• Tai Ji Masters Marilyn Cooper and Josh Alperin grapple in "Minor Excursions".
  Musical scores by Gael Alcock, cello
  With special guests:
  • Fiddler extraordinaire, Sue Draheim
  • Zymbidium Cello ensemble (Hugh Fox, Adrienne Miller, Su Wen Yang, Rachel Maloney, Craig Upson, George Meigs, Chris Becerra)
  • Poets' and Musicians' Open Mic
• Berkeley Art Center
  1275 Walnut Street
  (eastern edge of Live Oak Park)
  
  Hosted by Eliza Shefler (510-527-9753)
  
  Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
  
  Admission Free, Donations Appreciated

Saturday, June 27, 2009 -- 7:00 PM
"Star Spangled Summer"

Summer 2008

Wednesday, Aug 20, 2008, 5:00 PM

• Cello-Piano Recital
  West Parish Meetinghouse, Barnstable, Mass.
  Map to West Parish Meetinghouse
  
  Jane Donnelly, piano, Gael Alcock, cello
  
  Works by Schubert, Shostakovich, Breval

Sunday, June 22, 2:45 PM

• “Arciform” for solo cello,
  opens the 35th Anniversary Celebration for
  Wu Tao Kuan Martial Arts Institute
  
  Health Education Center
  400 Hawthorne Avenue, Oakland
  $45 for all performances( purchased by June 1)
  phone:510-336-0129

Sat June 7

• “Phoenix Rising”
  Music of Wendy Loomis for piano, cello, and flute
  
  Trinity Chamber Concerts
  2362 Bancroft in Berkeley
  for more information about this particular concert
  phone:549-3864

Sunday, May 18, 3:00 PM

• Concert by students of Gael Alcock and Monica Williams
  
  “Celloposse” and “Flock of Flutes”, combined flute and cello choir, playing music from around the world
  
  Walnut Creek Civic Arts Education Center
  111 N Wiget Lane , Walnut Creek
  $10-12 admission

Saturday, May 17, 2:00PM

• Original solo cello compositions and readings by poets Adam David Miller and Mark Hoffstader
  
  Berkeley Main Library
  Free admission

Sunday, May 11, 7:00 PM

• Piano/Cello works by Shostokovitch, Schubert
  Mays Chapel, Baltimore, MD

Saturday, May 5, 3-5 pm

• Gael Alcock cello concert
  Reception for Strong Waves
  Women's Caucus for Art Exhibition
  Claudia Chapline Gallery
  Stinson Beach, California

Sunday, March 30, 3:00 PM

• Book Party for
  Adam David Miller, poet and author of Ticket to Exile
  3 PM at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists , Cedar @ Bonita
  with Edie Hartshorne, flutes and koto, and Nicole Milner, piano, Gael Alcock, cello

Sunday, Mar 23, 10:30 AM

• Music for Easter service by Teleman, Vivaldi, Luiz Bonfa
  performed by Celloposse
  at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists
  corner of Cedar and Bonita

Tuesday, Mar 4, 7:30 PM

• chamber music concert by
  Martin Luther King Middle School Musicians
  MLK auditorium Rose @ Grant St
  free

Monday, Mar 3, 7 PM

• Joaquin Miller Elementary Strings and Band Concert
  5525 Ascot Dr Montclair, CA
  free

Sunday, Mar 2, 4-7 PM

• music by East Bay jazz composers
  featuring vibraphonists:Yancie Taylor, Herb Gibson and Roger Glenn
  Rhythm: Glen Pearson, piano, Marcus Shelby, bass, Babatunde Lea, drums
  Strings : Karese, viola, Yoon Ki, violin, Gael Alcock,cello, Sandi Poindexter, violin
  Tickets are $20 general, $15 for student/senior
  Oakland Public Conservatory 1616 Franklin St. in Oakland
  benefits San Francisco Bay Area African American Musicians

Fall 2007

Wednesday, November 7, 8 pm

• Visual Concert at Strings Acoustic Showcase
  6320 San Pablo Ave. Emeryville
  653-5700
  Presented by John Pearson, photographer
  $5-10 admission

Saturday, November 3rd

• Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland
  World Flute Festival
  Bay Area Chamber Symphony and CopusTrio
  Music of Terry Riley and Wendy Loomis

Sunday, September 23, 10:30 AM

• Service at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists
  Music by Celloposse
  Gael Alcock with cello students Nancy Ellis, Hugh Fox, and Alice Feller

Tuesday, September 18, 9 AM

• Joaquin Miller Elementary School
  Music assembly
  “The Tambourine of the Infanta”
  Gael Alcock, cello and storytelling

