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COMING CONCERTS
2009-2010
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SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION - 2009 - 2010 SEASON
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Saturday,
November 7,2009 at UC Merced - 7:30 pm
Friday, January 29, 2010
at Golden Valley High School Theatre - 7 pm
Saturday, April 10, 2010
at UC Merced 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 8, 2010 at
the Merced Multi-cultural Arts Center - 7:30 pm
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Saturday,
February 6, 2010
Jazz
& Chocolate II Fundraiser
The Merced Symphony Association has
scheduled its Jazz & Chocolate II
Fundraiser on Saturday, February 6th
from 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm at the MAC
(Merced Multicultural Arts Center),
645 West Main Street. Jazz lovers will
want to attend this year’s event
which will feature the Creole Jazz Kings
along with special guests Eddie Synigal
and John Albano.
The theme is “Mardi Gras”
and patrons are encouraged to come dressed
for the occasion and to participate
in the Parade to elect the King and
Queen. Traditional colors are yellow,
green, & purple. MSA Board members
will be decked out with masks and beads
to celebrate the festivities.
Hors d’oeuvres, wine, beer, and
the Hurricane specialty drink will be
available. Tickets are $35 per person
and limited to the 200 seating capacity
(risers will ensure everyone has a spectacular
view of the musicians).
Tickets are available at the MAC downtown,
Merced Travel & Floral on Park Ave.,
Goldsmith’s Jewelry @ the Raley’s
Center, Executive Services at 470 W
Main, or by calling Rudy Merino Productions
(233-9614) or the Merced Symphony Office
(383-3277). Last year’s event
was a huge success, so purchase you
tickets early.
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A
few grad students from CSU, Stanislaus and Fresno
State were moping over a pitcher of beer one
night back in 1986. All music majors and bored
with the daily life of a student and singing
Barbershop in the Pizza Joints for beer, someone
said “Let’s start a band!”
Just like the old Mickey Rooney movies, the
Creole Jazz Kings were born. With a lot of enthusiasm,
a bit of talent, and lots on encouragement from
the founding fathers of the Modesto Dixieland
Jazz society, the Creole jazz Kings played their
first gig in 1986.
The band went on to become favorites of many
jazz societies and festivals, performing nearly
2000 gigs in the past 20 years. Festivals include
Sacramento for many years, Monterey, Sisters
Oregon, Pismo Beach, Three Rivers, Fresno, and
many others. Travelling to Hawaii, Mexico, and
all over the Western United States, the Kings
earned a reputation for playing Hot Jazz with
the Jazz King Sound.
The Jazz Kings have been playing at The Barking
Dog , 940 11th St, in Modesto every Wednesday
since July of 2007! They play from 6-9 and guarantee
a good time with lots of fun and surprises.
You will hear West Coast Jazz, blues, lots of
great vocals, standards, and most of all, “Hot
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Saturday,
November 7, 2009
"Classical
Masterworks"
Lakireddy Auditorium, University California
Merced Campus, 7:30 pm
Mendelsshon: Hebrides Overture, Op. 26
(Fingal's Cave)
Beethoven: Piano Concerto, No. 1 in C
major
Soloist: Patrice Stribling Nelson
Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major (Haffner)
CONCERT SPONSOR: TEICHERT FOUNDATION
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Patrice
Stribling Nelson is a classical pianist who
has appeared with a number of symphony orchestras
across the U.S. She has also conducted choir
performances at venues all across the country,
including St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New
York, and in 1991 for President and Mrs. Bush,
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.
An award-winning veteran of professional and
college theatre, she has served as Music Director
in theatres from California to New York. In
1995 she won the Memphis Theatre Award for Best
Direction in Musical Theatre for a production
of Something’s Afoot.
Ms. Nelson holds a Master’s Degree in
music from Smith College and is ABD on two doctorates
in music at the University of Memphis. She has
forty years teaching experience and has served
on the music/musical theatre faculties of fourteen
American high schools, colleges and universities.
Ms. Nelson has also worked since the age of
12 as a professional accompanist, and as a church
musician in churches of all denominations.
