This program focuses on modern works for solo harpsichord
or harpsichord and violin, including the world premiere of
“Sustainable Mindfulness” by Slovakian composer Peter
Machajdik.
Program
Peter Machajdik: Sustainable Mindfulness (2024)
PREMIERE
featuring Mestre Cabelo
with the UC Davis Capoeira Ensemble
directed by Juan Diego Díaz
Born in Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil, Mestre
Cabello dedicates his life to the rhythms, instruments,
songs and dances of the Afro-Brazilian culture. Mestre Cabello
has been practicing Capoeira since 1980’s performing and teaching
around the world since 1990. A professional Capoeira Angola
teacher with more than 30 years experience, he is proud to be a
student and senior practitioner under the world famous master
Mestre João Grande. He also studies Afro-Brazilian rhythms and
dance as a disciple of Professora Emilia Biancardi and master
drummer Jorge Alabê. Currently, Mestre Cabello directs both the
OuroVerde cultural farm and the Barracão
d’Angola cultural center in Serra Grande Bahia Brazil, where
he promotes Brazilian culture creation, presentation, education,
and preservation. His aim and life mission is to engage and
deepen public appreciation and support for Capoeira Angola, use
cultural knowledge and practices to preserve the natural
environment, assure bright sustainable future for local children
through artistic and social development, and to promote grass
root, local social and economic community development.
Joy S. Shinkoskey was the mother of Deborah Pinkerton and
mother-in-law to Bret Hewitt. They established an endowment to
support noon concerts and musical performances in the UC Davis
Department of Music.
Joy S. Shinkoskey (Pinkerton)
1923–1999
Mother of four children, including Deborah Pinkerton, Joy
Shinkoskey was in her younger years a model and played the
piano which is where she developed her love of music, playing
Beethoven piano works in the Spokane Music Festival, 1940, and
throughout her life.
