Calendar
Friday, December 13th: Concert with the Peninsula Women’s Chorus at 7 PM. First United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto, CA. For more information, click HERE.
Saturday, December 14th: Concert with the Peninsula Women’s Chorus at 2 PM. Mission Santa Clara, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA. For more information, click HERE.
Past Shows
2024
November 23: Anne Rainwater, Kate Campbell and Victor Zhou played an evening of piano works at the Soundwise Piano Studio in North Berkeley at 7:30 PM.
November 5th: Join Anne, violinist Erica Ward and cellist Isaac Pastor-Chermak for an evening of Baroque music! At 7 PM at the Phoenix, 2315 Lincoln Ave. in Alameda, CA.
October 15: The Lang/Rainwater Project performed a series of premieres written for them by the Iranian Female Composers Association. 7:30 PM at Pitman Recital Hall on the University of Oklahoma campus. The live stream is archived HERE.
October 14: The Lang/Rainwater Project was hosted by Southwestern Oklahoma State University for a masterclass from 3-4:15 PM and a concert afterwards from 4:30-5:30 PM at the Weatherford Campus in the concert hall, Weatherford, OK.
October 11: The Lang/Rainwater Project performed at Romantic and modern works at Langston University at 3 PM in Langston, OK.
October 10: The Lang/Rainwater Project performs on the Pioneer Library System Lunch and Listen series at the Norman Public Library West at 12 noon in Norman, OK.
October 9: The Lang/Rainwater Project appeared at Bixby High School for a performance and presentation at 3 PM in Bixby, OK.
October 8: The Lang/Rainwater Project performed at 7:30 PM at Pitman Recital Hall on the University of Oklahoma campus in Norman, OK.
October 6: ARc duET performs contemporary and jazz-inspired music for piano four hands. 4 PM on the Music at Old St. Hilary’s series in Tiburon, CA.
June 27: Performance at Roulette in Brooklyn, NY alongside trombonist William Lang as part of Scott Wollschleger’s record release party for Between Breath.
June 9: Performance with flutist Meerenai Shimn at Studio Fourth Street in San Rafael, CA. Music by Jules Mouquet, Lili Boulanger, Margaret Bonds, Ian Clarke, Chiquiha Gonzaga, and Adolphus Hailstork.
May 5: Performance with the Peninsula Women’s Chorus at the Mission Dolores Basilica in San Francisco, CA.
May 4: Performance with the Peninsula Women’s Chorus at the Mission Santa Clara in Santa Clara, CA. Come hear me play organ on the Puccini Messa di Gloria!
April 23: ARc duET presents a lecture-recital at Cal State East Bay in Hayward, CA.
April 10: Performance on the Music@Noon Series at Santa Clara University with flutist Meerenai Shim. Music by Jules Mouquet, Lili Boulanger, Margaret Bonds, Ian Clarke, Chiquiha Gonzaga, and Adolphus Hailstork.
February 24: ARc duET performs 4-hands and 2 piano works inspired by American jazz composers. At a private home in Palo Alto, CA.
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December 7 and 9: Performances with the Peninsula Women’s Chorus in Palo Alto and Santa Clara, CA.
September 16: Performance on the Vernon Salon Series featuring solos by Tania Léon, Margaret Bonds and Claude Debussy.
May 21: House show in Mill Valley, CA featuring works by Paul Lansky, Mozart, Debussy, and Vince Guaraldi.
March 24: The Lang/Rainwater Project performs premieres by Philadelphia-area composers at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA.
March 23: The Lang/Rainwater Project performs premieres by Philadelphia-area composers at Delaware County Community College in Media, PA.
March 22: The Lang/Rainwater Project performs premieres by Philadelphia-area composers at Haverford College in Haverford, PA.
March 19: The Lang/Rainwater Project performs on the Mosswood Sound Series in Oakland, CA. Featuring works by Scott Wollschleger and Anne Hege.
March 17: The Lang/Rainwater Project performs Mirrors in the Mirror: Romantic Works for Trombone and Piano on the Old First Church Series in San Francisco, CA.
March 15: The Lang/Rainwater Project performs at San Francisco State University in San Francisco, CA.
March 11: A performanc with soprano Michele Kennedy as part of the New Music for Treble Voices Festival in Palo Alto, CA.
February 4: A performance with the Eco Ensemble as part of the Cal Performances Concert Series in Berkeley, CA.
January 20: Piano solos by Claude Debussy, Scott Wollschleger and Wolfgang Rihm on the Vernon Salon Series in El Cerrito, CA.
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November 13: Works by Danny Clay and Ian Power on the Mosswood Sound Series in Oakland, CA.
