San Diego, CA (August 9, 2023) – For 29 years, Camarada’s mission has been to create connections between its San Diego audiences, its renowned guest artists, and its diverse range of musical programming. This year, Camarada brings that mission to the forefront with its 2023-2024 season, Heart-to-Heart, featuring heart-touching musical masterpieces, familiar jazz standards, passionate tangos, and multiple world premiere performances. Heart-to-Heart will present 11 programs across four venues throughout San Diego, each providing unique ways for audiences to engage with the local cultural scene.

Fall 2023 kicks off with Music Beneath the Trees, performed both at Mingei International Museum and Barrio Logan’s Bread & Salt galleries. Audiences will have multiple ways to experience a “musical picnic” of pieces by Claire Vazart, Claude Bolling, and John Clayton, as well as a world premiere by Camarada’s Composer-in-Residence, Andrés Martín. The fall also sees the return of Music SHE Wrote™, a concert dedicated to celebrating the oft-overlooked music of female composers, with inspired compositions by Valerie Colman, Libby Larsen, Amy Beach, and Gabriela Lena Frank. Soprano Tasha Koontz lends her sparkling soprano to the evening.

Also returning to the season after a sold-out run in 2022 is Charlie Brown Jingles & JAZZ at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center. Now offering two nights of performances to accommodate demand, Charlie Brown Jingles & JAZZ lights up the holidays with Peter Sprague’s toe-tapping arrangements of A Charlie Brown Christmas, featuring dazzling vocals by Allison Adams Tucker.

The start of the new year brings another world premiere performance, In Search of Time, written by composer Stefan Cwik and inspired by the art of Tatiana Ortiz-Rubio as part of Camarada’s 2024 Composers Circle commission. A multi-faceted artistic experience, In Search of Time will be performed in UC San Diego’s Park & Market venue, celebrating Camarada’s return to the innovative downtown space. Camarada then recreates their 2023 Argentinian tour experience with Tango Buenos Aires. The performance will include the world premiere of a new commission by Andrés Martín and will also showcase the genius of tango legend, Astor Piazzolla.

In the spring of 2024, Camarada dives into the music of two disparate composers - Antônio Carlos Jobim and Antonio Vivaldi. Part of Camarada’s Music of the Americas series, Estrada do Sol takes audiences on a journey to Jobim’s Brazil, with works arranged by Peter Sprague. Back at the Conrad, Camarada uncovers long-lost musical treasures in Vivaldi’s Magic, a concert featuring the music of Vivaldi accompanied by music of his era by composers such as Marin Marais, as well as the contemporary Concierto Barocco by living Mexican composer José Enrique González-Medina.

Rounding out the season, Superstition: The Music of Stevie Wonder explores the deep and vibrant catalog of musical legend, Stevie Wonder. Finally, Soundtrax brings the silver screen to the concert stage, performed both at Mingei International Museum and Bread & Salt, with inventive arrangements of movie, television, and video game scores by John Williams, Nino Rota, and visiting composer Gilad Cohen.

Tickets can be purchased for individual events or in series packages based on venue. To purchase tickets, please visit https://www.camarada.org/heart-to-heart-season

MINGLE @ MINGEI at Mingei International Museum
Music Beneath the Trees - Thursday, October 26, 2023, 7:30 PM
Superstition: The Music of Stevie Wonder - Thursday, April 18, 2024, 7:30 PM
Soundrax - Thursday, May 2, 2024, 7:30 PM
Individual Concert Tickets: $75 Level A / $45 Level B / $35 Level C

CAMARADA @ THE CONRAD at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center
Charlie Brown Jingles & JAZZ - Friday & Saturday, December 15 & 16, 2023, 7:30 PM
Tango Buenos Aires - Saturday, February 3, 2024, 7:30 PM
Vivaldi’s Magic - Saturday, March 23, 2024, 7:30 PM
Individual Concert Tickets: $95 Level A / $65 Level B / $35 Level C

MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS at UC San Diego Park & Market
Music SHE Wrote - Saturday, November 18, 2023, 7:30 PM
In Search of Time - Saturday, January 20, 2024, 7:30 PM
Estrada do Sol - Saturday, March 2, 2024, 7:30 PM
Individual Concert Tickets: $55 Level A / $35 Level B / $25 Level C

SOMETHING’S BREWING @ BREAD & SALT at Bread & Salt Galleries
Music Beneath the Trees - Saturday, November 4, 2023, 7:30 PM
Soundtrax - Saturday, May 4, 2024, 7:30 PM
Individual Concert Tickets: $55 Level A / $35 Level B / $25 Level C

About Camarada

Camarada is dedicated to presenting invigorating performances of musical masterworks. Established in 1994, Camarada concerts share the joy of chamber music by pairing performers of the highest caliber with intimate spaces throughout San Diego. The mission of Camarada is to enrich the San Diego community and beyond by presenting phenomenal chamber music concerts while engaging diverse audiences through visionary and educational programming, featuring living composers, and commissioning new music. For more information, visit http://www.camarada.org.

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