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Rancho Santa Margarita, California. On Friday, March
15th at 8 pm, the Saddleback College Wind Ensemble closes its annual festival
with an evening performance featuring some of the most well-known favorites
such as Lincolnshire
Posy by Grainger and Night on Bald
Mountain by Mussorgsky.
On
Saturday, March 16th at 8 pm, the Saddleback College
Symphony Orchestra presents the winners of the 2013 Music Teachers Association
of California Concerto Competition. Featured performers are First Place
Concerto Competition winner pianist Jake Clayton, second place winner Lauren
Graham, vocalist, and third place winner Kenichi Kiyama, violinist. The
program includes Mozart No. 23 in A major (K.488) – 3rd movement, Bernstein’s Glitter and
Be Gay and Lalo’s Symphonie
Espagnole – 1st movement
and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, which also has a violin solo.
Mr. Kouritas has an extensive background in conducting which includes being the Assistant Conductor of the Boise Philharmonic and Director of the Boise Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. On February 8th he conducted the Boise Philharmonic, featuring the music of the leading American composer Ben Model, accompanying silent movies. The orchestra played live during the films with the guidance of Mr. Kouritas as conductor. In December, he was chosen among 70 applicants for a prestigious conducting workshop with the Virginia Symphony that was taught by internationally-known conductors JoAnn Falletta and Jorge Mester.
Both
concerts take place in the beautiful McKinney Theatre. Tickets are $15 general;
$10 students/seniors. Call the ticket office at 949-582-4656, Wednesday
through Saturday, noon to 4 pm or order your tickets online at
www.saddleback.edu/arts.
Saddleback
College is located at 28000 Marguerite Pkwy in Mission Viejo, just east of
Interstate 5 at the Avery Parkway exit. Parking is available in Lot
12. Take Avery Parkway to Marguerite Parkway turn left to the third
traffic light, which is Saddleback’s Marguerite entrance. Turn right into the
campus and take the second left to “Theatre Circle,” turning right into Lot 12.
Located in Mission Viejo, Saddleback College
provides quality higher education and training to the greater south Orange
County community. Having served more than 500,000 students since 1968,
Saddleback College offers over 300 degree and certificate programs to help
students reach their personal, career, and educational goals. For more
information, please visitwww.saddleback.edu and for Fine
Arts information, please visit www.saddleback.edu/arts.
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