CURTAIN RISES ON NEW GROUP: Barbara Christmann, the former education director for San Jose Jazz, has launched the Pacific Philharmonic, a new nonprofit dedicated to music education.
The group's teachers and workshop students will be featured Saturday at SpringFest, a chamber music concert and reception at the Los Gatos United Methodist Church that's being sponsored by Los Gatos Music & Arts. A donation of $15 is suggested for admission to the 4:30 p.m. event. For more information on the group or the concert, go to www.pacificphilharmonic.com.
Sal Pizarro, Around Town - San Jose Mercury News
(May 6, 2011)