I’m thrilled to be performing for the second time at Flower Piano, one of my very favorite festivals!

Last year I performed with CWICO / Women Composers Collective, but this year I’m playing solo - you’ll hear a variety of Brazilian music, from classics to my own originals, in the beautiful Zellerbach Garden of Perennials.

Flower Piano is free with General Admission to the Botanical Garden, and you can reserve tickets ahead of time here, or pay when you arrive.

(Click through the link above to see garden admission prices, and here to see the schedule for the entire 11-day festival.)

Join us for an afternoon of all-original piano music in the beautiful garden at the Bazaar Café!

With neoclassical piano composer (and fellow Minnesotan!) Christopher Alexander.

Doors at 3pm

3:30 - 4:15 Rebecca

4:30 - 5:15 Christopher

5:30 - 6:15 Rebecca

$20 Pay at the door - no advance tickets required

I’ll be playing Brazilian music of all types at this lovely winery series in Healdsburg - come enjoy some tunes and a glass of Pinot Noir (or other wine)!

Reservations: https://www.cellarpass.com/business/furthermore-wines-healdsburg

https://www.furthermorewines.com/events/

Join us for a house concert in South Berkeley! We’ll be playing a set of mostly Brazilian music and a couple slower, reflective tunes, with over half the set list being originals by Irene and me.

Presented by Reva and free but donations welcomed.

⭐️ If you’d like to come, email me (hello@rebeccahass.com) for the address!

Join us for an afternoon of piano music at a beautiful home in the Oakland Hills!

With neoclassical piano composer (and fellow Minnesotan!) Christopher Alexander.

Christopher will be playing minimalist, neoclassical music inspired by Nature and philosophy, and Rebecca will be playing a mix of styles: Brazilian music, jazz, modern classical, and more! 

Each set will be around 45 minutes with a short break in between. Light refreshments and coloring pages (for any artistic inspiration you may feel while listening) will be provided, and BYOB encouraged. 

Tickets sliding scale $20-30 - reserve here!

(Address will be provided with ticket confirmation email)

As part of the Glenview Classical Series, which presents accessible concerts featuring a wide variety of music by local Bay Area musicians, Women Composers Collective presents a program featuring music for string trio, with select pieces incorporating voice and percussion.

Works by:
Ariel Wang*
Lillian Yee
Rebecca Hass
Irene Sazer
Laura Klein*
Gail Gallagher*

* premieres of new works

Performed by:

Irene Sazer, violin

Jessica Ivry, cello

Rebecca Hass, piano

Laura Klein, piano

Lillian Yee, percussion, voice

$20 NOTAFLOF (no one turned away for lack of funds)

Reserve tickets here.

Som Dela (“her sound” in Portuguese) is dedicated to performing music by women composers from Brazil, including their original compositions, as well as the music of Léa Freire, Carol Panesi, Chiquinha Gonzaga, Lucianna Rabello, Magda Santos, and Kerry Politzer.

This concert will also feature a premiere of a piece by Luisa Mitre, which was written especially for our group!

Featuring: Jane Lenoir, flute; Irene Sazer, violin; Rebecca Hass, piano; and Michaelle Goerlitz, percussion.

Join us for a reception afterwards, too! 🍷🍪

$30 general, $20 students / seniors

Reserve tickets here.

This concert is part of the new Chamber Music @ Good Shepherd series, directed by violinist and educator Sarah Wood. Having spent years of teaching and performing throughout the Bay Area, Wood envisioned this chamber music series as a way to contribute meaningfully to the East Bay arts community and to present intimate performances by outstanding independent Bay Area chamber groups and solo artists. A central goal of the series is to ensure that at least 50% of the works presented are by women and other minority composers, reflecting a commitment to diversity and artistic inclusivity.

I’ll be accompanying Courtney Miller, mezzo soprano, on selections from the How’s It Bee? children’s art song recital program, at this new concert series (the Resound Series) featuring local Bay Area singers presenting a wide variety of music from the classical canon.

How’s it bee? is an interactive children’s art song recital. Using theater, dance, puppetry, and illustrations, this enchanting program follows bees, butterflies, and other winged creatures around the garden.

