Grand Music in Outdoor Settings
The Symphony of the Redwoods presents a series of outdoor concerts at the
Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens and outdoors at the Mendocino Presbyterian Church.
All concerts will be professionally miked to enhance the outdoor music listening experience.
All concerts are free with regular Gardens admission, advanced reservations required.
July 25th at 2:30pm at the
Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
Paul McCandless with
Charged Particles
This concert will feature GRAMMY award winner Paul McCandless with the celebrated Bay Area Trio Charged Particles. A gifted multi-instrumentalist and composer McCandless is known for beautiful performance on oboe, English horn, clarinet bass, soprano saxophone, and a collection of folk flutes. Downbeat Magazine said recently about this group: inventive, invigorating, mesmerizing, beautiful, and joyful.
August 1st at 2:30pm at the
Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
Kathleen Reynolds and Friends
Kathleen Reynolds, principal flute of the Symphony of the Redwoods, Santa Rosa Symphony, and flutist with the Mendocino Music Festival, will perform a program with violinist Marcia Lotter, cellist Corinne Antipa, and viola player Jeff Ives. Mozart's Flute Quartet in D-Major, as well as other classical trios and quartets for flute and strings, will fill the air in the beautiful Garden.
August 8th outdoors at 2:30pm at the
Mendocino Presbyterian Church
The Arcata Bay String Quartet
The Arcata Bay String Quartet is the professional faculty quartet at Humboldt State University Music Department They will present a program including Beethoven’s Quartet in G Major, Brahms’ B-flat quartet, and the famous 8th quartet of Dmitri Shostakovich. Hear this music accompanied by bird song and the distant sound of the waves at the Mendocino Presbyterian Church outdoor stage.
August 15th, 2:30pm at the
Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens
Brass Music in the Garden
Trumpeter Scott Macomber, trombonist Bruce Chrisp, and pianist Sharon Lee Kim will present a fun summer concert of brass and piano selections. Baroque, light classics, jazz selections and lyrical favorites will be offered. Works of Bach, Bernstein, Gershwin, Handel, and others.
ABOUT ATTENDING THE SUMMER CONCERTS
CONCERTS at the GARDENS – July 25, August 1 and August 15
All Gardens concerts are free with a regular Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens paid admission.
- Visitors who are not Gardens members may purchase Gardens admission tickets in advance or when you arrive at the Gardens on the day of the concert.
- Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens members do not need to purchase an admission ticket. Instead, please show your Membership Card upon entry into the Gardens.
CONCERT in MENDOCINO VILLAGE – August 8
The concert will be held on the plaza overlooking the ocean behind the Mendocino Presbyterian Church. Please plan to arrive early as there will be a limited number of chairs available. This concert is a gift to our community and free of charge. Bring a warm jacket!
