2009/2010 Encore Series
A diverse series of eleven celebrated University ensemble groups, featuring music, dance and opera performances to delight, engage and educate.
Santa Clara University Orchestra Concert featuring
Concerto/Aria Competition Winners
Nov. 14, 2009 – 7:30pm
Mission Santa Clara
Tickets: $15 (Discounts for students, seniors, and SCU campus)
Ariel Estebez and Bonnie Phan, winners of the 2009 competition are featured soloists in works by Handel and Mozart. The orchestra will also perform MacDowell's Suite no. 2, "Indian", and Brahms's Tragic Overture.
Hot Jazz & Cool Music
Santa Clara University Jazz Ensemble
Nov. 15 2009 - 8pm
Mar 6, 2010 - 8pm
May 30, 2010 – 8pm
Music Recital Hall
Tickets: $15 (Discounts for students, seniors, and SCU campus)
Swing to the music of the Big Band and Hot Jazz sounds of the directed by distinguished Bay Area musical director and new Santa Clara University faculty member, Bob Moorefield and performing artist Dave Pier. This inaugural season under their direction will keep your toes tappin' all year long.
Choreographers' Gallery
Department of Theatre and Dance
Dec. 3, 2009 - 8pm
Dec. 4, 2009 – 7pm & 9pm
Mayer Theatre
Tickets: $15 (Discounts for students, seniors, and SCU campus)
Join us for an evening of innovative, challenging and original dance that is the culmination of the Santa Clara University Dance Department choreography class in a series of stunning performances.
An Operatic Valentine:
Break-ups, Mix-ups, and Fix-ups: The Ups and Downs of Love
Santa Clara University Opera Theatre
Feb 18, 2010 - 8pm
Feb 19, 2010 - 8pm
Feb 20, 2010 - 8pm
Feb 21, 2010 - 2pm
Music Recital Hall
Tickets: $15 (Discounts for students, seniors, and SCU campus)
Everyone knows that opera is all about love, so we decided to showcase with the "best of the best" love scenes in these concert presentations. Whether you are in a relationship or out of one, you will enjoy this tuneful bouquet of operatic highlights displaying the rollercoaster ride of human relationships.
Special Valentine: Special intermission feature: your own personal operatic valentine delivered to you in the audience! Purchase at the door or in advance.
Fright Night at the Symphony
Santa Clara University Orchestra
Feb 27, 2010 – 7:30pm
Mission Santa Clara
Tickets: $15 (Discounts for students, seniors, and SCU campus)
The Santa Clara University Orchestra will perform bone-chilling favorites by Dvorak, Mussorgsky, Liadov, Berlioz, John Williams, and others. Be ready for a good scare!
Music of the North
Santa Clara University Orchestra
May 22, 2010 – 7:30pm
Mission Santa Clara
Tickets: $15 (Discounts for students, seniors, and SCU campus)
Chill out with the distinctive music of Scandinavia and Russia. Sibelius' sumptuous and melodic Symphony no. 2 and Rimsky-Korsakov's Snow Maiden Suite are the featured works.
Passion, Grace, and Fire
Santa Clara University Guitar Ensemble
May 28, 2010 - 8pm
Music Recital Hall
Tickets: $15 (Discounts for students, seniors, and SCU campus)
The ubiquitous influence of the guitar in the modern musical experience has made it one of the most important instruments of the 21st century. Whether it is played with the keen sophistication of a classical or jazz artist, the raw passion of a rock or blues player, or the dazzling brilliance of a Flamenco or Brazilian stylist, we never tire of its eloquent timbre and deep expressive range. Enjoy the guitar in its Golden Age.
