Bay Area Youth Orchestra Festival 2011

"Six of the Bay Area’s Youth Orchestras come together at Davies Symphony Hall on Sunday afternoon for a celebration of music. Proceeds from the concert will benefit six organizations, one within each orchestra’s local community, that provide resources to underserved and homeless youth."

Underserved youth ...

Photo credit: (c) San Francisco Symphony 2011.

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Program:

Dvořák: Symphony No. 8, Opus 88, Allegro con brio
Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra
Richard Loheyde, conductor

Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko, Opus 5
Peninsula Youth Orchestra
Mitchell Sardou Klein, music director and conductor

Arturo Márquez: Danzon No. 2
Oakland Youth Orchestra
Michael Morgan, artistic director; Bryan Nies, principal conductor

Ginastera: Estancia Suite
San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra
Donato Cabrera, music director and conductor

Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, Opus 39, Finale (4th movement)
Young People’s Symphony Orchestra
David Ramadanoff, music director and conductor

R. Strauss: Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome
California Youth Symphony
Leo Eylar, music director

Respighi: selections from Pines of Rome
Festival Orchestra (members from all six orchestras)
David Ramadanoff, conductor