Free Winter Holiday Concert

Friday, December 1, 2006, and Saturday, December 2, 2006, at 8 p.m.
Oakland Symphony Chorus
Lynne Morrow, conductor

Friday's concert at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Ascension
4700 Lincoln Avenue, Oakland, map

Saturday's concert at St. Joseph's Basilica of Alameda
1109 Chestnut Street, Alameda, map

For Information: (510) 207-4093 or info@oaklandsymphonychorus.org

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Nolan Gasser: Black Suit Blues (West Coast premiere)

Friday, January 19, 2007, at 8 p.m.

Oakland Symphony Chorus with the Oakland East Bay Symphony
Michael Morgan, conductor

Paramount Theatre
2025 Broadway, Oakland, map

See our reviews.

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Concert for Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking was serenaded by members of the Oakland Symphony Chorus, conducted by Lynne Morrow, during a reception in his honor at the home of Chancellor Robert Birgeneau at the University of California, Berkeley, March 13, 2007.

The song "The Power of Light" is from the musical "Falling through a Hole in the Air: the Incredible Journey of Stephen Hawking."  (Book and lyrics by Judith Goldhaber. Music by Carl Pennypacker.)

A video of the performance is available at: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXjwZIqJwos

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Andrew Norman: River of Mercy (world premiere)

The Andrew Norman piece is a Words and Music Commission sponsored by the James Irvine Foundation
Friday, April 20, 2007, at 8 p.m.

Oakland Symphony Chorus with the Oakland East Bay Symphony
Michael Morgan, conductor

Paramount Theatre
2025 Broadway, Oakland, map

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George Gershwin: Porgy & Bess

Friday, May 18, at 8 p.m.

Oakland Symphony Chorus with the Oakland East Bay Symphony
Michael Morgan, conductor

Paramount Theatre
2025 Broadway, Oakland, map

See our reviews.