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• Private Event at Sunnyvale Post-Acute Center

  • When
    8 Oct 2023
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    1:30 PM
  • Location
    1291 S. Bernardo Ave., Sunnyvale, CA

  
  

  An Afternoon of Music - PRIVATE EVENT 

  DIRECTIONS: Sunnyvale Post-Acute Center  

  
  

  This is a private event at Sunnyvale Post-Acute Center and is not open to the public or SBGS members.
  

  Classical guitarists Daniel Philip and Nikhil Prabhakar and violinist Mathias Gomez perform in this community engagement event.

  Time: 1:30 p.m. on Sunday October 8, 2023

  Location: Sunnyvale Post-Acute Center, 1292 S. Bernardo Avenue, Sunnyvale

  Daniel Philip is a versatile guitarist who loves creating music. At 9, he began guitar lessons at the Silicon Valley Classical Guitar School in Sunnyvale and has made great progress over five years. Playing guitar has taught Daniel many lessons about patience and attention to detail. He prefers music from the 1990s to 2010s and likes playing pop songs converted into classical-guitar style.  He transcribes his favorite pop songs to staff notation, allowing him to use classical fingering technique.  Daniel taught himself acoustic guitar and is a member of his church worship team. He also plays trumpet in the Cupertino Middle School band. Playing multiple instruments allows him to transfer skills across areas, making him a better musician overall.  At his first performance in a nursing home, Daniel saw how much the residents enjoyed a break in their day and afterwards began volunteering his time and talent in local care centers. Daniel is currently preparing for the Royal Conservatory of Music's Level 7 exams.

  
  

  Daniel Philip

  
  Nikhil Prabhakar, 16, is a junior at Fremont High School in Sunnyvale. He studies classical guitar with Scott Cmiel at the Pre-College Division of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and performs at nursing homes and rehabilitation centers in the South Bay. The warmth and curiosity of the residents at these centers has led to a great sense of connection and purpose for him. Nikhil also volunteers at local libraries and loves reading books about life sciences and biology. In his spare time, he loves watching movies, playing with his dog and spending time with his friends. 

  

  Nikhil Prabhakar

  Mathias Gomez, 15, is a sophomore at Stanford Online High School and studies violin at the Pre-College Division of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Besides volunteering at senior living communities, Mathias serves as an assistant teacher at a local school.  Mathias enjoys ballet, piano, reading, Star Wars, and Lego projects.

  
  

  Mathias Gomez

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• Performance Anxiety Workshop with Daniel Ramjattan

  • When
    14 Oct 2023
  •  
    2:00 PM
  • Location
    Palo Alto High School Performing Arts Center, Palo Alto, CA

  
  

  Performance Anxiety Workshop with Daniel Ramjattan

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  Palo Alto Adult School and the South Bay Guitar Society are pleased to present the lecture Music Performance Anxiety and You!, led by Dr. Daniel Ramjattan of Wilfrid Laurier University of Ontario, Canada. Admission is free.

  Music performance anxiety is a nearly universal experience for musicians of all disciplines. We improve technical and musical skills through lessons and practice but also need strategies addressing our emotional and physiological responses to performing onstage. This two-hour lecture on performance anxiety will explain the causes of anxiety and offer science-based strategies to facilitate peak performance in the face of the challenges of playing before an audience. A question-and-answer period will follow the lecture.

  Dr. Daniel Ramjattan completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Toronto in 2022 and wrote his dissertation on music performance anxiety among classical guitarists. He has lectured on the topic at McGill University, the University of Toronto, Wilfrid Laurier University, Memorial University, the University of Waterloo and Mount Royal University, among others. He has appeared on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's television program The National as an expert on music performance anxiety.

  As a guitar performer, Dr. Ramjattan has premiered dozens of chamber and solo works and given recitals in Europe and across Canada, the United States, Trinidad and Tobago, and Japan.  He has performed in festivals including the 21C Music Festival, Open Ears Festival, Guitare Alla Grande, INNERChamber, Ottawa Chamberfest, Livorno Music Festival and many more. He made his concerto debut with Joaquín Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez in 2023 with the Stratford Symphony.

  Dr. Ramjattan's debut studio album "Inspirations: New Works for Solo Guitar" features his interpretation of six brilliant works by Canadian composers, including three world premiere recordings. CBC Radio’s Paolo Pietropaolo featured the album as its Record of the Week in 2022. WholeNote Magazine described his playing as "beautifully clean."

  Dr. Ramjattan is on the faculty of Wilfrid Laurier University in Ottowa and designed and inaugurated the school's first music performance anxiety and performance skills course in the fall of 2022.  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

   

  
  

  
  

   

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• Private Event at Mission Skilled Nursing & Subacute Center

  • When
    22 Oct 2023
  •  
    3:00 PM
  • Location
    410 N. Winchester Blvd., Santa Clara, CA

  
  

  An Afternoon of Music - PRIVATE EVENT 

  DIRECTIONS: Mission Skilled Nursing & Subacute Center  

  
  

  This is a private event at Mission Skilled Nursing and Subacute Center and is not open to the public or SBGS members.
  

  Classical guitarists Daniel Philip and Nikhil Prabhakar and violinist Mathias Gomez perform in this community engagement event.

  Time: 3:00 p.m. on Sunday October 22, 2023

  Location: Mission Skilled Nursing & Subacute Center, 410 N. Winchester Blvd., Santa Clara

  Daniel Philip is a versatile guitarist who loves creating music. At 9, he began guitar lessons at the Silicon Valley Classical Guitar School in Sunnyvale and has made great progress over five years. Playing guitar has taught Daniel many lessons about patience and attention to detail. He prefers music from the 1990s to 2010s and likes playing pop songs converted into classical-guitar style.  He transcribes his favorite pop songs to staff notation, allowing him to use classical fingering technique.  Daniel taught himself acoustic guitar and is a member of his church worship team. He also plays trumpet in the Cupertino Middle School band. Playing multiple instruments allows him to transfer skills across areas, making him a better musician overall.  At his first performance in a nursing home, Daniel saw how much the residents enjoyed a break in their day and afterwards began volunteering his time and talent in local care centers. Daniel is currently preparing for the Royal Conservatory of Music's Level 7 exams.

  
  

  Daniel Philip

  Nikhil Prabhakar, 16, is a junior at Fremont High School in Sunnyvale. He studies classical guitar with Scott Cmiel at the Pre-College Division of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and performs at nursing homes and rehabilitation centers in the South Bay. The warmth and curiosity of the residents at these centers has led to a great sense of connection and purpose for him. Nikhil also volunteers at local libraries and loves reading books about life sciences and biology. In his spare time, he loves watching movies, playing with his dog and spending time with his friends. 

  

  Nikhil Prabhakar

  Mathias Gomez, 15, is a sophomore at Stanford Online High School and studies violin at the Pre-College Division of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Besides volunteering at senior living communities, Mathias serves as an assistant teacher at a local school.  Mathias enjoys ballet, piano, reading, Star Wars, and Lego projects.

  
  

  Mathias Gomez

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