KuanFen Liu, Artistic Director
Our Seventh Season started October 4 with John Biggs's Concerto for Oboe and Strings, bracketed
by Rossini's Overture to The Barber of Seville and Mozart's Symphony Number 25.November
22 saw our season continue with a family-oriented concert featuring Camille Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals, Schubert's Sixth Symphony and Bach's Brandenburg
Concerto Number 2. Guest artists Molly Pei provided delightful dramatic readings of Ogden Nash's witty Carnival
poetry and David Etterbeek dazzled on piccolo trumpet.
The annual Messiah Sing-Along
was held December 19, with outstanding vocal soloists and direction by KuanFen Liu. A fine time was had by the orchestra
and audience/choir alike.
March 14 at 4 p.m. was a Choral Spectacular with Brahms's Nänie,
Lauridsen's Lux Aeterna and J.S. Bach's Orchestral Suite #1
May 9 was a delightfully
successful Mother's Day Tea and Concert featuring Miriam Arichea playing MacDowell's Piano Concerto #2 and joining
the orchestra in Aaron Copland's Appalacian Spring Suite
We're pleased to be beginning
our eighth season with two outstanding Ventura County soloists in an exciting and diverse program