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Xavier Foley is known for communicating his virtuosity and passion for music on the double bass, which is rarely presented as a solo instrument. Winner of a 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant, a Paiko Foundation Fellowship, and First Prizes at Astral’s 2014 National Auditions, Sphinx’s 2014 Competition, and the 2011 International Society of Bassists Competition. Program: J.S. BACH:Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011 (transposed for solo double bass) XAVIER FOLEY:Always on the Move for Double Bass and Piano VIVALDI:Cello Sonata No. 1 in B-flat Major, RV47 (transposed to G major for double bass and piano) XAVIER FOLEY:Lost Child Etude No. 11 “The Singer”Untitled Latin Paradise Date | Sunday, February 27 at 3 p.m. Location | The Baker-Baum Concert Hall at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center Get tickets here! General seating starting at $51. For more information, please visit ljms.org/events/xavier-foley or call (858) 459-3728.

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The San Diego Watercolor Society proudly presents the “Thomason Cash Award Art Exhibition”, juried by award-winning artist, Barbara Tapp. This watermedia exhibition runs from Friday, November 5 through Sunday, November 28 at the San Diego Watercolor Society gallery in the Arts District Liberty Station on the regular gallery hours: • Thursday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be a virtual Zoom reception on Friday, November 5 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. All paintings featured in the exhibition can be viewed and purchased online as well on the San Diego Watercolor Society website. Fore more information, please visit www.sdws.org or call (619) 876-4550.

On view at the main Quint Gallery, 7655 Girard Ave. Nov. 13, 2021 - Jan. 8, 2022 Opening reception will be Saturday, Nov. 13, 6-8 p.m. (correlates with the reception for Lee Materazzi | 'Roughly Cut a Smooth Curved Line' across the street.) RELATED: San Diego Weekend Arts Events: Photography, art, electroacoustic music, Palestininan poetry and two local-style Christmas plays (KPBS arts segment) From the gallery: Quint Gallery is thrilled to announce a solo exhibition of recent works by Los Angeles-based painter Mara De Luca. West Coast Paintings, as the title suggests, draws on the unique qualities of her surrounding landscape-- fleeting moments at dusk, glowing suns and nighttime clouds are achieved through considered approaches to color, material, and surface quality. Inspected further, a number of physical elements alter the structure of these paintings while playing to the artist's theoretical concepts. A strip of copper-plated metal between canvases may catch light like a descending sun’s reflective glean on a building, highlighting the interplay between atmosphere and industry. Scrolls formed by cut canvas reveal untreated surfaces underneath. These ruptures and visual interferences allude to a fractured reality, whereas other paintings, such as Western Sun, behave as pure illusion and artifice when seen from a distance. At closer viewing, this work and others reveal their materiality through layering and surface: "To me, a painting is like theater: you fall into the illusion as a true believer, all the while aware of the artifice and knowing it's a constructed thing." -Mara De Luca Informed by a lineage of light-obsessed painters from Caravaggio to Mary Corse, De Luca’s work focuses on the spiritual and emotional qualities of illumination, while operating within art historical movements specific to Southern California, like Light and Space and Conceptualism. Related links: Quint Gallery on Instagram About the artist

Get ready to move and groove at our first ever Music & Movement Family Day! The San Diego Model Railroad Museum will welcome Songbirds Music to our Pacific Beach Room for an afternoon of fun celebrating the importance of music and the arts. There will also be crafts and coloring pages around the museum to enjoy when you’re not enraptured by our model railroad exhibits. This event is designed for families with children between 1 and 8, but all are welcome! Songbirds Music will perform at approximately 11:45, 1:30, and 3:15. Music & Movement Family Day is included as part of museum admission. Date: Sunday, March 20, 2022 Time: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Location: San Diego Model Railroad Museum, 1649 El Prado San Diego CA 92101 Buy Tickets Here!

In 2016, a former Disney animator gave his followers a challenge: draw a mermaid every day for the month of May. Today, prompts motivate people to make pieces of mermaid art.

From San Diego weekend arts events (KPBS feature): Preston Swirnoff's latest multidisciplinary work is called "Stained Glass Enters the Stream," and it's a circular composition, with no clear beginning or end. The apparatus Swirnoff uses to perform the piece involves an intricate analog tape looping between two machines, emitting a dynamic, tuned chord, and it's connected to an organ. Swirnoff has collaborated with artists Spenser Little, known for his intricate and text-based wire sculptures, and Richard Isabella. It's immersive and meditative, and the installation will remain on view through Jan. 16. RSVP with Swish for access to the free performance, to reduce the number of guests indoors. The performance will also be livestreamed on Instagram. Details: Friday, Jan. 7, 2022 at 7 p.m., or by appointment through Jan. 16. Swish Projects, 2903 El Cajon Blvd., North Park. Free. Related links: Preston Swirnoff on Instagram Swish Projects on Instagram

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The SAMAHAN Filipino American Performing Arts and Education Center endeavors to present its 44th Concert of Philippine Dances and Music. Titled as “Sining SAMAHAN”, the concert showcases the Filipinos’ cultural music and dances from various villages and regions in the Philippines. The two-hour program features SAMAHAN’s rich repertoire with vivid traditional attire. The concert repertoire includes indigenous music and dances to the archipelago, the Spanish and the American influences on the elite and rural Filipinos cultural arts in the central Philippines—all accompanied by the SAMAHAN Rondalla String Ensemble. The exhilarating dances and lively music of the SAMAHAN Rondalla and Pakaraguian Kulintang Music Ensembles promise an enjoyable evening! Through the Concert of Philippine Dances and Music, SAMAHAN Arts will present to the audience the artistry of the performing arts from the indigenous people in Southern Philippines. The Filipinos’ dances and music performed in rituals, courtship, and festivals, depict the people’s rich culture, customs and traditions. The diversity of their dances and music reflects the interconnectedness with Asian and Western traditions throughout Philippine history: from the Indian, Chinese, Indochinese, Indonesian, Malay, Spanish, to the Americans. Date | Saturday, November 6 at 6 p.m. Location | Joan B. Kroc Theatre Get your tickets here! General admission: $22 Student admission: $15 VIP admission: $40 (reserved seating) For more information, please visit samahanarts.org or contact at samahanphildance@gmail.com or call (619) 946-7409.