: John McCarthy and Jed Galant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/9ebcf129-7642-47e6-bd65-4d7b72adbfbe/bryan_im_cropped.png BMC Award Winners (Copy) Bryan Im, viola, age 16 Teacher: Adam Smyla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/f255a94b-d3e7-4bb7-aa46-3de07333b686/first_place_strings.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - First Place, Patricia Kirkbride Award Fiona Huang, cello, age 15 Teacher: Jonathan Koh For the award-winning performance and student bio, please click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/5a8e9b53-b891-44a0-b0e8-7788bd0a425e/first_place_piano.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - First Place, Piano, Leon Winters Award ($1,200) Ziyue Zeng, age 16 Teacher: Dr. Chia-Lin Yang For the award-winning performance and student bio, please click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/8c5c2f9b-977c-4e57-a1f6-8123888d3a12/second_place_strings.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Second Place, Strings, Patron of the Arts award ($1,000) Sarah Son, violin, age 16 Teacher: Elbert Tsai For the award-winning performance and student bio, please click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/8e75c5cf-4791-4ec8-b007-7e91680891ec/second_place_piano.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Second Place, piano, patron of the arts award ($1,000) Lin Jiang, age 14 Teacher: Kaichi Zhu For the award-winning performance and student bio, please click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/511a3905-7aa5-43c6-bc9b-5b9d955c6954/third_place_strings.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Third Place, strings ($800) Daniel Yim, cello, age 16 Teacher: Kyeong Hwa Kim For the award-winning performance and student bio, please click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/c4144948-0ad0-4794-bd15-006cca2771cf/third_place_piano.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Third place, piano, ($800) Vivian Kao, age 15 For the award-winning performance and student bio, please click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/c86b1b2f-677b-40f8-8376-e18f3409ff9c/honorable_mention_strings1.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) Jennifer Kang, viola, age 13 Teacher: Dimitri Murrath For the award-winning performance and student bio, please click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/0832852d-58a1-495f-a449-dd1430ab976e/honorable_mention_violin.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) Ariel Pawlik-Zwiebel, violin, age 15 Teacher: Elbert Tsai For the award-winning performance and student bio, please click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/d297aaa7-6976-4900-a34b-a5e67a4240f5/honorable_mention_piano.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) Isaac Choi, age 13 Teacher: Dr. Chia-Lin Yang For the award-winning performance and student bio, please click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/c59fc3cb-8282-46b9-97e5-9df7d09774cc/honorable_mention_paino2.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) Oliver Corro, age 15 Teacher: Yuko Yoshida For the award-winning performance and student bio, please click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/7a7d8dda-da4f-42d8-8fc1-61486d488743/honorable_mention_paino3.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) Sora Corro, age 13 Teacher: Yuko Yoshida For the award-winning performance and student bio, please click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/5b2037e4-e7a0-4a0c-801b-a10456aa8d79/Hiro+photo+with+vioin.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - First Place, Patricia Kirkbride Award ($1,000) Hiro Yoshimura, violin, age 16 Teachers: Chen Zhao and Tomomi Matsumoto For the award-winning performance and student bio please click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/73e6d6b1-8637-4f92-80a8-cf9b4d8a0ead/Katherine+Lee-Headshot.png BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Second Place, Leon Winters Award ($800) Katherine Lee, cello, age 17 Teacher: Jonathan Koh For the award-winning performance and student bio please click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/62e4feac-358b-48cf-a14a-61c42730432b/YuliChoi.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Third Place, Patron of the Arts Award ($600) Yuli, Choi, violin, age 15 Teacher: Elbert Tsai For the award-winning performance student bio please click here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/f1dfec8a-25b4-44f6-8ba9-9c6070253651/Sarah+Son.JPG BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Honorable Mention ($100) Sarah Son, violin, age 14 Teacher: Elbert Tsai For student bio please click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/b1545646-6731-42cd-9db1-e25b7366df11/DanielYim.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Honorable Mention ($100) Daniel Yim, cello, age 15 Teacher: Kyeong Hwa Kim For student bio please click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1620408981838-WLS6S8VV7CAJXMOWP0TY/Nancy+Zheng-1.