Courtney and Rebecca also engage the audience in writing a poem and encourage dance. The program features stories of self-acceptance, including Prokofiev’s The Ugly Duckling, Lenny the Leopard by Irving Fine, and 2 solo piano pieces by Rebecca.

Wonderful Bay Area artists Nidhi Chanani and Kevin Okulolo contribute illustrations and animations for the program. 

Visit Courtney’s website for more info about the artists and program

Sunday, January 11, 2026

2:00 pm

Live Recording

Heiman Digital Studio at Opera San José

2149 Paragon Drive, San José, CA 95131

Free Admission with reservations: https://secure.operasj.org/613

Join Lillian Yee (voice, melodica) and I for some Brazilian tunes, food, and wine at Adega Azul in Berkeley (across from the Headlands Brewing beer garden) - we’ll be playing many of our favorite samba, MPB, and bossa nova tunes (including some originals!)

This is one of our favorite places to play - it’s great to support a local woman-owned small business, and they have many great wines, delicious Brazilian snacks, and an impeccably stylish-yet-cozy vibe. 

Reservations highly recommended, since it's a small space - choose the “inside” option.

$5 cover charge.

Hope to see you there!

Women Composers Collective presents a special evening of music, featuring piano trios by local women composers Lillian Yee, Rebecca Hass, and Irene Sazer in a variety of genres (contemporary classical music, jazz, and Brazilian).

Program:

Waving at Copland by Rebecca Hass

Disintegrating Epistles by Lillian Yee

Democracy by Irene Sazer

Chorale by Irene Sazer

Before the Bright Leaves by Rebecca Hass

Naixelam by Lillian Yee

Brazilian Trio #1 by Rebecca Hass

1) Choro

2) Baião

3) Samba

Featuring:

Irene Sazer, violin

Jessica Ivry, cello

Rebecca Hass, piano

Lillian Yee, percussion (on Fragmentation of Man)

Note: Lillian is tending to some health issues and will no longer be playing on this program, but we’re still thrilled to play 2 of her other pieces!

Tickets:

Sliding scale $25-40

Purchase tickets in advance here or at the door.

🍷 Join us for a reception afterwards!

This is the exciting debut of my new quartet, Som Dela (“her sound” in Portuguese), featuring: Jane Lenoir, flute; Irene Sazer, violin; Rebecca Hass, piano; and Michaelle Goerlitz, percussion.

The ensemble is dedicated to performing music by women composers from Brazil, including their original compositions, as well as the music of Léa Freire, Luisa Mitre, Carol Panesi, Chiquinha Gonzaga, Kerry Politzer, Daniella Spielmann, Luciana Rabello, and more.

Tickets: Sliding scale $20-30 (pay at the door)

🍷 Join us for a reception afterwards, too!

Part of the Creative Women series curated by Joyce Todd McBride, the Composing Women’s Improvising Creative Orchestra (CWICO) will perform pieces and improvisations by Lillian Yee, Lee Heuermann, Joyce McBride, Rika Ellis, and Rebecca Hass.

Doors at 7:30, show at 8:15 (2 50-minute sets)

$25 at the door, $22 advance

(use code earlybird8 at checkout for $3 off each ticket - offer ends September 28th)

Ticket link: https://tinyurl.com/CWICOoct8 

I’m thrilled to be performing for the first time at Flower Piano, one of my very favorite festivals, with the Women Composers Collective that I co-founded last year!

Featuring performances, pieces, and improvisations by Lillian Yee, Lee Heuermann, Joyce McBride, Rika Ellis, and Rebecca Hass - more details to come as they unfold!

We’ll be performing in the beautiful Ancient Plant Garden, located conveniently right next to the north entrance to the garden.

Flower Piano is free with General Admission to the Botanical Garden, and you can reserve tickets ahead of time here, or pay when you arrive.

(Click through the link above to see garden admission prices.)

UPDATE: Reservations are fully booked, but you can sign up for the wait list via the same link below.

An extra special second Saturday at Adega Azul in Berkeley (across from the Headlands Brewing beer garden) - Lillian Yee (voice, melodica) and I will be joined by Garotas da Lua! Featuring Sandy Cressman, Cátia Machado Lund, and Lillian Yee, this vocal harmony group sings beloved Brazilian tunes with radiant harmonies, enchanting melodies, and soulful rhythms. (A rare opportunity to hear Garotas da Lua live!)

