Monday, 24 November   8 pm

The Metropolitan Ballroom at the Westin Market St , San Francisco

GALA BENEFIT CONCERT     Happiness & Its Causes

SF Sinfionetta      Maestro Urs Leonhart Steiner

premiering Buddhafonias, The Sound of the Buddha by Guatemalan composer Jorge Sarmientos.

(I’ll be playing piano on two works by Sarmientos)

This conference features forty of the best minds in psychology, science, philosophy, medicine, music, education, the arts, business, and sports, who will provide tools and techniques for a happier life, for oneself and others.

 www.happinesssf.com

Friday, November 5  12:30 pm

Cadillac  Concerts at the Cadillac Hotel

380 Eddy St. (Tenderloin SF)

An afternoon of French music. Works by Debussy, Ravel, Messiaen and more.

featuring  Karsten Windt, violin

and Allison Lovejoy, piano

Free admission!

Free concert!

Saturday, October 25 8 pm
Community Music Center
544 Capp st. at 21st
Mission District
San Francisco

Amazing composer and multi-instrumentalist Chus Alonso is joined by his ensemble “Potaje”
this Saturday night to celebrate his CD release of original flamenco-inspired works.
DANCE Party to follow! Don’t miss this wonderful evening of music!

Allison Lovejoy talks with Sol Crawford organizer of the SF Hornucopia music festival.

Sol Crawford is one of the most interesting of San Francisco’s music promoters. He is a co-partner at Amnesia, which has earned a reputation for one of the best live performance rooms in the Mission.

Hornucopia is a celebration of any music with horns, and that’s a very broad definition. Starting September 4th 35 bands will play across 9 venues in 11 days.

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The Hornucopia Festival is also a non-profit effort to benefit community organizations through a free music workshop, an educational presentation on the provocative history of brass and horn music, and as a fundraiser for two worthy causes: delivering new instruments into the hands of beleaguered youth second line bands in New Orleans and raising money for a humanitarian circus that presents free shows and workshops to refugee children in Kosovo.

http://www.hornucopiafestival.org/

Allison Lovejoy recently met with the Nice Guy Trio at the Red Poppy.

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Allison Lovejoy to interviewed Peter Fitzsimmons, the head of the Fillmore Jazz Heritage Center. He told of plans to revive what used to be a vibrant jazz scene in San Francisco. In fact, the term “jazz” was first used here, he says, not in “N’Orleans.”

It is a controversial claim…

http://lovejoy.blip.tv/file/1220486/

Allison Lovejoy speaks and plays with composer and performer Beth Custer in her San Francisco studio.

http://blip.tv/file/643791

Allison Lovejoy interviewed Justin Katz, the executive producer, of The Edwardian Ball at an event on the eve of the ball.

http://www.blip.tv/file/1220457

Allison Lovejoy interviewed Daniel David Feinsmith, a prominent Bay Area composer and performer. Mr Feinsmith is a student of Terry Riley and composes in classical styles. His Feinsmith Quartet performs at various venues.

http://blip.tv/file/414640

Allison Lovejoy plays Chopin at the Climate Theater. Aug 2007

http://lovejoy.blip.tv/file/362659/