On the longest day of each year that arrives June 21 as the summer solstice, rapturous sounds will fill every inch of North Oakland’s Chapel of the Chimes on Piedmont Avenue, a designated his…
Bay Area-based pianist Sarah Cahill, above, started the annual “Garden of Memory” summer solstice concert at North Oakland's Chapel of the Chimes on Piedmont Avenue. The concert will return this year on June 21.Composer and vocalist Majel Connery, above, will present her song cycle"Elderflora" on June 21 at Oakland's Chapel of the Chimes.
“We contact anyone with tickets who hasn’t shown up and go to the waiting list immediately when there’s an opening,” said Cahill. “Signing up to volunteer is another way to attend.” “I was astonished last year to realize that about half our audience is young people. Kaitlin McSweeney is one of those young composer/performers. She plays cello and along with many other artists is carrying New Music forward. Young people need to see their generation composing and performing original music. It’s the future.”“The chapel doesn’t charge rent, and it’s amazing.
“Last year, a girl kept dragging her parents to see me. She just wouldn’t quit, she eventually took a nap near me. There was something so dear about my performance that she kept coming back, over and over.” “Crowds of people will stick with me, improbably, for hours in this magical space. The environment in the Bay Area has the sense of anything goes — it’s unique. Funny, I probably count as somewhat conventional in singing when there are others playing electronic gongs and dipping things in water.
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