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ACF 2010: The Greatest Generation

Feb. 1: The River
Feb. 4-6: The Greatest Generation
Feb. 9: Into the Streets


		The River Mon • February 1 • 7:30pm Symphony Hall, Orange County High School of the Arts 1010 N. Main St., Santa Ana Featuring student performers from the Orange County High School of the Arts: OCHSA Symphony Orchestra, Chris Russell, conductor Film & TV Conservatory, Aaron Orullian, director Opera & Choral Conservatory, Maria Lazarova, director Music & Theater Conservatory, Jeff Paul, director Joe Horowitz, artistic advisor George Stoney, documentary advisor

The People, Yes (excerpt) - Reading from the poem by Carl Sandburg
Introduction

Joe Horowitz

Songs from The River

My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
How Firm a Foundation
Jesus Loves Me
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
OCHSA Chamber Singers

Short Documentaries on the Depression and World War II

Kaylen Hadley, Lauren Morales and Adrian Azevedo, filmmakers
These short films were created by members of instructor Michael Brown’s Documentary Filmmaking course in collaboration with renowned documentarian George Stoney

The New Deal and The River

George Stoney and Joe Horowitz

The River

Film directed by Pare Lorentz. Score by Virgil Thomson
OCHSA Symphony Orchestra
Robyn Mack and Chelsea Sanders, narrators

Click here to view a trailer of the film "The River"

Preview the student documentaries by clicking on the titles below:

"The Greatest Generation" by Lauren Morales
"A Soldier of Life"" by Adrian Azevedo
"Remembering the Greatest Generation" by Kaylen Hadley

Tickets: $10, general admission
OCHSA Box office: (714) 564-3282
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		The Greatest Generation Thu-Sat • February 4-6, 2010 • 8:00pm Festival Prelude at 7pm Orange County Performing Arts Center Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall Pacific Symphony • Carl St.Clair, conductor Douglas Webster, baritone Pacific Chorale—John Alexander, artistic director

COPLAND:		Fanfare for the Common Man

HERRMANN:		For the Fallen

WEILL:		Walt Whitman Songs [West Coast premiere of orchestrated version]

GOULD:		Amber Waves

DAUGHERTY:		Mount Rushmore for Chorus and Orchestra (2010) [World Premiere]

With projected images from WW II and The Great Depression.

Festival prelude and post-concert discussion with documentarian George Stoney, composer-in-residence Michael Daugherty and host Joseph Horowitz.

Listen to a Concert Preview with Alan Chapman and an interview with composer Michael Daugherty, including the story behind his new work “Mount Rushmore.”

Read the program notes

Tickets: $25-$105 (students $20)
Free tickets for Veterans; $20 for their guests (Advance reservations required)

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Or call (714) 755-5799 (Mon-Fri, 9am to 5pm)

Into the Streets

Tue • February 9, 2010 • 8 pm
Meng Hall, California State University, Fullerton

Douglas Webster, baritone • Gloria Cheng, piano
Cal State Fullerton University Singers, Rob Istad, conductor
Members of Pacific Symphony

Raymond Kobler, violin • Bridget Dolkas, violin
Robert Becker, viola • Kevin Plunkett, cello

Monica Hull, mezzo-soprano • Mark Salters, piano
Joseph Horowitz, host

COPLAND:		Into the Streets May First

WEILL:		Mack the Knife

WEILL:		Songs from "Lunchtime Follies": Song of the Inventory, Buddy on the Nightshift, Schickelgruber

WEILL:		Ice Cream Sextet

RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN:		You’ll Never Walk Alone, Everything’s Up to Date in Kansas City, Oklahoma!

Student documentary film

SCHOENBERG:		Ode to Napoleon for speaker, piano and string quartet (1942)

Post-concert discussion with Joseph Horowitz.

Tickets: $30; students and Pacific Symphony patrons; $25; CSUF music majors $5
Box Office: (657) 278-3371

Tickets available online after Jan. 19 at:
http://www.fullerton.edu/arts/events