San Francisco Academy Orchestra's 11th Season Opens with Grammy(r) Winning Conductor Kent Nagano

San Francisco Academy Orchestra Music Director Andrei Gorbatenko announced the orchestra's 2011-2012 season today.

California, CA (prHWY.com) October 7, 2011 - OCTOBER 7, 2011 - SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco Academy Orchestra Music Director Andrei Gorbatenko announced the orchestra's 2011-2012 season today, which will open on October 28th with Grammy(r) winning conductor Kent Nagano in a gala performance celebrating composer Alden Gilchrist's 60-year tenure as music director of San Francisco's historic Calvary Presbyterian Church. The event, hosted by Calvary and made possible by a generous grant from the Calvary Foundation, will include many of Gilchrist's long-term colleagues and feature sacred music from Monteverdi to Gilchrist's award-winning Cantata of 1954.

The season will also include the third annual Sing-it-Yourself Messiah with a preparatory workshop the day before, the Chamber Music Showcase that annually raises funds for local humanitarian causes, and concerti featuring guest soloists Dan Carlson, Joy Fellows, and Amos Yang.

This season also marks the launch of Academy Live, an HD video series featuring select San Francisco Academy Orchestra performances. Available for free on the Orchestra's YouTube channel, Academy Live provides a way for music enthusiasts to watch, listen, and share Academy Orchestra performances worldwide.

Founded in 2000, the San Francisco Academy Orchestra mission is to promote, present and preserve the art of musical performance as a vital form of human expression. Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco Classical Voice as venerable ùand simply amazing, the orchestra is dedicated to offering young professionals and conservatory graduates the opportunity to rehearse and perform alongside members of the San Francisco Symphony.

FEATURED ACADEMY LIVE PRODUCTIONS:

Mozart - Symphony No. 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Dj5yUdf-w&feature=channel_video_title)
Composed by Mozart when he was just nine years old, Andrei Gorbatenko highlights its elegant melodies, riveting harmonies and rhythmic drive that hint at the prolific repertoire that is to come from this prodigious young composer.

Vanhal - Concerto for Double Bass (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxnXMT7-9LQ&feature=relmfu)
San Francisco Symphony Principal Bassist Scott Pingel's thought-provoking and masterful performance lends itself well to the unrivaled sound of the esteemed Koussevitzky Bass on loan for the performance.

2011-2012 SEASON AT A GLANCE:

Friday, October 28th, 2011, 6 p.m.
Kent Nagano, Conductor
The Calvary Chancel Choir, Soloists and Special Guests
Monteverdi, Bach, Mozart, Dvorak, Gilchrist

Saturday, December 17th, 2011, 10 a.m.
Workshop for those wishing to prepare for the Sing-it-Yourself Messiah
Alden Gilchrist, Clinician

Sunday, December 18th, 2011, 4 p.m.
Alden Gilchrist, Conductor
Handel- Sing-it-Yourself Messiah

Sunday, March 4th, 2012, 4 p.m.
Chamber Music Showcase

Sunday, May 6th, 2012, 4 p.m.
Andrei Gorbatenko, Conductor
Amos Yang, Cello
Dan Carlson, Violin
Joy Fellows, Viola
Purcell - Selections from Dido and Aeneas
Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante
Tchaikovsky - Variations on a Rococo Theme

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Date: October 7, 2011
Location: San Francisco, California
Contact: San Francisco Academy Orchestra
Phone: (415) 506-7139
Email: sfacademyorchestra@gmail.com
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