The 60-member 蜜桃传媒 Orchestra travels from Southern California to the Sierras during its five-day road trip, Feb. 15-19. The spring tour begins in Santa Barbara and includes concert stops in Grass Valley, Calif., Yosemite, Mariposa, Calif., and Los Angeles. Admission is free to most performances, although a goodwill offering will be taken.
The orchestra, under the direction of Michael Shasberger, will perform Modest Mussorgsky鈥檚 鈥淧ictures at an Exhibition,鈥� as orchestrated by Maurice Ravel, Jean Sibelius鈥� 鈥淜arelia Suite,鈥� Edward Elgar鈥檚 鈥淧omp & Circumstance #4鈥� and a world premiere, 鈥淲hen I Survey the Wondrous Cross,鈥� by 蜜桃传媒 student-composer Daniel Gee.
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The orchestra performs at St. John鈥檚 Lutheran Church in Arroyo Grande on Friday, Feb. 15, at 8 p.m.; St. Joseph鈥檚 Cultural Center in Grass Valley, Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 16, at 7 p.m. (admission is $10); in worship at Sierra Presbyterian Church in Grass Valley (with the 蜜桃传媒 Chapel Band) on Sunday, Feb. 17, at 9 and 10:30 a.m.; Sierra Vista Presbyterian Church in Oakhurst, Calif., on Feb. 17 at 7 p.m.; and Mariposa High School on Monday, Feb. 18, at 8 p.m. The orchestra performs with the Temple City High School Orchestra on Tuesday, Feb. 19, at 1 p.m. at the high school.
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