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Letter to the editor: Most important concert overlooked
The March 2 edition of the The Roundup reviewed two concerts presented over the previous week, and included a schedule of upcoming performances for each.
However, the most important concert of last week, the San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra, was omitted. The concert took place Saturday evening, February 26 on the Performing Arts Building mainstage, and included works by Borodin, Prokofiev, Glazunov, and finished with Tchaikovsky’s beautiful Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy.
The first class San Fernando Valley Symphony orchestra, led by Maestro James Domine who teaches at Pierce, provides a rare opportunity for students and the community to enjoy the best of classical music, presented close to home and at much lower prices than downtown. This cultural resource should be highlighted in the Roundup.
The Roundup should send a reporter to the next concert to be sure that there is proper coverage of the event. The next performance is scheduled for April 23, 2011 at 8 PM in the Performing Arts Center and will feature works by American Composers. The program, copied from the published schedule, will consist of:
Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes from On the Town Grofé: Excerpts from Grand Canyon Suite Gershwin: Suite from Porgy and Bess (arr. by R. R. Bennett) and the inaugural performance of a piece by our own conductor Domine: Symphony No. 3 in E minor, “Made in America” Further details on the next performance and on the orchestra can be found at www.sfvsymphony.com, in the music department brochure at www.piercecollege.edu/media/pdf/Arts_ Calendar_2010-11.pdf, or call 818.347.4807 for tickets. I for one will be there.
