Ticketed Events

Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra Fall Concert

Sunday, November 8, 2 - 4pm

Omid Zoufonoun, conductor
Caroline Stevens, violin
Tony Michael Chen, piano

GARDEL/NAUGHTIN Tango: Por Una Cabeza
A side-by-side performance with the OSYO String Orchestra
LEONARD BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide
ERNEST CHAUSSON Viviane
JEAN SIBELIUS Finlandia
HENRYK WIENIAWSKI Violin Concerto, No. 2, 1st mvt.
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2, 1st mvt.
FRANZ LISZT/MÜLLER-BERGHAUS Hungarian Rhapsody No.2

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“IN ETERNAL HANDS”

Friday, November 20, 7:30 - 9:30 pm

Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
Oakland Symphony Chorus

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS Nonetto
JOHANNES BRAHMS Song of the Fates
FRANZ SCHREKER Chamber Symphony
ARTURO MÁRQUEZ Danzón No. 1

From the alienation of one, to the embrace and ecstasy from all.

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“IN ETERNAL HANDS” Dougherty Valley Performing Arts Center

Saturday, November 21, 5 -7 pm

Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
Oakland Symphony Chorus

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS Nonetto
JOHANNES BRAHMS Song of the Fates
FRANZ SCHREKER Chamber Symphony
ARTURO MÁRQUEZ Danzón No. 1

From the alienation of one, to the embrace and ecstasy from all.

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“IN ETERNAL HANDS” Del Valle Theater

Sunday, November 22, 2 - 4 pm

Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
Oakland Symphony Chorus

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS Nonetto
JOHANNES BRAHMS Song of the Fates
FRANZ SCHREKER Chamber Symphony
ARTURO MÁRQUEZ Danzón No. 1

From the alienation of one, to the embrace and ecstasy from all.

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LET US BREAK BREAD TOGETHER A Tribute to Quincy Jones

Sunday, December 13, 4 - 6 pm

An “inspired, multifarious, musical bash!” raves SF Classical Voice of the Oakland Symphony’s holiday party, Let Us Break Bread Together. Kedrick Armstrong and the Orchestra are joined by the Bay Area’s hottest artists for this annual seasonal celebration; this edition celebrating the legacy of Quincy Jones.

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TO THE BRINK

Friday, February 19, 7:30 - 9:30 pm

Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
Nathan Amaral, violin

RICHARD STRAUSS Metamorphosen
CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES Violin Concerto
JOHN ADAMS Shaker Loops

History refracted through music, our emotional intensity taken to the very brink and back again.

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BLACKNIFICENT

Friday, March 19, 7:30 - 9:30 pm

Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
Clayton Stephenson, pianist

WOLFGANG MOZART Symphony No. 32
DAMIEN GETER Piano Concerto No. 1, “Nina”
World Premier, A Blacknificent 7 Commission
IRENE BRITTON SMITH Sinfonietta
WILLIAM GRANT STILL Symphony No. 3, “The Sunday Symphony”

See those oppressed and marginalized, and there one will see faith.

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LIGHT AND HOPE

Friday, May 14, 7:30 - 9:30 pm

Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
Ana María Martínez, soprano
Oakland Symphony Chorus

J. SEBASTIÁN CARDONA-OSPINA La forma de las Ruinas
PAUL HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler Symphony
JIMMY LOPEZ Dreamers, an oratorio

Victories fought hard and won large.

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