Destiny Muhammed Jazz Trio
Destiny Muhammad is a Recording/Performing Artist | Band Leader | Composer & Producer. Her genre †̃Celtic to Coltraneâ€TM is cool and eclectic with a feel of Jazz & Storytelling to round out the sonic experience. Destiny has curated concerts for Grace Cathedral Christmas Concert Series, SFJAZZ Tribute to Jazz Harp Legend Alice Coltrane, S F Symphony SOUNDBOX Series featured guest for GRAMMY Winner Kanye West ‘Sunday Service’, shared the stage with Jazz Masters Denise Perrier, Omar Sosa, and Blue Note Artist Ambrose Akisemuire, to name a few. She has headlined The Healdsburg Jazz Festival, Destiny was 2023 The Healdsburg Jazz Fest Black History Month Artist in Residence Guest Workshop Presenter for Amatuer Music Network, collaborator with the Santa Cruz Symphony Harp Ambassador for the Awesome Orchestra Collective. and The Marcus Shelby’s New Orchestra. Destiny is a Governor of The Recording Academy, ASCAP Songwriter Awardee, SFJAZZ Teaching Artist, Bay Area Jazz and Blues Award Winner (BAJABA) and a California Arts Council Legacy Fellow.
“Music, Spirituality & the AIDS Crisis” with Rev. Jim Mitulski
Join us for a special event featuring an interview with Rev. Jim Mitulski and a performance by Thomas Kurtz. In conversation, Rev. Mitulski will reflect on how music and spirituality became vital voices for social change during the AIDS crisis. Drawing on his years as Pastor of Metropolitan Community Church San Francisco (1986–2000), he will share personal stories and explore the musical influences that shaped his ministry and the community’s resilience in the face of systemic exclusion.
Rev. Dr. Jim Mitulski is pastor of Congregational Church of the Peninsula in Belmont, CA, and a resident of Oakland, CA. He has been a pastor in both the Metropolitan Community Churches (the historically queer/LGBTQ Church) and the United Church of Christ for over 40 years. He is a founding board member of both the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network, and the Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion at Pacific School of Religion.
Italian Baroque: Music from Piranesi’s Rome
Join us for a noontime performance of baroque music with period instruments. Experience and learn about music during the time of Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) while surrounded by his evocative etchings of Rome. The program will include Trio Sonatas by Arcengelo Corelli, Antonio Vivaldi, and George Frederick Handel, plus Violin Sonatas by Isabella Leonarda and Antonio Vivaldi.
Refreshments will be provided
Co-presented with USF’s Performing Arts and Social Justice program and the Ann Getty Institute of Art and Design in conjunction with Piranesi’s Rome and the Classical Imaginary on view at Thacher Gallery through Feb. 15, 2026.
"Music, Spirituality, & Queer Community' with Rev. Jim Mitulski
Join us for a special event featuring an interview with Rev. Jim Mitulski. In conversation, Rev. Mitulski will reflect on how music and spirituality became vital voices for social change in queer communities during the AIDS crisis. Drawing on his years as Pastor of Metropolitan Community Church San Francisco (1986–2000), he will share personal stories and explore the musical influences that shaped his ministry and the community’s resilience in the face of systemic exclusion.
Rev. Dr. Jim Mitulski is pastor of Congregational Church of the Peninsula in Belmont, CA, and a resident of Oakland, CA. He has been a pastor in both the Metropolitan Community Churches (the historically queer/LGBTQ Church) and the United Church of Christ for over 40 years. He is a founding board member of both the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network, and the Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion at Pacific School of Religion.