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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 7, 2014 Green Music Center contacts: Melissa Sanders, Senior Director for Communications [email protected], 404.909.6726 Jessica Anderson, Associate Director for Communications [email protected], 707.664.4122 Eric Latzky, Eric Latzky Culture | Communications NY [email protected], 212.358.0223
SCHROEDER HALL GRAND OPENING SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
TICKETS AVAILABLE TUESDAY, AUGUST 12 AT 10 A.M.
CELEBRATORY COMMUNITY WEEKEND AUGUST 23-‐24 FEATURES MORE THAN 100 ARTISTS IN TEN FREE CONCERTS
WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE DAVID BENOIT “TRIBUTE TO CHARLIE BROWN”
PIANIST JEFFREY KAHANE, ORGANIST JAMES DAVID CHRISTIE
(Sonoma County, CA, August 7, 2014) — Details of the Schroeder Hall Grand Opening Weekend at Sonoma State University’s Green Music Center have been announced, including ticket information for the FREE community weekend on Saturday, August 23 and Sunday, August 24. The weekend of free events includes more 100 artists in ten concerts. Admission is free to the weekend concerts, but advance tickets are required. Tickets are available to the public beginning Tuesday, August 12 at 10 A.M. and can be reserved in person at the SSU Box Office, online at gmc.sonoma.edu, or over the phone at 866.955.6040. A limited quantity of tickets will be held for walk-‐up sales on-‐site for the free community weekend on August 23-‐24. Focal points of the weekend include concerts by acclaimed pianist David Benoit, performing a Tribute to Charlie Brown; pianist, Santa Rosa Symphony Conductor Laureate, and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Artistic Director Jeffrey Kahane playing Beethoven and Chopin; recitals by Sonoma State University (SSU) students and faculty; a christening of the hall’s Brombaugh Opus 9 organ by James David Christie of the Boston Symphony Orchestra; and a capstone concert featuring Christie, soprano Ruth Ann Swenson, conductor Julian Wachner, and the SSU Brass Ensemble. Press Ticket Information Limited press tickets are available to the weekend concerts. To request press tickets, please contact Jessica Anderson at [email protected].
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SCHROEDER HALL GRAND OPENING WEEKEND AT SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY’S GREEN MUSIC CENTER
CHRONOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE LISTING Saturday, August 23 at 11:00 A.M. Sonoma Bach Choir Robert Worth, music director David Parsons, organ Let there be joy! Let there be thanks! Let there be music! Saturday, August 23 at 2:00 P.M. Sonoma State University Faculty Jazz Ensemble Doug Leibinger and George Marsh, directors Kasey Knudsen, saxophone Dave Len Scott, trumpet Doug Leibinger, trombone Randy Vincent, guitar Ken Cook, piano Cliff Hugo, bass George Marsh, drums Will Johnson, prepared piano Saturday, August 23 at 4:00 P.M. Jeffrey Kahane Beethoven and Chopin Saturday, August 23 at 5:30 P.M. James David Christie Inaugural Organ Recital Saturday, August 23 at 8:00 P.M. David Benoit Tribute to Charlie Brown Sunday, August 24 at 11:00 A.M. Sonoma State University Studio Faculty Recital Kathleen Reynolds, flute Joe Edelberg, violin Judiyaba, cello Eric Cabalo, guitar Marilyn Thompson, piano Eugenia Wie, guest violinist Members of the Sonoma State University Guitar Ensemble Eric Cabalo, director Piazzolla, Eric Cabalo, Brahms, Granados, and Damase
Sunday, August 24 at 1:00 P.M. Trio Ariadne Carol McGonnell, clarinet Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano Selected Works by Sonoma State University Student Composers Sunday, August 24 at 3:00 P.M. Vocal Recital Alumni and students from the vocal studios of David Burnakus, Jane Erwin Hammett, Lynne Morrow, and Ruth Ann Swenson Lynne Morrow, program director Richard Riccardi, piano Yvonne Wormer, piano Massenet, Ravel, Schubert, Sandoval, Grieg, Weill, Johnson, Jennifer Thuman, and Niles Sunday, August 24 at 5:00 P.M. Trio Navarro Victor Romasevich, violin Jill Brindel, cello Marilyn Thompson, piano Taneyev: Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 22 Sunday, August 24 at 7:00 P.M. Brass, Organ and Vocal Recital James David Christie, organ Julian Wachner, organ Ruth Ann Swenson, soprano Kathleen Reynolds, flute Roy Zajac, clarinet Marilyn Thompson, piano Sonoma State University Brass Ensemble Brian S. Wilson, conductor Trumpet: Philip Beard, David Fichera, Ken Fichera, Kelley Hunt, Robert Jackson, and Doug Morton Horn: Spenser Araujo, Lisa Ferroggiaro, John Lounsbery, and Ruth Wilson Trombone: Tony Collins, Dennis Kuba, Marc Rudlin, and William Welsh Baritone: Zachary Hall Tuba: Nick Pulley Brian S. Wilson, Julian Wachner, Vivaldi, Handel, Storace, Gabrieli, and Schubert