October 4: Solo performance at the University of Baltimore in Baltimore, MD. This is part of Anne’s visit with the MFA and Integrated Arts Departments. Works by Ian Power, Maurice Ravel, Franz Schubert, and Danny Clay.
July 21: Solo performance at the United Methodist Church in Shelton, WA as part of the Hypatia-in-the-Woods residency. Works by Gershwin, Bach, Schubert, and Ravel.
May 13: ARc duET performance at the Berkeley Piano Club in Berkeley, CA featuring composers Patrick Zimmerli, Chen Yi, Dave Brubeck, Eleanor Alberga and Chick Corea.
April 10: Performance with violinist Mijung on the Old St. Hilary’s series in Tiburon, CA. Works by Brahms, Mozart and Debussy.
April 2: Performance with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players at the ODC Theatre in San Francisco, CA, playing Sofia Gubaidulina’s Dancer on a Tightrope and a new ensemble premiere by local composer Amadeus Regucera.
February 1: The Lang/Rainwater Project performs on the niente/Forte series at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA.
January 26: The Lang/Rainwater Project presents a master class and performance at Troy State University in Troy, Alabama.
January 25: The Lang/Rainwater Project performs on Tuesday’s Music Live in August, GA.
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September 12: Performance presented by the The Belvedere-Tiburon Landmarks Society on the Old St. Hilary’s series in Tiburon, CA. Works by Bach, Prokofiev, Scarlatti, and Copland.
April 11: Exquisite Corpse Projects premiered its second interdisciplinary video collaboration “Exquisite Corpse: Stay in Touch.” Using the surrealist form of an “exquisite corpse,” artists from contrasting mediums made 60-90 second videos imitating, mirroring the video by the artist before them in the sequence. Anne’s response video can be found HERE.
March 26: Performance on the Vernon Salon Series, streamed live on YouTube. Works by Frédéric Chopin, Sergei Prokofiev, Aaron Copland, George Walker, Domenico Scarlatti and David Lang. The YouTube Live link is archived HERE.
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November 6: A solo set as part of the Ross McKee Piano Break series. Works include Chopin’s Nocturne in E minor, Op. Posthumous, George Walker’s Theme and Six Variations from his Piano Sonata No. 1, and J.S. Bach’s Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826. The archived link can be found HERE.
February 28: New Moon Duo performs with cellist Natalie Raney on the Old First Series in San Francisco, CA. The program includes a world premiere commission by composer Nicolas Benavides.
February 22: A Bach performance on the Piano Parlor evening of the Glenview Classical Series, 7:30 PM in Oakland, CA at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.
January 12: Duo show with William Lang at the Maybeck Studio in Berkeley, CA featuring works for trombone and piano.
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December 12: Concerto performance with the Mendocino College Community Band in Ukiah, CA, performing Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto in F Major.
November 5: Lecture recital Exploring the Goldberg Variations in Our 21st-Century World at California State University, East Bay in Hayward, CA.
October 7: New Moon Duo performs at the United Church of Penacook in Penacook, NH as part of their residency at the Avaloch Farm Music Institute.
June 21: New Moon Duo performs at the Garden of Memory, Oakland’s annual Summer Solstice music celebration at the Chapel of the Chimes.
June 1 and 2: Performances with the Left Coast Ensemble, playing Laura Schwendinger’s new opera Artemisia at Z Space in San Francisco, CA.
May 24: Solo piano recital at 405 Shrader in San Francisco, CA. Works include Bach’s Partita No. 6, Ligeti’s Arc-en-ciel, Ravel’s Jeux d’eau, and Sciarrino’s Anamorfosi.
April 13: ARc duET recital at the JB Piano Company in San Rafael, CA. Works by Nikolai Kapustin, Leslie La Barre, William Grant Still, Richard Rodney Bennet, and Anthony Porter for four-hands and two pianos.
February 23: ARc duET recital at the Berkeley Piano Club in Berkeley, CA. 4-hands and 2-piano works by Kapustin, William Grant Still, Leslie La Barre, Kurtág, and local composers Anthony Porter and Ryan Brown. Ryan and Leslie will be in attendance at the show.
February 5: Duo recital with trombonist William Lang on the Tuesday’s Music Live series in Augusta, GA. Works by Schumann, Brahms, and Monti.
February 3: Duo recital with trombonist William Lang at the Lancaster Cultural Arts Center in Lancaster, SC. Works by Schumann, Brahms, Pärt, Quinn Mason, Monti, and Jessica Rudman.
January 13: Solo recital at Maybeck Studio in Berkeley, CA. Works by Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, György Ligeti, J.S. Bach, and Salvatore Sciarrino.
