Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra Announces Full Schedule for Concert Season

Oakland, CA, April 6, 2016-The Oakland Symphony and Music Director Michael Morgan have announced the 2016-2017 season, which will feature a signature mix of adventurous and wide-ranging music including a new violin concerto, a monumental choral work, a "lost" Romantic symphony, a trio as guest soloists, music from the time of the Black Panthers, an ebullient American musical theater gem and more. The six-concert season runs October 14, 2016, through May 19, 2017, at the Paramount Theatre with pre-concert talks, lobby entertainment and drinks beginning one hour before each performance. In addition, the organization has announced details of the Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra's three-concert 2016-2017 season. Oakland Symphony Classical Series five-concert season subscriptions are priced $80-$355 and are on sale now; single tickets, priced $20-$75, go on sale August 15 at www.oaklandsymphony.org Complete Oakland Symphony and Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra season schedules may be found below.

"From Red States, Blue States (on Opening Night) to Music from the Era of the Black Panthers (December) to Notes from Native America (February) this season's music connects the orchestra to current events as well as the history of our community," says Maestro Morgan. "A symphony orchestra can shine a light on the past and the present, while our collaboration with our Youth Orchestra shows us the future."
OAKLAND SYMPHONY 2016-2017 SEASON SCHEDULE
Michael Morgan, Music Director and Conductor
Lynne Morrow, Oakland Symphony Chorus Director
Omid Zoufonoun, Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra Principal Conductor

Opening Night
Friday, October 14, 2016, 8pm

Bass-baritone Hadleigh Adams performs Mahler's Rückert Lieder and Delphi Trioperforms Paul Juon's Episodes Concertantes Op. 45. The concert also features Clark Suprynowicz's Red States, Blue States and Elgar's In the South. Opening night is sponsored, in part, by Wells Fargo.

Lost Romantic Symphonies
Friday, November 18, 2016, 8pm

Violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins will perform the U.S. premiere of Siegfried Matthus'new violin concerto, Dream of a Summer Night, along with John Williams' Theme from Schindler's List and Fiddler on the Roof. The program also includes Joachim Raff's rarely performed Symphony No. 3 and the Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra, back from its Cuban Tour, will join the Symphony for Gershwin's Cuban Overture. The concert is sponsored by The Grubb Company.

Let Us Break Bread Together
Sunday, December 11, 2016

Including a Tribute to Music from the Era of the Black Panthers

2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panthers and an important time in Oakland's history. Oakland Symphony will pay homage by performing music from the time including Motown classics, gospel and protest music of the 60's & 70's. In recent years, the annual Let Us Break Bread Together non-traditional holiday tradition has evolved to include tributes to those who have made a difference and will feature Oakland Symphony Chorus alongside guest choruses and more.
Notes from Native America
Friday, February 24, 2017, 8pm

Oakland Symphony's commitment to the diverse community in Oakland continues as it introduces audiences to the music of Native America, program to be announced. The concert will include Shostakovich's Symphony No. 9 among other selections.

Bruckner & Bernstein
Friday, March 31, 2017, 8pm

Soprano Hope Briggs will be guest soloist for Bruckner's Te Deum alongside the Oakland Symphony Chorus. The evening's program will also include Bernstein'sFacsimile (Choreographic Essay) and nationally-recognized Berkeley-born composer Gabriela Frank's Concertino.

Guys & Dolls in Concert
Friday, May 19, 2017, 8pm

The American Masterworks series returns to close out the season with the

exuberant music from Frank Loesser's iconic musical, Guys and Dolls.

Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra 2016-2017 Season

Fall Concert
with Oakland Symphony Chorus, Lynne Morrow, Director
Sunday, November 13, at 2 pm
Lesher Center for the Arts Theater, Walnut Creek

The Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra season opens with Dukas' Fanfare from

La Peri, Brahms' Schicksalslied, op.54, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.1 with

soloist Eunice Lee; Bizet's Carmen Suites Nos. 1 and 2

Winter Concert
Sunday, February 26, at 2 pm
San Leandro Performing Arts Center
FREE

Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Alex Conde's Concerto

for Piano Flamenco and Orchestra and Glazunov's Symphony No.5 in B-fat Major,

Op.55

Spring Concert
Sunday, May 21, at 2 pm
Venue to be announced

Premiere by the winner of the Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra Young

Composer's Competition, Concerto to be announced featuring the winner of the

Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5.

For complete information about the Oakland Symphony 2016-2017 Season, visit www.oaklandsymphony.org

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