Sunset Music & Arts
presents
Cheryl Cain, Soprano & Kevin Navarro, Piano
Live In Concert
Saturday July 30th
7:30pm
Live In Concert
Saturday July 30th
7:30pm
Join us on July 30th!
Please follow the link below to purchase and reserve tickets for our concert! If you have any questions, please send us a note below utilizing the "Contact Us" form.
Cheryl Cain and Kevin Navarro Live in Concert
Join us on July 30th at 7:30pm!
Sunset Music | Arts is dedicated to providing high-quality, affordable music and arts programs to people of all ages, in the Sunset district of San Francisco and beyond. In addition, we occasionally conduct a variety of workshops focusing on the arts.
The initiative is a community offering generously provided by the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, San Francisco, where we have the use of the beautiful space, wonderful acoustics, and the use of a grand piano and pipe organ.
We officially launched the series in 2014 with a series of concerts that included a U.S. premier of British composer, Ian Venables’ music, an opera gala with members of the San Francisco Opera Chorus, and a concert by the Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet from St. Petersburg Russia.
On Saturday July 30th, Cheryl and I will continue our tradition of collaborative concerts, which began at the Virtual Virtuoso Concert Series, streamed live to viewers during the onset of the 2020 pandemic. We've had a spectacular experience presenting concerts at iconic San Francisco locations including St. Ignatius Parish and Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, and will continue our musical collaboration today by offering you a Spring inspired program celebrating a 20th Century composer, and local San Francisco LEGEND Kirke Mechem!!! Dr. Mechem has had a profound impact on music of the 20th century, and has been honored and recognized for his contributions from the United Nations; the National Endowment for the Arts; the American Choral Directors Association; the Music Educators National Conference, and was presented with a lifetime achievement award from the National Opera Association. In 2012 the University of Kansas awarded him its first honorary degree of Doctor of Arts. We are THRILLED to welcome Kirke as our guest of honor at Sunset Music & Arts on July 30th for our performance dedicated to his incredible contributions to music of the 20th Century and beyond!
Please explore this event site to learn more about our program celebrating Music of the 20th Century, take a closer look and listen at our most recent concert here in San Francisco, and learn more about the illustrious career of our special guest Kirke Mechem.
Kevin Navarro, piano
Cheryl Cain, soprano
The initiative is a community offering generously provided by the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, San Francisco, where we have the use of the beautiful space, wonderful acoustics, and the use of a grand piano and pipe organ.
We officially launched the series in 2014 with a series of concerts that included a U.S. premier of British composer, Ian Venables’ music, an opera gala with members of the San Francisco Opera Chorus, and a concert by the Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet from St. Petersburg Russia.
On Saturday July 30th, Cheryl and I will continue our tradition of collaborative concerts, which began at the Virtual Virtuoso Concert Series, streamed live to viewers during the onset of the 2020 pandemic. We've had a spectacular experience presenting concerts at iconic San Francisco locations including St. Ignatius Parish and Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, and will continue our musical collaboration today by offering you a Spring inspired program celebrating a 20th Century composer, and local San Francisco LEGEND Kirke Mechem!!! Dr. Mechem has had a profound impact on music of the 20th century, and has been honored and recognized for his contributions from the United Nations; the National Endowment for the Arts; the American Choral Directors Association; the Music Educators National Conference, and was presented with a lifetime achievement award from the National Opera Association. In 2012 the University of Kansas awarded him its first honorary degree of Doctor of Arts. We are THRILLED to welcome Kirke as our guest of honor at Sunset Music & Arts on July 30th for our performance dedicated to his incredible contributions to music of the 20th Century and beyond!
Please explore this event site to learn more about our program celebrating Music of the 20th Century, take a closer look and listen at our most recent concert here in San Francisco, and learn more about the illustrious career of our special guest Kirke Mechem.
Kevin Navarro, piano
Cheryl Cain, soprano
Location
Episcopal Church of the Incarnation
1750 29th Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94122
1750 29th Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94122
Date & Time
Saturday July 30th at 7:30pm
Join us on July 30th!
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KIRKE MECHEM
COMPOSER
COMPOSER
KEVIN NAVARRO PIANO
CHERYL CAIN SOPRANO
DEBORAH TIEN PRICE VIOLIN
FEATURED ARTISTS
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Kirke Mechem
Kirke Mechem is a prolific composer with a catalogue of over 250 titles. Born and raised in Kansas and educated at Stanford and Harvard Universities, he conducted and taught at Stanford, and served as composer-in-residence for several years at the University of San Francisco. He lived three years in Vienna where he came to the attention of Josef Krips, who later championed the composer’s symphonies as conductor of the San Francisco Symphony. Mechem was guest of honor at the 1990 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and was invited back for an all-Mechem symphonic concert by the USSR Radio-Television Orchestra in 1991.
He has been honored and recognized for his contributions from the United Nations; the National Endowment for the Arts; the American Choral Directors Association; the Music Educators National Conference, and was presented with a lifetime achievement award from the National Opera Association. In 2012 the University of Kansas awarded him its first honorary degree of Doctor of Arts.
