[NewMusicEvents] SFCCO presents "A SPRINGTIME ROMANCE" March 10th

[Michael Cooke]

San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra and Old First Concerts Present:
"A SPRINGTIME ROMANCE"
Saturday March 10th, 2007 at 8 pm

Old First Concerts
1751 Sacramento Street/Van Ness, San Francisco, CA 94109

$15 General, $12 Seniors (65 and older), $12 Full Time Students

Tickets are available through the Old First Concerts Box Office at (415) 
474-1608, online at oldfirstconcerts.org and at the door.   For more 
information, please call Old First Concerts box office or visit SFCCO at 
http://www.sfcco.org or http://myspace.com/sfcco

SAN FRANCISCO, -- Fall in love with new music again (or for the first time) 
as San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra presents "A Springtime Romance" 
at  8pm, Saturday, March 10, at Old First Concerts in San Francisco.  Love 
abounds as local musical artists as SFCCO presents Bay Area and world 
premieres of by:  Katrina Wreede, Alexis Alrich, Chris Carrasco, Loren 
Jones, Lisa Scola Prosek and Erling Wold .

Proram:

Erling Wold                          Baron Ochs
Katrina Wreede                    Children's Garden
Alexis Alrich                          Marimba Concerto
Chris Carrasco                       The Mind Suite
Loren Jones                         Dancing on the Brink of the World
Lisa Scola Prosek                   Wedding Scene from the opera "Belfagor"

featuring: Maria Mikheyenko, Soprano; Eliza O'Malley, Soprano; Gar Wai Lee, 
Alto; Aurelio Viscarra,Tenor; and Micah Epps,Bass Baritone.


The seductions of yore will be evoked in the second installment of "Dancing 
on the Brink of the World" -- Loren Jones' 12-movement evocation of the 
historical and fantasized Cool Gray City of Love.   Then evoke and share 
your favorite childhood dreams as you experience "Childrens' Garden" by 
violist Katrina Wreede.  Dance the night away with Alexis Alrich's essay in 
mallet percussion virtuosity in the second movement of her Marimba Concerto. 
  The Wedding Scene in "Belfagor," by Lisa Scola Prosek, brings delightfully 
arresting melodies and glorious harmonies to a perilous story about a devil 
who gets more than he expects out of marrying a human woman.  Then bust a 
move with Erling Wold's "Baron Ochs" :  an outrageous world of sexual 
innuendo and extravagance, where the music provides all the redeeming social 
value for which anyone could ask.  Perhaps there is nothing left but to 
chronicle the descent and dissent of men and women in "The Mind Suite" from 
Chris Carrasco.  This dynamic group of composer performers has a little 
something for all the varying tastes of San Franciscans-- as the San 
Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra present A Springtime Romance, under 
the dynamic direction of Music Director Mark Alburger and Guest Director 
Alexis Alrich.



CALENDAR EDITORS PLEASE NOTE:

WHO:             San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra

WHAT:           New Music premieres for orchestra by Bay Area composers

WHERE:         Old First Church 1751 Sacramento Street/Van Ness, San 
Francisco, CA 94109

WHEN:           8pm Saturday March 10, 2007

TICKETS:      $15 General, $12 Seniors (65 and older), $12 Full Time 
Students

UPCOMING SFCCO CONCERTS: Saturday June 9, 2007 at Old First Church

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