Saturday, September 28, 2024, 7:30PM ~
Title: “Echoes of Heritage: A Celebration of Timeless Melodies
Hammer Theatre Center – 101 Paseo De San Antonio , San Jose, CA 95113
Owen Miyoshi, Trumpet
| Samuel Coleridge-Taylor | African Suite : Dance Negre, Op. 35, No. 4 |
| Juan Bautista Plaza | Fuga Criolla |
| Alexander Arutiunian | Trumpet Concerto Soloist, Owen Miyoshi |
| Johannes Brahms | Symphony No. 2, Op. 73 |
Side By side school: Fremont High School
Owen Miyoshi, a Berkeley Ca native, graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he studied with David Burkhart. He has been performing and teaching trumpet in the Bay Area for over 25 years. A member with the Monterey Symphony since 2000, and San Francisco Chamber Orchestra as well as a regular sub with Symphony San Jose for the last 22 years. He also freelances with many orchestras throughout the bay area. In addition to performing, Owen teaches private lessons in Berkeley and at James Logan High School. He is the trumpet coach at Berkeley High School (5 jazz bands and 3 regular bands) and most recently has become a Teaching Artist at the ELM Program (Enriching Lives through Music) in San Rafael. Outside of music, Owen is an avid competitive cyclist, (some say cycling junkie), where he does masters racing and endurance ride events (Gran Fondo).
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Saturday, November 2, 2024, 7:30PM ~
Title: “Music Before Dawn”
Hammer Theatre Center – 101 Paseo De San Antonio , San Jose, CA 95113
Ráyo Furata, Flute
| Scott Joplin | Overture to Treemonisha |
| Jean Sibelius | Impromptus Op. 5 for strings |
| Jean Sibelius | Andante Festivo for strings |
| Carl Reinecke | Flute Concerto in D major, Op. 283 Soloist, Ráyo Furata |
| Antonín Dvořák | Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60, B. 112 |
Side By side school: Pioneer High School
Renowned as “The Rockstar of the Flute” by the Informador de Guadalajara in Mexico, and regarded as “The Prodigy of the Great Flutist, Carol Wincenc” (San Jose Mercury News) Mexican-Japanese American flutist Ráyo Furuta stands as a captivating artist and performer of global acclaim. At the remarkably young age of 25, Furuta was officiated as a cultural ambassador to the United States of America. Since then, his prestigious performances include those for Yo-Yo Ma’s Silkroad Ensemble, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, The United Nations, and the celebrated Mainly Mozart, Okayama, Saarburg, Sarasota, and Yellowbarn Music Festivals. Furuta’s dynamic presence extends to solo performances, frequently appearing as a concerto soloist specializing in the contemporary concerti by composers Gabriela Lena Frank, Yuko Uebayashi, and the late Paul Schoenfield. Furuta currently serves as a Professor of Flute and Chamber Music at San Jose State University. Formerly, he was the Lecturer of Performance Practice and Community Engagement at Santa Clara University, where he was honored with a distinguished faculty award for his commitment to serving marginalized communities under his initiative “Mas Amor Arts,” which has collaborative projects with incarcerated youth, unhoused women of color, and California’s farmworker communities. He has also shared his expertise through residencies and master classes at esteemed institutions including The Juilliard School, as well as the Oberlin Conservatory, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Lebanese American University of Beirut, University of Guadalajara, and many more. Additionally, he has served as a Visiting Professor of Flute at the Cleveland Institute of Music and served as the hand selected teaching assistant to the Emerson String Quartet – the only wind player in history to be invited to hold this title. As a recipient of the prestigious Staller Scholar and distinguished alumni “40 under 40” awards, Ráyo Furuta holds his doctor of musical arts degree from Stony Brook University where he was a pupil of Carol Wincenc and the Emerson String Quartet. Ráyo Furuta is a Burkart Artist and exclusively performs on a handmade Lilian Burkart 9k gold flute.
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Sunday, February 2, 2025 3:30PM
Title: “Sounds of the Motherland”
Italian American Heritage Foundation, 425 N. 4th Street, San Jose
Robert Scott, Oboe
| Ottorino Respighi | Ancient Airs and Dances Suite no. 3 | |
| Gioachino Rossini | The Italian Girl in Algiers | |
| Alessandro Marchello | Oboe Concerto in D minor | |
| Gioachino Rossini | Pas de six | |
| Domenico Cimarosa | Il Matrimonio Secreto (Overture) | |
| Jeremy Cavaterra | Lost Coast |
Robert Scott is currently principal oboist of the Mission Chamber Orchestra and a freelance musician in the Bay Area. He attended Peabody Conservatory and received his bachelors degree from San Francisco Conservatory. Mr. Scott has performed with various local ensembles including Ensemble Monterey, Espressivo Chamber Orchestra, Santa Rosa Symphony, Peninsula Cantare, and Monterey County Pops. Mr. Scott has performed concerti with Mission Chamber Orchestra by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sergio Azevedo, and Jean Francaix. Mr. Scott’s primary teachers have been Laura Griffiths, Eugene Izotov, Pamela Smith, and Joseph Turner.
Saturday, March 1, 2025, 7:30PM ~
Title: “From Laughter to Fire”
Hammer Theatre Center – 101 Paseo De San Antonio , San Jose, CA 95113
Alex Eisenberg, Violin
Sthephanie Sanchez, Mezzo Soprano
| Igor Stravinsky | Suite No. 1 for small Orchestra, K. 045 |
| Edward Grieg | Two melodies Op. 53 I. Norwegian II. The First Meeting |
| Camille Saint-Saëns | Violin Concerto No. 3, Op. 61 Soloist, Alex Eisenberg |
| Igor Stravinsky | Suite No. 2 for small Orchestra, K. 038 |
| Manuel de Falla | El Amor Brujo Soloist, Sthephanie Sanchez |
Side By side school: Piedmont Hills High School
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Saturday, May 3, 2025, 7:30PM ~
Title: “Dancing in the Scores”
De Anza College in Cupertino at their Visual and Performing Arts Center (VPAC)
Dan Levitan, Harp
| Bed?ich Smetana | Three Dances from “The Bartered Bride” Polka Furiant Dance of the Comedians |
| David Avshalomov | Two movements from Suite |
| TBA | Harp Concerti Soloist, Dan Levitan |
| Felix Mendelssohn | Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 (Scottish) |
| Moises Moleiro | Joropo |