Thursday, October 25 6:00-7:30 pm

• Oakland Main Library 1st floor
  Oakland Outloud
  Presented by Pen Oakland
  With Adam David Miller and Gael Alcock
  Marie Espinosa, Christopher Bernard, Julia Park Tracey, Marek Brieger
  
  Free admission

Summer 2007

Thursday, July 26, 2007 7:30 pm

• "Never and Always", a concert of dramatic chamber works  (Click here to view poster)
  at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists
  1924 Cedar St. at Bonita
  Berkeley, CA
  Admission $10
  Wheelchair accessible
  Contact: 510-548-9050
  
  Presented by Polyhymnia
  Gael Alcock, Lauren Carley, Rachel Durling, Thea Farhadian, Charles Lucke, John Pearson, Madeline Prager, Katrina Wreede, Monica Williams, Sara Usher
  
  Program:
  • Il Tramonto for string quartet and mezzo by Ottorino Respighi
  • Elpenor, a radio poem for 5 actors, flute, and string quartet by Albert Roussel
  • Madame and the Three Visitors for voice and cello by Betty Roe, text by Langston Hughes
  • Duo for laptop and viola by Thea Farhadian and Katrina Wreede with photographs by Charles Lucke

Spring 2007

Friday, April 27, 2007 7:00 pm-10 pm

• First Annual Bay Area JazzPoetry Festival
  Berkeley Hillside Club
  2286 Cedar Street
  (510) 848-3227
  www.hillsideclub.org
  Admission: $20
  Festival Lineup: • Golda Soloman and Saco Yasuma (NYC) • Avotcja and Modupue (Oakland) • Adam David Miller and Gael Alcock (Berkeley) • COPUS (SF) • UpSurge! (Oakland)

March 28, 8PM

• Visual Concert at Strings Acoustic Showcase: photographers and musicians collaborate on slide shows with live improvised accompaniment

March 18, 4 PM

• acappella choral works by Aaron Copeland, and Il Tramonto, a mini opera for mezzo and string quartet by Respighi with Lauren Carley, mezzo

March 11, 4 PM

• Untiarian Fellowship, Cedar and Bonita party to meet new board members of KPFA radio sponsored by Coalition for a Democratic Pacitica music by Celloposse

WINTER 2006-2007

January 25, 2007

• Winter Concert, Joaquin Miller Music Program Gael Alcock, orchestra conductor
• TEANCE 1780 4th St, Berkeley opening celebration with new cello solos, lion dance, firewalking , chocolates, and tea
• December Poetry and Jazz in the Library Main Library, downtown Berkeley with Adam David Miller, and New Orleans poet Lee Grue with Eluard A Burt , jazz flute

FALL 2006

November

• Youth Connect a City of Berkeley sponsored event to connect homeless youth to free health, recreation, and education programs and services cafe music by Celloposse and Rhythm and Muse

October 28

• Oakland Public Conservatory: Soul Music solo vocal recital by Lauren Carley with Skye Atman, Sandi Poindexter, and Gael Alcock

October 13, 7 PM

• Poetry and Music to support rebuilding of New Orleans: Main Library, downtown Berkeley with Adam David Miller, and New Orleans poet Lee Grue with Eluard A Burt , jazz flute

SUMMER 2006

Aug 13-20

• Cazadero Family Camp: "String Quartet Plus" -- improv class for mixed level bowed instruments taught by Gael Alcock cafe concert by Cazadero Jazz Collective
• IN CELEBRATION OF SWIMMING: summer events produced by Gael Alcock and City of Berkeley

July 23

• "Agua Sring Quartet:" with Summer Brenner, Ron Erickson program of Faure, Larry London,Eduardo Rovira at Live Oak Park community center

July 17

• King Pool Party: with music by "Mark of Choros" , synchronized swimming, diving , and demos by BAM

June 10

• lecture by Berkeley Aquatics Masters coach Blythe Lucero, music by Sidi Yassir and Bouchaib Abdelhadi held at Berkeley Art Center

SPRING 2006

April 22 and 30

• performances by "Of the People, for the People, and by the People" string ensemble of King Middle School playing early American music at Berkeley Art Center and Unitarian Fellowship

April 3

• "Connect Youth Event:" music by LUA and Celloposse Lutheran Parish Church sponsored by YEAH and City of Berkeley

March 26

• "A Musical Offering:" KPFA live radio program on a theme of "Boundaries" with Adam David Miller stories, music, and poetry

March 24

• Benefice for La Vache Enrage, a theater company: Music by Christine Mclintock

March 22

• Visual Concert at Strings Acoustic Showcase featuring photographers and musicians including Molly Axtmann and John Pearson

May 17, 3-5 PM

• Anna's Jazz Island Allston Way, Berkeley: Island Literary Series produced by Kim McMillon featuring Nina Serrano, Adam David Miller, Gael Alcock

Saturday, May 6 at 1 p.m.

