Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra Premiere and Debut
Organization:
Oakland Youth Orchestra
Category:
Concert
Geographical Area:
Oakland
Start
Date:
5/17/2015
End Date:
5/17/2015
Start Time:
2:00 PM
End Time:
5:00 PM
Event
Info:
Two young competition winners will be featured on the Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra's final concert of the season, Sunday, May 17, at 2 pm at the Valley Center for the Performing Arts at Holy Names University in Oakland, Music Director Michael Morgan and Principal Conductor Omid Zoufonoun have announced. The Orchestra will perform the world premiere of Ascension by composer Preston Nowakowski, winner of its first annual composer competition. Cellist Alex Hunn, winner of the Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition will perform David Popper's Hungarian Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra, and Josef Suk's Scherzo Fantastique, Op. 25, and Brahms' First Symphony complete the program. The concert is free of charge and the Valley Center for the Performing Arts is located on the campus of Holy Names University, 3500 Mountain Blvd., in Oakland. For more information, visit www.oebs.org .
"The Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra has always presented the Bay Area's top young artists," says Principal Conductor Omid Zoufonoun. "This season we have added a Young Composer Competition to our many programs to shine a light on some of the creative peers of our gifted orchestra musicians and make direct connections between young artists who write music and those who interpret it."
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