Villa Sinfonia Foundation
4th Quarter Newsletter
2009 – 2010
CONGRATULATIONS to graduating seniors Dara Fong and Wendy Liu for their outstanding senior solos. Dara will be attending Seattle University, majoring in nursing. Wendy will attend Smith College. Jewel Conrad, who came back to VSF this semester, after a leave of absence, will be attending USC.
YOU ARE INVITED to VSF violist Omid Assadi’s graduate recital at the San Francisco Conservatory on Sunday, May 16 at 8pm. This will be a two-hour recital displaying Omid’s technical and musical virtuosity.
TOUR WITH US to Washington, D.C. next summer June 22-28. We need to hear from you by May 31st, 2010 (yes, this month) so that the tour company can reserve airline seats before the prices go up. The orchestra and preparatory students are welcome on this tour and accompanying family members and friends. Please call Roy Oakley, 621-7215 if you have any questions.
WIN $1,000 at the annual VSF Drawing during the Small Group Concert on Saturday, June 5th. Tickets are $25 each and there is no limit to the number that you may purchase. (Our past winners, however, always seem to be the ones who bought the most tickets J). Please contact Lynn or Roy Oakley to purchase tickets. There will also be an ice cream social following the concert!
ORCHESTRA CONCERT on Sunday, May 23rd at 2pm, at NDV. Younger students in the preparatory groups will enjoy hearing this concert (someday they will be in the orchestra). David Ryther’s new movement for Scenes from Costa Rica is very entertaining and has bug, frog, and bird sound effects and even a shark!
ZEPHYR CHAMBER MUSIC CAMP still has some openings. There are two sessions: July 4-11 and July 11-16. This is a wonderful opportunity for younger and more advanced students to be introduced to chamber music (trios, quartets and quintets) while enjoying the camp activities and the fabulous scenery of Lake Tahoe. Please call Carol Rice, 333-4487, if you are interested.
UPCOMING CONCERTS:
June 5 – Small Group Concert, 2pm, Broadmoor Presbyterian Church
June 15 – National Anthem played by students in the orchestras and the Thursday group class. It’s a night game.
July 25 - Union Square Concert for all students, 2pm
VSF ORIENTATION MEETING AND POTLUCK on Sunday, August 29, 4pm, NDV Church Hall. Each family please e-mail Lynn Oakley (oakvio@aol.com) as to what you will be bringing: salads, entrees, desserts. Thanks! Calenders, newsletters, tour info will be available at that time and we will hear music by ensembles from Zephyr Camp.
CONGRATULATIONS to violist David Donnenfield whose documentary A Simple Question has been receiving much attention recently. His documentary has been awarded the Spirit of Activism Award/ Wild and Scenic Film Festival, the Best Educational Documentary/Mammoth Mountain Film Festival, Best Educational Documentary and the Environmental Activist Award/International Wildlife Film Festival, Best Documentary Short/New Zealand Festival and it is up for two more awards in Wales and Paris. Is there an Oscar in his future?
4th Quarter Newsletter - Calendar
FRIDAY GROUP CLASSES: 4:30 AND 5:30 AT 151 VILLA TERRACE
May
7 – Friday Group Class: (NO 5:30 GROUP)
14 - Friday Group Class
June
4 – Friday Group Class
5 – Small Group Concert/Ice Cream Social, Broadmoor Church, 2pm
18- Friday Group Class
25 - Friday Group Class
July
2 - Friday Group Class
18 –Sun, 2:00 Union Square reh., Broadmoor
23 - Friday Group Class
25 - Sunday, 2:00, Union Square Concert
August
29 - Sunday, 4:00 - Orientation Meeting & Potluck, NDV Church Hall on Bush Street
THURSDAY GROUP CLASS: 4:30 AT 151 VILLA TERRACE
May
6 - Thursday Prep Orchestra
13 - Thursday Prep Orchestra
20 - Thursday Prep Orchestra
June
3 – Thursday Prep Orchestra
5 – Small Group Concert/Ice Cream Social, Broadmoor Church, 2pm
15 – National Anthem at evening ball game
17 – Thursday Prep Orchestra
24 – Thursday Prep Orchestra
July
1 - Thursday Prep Orchestra
18 –Sun., 2:00 Union Square Reh. Broadmoor
22 - Thursday Prep Orchestra
25 - Sunday, 2:00:Union Square Concert
August
29 - Sunday, 4:00 - Orientation Meeting & Potluck, NDV Church Hall, Bush Street
ORCHESTRAS: VS 2PM VCO 4PM BROADMOOR PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
May
2 – Sunday: VS/VCO rehearsals
16 – Sunday: VS/VCO rehearsals
20 – Thurs., 4:15 - 6:45 -VS/VCO reh NDV
22- Saturday, 3:15-5:45 - VS/VCO reh NDV
23 - Sunday, 2:00 - VSF Orch. Concert NDV
31 – Small Group concert reh. Broadmoor 4pm violins in sanctuary, violas TBA by Roy Oakley, celli TBA by Carol Rice
June
5 – Small Group Concert/Ice Cream Social, Broadmoor, 2pm
15 – National Anthem at evening ball game
July
4-11: Zephyr Chamber Music Camp,Session 1
11-16: Zephyr Chamber Music Camp Session 2
18 – Sun.,2:00: Union Square Reh.., Broadmoor
25 - Sun, 2:00: Union Square Concer
August 29 - Sunday, 4:00 - Orientation Meeting & Potluck -NDV Church Hall, Bush Street
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE FOLLOWING MUSICAL PEOPLE
MAY
1 -Rachel Liu
2 – Maddy Chung
2 – Faelan Westhead
7 – Johannes Brahms (1833)
7 – Clovis Curl
8 – Frankie Falzon
20 – Karen Wishnia
22 – Miranda Dickerman
23 – Grace Kennedy
24 – Susan Beauchamp
24 – Hayden Chu
24 – Carlos Kong
24 – Daniel Meagher
27 – Lindsay Chung
28 – Felix Fein
28 – Roy Oakley
29 – Malia Okamura
JUNE
3 Jacob Rosenbaum
8 Angelina Melis
8 Robert Schumann 1810
13 Narain Darakananda
13 Julie Smolin
15 Steve Tamsky
25 Taye Walker
29 Henry Frazer
29 Theodore Lisberger
July
2 Catherine Gazave
4 Martha Cramer
9 Camille Enderlin
10 Sunny Stuart
10 Henri Wieniawski 1835
12 Michael Liu
12 Rosalee Szabo
15 Claire Fahy
18 Madeleine Ainslie
20 Camille Creighton
23 Vinny Giannantonio
23 Erica Smolin
25 Eliza Jaffe
28 Dylan Bane
August
2 Callaghan Swearengen
4 Hannah Miller
4 Kate Miller
7 Georgia Gillan
10 Becky Wishnia
25 Simone Enderlin
25 Charlie Gross
28 Abigail Schott Rosenfield