Episode 40: Music at Kohl Mansion

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Music at Kohl Mansion Chamber Music Events and Performers and Violins of Hope

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“Two people came to us with actual instruments, from the holocaust that were played by they're relatives.“

In this episode, our featured voice is Patricia Kristof Moy, the Executive Director of Music at Kohl Mansion. Performing arts organizations generate a big percentage of their annual revenue through earned income in the form of ticket sales of live performances. Music at the Kohl Mansion is another legacy presenter of arts and culture that has lost 80% of its funding because of the one-two punch of the Covid-19 pandemic and economic collapse of our performing arts sector. Patricia tells us how she and her team are transforming their intimate in-person chamber music performances on to a global virtual stage

Patricia Kristof Moy

Patricia Kristof Moy, Executive Director of Music at Kohl Mansion since 2005, has been a Bay Area performing arts administrator, music presenter, producer, and educator for more than thirty-five years. Born in Paris, France, Ms. Moy was educated at Princeton University and New York University and has held management positions at the San Francisco Opera, Stern Grove Festival, San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, French-American International School, and San Francisco Boys Chorus. Dedicated to the belief that the arts strengthen our communities, she has developed outreach and educational programs for youth and adults of all ages and has designed and raised funds for collaborative projects involving civic and performing organizations, community centers, educational institutions, and individual artists.
Ms. Moy maintains a parallel career as a language and diction coach for singers and is the French Diction Coach of the San Francisco Opera and Santa Fe Opera. She has coached productions at the Metropolitan Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, and a number of regional companies throughout the US. She serves on the Merola Opera Program faculty and coaches privately in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Music at Kohl Mansion

Mission:
Inspired by the belief that the arts strengthen communities, Music at Kohl Mansion presents world-class chamber concerts at the historic Kohl Mansion and music education in public schools on the San Francisco Peninsula. Outreach programs provide access to interactive musical experiences for diverse audiences of all ages.

Music at Kohl Mansion (MAKM), the longest-running chamber-music-only presenter on the S.F. Peninsula, is deeply committed to community building through the arts, both in its highly praised mainstage concert series founded in 1983 and in education and community programs that connect people and promote human understanding. MAKM programs enhance the quality of life of Bay Area residents and visitors by reaching out to individuals of all ages, ethnicities, and socio-economic backgrounds.

Programs:
MAKM collaborates with professional musicians, arts organizations, K-12 schools, libraries, service organizations, community centers, and senior residences, providing affordable access and compelling points of entry to cultural and educational experiences for many who could not otherwise participate. These partnerships make possible economies of scale and resource sharing.

Since 1992, MAKM music education programs have touched over 120,000 K-12 students, offering partially subsidized programs for all schools and 100% subsidy for schools in low-income communities, ensuring that all students have
equal exposure and access to arts education.

MAKM has responded to the pandemic by shifting its 2020-21 concert season online and providing dedicated content for K-12 schools, including pre-recorded and real-time virtual classroom visits by artists.

Venue:
Located on the Mercy High School Burlingame campus, Kohl Mansion is a jewel-like setting for fine music. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, this 1914 landmark features a gracious setting in the Elizabethan style Great Hall, boasting ideal acoustics for intimate concerts. To find out more about Music at Kohl Mansion and to support their virtual music concerts and season go to music at kohl dot org

To purchase the Violins of Hope at Kohl Mansion album that was released on January 21st 2021 to coincide with the upcoming International Holocaust Remembrance Day and 76th Commemoration of the Liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau please go to pentatone music dot com and search for violins of hope to buy and download the album

Donation/Volunteer

Your gift this season will sustain artistic excellence in our virtual performances offered at modest pricing accessible for all. While we are not able to share great musical moments together in the concert hall, we are thrilled to offer high-quality video engagements delivered from our artists’ hometowns around the world.

Your gift also sustains education programs that inspire young people and help to promote the future of classical music. In this season of remote learning, we are offering online musical programs to support teachers and K-12 students. Please reach out for more information at: info@musicatkohl.org

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