The Diablo Valley College Philharmonic Orchestra is a student/community orchestra serving
the Diablo Valley College community. The orchestra provides orchestral training for local high
school and community college music students, as well as music making opportunities for musicians
from the community. Student soloists are frequently featured along with new music composed by
Diablo Valley College faculty, students, and community members. The orchestra is a sharing place
for the great orchestral literature.
CONCERTS - FALL 2008 / SPRING 2009
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Concerts are presented at the Diablo Valley College Performing Arts Center
321 Golf Club Road, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Directions
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Saturday, October 4th, 2008, 8 pm, DVC Performing Arts Center
with Violinist Lawrence Huang
| DVORAK |
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Romance in F-minor |
| BEETHOVEN |
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Symphony No. 6 in F major, "Pastoral" |
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Saturday, December 6th, 2008, 8 pm, DVC Performing Arts Center
with Bassoonists Mike and Lori Garvey, Baritone Robert Steiner, Soprano
Elizabeth Emigh, and the DVC Concert Choir and Chamber Singers
| VANHAL |
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Concerto for Two Bassoons and Orchestra |
| MAHLER |
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Rückert-Lieder |
| MENDELSSOHN |
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Hear My Prayer |
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Saturday, February 28th, 2009, 8 pm, DVC Performing Arts Center
with Violinist Christy Chen, Pianist Jerry Kuderna, Soprano Hannah Bochenek,
and Tenor David Chavez.
| SARASATE |
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Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 |
| MOZART |
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Magic Flute Overture, K. 620 |
| ERICKSON |
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Piano Concerto "Here Comes Trouble" (World Premiere, DVC Philharmonic commission) |
| PUCCINI |
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"La Boheme" Act I Finale |
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Saturday/Sunday, May 2-3, 2009 Concert Tour to Truckee and Squaw Valley, CA
With the Truckee Community Chorus,
Chris Nelson and Susan K. Horst, Directors.
| PROKOFIEV |
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Peter and the Wolf |
| MOZART |
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Arias and Final Commendatore Scene from "Don Giovanni" |
| VERDI |
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Anvil Chorus, Brindisi |
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music for chorus alone |
| GERSWIN |
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Summertime |
| SONDHEIM |
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Ballad of Sweeney Todd |
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Saturday, May 9th, 2009, 8 pm - DVC Performing Arts Center,
With Cellists Larry Granger and Aaron Urton, Pianists Jeanette Peavler,
Amanda Eng, and Simone Duka-Smith, and Narrator Yau-Man Chan.
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student compositions tba |
| VIVALDI |
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Concerto for Two Cellos and Strings in G-minor |
| MOZART |
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Piano Concerto No. 20 in D-Minor |
| PROKOVIEV |
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Peter and the Wolf |
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Tickets
$10 general admission at the DVC box office before each concert.
$7 pre-sale
from the DVC Box Office (925.687.4445, open M-F noon-4pm), the music director, or orchestra members.
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