Grace Presbyterian Church welcomes all to our free monthly Community Concert Series. Please join us at Grace Church for our Fall 2025 season with a free concert on Sunday, October 19 at 3:00 p.m. at 2100 Tice Valley Blvd., Walnut Creek. We have abundant free parking and a comfortable, welcoming space with plenty of seating. We hope to see you.
Don’t miss this concert featuring a Soprano Duo, Leandra Ramm, mezzo-soprano, and Jumi Kim, soprano. Ms. Ramm and Ms. Kim will be performing works bano, and Jumi Kim, soprano.
Ms. Ramm and Ms. Kim will be performing opera arias and duets from W.A. Mozart, G. Rossini, G. Puccini, G. Bizet, and R. Rodgers.
- “Cosi Fan Tutte” by W. A. Mozart
- “The Barber of Seville” by G. Rossini
- “Madame Butterfly” by G. Puccini
- “Carmen” by G. Bizet
- “Carousel” by R. Rodgers
Leandra Ramm is a remarkably versatile mezzo-soprano and actress with an “extraordinary voice” (Anderson Cooper 360), whose “beautiful and quite moving” (Nordstjernan Newspaper) performances have graced prestigious venues including San Francisco Opera, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the United Nations, Symphony Space and Davies Symphony Hall. Ms. Ramm made her debut as a soloist in Kurt Weill’s The Eternal Road with the American Symphony Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall. Recently, she performed the title role in La Cenerentola, Third Lady in The Magic Flute and Musetta in La Boheme with San Francisco Opera Guild. She starred in ‘Ecstasy’ presented by SF Symphony’s Soundbox and appeared as alto soloist with the San Francisco Symphony in Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, and Bach’s Magnificat, conducted by Ragnar Bohlin. In 2021, Ms. Ramm received the honors of National Finalist in the Women In Opera Division, and Semi-Finalist in the Art Song Division from The American Prize, and in 2019 was a grant recipient of the Opera America Career Blueprints for Singers.
Soprano Jumi Kim has been a featured soloist at various concerts including Mozart Requiem and Coronation Mass, and Vivaldi Gloria in collaboration with many orchestras and ensembles in the Bay Area and Central Coast. Ms. Kim has also performed various operatic roles including Countess in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto, and Cio-Cio San in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. Ms. Kim taught voice at Indiana Wesleyan University, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, and Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo. She received her doctoral degree in vocal performance from Ball State University, master’s from Indiana University, and bachelor’s from Ewha Woman’s University in Seoul, Korea. Currently Jumi Kim is an active soloist in the Bay Area while teaching at Oikos University in Oakland, serving as music director at Grace Presbyterian Church and as executive director of Celeste Solo Ensemble.
Grace Church welcomes all to this concert and to future monthly free concerts. Concerts are always free and free-will offerings are accepted with gratitude and help fund our community concert series. Join us for refreshments after the concert. The concert duration will be approximately one hour and 15 minutes. For more information about the concert contact Grace Presbyterian Church, 925-935-2100 or go to www.gracewc.org/news-events/concerts