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Mozart playing the piano and a table with cookies and coffee next to him

Munching with Mozart

Live classical music concert

2026-03-20 12:10:00 2026-03-20 12:50:00 America/Los_Angeles Munching with Mozart A popular monthly series of free noon-time concerts at the Downtown Branch. Pieces and performers vary from month to month. Bring your lunch and enjoy some music! Downtown Branch - Community Room

Friday, March 20
12:10pm - 12:50pm

Add to Calendar 2026-03-20 12:10:00 2026-03-20 12:50:00 America/Los_Angeles Munching with Mozart A popular monthly series of free noon-time concerts at the Downtown Branch. Pieces and performers vary from month to month. Bring your lunch and enjoy some music! Downtown Branch - Community Room

Downtown Branch

Community Room

A popular monthly series of free noon-time concerts at the Downtown Branch. Pieces and performers vary from month to month. Bring your lunch and enjoy some music!

For more information about the series contact: Carol Panofsky • 831-566-2954 • panofsky@cruzio.com

MUNCHING WITH MOZART AND FRIENDS is sponsored by The Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries

and the Santa Cruz County Music Teachers’ Association of California.

It is a monthly series of free noon-time concerts at the Downtown Branch.

Strings Attached Trio

Jenny O’Leary, jazz vocalist

Joe Leonard, Guitar

Renata Bratt, cello


I Could Write a Book              

Richard Rogers and Lorena Hart, 1940  

Embraceable You                  

George Gershwin, 1928    

Beautiful Love                        

Victor Young, 1931  

In a Sentimental Mood            

Duke Ellington, 1935

Let’s Get Lost                          

Jimmy McHugh and Frank Loesser, 1943        

Close Your Eyes                    

Bernice Petkere, 1933  

I’ll Be Seeing You                    

Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal, 1938    

What a Difference a Day Makes        

Maria Grever, 1934  

Skylark                                    

Johnny Mercer and Hoagy Carmichael, 1941

There Will Never Be Another You      

Harry Warden and Mack Gorden, 1942  

Featuring local star jazz vocalist, Jenny O’Leary, who is the daughter of folk and children’s music legend Minnie O’Leary, She will be performing jazz classics with soul and modern perspectives.

Joe Leonard, guitar is the librarian at Delaveaga Elementary.  He studied jazz at Cabrillo College with Ray Brown.  He is grateful for the vibrant community of musicians in Santa Cruz and performs frequently at many different venues in our town.

Renata Bratt, cello plays and teaches jazz, Celtic, Americana and classical music around town and around the world. She also writes books for cello and music for string orchestra.  

Coming Soon

May 15:  Low Notes on a High Level: Neil Fairbairn, bassoon and Ivan Rosenblum, piano

June 26: Unaccompanied: Joel Schaefer, cello

July 17: Romances: Carol Panofsky , oboe and Lynn Kidder, piano

For more information about the series contact:

Carol Panofsky • 831-566-2954 • panofsky@cruzio.com

AGE GROUP: | Adults 18+ years |

EVENT TYPE: | Music |

Downtown Branch

Phone: 831-427-7707
Branch manager
James Lee

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