Oakland Youth Orchestra Celebrates 50th Season with Benefit Gala
Organization:
Oakland Youth Orchestra
Category:
Fundraising
Geographical Area:
Oakland
Start
Date:
5/4/2014
End Date:
5/4/2014
Start Time:
5:00 PM
End Time:
10:00 PM
Event
Info:
The 50-year-old Oakland Youth Orchestra will celebrate its golden anniversary with a benefit gala concert, dinner and auction Sunday, May 4, beginning at 5 pm at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension. The evening, which will raise funds for the Youth Orchestra's award-winning and far-reaching education and outreach programs, will feature a concert by its extremely talented young musicians cocktails and dinner and live and silent auctions. The Youth Orchestra will perform a reprise of the premiere of Nathaniel Stookey's Go, which was featured on its February program, Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio Espagnole, Rossini's William Tell Overture and other works to be announced, conducted by Music Director Michael Morgan. Tickets are $125 and may be purchased at www.oyo.org.
The event will honor illustrious alumni Doris Fukawa, Executive Director of the Crowden Music Center (violin, '72-'74) and Emmy Award-winning composer Jeff Beal (trumpet, '79-'81). Ben Simon, Music Director of the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra (violin, '70-'72), will guest conduct the Orchestra in Rossini's William Tell Overture. Oakland Youth Orchestra has records of more than 2,100 alumni since its beginning in 1964.
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