National Top 3 A cappella Sensation to Serenade the Center
Fresh from Recording CD #3, Solstice Promises to Shine
San Geronimo – Following two sold-out standing ovation concerts at San Geronimo in as many years it’s hard to imagine how this year’s a cappella performance by Solstice could please the audience any more. The female septet will again select from a repertoire of 16 languages and 9 centuries including world folk, pop, classical and more in their concert on Saturday, February 9th at 8pm at the San Geronimo Valley Community Center, 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd in San Geronimo 9 miles west of San Rafael. With selections ranging from Finnish, Macedonian & Japanese Folk, Bluegrass and Jazz as well as music from Palestrina, Joni Mitchell, Aretha Franklin, Edith Piaf and Bjork including original arrangements and original music, the 12-year old ensemble keeps stretching their limits.
“Our audiences have been enthralled by Solstice,” says Community Center event programmer Hannah Doress, “I’m proud to have introduced them to our community and I’m amazed at how they have reached a completely new level of musicianship this year.” Solstice has also reached a new level of visibility and recognition – first winning the 2007 San Francisco Regional Harmony Sweepstakes a cappella competition and award for best original arrangement (for Becca Burrington’s arrangement of Joni Mitchell’s song Blue) in San Francisco and then placing in the top 3 at the legendary national Harmony Sweeps which took place in San Rafael in a packed Civic Center auditorium this May. Not content to rest on these laurels the hard-working group hit the studio and is just completing their new album. While the CD will not be pressed in time for the Marin performance, attendees will receive free shipping for any CDs they order. “We’re thrilled to come back to the Community Center again and I love performing in my home community,” says Fairfax’s Emily Bender, a soprano who joined Solstice in 2004 and who is also a nutrition consultant and owner of the Fairfax-based Nutrition for the Whole Family, “We love the audiences that come to see us in San Geronimo and are excited to again premiere a new song for them.”
In the past the versatile group has tied for a runner-up slot in the 2001 A Capella Community Awards with the internationally famous Sweet Honey in the Rock (Solstice’s repertoire includes Sweet Honey song “Stay”), they’ve been seen at Freight and Salvage, Trinity Chamber Music Series, Noe Valley Ministries and many other venues. Members have performed in Carnegie Hall at the invitation of Meredith Monk, with Yo-Yo Ma, and have sung in the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, with the Grammy-nominated Pacific Mozart Ensemble and at the Aspen Festival. Advance ticket purchase recommended. Find out more about Solstice or listen to their music at www.SolsticeSings.com.
This event has a high likelihood of selling out again and we recommend, but do not require, advance ticket purchase. Please order your will call tickets by clicking on the green "Buy Tickets Now" link at www.sgvcc.org/artsevents/...events.html. Or if you prefer, bring or send in your check today to Hannah Doress SGVCC Box 194 San Geronimo CA 94963. Make checks out to SGVCC and put Solstice in the check note and tell me how many tix you need. All our tickets are held under your name at will call (ignore the credit card system's implication that we will mail tix to you, they'll be at the door). Please call 415-488-8888 or visit www.sgvcc.org <www.sgvcc.org/> for more information.
Fresh from Recording CD #3, Solstice Promises to Shine
San Geronimo – Following two sold-out standing ovation concerts at San Geronimo in as many years it’s hard to imagine how this year’s a cappella performance by Solstice could please the audience any more. The female septet will again select from a repertoire of 16 languages and 9 centuries including world folk, pop, classical and more in their concert on Saturday, February 9th at 8pm at the San Geronimo Valley Community Center, 6350 Sir Francis Drake Blvd in San Geronimo 9 miles west of San Rafael. With selections ranging from Finnish, Macedonian & Japanese Folk, Bluegrass and Jazz as well as music from Palestrina, Joni Mitchell, Aretha Franklin, Edith Piaf and Bjork including original arrangements and original music, the 12-year old ensemble keeps stretching their limits.
“Our audiences have been enthralled by Solstice,” says Community Center event programmer Hannah Doress, “I’m proud to have introduced them to our community and I’m amazed at how they have reached a completely new level of musicianship this year.” Solstice has also reached a new level of visibility and recognition – first winning the 2007 San Francisco Regional Harmony Sweepstakes a cappella competition and award for best original arrangement (for Becca Burrington’s arrangement of Joni Mitchell’s song Blue) in San Francisco and then placing in the top 3 at the legendary national Harmony Sweeps which took place in San Rafael in a packed Civic Center auditorium this May. Not content to rest on these laurels the hard-working group hit the studio and is just completing their new album. While the CD will not be pressed in time for the Marin performance, attendees will receive free shipping for any CDs they order. “We’re thrilled to come back to the Community Center again and I love performing in my home community,” says Fairfax’s Emily Bender, a soprano who joined Solstice in 2004 and who is also a nutrition consultant and owner of the Fairfax-based Nutrition for the Whole Family, “We love the audiences that come to see us in San Geronimo and are excited to again premiere a new song for them.”
In the past the versatile group has tied for a runner-up slot in the 2001 A Capella Community Awards with the internationally famous Sweet Honey in the Rock (Solstice’s repertoire includes Sweet Honey song “Stay”), they’ve been seen at Freight and Salvage, Trinity Chamber Music Series, Noe Valley Ministries and many other venues. Members have performed in Carnegie Hall at the invitation of Meredith Monk, with Yo-Yo Ma, and have sung in the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, with the Grammy-nominated Pacific Mozart Ensemble and at the Aspen Festival. Advance ticket purchase recommended. Find out more about Solstice or listen to their music at www.SolsticeSings.com.
This event has a high likelihood of selling out again and we recommend, but do not require, advance ticket purchase. Please order your will call tickets by clicking on the green "Buy Tickets Now" link at www.sgvcc.org/artsevents/...events.html. Or if you prefer, bring or send in your check today to Hannah Doress SGVCC Box 194 San Geronimo CA 94963. Make checks out to SGVCC and put Solstice in the check note and tell me how many tix you need. All our tickets are held under your name at will call (ignore the credit card system's implication that we will mail tix to you, they'll be at the door). Please call 415-488-8888 or visit www.sgvcc.org <www.sgvcc.org/> for more information.
