BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20251214T030000Z DTEND:20251214T060000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:A Charlie Brown Christmas @ The Hall DESCRIPTION:Three of the Bay Area's greatest jazz musicians play Vince Guaraldi's music from the Charlie Brown Christmas shows.\n\n\n\nHaving a musical venue in Pacifica allows us to draw on some of the greatest talent in the Bay Area. There is something about living here\, on the coast\, that attracts musicians and artists of all kinds. For this evening\, we welcome back Larry Dunlap\, who has played here\, as well as contributed greatly to managing Mildred Owen Concert Hall.\n\n \n\nSince the early 1980s Larry has been pianist in North America with the British singer Dame Cleo Laine and her musician husband Sir John Dankworth. His past work has seen him appearing and/or recording with jazz vocalists Mark Murphy\, Sheila Jordan\, Ernestine Anderson and Joe Williams as well as instrumentalists Gerry Mulligan\, Art Farmer\, Ralph Towner\, Ernie Watts\, Bud Shank and Larry Coryell\, to name a few.\n\n \n\nIn the pop music field Larry has toured with The Pointer Sisters\, Country Joe McDonald\, Mary Wilson of the Supremes\, and others. He appears as keyboardist\, arranger\, and producer on many recordings.\n\n \n\nBorn and raised in California\, Akira Tana earned degrees from Harvard University and the New Conservatory of Music. Tana has worked with\, among others\, Sonny Rollins\, Sonny Stitt\, Zoot Sims\, Hubert Laws\, Milt Jackson\, Jim Hall\, Art Farmer\, The Paul Winter Consort\, Paquito D'Rivera\, James Moody\, J.J. Johnson\, Lena Horne\, The Manhattan Transfer\, Ruth Brown\, Charles Aznavour\, Maurice Hines\, and Van Dyke Parks. He has appeared on over 200 recordings.\n\n \n\nKen Miller works extensively as both a classical and jazz bassist. He has played with the SF Symphony\, SF Opera\, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestras\, and The Skywalker Symphony Orchestra. In addition\, he is active on the Jazz scene in SF\, having performed with many top level players including Branford Marsalis\, Bruce Forman\, Mark Levine\, and Mimi Fox.. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Three of the Bay Area&rsquo\;s greatest jazz musicians play \;Vince Guaraldi&rsquo\;s \;music from the \;Charlie Brown Christmas \;shows.
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\nHaving a musical venue in Pacifica allows us to draw on some of the greatest talent in the Bay Area. There is something about living here\, on the coast\, that attracts musicians and artists of all kinds. For this evening\, we welcome back Larry Dunlap\, who has played here\, as well as contributed greatly to managing Mildred Owen Concert Hall.
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\nSince the early 1980s Larry has been pianist in North America with the British singer Dame Cleo Laine and her musician husband Sir John Dankworth. His past work has seen him appearing and/or recording with jazz vocalists Mark Murphy\, Sheila Jordan\, Ernestine Anderson and Joe Williams as well as instrumentalists Gerry Mulligan\, Art Farmer\, Ralph Towner\, Ernie Watts\, Bud Shank and Larry Coryell\, to name a few.
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\nIn the pop music field Larry has toured with The Pointer Sisters\, Country Joe McDonald\, Mary Wilson of the Supremes\, and others. He appears as keyboardist\, arranger\, and producer on many recordings.
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\nBorn and raised in California\, Akira Tana earned degrees from Harvard University and the New Conservatory of Music. Tana has worked with\, among others\, Sonny Rollins\, Sonny Stitt\, Zoot Sims\, Hubert Laws\, Milt Jackson\, Jim Hall\, Art Farmer\, The Paul Winter Consort\, Paquito D&rsquo\;Rivera\, James Moody\, J.J. Johnson\, Lena Horne\, The Manhattan Transfer\, Ruth Brown\, Charles Aznavour\, Maurice Hines\, and Van Dyke Parks. He has appeared on over 200 recordings.
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\nKen Miller works extensively as both a classical and jazz bassist. He has played with the SF Symphony\, SF Opera\, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestras\, and The Skywalker Symphony Orchestra. In addition\, he is active on the Jazz scene in SF\, having performed with many top level players including Branford Marsalis\, Bruce Forman\, Mark Levine\, and Mimi Fox..
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\n \; LOCATION:Welcome to Pacifica Performances at the Mildred Owen Concert Hall A jewel on the coast nestled in the hills surrounding Linda Mar Beach\, just off Hwy 1\, 20 minutes south from San Francisco. You will find a comfortable\, welcoming hall\, with a beautiful hand-crafted stage\, fantastic sound system and walls filled with local art. Almost every week\, you can experience world class artists in an intimate\, casual environment that enhances and enriches the experience for both the listener and performer. We showcase a variety of musical styles\, including blues\, Americana/roots\, Brazilian salsa\, classic and modern Irish melodies\, Hawaiian and modern slack guitar\, pop\, world music\, bluegrass\, classical\, and jazz\, as well as dance\, comedy and spoken word events. We offer easy\, free parking and reasonable admissions and memberships. Our programming is accessible to everyone. Refreshments are available and fine dining is nearby. Our hall is also available to rent for parties\, meetings\, recitals or concerts. Call our office at: 650-355-1882 Pacifica Performances is a non-profit\, primarily volunteer\, organization with an active Board of Directors. We operate under the auspices of the City of Pacifica and thank them for their support and promotion of our series. UID:e.1153.37648 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260525T022007Z URL:https://business.pacificachamber.com/events/details/a-charlie-brown-christmas-the-hall-37648 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR