Newly formed California Sound Collective will include a selection from my the first of two settings of Minnesota-based poet, Bill Reichard's Sin Eater. From Mark McNamara's article for San Francisco Classical Voice:
"Orchestras looking to attract larger audiences are experimenting with the idea of a modular ensemble: more mobile, scalable, and open to playing a wider variety of music. That experiment is personified by the Bay Area's latest group, the California Sound Collective, which debuts on August 30.
The collective is comprised of musicians from the Vallejo Symphony, the Oakland East Bay Symphony, the Santa Rosa Symphony, and others — and largely, although not entirely under the baton of David Ramadanoff, formerly conductor of the Vallejo Symphony.
The founding idea for the collective is to create a self-governing group that’s flexible in size and can play as either a small chamber ensemble or a full orchestra. Programming will include all kinds of music, not just traditional Classical.
The collective will debut with an informal chamber ensemble/chamber orchestra concert on Sunday, August 30 at 7:30 PM in the Community Congregational Church in Benicia. The 90-minute concert, with no interruptions, is free; although donations are encouraged. A reception in Fellowship Hall will follow, and the audience is invited to meet the musicians.
The program includes Gridlock, a piece by Dan Becker-Fade featuring 10 players; the soul in paradise (the first movement of Doug Opel’s Soul Settings Triptych for five players and speaker); Mozart’s Divertimento for Strings in D major, KV 136; two movements from a Tango Suite for harp and strings by Astor Piazzolla; and Jacques Ibert’s Divertissement, played by harpist Anna Maria Mendiet."
- See the full article here: Bay Area Collective Aims to Prove It's all About Programming
Orchestras looking to attract larger audiences are experimenting with the idea of a modular ensemble: more mobile, scalable, and open to playing a wider variety of music. That experiment is personified by the Bay Area's latest group, the California Sound Collective, which debuts on August 30.
The collective is comprised of musicians from the Vallejo Symphony, the Oakland East Bay Symphony, the Santa Rosa Symphony, and others — and largely, although not entirely under the baton of David Ramadanoff, formerly conductor of the Vallejo Symphony.
The founding idea for the collective is to create a self-governing group that’s flexible in size and can play as either a small chamber ensemble or a full orchestra. Programming will include all kinds of music, not just traditional Classical.
The collective will debut with an informal chamber ensemble/chamber orchestra concert on Sunday, August 30 at 7:30 PM in the Community Congregational Church in Benicia. The 90-minute concert, with no interruptions, is free; although donations are encouraged. A reception in Fellowship Hall will follow, and the audience is invited to meet the musicians.
The program includes Gridlock, a piece by Dan Becker-Fade featuring 10 players; the soul in paradise (the first movement of Doug Opel’s Soul Settings Triptych for five players and speaker); Mozart’s Divertimento for Strings in D major, KV 136; two movements from a Tango Suite for harp and strings by Astor Piazzolla; and Jacques Ibert’s Divertissement, played by harpist Anna Maria Mendieta,
- See more at: https://www.sfcv.org/preview/california-sound-collective/bay-area-collective-aims-to-prove-it%E2%80%99s-all-about-the-programming#sthash.BNiS9ROS.dpufOrchestras looking to attract larger audiences are experimenting with the idea of a modular ensemble: more mobile, scalable, and open to playing a wider variety of music. That experiment is personified by the Bay Area's latest group, the California Sound Collective, which debuts on August 30.
The collective is comprised of musicians from the Vallejo Symphony, the Oakland East Bay Symphony, the Santa Rosa Symphony, and others — and largely, although not entirely under the baton of David Ramadanoff, formerly conductor of the Vallejo Symphony.
The founding idea for the collective is to create a self-governing group that’s flexible in size and can play as either a small chamber ensemble or a full orchestra. Programming will include all kinds of music, not just traditional Classical.
The collective will debut with an informal chamber ensemble/chamber orchestra concert on Sunday, August 30 at 7:30 PM in the Community Congregational Church in Benicia. The 90-minute concert, with no interruptions, is free; although donations are encouraged. A reception in Fellowship Hall will follow, and the audience is invited to meet the musicians.
The program includes Gridlock, a piece by Dan Becker-Fade featuring 10 players; the soul in paradise (the first movement of Doug Opel’s Soul Settings Triptych for five players and speaker); Mozart’s Divertimento for Strings in D major, KV 136; two movements from a Tango Suite for harp and strings by Astor Piazzolla; and Jacques Ibert’s Divertissement, played by harpist Anna Maria Mendieta,
- See more at: https://www.sfcv.org/preview/california-sound-collective/bay-area-collective-aims-to-prove-it%E2%80%99s-all-about-the-programming#sthash.BNiS9ROS.dpuf