The Community School of Music and Arts hosts “An Evening with John Daversa.” The Grammy-winning composer and jazz trumpeter has worked with Fiona Apple, Burt Bacharach, Joe Cocker and Herbie Hancock, among other well-known musical artists. He regularly performs with his groups—the Progressive Big Band and the Small Band—and as a conductor and soloist. He will be performing cuts and sharing stories from his album American Dreamers: Voice of Hope, Music of Freedom, which prominently features artists who are also beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The show is free and open to the public.

John Daversa
Sat, 7:30pm, Free
CSMA, Mountain View

In anticipation of 2020—and Beethoven’s 250th birthday—the Community School of Music and Arts hosts the latest installment in its a concert series honoring the beautiful sonatas of our good friend, Ludwig van. Composed over the course of three decades, the 32 sonatas are widely recognized as some of the most important compositions in music. Axel Schmitt, CSMA faculty member and winner of the Los Angeles Liszt Competition, will perform at Tateuchi Hall. The evening’s performance will feature four sonatas, including “The Tempest” and “Waldstein.”

The Complete Piano Sonatas
Sat, 7:30pm, Free
CSMA, Mountain View

German-born pianist Axel Schmitt, a faculty member at Mountain View’s Community School of Music and Arts, has at least one heavy lift on his bucket list: He’s attempting to perform every one of Beethoven’s piano sonatas—that’s 32 total—before the 250th anniversary of the great composer’s birth in 2020. On Sunday, Schmitt presents his third concert of Beethoven sonatas, this one checking five more off the list. If you’re keeping score, that’s Opus Nos. 49-1, 49-2, 14-1, 14-2 and 22. It’s free, but seating is limited. Arrive early.

Beethoven’s Sonatas
Sun, 2pm, Free
CSMA, Mountain View