Symphony
Winter Concert: Soloist Showcase and Music and Dance
Saturday, March 9, 2013
8 p.m. Harman Hall, Performing Arts Center
Every year the symphony holds auditions for student soloists from any major. The prize for several of them: a performance with the symphony, of course! Come hear this year’s winners, and celebrate musical talent from across the university.
In this year of crossing boundaries, the program will also explore the connection of music and dance in collaboration with Orchesis, Cal Poly’s oldest concert dance organization. Orchesis directors Diana Stanton and Michelle Walter will create original choreography to interpret music intended for — or evocative of — dance, including Arturo Marquez’ infectiously rhythmic “Danzon No. 2.”
Tickets ($14 and $12 general, $12 and $9 seniors and students)
Cal Poly Open House Concert
Friday, April 19, 2013
8 p.m. Harman Hall, Performing Arts Center
After an exciting day at Cal Poly’s Open House, come and enjoy an evening of live entertainment by three of the Music Department’s finest instrumental ensembles:
- University Jazz Band
- Symphony
- Wind Ensemble
Tickets ($14 and $12 general, $12 and $9 seniors and students)
Spring Concert: Music and Word
Saturday, June 1, 2013
8 p.m. Harman Hall, Performing Arts Center
The final event on the symphony’s year of collaboration will feature music inspired by the written word. Josh Machamer, a Cal Poly distinguished teacher and associate chair of the Theatre and Dance Department, will join the symphony to narrate Prokofiev’s classic tale of adventure, “Peter and the Wolf.” The symphony will then spin the tale of "1001 Nights" in Rimsky-Korsakov’s orchestral masterpiece “Scheherazade.”
- Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf
- Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Tickets ($14 and $12 general, $12 and $9 seniors and students)