Calendar of Events 2009-2010

Saturday, February 6 9:30 am - 3:00 pm (registration at 9:00am)
NCAKE Workshop – Sanna Longden
San Francisco Day School
350 Masonic Ave.
San Francisco, CA
No Child Left on His or Her Behind: World Singing Games and Folk Dances for the Music Classroom
Sanna Longden is an internationally renowned world dance teacher and multicultural movement educator from Evanston, Illinois. Her specialty is to focus on the "folk," emphasizing ethnic movement, music, styling, and cultural background. Sanna's lessons illustrate how dance and movement activities can encourage community, civility, and cooperative teamwork, as well as creativity, concentration, and cultural and curriculum connections. Sanna’s NCAKE workshop will focus on singing games in many languages and on dances performed with recorded music from her CDs.
Admission: Students free with OAKE student membership ($20); non-OAKE members: $70; OAKE members (3 workshop series - $70)
Use a credit card to register now online at http://ncake.oake.org/
or call 510-524-7392 for more information.

Sunday, February 21 3:00pm
Celebrating Robert Schumann’s 200^th Birthday
HNU Music Faculty/Graduate Recital
Regents Theatre, Valley Center for Performing Arts
Holy Names University
3500 Mountain Blvd.
Oakland, CA
Works include piano solos and 4 hands, lieder and other ensemble music.
Pre-concert lecture by Dr. Steven Hofer at 2:00pm.
Admission: $10 General, $5 Seniors/Students, Free for HNU faculty, staff, students and alumni. For more information call: 510-436-1330.

Sunday, February 28 3:00pm
An Afternoon of Chamber Music
HNU Music Faculty Recital
Regents Theatre, Valley Center for Performing Arts
Holy Names University
3500 Mountain Blvd.
Oakland, CA
Jenni Cook, soprano, joins Amy Likar, flute and Miles Graber, piano in chamber music featuring a world premiere by Dr. Steven Hofer.
Admission: $10 General, $5 Seniors/Students, Free for HNU faculty, staff, students and alumni. For more information call: 510-436-1330.

March 18-20
Organization of American Kodály Educators National Conference
Sheraton Dallas Hotel
Dallas, TX
The Arts are Key: Deep in the Heart of Kodály
Early registration deadline: Jan. 23, 2010
To register, or for more information, visit: http://oake.org

Saturday, April 10 7:30pm
HNU Opera Scenes Concert
Regents Theatre, Valley Center for Performing Arts
Holy Names University
3500 Mountain Blvd.
Oakland, CA
An evening of scenes and arias from opera, fully staged and costumed, under the direction of Monroe Kanouse.
Admission: $10 General, $5 Seniors/Students, Free for HNU faculty, staff, students and alumni. For more information call: 510-436-1330.

Sunday, April 18 3:00pm
HNU Orchestra Concert
Regents Theatre, Valley Center for Performing Arts
Holy Names University
3500 Mountain Blvd.
Oakland, CA
Pas de Duo-Stephen Varney and Naomi Sanchez- join the HNU Orchestra in a concert of French music.
Admission: $10 General, $5 Seniors/Students, Free for HNU faculty, staff, students and alumni. For more information call: 510-436-1330.

Saturday, April 24 9:30 am – 1:00 pm (registration at 9:00am)
NCAKE Workshop – Fernando Malvar-Ruiz with The American Boychoir
Cathedral of Christ the Light
2121 Harrison St.
Oakland, CA
Music Literacy in Rehearsal & Warming Up: A Demonstration with the American Boychoir
Mr. Malvar-Ruiz, appointed Music Director of The American Boychoir in July 2004, has toured with the Choir to 39 states and Canada. He attended the Kodály Institute in Kecskemét, Hungary, and received the Sarolta Kodály scholarship by unanimous decision of the faculty. He is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in music arts from the University of Illinois. This March 18-20, Mr. Malvar-Ruiz will direct the OAKE National Youth Choir in Dallas, TX as well as present a featured concert with The American Boychoir. NCAKE is very excited to present this workshop, co-sponsored by the San Francisco Boys Chorus.
Admission: Students free with OAKE student membership ($20); non-OAKE members: $55; OAKE members (3 workshop series - $70)
Use a credit card to register online at http://ncake.oake.org/
or call 510-524-7392 for more information.

Saturday, May 8 11:45 am & 4:45 pm performances
Children’s Choral Festival
Ragnar Bohlin, Guest Conductor
Regents’ Theatre, Holy Names University
3500 Mountain Blvd., Oakland
HNU’s Kodály Center and the Northern California Association of Kodály Educators will sponsor the 14th annual Children’s Choral Festival. Community and school choirs from throughout the Bay Area will perform individually and rehearse together under the direction of Mr. Bohlin in two sessions (9:30-12:30; 2:30-5:30).
Admission: Free