A free festival for all lovers of music, art, and spending some (uncommon) time together
brought to life through local Palo Alto musicians, artists, and craftspersons. Hosted in an intimate neighborhood gathering space, at 1611 Stanford Ave/ University Lutheran Palo Alto.
brought to life through local Palo Alto musicians, artists, and craftspersons. Hosted in an intimate neighborhood gathering space, at 1611 Stanford Ave/ University Lutheran Palo Alto.
Schedule of Music Events
as of Thurs. Sept. 17
Sat. Sept. 26 · 7 pm
Jazz + Great American Songbook | Josson Belluschi Quartet, Katie Lipka, Bill Walker Trio
Enjoy some cool new interpretations of the timeless jazz standards that have inspired audiences and performers for many years. Josson is a talented guitarist just graduating from San Francisco State University. Bill will be joined by Katie Lipka on vocals and Dave Schorr on bass.
Sun. Sept. 27 · 7 pm
Steller Singers Young Adult Acapella
UniLu accompanist Malcolm Xiellie and his brother Colin are part of this phenomenal high school a cappella group. Check out their tiktok account for videos like this one. Malcolm has since moved on to other musical endeavors, but Colin remains involved!
Mon. Sept. 28 · 7 pm
Harmonia California New Music Drop In
Wed. Sept. 30 · 7 pm
Brazilian Music | Bill Walker and Receita de Samba
Bill considers himself very fortunate to be performing with the members of Receita de Samba, a talented choro and forro ensemble. Join us for a survey of different Brazilian music styles and moods.
Thu. Oct. 1 · 7 pm
Piano | Evgenia Leschinskaya, Barbara Sunseri, and Malcolm Xielle
Thursday night features performances by several very talented Bay Area pianists. The program will feature the music of Chopin as well as new music giant Henry Cowell.
Fri. Oct. 2 · 7 pm
UnCommon Music: New and Newer
Evgenia Leschinskaya, Ben Sabey, Tate Fisher, Kim Hsieh, Annabelle Chan, Alan Hebert, and Malcolm Xielle
Friday night we enjoy some freshly composed new music for both acoustic and electronic instruments.
Sat. Oct. 3 · 7 pm
UnCommon Chamber Music: Magnificat by Alan Hebert, Finzi, Ravel | Magnificat World Premiere
The night includes music by Finzi and Delius, but the big feature is our world premiere. Alan Hebert has put his heart and soul into a new interpretation of the Magnificat, a song or poem often understood as sung by Mary, in the Gospel according to Luke. Alan has spent time considering both the poetry of the Magnificat, as well as Mary and Elizabeth's story. He's dug deep into the emotional heart of the story and discovered some themes that other composers haven't dared to tackle.
Jazz + Great American Songbook | Josson Belluschi Quartet, Katie Lipka, Bill Walker Trio
Enjoy some cool new interpretations of the timeless jazz standards that have inspired audiences and performers for many years. Josson is a talented guitarist just graduating from San Francisco State University. Bill will be joined by Katie Lipka on vocals and Dave Schorr on bass.
Sun. Sept. 27 · 7 pm
Steller Singers Young Adult Acapella
UniLu accompanist Malcolm Xiellie and his brother Colin are part of this phenomenal high school a cappella group. Check out their tiktok account for videos like this one. Malcolm has since moved on to other musical endeavors, but Colin remains involved!
Mon. Sept. 28 · 7 pm
Harmonia California New Music Drop In
Wed. Sept. 30 · 7 pm
Brazilian Music | Bill Walker and Receita de Samba
Bill considers himself very fortunate to be performing with the members of Receita de Samba, a talented choro and forro ensemble. Join us for a survey of different Brazilian music styles and moods.
Thu. Oct. 1 · 7 pm
Piano | Evgenia Leschinskaya, Barbara Sunseri, and Malcolm Xielle
Thursday night features performances by several very talented Bay Area pianists. The program will feature the music of Chopin as well as new music giant Henry Cowell.
Fri. Oct. 2 · 7 pm
UnCommon Music: New and Newer
Evgenia Leschinskaya, Ben Sabey, Tate Fisher, Kim Hsieh, Annabelle Chan, Alan Hebert, and Malcolm Xielle
Friday night we enjoy some freshly composed new music for both acoustic and electronic instruments.
Sat. Oct. 3 · 7 pm
UnCommon Chamber Music: Magnificat by Alan Hebert, Finzi, Ravel | Magnificat World Premiere
The night includes music by Finzi and Delius, but the big feature is our world premiere. Alan Hebert has put his heart and soul into a new interpretation of the Magnificat, a song or poem often understood as sung by Mary, in the Gospel according to Luke. Alan has spent time considering both the poetry of the Magnificat, as well as Mary and Elizabeth's story. He's dug deep into the emotional heart of the story and discovered some themes that other composers haven't dared to tackle.
