54 years of excellence in chamber music

P.O. Box 205
Nevada City, CA
95975
530-470-9454

Twin Cities Concert Association presents live classical performances of chamber music in an effort to keep the small ensembles, string orchestras, and seldom heard classics alive and prospering. TCCA strives to present local musicians, young virtuosos, and living composers to Nevada County audiences.

2000 - 2001 Concert Season

Concerts are Sunday afternoons at 2 pm. Pre-concert forum 1:15 pm.
$10 Seniors, $12 adults, children 5-12 free with strict supervision.
Tickets at Mailboxes, Etc., Record Connection, and Harmony Books.
Call 530-470-9454 for information or venue directions.

October 29

Lara Downes, piano

Our 54th season opens with masterful pianist Lara Downes, artist-in-residence at UC Davis, performing "The Music of Home: Folk Influences in the 19th and 20th Centuries" featuring works of Chopin, Dvorak, Grieg, Liszt, Copland, and others.

November 19

San Francisco Sax Quartet

The remarkable sounds of the San Francisco Sax Quartet represent the S.F. street music scene taken to a new level. Their renditions of Bach and Handel are true to the style of this great music. With meticulously executed works of other great composers, some jazz, American musical theater tunes, this will be a most satisfying concert program!

January 21

Seventh Day Adventist Church,
Grass Valley

Petite Panache

Petite Panache, a smaller version of TCCA's Orchestre Panache, features local professional musicians, conducted by Ken Hardin. The program features Boccherini's Cello Concerto with cellist Horatio Edens, Dittersdorf's "Metamorphoses" Symphony #3, and Mozart's Symphony #29.

February 18

Seventh Day Adventist Church,
Grass Valley

Michelle Coder, Soprano

We heard your requests for more vocal programs and engaged Michelle Coder, soprano, from neighboring Auburn, for an afternoon of song. She'll perform favorites of legendary soprano Deanna Durbin, a set of songs for guitar and voice, art songs, and some lighter material of Herbert, Bernstein, and Sondheim.

March 18

Peace Lutheran Church,
Grass Valley

Jose Luis Merlin, Guitar

We were introduced to the mesmerizing guitar compositions of Jose Luis Merlin through our concerts of guitarist Jason Vieaux. Now we are elated to bring Merlin himself here from Spain. A highly sensitive guitarist, he weaves incredible spells with his music. Many thanks to local guitarist Lou Johnson for his efforts in bringing Merlin to us.

April 22

Peace Lutheran Church,
Grass Valley

Anthony Molinaro, piano

One of the hot young pianists on the international scene is Anthony Molinaro. His extremely busy concert schedule between the USA and Europe made scheduling him for this season very challenging and a great coup for TCCA. Molinaro will present a superlative program of his own scintillating arrangements of Gershwin!

May 20

Orchestre Panache

This spectacular season concludes with our own Orchestre Panache featuring Russian violinist Larissa Shahmatova and pianist Dr. Aileen James in Mendelssohn's Concerto for Violin and Piano in D Minor. Also on the program are Puccini's Crisantemi, Arensky's Variation on a Theme of Tchaikovsky, and Shostakovich' Spanish Dance.

New dates:

8 PM Friday
July 6

2 PM Saturday
July 7

Peace Lutheran Church,
Grass Valley

admission: $10

Special Event!
Johanna's wish comes full circle

In April 1999, sixteen-year-old Johanna Johnson, daughter of the pastor of Grass Valley's Peace Lutheran Church, was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease. Johanna was approached by the Make-A-Wish Foundation, which grants wishes to youth suffering from serious illnesses. She was granted her wish to sit in performance with the New York Philharmonic, alongside Joseph Robinson, one of the world's leading oboists. Since her debut, Joseph and Johanna have become very close friends, and he expressed a desire to visit Johanna and to perform in her community. TCCA is honored to host these concerts, featuring Robinson and his wife, Mary Kay, a violinist with the New Jersey Symphony, pianist Aileen James, and including Johanna and her mother, an accomplished soprano.

Rescheduled  from February 23/24. Tickets will be accepted for exchange at the April 22 concert, or by mail after April 22.