Mechem’s compositions cover almost every genre, but vocal music is the core of his work. His three-act opera, Tartuffe, has been performed over 400 times in six countries. His extensive choral works have garnered him the title of “dean of American choral composers.” The premiere of Mechem’s dramatic opera based on American abolitionist John Brown was commissioned to celebrate Lyric Opera Kansas City’s 50th anniversary. Songs of the Slave — a suite for bass-baritone, soprano, chorus and orchestra from John Brown — has been performed over 100 times. His comic opera, The Rivals (an American update of Sheridan’s classic play), was premiered in 2011 by Skylight Opera in Milwaukee. Mechem has recently completed an opera based on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
— G. Schirmer, 2019
He has been honored and recognized for his contributions from the United Nations; the National Endowment for the Arts; the American Choral Directors Association; the Music Educators National Conference, and was presented with a lifetime achievement award from the National Opera Association. In 2012 the University of Kansas awarded him its first honorary degree of Doctor of Arts.
Mechem’s compositions cover almost every genre, but vocal music is the core of his work. His three-act opera, Tartuffe, has been performed over 400 times in six countries. His extensive choral works have garnered him the title of “dean of American choral composers.” The premiere of Mechem’s dramatic opera based on American abolitionist John Brown was commissioned to celebrate Lyric Opera Kansas City’s 50th anniversary. Songs of the Slave — a suite for bass-baritone, soprano, chorus and orchestra from John Brown — has been performed over 100 times. His comic opera, The Rivals (an American update of Sheridan’s classic play), was premiered in 2011 by Skylight Opera in Milwaukee. Mechem has recently completed an opera based on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
— G. Schirmer, 2019
Virtual Virtuoso Concert Series Presents Whims
Written, and Read by Kirke Mechem
Kevin Navarro, Piano
Franca Gargiulo, Narration
June 6th, 2021
Written, and Read by Kirke Mechem
Kevin Navarro, Piano
Franca Gargiulo, Narration
June 6th, 2021
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Virtual Virtuoso Concert Series
"Casta Diva"
Norma (V. Bellini)
Cheryl Cain, Soprano
Kevin Navarro, Piano
"Casta Diva"
Norma (V. Bellini)
Cheryl Cain, Soprano
Kevin Navarro, Piano
Cheryl Cain
Cheryl Cain, soprano, sings with the San Francisco Opera, the San Francisco Symphony, American Bach Soloists, Cappella SF, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale, and many others. She has her Master of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music and her Bachelor of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She continued her post-graduate studies in opera in Florence, Italy. She is a member of the American Guild of Musical Artists and the National Association of Teachers of Singing. She runs the Merced Manor Music Studio in San Francisco where she teaches voice and violin.
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Kevin Navarro
Kevin Navarro, classical pianist and vocal accompanist is a native of Seattle, Washington and has resided in San Francisco for the past nine years. Kevin earned his Bachelor’s of Music in Piano Performance from Pacific Lutheran University School of Music, where he studied under Dr. Calvin Knapp of the Julliard School, Dr. Richard Nance, Director of Choral Activities and Mira Frohnmayer, Chair of Vocal Studies at PLU School of Music. During his tenure at PLU, Kevin served as the choral accompanist for both University Chorale, and internationally renowned Choir of the West. Kevin was very active in musical theater and opera productions in the Seattle/Tacoma region, and has served as a principle/stage accompanist for PLU Opera Workshop, Tacoma Opera, Seattle Opera and the Tacoma Musical Playhouse including productions such as Madame Butterfly, Marriage of Figaro, Magic Flute, and West Side Story. In December of 2020, Kevin placed 2nd at the San Francisco Semi-Finals of the Music International Grand Prix Competition.
Kevin currently resides in San Francisco, and maintains a busy performance schedule and has served professional accompanist positions with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, and San Francisco Girls Chorus. After serving as accompanist on piano and organ at St. Ignatius Parish Kevin accepted the Principle Musician position at St. John of God Church in October of 2021. While pursuing his Master Degree in Piano Performance, Kevin serves as Staff Accompanist for San Francisco State University, serving as the primary accompanist for the SFSU Chamber Singers, University Chorus, Opera Workshop and Vocal Masterclasses.
Music International Grand Prix Semi-Finals
Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor
Frederic Chopin
Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor
Frederic Chopin
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Deborah Tien Price
A native of Warwick, RI, Deborah Tien Price has earned music degrees from the Eastman School of Music, Louisiana State University, and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, studying primarily with violinists, Camilla Wicks and Lynn Blakeslee. Since 2000, Price has been a member of the internationally acclaimed New Century Chamber Orchestra. An established member of the Bay Area music scene, Deborah also makes appearances in the Skywalker Symphony Orchestra, the San Francisco Opera, in San Francisco’s top musical theater productions.
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Kevin Navarro, piano
Cheryl Cain, sorprano