Contributing Visual Artists
viewing hours: 6:30 pm - 9 pm
Yulia O'Neil is a teen artist from Palo Alto, CA. Interested in art and crafts from a very young age, Yulia has been studying with several prominent teachers, including Alla Viksne, Lena Meltsina, Sheila Bond, Alena Kiseleva, Vika Haimov, Sarah Raymond, and Andrew Kim. Her favorite medium is alcohol markers, but she's been also enjoying ink, graphite, acrylic, gouache, colored pencils, and others. Further, Yulia is a big fan of making digital art with Procreate. Her other interests include dragons, mythology, fantasy, graphic novels, theater, and D&D. Please, follow her work on Instagram @yulia.oneil.art, and if you want to buy stickers, cards, notebooks, coasters, T-shirts, or other items with her art, head over to her online shop at Redbubble.
Suzanne Kindall Hebert - by Alan Hebert
Suzanne grew up in Oakland, and attended Anna Heads school in Berkeley. She studied Interior Design at the University of Colorado. During World War Two and immediately afterwards, she worked as an occupational therapist. She married Frank Hebert in 1957 and had one son, Alan Hebert. She spent most of her life from the 1950's onward, in Carmel, California.
My mother painted for as long as I can remember, taking classes at the adult school associated with Carmel High School, and going out on her own. Later in life she would snap photographs (in the days before digital photography) of vacation trips she and Frank had taken, and paint from them. She was one of the founding members of the Eagles Eye Gallery at the Naval Postgraduate School, in Monterey, California and displayed at the Monterey County Fair many times during the 1970's. Displaying at the county fair is actually a bigger deal than it sounds, this was the Monterey Peninsula, which had, and still has a vibrant and very skilled art community and the showing is adjudicated by a very elite crowd of judges!
There were a few iconic locations she went back to many times. Displayed here is one of the many renditions of the Carmel Mission she did over the years, while seated on the hillside across from the Mission.
Suzanne grew up in Oakland, and attended Anna Heads school in Berkeley. She studied Interior Design at the University of Colorado. During World War Two and immediately afterwards, she worked as an occupational therapist. She married Frank Hebert in 1957 and had one son, Alan Hebert. She spent most of her life from the 1950's onward, in Carmel, California.
My mother painted for as long as I can remember, taking classes at the adult school associated with Carmel High School, and going out on her own. Later in life she would snap photographs (in the days before digital photography) of vacation trips she and Frank had taken, and paint from them. She was one of the founding members of the Eagles Eye Gallery at the Naval Postgraduate School, in Monterey, California and displayed at the Monterey County Fair many times during the 1970's. Displaying at the county fair is actually a bigger deal than it sounds, this was the Monterey Peninsula, which had, and still has a vibrant and very skilled art community and the showing is adjudicated by a very elite crowd of judges!
There were a few iconic locations she went back to many times. Displayed here is one of the many renditions of the Carmel Mission she did over the years, while seated on the hillside across from the Mission.
Frank Cleaves Hebert - by Alan Hebert
Frank Hebert was born in the little town of Sedro Wooley, Washington. He attended public school and then went to the University of Washington enrolled in Naval ROTC. The ROTC program graduated their junior class along with the seniors in 1944, and Frank served in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters during World War Two. He was executive officer aboard a destroyer that observed the hydrogen bomb detonation off of Eniewietok Atoll.
In 1957-58 he was stationed at the Naval base at Yokosuka, Toyko, Japan. While there he purchased a medium-format film camera. As a boy, I never remember that camera being used, it always just sat in the tonsu chest in the hallway in our home in Carmel, California. After retiring from the Navy as a Lieutenant Commander, he worked for many years in the Monterey County Public Health department. After Dad retired from the County, he started taking photography classes at the Carmel Adult School, studying with, incredibly, Kip Weston. That medium format camera finally got used.
Dad did a lot of portraiture for a while, photographing all the officers in the Carmel Rotary Club, of which he was a member. He also got out and did local photography. Displayed here is a close-up of an iconic statue of Franciscan Father Serra that stands at an intersection not far from our house. The statue is by local celebrity artist from the 1920's, Jo Mora.
Frank Hebert was born in the little town of Sedro Wooley, Washington. He attended public school and then went to the University of Washington enrolled in Naval ROTC. The ROTC program graduated their junior class along with the seniors in 1944, and Frank served in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters during World War Two. He was executive officer aboard a destroyer that observed the hydrogen bomb detonation off of Eniewietok Atoll.
In 1957-58 he was stationed at the Naval base at Yokosuka, Toyko, Japan. While there he purchased a medium-format film camera. As a boy, I never remember that camera being used, it always just sat in the tonsu chest in the hallway in our home in Carmel, California. After retiring from the Navy as a Lieutenant Commander, he worked for many years in the Monterey County Public Health department. After Dad retired from the County, he started taking photography classes at the Carmel Adult School, studying with, incredibly, Kip Weston. That medium format camera finally got used.
Dad did a lot of portraiture for a while, photographing all the officers in the Carmel Rotary Club, of which he was a member. He also got out and did local photography. Displayed here is a close-up of an iconic statue of Franciscan Father Serra that stands at an intersection not far from our house. The statue is by local celebrity artist from the 1920's, Jo Mora.
plus: Joan Ferguson | Siri Huntoon | Mary Wisnewski + more
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