The 42nd season of the Santa Ynez Valley Concert Series (SYV Concert Series) at St. Mark’s in-the-Valley opens Oct. 7 and features five programs, as well as an opportunity to stream four concerts from last season.

Friday, Oct. 7, Opening Night - Baritone John Brancy and pianist Robert Cassidy perform their concert Love Lessons featuring Gustav Mahler’s "Songs of a Wayfarer," Maurice Ravel’s song cycle "Don Quichotte á Dulcinée," and other selections by Frank Bridge, Reynaldo Hahn, and musical theater favorites.
Exact Times TBA

Friday, Jan. 13 – LARQ (Los Angeles Reed Quintet) returns to the SYV Concert Series with an eclectic program of works spanning centuries. LARQ members are Patrick Posey, saxophone; Claire Brazeau, oboe,; Donald T. Foster, clarinet; Anthony Parnther, bassoon; and Brian Walsh, bass clarinet.
 
Sunday, Feb. 19 – The Takács Quartet presents a concert focused on late Beethoven –"String Quartet No.12 in Eb major, Op. 127" and "String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op. 132." The Takács artists are Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes (violins), Richard O’ Neill (viola), and András Fejér (cello).
 
Wednesday, March 1 – pianist, Conor Hanick known for his interpretation of music both new and old and his “technical refinement, color, crispness and wondrous variety of articulation” will perform piano sonatas by Beethoven and Galina Ustvolskaya.
 
Saturday, May 13 – Demarre McGill, flute and Rodolfo Leone, piano. McGill has won the Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Sphinx Medal of Excellence, and now is principal flute of the Seattle Symphony. He will be performing an intimate concert program and will be joined by Leone, his preferred collaborator.
 
Tickets go on sale to the public starting Sept. 5 at smitv.org/syv-concert-serieshttp://smitv.org/syv-concert-series. General admission tickets are $20, patron tickets are $35, and student tickets are free.

Direct questions to Linda Burrows, SYV Concert Series coordinator, 805-705-0938 or syvconcerts@smitv.org.