CAMA's Centennial Season—December 11, 2018—Free Community Concert—Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra—Avi Avital, mandolin—The Granada Theatre, 8:00 PM
FREE COMMUNITY CONCERT: CELEBRATING CAMA AT 100! at The Granada Theatre In celebration of a century of great music in Santa Barbara and with continuing appreciation for the generations of concertgoers and patrons who have made this legacy possible, CAMA’s Board of Directors sponsors this Free Community Concert by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra with star mandolinist Avi Avital. Thank you to “The CAMA Family” of engaged music lovers who have made Santa Barbara a classical music capital for 100 concert seasons! Enjoy! AVI AVITAL, mandolin LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA “America’s finest chamber orchestra…” – Public Radio International TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2018, 8:00 PM Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Avi Avital, mandolin Founded in 1968 as an artistic outlet for the recording industry’s most gifted musicians, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra has spent the ensuing five decades methodically burnishing its reputation as one of the world’s top ensembles. A musical force in his own right, “Explosively charismatic” (The New York Times) virtuoso mandolin soloist Avi Avital has emerged as one of the foremost ambassadors for his instrument. This concert will see them team up for an all-Vivaldi program, including two of the Venetian Baroque master’s concertos for two violins; of course, no Vivaldi program would be complete without The Four Seasons, his beloved collection of violin concertos, to be performed with Avital on mandolin. ALL-VIVALDI PROGRAM: Concerto for Two Violins in G minor, RV 517 Concerto for Two Violins in A minor, RV 523 The Four Seasons (complete), F.I:22-25 PRE-CONCERT LECTURE BY DAVID MALVINNI, PH.D. While there is no ticket fee, tickets are required, and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. CAMA season subscribers have priority and first option for reserving seats. The public will have the opportunity to reserve no-cost tickets starting Friday, September 28, 2018. •
FREE COMMUNITY CONCERT: CELEBRATING CAMA AT 100!
at The Granada Theatre
In celebration of a century of great music in Santa Barbara and with continuing appreciation for the generations of concertgoers and patrons who have made this legacy possible, CAMA’s Board of Directors sponsors this Free Community Concert by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra with star mandolinist Avi Avital. Thank you to “The CAMA Family” of engaged music lovers who have made Santa Barbara a classical music capital for 100 concert seasons! Enjoy!
AVI AVITAL, mandolin
LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
“America’s finest chamber orchestra…”
– Public Radio International
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2018, 8:00 PM
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Avi Avital, mandolin
Founded in 1968 as an artistic outlet for the recording industry’s most gifted musicians, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra has spent the ensuing five decades methodically burnishing its reputation as one of the world’s top ensembles. A musical force in his own right, “Explosively charismatic” (The New York Times) virtuoso mandolin soloist Avi Avital has emerged as one of the foremost ambassadors for his instrument. This concert will see them team up for an all-Vivaldi program, including two of the Venetian Baroque master’s concertos for two violins; of course, no Vivaldi program would be complete without The Four Seasons, his beloved collection of violin concertos, to be performed with Avital on mandolin.
ALL-VIVALDI PROGRAM:
Concerto for Two Violins in G minor, RV 517
Concerto for Two Violins in A minor, RV 523
The Four Seasons (complete), F.I:22-25
PRE-CONCERT LECTURE BY DAVID MALVINNI, PH.D.
While there is no ticket fee, tickets are required, and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. CAMA season subscribers have priority and first option for reserving seats. The public will have the opportunity to reserve no-cost tickets starting Friday, September 28, 2018. •
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Kimura Parker. An advocate for new music,<br />
Stanislav has worked with many composers<br />
and performed several world premieres<br />
including Gunther Schuller’s Horn Quintet<br />
and Louis Andriessen’s The City of Dis.<br />
Stanislav was awarded the highest grant<br />
from the Canada Council for the Arts in<br />
the category for Professional Musicians<br />
(Individuals) in Classical Music.<br />
and Carmel chamber music competitions<br />
and has collaborated with Gilbert Kalish,<br />
Jeffrey Kahane, Andres Cardenes,<br />
Randall Hodgkinson and Warren Jones.<br />
Sarah Thornblade<br />
Josefina Vergara<br />
JOSEFINA VERGARA<br />
violinJosefina Vergara joined LACO<br />
SARAH THORNBLADE<br />
violinSarah Thornblade joined LACO in<br />
1999 and is now the Orchestra’s<br />
associate principal second<br />
violin. She is a member of the Eclipse Quartet<br />
and is a recent recipient of an Aaron Copland<br />
Fund recording grant. She has recorded<br />
music by composers such as Morton<br />
Feldman, Frederic Rzewski, James Tenney<br />
and Zeena Parkins for the Tzadik, New<br />
World and Bridge labels. Thornblade has<br />
performed with the Denali and Arianna string<br />
quartets, Camerata Pacifica, Jacaranda<br />
Music and the Auros Group for New Music.<br />
A Pomona College faculty member, she is a<br />
grand prize winner at the Fishoff, Coleman<br />
in 1999 as principal second<br />
violin. Ms. Vergara’s chamber<br />
and recital appearances have included the<br />
La Jolla <strong>Chamber</strong> Music Society, Santa Fe<br />
<strong>Chamber</strong> Music Festival, Ojai Music Festival,<br />
Aspen, Camerata Pacifica, and the St. Bart’s<br />
Music Festival. Josefina Vergara was a<br />
founding member of the Pacifica Quartet.<br />
She has taught at the Music Academy of<br />
the West and the Brevard Music Festival.<br />
Ms. Vergara earned her Bachelor of Music<br />
degree at Indiana University, studying with<br />
Miriam Fried. Ms. Vergara has appeared<br />
as Principal Second with the National Arts<br />
Centre Orchestra, and performed with the Los<br />
<strong>Angeles</strong> Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony,<br />
and New Century <strong>Chamber</strong> Orchestra. n<br />
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