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December 14: New Moon Duo presents works by Debussy, Barber and Gabriela Lena Frank at International High School in San Francisco, CA.
November 30: Trio Étrange performs Brahms Op. 8 and a new trio by Lewis Patzner on the Glenview Classical Series in Oakland, CA.
October 12: Voy Solo – 20th Century Poetic Narratives with New Moon Duo explores stories that span different cultures and languages, including Cuatro Canciones Andinas by Gabriela Lena Frank, Trois Chansons to Bilitis by Claude Debussy, and the Hermit Songs by Samuel Barber. Part of the Glenview Classical Series in Oakland, CA.
June 24: Trio Étrange recital with performs Chausson’s passionate Piano Trio, Op. 3 in San Francisco, CA at the Embassy Groupmuse.
May 19: Duet recital with pianist Emily Tian at the Crowden Music Center in Berkeley, CA.
May 5: Solo piano show on the Sunset Music and Arts series in San Francisco, CA. Works by Bryce Cannell, Arnold Schoenberg, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, and Joseph Haydn.
April 5: Solo piano and electronics show at CNMAT in Berkeley, CA. Works by Matthew Hough, Bryce Cannell, Danny Clay, Arnold Schoenberg, and Elliott Carter.
March 25: BLUEPRINTS Piano Series at the Greenwich House Music School in New York, NY. Performing works by Schoenberg and Debussy.
March 25: Trombone and piano show with William Lang at Areté in Brooklyn, NY. Works by Schumann, Pärt, Jessica Rudman, Kurtag, Brahms, and Victor Monti.
March 17: Solo show on the Seventh Avenue Performances series in San Francisco, CA. Works by Matthew Hough, Maurice Ravel, Arnold Schoenberg, Claude Debussy, and Danny Clay. Read Stephen Smoliar's thoughtful preview article HERE.
March 2: 24 Preludes and Fugues from Book 2 of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier. At the McRoskey Mattress Company in San Francisco, CA.
January 7: Piano and guitar duo show with Robert Nance at Maybeck Studio in Berkeley, CA.
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November 26: Embassy Groupsmuse in San Francisco, CA, performing Bach’s Goldberg Variations.
November 11: Recital with flutist Jessie Nucho, presenting music for flute, piano, and electronics by living women composers. Works include Alex Temple’s spacious duo Willingly, Mei-Fang Lin’s Interaction, and pieces by Elainie Lillois and Anne LaBerge. At the Center for New Music in San Francisco, CA.
September 24: Phonochrome presents Banned Books Solidarity Concert. At the Center for New Music in San Francisco, CA. Works by Copland, Debussy, Maya Angelou, Debussy, and others. Come for coffee and stay afterwards for books brought by The Green Arcade.
August 25: Trio show with clarinetist Mara Plotkin and violinist Hrabba Atladottir. Repertoire includes works by Milhaud, Khachaturian, and Stravinsky. At the Arlington Community Church, Kensington, CA.
June 10: Switchboard Music Festival, performing Ryan Brown’s Mortal Lessons at Z Space in San Francisco, CA.
June 2: Solo piano show at the Center for New Music in San Francisco, CA. Works by Annie Gosfield, Caroline Ansink, Luigi Dallapiccola, and Jude Traxler.
May 27: Show with cellist Helen Newby at the Octopus Literary Salon in Oakland, CA.
May 25: Performance as part of 24×24: all the preludes and fugues from Book 1 by J.S. Bach in one evening! At the McRoskey Mattress Co in San Francisco, CA.
May 13: Show with Oracle Hysterical at the Starline Social Club in Oakland, CA.
April 28: Goldberg Variations performance as part of the Old First Series in San Francisco, CA.
April 15: Performance with trombonist William Lang at the Octopus Literary Salon in Oakland, CA.
April 8: Performance of George Crumb’s Vox Balaenae alongside flutist Jessie Nucho and cellist Natalie Raney at the Center for New Music in San Francisco, CA.
March 5: Performance of Jude Traxler’s epic multi-media piano solo piece from poison as part of the Hot Air Festival Festival in San Francisco, CA.
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December 18: Performance with cellist Helen Newby at Embassy House in San Francisco, CA. Stravinsky’s Suite Italienne, Janáček’s Pohádka, and Debussy’s Cello Sonata.
December 12: Berkeley New Music Project performance at Hertz Concert Hall, Berkeley, CA.
November 14: Classical Revolution San Francisco with violist Moses Lei at the Revolution Cafe, San Francisco, CA. Works by Telemann and Finzi.
