Saturday, October 20, 2007 - 8 pm
Dinkelspiel Auditorium @ Stanford University ^Map

Artists
Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Simon, conductor
European Guests

Program
Mozart: clarinet concerto
Mozart: sinfonia concertante for violin, viola, cello
Tchaikovsky: serenade for strings

PACO proudly welcomes the amazing Jacques Thibaud String Trio from Berlin, and globe-trotting clarinet "star" Dimitri Ashkenazy. Two Mozart concerti, plus Tchaikovsky's romantic masterpiece, Serenade for Strings.

Tickets at the door: $15/general, $10/senior, $6/student

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Saturday, November 10, 2007 - 8 pm
Cubberley Theatre, Palo Alto ^Map

Artists
PACO Sinfonia Orchestra
Benjamin Simon, conductor
Katherine Tseung, cello
Albert Tseung, violin

Program
Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major
Haydn's Divertimento for Cello and Orchestra
Grieg's Holberg Suite for String Orchestra

PACO presents two talented young soloists who happen to be brother and sister and are winners of PACO's Concerto Competition: 10-year old Katherine Tseung, currently the youngest member of our Sinfonia ensemble and a student of Irene Sharp's, will perform Haydn's Divertimento in D for cello and string orchestra; 14-year old Albert Tseung, a member of PACO's first violin section and a student of Pat Burnham, will be performing Mozart's Violin Concerto #5.

Tickets: $10, seniors/students $5
Available on concert night one hour before performance

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Sunday, November 18, 2007, 3 pm
Cubberley Theatre, Palo Alto ^Map

Artists
PACO Debut Ensemble
Benjamin Simon, conductor

Program
Henry Purcell - Suite from "Abdelazer"
Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4: second movement
Bela Bartok - Seven Little Pieces for String Orchestra
Antonin Dvorák - Three Slavonic Dances

The concert will also feature chamber music repertoire by Mozart, Mendelssohn and Dvorak.

Admission Free

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Saturday, December 15, 2007 - 8 pm
Dinkelspiel Auditorium @ Stanford University ^Map

The Tall and Short of It
Benjamin Simon, conductor

Piccolo virtuoso Tod Brody performs Vivaldi's Concerto for Piccolo in C Major, plus double-bassist extraordinaire Michel Taddei in Dragonetti's popular Concerto for Double Bass in G Major. The program also features John Adam's minimalist masterpiece "Shaker Loops" and selected movements from masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire, performed by ensembles comprised of PACO members.

Tickets at the door: $15/general, $10/senior, $6/student

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Friday, January 25, 2008, 7:30 pm
Cubberley Theatre, Palo Alto ^Map
Kris Yenney, director

PREPARATORY Orchestra

Orchestral Classics, the popular Double Violin Concerto of J.S. Bach, featuring Prep's own Clara Chan and Angela The and Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nacht Musik, " along with a setting of an ancient Byzantine Hymn to two derivative works by the eccentric Professor Teddy Bor!

Program also includes ensemble works by Vivaldi, Telemann, Mozart, and more....

Admission Free

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Friday, February 1, 2008, 7:30 pm
Cubberley Theatre, Palo Alto ^Map
Kris Yenney, director

The SUPERSTRINGS present an Evening of Chamber Music for orchestra and small ensembles - featuring "Winter" by Antonio Vivaldi, "Sheep May Safely Graze" by J.S. Bach, "Rondo Royale" by Henry Purcell and "Rainbow Connection" by Paul Williams & famously performed by Kermit the frog. Our small ensemble will perform A Dance set from Playford, Mozart's Eine Kleine Nacht Musik and More!

Admission Free

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Saturday, March 1, 2008 - 7:30 pm
Cubberley Theatre, Palo Alto ^Map

Debut Ensemble
Eugene Sor, guest conductor

Program
Handel - Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No.1
Schubert - String Quartet No. 9 in G Minor, D 173
Mendelssohn - Scherzo in A Minor, opus 81
Mozart - String Quintet in C Minor, K. 406/516b
Holst - St. Paul's Suite

Admission Free

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Sunday, March 2, 2008 - 3 pm
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford ^Map

Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Simon, conductor
Robin Sharp, violin

Rule Britannia!

Illustrious PACO alumna Robin Sharp returns to perform Vaughan-Williams' wonderful Concerto Accademico for violin and strings. A Handel concerto grosso and Edward Elgar's delicious Serenade for Strings will bring out your hidden Anglophile.

