Tehama County Community Concerts
1938 - Present

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YearsPerformersYearly Budget
1937-1938Iso Briselli (Violinist)
Dorothy Crawford (Character Sketches)
Ray Middleton (Baritone)
$800
1938-1939Marjorie Edwards (Violinist)
Lansing Hatfield (Baritone)
Emil Baume (Pianist)
$750
1939-1940Mildred Dilling (Harpist)
Mieczyslaw Munz (Pianist)
Igor Gorin (Baritone)
$900
1940-1941Edwina Eustis (Mezzo-Soprano)
Anatol Kaminsky (Violinist)
Daniel Erincourt (Pianist)
$575
1941-1942Association not active due to World War II
1942-1943Association not active due to World War II
1943-1944Association not active due to World War II
1944-1945Josephine Tuminia (Soprano)
Zadel Skolovsky (Pianist)
Arthur LeBlanc (Violinist)
$1,150
1945-1946Don Cossacks (Russian Men's Choir/Dancers
Dalies Frantz (Pianist)
Nicholai & Johann Graudans (Cello and Piano)
$1,650
1946-1947Trapp Family Singers
William Haines (Tenor)
Solvig Lunde (Pianist)
$1,950
1947-1948Margaret Harshaw (Contralto)
Appleton and Field (Duo-Pianists)
Julius Huehn (Baritone)
$1,700
1948-1949Nan Merriman (Mezzosoprano)
Angel Reyes (Violinist)
Yara Bernette (Pianist)
$1,600
1949-1950Zadel Skolovsky (Pianist)
Mac Morgan (Baritone)
Pierrette Alarie (Soprano)
$2,100
1950-1951DePaurs Infantry Chorus
Joseph Battista (Pianist)
Rey and Gomez (Spanish Dance)
$2,100
1951-1952Revelers (Men's Chorus)
Walter Cassell (Baritone)
Vronsky and Babin (Duo-Pianists)
$2,750
1952-1953DePaurs Infantry Chorus
Louis Roney (Tenor)
Jean Cassadesus (Pianist)
Camilla Wicks (Violinist)
$3,000
1953-1954Dorothy Warenskjold (Soprano)
John Knight (Pianist)
Marina Svetlova and Company (Ballet)
Stephen Kemalyan (Baritone)
$2,550
1954-1955Angelaires (Harp Quintet)
Vronsky and Babin (Duo-Pianists)
Vivian Della Chiesa (Soprano)
$2,700
1955-1956Les Compagnons De La Chanson
Montez and Company (Spanish Dance)
Hanson and DeDell (Duo-Pianists)
$2,550
1956-1957Leonard Rose (Cellist)
Tanglewood Quartet (Opera)
Leonard Pennario (Pianist)
$2,300
1957-1958Sarah Fleming (Soprano)
Tuscon Boys Choir
Herman Godes (Pianist)
$1,850
1958-1959San Francisco Operatic Quartet
David Bar-Illan (Pianist)
Alma Trio (Violin / Cello / Piano)
$1,900
1959-1960Revelers (Men's Quartet)
Frances Bible (Mezzo-Soprano)
Eden and Tamir (Duo-Pianists)
$1,900
1960-1961Belefonte Singers
Coleman Blumfield (Pianist)
Margot Blum (Mezzo-Soprano)
David Abel (Violinist)
$2,550
1961-1962Clebanoff Strings
Varel & Bailly, Chanteurs de Paris
Kay Robingson (Actress / Singer)
Roy Bogas (Pianist)
$3,050
1962-1963James Schwabacher (Tenor)
Andree Juliette Brun (Pianist)
Tipton Chamber Orchestra
Pacific Ballet
$3,050
1963-1964Ma Si-Hon & Tung Kwong-Kwong (Violin and Piano)
Paganini Quartet (Stradivarius instruments)
Gregg Smith Singers
$2,500
1964-1965Duo Romeros (Guitarists)
Hungarian Ballets "Bihiri"
Maryjane Barton (Harpist)
Marjorie McKay (Mezzo-Soprano)
$2,900
1965-1966Texas Boys Choir
Raymond Davis (Cellist)
New Lost City Ramblers (Folk Singing Trio)
Jack Crossan (Pianist)
$3,150
1966-1967Men of Song (Quartet)
Fleis Eireann (Irish Singers / Dancers)
Beaux Arts Trio (Piano / Violin / Cello)
$3,350
