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The 10th Berkeley Festival of Choro presentsWomen in Choro
April 18th at St. Alban's Presbyterian Church in Albany.
This year's festival features women in choro music. We are delighted to offer four spectacular talents in the choro world, Daniela Spielmann (woodwinds), Clarice Cast (pandeiro), Catherine Bent (cello) and Sheila Zagury (piano). All four of these women are breaking glass ceilings in their own right.
We want to thank The Centrum Center for the Arts for collaborating with us to bring Daniela Spielmann to the US for these two wonderful festivals.
We want to thank Berkeley Civic Arts Grant program whose grant makes this possible. THANK YOU!
Other events:
Hear the quartet on Saturday, April 19th at Santa Cruz House Concerts.
Date TBD Student Ensemble and Community Roda at the Hillside Club led by Zack Pitt-Smith
Directed by Grammy Nominated music educator, Zack Pitt-Smith will perform a concert at the Hillside Club in Berkeley. This is a free concert and is part of our student education program. Following the student program will be a "Roda de Choro" (choro jam session).
Festival 2021 concerts still viewable on Youtube!!
Both concerts featuring 8 women in choro are available on the Berkeley Choro Ensemble - YouTube channel. Please subscribe to our channel to get new updates.
Pioneer Women Composers of Brazil
Read Daniella Thompson's 2021 article on two of Brazil's best known women composers, Chiquinha Gonzaga and Carolina Cardoso de Menezes. Composition by these two prolific women composers featured in the 2021 choro festival celebration of women in Brazilian music.