Events
2012- Upcoming Concerts and Tours:
Feb.27th – May 1st- Sonja is on tour with FAUN in Europe!
Saturday, May 18th, saturday night set – time TBA: Symbiosis Gathering- Pyramid Eclipse
Friday, June 8th, 6:30 pm: the de Young museum, San Francisco, CA. We are thrilled to be performing for the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition! More details to come…
Our 2012 European summer tour is growing! More dates to follow soon:
Thursday, August 8th & Friday August 9th: Castlefest, Lisse, Holland
Saturday, August 25th: Entremuralhaus, Leiria Castle, Portugal
Saturday, September 9th: Festival-Mediaval, Selb, Germany
News from Autumn 2011:
We have two more public performances for 2011 before going back into the studio to record our upcoming releases with our newest ensemble member : EO ( of Gamelan X, Brass Menazerie, Arche Dream for Humankind ) EO is a brilliant composer /producer/ multi-electro-acoustic instrumentalist and singer. We have been developing electro-acoustic sets emphasizing Arabic rhythms, dramatic orchestral sections, otherworldly ambience, deep bass grooves and beautiful vocal harmonies. We look forward to sharing it with you!
Recent Past Performances:
Friday, Feb. 24th, 8 pm: Rudramandir Center, Berkeley, CA.
Sunday, Oct.16th 9pm: Bioneers after party at The Solstice Grove in Nicasio, Ca.
Saturday, Oct.22nd 8pm: Stellamara, Evan Fraser and EO at The Nexus in the Craneway Pavilion, Richmond, Ca.
September 9th: Intimate showcase concert at the Red Poppy Art House.
September 17th: Faerieworlds Harvest Festival
September 18th: the Alberta Rose Theatre
August 19th: Rudramandir Berkeley, CA featuring Miriam Peretz.
2010 & Earlier:
Sonja performs at Cowell Theater on November 20th and 21st in San Francisco as part of the” New Moon on the Silk Road” concert series, then leaves for performances and workshops in Italy throughout December. Gari will be performing a special concert with Teslim at Zellerbach Hall in December. Stellamara will return in 2011 and will be focusing primarily on European tours.
October 1st, 8 pm Rudramandir Center, Berkeley, CA.
August 28th, 8:15 pm: Noe Valley Music Series Stellamara and Round Mountain San Francisco, CA.
June 26th and 27th at 2pm and 8pm: Palace of Fine Arts Theater, San Francisco, CA. with the Wan-Chao Dance Company for the Ethnic dance Festival.
July 16th and 17th: Park Plaza, Hollywood, CA. Labyrinth of Jareth Masquerade Ball http://www.labyrinthmasquerade.com/
July 30th, 8pm: The Mix, Seattle, WA. With Kane Mathis and the Sahel Band . Georgetown, WA.
July 31st, 9pm: Portland, OR: Stellamara and the Underscore Orkestra and The Lotus Seed Portland, OR.
August 1st: Eugene, OR. Faerieworlds Festival
October 15th: Amnesia, San Francisco, CA (with Round Mountain and Dan Cantrell)
October 10th: Noe Valley Ministry , San Francisco, CA
October 2nd: The Cayuga Vault, Santa Cruz, CA
October 4th: The Hillside Club, ?Berkeley CA
August 15th: Beloved – Sacred Art and Music Festival, Tidewater Falls, OR.
August 14th: Portland, Oregon Buddhist Temple
July 24th: Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco, CA
July 3rd: The de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA.
July 12th: Annie Basant Lodge, Los Angeles, CA
July 10th & 11th: Labyrinth of Jareth XII, The Henry Fonda Music Box Theater, Hollywood, CA
June 20th: Cayuga Vault, Santa Cruz, CA
May 28th: Briana Waters Benefit, San Francisco, CA.
Additional Venues hosting Stellamara have included:
The Harmony Festival, Santa Rosa,CA
East Bay Church of Religious Science, Oakland, CA
Boston MA -The Cloud Foundation
Brookyn, NY -Zebulon Café Concert www.zebuloncafeconcert.com
The Independent, San Francisco CA http://www.theindependentsf.com
Tsunami Benefit- The Canvas Gallery, w/ The Indigo, Brass Managerie The Extra Action Marching Band, etc..San Francisco CA
Live recording for Echoes, NPR program hosted by John Diliberto, Oakland CA
Cayuga Vault, Santa Cruz, CA
The Groove Garden w/ DJ Dragonfly and Ron Toffenelli Fairfax, CA
Tangents Party w/ host Dore Stein, San Francisco CA
Pacific Cultural Center- with Hamed Nikpay, Santa Cruz , CA
June 11: Stellamara’s -The Seven Valleys- Signed to Hearts of Space records/ Valley Entertainment.
June 10: July 17
Peter Jaques and Sonja Drakulich of Stellamara on a 5 week tour in Indonesia with the ‘Mythic theater’/ Hybrid Gamelan group ‘Situbanda’.
Highlights of the tour:
6/23: Bali Arts Festival- Denpasar, Bali
7/1: University of Solo- Java
7/2: 10th annual Yogyakarta Gamelan Festival- Java
8/1: Sonja on the cover of Common Ground magazine. The issue includes an article and review of Stellamara.
http://www.commongroundmag.com/2005/cg3208/
8/12-8/14: Theater Artaud, San Francisco CA
8/24: Stellamara concert featuring Ross Daly at the Labyrinth Summer concert series
Houdetsi, Crete- www.labyrinthmusic.gr
8/31-9/10: Recording with Ross Daly and Kelly Thoma- Houdetsi, Crete and Athens, GR
11/4: Toas Center for the Arts- Taos, NM
11/11: College of Santa Fe, NM
11/13: Ghost Ranch Retreat Center, Abiquiu NM
12/2: Festival of the Spirit, Sandpoint, Idaho with Kabir Helminski
12/4: Gnostic association of Cultural Anthropology, Portland, OR
-KPFA Music and Crafts fair, San Francisco,CA
-The Canvas Gallery, San Francisco CA
-The Monterey World Music Festival, Monterey
- The Knitting Factory- NY NY
- Sacramento State University- Sacramento CA
- San Francisco State University- SF CA
- Stanford University- CA
- Kuumbwa Jazz Center- Santa Cruz CA
- Grace Cathedral- SF CA
- Noe Valley ministry- SF CA
- ODC Theater- SF CA
- International House at the University of California, Berkeley
- El Ray Theater- Albuquerque- NM
- St Johns Pub, Portland- OR
- Institute of Gnostic Anthropology, Portland OR
- S.A.T. Temple- Santa Cruz CA
- St. Albans Church- Albany CA
- Cell Space- SF CA
- Rancho Nicasio- Sonoma CA
- Raven Theater- Healdsburg CA
- Paramount Night Club- Santa Fe NM
- Fort Burgwin Auditorium – Taos NM
- Institute of Noetic Sciences- Petaluma CA
- Imagery Estate Winery- Glen Ellen CA
- Monterey World Music Festival- Carmel CA.