Sun November 15, 2015
Fall Family Concert
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at Lake Merritt United Methodist Church
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The Community Women’s Orchestra is pleased to announce Dr. Robert Greenberg as narrator for their season opening headliner, The Composer is Dead, by Nathaniel Stookey with text by Lemony Snicket. CWO opens their 31st season with a family concert that encourages families with small children to experience the richness of classical music in a fun, kid-friendly atmosphere on Sunday, November 15, 4:00 pm at Lake Merritt United Methodist Church in Oakland. The program includes a world premiere of Legends of Glory, by Kathryn Griesinger, played by orchestra students of the Edna Brewer Middle School (Oakland Public Schools) and the Community Women’s Orchestra. Rounding out this program is the ebullient Candide Overture by Leonard Bernstein and one of Debussy’s most popular works, the Petite Suite.
Noted lecturer, professor, composer, and historian, Dr. Robert Greenberg, joins CWO’s performance in the role of the Inspector for this irreverent musical whodunit. The Inspector interrogates each section of the orchestra until he deduces who murdered the composer.
To support women in music and to fulfill their mission of promoting female composers in every concert CWO is excited to present a new work by Kathryn Griesinger. Ms. Griesinger’s piece was selected from a recent Call for Scores for its uplifting qualities and accessibility to middle school performers. CWO is partnering with the Edna Brewer Middle School for this performance by playing with their middle school orchestra musicians for this piece.
Dana Sadava, CWO Conductor and Music Director, adds: "It's not every day that middle school students get to play a world premiere by a female composer! And we're very excited about our guest narrator, Robert Greenberg, who is a beloved music educator in the Bay Area and beyond. This concert is a must-see!"
The Community Women's Orchestra, established in 1985, is a volunteer, all-female orchestra committed to promoting women's orchestral music in a fun and welcoming environment. For more information, please visit https://www.communitywomensorchestra.org.
The Community Women’s Orchestra (CWO) was initially founded as a community adjunct to the professional Women’s Philharmonic in 1985. Despite the dissolution of the Women’s Philharmonic in 2004, CWO continues to grow and flourish as an independent community organization. In the past 31 years it has grown from the original six-member ensemble to more than sixty members and is a California 501 c3 corporation. CWO collaborates with other community and professional musicians, most notably with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, including multiple performances at Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall, the Brava Theater, touring to Santa Rosa and Miami Florida, and participating in CD and DVD recordings. CWO has been responsible for numerous regional, national, and world premieres of works by female composers including Juliette Folville, Ethel Smyth, Martha Stoddard, Hilary Tann, Mary Watkins and June Bonacich. Other composers featured on CWO concerts include Jennifer Higdon, Gwyneth Walker, Cyndi McTee, Dione Tan, Clara Wieck Schumann, and Fanny Mendelssohn, to name but a few.
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Noted lecturer, professor, composer, and historian, Dr. Robert Greenberg, joins CWO’s performance in the role of the Inspector for this irreverent musical whodunit. The Inspector interrogates each section of the orchestra until he deduces who murdered the composer.
To support women in music and to fulfill their mission of promoting female composers in every concert CWO is excited to present a new work by Kathryn Griesinger. Ms. Griesinger’s piece was selected from a recent Call for Scores for its uplifting qualities and accessibility to middle school performers. CWO is partnering with the Edna Brewer Middle School for this performance by playing with their middle school orchestra musicians for this piece.
Dana Sadava, CWO Conductor and Music Director, adds: "It's not every day that middle school students get to play a world premiere by a female composer! And we're very excited about our guest narrator, Robert Greenberg, who is a beloved music educator in the Bay Area and beyond. This concert is a must-see!"
The Community Women's Orchestra, established in 1985, is a volunteer, all-female orchestra committed to promoting women's orchestral music in a fun and welcoming environment. For more information, please visit https://www.communitywomensorchestra.org.
The Community Women’s Orchestra (CWO) was initially founded as a community adjunct to the professional Women’s Philharmonic in 1985. Despite the dissolution of the Women’s Philharmonic in 2004, CWO continues to grow and flourish as an independent community organization. In the past 31 years it has grown from the original six-member ensemble to more than sixty members and is a California 501 c3 corporation. CWO collaborates with other community and professional musicians, most notably with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, including multiple performances at Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall, the Brava Theater, touring to Santa Rosa and Miami Florida, and participating in CD and DVD recordings. CWO has been responsible for numerous regional, national, and world premieres of works by female composers including Juliette Folville, Ethel Smyth, Martha Stoddard, Hilary Tann, Mary Watkins and June Bonacich. Other composers featured on CWO concerts include Jennifer Higdon, Gwyneth Walker, Cyndi McTee, Dione Tan, Clara Wieck Schumann, and Fanny Mendelssohn, to name but a few.
