Partnership: SF Ballet Orchestra Community Concert
Partnership events offer the unique opportunity for our students to work with outside organizations, allowing them to work with professionals in the industry and learn from their expertise.
This concert will feature the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra and compositions by the finalists of the Legacy Orchestral Composition Competition. SFCM Orchestra students will have the opportunity to participate in a side-by-side reading rehearsal will the SFBO during their residency.
Program
Mendelssohn: Overture from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Bobby Ge*: Violin Concerto
Movement 2
Movement 3
Cordula Merks and Heeguen Song, soloists
Simon Rivet*: Ellipse of a Cry
Sheridan Seyfried*: Subtle Electric Fire
*Legacy Orchestral Composition Competition Finalist
Artist Profile
About the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra (SFBO).
About the Legacy Orchestral Composition Competition.
About the SFCM Orchestra
As a member of the SFCM Orchestra, you’ll experience firsthand the advantages of playing in a large ensemble. You’ll also get a complete overview of orchestral repertoire, and that begins with examining both masterworks and lesser-known pieces of every era. The symphony orchestra has a large repertoire, and each stylistic period deserves attention. Do you take to the classical period works of Mozart and Haydn? The grand romantic works of Brahms and Tchaikovsky? How about the 20th-century masterpieces by Aaron Copland and Benjamin Britten? Add to that more recent works by such luminaries as John Adams and Joan Tower, and collaborations with Opera Theatre, and you’re on your way to becoming the well-rounded, informed musician the performing world expects.
The SFCM Orchestra presents several performances a year that prominently feature student soloists. Participation also includes public orchestral workshops with distinguished guest conductors. Recent guests have included Donald Runnicles, Carl St. Clair, Nicola Luisotti, and Peter Oundjian.