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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






   



Concerts are presented at the Diablo Valley College Performing Arts Center
321 Golf Club Road, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Directions
Saturday, October 4th, 2008, 8 pm, DVC Performing Arts Center
with Violinist Lawrence Huang
DVORAK   Romance in F-minor
BEETHOVEN   Symphony No. 6 in F major, "Pastoral"
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   Concerto for Two Bassoons and Orchestra
MAHLER   Rückert-Lieder
MENDELSSOHN   Hear My Prayer
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   Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20
MOZART   Magic Flute Overture, K. 620
ERICKSON   Piano Concerto "Here Comes Trouble" (World Premiere, DVC Philharmonic commission)
PUCCINI   "La Boheme" Act I Finale
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   Peter and the Wolf
MOZART   Arias and Final Commendatore Scene from "Don Giovanni"
VERDI   Anvil Chorus, Brindisi
    music for chorus alone
GERSWIN   Summertime
SONDHEIM   Ballad of Sweeney Todd
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.
    student compositions tba
VIVALDI   Concerto for Two Cellos and Strings in G-minor
MOZART   Piano Concerto No. 20 in D-Minor
PROKOVIEV   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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