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UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

New West Symphony
Disney in Concert: Aladdin
30th Anniversary

Saturday, March 25, 3 PM
Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts
Northridge, CA
Michael Christie, conductor

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The legendary composer Alan Menken's magical soundtrack and award-winning songs will be performed live by New West Symphony with the film playing on the big screen in the Great Hall.

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New West Symphony

Binging on Mozart

April 15, 2023, 7:30 PM - Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, Thousand Oaks, CA
April 16, 2023, 3 PM - Rancho Campana PAC, Camarillo, CA

Michael Christie, conductor

Natasha Kislenko, piano
Joshua Ranz, clarinet
Cedric Berry, baritone

Premiere of the New West Symphony Chorus, Wyant Morton, director
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MOZART:
Symphony No. 25, Allegro con brio
Overture from The Marriage of Figaro 
“Non più andrai” from The Marriage of Figaro
Piano Sonata No. 11, “Alla Turca,” Andante grazioso
Piano Concerto No. 24, Allegro
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Allegro
String Quintet No. 5 in D Major, K. 593, Larghetto-Allegro
Clarinet Concerto, Rondo
Requiem (selections), Kyrie, Dies Irae, Lacrimosa, Amen, Lux Aeterna, Cum Sanctis

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BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition 
June 10-18, 2023
St. David's Hall, Cardiff, Wales
Michael Christie, conductor

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Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Vocalists TBD

 

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Colorado Music Festival

Thursday, July 20, 2023, 7:30 PM 
Friday, July 21, 2023, 6:30 PM 
Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, CO

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Michael Christie, conductor and Music Director Emeritus
Michelle Cann, piano

 

RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G Major
PRICE: Piano Concerto in One Movement
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 4

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New West Symphony

Sparkling Classical

September 9, 2023, 7:30 PM - Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, Thousand Oaks, CA
September 10, 2023, 3 PM - Rancho Campana PAC, Camarillo, CA
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Michael Christie, conductor
Sean Chen, piano

 

JENNIFER HIGDON: Dance Card
STRAUSS: Burleske for Piano and Orchestra
FRANÇAIX: Eight Exotic Dances, Concertino for Piano and Orchestra
PROKOFIEV:  Symphony No. 1, “Classical”

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San Francisco Opera

Mason Bates:
The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs

September 22, 24, 27, 30, October 3 & 7, 2023
War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA
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Michael Christie, conductor
Mason Bates, composer
Mark Campbell, librettist
Kevin Newbury, director
John Moore, Steve Jobs
Sasha Cooke, Laurene Powell Jobs
Bille Bruley, Steve Wozniak
Wei Wu, Kōbun Chino Otogawa

Under the baton of Michael Christie, Bates' score takes us on an operatic journey through the fragmented memory of love, betrayal, obsession and death, weaving together classical lyricism and a techno soundscape informed by the audio of early computers.

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New West Symphony

Beethoven to Brubeck

November 4, 2023, 7:30 PM - Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, Thousand Oaks, CA
November 5, 2023, 3 PM - Rancho Campana PAC, Camarillo, CA

Michael Christie, conductor
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DAVE AND CHRIS BRUBECK:  Ansel Adams: America
Featuring the photos of Ansel Adams
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5

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Past 2023 Events

New West Symphony

Symphonie Fantastique

March 4, 2023, 7:30 PM - Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, Thousand Oaks, CA
March 5, 2023, 3 PM - Rancho Campana PAC, Camarillo, CA

Michael Christie, conductor

 

ELGAR: “Nimrod” from Enigma Variations
MASON BATES: Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra
BERLIOZ: Symphonie Fantastique

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New West Symphony

Symphonic Adventures

March 7, 2023 - Oxnard Performing Arts Center, Oxnard, CA
March 8, 2023 - Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, Thousand Oaks, CA

Michael Christie, conductor


MASON BATES: Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra

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Calgary Opera
Mason Bates: 
The (R)evolut
ion of Steve Jobs

February 4, 8 & 10, 2023, 7:30 PM
Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, Alberta

 

Michael Christie, conductor
Tomer Zvulun
, director
Rebecca Herman, associate director
Brett Polegato, Steve Jobs
Sun-Ly Pierce, Laurene Powell Jobs
John Tessier, Steve Wozniak
Wei Wu, Kōbun Chino Otogawa
Melody Courage, Chrisann Brennan

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Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera
OPER
A! PAGLIACCI

February 25, 2023, 8 PM
SAFE Credit Union PAC, Sacramento, CA

Michael Christie, conductor

Chuck Hudson, stage director

Toni Marie Palmertree, Nedda

Dominick Chenes, Canio

Luis Ledesma, Tonio

Christian Sanders, Beppe

Joseph Lattanzi, Silvio

 

Famous Opera Choruses
LEONCAVALLO: Pagliacci (fully-staged)


 

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