This is one of our favorite places to play - it’s great to support a local woman-owned small business, and they have many great wines, delicious Brazilian snacks, and an impeccably stylish-yet-cozy vibe. 

Reservations highly recommended, since it's a small space - choose the “inside” option.

$5 cover charge.

Hope to see you there!

I’ll be playing a rare show in the Twin Cities, featuring the following works by cellist and composer Aaron Kerr (and the return of the Modern Spark Trio!):

American Piano Trio – Aaron Kerr

Manifesto for cello and piano – Aaron Kerr

Pict Suite for viola and cello – music by Aaron Kerr, poetry by Alex Ness

Piano Sonata - Aaron Kerr

Stand Up! Scream! Rise! Banned! Take Over! for solo cello - Jared Steven Coffin

No. 144.1 "Ad Parnassum" from Paul Klee: Painted Songs for piano trio - Johanthan Posthuma

Also featuring the performance and release of Aaron's latest solo cello EP: American Music

Aaron Kerr - cello

Laura Harada – violin

Rebecca Hass – piano

$15 at the door – cash, check, Venmo, Paypal

(concerts at Zion Community Commons are not wheelchair accessible)

Join vocalist Hilari Allred and I for some samba, jazz, food, and wine on Saturday, July 19, 7-9pm!

I'll be playing solo piano for most of the first set (a mix of choro, samba, and other Brazilian styles), then Hilari will join me for the rest of the evening (samba and Brazilian jazz).

I haven't played solo in over a year, which I miss, and I'm really looking forward to collaborating as well!

Adega Azul is located at 1287 Gilman St in Berkeley, across the street from the Headlands Brewing beer garden in the Westbrae neighborhood.

Reservations highly recommended, since it's a small space - choose the “inside” option.

Hope to see you there!

Join Lillian Yee (voice, melodica) and I for some Brazilian tunes, food, and wine at Adega Azul in Berkeley (across from the Headlands Brewing beer garden) - we’ll be playing many of our favorite choro, samba, and bossa nova tunes (including some originals!)

This is one of our favorite places to play - it’s great to support a local woman-owned small business, and they have many great wines, delicious Brazilian snacks, and an impeccably stylish-yet-cozy vibe. 

Reservations highly recommended, since it's a small space - choose the “inside” option.

$5 cover charge.

Hope to see you there!

Join Lillian Yee (voice, melodica) and I for some Brazilian tunes, food, and wine at Adega Azul in Berkeley (across from the Headlands Brewing beer garden) - we’ll be playing many of our favorite choro, samba, and bossa nova tunes (including some originals!)

This is one of our favorite places to play - it’s great to support a local woman-owned small business, and they have many great wines, delicious Brazilian snacks, and an impeccably stylish-yet-cozy vibe. 

Reservations highly recommended, since it's a small space - choose the “inside” option.

$5 cover charge.

Hope to see you there!

If you like Brazilian tunes, food, and wine, join Lillian Yee (voice, melodica) and I at Adega Azul wine bar in Berkeley (across from the Westbrae beer garden) this Saturday from 7-9pm!

We’ll be playing many of our favorite choro, samba, and bossa nova tunes (including some originals!), on their beautiful patio. Also, there’s pão de queijo (Brazilian cheese bread) - need we say more?!

Hope to see you there!

In honor of women’s history month, four award winning Bay Area women composers present their globally diverse piano trios. You will travel to Argentina, Brazil, Asia, and Africa as you listen to these innovative new works by composers D’Arcy Reynolds, Lillian Yee, Rebecca Hass, and Irene Sazer, performed by a powerhouse piano trio of composer/ world music aficionados: Irene Sazer, violin; Jessica Ivry, cello; Rebecca Hass, piano.

• Tangria by D’Arcy Reynolds

• Democracy by Irene Sazer

• The Fragmentation of Man by Lillian Yee

• Brazilian Trio #1 by Rebecca Hass

More info and reserve a seat for this free concert here.

This program will be performed on March 30 at a house concert in Novato, which is sold out, but will be livestreamed here!

In honor of women’s history month, four award winning Bay Area women composers present their globally diverse piano trios. You will travel to Argentina, Brazil, Asia, and Africa as you listen to these innovative new works by composers D’Arcy Reynolds, Lillian Yee, Rebecca Hass, and Irene Sazer, performed by a powerhouse piano trio of composer/ world music aficionados: Irene Sazer, violin; Jessica Ivry, cello; Rebecca Hass, piano.

