Welcome to the Santa Monica Symphony 1998-1999 Season!
The Santa Monica Symphony has been a major cultural asset for the Southern California Westside community since its debut in 1945. It has grown from a fledging local orchestra into a highly acclaimed symphony orchestra which attracts music lovers from all parts of the greater Los Angeles area. Each season the Santa Monica Symphony presents four free concerts to an audience of 5,000 persons of all ages. Its repertoire of classical and contemporary music provides well-rounded programs of wide appeal. Talented community musicians and college music students form the nucleus of the orchestra, augmented by a small group of professional musicians. Many weeks of rigorous rehearsals precede each concert, resulting in the highest artistic standards.
All concerts are free of charge and in the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (address and directions)
Raymond Knapp
will present preconcert lectures 45 minutes before each performance.
Sunday October 18, 1998, 7:30 pm
Allen Gross, conductor
Rose Corrigan, bassoon
Rose Corrigan, bassoon
Sunday December 13, 1998, 4:30pm (Family Concert)
Allen Gross, conductor
Andrew Van Oeyen, piano
Andrew von Oeyen, piano
Sunday March 28, 1999, 7:30 pm
Allen Gross, conductor
Richard Todd, horn (click here for a profile of Dmitri Shostakovich)
Richard Todd, horn
April 25 Special Concert -- Santa Monica Symphony Wind Quintet
Sunday May 16, 1999, 7:30 pm
Allen Gross, conductor
David Stenske, violin
David Stenske, violin
Michael Jon Fink, composer
Allen Robert Gross, Music Director and Conductor
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