Culver City Symphony Orchestra - Young Artists and American Music June 12, 2010

The CULVER CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA concludes its 47th Season with a benefit concert, Young Artists and American Music, on Saturday, June 12, 2010, 7:30P.M., at Veteran's Memorial Auditorium, 4117 Overland Avenue, Culver City; at the corner of Culver Boulevard and Overland Avenue. Free parking is available.

This concert is under the direction of its Conductor-Frank Fetta. For concert information please visit our web site: www.culvercitysymphony.org, or call 310-717-5500, or send an e-mail to [email protected].

This concert features Winners of the orchestra sponsored Parness Young Artists Concerto Competition, and presents two works of American Composers: George Whitefield Chadwick of the New England School, and Samuel Barber whose centenary the orchestra continues to celebrate. Both American works are seldom performed, and the Tchaikovsky works are perennial favorites.

Young Artists and American Music
Frank Fetta - Conductor
PROGRAM:
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto (1878) - First movement,
Kristie Su, Violin (Junior Division Winner, Age 14 and under)

Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto, No. 1 (1875) - Third movement,
Ben-han Sung, Piano (Intermediate Division Winner, Ages 15 through 18)

Samuel Barber (Centenary Celebration): Piano Concerto (1962),
Julian Toha, Piano (Senior Division Winner, Ages 19 through 25)

George Whitefield Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches (1895-1904)
TICKET PRICES: $10 - Members of the Westchester Symphony Society, Inc., includes reserved seating. Membership is available at the concert; and Students 21 years old and under with ID.
$20 - General Admission There is no reserved seating for General Admission and Student Discount tickets.

All ticket holders are invited to a post-concert reception. Tickets available the night of the concert at Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium box office starting at 6:30. Visa, Mastercard, Check or Cash.
The Culver City Symphony Orchestra is now in its tenth year performing in Culver City, and begins its 47th season (formerly as The Culver City - Marina - Westchester Symphony). It has performed in many regional venues in the communities of Westchester, Venice, Los Angeles, San Gabriel, and now Culver
City.
Along with presenting the standard orchestra repertoire and concert dramatizations of operas, the orchestra has presented unique concerts devoted to Black American, Hispanic, Women and living composers. It is the parent orchestra of the Marina del Rey Summer Symphony which performs at Burton Chace Park. The orchestra and its members have performed at The Los Angeles Street Festival, on live-radio music broadcasts from the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, and on television-the short, “The Ice Man Hummeth,” created by Michael J. Fox for the David Letterman Show.
Frank Fetta, Conductor and Music Director, is well known for his conducting of orchestral music, ballet, and opera in Southern California as well as throughout the country including engagements with the San Diego Symphony, the Redlands Bowl Music Festival (of which he is director), the Fresno Philharmonic, the Torrance Symphony, the Nevada Opera Theater, and the Marina del Rey Summer Symphony.

The Westchester Symphony Society, Inc., presents The Culver City Symphony Orchestra, and produces the Parness Young Artists Fund Concerto Competition.
Culver City Symphony Orchestra
Presented by:
The Westchester Symphony Society, Inc.
P. O. Box 4846
Culver City, CA 90231
www.culvercitysymphony.org
ph. 310-717-5500 e-mail: [email protected]

Official Website: http://www.culvercitysymphony.org