Gold Coast Chamber Players 15th
Anniversary Season Finale
The Gold Coast Chamber Players will be pulling out all the stops for their Season Finale: ‘Virtuosi’ on Sunday, May 4, 2014 2pm at the Lafayette Library, 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd. in Lafayette. This program is designed to highlight the brilliance of the performers and their effervescent approach to music making.
‘Virtuosi’ will
include J.S. Bach’s jubilant Brandenburg Concerto #5 for violin, flute,
harpsichord and strings, Rossini’s playful String Sonata #3 for two violins,
cello and bass, Mendelssohn’s virtuostic Konzerstuck for two clarinets and
piano and Dohnanyi’s tuneful Serenade for string trio.
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Musicians
include members of the Stanford University Music Faculty, cellist Christopher
Costanza, violinist Debra Fong and harpsichordist Elaine Thornburgh who are
joined by musicians the San Francisco Opera Orchestra, clarinetists Tony
Striplen and Jose Gonzalez Granero and flutist Stephanie McNab as well as
pianist Lori Lack, bassist Mark Wallace and violist Pamela Freund-Striplen.
Gold Coast
Chamber Players are dedicated to education and each season includes a talented
student in a performance. This is an invaluable experience for the student to
learn about ensemble playing from the inside out! This year’s winner of our
Musical Mentoring Program is Palo Alto High School senior, violinist Megan
Rohrer who performs with Gold Coast in ‘Virtuosi’.
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An Anniversary Celebration Party catered by Whole Foods Market Lafayette and features tapas, sangria and more follows the performance.
When musicians
of like minds come together to play music that inspires them in a creative and
comfortable environment, their chemistry radiates, and their audience naturally
becomes part of it. Gold Coast is dedicated to creating this sort of experience
with every performance.
Concert Tickets are $35 general, $30 senior and $10 students and are available online at www.gcplayers.org or by calling (925) 283-3728.
Anniversary Party Tickets are $15 adults and $10
children.
