The Journey On behalf of all of the musicians in Santa Cecilia Orchestra, welcome to our exciting 2014-2015 season! Our concert series is a most excellent musical journey that will introduce you to great musical masterpieces and to the talented musicians of Santa Cecilia Orchestra. The music will take you to distant lands, to different times and deep into the heart.
Sonia Marie De LeĂłn de Vega Director and Conductor
We invite you to fill your Sunday afternoons with the beauty, power and energy of Santa Cecilia Orchestra. And of course, plan to bring the whole family – it promises to be a grand journey for people of any age. We look forward to seeing you all when the music begins. Being a subscriber makes great music an even better bargain! Subscribe today and prepare for the trip of your life!
The Voyage October 26, 2014, Sunday, 4:00pm Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 Mendelssohn: “Scottish” Symphony No. 3 Our 2014-15 season opens with a musical voyage to Scotland!
Mendelssohn’s visit to Scotland impressed him so profoundly that he set down his feelings in a symphony. This alluring music will transport you to the country’s misty landscapes, heathered moors and rugged coastlines.
As a counterpoint to Scotland’s wild beauty, we are delighted to welcome back the luminous and poetic playing of pianist Robert Thies. This musical virtuoso returns to lend both depth and brilliance to Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, a work tailor-made for his talents. Join us for our opening concert− a great start for the beginning of this musical journey.
The Eight Seasons February 8, 2015, Sunday 4:00pm Vivaldi: Four Seasons Piazzolla: Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas
Journey to two different places at two different times as we present Vivaldi’s best known work, The Four Seasons, along with Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas, Astor Piazzolla’s spirited and tangoinspired Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. Piazzolla’s music is infused with Argentinian flair combining elements of tango and jazz.
Experience the meteorological and cultural differences between Mediterranean Europe and the heart of South America as we present the genius of Vivaldi and Piazzolla side by side. The Orchestra’s very own violinists will be featured as soloists in this concert.
The Romantics April 19, 2015, Sunday, 4:00pm Lalo: Cello Concerto Schumann: Symphony No. 2
We close our season with a journey of the heart as we present music of Robert Schumann, known as the most romantic of the romantic composers. Schumann created his Symphony No. 2 at a time when he was deeply in love, filling the music with romance, high emotional turmoil, stunning warmth and even humor. The symphony builds to
a final state of joyous fulfillment and hope. Our journey has one final destination – the fireworks and drama of Èdouard Lalo. We are proud to feature Sphinx’s First Place competition winner cellist, Christine Lamprea performing the splendor and Spanish flair of Lalo’s Cello Concerto in D Minor.
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ne hour prior to every concert, Santa Cecilia Orchestra invites the audience to experience music by making music. We provide an array of instruments from each of the orchestra families− strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion.
Adults and children are welcome to try their first instrument, try a new instrument, experiment and have fun. You will never listen to a master performance the same way again!
“I believe that if you put an instrument in a child’s hands that you will introduce beauty and endless possibilities. Put beauty in a child’s life and there will not be room for anything else that is not beauty.” Sonia Marie De León de Vega Founder
Discovering Music Discovering Music is the Orchestra’s award winning educational program that has reached more than 170,000 children in 60 schools in Los Angeles. The initiative is really a series of programs that bring the beauty and power of classical music to students at every level. The founding program offers elementary school children maximum exposure and access to music, providing one orchestra musician per classroom for every classroom in the school, assuring every child direct and personal contact with the musicians. The musicians’ willingness to share their experiences with music so freely invites a dynamic exchange with the children,
who find a fascinating medium through which to explore their own potential. Throughout a school year we offer more than 1,000 individual and chamber performances in classrooms! Our String Program consists of weekly one-hour group lessons on violin, viola or cello throughout the school year. The lessons take place during school
hours to augment the regular curriculum and are taught by specially trained string instructors with extensive professional experience in music. Each year culminates in a performance for peers, families and the community.
Our mentorship program for middle and senior high school students includes exposure to a full range of instruments including all strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion. The program was designed to help students who already play musical instruments with improving their technique and musicianship. Every program in Discovering Music is free of a charge to the schools, children and families participating.
Help us continue this vital work by supporting Santa Cecilia Orchestra. Become a donor today! Call 323-259-3011 or go to scorchestra.org.
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