Santa Rosa Junior College has announced its lineup for the music department’s spring concert series. Some performances are on campus, others are at other venues:
Santa Rosa Symphonic Chorus – 75th Anniversary Gala
Directed by R. Daniel Earl
Sunday, February 21; 3:00 p.m.
Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial
Admission: $40
Tickets available at www.santarosasymphonicchorus.com
Bennett Friedman Jazz Quartet
Featuring Grant Levin-piano, Chris Amberger-bass, Lorca Hart-drums
Friday, March 5; 8:00 p.m.
Newman Auditorium; Santa Rosa Campus, SRJC
Admission: $10 General/$5 Students & Seniors
Santa Rosa Chamber Orchestra
Directed by Nicholas Xenelis
Winds of Spring Concert
Featuring John Lounsbery in Mozart Horn Concerto #3
Friday, March 5; 8:00 a.m.
Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Avenue, Santa Rosa
Donation Requested
SRJC Orchestra – Spring Classics
Cynthia Weichel, Conductor
Guest Artists: Hugh Davies, baritone and Karen Zimmerman, bass
Friday, March 12; 8:00 p.m.
Holy Family Episcopal Church, 1500 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park
Music by Corelli, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Gordon Jacob
Donation Requested
Santa Rosa Symphonic Chorus Directed by R. Daniel Earl
SRJC Choirs directed by Jody Benecke
Saturday, March 13; 7:30 p.m.
Part of 4th Annual Redwood Empire Choral Festival
Center for Spiritual Living. 2075 Occidental Road, Santa Rosa
Free Admission
SRJC/SSU Bands
SRJC Symphonic Band directed by Joe Perea
SSU Symphonic Winds directed by R. Anderson Collinsworth
Thursday, March 25; 7:30 p.m.
Burbank Auditorium, Santa Rosa Campus, SRJC
Admission: $10 General, $5 w/student or faculty ID – any school
Santa Rosa Chamber Orchestra – Strings of Spring Concert
Directed by Nicholas Xenelis
Featuring Sharan Levanthal performing
Beethoven’s Concerto in D Major for Violin
Sunday, April 18, 2:00 p.m.
Church of the Roses, 2500 Patio Court, Santa Rosa
Donation Requested
Santa Rosa Wind Symphony; Directed by Bennett Friedman
Sebastopol Community Band; Directed by Nathan Riebli
Sunday, April 25, 3:00 p.m.
Graton Community Club, 8996 Graton Road, Graton
Suggested donation: $5-10
Petaluma Chorale Spring Concert
Choral Selections and a Tribute to Cole Porter
Sunday, May 2; 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May 4; 7:30 p.m.
Petaluma Valley Baptist Church; 580 Sonoma Mountain Parkway, Petaluma
Admission: $7
SRJC Jazz Combos; Directed by Bennett Friedman
Guest Artist Joe Gilman, piano
Monday, May 3; 8:00 p.m.
Newman Auditorium, Santa Rosa Campus, SRJC
Admission: $5
Applied Honors Recital
Director, Jody Benecke, Accompanist, Dr. Leslie Dukes
Friday, May 7; 3:00 p.m.
Newman Auditorium, Santa Rosa Campus, SRJC
Free Admission
SRJC Vocal Jazz Ensemble Spring Concert
Directed by Andrew DelMonte
Featuring jazz standards and contemporary pieces
Tuesday, May 11; 7:30 p.m.
Newman Auditorium, Santa Rosa Campus, SRJC
Admission: $10 General/$5 Students & Seniors
Spring Choral Concert – “It’s Proms Night!”
Wednesday, May 12; 7:30 p.m.
Burbank Auditorium, Santa Rosa Campus, SRJC
Featuring selections from “The Royal Albert Hall Promenade Concerts”
“The Last Night of the Proms”
Director, Jody Benecke; Accompanist, Dr. Leslie Dukes with the Santa Rosa Chamber Orchestra
Directed by Nicholas Xenelis
Admission: $10 General, $5 Students, Seniors & Children
SRJC Orchestra – “Ebony and Ivory”
Cynthia Weichel, Conductor
Guest Artists Roy Zajac, clarinet and Thomas John Tangney, piano
Thursday, May 13; 7:30 p.m.
Burbank Auditorium, Santa Rosa Campus, SRJC
Music by Handel, Elgar, Riegger, Kabalevsky, and others
Donation Requested
Piano Festival – Music for One and Two Pianos
Presented by the Piano Performance Class
Director Florence Aquilina
Friday, May 14 and Saturday, May 15; 7:00 p.m.
Room 105, Forsyth Hall
Admission: Free
SRJC Big Band Jazz Concert
Directed by Joe Perea
Saturday, May 15; 7:30 p.m.
Burbank Auditorium, Santa Rosa Campus, SRJC
$5 Admission at the door
Santa Rosa Wind Symphony Directed by Bennett Friedman
SRJC Symphonic Band Directed by Joe Perea
May 16, 3:00 p.m.
Burbank Auditorium, Santa Rosa Campus, SRJC
Admission: $5