JANUARY 2016

Monday January 11, 2016, 9pm $10 cover
blue whale
123 astronaut E S Onizuka St. Suite 301
Los Angeles, CA 90012
True North returns to blue whale for a long-awaited Southern California show! They will be performing music from their upcoming new album. Katie Campbell (soprano), Sharmila G. Lash (alto), Fletcher Sheridan (tenor), and Matt Falker (bass), with Josh Nelson (piano), Ron Suffredini (bass), and Sammy K (drums). 21 and over only.

MARCH 2016

Thursday, March 3, 2016, 8pm
Friday, March 4, 2016, 8pm
Saturday, March 5, 2016, 8pm
Sunday, March 6, 2016, 2pm
LA Philharmonic: Mahler 3
Walt Disney Concert Hall
111 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Gustavo Dudamel conducts Mahler's Symphony No. 3, with LA Philharmonic, mezzo-soprano Tamara Mumford, the women of the LA Master Chorale, and LA Children's Chorus. This will be Dudamel's first performances of this epic work with the LA Philharmonic. For more details, visit laphil.com.

Saturday March 19, 2016, 7:30pm
True North: Point Loma Nazarene University Vocal Jazz Festival
Point Loma Nazarene University
Crill Performance Hall
3900 Lomaland Drive
San Diego, CA 92106
Katie Campbell (soprano), Sharmila G. Lash (alto), Fletcher Sheridan (tenor), and Matt Falker (bass).

MAY 2016

Sunday, May 1, 2016, 7pm
Volti: Terry Riley's Sun Rings with Kronos Quartet
Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720
Volti sings with Kronos Quartet, performing Terry Riley's "Sun Rings", a fascinating work based on sounds recorded by NASA in outer space. String quartet, voices, electronic sounds, and a stunning visual display combine for a one-of-a-kind evening. Presented by Cal Performances. For tickets, visit calperformances.org.

Friday, May 13, 2016, 8pm (Berkeley, CA)
Saturday, May 14, 2016, 8pm (San Francisco, CA)
Volti: Paging Through
On this final concert of its 37th season, Volti will introduce its CAL composer for 2016, Tonia Ko, a Hong Kong-born, Honolulu-raised composer and visual artist whose music has been described by critics as “expansive, meditative,” (Chicago Classical Review). Ms. Ko’s piece is based on Virginia Woolf’s short story Monday and Tuesday, and will be accompanied by the reprise of Kui Dong’s Painted Lights, a work Volti premiered in 2011. Now, as then, the performance will feature guest artists Ensemble from the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir joining Volti in movement and song. The concert will be followed by an Inter-ception—a chance to get to know this exciting young artist. Also on the program are "…is knowing …" by John Muehleisen, "The Paths of Peace" by Eric Banks, and "Quare fremuerunt gentes" by Paolo Longo. For more details, visit volti.org.
Friday, May 13, 2016, 8pm Buy Tickets
St. John’s Presbyterian Church
2727 College Ave
Berkeley, California 94705
Saturday, May 14, 2016, 8pm Buy Tickets
First Unitarian Universalist Center
1187 Franklin St
San Francisco, California 94109

JUNE 2016

Sunday, June 5, 2016, 7 pm
LAMC: Sonic Masterworks
Walt Disney Concert Hall
111 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 972-7282
“Sonically overwhelming” are the words Artistic Director Grant Gershon uses to describe this collection of a cappella gems that span six centuries of music – music by Antonio Lotti, Gregorio Allegri, György Ligeti, Abbie Betinis, Anders Hillborg, and Steven Stucky. Each work was hand-picked to showcase the majesty and versatility of the full LA Master Chorale, singing as an “orchestra of voices” onstage at Walt Disney Concert Hall. For more details, visit lamc.org.

SEPTEMBER 2016

Sunday, September 4, 2016, 4 pm, FREE ADMISSION
Musical Potluck of Voices
Piedmont Piano Company
1728 San Pablo Ave.
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 547-8188
Yuhi Aizawa Combatti, Colby Smith, and Sharmila G. Lash present an afternoon of solo art songs and Swedish folksong ensemble arrangements, featuring kulning, an ancient Scandinavian music form used in herdcalling. Accompanying them on piano will be Paul G. McCurdy. FREE admission, all donations accepted. Reservations are recommended. Please contact (510) 547-8188 or music@piedmontpiano.com For more details, visit piedmontpiano.com.

OCTOBER 2016

Friday, October 7, 2015
True North: Upland High School Vocal Jazz Festival
Upland High School Auditorium
565 W 11th St.
Upland, CA 91786
Katie Campbell (soprano), Sharmila G. Lash (alto), Fletcher Sheridan (tenor), and Matt Falker (bass).

Saturday, October 15, 2016, 7:30pm (Berkeley, CA)
Monday, October 24, 2016, 7:30pm (San Francisco, CA)
Volti: A Close Correspondence
Volti’s first concert of the season, A Close Correspondence, will be shared with the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble. Its a natural alliance: Volti (Robert Geary, Artistic Director) joins forces with the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble (Anna Presler, Artistic Director) - instrumentalists renowned for finding provocative and beguiling ways of pairing standard repertoire with new music - for a concert about correspondence. Left Coast will play Leo Janácek's "Intimate Letters" string quartet and Volti will sing "A Fathers Love," the movement from David Lang's "battle hymns" based on a beautiful goodbye letter from civil war soldier Sullivan Ballou. Together our ensembles present world premieres for string quartet + chamber chorus from Onur Türkmen (text from a letter of Goethe) and Mark Winges (text from letters of Abelard and Héloïse, Janácek, and Virginia Woolf.) A letter is meant to be read, connecting the reader with writer. These works, inspired by the dying art of letter writing, are meant to be heard. For more details, visit voltisf.org.
Saturday, October 15, 2016, 7:30pm Buy Tickets
First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley
2407 Dana St. (at Haste)
Berkeley, CA 94704
Monday, October 24, 2016, 7:30pm Buy Tickets
Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall,
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
50 Oak Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

NOVEMBER 2016

Tuesday, November 15, 2016
True North: Azusa Pacific University Vocal Jazz Festival
Azusa Pacific University - East Campus
901 E Alosta Ave.
Azusa, CA 91702
Katie Campbell (soprano), Sharmila G. Lash (alto), Fletcher Sheridan (tenor), and Matt Falker (bass).

DECEMBER 2016

Saturday, December 3, 2016, 2 pm
Saturday, December 10, 2016, 8 pm
LAMC: Festival of Carols
Walt Disney Concert Hall
111 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 972-7282
Ring in the holidays at Walt Disney Concert Hall with your favorite carols and songs of the season sung to perfection by the Master Chorale. Festival of Carols has something for everyone – traditional favorites, new arrangements and undiscovered gems – artfully selected by Artistic Director Grant Gershon to kick off the holiday season. For more details, visit lamc.org.