Saturday, October 24, 2009 - 8 pm
Albert and Janet Schultz Cultural Hall
at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto ^Map

Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Simon, conductor
Jeremy Cohen, violin

All That Jazz

Founder and first violinist of Quartet San Francisco, classically trained Jeremy Cohen’s electrifying jazz performances have earned him nationwide accolades. PACO is proud to present the world premiere of Jeremy’s new jazz violin concerto, with Respighi’s lovely Ancient Airs and Dances and the dark, powerful Chamber Symphony based on Shostakovich’s famous String Quartet No. 8.

Subscription Tickets are $32-$45. On Sale Now!
Single Tickets are $15. Discount available for seniors and students.

Click here for ticket order form. For information, (650) 856-3848 | info@pacomusic.org

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Thursday, October 29, 2009 • 4:30 to 6 pm
Bloomingdale's • Stanford Shopping Center

The Shopping Benefit!

When was the last time you saved money while giving it away? It’s easy to do on October 29th when you support PACO at Bloomingdale’s Shopping Benefit. Purchase a $10 ticket and 100% of the proceeds will be donated to PACO. Get a 15% storewide savings while you enjoy entertainment, fashion and cooking events at one of your favorite fashion headquarters – Bloomingdale’s. Plus, Bloomingdale's will donate an extra $5 to PACO as a "thank you" for your attendance.

A PACO quartet will be entertaining the crowds at the Stanford store from 4:30 pm to 6 pm. So stop on by and support PACO on October 29th!

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Sunday, November 15, 2009 - 3 pm
Cubberley Theatre, Palo Alto ^Map

Benjamin Simon, conductor

Sinfonia Orchestra
Kyoko Inagawa, violin soloist

Program
George Frederic Handel - Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 11 in A Major
Ernst Dohnanyi - The Marcia movement from Serenade
Tomaso Antonio Vitali - Chaconne
Anton Arensky - Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky

Tickets: $10, $5 for seniors/students
Available on concert night one hour before performance

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Sunday, November 22, 2009, 3 pm
Cubberley Theatre, Palo Alto ^Map

Benjamin Simon, conductor
Debut Ensemble
Kris Yenney and Scott Krijnen, cello soloists

Program
Ernst Dohnanyi "Marcia" from Serenade, Op. 10
Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Violoncelli in G minor, PV411
Paul Hindemith: from "Acht Stücke" Minuet Set
Haydn: Minuet from string quartet Op. 77 #2
Beethoven: Minuet from Septet, Op. 20
Hubert Parry: "In Minuet Style" from An English Suite for String Orchestra

Admission Free and Open to the Public

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Saturday, December 19 | 8 pm
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University Map

Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Simon, conductor
Sharon Wei, viola

Viola Virtuosa

Shy middle sister of the string quartet, the viola rarely gets her chance to shine… Enter acclaimed violist Sharon Wei performing Bruch’s gorgeous Romanze and Britten’s haunting Lachrymae, based on an Elizabethan song by John Dowland. Corelli’s popular Christmas Concerto begins our program; Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 2 (“Little Russian”) with the combined forces of PACO and Sinfonia will close it.

Tickets are $15/general, $10/seniors (62+), $5/students (with ID). For information, (650) 856-3848 | info@pacomusic.org

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Sunday, December 20 | 1 - 5 pm

PACO Holiday Ensemble Caroling
1:00 - 2:00 pm @ Stanford Shopping Center in front of Louis Vuitton
2:30 - 3:30 pm @ Stanford Bloomingdale Store, the New View, on 1st floor
4:00 - 5:00 pm @ Whole Foods in Palo Alto

Join us for the Holiday Performance features chamber music and Christmas carols by outstanding young musicians from the PACO, Sinfonia and Debut ensembles.

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Friday, January 29, 2010, 7:30 pm

Cubberley Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto ^Map

Preparatory Ensemble
Kris Yenney, director

Program
Georg Phillip Telemann's Don Quixote Suite'
Tomaso Albinoni's Concerto a cinque, Opus V, No. 5
Heitor Villa Lobos' Cantilena
and George Gershwin's Lullaby

with small ensemble offerings by Schumann, Bartok, Geminiani and others

Admission Free

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Friday, February 5, 2010, 7:30 pm
Cubberley Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto ^Map

SuperStrings
Kris Yenney, director


Program
Les Ballet des Muses by Jean Batiste Lully,
selections from "Consort in Four Parts" in g minor by Matthew Locke'

Three Baroque Dances, by Handel, Corelli and Rameau

and Entr'Acte and Ballet Music by Franz Schubert.

Small Ensembles will also present works by
James Oswald, Corelli, Bartok and more.

Admission Free

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Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 8 pm
Albert and Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall @ OFJCC
3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto Map

Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Simon, conductor
Peter Lemberg, oboe

English Suite

PACO favorite Peter Lemberg returns with the oboe’s larger cousin, an instrument that is neither English nor a horn. Mozart’s beautiful Adagio is paired with Vincent Persichetti’s masterful Concerto for English Horn (1977), surrounded by two authentically English works: Handel’s Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 6 plus the delightful English Suite by Hubert Parry.

