The 10th Berkeley Festival of Choro presents
Women in Brazilian Music
April 18th, 7:30pm
St. Alban's Episcopal Church, Albany.
This year's festival features four spectacular talents in the choro world, Daniela Spielmann (woodwinds), Clarice Cast (pandeiro), Catherine Bent (cello) and Sheila Zagury (piano).
Opening night April 17th 7-10pm
Berkeley Hillside Club, FREE
Student Ensemble workshop with Artists 7-8
8pm-8:30 Student Ensemble Concert
8:30-10 Community Roda
Directed by Grammy Nominated music educator Zack Pitt-Smith, the Berkeley Festival of Choro Student Ensemble will perform a short concert at the Hillside Club in Berkeley followed by a community "Roda de Choro" (choro jam session).
April 19th, Santa Cruz House Concert 7:30pm
Email Concerts@InstantHarmony.com to reserve your seat and get location and directions.
Grand Finale April 20, 3:00pm
Concert and open roda, Orange Music Studio 996 Saratoga Ave. San Jose
This final event will feature the artists in concert followed by a community roda de choro. Bring your instrument and play with the masters following the concert.
Check out a bit of the 2024 Berkeley Festival of Choro main event featuring Proveta and Penezzi, as well as highlights from the student concert and workshop with the artists.
Pioneer Women Composers of Brazil
Read Daniella Thompson's 2021 article on two of Brazil's best known women composers, Chiquinha Gonzaga and Carolina Cardoso de Menezes. Composition by these two prolific women composers featured in the 2021 choro festival celebration of women in Brazilian music.
We want to thank The Centrum Center for the Arts for collaborating with us to bring Daniela Spielmann to the US for these two wonderful festivals.
We want to thank Berkeley Civic Arts Grant program whose grant makes this possible. THANK YOU!
Berkeley April 18, 7:30pm
Please consider making a tax deductible contribution of any amount. Your support helps bring high quality choro music and music education to the community.
San Jose, April 20, 3pm
The Berkeley Festival of Choro is a
fiscally sponsored affiliate of Intermusic SF and a grant recipient of the City of Berkeley Civic Arts Grant Program.
Berkeley Festival of Choro 2025