The Community Women’s Orchestra is pleased to announce Dr. Robert Greenberg as narrator for their season opening headliner, The Composer is Dead, by Nathaniel Stookey with text by Lemony Snicket. CWO opens their 31st season with a family concert that encourages families with small children to experience the richness of classical music in a fun, kid-friendly atmosphere on Sunday, November 15, 4:00 pm at Lake Merritt United Methodist Church in Oakland. The program includes a world premiere of Legends of Glory, by Kathryn Griesinger, played by orchestra students of the Edna Brewer Middle School (Oakland Public Schools) and the Community Women’s Orchestra. Rounding out this program is the ebullient Candide Overture by Leonard Bernstein and one of Debussy’s most popular works, the Petite Suite.
Noted lecturer, professor, composer, and historian, Dr. Robert Greenberg, joins CWO’s performance in the role of the Inspector for this irreverent musical whodunit. The Inspector interrogates each section of the orchestra until he deduces who murdered the composer.
To support women in music and to fulfill their mission of promoting female composers in every concert CWO is excited to present a new work by Kathryn Griesinger. Ms. Griesinger’s piece was selected from a recent Call for Scores for its uplifting qualities and accessibility to middle school performers. CWO is partnering with the Edna Brewer Middle School for this performance by playing with their middle school orchestra musicians for this piece.
Dana Sadava, CWO Conductor and Music Director, adds: "It's not every day that middle school students get to play a world premiere by a female composer! And we're very excited about our guest narrator, Robert Greenberg, who is a beloved music educator in the Bay Area and beyond. This concert is a must-see!"
The Community Women's Orchestra, established in 1985, is a volunteer, all-female orchestra committed to promoting women's orchestral music in a fun and welcoming environment. For more information, please visit https://www.communitywomensorchestra.org.
The Community Women’s Orchestra (CWO) was initially founded as a community adjunct to the professional Women’s Philharmonic in 1985. Despite the dissolution of the Women’s Philharmonic in 2004, CWO continues to grow and flourish as an independent community organization. In the past 31 years it has grown from the original six-member ensemble to more than sixty members and is a California 501 c3 corporation. CWO collaborates with other community and professional musicians, most notably with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, including multiple performances at Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall, the Brava Theater, touring to Santa Rosa and Miami Florida, and participating in CD and DVD recordings. CWO has been responsible for numerous regional, national, and world premieres of works by female composers including Juliette Folville, Ethel Smyth, Martha Stoddard, Hilary Tann, Mary Watkins and June Bonacich. Other composers featured on CWO concerts include Jennifer Higdon, Gwyneth Walker, Cyndi McTee, Dione Tan, Clara Wieck Schumann, and Fanny Mendelssohn, to name but a few.
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Noted lecturer, professor, composer, and historian, Dr. Robert Greenberg, joins CWO’s performance in the role of the Inspector for this irreverent musical whodunit. The Inspector interrogates each section of the orchestra until he deduces who murdered the composer.
To support women in music and to fulfill their mission of promoting female composers in every concert CWO is excited to present a new work by Kathryn Griesinger. Ms. Griesinger’s piece was selected from a recent Call for Scores for its uplifting qualities and accessibility to middle school performers. CWO is partnering with the Edna Brewer Middle School for this performance by playing with their middle school orchestra musicians for this piece.
Dana Sadava, CWO Conductor and Music Director, adds: "It's not every day that middle school students get to play a world premiere by a female composer! And we're very excited about our guest narrator, Robert Greenberg, who is a beloved music educator in the Bay Area and beyond. This concert is a must-see!"
The Community Women's Orchestra, established in 1985, is a volunteer, all-female orchestra committed to promoting women's orchestral music in a fun and welcoming environment. For more information, please visit https://www.communitywomensorchestra.org.
The Community Women’s Orchestra (CWO) was initially founded as a community adjunct to the professional Women’s Philharmonic in 1985. Despite the dissolution of the Women’s Philharmonic in 2004, CWO continues to grow and flourish as an independent community organization. In the past 31 years it has grown from the original six-member ensemble to more than sixty members and is a California 501 c3 corporation. CWO collaborates with other community and professional musicians, most notably with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, including multiple performances at Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall, the Brava Theater, touring to Santa Rosa and Miami Florida, and participating in CD and DVD recordings. CWO has been responsible for numerous regional, national, and world premieres of works by female composers including Juliette Folville, Ethel Smyth, Martha Stoddard, Hilary Tann, Mary Watkins and June Bonacich. Other composers featured on CWO concerts include Jennifer Higdon, Gwyneth Walker, Cyndi McTee, Dione Tan, Clara Wieck Schumann, and Fanny Mendelssohn, to name but a few.
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1330 Lakeshore Avenue, Oakland, CA 94606
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