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Sunday, November 8th, 2009, 4:00PM
at Lake Merritt United Methodist Church, Oakland

1 - WORLD PREMIERE, COMMISSIONED WORK: Orchestral Suite For The Young Of All Ages (5 movements) by Martha Stoddard

2 - Rumpelstiltskin (with narrator Dr. Betty L. Sullivan) by June Bonacich

3 - Farewell Symphony #45 by Haydn

4 - Beethoven’s Ode To Joy with children from the Berkeley School.

Sunday, December 6th, 2009, 2:00-5:00 PM
at 6117 Buena Vista Ave Oakland, Ca 94618

Chamber Music Fundraiser
Please join us for our annual fundraiser event. You will enjoy an afternoon of chamber music performed by small groups of CWO musicians at a donated, private residence as well as an amazing spread of hor d’oeuvres, snacks, and desserts.


Sunday, March 7th, 2010, 4:00PM
at Lake Merritt United Methodist Church, Oakland

1 - WORLD PREMIERE, COMMISSIONED WORK: prelude & fanfare by Mary Watkins

2 - Clarinet Concerto by Aaron Copland

3 - Czech Suite, Op. 39 by Antonin Dvorak

Saturday, May 15th, 2010, 4:00PM
at Lake Merritt United Methodist Church, Oakland

25th Anniversary Concert

1 - WORLD PREMIERE, COMMISSIONED WORK: tone poem by Hilary Tann by Hilary Tann

2 - Overture by Fanny Mendelssohn

3 - An American Concerto for Violin and Orchestra by Gwyneth Walker and conducted by former CWO conductor, Ann Krinitsky

4 - OVERTURE TO THE "WRECKERS" (1906) by Dame Ethel Smyth and conducted by CWO founding conductor, Nan Washburn