Santa Cecilia Orchestra Launches Season with ‘Romantic Offerings,’ on Nov 6 November 6, 2011

Conductor Sonia Marie De Léon de Vega and the Santa Cecilia Orchestra (SCO) return to Occidental College with “Romantic Offerings,” a spectacular opening night concert of SCO’s 19th season on Sunday November 6, 2011, at Thorne Hall. Romantic Offerings will include the beautiful Bruch Double Concerto featuring the Orchestra’s own principal players: Michael Arnold, clarinet, and Lauren Chipman, viola.

Inspirational Maestra De León de Vega will conduct the most beloved of all the Brahms symphonies, the Second. The evening’s program also includes Mendelssohn’s St. Paul Overture and Bruch’s Concerto for Clarinet, Viola and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 88.

The concert begins at 4:00 PM and is performed without intermission. Tickets, which are on sale now for 26/$20 (adults) and $7 (children), are available by calling (323) 259-3011 or visiting www.scorchestra.org/201011orderform.html#romanticofferings. A complete season schedule is available at http://scorchestra.org/concerts.html/.

Official Website: http://www.scorchestra.org/concerts.html#romantic_offerings