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Nancy Zheng, Piano Teacher: Kai Chi Zhu Variations, Op. 41 (Nikolai Kapustin ) Sonata No.26 in E-flat Major, "Les Adieux", Op. 81a, Mvt I. Das Lebewohl (Ludwig van Beethoven) Prelude and Fugue, No. 17 in A-Flat Major, WTC Book 1, BWV 862 (Johann Sebastian Bach) Nancy's BIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1620408887811-34P4DJBSQ0YG3DIB5QX0/SuzukaWada_photograph.jpeg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Suzuka Wada, Violin Teacher: Chen Zhao; Accompanists: Dmitriy Cogan & Maori Wada Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major, Op. 35, Mvt I. Allegro Moderato (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky) Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 4 in D Major, k. 218, Mvt I. Allegro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Sonata for Violin No.3 in C Major, BWV 1005, Mvt III. Largo (Johann Sebastian Bach) Suzuka's BIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1620409764377-ICBFZZOJYQNKEME83CBW/Zak+Mustille+bio.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Zak Mustille, Piano Teacher: Machiko Kobialka The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue No. 23 in B Major, BWV 868 (Johann Sebastian Bach) Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 (Frédéric Chopin) Piano Sonata No. 1, Mvt IIa. Allegro moderato – Andante, IIb. Allegro – Meno Mosso con Moto, “In the Inn” (Charles E. Ives) Zak's BIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1620414185502-ZSQOCIMAGNZ1PTWU6W47/JoshuaSchiller.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Joshua Schiller, Piano Teacher: Erna Gulaybyan; Accompanist: Dmitriy Cogan Sonata op. 53 no. 21, Movement: I. Allegro con Brio (Ludwig van Beethoven) Mephisto Waltz no. 1 (Franz Liszt) Piano Concerto op. 26 no. 3, Mvt I. Andante (Sergei Prokofiev) Joshua's BIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1620410006085-NJ12J9Z9D1S500UXGZYU/lucas+chen+picture.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Lucas Chen, Cello Teacher: Jonathan Koh; Accompanist: Kim Lee Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009, Mvt IV. Sarabande (Johann Sebastian Bach) Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191, Mvt III. Finale (Antonin Dvorak) Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat Major, Op. 107, Mvt I. Allegretto (Dmitri Shostakovich) Lucas' BIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1620414227106-PP3E1AK56WFUM8DOCWRU/EmilyHwang.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Emily Hwang, Viola Teacher: Dimitri Murrath, Accompanist: Miles Graber Bach Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, Mvt IV. Sarabande (Johann Sebastian Bach) Brahms Viola Sonata Op. 120 No. 1 in f minor, Mvt I. Allegro Appassionato (Johannes Brahms) Walton Viola Concerto, Mvt I. Andante Comodo (William Walton) Emily's BIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1620409968985-NMM2BB5LD57CEQ01C7SA/Aaron+Hsia.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Aaron Hsia, Violin Teacher: Zhao Wei; Accompanist: Chen Woo Sonata for Violin Solo No.2 in A minor, BWV 1003, Mvt Andante (Johann Sebastian Bach) Violin Concerto No.1 in D Major, Op.19, Movement: Andantino (Sergei Prokofiev) Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor, Op.28 (Camille Saint-Saëns) Aaron's BIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1620414257864-ODPSBCJVXJJ89UW58H1U/erica_liu.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Erica Liu, Violin Teacher: Zhao Wei Symphonie Espagnole in D minor, Op. 21, Mvt 1. Allegro non Troppo (Édouard Lalo) Partita for Violin No. 3 in E Major, Mvt 1. Preludio (Johann Sebastian Bach) Histoire du Tango, Mvt II. Café 1930 (Astor Piazzolla) Erica's BIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1620414549708-HTMBTRW1Z4MRHH5FSSXR/Andrew+Boldi_Photo.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Andrew Boldi, Piano Teacher: MIchael Schmitz Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata”, I. Allegro Assai (Ludwig van Beethoven) La Campanella, Grandes études de Paganini S. 141 No. 3 in G sharp minor, Allegretto (Franz Liszt) Capriccio in D flat Major, Allegro Moderato (Arno Babajanian) Andrew's BIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1620416332898-QNKYAHKK4AV1PT094MLL/EvelynDimov.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Evelyn Dimov Teacher: Dr. William Wellborn Ballade Op.38, No.2 (Frederic Chopin) Sonata No.3 (Sergei Prokofiev) Sonata Op.31, No.1, Rondo Allegretto (Ludwig v. Beethoven) Evelyn's BIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1620416355654-Y9JPB1SL1W7JMGSSWPD2/Benjamin-Kim.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Benjamin Kim, Violin Teacher: Jory Fankuchen; Accompanist: Hyun Joo Chung Violin Concerto in E minor, Opus 64, Mvt III. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace (Felix Mendelssohn) Tambourin Chinois, Allegro Molto, Quasi Presto (Fritz Kreisler) Violin Sonata no.1 in G minor, Adagio (Johann Sebastian Bach) Benjamin's BIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1620416014846-QWQBZK743OLIS7MAG3PN/Anna+Lee.