1967-1968Richard Hayman & the Manhattan Pops Orchestra
Oukhtomsky Ballet Classique
Raymond Michalski (Bass-Baritone)
$3,350
1968-1969Clebanoff Strings
DeCormier Folk Singers
Thomas Uchtmann (Pianist)
$3,350
1969-1970Yale Accordian Symphony
Lola Montes and her Spanish Dancers
Tuscon Arizona Boys Chorus
$3,550
1970-1971Christopher Parkening (Guitarist)
Rondoliers (Vocal Trio)
Neil Wolfe Trio (Piano / Bass / Percussion)
$3,450
1971-1972Joyce Jones (Organist)
Jorge Morel Duo (Guitar & Percussion)
William Hall Chorale
$3,050
1972-1973Chitiri Arpi (Harp Quartet)
The Cosmopolitans (Vocal Trio)
Angus Godwin (Folk Singer-Guitarist)
Neil Wolfe Trio (Piano / Bass / Percussion)
$3,750
1973-1974Carnival de Mexico
Stecher & Horowitz (Duo-Pianists)
Torrent and Alexander (Duo-Organists)
$4,100
1974-1975Zamfir Romanian Folk Ensemble
Llords' "International" (Music and Marionettes)
New Christy Minstrels
$4,200
1975-1976Longstreth & Escosa (Harp Duo)
NcNeil Jubilee Singers
Philip Hanson (Actor-Storyteller)
$3,950
1976-1977Ford's Comic Opera Theatre, "Die Fledermaus"
Hal Shane (Singer-Guitarist-Dancer)
John Biggs Consort (Vocal / Instrumental)
Rico Saccani (Pianist)
$4,300
1977-1978Odessa Balalaikas of Russia
Berkshire Chamber Players (Clarinet / Flute / Violin / Piano / Cello)
Earl Rose (Pianist)
Edmund Karlsurd (Bass-Baritone)
$3,650
1978-1979World of Gilbert & Sullivan
Keith & Rusty McNeil (American Folksingers)
Measure for Measure (Harp / Violin / Cello)
Yuri Lotakov (Pianist)
$4,850
1979-1980Ronnie Brown Trio (Piano / Bass / Percussion)
Susann McDonald (Harpist)
Festival of Song Quartet
$3,900
1980-1981Festival Trio (Piano / Clarinet / Violin)
The McFarlane Singers "Romberg Remembered"
Hodgens & Howard (Duo Pianists)
$3,650
1981-1982Empire Brass Quintet
Thomas Lorango (Pianist)
The "Virage" Folk Ensemble of Latin America
$5,050
1982-1983"Marriage of Figaro", a Comic Opera
"Virginia Eskin (Pianist)
Linden Woodwind Quintet (Flute / Clarinet / Oboe / Bassoon / Horn)
Mary Jane Johnson (Soprano)
$5,950
1983-1984Nama Folk Orchestra
Clarion Trio (Trumpet / Piano / Cello)
Robert McDuffie (Violinist)
Anna Werner-Backmann (Coloratura Mezzo-Sopranno)
$6,700
1984-1985Festival Consort (Music of the Renaissance)
Dennis Karmazyn (Cellist)
Peter Kazaras (Tenor)
Max Morath Quintet, "Pop Goes the Music" (Piano / Guitar / Banjo / Saxophone / Clarinet / Percussion)
$8,250
1985-1986Colorado Children's Choral
The Casa Verde Trio (Formerly Stonybrook Trio) (Violin / Cello / Piano)
Bonnie Phipps Folk Ensemble (Autoharp / Guitar / Violin / Cello)
William Parker (Baritone)
$8,700
1986-1987Carol McLaughlin (Harpist)
Slovak Chamber Orchestra
Trio Sonata (Guitar / Flute / Oboe)
New York Vocal Arts Ensemble
$8,500
1987-1988Bill Schustik (American Troubadour)
Manhattan Rhythm Kings (Vocal / Piano / Guitar / Bass / Tuba / Melodica)
Constantine Orbelian (Pianist)
The Linden Quintet (Flute / Clarinet / Oboe / Bassoon / Horn)
$7,700
1988-1989Pamela South (Soprano)
Panocha String Quartet
Harvey Pittel Saxophone Quartet
Ralph Wells Trio (Baritone / Flute / Piano)
$9,000
1989-1990A Broadway Celebration (Vocal Ensemble)
Trio Bell'Arte (Harpsichord / Baroque Flute / Oboe / Recorder)
