Mozart Requiem—Lecture, Analysis and Sing-Along

Resonance @ First Church Berkeley Saturdays, January 23 & 30, 10 am-11:30 amRegistration for church members is free—contact Derek at [email protected] to do so! Every year in January, we’ve had a Festival Chorus featuring our church choirs and singers from our wider community! In this special year, Director of Music Derek Tam is taking the Festival Chorus online with a two-session …

Resonance presents Elizabeth Forsyth: Toccatas and Tunes on Dec. 5

NEW DATESaturday, December 5, 2020, 3:50 pmOn YouTube Join Elizabeth Forsyth for a melodic romp through the organ literature, with works by C.S. Lang, Peter Warlock, Adolphus Hailstork, Robert Schumann, and Richard Elliott! Half of your donations for this concert will go to HOPE (Homeless Outreach Program for Education), which is part of the Berkeley Public Schools Fund. They secure housing …

Resonance presents Derek Tam & Piano Music of Black Composers

Saturday, October 31, 4 pmhttps://www.youtube.com/user/firstchurchmedia/ Derek Tam will perform a selection of works by Black composers of the past two centuries, including pieces by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, R. Nathaniel Dett, Scott Joplin, Florence Price, and William Grant Still. Half of your donations for this concert will go to the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank. And if you missed last week’s concert with the Thrive …

Resonance Goes Virtual!

First Concert on Saturday, September 26, 4 pm This fall, our church concert series will go online with a free series of special concerts from our YouTube and Facebook channels! Soothe your soul with music and get a chance to interact with our artists online. When applicable, half of your donations will go towards each event’s associated charity. The other half …

Resonance Concert: Beethoven at 250

Get a head start on celebrating the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth! On Fri., Nov. 1 at 8 pm in the Sanctuary, acclaimed Seattle-based violinist Ingrid Matthews (“one of the lights on early music’s international circuit” — San Francisco Chronicle) and fortepianist Derek Tam come together for an evening of the composer’s most cherished works, performed on period …