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Day 3

  • San Francisco Botanical Garden 1199 9th Avenue San Francisco, CA, 94122 United States (map)

Flower Piano - Chuchito Valdez at Zellerbach Garden

9 - 10am, Great Meadow | Yoga with Kaiser Permanente

10 - 11:30am, Main Gate | Rabbit Hole Theater Scavenger Hunt 

Rabbit Hole Theater is back with another whimsical scavenger hunt through the Garden (10-11am) ending in song and movement for your little fairy, pirate, or wizard (11-11:30am). Scavenger hunt will launch from the Main Gate with a clue card to help young children find hidden characters in nearby gardens. 

10am-2pm, Main Gate | Plant Sale feat. Salvias, Shrubs, & Fuchsias

12 - 2pm, Piano Location Codes | Twelve Piano Extravaganza

1.  GM | Paulo Sultanum & Guests: Brazilian Groove

2.  HH | Jordan Feinstein: Songs and Improvisations

3.  GF | Benjamin Gribble / Esther Aeschbach: 4 hands / 2 pianos: New Music by Benjamin Gribble

4.  RH | Samantha Cho w. Florin Parvulescu: Sonata Feast of Beethoven, Debussy &  Grieg

             Sandra Simich: Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Brahms, Debussy

5.  AP | Elektra Schmidt, Lewis Patzner & Friends: Chamber Music Masterpieces

6.  NZ | Martha Cooper and Friends: Brahms, Bartok, & Very Weill Cabaret Opera

7.  SA | Mark Techler: Bebop, Beatles, Chick, Duke, Gershwin, Rag, Rodgers

8.  CN | Steve Abrams Trio: Jazz, Latin Jazz, Salsa, & Hard Bop

9.  RG | Dawn Oberg: Songs About Plant Life and Other Stuff                                                

             Tom Jonesing: Pop Demolition and Remodeling

10. CL | Daniel Sullivan: Dance-along Ballet Extravaganza

11. MV | Jasnam Daya Singh: Jazz Meets Classical and Brazilian Music

12. ZG | Monty Oxymoron: Classical Jazz Improv With a Touch of Psychedelia

1pm - 4pm, Children's Garden | Bean Sprouts Family Days Presented by Kaiser Permanente

Popular family garden program, Bean Sprouts Family Days, will take on a musical twist as children and their caregivers explore various hands-on activities from visiting our composting worms to creating garden art. 

2pm - 4pm, Ancient Plant Garden and New Zealand Garden | Oakland School for the Arts

For the third year, Oakland School for the Arts incredible youth return to take the stage at Flower Piano. Support young, emerging musicians as most of them experience playing in their first outdoor venue!

2pm - 5pm, Fountain Plaza | Awesome Orchestra Collective - David Möschler, Conductor

A full symphony orchestra that will work through and perform two major piano concertos. Awesöme Orchestra strives to make orchestra adventures accessible to everyone.

2pm | Frédéric Chopin - Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E-flat major, Op. 22 (1834), featuring Allison Lovejoy, Piano

3pm | Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 (1909) featuring Serene, Piano​

5pm - 6pm | Moving Meditation with Charity Kahn

Transition from Flower Piano bliss to real life with a free moving meditation session by Charity Kahn.

Earlier Event: July 12
Day 2
Later Event: July 14
Day 4