The following is a press release issued by the One Heart Institute:
The One Heart Institute will present an eclectic concert featuring six virtuoso musicians—Jeremy Cohen (violin), Barbara Bogatin (cello) Alex de Grassi (guitar), Wenbo Yin (saxophone), Paul Yarbrough (viola) and Maja Radovanlija (guitar)—at the Sudhana Center Recital Hall located at 225 South Hope Street in Ukiah at 7PM on Friday, June 21. Tickets are $30 and they are available at Mendocino Book Company, online at oneheartinstitute.org, or by calling 707.376.8731.
The One Heart Institute is an intensive music and wellness program founded in 2023 with the goal of bringing internationally acclaimed musicians together to teach, perform, and share their skills in a setting that also offers wellness practices such as Tai Chi, meditation, and yoga. This year’s program will run from June 16 to June 30. Classes range from three-day workshops to one-week and two-week programs. The teaching faculty has been expanded to include violinist and Quartet San Francisco founder Jeremy Cohen, San Francisco symphony cellist Barbara Bogatin, voice instructor Dr. Larry Lee, conductor and author Dr. Alexander Kahn, University of Minnesota guitar professor Maja Radovanlija. Cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Clifford Saron will offer talks during the week of June 16.
Barbara Bogatin has been playing cello with the San Francisco Symphony and chamber groups for the past 30 years, and she is also an educator in the field of mindfulness training for musicians. In addition to performing in the concert, she will be giving a three-day workshop on how the skills cultivated during meditation can be helpful in music making. Jeremy Cohen has performed several times in Ukiah over the years both with his Grammy® nominated Quartet San Francisco string quartet for the Ukiah Community Concert series and with Alex de Grassi and others other area concerts. Both Barbara and Jeremy will be joined by former Alexander String Quartet (and now local luminary) violist Paul Yarbrough for one or more string trios.
Serbian native Maja Radovanlija received her doctorate in guitar at Indiana University and has performed in concerts throughout Europe and North America. She will be offering classical guitar instruction and improvisation during the first week of the music camp. You can expect to hear some of her unique arrangements of Balkan folksongs performed with Mr. de Grassi as well as some excursions in improvisation with the other musicians throughout the concert. After receiving his doctorate at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, Chinese born saxophonist Wenbo Yin relocated to Ukiah to study at Dharma Realm Buddhist University. He will be instructing wind players and jazz ensemble throughout the two-week program. and will be featured performing in several configurations in the concert. Known primarily for his solo guitar career, Alex de Grassi has been delighting audiences around the world for over 45 years with his original compositions and arrangements of folk and jazz classics. He will be teaching fingerstyle guitar technique and arranging/composing for guitar for both weeks.The concert will feature a wide variety of music—from folk to jazz and classical selections guaranteed to offer something for everyone. The recently refurbished Sudhana Center Recital Hall makes an excellent acoustic venue for unamplified music in an intimate setting with limited seating. Expect a sold-out show. For more information about the music camp, please visit oneheartinstitute.org.