Tickets at the door: $15/general, $10/senior, $6/student
(650) 856-3848 | info@pacomusic.org

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Saturday, March 8, 2008 - 8 pm
Cubberley Theatre, Palo Alto ^Map

Sinfonia Orchestra
Dawn Harms, guest conductor
Amy Duxbury, bassoon
Jung Hae Kim, harpsichord

Program
Mendelssohn’ String Symphony No. 10 in b minor
Vivaldi Concerto in e minor for Bassoon, Strings and Harpsichord
William Grant Still’s “Dances of Panama”
Edward Elgar’s Serenade for Strings

The Sinfonia concert on March 8 features guest conductor Dawn Harms, a well-known violinist and teacher who performs with the San Francisco Opera Orchestra and the New Century Chamber Orchestra. This is Ms. Harm's debut appearance with PACO. The program includes Mendelssohn's early string symphony #10 in B minor, William Grant Still's jazzy "Dances of Panama", Elgar's elegant "Serenade for Strings", and chamber music performed by Sinfonia ensembles.

Tickets at the door: $10, seniors/students $5
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Sunday, March 30, 2008 - 4 pm
Valley Presbyterian Church
945 Portola Rd, Portola Valley ^Map

You're invited.
Celebrate the Life & Music of J.S. Bach

Join Director and Cellist, Kris Yenney,
with Special Guests: Claire Kelm, Soprano
Peter Lemberg, Oboe and Dina Glendening, Harpsichord
and Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra members, past and present…
for an afternoon of Bach’s Timeless Music:

Program
Gamba Sonata in D major,BWV. 1028;
Wedding Cantata,“Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten,” BWV. 202
for Soprano, Oboe, Strings and Continuo;
Concerto for Two Violins in D minor,BWV. 1043.

Come for the Music – Stay for the “BACHalicious” reception!
featuring: German Wines & Beer, Cider, Coffee, Bread, Cheese & Chocolate!

Tickets at the door: $20 includes one glass of wine or beer (I.D. required) and $10 for student.

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Friday, May 30, 2008, 7:30 pm
Cubberley Theatre, Palo Alto ^Map
Kris Yenney, director

Program features Orchestral works by:
Corelli (Concerto Grosso, Opus 6, number 2);
Vivaldi (Concerto for Two Cellos and Orchestra - featuring Catherine Kim and Delenn Chin);
Mozart (Orchestral rendition of String Quartet K 157 in C);
McLean (Csardas) and
a WORLD Premier of NATIVES' DANCE - composed and directed by Prep violininst, Aku Sorensen!
with
Small ensemble works by Kodaly, Bartok, Haydn, and More!...

Admission Free

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Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 7:30 pm
Cubberley Theatre, Palo Alto ^Map
Eugene Sor, guest conductor

Program
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV 1041--Johann Sebastian Bach
Isabella Costanza, soloist

Concerto in G minor for Two Cellos-- Antonio Vivaldi
Eric Gaenslen and Vanessa Ruotolo, soloists

plus movements from:

Serenade, opus 6--Josef Suk
String Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 10, #2--Luigi Boccherini
String Quartet in E minor, op. 44, #2--Felix Mendelssohn
String Quartet in C minor, opus 18, #4--Ludwig van Beethoven

Admission Free
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Sunday, June 1, 2008 - 3 pm
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University ^Map

Benjamin Simon, conductor
Ladies Night

Internationally touring pianist Sujeeva Hapugalle makes her PACO debut with Beethoven's brilliant first piano concerto. This program also features co-concertmaster Evie Chen in Ralph Vaughan-Williams’ beautiful “Lark Ascending”. Plus a new work by the winner of our 2008 Youth-for-Youth commission, Harvard’s Elizabeth Lim.

Tickets available at the door: $15/general, $10/senior, $6/student

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Friday, June 6, 2008, 7:30
Cubberley Theatre, Palo Alto ^Map

Kris Yenney, director
The SuperStrings Ensemble

Program features

Vivaldi’s L’estro Armonico Concerto in d minor, Opus 3, No. 11 – featuring rotating soloists;
three of Bartok’s Romanian Dances;
Grieg’s dramatic “Hall of the Mountain King”;
and even PACO parent, Larry Yang’s arrangement of the Oakland Raiders’ theme, “Autumn Wind,” featuring William Yang on snare drum!

Admission Free

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Sunday, June 8, 2008 - 3 pm
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University ^Map

Benjamin Simon, conductor
Sinfonia Ensemble

Program features the winners of our concerto competition. Thyne Boonmark, Tessera Chin, Angela The, Clara Chan, and Delenn Chin will be the soloists in Vivaldi's delightful Concerto for Four Violins in B minor. Violist Stephen Lai will perform Telemann's lovely Viola Concerto in G Major. Violinist Jennifer Kim will perform the Wieniawski Legende, Op. 17 and Veronica Kim will be the soloist in Dvorak's beautiful Romance in F minor for violin and orchestra. Two chamber ensembles from within the orchestra will perform string quartet movements by Dvorak, and the orchestra will be featured in a performance of Beethoven's First Symphony in C Major, Op. 21

Tickets available at the door: $10/general, $5/senior & student

For more information, email info@pacomusic.org | call (650) 856-3848