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PAST 2025 EVENTS

 

New West Symphony
A Symphonic Odyssey
Saturday, January 25, 2025, 7 PM - BAPAC, Thousand Oaks, CA
Sunday, January 26, 2025, 3 PM - RCPAC, Camarillo, CA
Michael Christie, conductor
Hong Wang, liquanqin
(a new type of erhu, a Chinese two-stringed instrument)

 

TCHAIKOVSKY  Symphony No. 4

LIGETI  Concert Românesc

KUI DONG  Resonating Lands
(World Premiere in honor of the Chinese Lunar New Year)

HORNER  Music from Apollo 13

JOHN WILLIAMS  Adventures on Earth from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial​

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Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University
Conservatory Master Class: Conducting & Voice
Wednesday, February 12, 12:45 PM
Hilda and Douglas Goodwin Recital Hall, Baltimore, MD
Michael Christie, conductor

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Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University
Peabody Symphony Orchestra
Friday, February 14, 7:30 PM
Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall, Baltimore, MD
Michael Christie, conductor

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BRITTEN Violin Concerto
STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra

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Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University
Peabody Concert Orchestra
Saturday, February 15, 7:30 PM
Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall, Baltimore, MD
Michael Christie, conductor

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Works by GABRIELA ORTIZ and VALERIE COLEMAN
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8

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New West Symphony
Carmina & Carnival
Saturday, March 1, 2025, 7 PM – BAPAC, Thousand Oaks
Sunday, March 2, 2025, 3 PM – RCPAC, Camarillo
Michael Christie, conductor
Vieness Piano Duo
Celena Shafer, soprano
Arnold Livingston Geis, tenor
David Adam Moore, baritone
Jim Meskimen, narrator
New West Symphony Chorus, Wyant Morton, director
Los Robles Children’s Choir, Emma Roche, director
State Street Ballet Professional Track,
Megan Philipp, artistic director & Cecily MacDougall, executive director

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SAINT-SAËNS  Carnival of the Animals

ORFF/KILLMAYER  Carmina Burana

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New West Symphony
Symphonic Adventures
Tuesday, March 4, 2025 – Oxnard Performing Arts Center, Oxnard, CA
Wednesday, March 5, 2025 – BAPAC, Thousand Oaks, CA
 

Michael Christie, conductor
Vieness Piano Duo
Jim Meskimen, narrator
GD Tango (Guillermo De Fazio and Giovanna Dan)
Lorenzo Besson, Mira Artemenko and Stefano Besson, dancers

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SAINT-SAËNS  Carnival of the Animals

PIAZZOLLA  Fuga y Misteria
(arr. Ilya Darintsev)

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV  Flight of the Bumblebee
(arr. Andrei Pushkarev)

J.S. BACH  Badinerie

KOVÁCS  Sholem-Alekhem, rov Feidman!
(arr. Boris Allakhverdyan)

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New West Symphony
Bohemian Rhapsody & Carmen
Saturday, April 5, 2025, 7 PM – BAPAC, Thousand Oaks, CA
Sunday, April 6, 2025, 3 PM – RCPAC, Camarillo, CA

 

Michael Christie, conductor
Laura Zahn, Carmen
Evan K. Brown, Don José
John Allen Nelson, Escamillo
Angels Vocal Art, Kristof Van Grysperre, artistic director
Pepperdine Chamber Choir, Dr. Ryan Board, director
Los Robles Children’s Choir, Emma Roche, director

 

BIZET  Selections from Carmen (1875)

SMETANA "Moldau" from Ma Vlast (1875)

J. S. BACH  “Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern” from Cantata, BWV 1

J. S. BACH  “Jesum lass ich nicht von mir” from Cantata, BWV 124

J. S. BACH   “Preis und Dank” from Easter Oratorio, BWV 249

Bohemian Rhapsody, Rhinestone Cowboy, Mamma Mia (1975)

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Edmonton Symphony

Vivaldi, Rodrigo & The Moldau
Thursday, May 8, 2025, 7:30 PM - Winspear Centre, Edmonton, AB
Michael Christie, conductor
Jason Vieaux, guitar

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VIVALDI Guitar Concerto in D Major
MAHLER What the Wildflowers Tell Me
SMETANA The Moldau
SMETANA Blanik

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Edmonton Symphony

Guitar & Gin
Friday, May 9, 2025, 8 PM - Winspear Centre, Edmonton, AB
Michael Christie, conductor
Jason Vieaux, guitar

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RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez
SMETANA The Moldau

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​York Symphony Orchestra

Friday, July 4, 2025, 8:30 PM

WellSpan Park, York PA

Michael Christie, conductor​

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New West Symphony

Best of Beethoven
Saturday, October 4, 2025, 7 PM – BAPAC, Thousand Oaks, CA
Sunday, October 5, 2025, 3 PM – RCPAC, Camarillo, CA

Michael Christie, conductor
Inna Faliks, piano
New West Symphony Principals
New West Symphony Chorus, Wyant Morton, director

 

ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM

Symphony No. 6, Mvt I

String Trio, Mvt IV

Sonata No. 23, “Appassionata,” Mvt I

Sonata No. 5 for Cello and Piano, Mvt 1

Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus

Symphony No. 7, Mvt II

String Quartet, Mvt I

Choral Fantasy for piano, chorus and orchestra​

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​New West Symphony

E.T. the Extra Terrestrial in Concert
Saturday, November 1, 2025, 7 PM – BAPAC, Thousand Oaks, CA
Sunday, November 2, 2025, 3 PM – RCPAC, Camarillo, CA

Michael Christie, conductor​

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San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Britten's The Turn of the Screw

Thursday, November 20, 2025, 7:30 PM
Friday, November 21, 2025, 7:30 PM
Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall, San Francisco, CA
Michael Christie, conductor
Heather Mathews, director
SFCM Orchestra

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