2025-2026 Concerts 

Sunday October 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM: Berkelium String Quartet

This new string quartet will perform a concert titled “The Bow and the Brush,” a mixed-media performance with music with curated paintings projected behind the performers. Formed in 2024, Berkelium members perform with San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Ballet, New Century Chamber Orchestra, and the Oakland Symphony. Berkelium members have performed in solo and chamber ensembles across the US and Europe, premiering hundreds of new works. 

Performers are Dan Flanagan, violin; Karen Shinozaki Sor, violin; Jacob Hansen-Joseph, viola; and Michael Graham, cello.

Performing music by Haydn, Paganini, & Beethoven.

Listen to Berkelium performing Antonio Salieri's "Fugue for String Quartet": Listen 

Tickets for this Berkelium concert will soon be sold online for $25 each and we will have season tickets available at $75 for the 4 concerts of this upcoming season.  To purchase Season Tickets at Eventbrite go to our Tickets and Donation Page.

Individual tickets and season tickets can also be purchased at the door. 

For more information or to reserve tickets, please email us at mothmuse2@yahoo.com. 

To purchase tickets, please send a check to Music on the Hill, 201 Bennington St, San Francisco CA 94110.

Performances will be held at St. Aidan's Church, 101 Gold Mine Dr, San Francisco.

Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM:  "Ava & Friends"

Join us for a musical journey to Eastern Europe in a lively concert of works by Dmitri Kabalevsky, Antonín Dvořák, and Bohuslav Martinů.  With a nod to their cultural roots, these innovative composers combined elements of their folk tradition with a classical overlay. 

The individual musicians in "Ava & Friends" have appeared as soloists, in chamber ensembles at Music On the Hill, and throughout the Bay Area, including Old First Concerts, Noontime Concerts, Throckmorton Theater Noon Concerts, Berkeley Chamber Performances, SF Jazz, Yoshi’s, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

Performers are Ava Soifer, piano; Michele Walther, violin; Vicky Ehrlich, cello.

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Tickets for this "Ava & Friends" concert will be available at Eventbrite later in the season.

Individual tickets and season tickets can also be purchased at the door. 

For more information or to reserve tickets, please email us at mothmuse2@yahoo.com. 

To purchase tickets, please send a check to Music on the Hill, 201 Bennington St, San Francisco CA 94110.

Performances will be held at St. Aidan's Church, 101 Gold Mine Dr, San Francisco.

Sunday, January, 2025 at 7:00 PM: Music on the Hill Benefit

Join us for an exciting evening of wine, hors d'oeuvres and live music. 

Gifted tenor Michael Desnoyers returns to the Music on the Hill benefit. He is joined by soprano Nikki Einfeld. They will be performing duets and solos TBD. 

The San Francisco Chronicle describes Mike as having a "noble, fluid tenor"and said his "solos were beautiful and direct.” He has sung over 50 roles on Bay Area stages. Nikki was described in the New York Times as singing with a “seductive passion" and was praised for her ”melting beauty and purity of tone." Accompanying the singers is pianist Ava Soifer.

The Benefit will take place at a private home in San Francisco TBA. Suggested donation is $55. Seating is limited. 

Online tickets will be available later in the season: go to www.musiconthehill and click on the ticket link. Or, email us at mothmuse2@yahoo.com. You can also purchase tickets by sending a check to Music on the Hill, 201 Bennington St, San Francisco CA 94110. 

Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 7:30 PM: Chamber Music Society of San Francisco

In the spring of 2013, the Chamber Music Society of San Francisco [CMSSF] was founded out of a collective desire to perform the great chamber music repertoire. CMSSF is passionate about performing in intimate settings to create close connections between the performers and listeners. CMSSF brings together Bay Area musicians of diverse musical experience. They can be heard performing with the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, Oakland Symphony, Magik*Magik Orchestra, and many other chamber ensembles, including early music, jazz, tango, and pop.

Performers are Natasha Makhijani, violin; Jory Fankuchen, violin; Clio Tilton, viola; and 

Samsun van Loon, cello.

Performing music TBD.

Listen to CMSSF: Listen 

Tickets for this Chamber Music Society of San Francisco concert will be available at Eventbrite later in the season.

Individual tickets can also be purchased at the door. 

For more information or to reserve tickets, please email us at mothmuse2@yahoo.com. 

To purchase tickets, please send a check to Music on the Hill, 201 Bennington St, San Francisco CA 94110.

Performances will be held at St. Aidan's Church, 101 Gold Mine Dr, San Francisco.

Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 7:30 PM: Avenue Winds

Founded at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Avenue Winds embodies a bold and passionate spirit, taking us on an emotional journey exploring the musical joys of the woodwind quintet. They have performed in recital at numerous venues including the Rossmoor Concert series, University of San Francisco, Berkeley Chamber Performances, Old First Concerts, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and Music on the Hill. 

Performers are: Victoria Hauk, flute; Laura Reynolds, oboe; James Pytko, clarinet; Daniel Wood, French Horn; Jamael Smith, bassoon.

Performing a program of French music including works by Darius Milhaud, Jacques Ibert, Claude Debussy, Eugène Bozza, and Jean Françaix. 

Listen to Avenue Winds: Listen 

Tickets for this Avenue Winds concert will be available at Eventbrite later in the season.

Online tickets: go to www.musiconthehill and click on the ticket link.

Individual tickets and season tickets can also be purchased at the door. 

For more information or to reserve tickets, please email us at mothmuse2@yahoo.com. 

To purchase tickets, please send a check to Music on the Hill, 201 Bennington St, San Francisco CA 94110.

Performances will be held at St. Aidan's Church, 101 Gold Mine Dr, San Francisco.