Classical Revolution

Classical Revolution began as an informal chamber music gathering in November 2006 at Revolution Cafe. Since then the organization has grown to include chapters in Portland , Reno , New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Toronto, Berlin, Ann Arbor, CincinnatiOur mission is to provide interesting and exciting chamber music performances in venues which are more accessible to a wider audience than the traditional concert hall.Classical Revolution has featured musicians who have played with Berkeley Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Monterey Symphony, Santa Cruz Symphony, Sacramento Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Reno Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera, San Diego Symphony, Carmel Bach Festival, Baltimore Symphony, Sarasota Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cabrillo Music Festival, Berlin Philharmonic, Atlanta Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic and many other orchestras. We have also featured international concert soloists and members of SFSound, Cypress Quartet, Del Sol String Quartet, Arditti Quartet, A Far Cry, Philip Glass Ensemble, Afiara Quartet, Amernet Quartet, Hausmann Quartet, Kailas Quartet, Albers Trio, and many other world class ensembles.Our events have grown to extremely popular, especially among our peers, the 20-30 something year olds, and we play for over 100 new listeners every week.We were voted "Best Classical Music Jam 2008" by the SFWeekly.Classical Revolution has presented chamber music at venues around the Bay Area including Amnesia, ArtHouse CA, Berkeley Piano Club, BlueSix Acoustic Space, Bollyhood Cafe, Caffe DiVino, Crowden Center for Music, DeYoung Museum, Dolores Park, Hemlock Tavern, Kaleidoscope Arts Center, Legion of Honor, Makeout Room, 111 Minna, Orange Room, Red Poppy Art House, Revolution Cafe, Secret Garden, SF Ferry Building, SoCha Cafe, SOMArts, Space Gallery, Stern Grove Festival, Temple Emanu-El, UC Berkeley Center for New Music and Technology (CNMAT), and numerous backyards and living rooms.Weekly residencies are heldSunday nights at Revolution Cafe 3248 22nd St at Bartlett.Wednesday nights at Socha Cafe 3235 Mission, just south of the Valencia intersection, next door to The Knockout.All shows approximately 8-11pm and FREE to the publicVisit our fiscal sponsor, San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music , to make a tax-deductible donation to our cause.Check out classicalrevolution.org for updated info.