Concerts, Performances, Plays

Christ Episcopal Church's artists-in-residence, the chamber choir Convivium, offer a unique concert program on Saturday, February 17 in Oakland and Sunday, February 18 at Christ Church. "Reaching for Light" tells the stories of survivors who fought for the greater good during their lifetimes. This diverse concert program emphasizes the dire need for collective action against violent oppression, […]

St. Paul's Concert Series is excited to host Cellest Rebecca Rust with Bassoonist Friedrich Edelmann as our featured performers in our upcoming afternoon concert on February 25. This duo comes from Europe, with a brilliant program featuring Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven compositions as well as modern composers Piazzolla and Frackenpohl with even perhaps a little ragtime included.  St. Paul’s Concert Series is […]

Benjamin Bachmann is Director of Music at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Oakland. Ben comes to St. Paul’s after serving as Canon Director of Music at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco for 17 years. Ben is a native of Akron, Ohio. Born into a musical family, he started piano lessons at age five, served as a […]

Angela Kraft Cross, San Francisco organist, pianist, and composer, graduated Oberlin College/Conservatory of Music in 1980 with bachelor’s degrees in Physics and Organ Performance. She then earned her Doctor of Medicine degree at Loma Linda University. Her organ teachers have included Louis Robilliard, Marie-Louise Langlais, and William Porter. In 2001, she was awarded the Associateship […]

Played by Arthur Omura, Music Director at Grace in Martinez

Please join us for an evening to remember benefiting St Francis' Church! We are welcoming the acclaimed saxophonist Charlie McCarthy and his jazz quartet. Charlie has played and recorded with many jazz greats including Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne and many more! We will have an endless array of imaginative surprises from the talented […]

St. Paul's Concert Series is excited to host MUSAE  Treble Vocal Ensemble as our featured performing group in our upcoming concert on May 4.  Based in San Francisco, Musae has performed diverse and accessible music throughout the Bay Area, and continues to stretch the boundaries of traditional repertoire for treble voices. The group's singers are trained in the choral tradition, […]

BRAZZISSIMO is a ten-piece brass chamber music ensemble.  You may well ask, “What exactly is a brass chamber ensemble?”  Well, it’s a fascinating combination of four trumpets (including piccolo trumpet, various pitched trumpets and flugelhorn), four trombones (including euphonium), French horn and a tuba which comprise this captivating and exciting music ensemble. We perform a variety of music especially […]