Tickets are $15/general, $10/seniors (62+), $5/students (with ID).
Available on concert night one hour before performance

For information, (650) 856-3848 | info@pacomusic.org

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Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 7:30 pm
Cubberley Theatre, Palo Alto ^Map

Debut Ensemble
Eugene Sor, guest conductor
Robin Sharp, Karen Shinozaki Sor, Debra Fong, violinists

Program
Melodia in A minor-Astor Piazzolla
Simple Symphony-Benjamin Britten
Concerto for Three Violins in D Major BWV 1064--J.S. Bach
...plus selected chamber works.

Admission Free

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Sunday, March 21, 2010 - 3 pm
Cubberley Theatre, Palo Alto ^Map

Sinfonia Ensemble
Michel Taddei, guest conductor

Program
Overture from Dardanus by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Viola Quintet No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 87 second movement by Felix Mendelssohn
Steel City Strut by Danny Seidenberg
Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 Allegro con Brio e Vivace by Peter IIych Tchaikovsky
Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op. 47, by Edward Elgar

Tickets: $10, $5 for seniors/students
Available on concert night one hour before performance

For information, (650) 856-3848 | info@pacomusic.org

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Bach to Italy!

THE 26TH ANNUAL BACH CELEBRATION WITH KRIS YENNEY, DIRECTOR

Saturday, March 27, 2010 - 7:30 p.m
Carriage House at the Montalvo Arts Center
15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga
a special collaboration with

AND

Sunday, March 28, 2010 - 4:00 p.m.
Valley Presbyterian Church
945 Portola Road, Portola Valley

PROGRAM:
This Year's Event will feature guest virtuoso, Coleman Itzkoff performing (with Nathan Chan Saturday, and Kris Yenney Sunday) the Concerto for two cellos by Antonio Vivaldi and the newly orchestrated (by Maestra "Yennini") Concert Sonata in A major for cello and orchestra by Luigi Boccherini!



Also, Oboe Concerto in D minor by Marcello, Concerto a Cinque, Opus V, No. 5 by Albinoni and the Concerto for four, Opus 3, No. 10 by Vivaldi - Featuring Debra Fong, Heidi Yenney & Cary Chin ~ violins, Peter Lemberg ~ oboe, Kris Yenney ~ cello & Barbary Grant ~ harpsichord.

TICKETS:
$20 General, $10 for students under 21

CONTACT:
March 27 Performance: Montalvo Box office 408-961-5858 | www.montalvoarts.org
March 28 Performance: PACO Office (650)856-3848 | info@pacomusic.org | www.pacomusic.org

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Saturday, May 22, 2010, 8 pm
Cubberley Theatre 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto ^Map
Preparatory Orchestra
Kris Yenney, director

Program:
Works by Handel, Rachmaninoff, Bach... a World Premier of Our violist, Jeremy Tanlimco's "Free Imagination," and a Tango!... Plus small ensembles playing Corelli, Haydn, Joplin and more!..

Admission Free

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Sunday, May 23, 2010 - 3 pm
Cubberley Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto ^Map

Debut Ensemble
Eugene Sor, guest conductor
Aaron Chen, cello
Joseph Wong, violin

The program includes movements from Haydn Cello Concerto in C,
Beethoven Romance in F,
Dvorak's "American" Quartet,
plus chamber works by Schubert, Bizet, and Schumann.

Admission Free

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Friday, June 4, 2010, 7:30
Covenant Presbyterian Church
670 E. Meadow Drive, Palo Alto ^Map

SuperStrings Ensemble
Kris Yenney, director

Program
String orchestra works from Sweden - selections from"Partita" by Roman, and two folk tunes arrranged for orchestra - with Prep violinst, Annie Ku, guest conductor, a Suite of Scottish Tunes by James Oswald and MORE*

Admission Free

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Saturday, June 5, 2010 - 8 pm
Eagle Theatre @ Los Altos High School
201 Almond Ave., Los Altos Map

Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Simon, conductor
Chris Froh, marimba

Made in the Americas

From the sunny shores of the Caribbean to the asphalt jungle of New York City, our musical journey travels through the Americas, south and north. Our program features virtuoso percussionist Chris Froh performing the sizzling marimba concerto by Brazlian composer Ney Rosauro, plus dances from Panama and Broadway. PACO will also be presenting the world premiere of our fifth annual Youth-for-Youth commission, a new work for string orchestra by Berkeley native Gabriel Smith.

Tickets are $15/general, $10/seniors (62+), $5/students (with ID).
Available on concert night one hour before performance

For information, (650) 856-3848 | info@pacomusic.org

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Sunday, June 6, 2009 - 3 pm
Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University Map

Sinfonia Ensemble
Benjamin Simon, conductor

The concert features the Peninsula young talents from nine to seventeen years old who have won the annual PACO concerto competition last December.

Alex Goldberg - Praeludium and Allegro
Tsutomu William Copeland - Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4: first movement
Alvin Kim and Zachary Munro - Mozart Concertone in C Major: third movement: Minuet
Varun Nagarajan - Zelter Viola Concerto in E-flat Major: first movement
Clara Chan - Mendelssohn Violin Concerto: first movement
Thyne Boonmark - Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1: first movement

Admission Free