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Welcome To Saint Joseph's Cultural Center A Beautiful Landmark Monument and Community and Cultural Art Center
Historic Rose Garden . Weddings . Concerts . Dance . Yoga . Taiko Dojo . Moving Ground Studio 3rd Floor Artists . African Drumming . Grass Valley Museum . Classes 410 South Church St. Grass Valley, CA 95945 (530) 272-4725 Located on the Corner of Church & Chapel Two Blocks From Historic Downtown Grass Valley, California
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Saint Joseph's Events Calendar All events listed below take place at St. Joseph's Cultural Center 410 S. Church Street in Grass Valley (530) 272-47
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th at 3:00 PM
Cançonièr is a medieval ensemble
specializing in music from the 12th to the
Canconier will perform: The Black Dragon: Music from the Time of Vlad Dracula Music of the 15th century, during the reign of the infamous Vlad the Impaler, whose cruelty and tyrannical rule of Wallachia (modern-day southern Romania) shocked Europe. And yet, despite his fearsome reputation, he is still revered as a hero in Romania, who successfully resisted an Ottoman Turkish invasion. This program includes a setting of Michel Beheim’s German poem about Vlad, music of the Byzantine court and church, Italian and French dances, Balkan folk songs, Turkish music, German songs, and the Lamentation for the Fall of Constantinople by Guillaume Dufay.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH8:30 PM CERRO NEGRO a nationally touring Flamenco Jazz Trio Tickets: $15 at the door Spanish guitars, blended with Latin percussion, create the gypsy-influenced, acoustic sound of Cerro Negro. While enjoying the fusion of Flamenco, Brazilian, and Jazz guitar techniques with Latin, Africa, and Middle-Eastern percussion, Cerro Negro’s music soars with passionate vocals embracing a village of rhythms, styles, and languages. Cerro Negro creates their own unique synergy by combining sounds from the roots of Flamenco music with cutting-edge instrumentation and orchestration.
Cerro Negro includes lead guitarist Dusty Brough, rhythm guitarist Frank Giordano, and percussionist/lead vocalist John Martin III. Brough is an exciting young guitarist who is captivating audiences with his virtuosity. Giordano plays both Flamenco guitar and piano switching up the group’s instrumentation throughout the performance. Martin has two Bachelors degrees in music and performs on his custom percussion setup which includes instruments from around the world. In the past 10 years, Cerro Negro has performed throughout the United States from Boston to Hawaii, and in a myriad of different venues ranging from cultural centers and Universities, to regional festivals and concert halls. The trio opened for many well-known national acts, from Eddie Palmieri, Arturo Sandoval, Poncho Sanchez, Strunz & Farah and Jesse Cook, to Smooth Jazz greats Craig Chaquico, Michael Franks, Marc Antoine and Spyro Gyra. Cerro Negro has released 4 albums and is currently working on a new one. Cerro Negro’s passionate sound transcends generations and appeals to a wide variety of musical tastes because of its coupling of unique guitar techniques, exotic percussion and emotional vocals. Website: www.cerronegro.net
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24th at 8:00 PM An Evening of Sacred Dance and Sound part of the Temple Dance Festival $15.00 to $25.00
Featuring internationally acclaimed artist Miriam Peretz and Seven7Sisters Productions with Sasha Rose and Tenely-Aloha Ke akua Invocation An Elders Ceremony An Offering to Yemanja Odissi: Indian Temple Dance Flamenco del Oro with Drea and Gopal Damkianna Dance Company perdorming Tribal Fusion Bellydance The Jade Elixir Ensemble with ritual theater Isis Indriya The Middle Eastern Ensemble and other special guests
Miriam Peretz is an internationally acclaimed performing artist and instructor specializing in dances from the Silk Road and the Middle East. Miriam has been a featured soloist with numerous dance companies, as well as performed with many acclaimed musicians both in the U.S. and abroad. She is currently assistant artistic director, principle dance, and choreographer of Ballet Afsaneh Central Asian dance company based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2nd Wedding and Reception
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7th Sway Bone in concert
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29th pre-Halloween Concert with Psychic Zoo, the Dazzling Strangers and Sasha and the Shamrocks
The Dazzling Strangers:
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7th An Afternoon and early event concert of Sacred and Spiritual Music by local Sacred and Spiritual musicians; Angelika, Kimberly Bass and others. Keep checking this website for more information
DECEMBER 4th A Benefit for Tibetech more info to be announced | ||
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