Season Finale & String Celebration

Friday, May 7, 2010 - 7 pM
Christopher Cohan Center,
San Luis Obispo

Featuring:
Preparatory Strings | Carol Kersten, Conductor
Symphonic Winds | Bruce Knowlton, Conductor
Academy String Orchestra | Carol Kersten, Conductor
Concert Orchestra | Nancy Nagano, Conductor

Award-winning concert pianist and Cal Poly professor W. Terrence Spiller will join the Concert Orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor.

PLUS string students from across the county performing in our annual String Celebration!

Musical program includes:
Mozart / Quartet No. 4 in C Major
Vaughn Williams / Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Talllis
Dvorak / Symphony No. 8 in G Major
Copland / Fanfare for the Common Man

Tickets:  $8 general seating
Available at the door or call 756-2787

Concert Sponsored by
Susan Minker, M.D.

For more information, please call (805) 543-3533 or click here to send an email.

Past Performances in the 2009-2010 Season...

Holiday Concert

Sunday, December 6, 2009 - 3 pM
Clark Center for the Performing Arts
487 Fair Oaks Ave. Arroyo Grande

Tickets: $15 Adults
$5 Children 14 & under
To purchase tickets, please call the Clark Center Box Office at 489-9444
Or CLICK HERE to order online!

Featuring:
Preparatory Strings
Carol Kersten, Conductor
An Elizabethan Madrigal / Thomas Morley (Arr. Deborah Baker Monday)
Dona Nobis Pacem / Arr. Stephen Wieloszynski
The Cherry Tree / Arr. Robert W. Smith
Jupiter / Gustav Holst (Arr. Deborah Baker Monday)
Eastside Boogaloo / Matt Turner

Academy String Orchestra
Carol Kersten, Conductor
Fantasia on an Original Theme / Joseph Phillips
Five Ukrainians on a Bell Tower / Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych
(Arr. Rick England)
Carpe Diem / Richard Meyer
Christmas Quatrain / Arr. Elliot Del Borgo

Symphonic Winds
Bruce Knowlton, Conductor
Fanfare and Flourishes / James Curnow
Prophesy / Sean O'Loughlin
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring / Johann Sebastian Bach (Arr. Alfred Reed)
On This Day Earth Shall Ring / Gustav Holst (Arr. Robert W. Smith)

Concert Orchestra
Nancy Nagano, Conductor
Symphony No. 8 in F major Op. 93 / Ludwig van Beethoven
    1st Movement: Allegro vivace e con brio
Tragic Overture, Op. 81 / Johannes Brahms

Sponsored by
Minke WinklerPrins & Jim Gealy

Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 3 PM
Clark Center for the Performing Arts
487 Fair Oaks Ave. Arroyo Grande

Featuring:
Preparatory Strings
Symphonic Winds
Academy String Orchestra
Concert Orchestra

Program includes:
Vivaldi / Concerto for Four Violins
Vivaldi / Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra

Sponsored by
Katcho Achadjian,
District 4 County Supervisor

Tickets: $15 Adults  /  $5 Children 14 & under
To purchase tickets, please call the
Clark Center Box Office at (805) 489-9444
Or CLICK HERE to order online!

Please Note:
At the Youth Symphony Spring Concert, we will be partnering with the Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County in a food drive for needy families as part of the national campaign called "Orchestras Feeding America." Your generous donations of cash or non-perishable food items will be gratefully accepted in the lobby at this concert and we thank you for your support.

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