Garden Tour 2011
Features

Musicians

As you stroll through the garden, please take a moment to enjoy the delightful music presented by some of our local and very talented musicians. Each day we will feature different musicians, including instrumentalists and vocalists.

Friday

• 10-12 Elisa Colbert: harp
  
  
  • Elisa is 19 years old and has been playing the harp since age 13. She has played harp in various orchestras and musical groups such as the Santa Rosa Youth Orchestra and the Occidental Community Choir but is currently spending her time focusing on college and teaching music. Elisa also plays the violin, piano, and sings on a regular basis with fellow musicians.
• 12-2 Très Winds Woodwind Trio: clarinet, flute, bassoon
  
  
  • Très Winds is a woodwind trio that will entertain you with a variety of music, from classical to contemporary, by composers you know and others you’ll meet.
  • Kathrin Williams has played flute in chamber music and jazz groups at Sonoma State University and Santa Rosa Junior College. She has performed with pianist Sonia Tubridy at Coffee Catz and a Casual Concert. Kathrin enjoys singing with the River Chorus, attending chamber music workshops, and performing locally.
  • Neil Herring, a retired labor lawyer and English teacher, has played clarinet with various chamber music ensembles and community orchestras. He studied clarinet with Roy Zajac, Principal Clarinet in the Santa Rosa Symphony.
  • Michael Tallman, a pianist since the age of 11, has only recently come to the bassoon. He has performed with the Baroque Sinfonia and various other chamber ensembles. Michael resides in East Santa Rosa, where he is an ardent gardener and nature observer.
  • For further information, please contact Neil Herring at (707) 823-9418, or herring@sonic.net.
• 2-4 Marissa and Christina Zieminski: flute and harp

Saturday

• 10-12 Bellamor String Quartet
• 12-2 Plein Air
  
  
  • The Plein Aire Recorder Consort has been playing Renaissance, Medieval, Baroque and some modern music since 2004. Dan Lapsansky learned to play recorder in high school, and has been performing all styles of music since the 1980's. Dale Celidore and Nancy Kesselring have been students of Joanna Bramel Young. They have been friends and recorder players in the West County for more than 20 years. In 1995, Ellen Johnsen saw a consort of recorders play at a Renaissance Faire and knew that was the music for her! The group performs for gallery openings and events, wineries, garden tours, Renaissance Faires, private parties and school demonstrations. They concertize regularly. Please contact Ellen Johnsen at 707-542-0169.
• 2-4 Quartetto Ragazzi: string quartet from Windsor Middle School
  
  
  • Quartetto Ragazzi is a string quartet comprised of four students from Windsor Middle School string program. John Quitangon plays first violin, Xavier Herrera-Keehn plays second violin, Travis Galvez plays viola and Ben Cullen plays cello. These young musicians have already made a name for themselves playing at pro-bono and paying gigs. They will all be attending Windsor High School next year.