UCLA PHILHARMONIA and UCLA SYMPHONY Professor Neal Stulberg, Music Director & Conductor FALL 2008 CONCERT SCHEDULE

UCLA PHILHARMONIA

UCLA PHILHARMONIA is UCLA's flagship orchestral ensemble. It rehearses Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00 to 5:50 PM and presents a wide range of performances throughout the year, including symphonic concerts, opera and music theater.
Founded in 1936, Philharmonia's music directors have included Lukas Foss, Richard Dufallo, Mehli Mehta, Samuel Krachmalnick, Alexander Treger and Jon Robertson.  2008-2009 marks the  fourth season of Philharmonia's dynamic music director and conductor Neal Stulberg.

Philharmonia’s programming focuses on the core symphonic and operatic repertoire.  Recent symphonic highlights have included:

• Prokofiev	Symphony No. 5
• Dvorak	Cello Concerto
• Copland	Piano Concerto
•Takemitsu	Ceremonial: An Autumn Ode
• Strauss	Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
• Zappa	Dupree's Paradise
• Ravel	Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
• Bartok	Concerto for Orchestra
• Shostakovich	Symphonies Nos. 9 and 10
• Janacek	Sinfonietta
• Messiaen	Les Offrandes Oubliées and Oiseaux Exotiques
• Stravinsky	Petrushka
• Berlioz	Symphonie Fantastique
• Ravel	La Valse
• Webern	Six Pieces, Op. 6
• Mahler	Songs of a Wayfarer
• Debussy	La Mer
• Bernstein	Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
• Rozsa	Concerto for Strings
• Brahms	Symphony No. 4
• Rachmaninoff	Piano Concerto No. 3
• Lukas Foss	Baroque Variations
• J.S. Bach	Orchestral Suite No. 4

           
           
• regular Royce Hall appearances
• a yearly concert broadcast on the “Sundays Live” series at  the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Bing Theatre
• an annual "All-Star" concert featuring student soloists

In June 2008, Philharmonia was invited to perform at the Getty Center’s Harold Williams Auditorium, accompanying a revival of Edward Curtis’ “In the Land of the Head Hunters,”  a groundbreaking 1914 silent film with its newly restored original score by John Braham.

Since 2005, Philharmonia has accompanied staged UCLA Opera productions of Verdi “Falstaff,” Britten “Midsummer Night's Dream,” Puccini “Gianni Schicchi” and “Suor Angelica” and Weill “Threepenny Opera.”

Highlights for 2008-09 include a December Royce Hall performance of Beethoven Ninth Symphony with the University Chorus and Angeles Chorale, a special Royce Hall Halloween concert, Philharmonia’s debut appearance at the Peninsula Music Fair in Rancho Palos Verdes, the fourth annual “All-Star” concert and a staged production of Mozart “Marriage of Figaro.”

UCLA Philharmonia may be taken for credit and is composed mainly of music majors; qualified non-majors may also audition for violin, string bass, and other positions as needed. General auditions for UCLA Philharmonia are held at the beginning of fall quarter. Violinists, violists and string bassists may also audition for membership in the orchestra at the beginning of winter and spring quarters, by appointment. Detailed audition information, including required orchestral excerpts in downloadable PDF format, will be available on this webpage in mid-July.

PLEASE NOTE: ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS FOR FALL 2008 AUDITIONS HAVE BEEN CHANGED. New audition lists and PDFs of the required orchestral excerpts for all instruments will be posted here over the next several days. Once these have been posted, follow the link to the appropriate excerpt list for your instrument and major. (Some of the excerpts span more than one page.) Please prepare all bracketed sections of each piece. We expect that all excerpts should be posted by July 28th or 29th.

To arrange an audition time, or if you have specific questions, please contact Stephen Karr at uclaorch@gmail.com.

 

UCLA SYMPHONY

Founded in 2002, UCLA SYMPHONY draws its membership from throughout the university community. It meets Wednesday evenings from 7:15 to 9:45 PM, performs one concert per quarter, and is open to all UCLA undergraduates, graduate/professional school students, faculty and staff.  Recent repertoire highlights have included:

• Rimsky-Korsakov	Scheherazade
• Fauré	Pelléas et Mélisande Suite
• Beethoven	Symphonies  Nos. 1 and 6
• Tchaikovsky	Symphony No. 2 and Rococo Variations
• Haydn	Symphony No. 88 and Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Cello, Oboe and Bassoon
• Mozart	Symphony No. 35 (Haffner)
• Wagner	Overture to The Flying Dutchman
• Stravinsky	Suite No. 2
• Shostakovich	Symphony No. 5 and Piano Concerto No. 2
• Liszt	Les Préludes
• Puccini	Preludio Sinfonico
• Schubert	Symphony No. 9
• Debussy	Nocturnes
• Mussorgsky/Ravel	Pictures at an Exhibition
• “Dance Party,” a program of symphonic dances for orchestra

Concerts are in Schoenberg Hall; conductors include Philharmonia music director Neal Stulberg and selected graduate students. UCLA Symphony may be taken for credit.

General auditions for UCLA Symphony are held at the beginning of fall quarter. Detailed audition information, including required orchestral excerpts in downloadable PDF format, will be available on this webpage in mid-July.  

PLEASE NOTE: ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS FOR FALL 2008 AUDITIONS HAVE BEEN CHANGED. New audition lists and PDFs of the required orchestral excerpts for all instruments will be posted here over the next several days. Once these have been posted, follow the link to the appropriate excerpt list for your instrument and major. (Some of the excerpts span more than one page.) Please prepare all bracketed sections of each piece. We expect that all excerpts should be posted by July 28th or 29th.

To arrange an audition time or if you would like further information about auditions, please contact Stephen Karr at uclaorch@gmail.com

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2008 AUDITION EXCERPTS

	MUSIC MAJORS		NON-MAJORS
	BASSOON		BASSOON
	CELLO		CELLO
	CELLO PRINCIPAL		CELLO PRINCIPAL
	CLARINET		CLARINET
	CLARINET (E-FLAT)		CLARINET (E-FLAT)
	CONTRABASSOON		CONTRABASSOON
	FLUTE/PICCOLO		FLUTE/PICCOLO
	HARP		HARP
	HORN		HORN
	KEYBOARD		KEYBOARD
	OBOE		OBOE
	PERCUSSION		PERCUSSION
	STRING BASS		STRING BASS
	STRING BASS PRINCIPAL		STRING BASS PRINCIPAL
	VIOLA		VIOLA
	VIOLA PRINCIPAL		VIOLA PRINICIPAL
	VIOLIN		VIOLIN
	VIOLIN--CONCERTMASTER		VIOLIN--CONCERTMASTER
	TROMBONE		TROMBONE
	TRUMPET		TRUMPET
	TUBA		TUBA

 

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