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The Culver City
Symphony Orchestra
P.O. Box 4846
Culver City, CA 90231

Ph: 310-717-5500

e-mail:

info@culvercitysymphony.org

Frank Fetta - Photo by David Bromberg

Recent activities of
Frank Fetta

Music Director and Conductor of the Redlands Bowl

Las Vegas Opera Festival

Conducted Sinfonia Mexicana, Vicki Carr-vocal soloist

Music Director and Conductor of the Torrance Symphony

Tour of the United States Mid-West with Soprano Ruby Hindes in A Tribute to Miran Anderson

Conducted *The Nutcracker* with the California Theater Inland Dance Theater

Conducted *Swan Lake* with the State Street Ballet,
Eduardo Villa

Conducted the Finals of the Zachary Competition for Opera Vocalist

Conductor of the Marina Summer Symphony in the Summer Series at Burton Chace Park, Marina del Rey


	The Culver City Symphony Orchestra ________________________________________ We invite you to hear the Culver City Symphony Orchestra, with conductor Fetta and the musicians of the orchestra, in the great indoors of Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium for our 2009-10 Season. It will be our 47th year, and our 10th year in Culver City. The concert dates : Saturday, October 24, 2009, 8:00P.M. Saturday, January 30, 2010, 8:00P.M. Saturday, April 3, 2010, 8:00P.M. Saturday, June 12, 2010, 7:30P.M. (Programs subject to change and admission charge.) ________________________________________ For the ninth consecutive year, the Culver City Symphony Orchestra, in a unique funding relationship with the Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors, changes name to the Marina del Rey Summer Symphony, heads west, and performs outdoors along the waters' edge at Burton Chace Park, 13650 Mindanao Way, Marina del Rey. The special appeal of the ocean pulls the orchestra to this wonderful setting. However, a word to the wise, the venue is on a point of land with water on two sides. The wind can blow, and it can become cold and damp. This does not hamper the music making, nor its enjoyment, but the evening is better enjoyed when the listener has a warm sweater or jacket, and bring something to sit on. Virginia Bortin, of the Department of Beaches and Harbors, is the manager of these summer concerts. Marina del Rey Summer Symphony Frank Fetta-Conductor July 9, 7:00P.M. Ralph Vaughn Williams - Serenade to Music Francois Poulenc - Gloria Carl Orff - Carmina Burana, Lori Stinson, Ralph Cato, Steve Grabe and the Southern California Master Chorale July 23, 7:00P.M. A showcase of fnalists and winners from the Loren L. Zachary National Vocal competition in arias and ensembles from beloved operas. August 6, 7:00P.M. Claude Debussy - Nocturnes Aaron Copland - Symphony No. 3 Sergei Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 3, Rufus Choi- Piano August 20, 7:00P.M. Cleo Laine, John Dankworth, and the John Dankworth Group, in music by John Dankworthand classics from Jazz to Broadway sung by Dame Cleo Laine __________________________________ Orchestra Conductor and Music Director Frank Fetta is the Director of the Zachary Opera Competition based in Los Angeles. ____________ Orchestra president Matthew Hetz was the guest speaker at the November 12, 2008, Culver City Chamber of Commerce Breakfast, held at the Four Points by Sheraton in Culver City. __________________________ Students and Parents visit a rehearsal Orchestra Tuba player Anthony Bancroft's teaches music in the El Segundo School District. Students and their parents attended a rehearal for the October 25, 2008, concert. Some met Music Director and Conductor Frank Fetta and sat through the rehearsal process. This gives these students and their parents a very personal experience on how an orchestra and its conductor puts a piece of music together, take it apart and put it back together when leading up to a performance. Frank Fetta in the center (top and right photos, with the blue Tee shirt); Orchestra Tuba player Anthony Bancroct is in the Hawaiin shirt (just back from vacation Anthony?); and students and their parents pose in front of the orchestra before we start playing. Photos: Hermes __________________________ contact us at:info@culvercitysymphony.org _________________________________________________________________ A string quartet plays for the city council A string quartet comprised of members of the Culver City Symphony Orchestra performed in the Plaza of Culver City City Hall for a delightful, late afternoon reception for three outgoing City Council Members: Alan Corlin-Mayor, Carol Gross-Vice Mayor and Steve Rose. The orchestra, its Board of Directors and its president knew these three council members. We appreciate their relationship and we thank them for their support of the orchestra. We wish them the Best in their future endeavors. The Quartet Violins: Roman and Victoria Selizinka Viola: Lavette Allen Cello: Anita Gendler __________________________________(photos: Hermes) ORCHESTRA OUTREACH Through Campus Concerts, an outreach program sponsored by the Musicians Union, the Culver City Symphony Orchestra Wind Quintet performed at Farragut Elementary School, Culver City, on April 27, presenting two programs. The quintet was Pat Maki-Flute, David Kossof-Oboe, Patricia Massey-Clarinet, Nate Campbell-Horn John Campbell-Bassoon. The Campus Concerts programs introduces students to Classical Music, the life of Mozart was featured through a musical narrative of his early life, and to some of the orchestra instruments through individual demonstration. For this program, the instruments demonstrated were the flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn. All the instrumentalists gave intriguing and informative demonstrations of their respective instrument. Garnering perhaps the most interest was the demonstration of a selection of Handel's Water Music played through a garden hose, with a funnel at the end, to demonstrate that if the tubing of a horn was not coiled, stretched out it would be sixteen feet long. A second Campus Concert was held at El Marino Language School, Culver City, on May 30, 2007. Hopefully the programs will open up to these students the wonders and excitement that listeners can receive from Classical Music. There was a lot of hands in the air to answer questions, foot stomping, phantom conducting, and a whole-body-shimmy to the music. We hope we made a positive impression with the students. While geared towards the young, we feel that one is never too old to discover what Classical Music can bring into one's life. Visit one our concerts to discover the joys of music. _________________________________________________________________________________ We Need Your Support Please come back to our web site periodically to check on our concert schedule for our seasons during which the orchestra will bring exciting concerts to Culver City and Southern California. If you wish to support The Culver City Symphony Orchestra, please consider becoming a member of the Symphony Society or make a donation please visit the "Membership" page so that we can continue to present these concerts.