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Friday | July 23, 2021 | 6:00 pm
Stockton Symphony Classical Jazz Ensemble
Cathy Ettle, soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones
Esther Kemalyan Roche, piano
Rick Duncan, bass
Bob Stover, drums
Classical Jazz Selections – Full Program Notes
Friday | August 20, 2021 | 6:00 pm
Orphic Percussion
Michael Downing, Sean Clark, Stuart Langsam, and Jonathan Latta, percussion
Orphic, meaning beyond ordinary, describes the players and the music they perform.
- Muse of Fire by Alexis Alrich iii. Inferno
- Stuck in Loops by Kenneth Froelich
- a series of accidents by Shaun Tilburg
- Celestial Dances by Stefan Cwik
- Quartet for Four Snare Drums by Kevin Bobo
Friday | September 24, 2021 | 6:00 pm
James Jaffe, cello
Peter Jaffe, piano
Paella and wine pairing dinner featuring James Jaffe, cello, and his dad (our music director), Peter Jaffe.
- Manuel de Falla – Suite populaire espagnole
- Giuseppe Verdi – Libiamo, ne’ lieti calice (Brindisi) from La traviata
- Gabriel Fauré – Après un rêve
- David Popper – Hungarian Rhapsody, op. 68
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The $100.00 ticket includes a $25 donation to our youth music program, the Magic of Music.
Friday | October 15, 2021 | 7:00 pm
Peter Jaffe, Music Director
Amaryn Olmeda, violin
Beautiful timbres of individual strings . . . Harmonizing as one!
George Walker: Lyric for Strings
Vivaldi: Winter from The Four Seasons
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
Sunday | October 17, 2021 | 2:30 pm
Peter Jaffe, Music Director
Amaryn Olmeda, violin
Beautiful timbres of individual strings . . . Harmonizing as one!
George Walker: Lyric for Strings
Vivaldi: Winter from The Four Seasons
Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
Saturday | November 13, 2021 | 7:00 pm
Peter Jaffe, Music Director
Rodolfo Leone, piano
Hopeful . . . Patriotic . . . Virtuosic . . . Optimistic!
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Florence Price: Symphony No. 1
Sunday | November 14, 2021 | 2:30 pm
Peter Jaffe, Music Director
Rodolfo Leone, piano
Hopeful . . . Patriotic . . . Virtuosic . . . Optimistic!
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Florence Price: Symphony No. 1
Saturday | December 4, 2021 | 7:00 pm
Peter Jaffe, Music Director
Liisa Dávila, soprano
Monica Danilov, mezzo-soprano
Daniel Ebbers, tenor
Ralph Cato, baritone
Stockton Chorale, Bruce Southard, director
HANDEL’S MESSIAH
Christmas portion plus additional numbers
Beloved masterwork . . . Inspirational . . . Exultant . . . Hallelujah!
Sunday | February 20, 2022 | 2:30 pm
Mark Alpizar, guest conductor
Enjoy lively dancers, traditional Mexican dress, high-energy Latin rhythms—a feast for the eyes and ears.
Saturday | March 12, 2022 | 7:00 pm
Peter Jaffe, Music Director
Caitlyn Smith Franklin, horn
Chen Yi: Sprout
Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Sunday | March 13, 2022 | 2:30 pm
Peter Jaffe, Music Director
Caitlyn Smith Franklin, horn
Chen Yi: Sprout
Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7
Saturday | April 2, 2022 | 7:00 pm
Peter Jaffe, Music Director
Narrator: Tama Brisbane, Inaugural Stockton City Poet Laureate
Mozart: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Victoria Bond: In Tune with Justice (Ruth Bader Ginsburg project — world premiere)
Mascagni: Intermezzo sinfonico from Cavalleria rusticana
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919)
Sunday | April 3, 2022 | 2:30 pm
Peter Jaffe, Music Director
Narrator: Tama Brisbane, Inaugural Stockton City Poet Laureate
Mozart: Overture to Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)
Victoria Bond: In Tune with Justice (Ruth Bader Ginsburg project — world premiere)
Mascagni: Intermezzo sinfonico from Cavalleria rusticana
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919)
Sunday | May 15, 2022 | 2:30 pm
Peter Jaffe, Music Director
Featuring astronaut and vintner José M. Hernández and his incredible life journey from his farming roots to space exploration and back again: “Coming Full Circle”