Culver City Symphony Orchestra 2022-23 Season OPENING CONCERT -
A CELEBRATION OF DANCE Saturday, December 10, 2022, 7:30PM Presented at the Robert Frost Auditorium in Culver City 4401 Elenda St, Culver City, CA 90230 FREE ADMISSION Guest Conductor Maxim Kuzin leads the
Orchestra in an exciting holiday program including Glazunov's Violin Concerto, featuring our 2019 Parness Concerto Competition Junior Winner, Yirou "Ronnie" Zhang, and symphonic works inspired by European folk dance traditions. Highlights include Taras Bulba Overture, by Ukrainian composer Mykola Lysenko; Dances of Galanta, by Zoltan Kodaly; Ritual of Fire, by Manuel de Falla; and selections from Slavonic Dances, by Antonin Dvorak, and Hungarian Dances, by Johannes Brahms. For full program details, see Calendar of Events This performance is supported, in part, by:
The Recording Industry’s Music Performance Trust Fund. 
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture and The City of Culver City and its Cultural
Affairs Commission, with support from Sony Pictures Entertainment and the Culver City Arts Foundation. 
UPCOMING CONCERTS
Saturday, February 11, 2023, 7:30PM
Presented at the Robert Frost Auditorium in Culver City FREE ADMISSION Guest Conductor Clyde Mitchell will lead
the Orchestra with Abriana Church, 2019 Parness Concerto Competition Senior Winner in a performance of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No.2. The concert will begin with excerpts from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, and end with Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, From the New World. Saturday, May 6, 2023, 7:30PM
Presented at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City 9820 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232 Guest Conductor and program to be
announced June, 2023
Presented at the Robert Frost Auditorium in Culver City FREE ADMISSION Guest Conductor Steven Allen Fox will
lead the Orchestra in a program to be announced. The orchestra is always in need of financial support, and Membership in the SoCal Symphony Society is one of the best ways to ensure the future of live concerts.
Please go to our Membership Page for information. Your additional donations will help us present more of your favorite music. We thank you for your generosity. CCSO is presented by SoCal Symphony Society P.O. Box 4846, Culver City, CA 90231 info@culvercitysymphony.org | 310-645-5961 |
Culver City Symphony Returns With Spotlight on
Finalists for New Music Director/Conductor The Culver City Symphony Orchestra is making musical
news with its first full season since the pandemic and a major talent search for a new conductor. Recovering from the loss of Frank Fetta, our iconic music director and conductor of over 40 years, the symphony leaders have chosen three acclaimed maestros to vie for his position. The Orchestra has had only two music directors in the six decades since it was founded. The three finalists for the position are all noted music world figures in their own right. Maxim Kuzin, a native of Ukraine, will conduct the first concert of the season on Dec. 10, featuring the work of Ukrainian composer Mykola Lysenko. Kuzin is the current Music Director of the Thousand Oaks Philharmonic and spent 19 years conducting professional and student orchestras, opera companies and choirs in Ukraine, Eastern Europe and the United States. He also conducted the orchestra for the popular “Dancing With The Stars” show in Ukraine.
The next finalist is Clyde Mitchell, founding director of both the Lions Gate Sinfonia and the Lions Gate Youth Orchestra of North Vancouver Canada. He will conduct the second concert tentatively set for Feb. 11. He has been a guest conductor for all of Canada’s major orchestras as well as engagements in Europe, Asia, South America and the United States while living in Southern California.
The third finalist is Steven Allen Fox who will wrap up the season with a concert tentatively scheduled for June. He has an extensive background in conducting and composing for a wide range of musical styles including film scores and pop music. He is the founding Artistic Director/ Conductor of the Golden State Pops Orchestra and made his Walt Disney Concert Hall debut conducting the inaugural performance of the Los Angeles Film Orchestra. He has also conducted the San Francisco Symphony, City of Prague Philharmonic and Orquesta Sinfonics de Tenerife.
Presented at the Robert Frost Auditorium 4401 Elenda St Culver City, CA 90230 From Los Angeles Conservancy: "The Robert Frost Memorial Auditorium at Culver City High School is one of the most breathtaking Modern buildings ever designed." Read the article: LINK Robert Frost Auditorium Directions & Parking
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Reviews Marina Concert, "Bernstein at 100," ",,,,,this marvelous concert,,,,," Valerie-Jean Miller Ballet World, Los Angeles Read the review: LINK ",,,,,,a Gem of a Concert,,,,,,''' Read Carole Bell's review posted in the Culver City Observer: June 10, 2017 “A Superb Concert by the Culver City Symphony Orchestra,” “This is a young-thinking orchestra with a musical conscience.” Here is the full review: LINK |