Midweek Musical Matinee: "Masterpieces & Meditations"

In-Person at the Osher Marin JCC, 200 N. San Pedro Road (San Rafael, CA)

Join us for a beautiful program of classical piano music inspired by the natural world.

Pianist Ian Scarfe returns with a program highlighting how composers – such as Edvard Grieg, Franz Liszt, Claude Debussy, Amy Beach, and others – have have found inspiration in the natural world.

Two Jewish-American composers – George Gershwin and Philip Glass – will also be featured on the program.

Ian Scarfe enjoys a wide ranging career as a concert pianist, an organizer of large-scale musical happenings, and as an advocate for the arts. He is the founder and director of the Trinity Alps Chamber Music Festival, founded in 2011, and balances his dedicated regional work in Northern California with an international career. He holds degrees in musical performance from Willamette University and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and has done years of postgraduate work at both institutions.

As a performer he is equally comfortable as a soloist, recital partner, or in the mix of small or large ensembles. He consistently appears in more than 100 concerts per year, which take him across the United States and Europe. He collaborates regularly with a cast of dozens of professional string players, woodwind players, singers, and orchestras. He is a founding member of several ensembles, including Nonsemble Six, the Vinifera Trio, and the Zurich Beethoven Trio.

Though he enjoys fantastic musical technique and command at the piano, he is perhaps better known for his thoughtful, humorous, and charismatic stage presence. His presentation from the stage ranges from sharing the history of the music being performed, giving specific listening guides about great masterpieces of music, and inviting his audience "behind the scenes" with anecdotes and snapshots of how professional musicians manage the challenges of the works being performed.

Thanks to generous donors to the Osher Marin JCC's Adult Programs, tickets for this concert are free.

• Limit two (2) tickets per person.

• Advance registration required.

• Tickets are offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

• Since space is limited, please register for tickets only if you're 100% sure the tickets will be used.
• Tickets are not issued. Instead, your name will be on the concert guest list at the door.

• Program is subject to change without notice.

To support these free concerts, please make a tax-deductible donation designated to "Adult Programs" at .

Midweek Musical Matinees are created and offered by the Osher Marin JCC's (San Rafael, CA) Kurland Center for Adult Learning & Living.

ALL ARE WELCOME to join in our activities! JCC members, non-members, those who live near or far, people of all backgrounds, faiths, ethnicities, hair styles, fashion choices, chocolate preferences, etc. "The more the merrier!"

Host or Publisher Kurland Center for Adult Learning & Living