Upcoming Performances
Details subject to change, more concerts may be added for Fall 2025.
Ensemble: Calabasas Chamber Orchestra, James Domine, Conductor
Date: Sunday, September 21, 2025 Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Founders Hall, Calabasas Civic Center, 200 Civic Center Way, Calabasas, CA 91302
My Instrument: Viola
Repertoire:
Belling: Warriors for Violin and Strings
Domine: Viola Concerto - Patrick Marsh, Viola
Domine: Symphony for Strings
Tickets: See sfvsymphony.com
Ensemble: Scottish Fiddlers of Los Angeles @ Ventura Seaside Highland Games
Date: Saturday, October 11, 2025 (Jamming), and Sunday, October 12, 2025 (Gigs + Jam)
Location: Ventura Co. Fairgrounds, 10 E Harbor Blvd, Ventura, CA 93001
My Instrument: 5-string fiddle, tin whistles (?)
Repertoire: High-energy dance sets from the Scottish Diaspora (Scottish, Shetland, Cape Breton). We will have a booth at the fair both days for jamming (public welcome), but our shows are time TBD on Sunday only. I may only be going for Sunday, still to be determined.
Ensemble: Symphony of the Verdugos, Dr. Paul Sherman, Conductor
Date: Sunday, October 26, 2025 Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Glendale College Auditorium, 1500 N Verdugo Rd, Glendale, CA 91208
My Instrument: Principal Viola
Repertoire: “Light and Longing”
Kennedy: From the Ground Up, Movement III
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 “Pastoral”: I. Allegro ma non troppo
Morricone: Cinema Paradiso
Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36: Variation IX “Nimrod”
Bernstein: West Side Story Suite
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 (string orchestra version)
Piazzolla: “Yo soy María” (from María de Buenos Aires)
Korngold: The Sea Hawk (suite)
Tickets: TBA
Ensemble: San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra, James Domine, Conductor
Date: Saturday, November 8, 2025 Time: 8:00 PM
Location: El Portal Theater, 5269 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601
My Instrument: Viola
Repertoire:
MTAC Student Concerto Competition Winners (TBA)
Others?
Tickets: See sfvsymphony.com
Ensemble: Topanga Symphony Orchestra, Jerome Kessler, Conductor
Date: Sunday, November 9, 2025 Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Topanga Community Center, 1440 N Topanga Canyon Blvd, Topanga, CA 90290
My Instrument: Viola
Repertoire:
Zador: Divertimento for Strings
McDaniel: Violin Concerto - Ken Aiso, Violin
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor “Scottish”
Tickets: Free (Donation Suggested)
Ensemble: Symphony of the Verdugos, Dr. Paul Sherman, Conductor
Date: Saturday, November 15, 2025 Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Glendale College Auditorium, 1500 N Verdugo Rd, Glendale, CA 91208
My Instrument: Principal Viola
Repertoire: “City of Music, City of Spires”
We’re going on tour! In summer of 2026 the Symphony of the Verdugos and the Glendale College Concert Singers Choir are going to Europe for a 10 day tour through Prague and Vienna. This concert is a scholarship fundraiser gala concert to help pay for the trip. Repertoire TBD, selections from the October concert and the singers are playing (singing?) too. Repertoire for the trip TBD in Spring 2026.
Tickets: TBD
Ensemble: Crown City Symphony, Arman Keyvanian, Conductor
Date: Sunday, November 16, 2025 Time: 2:00 PM
Location: First Baptist Church of Pasadena, 75 N Marengo Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101
Instrument: 1st Violin
Repertoire:
Purcell: Selections from Abdelazer Suite - Crown City Wind Quintet
Bach, JS: Concerto for 2 Violins
Schubert: Symphony No. 3 in D Major
Tickets: Free (Donation Suggested)
Ensemble: Symphony of the Verdugos, Dr. Paul Sherman, Conductor
Date: Sunday, December 7, 2025 Time: 3:00 PM
Location: Glendale College Auditorium, 1500 N Verdugo Rd, Glendale, CA 91208
My Instrument: Principal Viola
Repertoire: “Celestial Bridges”
Ojakangas: Starship
Vivaldi: Concerto for Lute in D major, RV 93 - Jim Jefferey, Guitar
Vivaldi: Concerto grosso, RV 576
Coleridge-Taylor: Petite Suite de Concert
de Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat, Suites Nos. 1 & 2
Tickets: TBD
Ensemble: San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra with Pierce College Encore Singers Chorale, James Domine, Music Director
Date: Saturday, December 20, 2025 Time: TBC
Location: Pierce College Performing Arts Center, 6201 Winnetka Ave, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
My Instrument: Viola
Repertoire: “Greatest Hits of the Choral Repertoire”
Mendelssohn: “He, Watching Over Israel” – Chorus from “Elijah” oratorio
Brahms: “How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place” from German Requiem
Haydn: “The Heavens are Telling” - Chorus with solo parts from “The Creation” oratorio
Gabriel: Soprano solo, Uriel: Tenor solo, Raphael: Bass solo
Bach: “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” from Cantata 147
Handel: “Glory to God” – Chorus with recitatives from “The Messiah” oratorio
Recitatives: Soprano solo; “There were shepherds abiding,” etc.
Vivaldi: “Cum Sancto Spiritu” Final Chorus from “Gloria” motet
Tickets: TBD