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SRS Preparatory and Repertory
Orchestras Present Joint Concert
Spring Concerts at OCA
M
ay 2 through
10,
The
Occidental
Community
Choir will present its 2015
Spring Concerts, "Riding the
Waves", directed by Andrew
DelMonte. Enjoy an eclectic choral concert of lyrical,
heartfelt songs that will take
you on a journey from the
silly to the sublime. Going
strong in it's 36th season,
most of the choir's repertoire
includes original songs written by choir members past
and present. This up-lifting
concert also features rousing
spirituals, gospel tunes and
classic songs sung in Spanish,
Italian and Bulgarian; with
some Cole Porter and Beatles
added to the mix. Experience
this unique Sonoma County
choral community, and enjoy
some "Music from Home"!
Tickets will be
available at the door or
at OccidentalChoir.org .
Adults are $15; Children 12 &
under Free. Advance tickets
recommended. May
2, 8, 9 at Occidental
Center for the Arts.
May 3 at Sebastopol Center
for the Arts. May 10 at
G l a s e r C e n t e r. Fr i d a y /
Saturday concerts will begin
at 8 PM. Sunday concerts
will begin at 3 PM.
T
he Santa Rosa
High School
auditorium is the
venue for a very
special performance by two
of Santa Rosa Symphony’s
four Youth Ensembles—the
Preparatory Orchestra and
the Repertory Orchestra—on
Saturday, May 2 at 3 PM.
At this concer t, the
Symphony celebrates the
20th anniversar y of the
Repertory Orchestra with a
new work commissioned for
this ensemble by Bay Area
composer Martha Stoddard.
Ms. Stoddard’s work, titled
“ T h o u g h t Pr o c e s s” , i s
based on the personalities
of the young musicians she
encountered during visits
with the orchestra.
The Repertory Orchestra,
founded in 1994, was
originally called the Discovery
Orchestra. The founding
conductor, William R. “Bob”
Williams (a violinist with
the Symphony’s professional
orchestra) held the position
until 2010. The Repertory
Orchestra is currently under
the baton of Bobby Rogers.
In addition to the world
premiere piece, the Repertory
Orchestra will play Mozart’s
Overture to “Don Giovanni,
Pirates of the Caribbean” as
arranged by Ted Rickets, and
Tchaikovsky’s “Peter and the
Wolf ”(with a narrator).
The Preparatory
Orchestra provides a solid
foundation for younger
students to learn to play
within a full orchestra under
the direction of a professional
conductor. Tristan Arnold
currently leads this orchestra.
Arnold is himself an
alumnus of the Santa Rosa
Symphony’s Training Young
Musicians program. The
Preparatory Orchestra will
play Beethoven’s Overture to
“Egmont”, “Dark Adventure”
by Ralph Ford, and Themes
from “Capriccio Italien” by
Tchaikovsky.
The Preparator y and
Repertory Orchestras will
combine for a performance
of Hofeldt’s “Song of the
Prairie”.
Tickets for the May 2
SRS Youth Ensembles concert
are $17 general admission
and $12 for students and
seniors. Purchase general
admission tickets online at
santarosasymphony.com,
call 707. 546.8742, or go in
person to the SRS Patron
Services office. Student and
senior tickets are not available
online.
The Dominican Chorale Presents
Mozart’s Requiem
U
nder
the
direction of Dr.
Craig Singleton,
The Dominican
Chorale will be performing
W.A. Mozart’s “Requiem”.
June Choi Oh, chair of
the Department of Music,
Dance, and Performing Arts
at Dominican University,
will be joining the Chorale
as guest pianist, performing
Mozart’s Piano Concerto
No. 21 in C Major, “Elvira
Madigan”, Allegro Maestoso.
O
The Chorale will perform
in two separate concerts
in two cities. The first
performance is on Friday,
May 1, at the Church of Saint
Raphael, 1104 5th Avenue in
San Rafael at 8 PM.
The group’s second and
final performance of the
season will take place at St.
Vincent de Paul Catholic
Church, 35 Liberty Street in
Petaluma on Monday, May 4
at 8PM.
General admission is $15.
Students and seniors (65 and
older) are $10. Children 18
and under, and Dominican
students and faculty (with
ID), are free.
Tickets may be purchased
online at dominican.edu/
chorale or at the door.
For more information,
please contact the Dominican
University of California
Music Department at 415.
482.3579 or visit dominican.
edu/chorale.
ing show, opening for Glenn
Yarborough, Teri Gibbs, Pat
Paulsen and others. They
honor the original arrangements of the many hits of
the legendary Kingston Trio,
along with a generous amount
of comedic banter. You’ll be
tapping your toes and singing
along! So don’t miss this musical trip down Memory Lane.
Tickets are $15. Fine Refreshments will be available.
Wheelchair accessible. Visit
occidentalcenterforthearts.
org, or call 707.874.9392.
Salute to the Kingston Trio!
n Sunday, May
17, at 4 PM,
Occidental Center for the Arts
presents the County Line
Trio’s "Salute to the Kingston Trio!" This accomplished
trio has for 45 years performed
their popular and entertain-