Laura Gaynon
Cellist

Baroque Sonatas at Throckmorton Theatre with Kelly Savage, harpsichord, and Gabrielle Wunsch, baroque violin

Georg Philipp Telemann: Solo No. 7, Antonio Vivaldi Cello Sonata No. 6, Archangelo Corelli Violin Sonata Op. 5, No. 10, François Couperin: Les Baricades Mistérieuses for Solo Harpsichord, and Geminiani Cello Sonata in C. 

American Bach Soloists Messiah

Handel's Messiah at Grace Cathedral in SF, Dec 11-13.

Grazyna Bacewicz Quartet for Four Cellos, at Noe Valley Ministry in SF. With cellists Michelle Kwon, Mosa Tsay, and Emanuel Evans.

Mélanie Clapiès String Trio (world premiere, Bard Music West commission), at Noe Valley Ministry in SF. With Mélanie Clapiès, violin, and Jessica Chang, viola.

Grazyna Bacewicz' String Quartet No. 1 and Piano Quintet No. 1 at Noe Valley Ministry, SF. With Mélanie Clapiès and Yu Eun Kim, violins, Jessica Chang, viola, and Allegra Chapman, piano. 

Haydn Cello Concerto in C Major with the Pacific Crest Music Festival Orchestra, at the Old Methodist Church in Dunsmuir, CA.

Ensemble Illume at Old First Concerts

BRAHMS Trio in A minor, Op. 114, KAIJA SAARIAHO Je sens un deuxième coeur, and MOZART Duo for Violin and Viola, K. 423, at Old First Church in SF.  

Ensemble Illume at Noontime Concerts at Old St. Mary's Cathedral

BRAHMS Trio in A minor, Op. 114, KAIJA SAARIAHO Je sens un deuxième coeur, at Old St. Mary's Cathedral in SF. 

Ensemble Illume at Third Sunday Concert Series

BRAHMS Trio in A minor, Op. 114, KAIJA SAARIAHO Je sens un deuxième coeur, and MOZART Duo for Violin and Viola, K. 423 (arr. viola/cello), at St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Albany, CA. 

Ensemble Illume at Sunset Music and Arts

BRAHMS Trio in A minor, Op. 114, KAIJA SAARIAHO Je sens un deuxième coeur, and MOZART Duo for Violin and Viola, K. 423 (arr. viola/cello), at Incarnation Episcopal Church in SF. 

Ensemble Illume at Throckmorton Noontime Concerts

Trios and Duos with Jessica Chang, violist and Allegra Chapman, pianist

BRAHMS Trio in A minor, Op. 114, KAIJA SAARIAHO Je sens un deuxième coeur, and MOZART Duo for Violin and Viola, K. 423 (arr. viola/cello), at Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, CA

Bard Music West Plays

"Games and Revolutions": Music of Gabriella Smith and Danny Clay with Bard Music West artists. At the Center for New Music in SF (3/28), the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto (3/29), Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (3/30), and Vivian Fung's performance space in San Jose (3/31).

Solo Cello Recital

Ligeti Solo Cello Sonata, Op. 8, Piatti Caprice No. 2, and Bach Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat, at Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley, CA.

Faculty Artists Winter Tour: Bach Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat, Schubert String Trio in B-Flat, Beethoven String Trio in C Minor, at St. Mark's Preservation in Yreka, CA (2/14) and The Wheelhouse in Dunsmuir, CA (2/15). With Patrick Dalton-Holmes, violin and Michael Whitson, viola.

