{"id":411,"date":"2009-04-29T19:09:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-29T19:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/victoria-theodore-may-performances-2\/"},"modified":"2014-07-06T14:59:11","modified_gmt":"2014-07-06T14:59:11","slug":"victoria-theodore-may-performances-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/victoriatheodore.com\/index.php\/victoria-theodore-may-performances-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Victoria Theodore May Performances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;<em>May<\/em> your days be many and your troubles be few. <em>May<\/em> all God&#8217;s blessings descend upon you. <em>May<\/em> peace be within you may your heart be strong. <em>May<\/em> you find what you&#8217;re seeking wherever you roam.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s <em>May<\/em> (almost) and we&#8217;ve already been experiencing an abundance of beautiful flowers, blue skies and (mostly) warm weather. Technically, more rain would be good in this perpetually semi-arid Northern California climate I&#8217;m so attached to, but I won&#8217;t complain!<\/p>\n<p>This month, I&#8217;ve got lots of performances and it always is a joy to see your beautiful, smiling faces in the audience. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marcellosofdanville.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marcello&#8217;s Restaurant<\/a> is an &quot;open mic&quot; gig, so let your inner superstar shine, and come out, have dinner and sing \/ play \/ dance with me! It&#8217;ll be fun. Be sure to bring sheet music, if you have it. I can read anything, but if you don&#8217;t have sheet music, no worries, as I can also play virtually anything by ear.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of reading, I&#8217;ve been rehearsing some awesome musical works (&quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/William-Grant-Still-American-Expansions\/dp\/B00000580G\/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;s=music&amp;qid=1241037123&amp;sr=8-3\" target=\"_blank\">Dismal Swamp<\/a>&quot; by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Grant_Still\" target=\"_blank\">William Grant Still<\/a> and &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Appalachian_Spring\" target=\"_blank\">Appalachian Spring<\/a>&quot; by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aaron_Copland\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Copland<\/a>) with the OPC Chamber Orchestra in Oakland. We&#8217;re performing on May 31. I&#8217;m excited about performing with an orchestra again, and am enjoying the process!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m also heading to Morocco towards the end of the month, so if you happen to be in Northern Africa, let me know! It&#8217;ll be my first trip to the continent, so I&#8217;m super excited!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a listing of the shows I currently have booked:<\/p>\n<p>MAY 2009<\/p>\n<p>  Sat, May 2<br \/>  8:30pm &#8211; 11:30pm<br \/>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marcellosofdanville.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marcello&#8217;s Restaurant &amp; Piano Bar<\/a>: Open mic! Come sing! Bring your instrument! Play a song or two with me!<br \/>  515 San Ramon Valley Boulevard Danville, CA 94526 | 925.838.8144<\/p>\n<p>  Sun, May 3<br \/>  3:30pm<br \/>  NANM Festival of Spirituals<br \/>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betheden.com\/\">Beth Eden Baptist Church<\/a><br \/>  1183 &#8211; 10th Street Oakland, CA 94607 | 510.444.1625<br \/>  Donation requested<\/p>\n<p>  Fri, May 8<br \/>  8:30pm &#8211; 11:30pm<br \/>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marcellosofdanville.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marcello&#8217;s Restaurant &amp; Piano Bar<\/a>: Open mic! Come sing! Bring your instrument! Play a song or two with me!<br \/>  515 San Ramon Valley Boulevard Danville, CA 94526 | 925.838.8144<\/p>\n<p>  Sat, May 9<br \/>  6:30pm &#8211; 9:30pm<br \/>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.broadwaygrill.biz\/component\/jcalpro\/79.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Broadway Grill<\/a><br \/>  1400 Broadway Burlingame, CA 94010 | 650.343.9333<\/p>\n<p>  Fri, May 15<br \/>  8:30pm &#8211; 11:30pm<br \/>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marcellosofdanville.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marcello&#8217;s Restaurant &amp; Piano Bar<\/a>: Open mic! Come sing! Bring your instrument! Play a song or two with me!<br \/>  515 San Ramon Valley Boulevard Danville, CA 94526 | 925.838.8144<\/p>\n<p>  Sat, May 16<br \/>  6:30pm &#8211; 9:30pm<br \/>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.broadwaygrill.biz\/component\/jcalpro\/79.html\">The Broadway Grill<\/a><br \/>  1400 Broadway Burlingame, CA 94010 | 650.343.9333<\/p>\n<p>  Sun, May 17<br \/>  7:30pm &#8211; 10:30pm<br \/>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marcellosofdanville.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marcello&#8217;s Restaurant &amp; Piano Bar<\/a>: Open mic! Come sing! Bring your instrument! Play a song or two with me!<br \/>  515 San Ramon Valley Boulevard Danville, CA 94526 | 925.838.8144<\/p>\n<p>  Sat, May 23<br \/>  7:30pm<br \/>  Stevie Wonder<br \/>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.festivalmawazine.ma\/\" target=\"_blank\">MAWAZINE Festival: Rhythms of the World<\/a><br \/>  OLM Souissi &bull; Sofitel Rabat Jardin Royal &bull; Avenue Addoustour Rabat, Morocco<\/p>\n<p>  Sun, May 31<br \/>  5pm<br \/>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.opcmusic.org\/Chamber%20Orchestra.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland Public Conservatory Chamber Orchestra<\/a><br \/>  Sandra I. Noriega, Music Director<br \/>  Performing the works of Aaron Copeland and William Grant Still with Victoria Theodore, piano<br \/>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skylineucc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Skyline Community Church<\/a><br \/>12540 Skyline Boulevard Oakland, CA 94619 | 510.531.8212<\/p>\n<p>Please check out my <a href=\"http:\/\/vtmusicworks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> to see a full, up-to-date listing of when and where I&#8217;m performing. Just click on one of the links and then click the button that says &quot;SHOWS&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Have a wonderful month! I hope to see you soon!<\/p>\n<p>Victoria Theodore<br \/>Pianist \/ Vocalist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;May your days be many and your troubles be few. May all God&#8217;s blessings descend upon you. May peace be within you may your heart be strong. May you find what you&#8217;re seeking wherever you roam.&rdquo; It&#8217;s May (almost) and we&#8217;ve already been experiencing an abundance of beautiful flowers, blue skies and (mostly) warm weather. 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