The Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra's (SPO) performance of “Basically Beethoven” took place at the Community Center Theatre on Saturday night. On an almost clear night with a full moon shining, aficionados made their way to the theatre with their path illuminated by the bright light of the moon. Marc Feldman, Executive Director, of the SPO came on stage to welcome the audience. After thanking the SPO Board of Directors and Target for their season sponsorship he thanked the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission for their sponsorship of the evening’s concert. Feldman went on to say “The Sacramento Philharmonic over the last few years has brought many artists from around the world to p

The Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO) hosted a Dress Rehearsal of the French Flair concert at the Sacramento Community Center Theatre. The rehearsal, called Backstage Jazz Bistro, was held on Friday night and the French Flair concert played on Saturday January 22. Guests were greeted as they entered the Community Center. A few of us were greeted by Judee Daniels, CFRE, Director of Development for the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra. We were told we could sit anywhere and watch the rehearsal. Somebody mentioned that a good area to sit was around row O. Judee gave more instructions to turn our cell phones off. “Enjoy the performance; you’ll be hearing more about what’s happening bac

Sacramento’s Community Center Theater hosted the opening of the 14th season of the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra. Guests for the opening night, dressed in proper attire, were eager to kick off another year of great music entertainment. The show for the night was entitled Fire and Romance. For this opening night an outreach was made to the Armenian, Ukrainian and Russian communities by featuring music from their rich cultural heritage. The evening’s concert was a great kick-off to the 2010-2011 season. Mr. Michael Morgan was the conductor for the evening. Making his Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO) debut was violinist Mikhail Simonyan. Ola Herasymenko Oliynyk, playing the bandu

Few concert experiences are as moving as those for live classical music. An orchestra can fill even the largest venue with clear trebles and thundering bass. The Sacramento Philharmonic is no exception. Thanks in part to sponsorships by the National Endowment for the Arts, Target and the Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Sacramento Philharmonic is putting on a first-time venture of five nights in a row of free neighborhood concerts. The first show in the series was Thursday night at the Benvenuti Performing Arts Center in Natomas. Though the venue could hold many more, about 75 children, parents and couples laughed at two playful introductory pieces before intermission, followed by the