Chamber Music by the Bay

Schubert String Quartet in G Major at Saratoga High School, Saratoga, CA

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra

Music of Haydn, Mozart, Brahms

American Bach Soloists Messiah

Handel's Messiah in Grace Cathedral and at the Green Center, Sonoma, CA

Pacific Crest Chamber Players Tour

​Brahms Piano Quintet and Mendelssohn String Quartet Op. 44, No. 1. 8/4 at Pilgrim Congregational Church in Redding, 8/5 at Mt. Shasta Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mt. Shasta City

Viola Trios: Brahms and Saariaho

With Allegra Chapman (piano) and Jessica Chang (viola)

Chamber Music by the Bay Season 6

​Beethoven String Quartet, Op. 130 with Grosse Fugue

Brahms String Sextet in B-flat, Op. 18

Saratoga High School Performing Arts Building
Featuring CMB with Young Artists from Saratoga and Lynbrook High Schools

Pacific Crest Chamber Players

Schubert "Death and the Maiden" String Quartet, Mozart E-flat Piano Quartet. Concerts in Yreka, Redding, and Dunsmuir.

Brahms Requiem

First Congregational Church Festival Orchestra and Choir

Handel's Messiah with American Bach Soloists

Handel's Messiah at Grace Cathedral

Fire Benefit Concert with Valley of the Moon Music Festival

A chamber music concert to benefit the victims of the Sonoma and Napa fires.

Recital with Allegra Chapman

Program of Beethoven A Major cello and piano sonata, von Paradis Sicilienne, and a Mozart piano sonata.

Groupmuse in Rockridge with Allegra Chapman, piano

Cello-Piano recital with pianist Allegra Chapman. Sicilienne by von Paradis, Moonflower by Marta Ptazynska, and Sonata in A major by Beethoven.

Bard Music Festival: Chopin and His World, The Salon

Franchomme Cello Duet with Nick Canellakis.

Bard Music Festival

Bard Music West Presents Movement, Miniatures, and Mysticism at Bard Music Festival.

Pacific Crest Music Festival Faculty Recital

PCMF faculty artists perform Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1, selections from Bach's The Art of the Fugue, and Ravel's Sonata for Violin and cello

​Tenth Avenue Players: String Trios!

Tenth Avenue Players performs a string trio program, including the E-flat major Divertimento by Mozart and a folk-inspired trio by Weinberg.

Bard Music West: Hungarian Roots

Explore Ligeti’s Hungarian Jewish origins and rhythmic influences, from Béla Bartók to the folk music of Transylvania. Performing Bartók's String Quartet No. 2 and Roberto Sierra's "Songs from the Diaspora" for string quartet, piano, and soprano. 

Handel's Messiah with American Bach Soloists

Handel's Messiah played on baroque instruments at San Francisco's majestic Grace Cathedral.

Tenth Avenue Players

"Around the World in 60 Minutes" was a whirlwind journey of music from Spain, England, Hungary, and Austria. The Tenth Avenue Players performed as piano quartet, trio, and duo. A special meet-the-artists reception followed the concert.

Pacific Crest Music Festival

Performances of Dvorak Piano Quintet, Mozart G Minor Piano Quartet, Haydn Op. 76, No. 3, and more in Northern California.

MUSA @ Berkeley Fringe Festival: French Baroque and Ben Pesetsky

Lopel Chapel, First Congregational Church Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704

MUSA offers a bouquet of French chamber music with a new offering by composer Benjamin Pesetsky.

MUSA @ Berkeley Fringe Festival: Telemann Overture-Suites

Sanctuary, First Congregational Church Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704

In its largest incarnation yet, MUSA ( www.musasfbaroque.com) presents two sumptuous orchestral suites by Georg Philipp Telemann: a delightful suite in D major (TWV 55:D23) as well as “La Bourse,” (TWV 55:B11) which depicts the travails of speculating about the stock market. 

Oregon Bach Festival: Bach's B Minor Mass

Silva Concert Hall, Eugene, OR

Hailed as "a cathedral of sound" and "as lofty in design, scope and expression as anything written by the hand of man" by NPR, the Bach magnum opus is one of the most complex and elaborate works of the era. For the first time in OBF history, the Mass in B Minor will be presented with period instruments and at Baroque pitch.