Upcoming Events

• REDWOOD SYMPHONY: 23 NOVEMBER 2024 - 8 PM - Orchestra Concert

PROGRAM (harp in Shostakovich):

• Felix MENDELSSOHN: Overture in C for Winds
• Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART: Bassoon Concerto
• Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 4

Tickets and information on: the Redwood Symphony website.

• SOLO HARP RECITAL: TUESDAY 31 DECEMBER 2024 at 7 PM

GALLERY 2727, Berkeley, California

This recital is being hosted via the Groupmuse platform. You can reserve a spot on the the GROUPMUSE website. Cost is $5 to reserve and $25+ at the event.

The program showcases the many colors of the harp through a variety of musical styles including Romantic music written expressly and idiomatically for the harp (Glinka, Zabel), Baroque music in transcription (Scarlatti), the Impressionism of Debussy that sounds as though it were written originally for harp (First Arabesque), an arrangement of Londonderry Air in a quintessentially harpistic style, and the genius of Salzedo's special harp techniques in his evocative "Song in the Night." Other pieces by Annie CHALLAN, Astor PIAZZOLLA, and Gabriel PIERNÉ:.

• REDWOOD SYMPHONY: SUNDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2025 - 2 PM - Orchestra Concert

PROGRAM (Harp in Mahler):

• Aaron COPLAND: In the Beginning
• Gustav MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"

NOTE: This performance takes place at the San Mateo Performing Arts Center. 600 N Delaware St. San Mateo CA 94401

Tickets and information on: the Redwood Symphony website.

Recent Events

• REDWOOD SYMPHONY: SUNDAY 27 OCTOBER 2024 - 2 PM - Orchestra Concert

PROGRAM:

• John WILLIAMS: Hedwig's Theme from "Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone"
• Kirke Mechem: A Country Fair (World Premiere of orchestral version)
• Modest MUSSORGSKY (arr. Maurice RAVEL): Pictures at an Exhibition (excerpts)
• John Philip SOUSA: Washington Post March

Information on: the Redwood Symphony website.

• BAY AREA RAINBOW SYMPHONY: 5 OCTOBER 2024 - 7:30 PM - Orchestra Concert

PROGRAM (harp in Bernstein, Puccini, & Holmès):

• Leonard BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide
• Giacomo PUCCINI: Intermezzo, from Manon Lescaut
• Augusta HOLMÈS: Andromède
• Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART: Symphony No. 41 "Jupiter"

Information on: the B.A.R.S. website.

• REDWOOD SYMPHONY: 27 JULY 2024 - 8 PM - Orchestra Concert

• Maurice RAVEL: Pavane pour une infante défunte

• REDWOOD SYMPHONY: 1 JUNE 2024 - 8 PM - Orchestra Concert

PROGRAM (harp in Williams and Bernstein):

• John WILLIAMS: Liberty Fanfare
• Aaron COPLAND: Suite from "Our Town"
• Leonard BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story"
• John WILLIAMS: Escapades, from "Catch Me if you Can"

Information on: the Redwood Symphony website.

• REDWOOD SYMPHONY: 6 APRIL 2024 - 8 PM - Orchestra Concert

PROGRAM (harp in Glass and Holst):

• Duke ELLINGTON: The Giggling Rapids
• Philip GLASS: Violin Concerto
• Gustav HOLST: The Planets

Information on: the Redwood Symphony website.

• REDWOOD SYMPHONY: 10 FEBRUARY 2024 - 8 PM - Orchestra Concert

PROGRAM :

• Gustav MAHLER: "Tragic" Symphony No. 6 in A Minor

Information on: the Redwood Symphony website.

• REDWOOD SYMPHONY: 18 NOVEMBER 2023 - 8 PM - Orchestra Concert

PROGRAM (harp in Scheherazade and Festive Overture):

• William Grant STILL: Festive Overture
• Jean SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto
• Nicolay RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade

Information on: the Redwood Symphony website.

• REDWOOD SYMPHONY: 23 SEPTEMBER 2023 - 8 PM - Orchestra Concert

PROGRAM:

• Sergei PROKOFIEV: Suite from Romeo & Juliet

Information on: the Redwood Symphony website.

• REDWOOD SYMPHONY: 3 JUNE 2023 - 8 PM - Orchestra Concert

PROGRAM (harp in Shostakovich, Bizet, and Ravel):

• Aaron COPLAND: Fanfare for the Common Man
• Rain WORTHINGTON: Shredding Glass
• Dmitry SHOSTAKOVICH: Violin Concerto No. 1
• Georges BIZET: Excerpts from L'Arlésienne Suites
• Maurice RAVEL: Boléro

Information on: the Redwood Symphony website.

• BAY AREA RAINBOW SYMPHONY: 10 JUNE 2023 - Orchestra Concert

PROGRAM (harp in Watkins and Bernstein):

• Johannes BRAHMS: Symphony No. 2
• Mary WATKINS: "Soul of Remembrance"
• Leonard BERNSTEIN: Symphony No. 2 "The Age of Anxiety"

Information on: the B.A.R.S. website.

• SOLO RECITAL: SUNDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2023 at 5 PM [Gather from 4 PM; Recital at 5 PM]

MAZZA CASTLE, Pacifica, California

Tickets $45 and information on: the MAZZA CASTLE website.

PROGRAM:

• Félix GODEFROID: La Sérénade
• Annie CHALLAN: Romance pour Cendrillon & Brocéliande
• arr. Edward VITO: Londonderry Air
• Carlos SALZEDO: Chanson dans la nuit
• Domenico SCARLATTI: Sonata in A Major, K. 208
• Mikhail GLINKA: Nocturne in E-flat Major
• Astor PIAZZOLLA: Chiquilín de Bachín
• Albert ZABEL: Murmure de la cascade, Op. 29
• Claude DEBUSSY: La fille aux cheveux de lin
• Claude DEBUSSY: Première arabesque
• Gabriel PIERNÉ: Impromptu-caprice, Op. 9

• REDWOOD SYMPHONY: 15 and 16 APRIL 2023 - Stephen Sondheim's "FOLLIES"

Information on: the Redwood Symphony website.