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50 Seasons of Conductors, Community & Song
Past conductors of the OSC conducted sing-ins during this 50th anniversary 2008-2009 season.
The sing-ins are over for the year, sorry you missed us; hope we'll see you again next summer. The 2008-2009 sing-in program is below. |
Tuesday July 8, 15, 22, 29
August 5 and 12.
All Sing-Ins start at 7 P.M.
First Covenant Church
4000 Redwood Road
Oakland
Please join us for this wonderful opportunity to sing through your favorite choral masterworks with some of the region's finest conductors.
Music is provided. The cost is $10 per evening, or $50 for all six. Plenty of parking is available. For directions using public transit, click here.
Program
Brahms Liebeslieder Walzer, Op. 52 & Motet: Warum is das Licht gegeben dem Müseligen? Op. 74 No. 1, July 8
Anthony Pasqua - OSC Music Director 1990-92; former director, UC Choral Ensembles and VOCI Women's Choral Ensemble
Bach Cantata 140 & Mozart Requiem, July 15
Joe Liebling - OSC Music Director 1966-1986 & 1987-1989
Bach Magnificat, July 22
Lynne Morrow - OSC Music Director 2007-present; Music Director, Pacific Mozart Ensemble; Associate Professor, Sonoma State University
Brahms Requiem, July 29
Robert Commanday - OSC Music Director 1961-1966, Music & Dance critic San Francisco Chronicle 1965-1994, Founder of San Francisco Classical Voice
Bach Mass in B Minor, August 5
Sanford Dole - OSC commissioned composer for 50th anniversary season; Music Director, Cantabile Chorale; Music Director, St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, San Francisco
Haydn Mass in Time of War, August 12
Magen Solomon - OSC Music Director 1992-2006; Conductor & Faculty, University of Southern California; Artistic Director, San Francisco Choral Artists
Directions using public transit:
The closest BART station is Fruitvale, on the Dublin/Pleasanton and Fremont lines. Catch the #54/Merritt College bus, which runs every 20 minutes. The fare is $1.75 (25-cent discount using BART/bus transfer is available).
To get back to Fruitvale BART, the last #54 bus of the day leaves First Covenant Church at 9:30 pm. (The bus leaves Merritt College at 9:32pm. The previous bus is at 8:32pm.)
Schedules for the #54 bus can be found on the AC Transit web site at www.actransit.org/riderinfo/schedules/54.html, BART schedules can be found on the BART home page at www.bart.gov. The 511.org trip planner can be found at transit.511.org/tripplanner/index.asp.
If you have any questions or want more information, please call (510) 207-4093 or E-mail us at info@oaklandsymphonychorus.org