Throckmorton Noon Concerts Presents
Charlie Brown Christmas Trio
Throckmorton’s Noon Concerts Series are free to attend. You are encouraged to hold seats but it is not required. Doors open at 11:45am; Concerts begin at 12pm.
Larry Dunlap (piano), Ken Miller (bass), and Akira Tana (percussion) present “A Charlie Brown Christmas” in it’s original jazz trio format. The music was composed by San Francisco-based jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi, in collaboration with Charles M. Schultz (the creator of the Peanuts comic strip). This made-for-television Christmas special was first broadcast in 1965, and has been in the hearts of the public ever since.
About The Musicians
Larry Dunlap, Piano
Pianist, composer and arranger Larry Dunlap has a multifaceted career that includes extensive work in the fields of jazz, classical and popular music.
Since the early 1980s Larry has been a pianist in North America with the British singer Dame Cleo Laine and her musician husband Sir John Dankworth. His past work has seen him appearing and/or recording with jazz vocalists Mark Murphy, Sheila Jordan, Ernestine Anderson and Joe Williams as well as instrumentalists Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, Ralph Towner, Ernie Watts, Bud Shank and Larry Coryell, to name a few.
In the pop music field Larry has toured with The Pointer Sisters, Country Joe McDonald, and others. He appears as keyboardist, arranger, and producer on many recordings. Larry transcribes and edits music for publications from Sher Music Company. These include The New Real Book, Volumes 2 & 3, The Standards Real Book, The European Real Book and others. He is currently at work writing a book in vocal accompaniment. At home in jazz. classical and popular styles of music, Larry Dunlap brings a wide range of talents and a unique perspective to each of his musical undertakings.
Ken Miller, Bass
Ken Miller is a San Francisco based bassist who has enjoyed a career spanning many genres of music. Ken has performed with the San Francisco Symphony and Opera Orchestra for decades, as well as many other orchestras.
Ken is also an accomplished jazz musician who has played with many leading players on the Bay Area scene, both on acoustic and electric bass. Some of the jazz artists that Ken has worked with over the years include Saxophonists Branford Marsalis, Pharaoh Sanders, Gary Foster, and Charlie McCarthy; Guitarists Bruce Forman, Mimi Fox, Jordan Samuels, Jeffrey Burr and Kai Lyons; Pianists Marion McPartland, George Cables, Al Plank, Mark Levine, Larry Dunlap, and George Gaffney.
Akira Tana, Percussion
Born and raised in California, Akira Tana earned degrees from Harvard University and the New Conservatory of Music. Tana has worked with, among others, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt, Zoot Sims, Hubert Laws, Milt Jackson, Jim Hall, Art Farmer, The Paul Winter Consort, Paquito D'Rivera, James Moody, J.J. Johnson, Lena Horne, The Manhattan Transfer, Ruth Brown, Charles Aznavour, Maurice Hines, and Van Dyke Parks. He has appeared on over 200 recordings.
Noon Concert Series
Our 2025-2026 season of signature Noon Concerts shares talent from around the world. All concerts are offered to the public free of charge. Join us to celebrate the transcendent power of live music.
Concert Curator
We have had the good fortune of having Beni Shinohara as our Noon Concerts Curator for the last nine years. Beni is a highly respected and incredibly talented Bay Area musician. She has made our Noon Concerts one of the area’s sought-after engagements for many performers and we are thrilled to have her curating our Season once again.