• Animal Story Hour
  Randall Museum, 199 Museum Way, San Francisco admission free. With cellist Gael Alcock, photographer John Pearson, and pianist Nicole Milner

Sunday, April 30

• "Save Our Steinway" continual live music from 2:30-6:30 p.m. including singer/songwriters Irina Rivkin, Maxina Ventura, Hali Hammer, Anita McVey, Michelle Johnson, cellist Gael Alcock with pianist Andrew Jamieson. At Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, corner of Cedar and Bonita in Berkeley. $5.00 admission, with silent auction, and the opportunity to sponsor a piano key.

Monday, April 3 from 2-8 p.m.

• "YOUTH CONNECT" for transitional age youth. Offering barbeque,services and participatory arts at the Lutheran church of the Cross, 1744 University Ave, cross street Mcgee. Music in the café: LUA (singer Estela Knott, bassist Dave Berzonsky, and cellist Gael Alcock) will play from 2-4, Stupendous Cello Quintet from 6-8.

March 25 ,9:30-12 p.m.

• At Café La Onda, 3159 16th St, San Francisco Benefice!, a benefit for La Vache Enragee Productions, Galactica Orchestra plays music by Christine McClintock Admission, $10

March 26, Sunday

• "A Musical Offering" KPFA 94.1 from 8-9 a.m.. With poet Adam David Miller and cellist Gael Alcock telling stories, playing music, and reading poems on the theme of "boundaries."

March 22 8 p.m.

• Visual Concert at Strings Acoustic Showcase, 6350 San Pablo Ave in Oakland. Photographers John Pearson, Charles Luckie, Ingebord Gerdes, Ed Aust, and painter Carol Aust. Musicians Nicole Milner, Molly Axtmann, Caren Armstrong, Joey Lent, and Gael Alcock

March 11

• Rhythm and Muse 7 p.m. Berkeley Art Center, 1275 Walnut St.. between Eunice and Rose Gael Alcock with teenage string players, "Self Evident Truths," and poet Ashley Smiley of "Colored Ink ."

WINTER 2005-2006

February

Sunday, February 26

• Live Concert: Mays Chapel, Timonium, Maryland Pianist Jane Donnelly, and cellist Gael Alcock Beethoven, Stravinsky, and Vivaldi

January

• On Friday 13, "Womansong", an evening of singing and ritual to celebrate the new year features vocal music with cello ,text by Sufi poet Hafiz. The group of women singers invites newcomers; led by Betsy Rose, it meets each month. Visit her website: www.betsyrosemusic.org. A tribute and memorial to Ted Friedman, scientist, engineer, philosopher, and activist member of the Pacifica Local Advisory Board, will be held on January 8 at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists. . Pianist Nicole Milner, members of Bread and Puppet Theater, and cellist Gael Alcock will present celebratory music and song.

December

Dec 12 and 13

• Oakland Public Conservatory Open House This is a vibrant community music center in downtown Oakland on 1616 Franklin St. Violinist-wizard India Cook, Sandi Poindexter, Teddy Strong, Avotcja, and many other teachers will perform and lead workshops.

Dec 16

• Hand to Hand Arts Fest 8 PM. At "Hand to Hand", a martial arts studio on San Pablo Ave in Oakland., the artists sell crafts, and read poetry and fiction, demonstrate hip-hop dance, martial arts, and present theater ,comedy and music.

Dec 16 5-7PM

• Gala Opening of Ellen's Fashion Revival On 17th Street, between Franklin and Webster, hand-sewn , individually designed clothing and accessories, champagne, truffles , Bach and Vivaldi.
• Holiday Salon at the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery.

December 23 at 7:30 AM, featuring Rev Heng Sure with Buddhist versions of Christmas carols, piano preludes by Bach and Phillip Glass, songs by Brendan Shiobban, classical guitar, cello solos, and films of tai chi masters. Sublime vegan breakfast will be served.

• Anna's Jazz Island , 2120 Allston Way

Nov 27 3-5 PM

• The premiere of Island Literary hosted by Kim McMillon, features Avotcja, Val Serrant (steel drums and percussion), Kaylah Marin (vocalist), Gael Alcock, (cello), Adam David Miller, Lucha Corpi, and Maria Espinosa. Anna's has exceptional acoustics, light fare, and palm trees.