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If sometimes our great artist[s] have been the most critical of our society, it is because their sensitivity and their concern for justice, which must motivate any true artist, makes him aware that our Nation falls short of its highest potential. I see little of more importance to the future of our country and our civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him. We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.

John F. Kennedy Remarks at Amherst College 1963

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2008-2009 Concerts

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Mozart 41 "Jupiter"

World Premiere:
Jack Dubowsky's
"Eisenhower Farewell"
Narrator: Scott Budman

Program

Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Mt Eden High School Choir Winter Concert

Rutter Gloria
Williams; Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas
Martin: Sing we Now of Christmas
Wilberg: Silent Night, Holy Night

All Saints Catholic Church
22824 2nd St
Hayward, CA 94541


Sunday, December 21, 2008

Chabot College Concert Choir
chabot College Auditorium 
Vivaldi Gloria       

March 8, 2009

Claude Debussy: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

Bizet Symphony in C

Rimsky Korsakov: Sheherizade

Brahms: Serenade #1

May 31, 2009
Todd Wetherwax, guest conductor

(Tentative Program)

Vivaldi Concerto ala rustica

Glenn: Concerto for 3 recorders

 


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  Past Concerts

Isaac Stern once played all the violin notes from lowest to highest.  He left no tone unsterned.

Fortissimo and Musicians' Hearing.

FTP site for MP3 recordings (requires login & password)

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Article for the San Leandro/Hayward/Castro Valley Newspapers
My Life with the Castro Valley Adult School Orchestra, by Steve Schaefer

Cello Audition!!!

Pictures of the Orchestra Party At Chevy's - June 07

Article in the SF Classical Voice Website: The Fine Art of Faking, by Tom Heimberg

Kudos to our own Elizabeth Gaston (flute)! She'll be living her dream this summer by playing at the Keowee Chamber Music Festival in the Carolina mountains! http://www.keoweechambermusic.org/   She'll be performing in all the concerts during the first week of the festival with a fantastic guitarist as well as playing a couple of solo pieces that she performed in Arizona for the Flute Society Competition last November. "This is a renaissance for me! Playing again professionally is a dream-come-true. If you were given a second chance at life, can you imagine the possibilities?" 

Chamber Musicians of Northern California (CMNC)
    Northern California organization promoting chamber music.
    Produces weekend chamber music workshops around the Bay Area
CMNC Links to Music on the Internet
Harmonics (1998 Article by Sue Fowle)
    Article on what string harmonics are and how to produce them.

Amateur Chamber Music Players (ACMP)
    National organization of chamber music enthusiasts

October 06 Article in the Castro Valley Forum

Some Humor
http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/jcb/other-instrument-jokes.html
http://www.xtrememusician.com/Community/Entertainment/Humor/

The "Really Terrible Orchestra"
You should read this to prepare yourself, before going to their website....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/11/01/bmmcall101.xml&DCMP=EMC-art_02112007
And here is their website -> http://thereallyterribleorchestra.com/

Annotation of Musical Scores: Interaction and Use Behaviors of Performing Musician

ASCAP LogoASCAP "Bill of Rights" for composers and songwriters.

 


rondeau (RON-do) noun   A poem of 13 lines with two rhymes and the opening words used as a refrain in two places.

[From Old French rondeau (little circle), from rondel, diminutive of  rond (round). Ultimately from the Indo-European root ret- (to run or to roll) that is also the source of rodeo, rotunda, rotate, and roulette.] Various forms of rondeaux may have 10 or 15 lines.

 "If you are new to French forms, you might want to compose a rondeau  or two before attempting the redouble."
  Michael J Bugeja; The Fixed Is In; Writer's Digest (Cincinnati, Ohio);  Mar 1998.


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2007-2008 Series

November 4,  2007 2PM

Brahms Hungarian Dances
#1, 3 & 10

Kabalevsky Piano Concerto
Ray Arthur Wang, soloist

Haydn Synfonia No. 96
"The Miracle"

Program Notes
MP3 files of the concert
   (poor quality...)

Wednesday December 19, 2007

Mt Eden High School Choir Winter Concert

All Saints Catholic Church
22824 2nd St
Hayward, CA 94541

Kentaro Sato's "Requiem Pacem"

Jack Dubowsky
"Quaker Peace Testamony"

Handel: Hallelujah Chorus

 

March  16, 2008

Doppler Double Flute Concerto
Bev Johnson & Elizabeth Gaston, soloists

Mendelssohn Symphony #3 (Scottish)

Canzona Bergamasca (Scheidt-De Jong)

June 1, 2008

Joseph Gold: Virtuoso Violinist

Pablo de Sarasate (1844 - 1908) : Fantasy Caprice
For Violin & Orchestra

Hubert Leonard: Five Humorous Pieces
1fl 1cl and strings

Serge Prokofiev
Classical Symphony
2fl 2ob 2cl 2bn 2tr 2fh perc strings
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