5 CONCERTS SET FOR ORCHESTRA-CHORALE SEASON.Byline: Joanne Crawford Education The 1999-2000 concert schedule has been announced by the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Orchestra and Master Chorale chorale (kōrăl`, –räl`), any of the traditional hymns of the German Protestant Church. The form was developed after the Reformation to replace the plainsong of the earlier service and as a means of congregational participation in . All concerts in the Fanfare for the New Millennium season will be at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. , 750 W. Lancaster Blvd. The season will open Saturday with the Anniversary Pops program, which will include popular selections that celebrate important musical milestones and salute Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. on its 70th birthday, said Steve Standerfer, the college public-relations director. ``The first half of the program will feature the symphony performing Aaron Copland's `Hoe Down,' `Star Wars Medley' by John Williams This biographical article or section needs additional references for verification. Please help [ to improve this article] by adding additional sources. Unverifiable material about living persons must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. , Aram Khatchaturian's `Saber Dance' and other selections,'' Standerfer said. ``College faculty member Gail Newby will perform a piano solo The piano is often used to provide harmonic accompaniment to a voice or other instrument. However, solo parts for the piano can be found in some musical styles. These can take the form of a section in which the piano is heard more prominently than other instruments, or in which the piano . The Master Chorale will join soloists Rick Roemer and Alis Clausen for the second half of the program, which will include tunes from Broadway musicals.'' The Classics and Carols program Dec. 12 will celebrate the holidays with seasonal music. Selections will include Beethoven's ``Mass in C'' and orchestral songs for Christmas and Hanukkah. Violinist Armen Anassian Armen Anassian is an Armenian violinist who has recorded violin on numerous motion picture soundtracks such as artists such as King Kong, The Legend of Zoro, and The Navity Story. He has also played with the Los Angeles Opera and is concertmaster of the Santa Clarita Symphony. , contest-winning artists and the orchestra will perform the Timeless Treasures concert Feb. 12. Orchestra and chorale artistic director David Newby said Anassian will perform with the winners of the second annual Bach competition, to be held Jan. 22. Pianist Charles Fierro will perform with the orchestra in the Romantic Fantasies Romantic fantasy can be considered a sub-genre of fantasy or of romance. Some critics have described romantic fantasy as the intersection between fantasy and romance. In a work of romantic fantasy, the plot deals with the development of a romantic relationship between the concert March 25, Newby said. Selections will include ``Don Juan Don Juan (dŏn wän, j  `ən, Span. dōn hwän), legendary profligate. ,'' McDowell's ``Piano Concerto No. 2'' and excerpts from Holst's ``The Planets.'' The Choral Showcase concert April 29 will feature popular and Broadway favorites, folk songs and light classics performed by the Master Chorale singers. Members of the Antelope Valley Master Chorale Children's Chorus will be special guests for the choir showcase, Newby said. Tickets are $13 for adults, $12 for senior citizens and $7 for children for each concert. Season tickets for all five concerts are available at $50 for any adult, including a senior citizen, and $25 for those younger than 18. A three-concerts subscription is available at $33 for any adult and $18 for children. Tickets are available at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center box office and can be purchased over the telephone at (661) 723-5950. The Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra and Master Chorale concerts are sustained partly by donations from Founder Circle members, Newby said. One can join the circle as a friend for a donation up to $99. The donation is $100 to $499 for the Bronze Circle, $500 to $999 for the Silver Circle, $1,000 to $4,999 for the Gold Circle and $5,000 to $9,999 for the Platinum Circle. Diamond Circle givers donate $10,000 or more. Checks can be sent payable to the Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra and Master Chorale at the college, 3041 W. Ave. K, Lancaster, CA 93536-5426. For more information on becoming a Founder Circle member, call (661) 722-6383. |
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