May 14, 2010
Mt. Diablo String Band
From Walnut Creek, California the Mt. Diablo String Band performed energetic old-time music, featuring inspired fiddle tunes and vocal numbers. The band has been performing periodically for the last few years in Northern California. Bandleader Carl Pagter sings and plays clawhammer banjo. Harry Liedstrand is featured on fiddle and vocals. Corbin Pagter, Carl’s son, plays mandolin and sings with Mt. DiabloHarry’s wife of 25+ years, Cindy Liedstrand, is the Diablo’s guitarist. Rounding out the group is Matt Dudman on string bass.
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April 9, 2010
Bruce Dix and Jim Nunally
What a treat! We were entertained by these two professional bluegrass guitar-pickers and singers for a good 45 minutes, then a break, and another 45 minutes of most enjoyable music and jokes. Bluegrass seems to be the most popular with our crowd and was well attended.
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March 12, 2010
Dominique Piana - We were entertained this Friday by Dominique Piana, an internationally known harpist, her son, Greg Allen Friedman, singing barritone, and student Sarah Hawley-Snow on another harp. 16 romantic pieces from the 19th century were performed for us over the course of more than an hour.
Dominique Piana enjoys a multi-faceted career or performing, teaching, recording, composing, arranging, writing, organizing concerts and advocating for the arts in the community. Originally from Belgium, Ms. Piana is on the faculty of Holy Names University in Oakland and serves as artistic director of the Pleasanton Chamber Players, ensemble-in-residence at the new Firehouse Art Center in Pleasanton.
www.dominiquepiana.com
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February 12, 2010
SAM RUDIN- Jazz and blues piano Sam Rudin is an extraordinary pianist, with lightning-fast fingers, sure-handed clarity, and the rhythmic intensity of an entire band. He is an exciting, high-energy performer, whose enthusiasm on stage is as clear as his love for the blues, jazz, and country traditions from which his music comes.
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www.hurricanesam.com
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This talented young band played to a "standing room only" audience on Friday, January 8, 2010.
OMGG is an exciting new band that started as a group of youngsters who met at summer bluegrass festivals and has grown into an entertaining, surprisingly polished ensemble – with an average age of about 12 and a half. These kids have emerged as the stars of the California Bluegrass Association’s “Kids on Bluegrass” program, where they have performed together many times and discovered their common passion for both traditional and more progressive bluegrass styles.
OMGG stands for Obviously Minor Guys and a Girl.
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DECEMBER 11, 2009
HOUSE BLEND
After House Blend was formed, 10 years ago, the members directed their efforts toward assembling entertaining programs with a variety of music, rather than with one particular style. As their repertoire expanded, they found themselves “reading between the lines” of the music. Soon, each new song offered an opportunity to create something unique, and as they continued to sing together, their style began to emerge. The quartet offers its own renditions of classical, jazz, doo-wop, country, gospel, ballad and other assorted musical styles, always rich in A Cappella harmony and always fun.
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MUSIC WITH FRIENDS
November 13, 2009
We were so fortunate to hear the exquisite playing of these fine young musicians.
The advanced violin students of Walnut Creek residents and violin teachers Art and Gail Peterson delighted the audience with their accomplished musicianship and deft playing. The performers, many from local high schools and middle schools, presented light classics from the composers Mozart, Brahms, Vivaldi, Gershwin, Dvorak, Monti and more. Chris Salocks accompanied on piano.
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KEITH LITTLE & JIM NUNALLY
Friday, October 9, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Walnut Avenue United Methodist Church
260 Walnut Avenue, Walnut Creek, CA
Friday, October 9, 2009: What fantastic music we were able to enjoy from these two fine musicians.
Keith Little - acoustic guitar, banjo and vocal
Jim Nunally - acoustic guitar and vocal
Longtime friends and collaborators, Keith Little and Jim Nunally are best known to bluegrass music audiences from their tenure in top national bands (Ricky Skaggs, David Grisman Bluegrass Experience, Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, John Reischman & The Jaybirds), and performances on award winning recordings (Dolly Parton, Chieftains, “True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe”). Composers as well as multi-instrumentalists, their distinctive sound enjoys an enthusiastic following in the west.
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EXTENDED ROOTS is a group of women who have come together for the sheer delight of playing music. The group of thirteen women consists of teachers,artists, managers, an attorney, a financial analyst, a florist, a geologist/airplane mechanic, an occupational therapist, wives, mothers and grandmothers.
EXTENDED ROOTS' genre of music includes Irish, Bluegrass, Old Time,Gospel & other traditional music from the roots of America. The menagerie of instruments and musicians are as follows: Pat Brack ~ Guitar, Piano Lou Ann Lanham ~ Bodhran, Guitar Nancy McGhee ~ Bass , Tina Bradley ~ Fiddle Lauren Nourse ~ Flute, Pennywhistle Jean Olds ~ Fiddle, Barbara Clement ~ Guitar Marian Harris ~ Fiddle Patty Gomez ~ Banjo, Susan Ellis ~ Fiddle Barbara Daggett ~ Fiddle, Mandolin, Teri Sugg ~ Fiddle, Kathleen Rushing ~ Mandolin, Bouzouki, Guitar
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