Mendocino Music Festival, Mendocino CA, Cultural Activities

The Mendocino Music Festival is a magical blend of fine music by outstanding performers in one of the most enchanting sites in Northern California. Evenings include breathtaking concerts featuring the glorious Festival Orchestra, the popular Big Band concert, chamber music ensembles, dance, blues, jazz, world, and folk music. Days include lecture/recitals at the Piano Series, a children's matinee, performances by the Young Musicians, and chamber concerts at beautiful venues throughout Mendocino Village.

The Mendocino Music Festival continues to maintain its commitment to bringing the highest quality classical and contemporary music and musicians to a place founder and Artistic Director Allan Pollack has described as ". . . one of the most picturesque towns in the world."

For 2007, the line up includes violinsit Daniel Austrich, bues guitarist Chris Cain, eclectic string ensemble Time for Three, singer Mollie O'Brien, Company C Contemporary Ballet, Tex/Mex country rockers Sisters Morales, Janaki String Trio, multi-instrumentalist David Lindley, soprano Nicolle Foland, Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir, bluegrass quintet Blue Highway, and many others.

Pieces performed by the Festival Orchestra and guests include Tchaikovsky's Concerto for Violin & Orchestra, Copland's "Hoe Down" (from "Rodeo"), Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee", and a concert version of Mozart's "Cosi fan Tutti".