Atlantic Brass Quintet
Roy Bogas (Pianist)
$10,750
1990-1991Markham and Broadway (Duo-Pianists)
Spiro Malas (Bass-Baritone)
Butch Thompson Trio (Piano / Bass / Percussion)
Celin and Laurie Romero (Guitar and Soprano)
$12,000
1991-1992The Moscow Balalaikas
Monumental Brass Quintet
Larry Logan (Classical Harmonica)
Tocacatas and Flourishes (Organ and Trumpet)
$12,550
1992-1993Lincoln Mayorga (Pianist)
The New York Jazz Society's "A Night at Eddie Condon's"
The Light Blues (Classical Vocal Ensemble)
Vancouver Wind Trio
$12,750
1993-1994Broadway to Hollywood: In Concert (Vocalists and Piano)
Ory Shihor (Pianist)
Robert Bonfiglio Ensemble (Harmonica with String Trio)
Nevada Dance Theatre
$12,950
1994-1995Carl Peterson (Scottish Folk Singer)
Banjomania
Stephen and Carol Kechulius (Baritone and Piano)
DeWayne Fulton (Harpist)
$11,750
1995-1996Sang Mee Lee (Violinist)
Alba Quezada (Soprano)
Riverboat Ragtime Revue
San Francisco Saxophone Quartet
$12,650
1996-1997Brassissimo Vienna
Joe Trio (Piano Trio)
Overholt & Velta (Lyric Soprano and Baritone)
Max Morath, The Ragtime Man (Pianist / Singer)
$15,250
1997-1998Lee Lessack & Joanne O'Brien (Broadway Music)
Side Street Strutters (Dixieland Jazz)
Khenany (Music of Latin America)
Colorado Children's Chorale
1998-1999Nkenge Simpson (Soprano)
Richard Glazier (Gershwin Remembrance & Discovery)
Clemente Trio (Violin, Cello, Piano)
Joe Burgstaller (Trumpet music of the '30s and '40s; a Rafael Mendez project)
Diva (Jazz)
1999-2000Boston Brass
Chinese Golden Acrobats
Robert Trentham (Songs of the American Civil War)
Arcata String Quartet
2000-2001Black Mountain Male Chorus of Wales
Alborada (Music of Central and South America)
London Piano Duo
Roslyn Kind (Vocalist)
2001-2002Dale Gonyea (Piano & Comedy)
Manhattan Rhythm Kings
Linda Wang (Violinist)
Lemalu & Saarinen (Baritone and Pianist)
The Wood's Tea Company (Folk Music)
2002-2003Trio Voronezh (Russian Music)
Debra Reuter-Pivetta (Flute and Piano)
Lara St. John (Violin) Lara was unable to perform and was replaced by:
Susanne Hou and Max Zorin (Violinists)
Proteus 7 (Brass Group)
Antonio Pompa-Baldi (Pianist)
2003-2004Vega String Quartet
North State Symphony (Symphony Orchestra)
Scott Kirby (Pianist)
The Rothfuss Family Singers
String of Pearls (Female Vocal Trio) was unable to perform and was replaced by:
Quadre (4 French Horns)
2004-2005North State Symphony (Symphony Orchestra)
Calico Winds
Golden Bough (Celtic Music)
The Edlos (Men's A Capella and Comedy
Dallas Brass
2005-2006Mike Strickland (with Elizabeth and Sadie) (Pianist)
Bottom Line Duo (Violincello and Doublebass)
Canadian Tenors
Jeni Fleming Acoustic Trio (Classical and Modern Jazz)
Enoch Train (Americana Folk Ensemble)
North State Symphony (Symphony Orchestra)
2006-2007John Jorgenson Quintet (Gypsy Jazz)
Cantabile (Men's A Capella and Comedy)
North State Symphony (Symphony Orchestra)
Barra MacNeils (Celtic Music)
Sonos Handbell Ensemble
2007-2008New Orleans North (Jazz)
Marie-Andree Ostiguy (Pianist)
Norman Foote (Music and Comedy)
Massenkoff Russian Folk Festival
Franc D'Ambrosio's "Hollywood"
North State Symphony (Symphony Orchestra)