July 23: Nevada County Composers Cooperative with bassoonist Stephanie Patteronson in Grass Valley, CA. Works by Durwynne Hsieh, Danny Clay, and Mark Vance.
July 8, 9, 10: Performances with sfSound as part of the sfSoundFestival. Gray Area Grand Theater in San Francisco, CA.
June 26: J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations performance at Forte House in San Francisco, CA.
June 18: Solo performance of Jacob TV’s The Body of Your Dreams on the Switchboard Music Festival at the Brava Theater in San Francisco, CA.
May 20: J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations performance at the Cadillac Hotel in San Francisco, CA.
May 14: Show with sfSound as part of the John Adams Young Composers Program at The Crowden School in Berkeley, CA.
May 7: Concert with clarinetist Dan Ferreira at the First Presbyterian Church in San Anselmo, CA. Both Brahms’ Clarinet Sonatas and the Berg Four Pieces.
May 6: Recital with cellist Helen Newby and soprano Amy Foote at the Center for New Music in San Francisco, CA. Works include John Zorn’s Jumalatteret (West Coast premiere!), Klaus Lang’s Tehran Dust, and Kaija Saariaho’s Mirage.
May 1: J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations performance at the Maybeck Studio for the Performing Arts in Berkeley, CA.
March 6: Performances at the Hot Air Music Festival in San Francisco, CA, playing Crumb’s Voice of the Whale, Ruby Fulton’s All Night All Day and a piano solo by Danny Clay.
February 20: J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations performance at the Blue Mountain Chamber Music Retreat in West Point, CA.
February 14: The RED World: A Valentine’s Day event with music, art, poetry, and dance. At Peterson’s Farm in Petaluma, CA.
February 13: Performance at the Piedmont Center for the Arts with clarinetist Mara Plotkin and the Circadian String Quartet on the programWinter’s Leaving: A Concert of Iranian and Israeli Music.
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October 8: Performance with New Keys at the Center for New Music in San Francisco, CA. Works by Terry Riley, Philip Glass, and Ruby Fulton.
September 12: Soprano and piano show at the Center for New Music in San Francisco, CA as part of a poetry commissioning project created by Jill Morgan Brenner.
July 24: Pianists Kate Campbell and Anne Rainwater played game-based music from the past 30 years, curated by Danny Clay. At the Center for New Music in San Francisco, CA. Selections from Jatekok by György Kurtág, articles 1-3 by Rozalie Hirs, Carny by John Zorn, and an immersive collaboration with Danny Clay.
June 21: Garden of Memory performance with Danny Clay, Joseph Columbo, and Andy Meyerson. A semi-improvised, mixed percussion sound installation at the annual Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland, CA to celebrate the solstice.
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November 22: A solo show of vocal and piano music at the Center for New Music in San Francisco, CA. A premiere by Danny Clay and works by Jude Traxler and Ian Power.
September 21: SF Music Day, a festival at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Performance with composer/violist Luis Escareño, playing original compositions by Anne Rainwater, Danny Clay and Luis Escareño.
August 22: Duo recital with violinist Solenn Séguillon on the Old First Concert Series in San Francisco, CA. Works by Beethoven, Pärt, Chopin and Shahab Parani.
July 2: Performance with the Nevada County Composers Collective as part of their Wet Ink Series in Nevada City, CA. Works by Durwynne Hsieh and Mark Vance.
March 3: Recital with bassoonist Stephanie Patterson in Wiedemann Recital Hall at Wichita State University in Wichita, KS.
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November 24: Solo show at the Center for New Music in San Francisco, CA. 2 world premieres by composers Stuart Saunders Smith and Ken Thomson. For a live video recording of Ken Thomson’s piece, click HERE.
March 29 and 30: futureCities and The Living Earth Show perform at the Center for New Music in San Francisco, CA.
March 24: futureCities plays a set on the Switchboard Music Festival at the Brava Theatre in San Francisco, CA.
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June 21: Performance of Wendy Mae Chamber’s Kun, a piece for 64 toy pianos, as part of Make Music New York.
April 22-May 1: Performances with CocoRosie on a ballet, a musical show, and an opera at the Donau Festival 2012 in Krems, Austria.
March 14-25: Travels to Hamburg, Germany for a residency at Kampnagel with the band CocoRosie, culminating in a world premiere of Sierra Casady’s ballet NightShift and a musical performance with Rajasthan Roots.
February 21: futureCities performs Wally Gunn’s epic Can You Here Me Now? at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.
January 20: futureCities performs at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. View the show in its entirety here.
January 7: Duo show with soprano Delea Shand at Central Presbyterian Church in New York City, NY. View the premiere of Nils Vigeland’s There Was a Child Went Forth HERE.