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

Lillian Yee and I will be playing Brazilian music and more at this artist reception and birthday celebration for Ileana Soto’s new solo exhibition.

Step by Step, Forming My Art
O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Loft Gallery -  www.ohanloncenter.org
616 Throckmorton Avenue, Mill Valley, CA
September 3-27, 2024
Exhibition Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10 am-2 pm

Second Artist Reception/Birthday Celebration: Saturday, September 21, 3-5 pm
Brazilian (and more) live music with Lillian Yee and Rebecca Hass

This retrospective solo exhibit includes a range of Ileana's textile art and
her latest monoprints on paper.  Stop by and enjoy and celebrate with me!

Please note: parking is at a premium with 5 spaces in the parking lot.
Otherwise, there is street parking on a narrow residential street.

I’ll be playing piano with my friends in Lillian e Melodias do Brasil (Lillian Yee, voice/melodica, Laura Boytz, cello, and Mark Fishman, percussion) at a lovely house concert including food and drink! We will perform tunes from Antonio Carlos Jobim, as well as other bossa nova, choro, and jazz!

Following our set will be Garotas da Lua, featuring vocal harmonies in samba, bossa nova, and MPB (Musica Popular Brasileira) styles, with Sandy Cressman, Catia Lund, Lillian Yee, Brian Rice, and Ricardo Peixoto.

Location near Park Blvd, Oakland - address to be given upon RSVP.

Tickets $30 - email lillian.w.yee@gmail.com to reserve

Come celebrate the release of Bright Little Worlds, my new album of original piano music!

Featuring special guests: Tim O'Keefe (percussion), Laura Harada (violin), Aaron Kerr (cello)

Guests will also be invited to draw or color their own little worlds, which will be combined into a collaborative art piece to mark the occasion!

Ticket link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rebecca-hass-album-release-celebration-concert-mn-tickets-928766203717

Livestream link: coming soon

Coloring sheets PDF download: https://bit.ly/blw-coloring-pages

I’ll be playing keys with Free Press, a Filipina American-led San Francisco (District 5) based music collective with roots in soul, jazz, blues and improvisation.

Vocalist/songwriter Christie Aida and her diverse group of artists conjure a deep and dynamic repertoire that constellates sounds from around the globe. Singing in Spanish, Tagalog, English and French, Aida deftly interweaves her wide-ranging influences to create a delightful and surprising mix of classics, deep cuts, and original numbers. Those originals often are informed by her sensitivity and advocacy for community organizing, social justice, and housing as a human right.

Free to attend.

https://sfpl.org/events/2024/07/31/performance-free-press-music

Beautiful arrangements of Jobim tunes, bossa nova, choro, and more, with Lillian e Melodias do Brasil:

with Lillian Yee (vocals, melodica), Laura Boytz (cello), and Mark Fishman (percussion)

We will perform a selection of tunes from an album dedicated to Antonio Carlos Jobim called “Casa,” performed by the late Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jacques Morelenbaum, and Paula Morelenbaum. 

We’ll also play some jazz tunes from the Great American Songbook, and some Brazilian choros, some of our favorite music to play together! 

You can also enjoy organic wine and charcuterie snacks while sitting at the beautiful parklet on the sidewalk outside Hal’s - free admission, no reservations necessary.

Join me (and special guests) to celebrate the release of Bright Little Worlds, my new album of original piano music!

Guests will also be invited to draw or color their own little worlds, which will be combined into a collaborative art piece to mark the occasion!

Ticket link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rebecca-hass-album-release-celebration-concert-tickets-893758203847

Livestream link: https://youtube.com/live/uVZJirn9__0

Coloring sheets PDF download: https://bit.ly/blw-coloring-pages

I’ll be a soloist with the ECHO Chamber Orchestra on this very cool concert:

ECHO Chamber Orchestra takes part of CALIFORNIA FESTIVAL: A Celebration of New Music organized throughout the state by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony and San Diego Symphony to perform the most innovative and compelling music from around the world composed in the last five years.

ECHO will perform music by Californian composers Belinda Reynolds and Kevin Gordon, Mexican composer Horacio Fernandez and Brazilian composer Lea Freire. In collaboration with the MANA Saxophone Quartet, ECHO will perform the exciting Concerto for Saxophone Quartet by Philip Glass.

Program:

Kevin Gordon: San Francisco Bouree
Belinda Reynolds: ECHOS 2023
Horacio Fernandez Vazquez: Tumbao - Suite for Orchestra
Yee/Howes: Kaizen - for two percussionist
Philip Glass: Concerto for Saxophone Quartet
    Guest artists: MANA SAXOPHONE QUARTET
Lea Freire: Mamulengo

Ticket link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/california-festival-a-celebration-of-new-music-tickets-601132823457

At this intimate solo piano concert hosted by Groupmuse, I’ll be playing a range of Brazilian choro, samba, maracatu, and baião tunes, from older, more famous pieces to some by living composers (including me!)

Sample program (may vary slightly from this list):

Mamulengo by Léa Freire
Maracatu de Manatim by Rebecca Hass
Cochichando by Pixinguinha
Camondongas by Laercio de Freitas
Loro by Egberto Gismonti
Valsa para as Crianças by Amilton Godoy
Folhas Secas by Guilherme DeBrito / Nelson Cavaquinho
Teclas Pretas by Paschoal de Barros
Gingando by Rebecca Hass
Choro para Rebecca by Alessandro Penezzi
Ao Mestre by Alessandro Penezzi
Risco by Léa Freire
Brincalhão by Rebecca Hass
Sombras Remanescentes by Rebecca Hass
Patas de Problemas by Rebecca Hass

Ticket link: https://www.groupmuse.com/events/13593-easy-like-sunday-evening-monthly-groupmuse-at-the-world-s-littlest-opera-house

I’ll be back at Chez Mansour in Albany (1369 Solano Ave), playing some of my favorite Brazilian tunes (including lots of originals), and Jane Lenoir (flute) will also be sitting in. Come on by if you like fun music, delicious Lebanese food, and/or wine!

I’m honored to be sharing the stage with some great folks in the Berkeley Choro Ensemble and Echo Chamber Orchestra, including some of the composers of these pieces, and guest bassoonist Paul Hanson!

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-musical-promenade-2-tickets-390748137197