ANNOUNCING OUR 2017 FREE COMMUNITY CONCERTS!
- Thursday, July 27 at St. Mary's Center, which provides essential services to homeless and at-risk seniors and provides schooling to preschoolers living in poverty.
- Thursday, July 27 at St. Paul's Towers, a senior living community.
- Friday, July 28 at The Lake Merritt Hotel, a senior living community.
- Friday, July 28 at Cityteam Oakland, which addresses the needs of people struggling with poverty, homelessness, and addiction. Programs include homeless shelter, addiction recovery help, and women's programs.
- Saturday, July 29 (3-4pm) at Oakland Asian Cultural Center, which builds vibrant communities through Asian and Pacific Islander arts and cultural programs that foster intergenerational and cross-cultural dialogue and understanding, collaboration, and social justice. This concert is open to the public.
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PCMF's Community Engagement Initiative has been selected for a Harvardwood Heroes award! The prize honors the vision of our project, as well as the lifelong commitment of PCMF co-director Juliana Han to community service through music. This grant will support our many community events.
We are still looking for a primary benefactor for the Initiative ($1,000); if you are interested in helping us meet our financial goal, please contact us!
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Meet clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein.
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For past installments of our Meet the Musicians series, visit our news page.
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Name: Alexander Fiterstein
Nickname: Alex
Instrument: Clarinet
Friday night libation: Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon (if I can afford it).
Favorite piece that's being performed at PCMF 2017 and why: Ravel Introduction and Allegro - great textures and colors thanks to the unique combination of instruments.
What are you looking forward to most about spending a week in the Bay Area? Haven't spent much time in the Bay Area before. Looking forward to exploring it more.
What's the craziest or most memorable thing that's happened to you during a performance? A page turner fell off the stage during a recital I was playing. I never saw anything like that before or since. Luckily he got up and gave us a thumbs up. The pianist and I didn't stop, we just kept playing... it was a very dramatic performance.
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