SPRING 2008 CONCERTS
All events subject to change without notice.
Please call Pierce College Music Department at (818) 719-6476 for further information.
For ticket information, please call the appropriate telephone number listed below.
Free parking is available in lot #6
.

AFTERNOON CONCERTS
Free concerts Thursdays at 12:45 p.m. on the Performing Arts Building Mainstage (unless otherwise noted) 2/21-5/22.
2/21 John Hammond Jazz Ensemble
2/28 Mercury String Quartet
3/6 Balmiki Sharma, North Indian Classical Vocal Music
3/13 CSDH Music Department
3/20 Ron Anthony Jazz Ensemble
4/3 UCLA Gluck Brass Quintet in Music 3400
4/10 David Rubenstein, Piano
4/17 Joel Mankey, Taiko Drumming
4/24 Laura Ha, violin, with Linda Rose, piano in Music 3400
5/1 Grace, Doo-wop Vocal Ensemble
5/8 Student Recital in Music 3400
5/15 Anita Chang, Piano
5/22 Cancelled

EVENING/WEEKEND CONCERTS
Saturday, 2/23 - 7 p.m - Performing Arts Building Mainstage
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY SYMPHONY - James Domine, music director.
Beethoven: Symphony #9 in D minor, with Pierce College Premiere Chorale and vocal soloists.
Domine: Concerto for Bass Clarinet; Steve Piazza, bass clarinet.
Admission $25, $20 students and seniors, $15 children under 12.
Call (818) 347-4807 or visit
www.sfvsymphony.com.

Saturday, 3/15 - 7 p.m. - Campus Center
LOS ANGELES SYMPHONIC WINDS - Stephen Piazza, conductor.
“Patron’s Dinner Dance”
Internationally acclaimed song stylist Sunny Hilden and the LA Winds Big Band entertain with classic music, cocktails and cuisine from the “Big band” era. Join us for a nostalgic evening of song and dance.
Special Event. Free to our Dinner/ Dance Patron, Producer, Maestro Circle and Distinguished Subscribers
(Additional “Friends of the Band” tickets available for $40)
Call (805) 985-8174 or visit
http://lawinds.org

Friday, 4/25 - 6:30 p.m. - Performing Arts Building Mainstage
LOS ANGELES SYMPHONIC WINDS - Stephen Piazza, conductor.
High School Music Festival
Free Concert highlighting our local High School talent culminating with the LA Winds performance at 9:00 pm
Free admission.
Call (805) 985-8174 or visit
http://lawinds.org.

Saturday, 4/26 - 7 p.m - Performing Arts Building Mainstage
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY SYMPHONY - James Domine, music director.
Brahms: Piano Concerto #1 in D minor; David Pinto, pianist
Tchaikovsky: Symphony #4 in F minor.
Admission $25, $20 students and seniors, $15 children under 12.
Call (818) 347-4807 or visit www.sfvsymphony.com

Sunday, 4/27 - 1 p.m. & 4 p.m. - Performing Arts Building Mainstage
LOS ANGELES SYMPHONIC WINDS - Stephen Piazza, conductor.
“An Afternoon at the Opera”
The LA Winds welcome back LA Opera’s Christie Lawrence for a thrilling afternoon of music by Puccini, Verdi, Wagner and Saint-Saens. Freddi Rokaw’s visual accompaniment and LA Opera’s tubist Jim Self round out this eclectic program of operatic highlights.
Subscription 4. Non-subscribers $15.
Call (805) 985-8174 or visit
http://lawinds.org.

Friday, 5/23 - 8 p.m. - Performing Arts Building Mainstage
PIERCE COLLEGE CHOIR – Dennis Parnell and Cathryn Tortell, directors.
Admission $5.00, students and seniors $3.00, at the door.
Call (818) 719-6476 or visit www.piercecollege.edu/departments/music

Saturday, 5/24 - 1 p.m. & 4 p.m. - Performing Arts Building Mainstage
LOS ANGELES SYMPHONIC WINDS - Stephen Piazza, conductor.
“The Journey Beyond”
Strauss’s powerful Fanfare from “Zarathustra” (used in 2001, A Space Odyssey) opens this concert of the cosmos which includes Giroux’s “Journey Through Orion”, Mackey’s “Strange Humors”, Williams’ “Star Wars” and “Mars” and “Venus” from Sousa’s little-known “Looking Upward” suite.
Subscription 5. Non-subscribers $15.
Call (805) 985-8174 or visit http://lawinds.org.

Saturday, 5/31 - 8 p.m. - Performing Arts Building Mainstage
PHILHARMONIC CHOIR presents the
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY MASTER CHORALE and ORCHESTRA - Terry Danne, director.
Celebrate the 70's with Orchestra, Chorale and Soloists, featuring Lalo Schifrin's "Rock Requiem" and pop selections of the era with songs by Earth, Wind and Fire, the Bee Gees, Michel LeGrand, Barry Manilow and Neil Diamond. This concert was originally performed at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and received a standing ovation from the 3,200 spectators.
Admission $25 adults, $20 seniors and students.
Call (818) 753-3306. Purchase tickets on line at www.ticketweb.com or by phone at (866) 468-3399, keyword ‘san fernando valley master chorale’.

Saturday, 6/7 - 7 p.m - Performing Arts Building Mainstage
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY SYMPHONY - James Domine, music director.
Viotti: Concerto #22 in A minor, Ruth Bruegger, violin
Haydn: Symphony #45 in F# minor (Farewell)
Admission $25, $20 students and seniors, $15 children under 12.
Call (818) 347-4807 or visit www.sfvsymphony.com

Sunday, 6/8 - 7 p.m. - Arts Hill Green
LOS ANGELES SYMPHONIC WINDS - Stephen Piazza, conductor.
“Sunset Dinner Serenade”
Join us under the stars for a memorable evening of light classics, show tunes and patriotic favorites. Wine and beer available to complement the cuisine of the Stonefire Grill
Free to all subscribers. Non-subscribers $40.
Call (805) 985-8174 or visit
http://lawinds.org