A native of Merced, Ms. Nelson returned in 2005
after a 27-year absence, to teach at Merced
College and to open the Stribling Nelson Music
Studio. She is the Founding Director of the
Merced Children’s Choir at Merced College,
and is a licensed and certified instructor of
Musikgarten, a developmental program for newborns
through five-year-olds, centered in music and
movement.
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Friday,
January 29, 2010, 7 pm - Family Concert
"Jazz,
Blues, and Didgeridoo"
Golden Valley High School Theater
Fanfares composed by Henrik Jul Hansen,
Music Director
Handel: Water Music Suites
Bach: Double Violin Concerto - first
movement
Soloists - UC Merced students Emily
Reed and Angela Goltsman
Vivaldi: Double Trumpet Concerto
Soloists - Students Paul Marenco and
Rachel Wilens
The Kairos Jazz Quartet - Introduction
to Blues and Jazz with world music and
indigenous improvisations
Tickets are $25 for
adults. Children 18 and under are free.
Tickets are available by calling 383-3277.
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Saturday,
April 10, 2010
"Sassy
Saxophone"
Lakireddy Auditorium, University California
Merced Campus, 7:30 pm
Ravel: Tombeau de Couperin
Ibert: Saxophone Concerto
Milhaud: Scaramouch for Saxophone and
Chamber Orchestra
Soloist: Keith Michael Bohm |
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Keith
Michael Bohm is a native Californian, who earned
a B.M. degree in performance from California
State University, Sacramento under Dr. Jack
Foote, received the M.M. degree in performance
from the University of Southern Mississippi
under Dr. Lawrence Gwozdz, and earned a D.M.A.
degree in performance from the University of
Missouri-Kansas City, Conservatory of Music
under Dean Tim Timmons. Dr. Bohm has also had
the privilege to study and perform abroad in
Lörrach, Germany with Harry Kinross White
and Carina Raschèr of the Raschèr
Saxophone Quartet.
As an educator, Dr. Bohm has given master-classes,
lectures, and clinics in saxophone, chamber
music, and woodwind performance at major universities,
public and private schools, and community centers
throughout the United States. He has a diverse
background in public school teaching, ranging
from elementary school to college. Dr. Bohm
is currently Professor of Saxophone at California
State University, Sacramento and Artist Affiliate
in Saxophone at the University of California
at Davis. He is also Co-Director of the Festival
of New American Music at California State University,
Sacramento. Dr. Bohm has also been the international
coordinator of the 2003 and 2007 Mu Phi Epsilon
International Competitions.
As a soloist Dr. Bohm has been noted for his
“virtuosity,” and “expressive
playing” (Sacramento Bee and San Francisco
Classical Voice). Dr. Bohm is currently an ACME
Artist and has performed recitals in major cities
across the United States, including a live broadcast
performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for
the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. He has
also toured throughout Europe including: Paris,
France for the Bicentenaire de la Revolution
Francaise, the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux,
Switzerland, and music festivals throughout
Italy. Dr. Bohm has given world premiere performances
of works by American composers Samuel Adler,
William J. Lackey, Jerome Begin, and Leo Eylar.
He was the winner of the 1998 Mu Phi Epsilon
International Competition in which he toured
the United States for two years as an ambassador
of Mu Phi Epsilon, performing solo recitals
and orchestral appearances. Dr. Bohm has had
the privilege to perform with the Chamber Orchestra
of the South Bay, Palo Alto Philharmonic, Merrimack
Valley Philharmonic, Diablo Symphony, UCD Orchestra,
California Wind Orchestra, San Jose Wind Symphony,
CSUS Wind Ensemble and Tacoma Wind Symphony.
He has also been the principal saxophonist with
the California Wind Orchestra, Mississippi Wind
Band, Camellia Symphony, and Empyrean Ensemble.
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Saturday,
May 8, 2010
"Chamber
Music Celebration"
Merced Multicultural Arts Center, 7:30
pm
Featuring the Anita Felix Trio
Anita Fetsch Felix-Violin; Wolfgang Fetsch-Piano;
Dr. Beverly Wesner-Hoehn-Harp |
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Order your season tickets:
$90. includes all four concerts
Mail check to Merced Symphony Association
P.O. Box 894, Merced, CA 95341
Information: Call 383-3277 or 723-6660
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Merced
Symphony Association
P.O.
Box 894
Merced, CA 95341-0894
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