Four student soloists will highlight the 蜜桃传媒 Orchestra鈥檚 annual Concerto Concert, Friday, Feb. 27, at 8 p.m. in Hahn Hall at the Music Academy of the West and Sunday, March 1, at 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church. Students audition each year for this honor, with the winners chosen by the music faculty.
Violists Megan Wong and Julia Matallana will perform Bach鈥檚 鈥淏randenburg Concerto #6鈥� of 1721. Soprano Christina Farris will sing an aria from Georges Bizet鈥檚 famous opera, Carmen, 鈥淛e dis que rien ne m鈥檈pouvante鈥� (鈥淚 say that nothing can frighten me鈥�). Violist Sarah Shasberger offers Vaughan Williams鈥� 鈥淪uite for Viola and Orchestra,鈥� movements one, two and three.
The concerts will also feature Leonard Bernstein鈥檚 rousing 鈥淲estside Story Overture鈥� and a setting of the hymn 鈥淲ondrous Love.鈥�
The 2008-2009 orchestra season is sponsored by members of the 蜜桃传媒 Music Council, which includes Stephen Adams, Barrie Bergman, Dan Burnham, Brooks Firestone, David MacCulloch and Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree.
Admission is $10, students are free. For information or to reserve tickets, call the music department at (805) 565-6040 or e-mail hpark@westmont.edu.