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Anna Lee, Cello Teacher: Amos Yang; Accompanists: Miles Graber & Kim Lee Cello Sonata No.6 in A Major, Mvt I. Adagio, II. Allegro (Luigi Boccherini) Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV1012, Mvt I. Prelude (Johann Sebastian Bach) Cello Sonata No.4, Op.102, No.1, Mvt I. Andante - Allegro Vivace (Ludwig van Beethoven) Anna's BIO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1558375608237-WIII1WRLNDBM8FCAMHWE/Leo2.jpeg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Leo Jerkovic, Piano Leon Winters Award: First Prize Leo has performed twice at the Junior Bach Festival and has won numerous other awards, including first place at the San Francisco Chopin Festival and the New West Symphony Quick Bowman Piano Competition. Leo also studies voice and has won awards including the National Association of Teachers of Singing - Bay Area Singing Festival for Classical Voice. He has performed theatrical roles including Gaston in Beauty and the Beast and Pugsly Addams in The Addams Family. Leo’s teacher is Dr. William Wellborn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1558375811201-UWPRSFVF1IGJXYNK7G5Z/SabrinaKim-2.JPG BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Sabrina Kim, Violin Patricia Kirkbride Award: First Prize Sabrina has appeared as a soloist with the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, performed in the Junior Bach Festival. She has won numerous awards including first place in the Korea Times Music Competition, U.S. Open Music Competition, the U.S. International Music Competition and the American Protege International Competition (performing at Carnegie Hall). She has performed in masterclasses for Gerardo Ribeiro, Klaudia Szlachta and Bayla Keyes. She is a menmber of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra. Sabrina also enjoys creative writing and producing her school’s yearbook. Sabrina’s teacher is Davis Law. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1557282054872-A5NTSOU47ZNYM7WIYIGD/MattS-BB.jpeg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Matthew Sakiyama Patron of the Arts - 2nd Prize Matthew has won numerous prizes including first place in the Pacific Musical Society, the U.S. Open and the U.S. International competitions. He is a member of the Stellata String Quartet, a group within Susan Bates’ Young Chamber Musicians. Matthew’s teacher is Elbert Tsai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1557281597630-82196NP0GL9GN8JK8Z4H/RyanC2.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Ryan Chi Patron of the Arts - 2nd Prize Ryan has won numerous competitons including the Golden Era of Romantic Music Competition and the Virtuoso Internation Competition. He has performed at the Junior Bach Festival on piano, violin, cello and organ. Ryan’s teacher is Erna Gulabyan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1557282980706-4DQGPVCUUUP448HCGXPA/Conor+Padmanabban_edited-1.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1557283029435-A1GZK78SZD0SVFK9PL7W/Kai-Xu-3.jpeg BMC Award Winners (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1559533590588-LLU3KE21GOIM60QAMNZ7/Finalists-Wellborn.jpeg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - 2019 Winners Final Performance All of our winning students gave a wonderful performance at the last member meeting in May. Our winners were joined by Kai and Leo’s teacher, Dr. William Wellborn. Congratulations to all our talented students and teachers! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1559534037166-HWI218JPIE0JOXJLOOAY/collage.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - And a wonderful Time was Had by All! Another highly successful competiton season comes to a close. Many thanks to our Awards Committee Co-chairs, Barbara Braun (left) and Steve Cady, our members and the ever supportive parents and families of our students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1531162957592-W9JBH4HUFXCXVPWVQ916/DSC_7894.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1531163362974-P6RBJWN6BJOWMPUL8D6L/stephanie.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1531162581274-LL0VN8CGQK6XDB7Y9ALB/DSC_7890.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Emily Finke, voice Adele Adler Award Second Prize - $800 Emily has had long experience with choral groups performing in 2 Cantabile Youth Singers of Silicon Valley groups: Aria and Vocalise. In July 2017 Emily performed at the 11th World Symposium on Choral Music in Barcelona, Spain. Emily won 1st prize in the Great Composers Competition, Music of the 20th Century. She has performed in the Menlo School productions of Avenue Q and Fiddler on the Roof. Emily's teacher is Annelle Delfs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a48295edc2b4a796e717a0a/1531162713374-FJGPPLP8O1HNSUNH5467/annie-ping_edited-1.jpg BMC Award Winners (Copy) - Annie Ping, flute Leon Winters Award Second Prize $800 In the summer of 2017 Annie earned 3rd place in the United States International Music Competition at Stanford, which is sponsored by the Chinese Music Teachers Association of Northern California She has also won Command Performance awards for California Music Teacher’s Association and the Association of Christian Schools competitions. Annie's teacher is Troy Gunter.