Old First Concerts' 50th Anniversary Gala

Join us as we ring in our 50th year of presenting some of the Bay Area's most exciting and innovative chamber music, piano solo, and world music concerts. We have an exciting line-up of amazing performances by some of our favorite artists. In very 2020-style, the gala will include both pre-recorded performances made especially for this event as well as live broadcasts from our beautiful, historic space with excellent acoustics in the heart of San Francisco, all streamed straight to the comfort of your own home!

We're really excited about the line-up taking shape for the event, and can't wait to share more information with you soon. All proceeds from this event go to ensuring we can continue to support Bay Area musicians at all stages of their careers and presenting audiences with eclectic and adventurous programming.

Initial line-up:
Live performances by:
Bill Wellborn
Hadley McCarroll
Daniel Glover
Gwendolyn Mok
Robert Schwartz
Sarah Cahill
Henry Plotnick
and Anne Lerner (from Ensemble for These Times)

Pre-recorded performances and/or live interviews with:
KITKA
sfSound
Cascada de Flores
Cornelius Boots
Larry Ferrara
Arjun Verma
Friction Quartet
Ensemble ARI
Quinteto Latino
ZOFO
Winnie Nieh & Paul Dab
Golden Bough
and more...

In addition to providing two hours of wonderful performances, the gala will kick off our year-end fundraising campaign. Our musicians have contributed to the great success of our series over the past 50 years, but we wouldn't have been able to continue without the amazing support of you, our audience members and donors.