• Tangria by D’Arcy Reynolds

• Democracy by Irene Sazer

• The Fragmentation of Man by Lillian Yee

• Brazilian Trio #1 by Rebecca Hass

More info and reserve a seat for this free concert here.

This program will also be performed on March 30 at a house concert in Novato, which is sold out, but will be livestreamed here!

Awesome Orchestra (“the Bay Area’s adventure-seeking orchestra”) holds an open rehearsal each month featuring mostly music by living (and sometimes even local) composers!

I am thrilled to get to play the piano part at the official premiere of the orchestral piece Shadow Worker by my friend Lillian Yee - it ranges in mood from sweet to tantrum!

This year’s year-end concert features an amazing variety of music:

Mestizo Waltz by Gabriela Lena Frank
Shadow Worker by Lillian Yee
The Rocketeer by James Horner
”If It’s Magic” by Stevie Wonder, featuring PHER
Sentience by Prasad Vidhyabaskaran
”A Change is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke, featuring Keith Lawrence
Libertadores by Oscar Navarro

… and another exciting top-secret piece!

Tickets and more info: https://awesomeorchestra.org/events/end-of-year-concert-2024

(Note: this concert is not listed on the Freight’s website but it is indeed happening!)

If you can’t make it in person, you can livestream the show here: https://www.youtube.com/awesomeorchestracollective

If you like Brazilian tunes, food, and wine, join Lillian Yee (voice, melodica) and I at Adega Azul wine bar in Berkeley (across from the Westbrae beer garden) Saturday 11/2 from 6-8pm! (And maybe some friends will join us on the choro tunes!)

We’ll be playing many of our favorite choro, samba, and bossa nova tunes (including some originals!), on their beautiful patio. Also, there’s pão de queijo (Brazilian cheese bread) - need we say more?!

Hope to see you there!

If you like Brazilian tunes, food, and wine, join Lillian Yee (voice, melodica) and I at Adega Azul wine bar in Berkeley (across from the Westbrae beer garden) this Saturday from 6-8pm! (And maybe some friends will join us on the choro tunes!)

We’ll be playing many of our favorite choro, samba, and bossa nova tunes (including some originals!), on their beautiful patio. Also, there’s pão de queijo (Brazilian cheese bread) - need we say more?!

Hope to see you there!

If you like Brazilian tunes, food, and wine, join Lillian Yee (voice, melodica) and I at Adega Azul wine bar in Berkeley (across from the Westbrae beer garden) this Saturday from 6-8pm!

We’ll be playing many of our favorite choro, samba, and bossa nova tunes (including some originals!), on their beautiful patio. Also, there’s pão de queijo (Brazilian cheese bread) - need we say more?!

Hope to see you there!

$20 General Admission - buy tickets here

Doors at 7:30pm, Show from 8:15-10:30pm with 1 intermission

The Joyce McBride Stacy Starkweather Duo with Deszon Claiborne

Joyce Todd McBride, piano, is from Berkeley Ca, and has played music since the age of 5. Her musical background is very diverse, including serious dives into early music, gamelan, jazz and brazilian music. Joyce has just recorded an album of originals, featuring jazz musicians Erik Jekabson, Kasey Knudsen, Deszon Claiborne, and Gabe Porter. Joyce is very proud to be part of the rich community of creative musicians in the greater Bay Area. Joyce is a piano teacher in the East Bay, and is the director and arranger for Conspiracy of Venus vocal ensemble, and has made over 40 arrangements for that group. 

Joyce Todd McBride Youtube Page

Lillian e Melodias do Brasil Celebrating our favorite melodies and soundscapes of Brazilian culture, we dive into sounds of bossa nova, samba, and choro with Laura Boytz on cello, Rebecca Hass on piano, Mark Fishman on percussion, and Lillian Yee on vocals, melodica and percussion. Join us for a sentimental musical experience playing arrangements of classic Brazilian composers as well as our own compositions.

Recommended If You Like: BEBE (Brazilian East Bay Ensemble), Sandy Cressman with Homenagem Brasileira, Carla Bley