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The New Season Begins:
KEDRICK ARMSTRONG INAUGURAL
INEXTINGUISHABLE OAKLAND!
Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, 8:00pm
Paramount Theatre, Oakland
Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
Allison Miller, Modern Jazz
John Santos, Afro-Latin
Meklit, Vocalist, Ethio Jazz
JULIA PERRY A Short Piece for Orchestra
Celebrate the 40 Year Anniversary of Living Jazz
with three jazz-rooted compositions.
CARL NIELSEN Symphony No. 4, “The Inextinguishable”
TWO BLACK CHURCHES + CARMINA BURANA
Friday, Nov. 8, 2024, 8:00pm
Paramount Theatre, Oakland
Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
Meechot Marrero, soprano
Ashley Faatoalia, tenor
Will Liverman, baritone
Oakland Symphony Chorus
Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir
SHAWN OKPEBHOLO Zoom!
SHAWN OKPEBHOLO Two Black Churches
Oakland Symphony co-commission
CARL ORFF Carmina Burana
Kedrick Armstrong conducts
LET US BREAK BREAD TOGETHER
a Tribute to the Legends of Disco!
Sunday, December 15, 2024, 4:00pm
Paramount Theatre, Oakland
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. “Celebrate Good Times” as this year’s edition pays tribute to the legends of disco.
FORGIVENESS + PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
Friday, March 28, 2025, 8:00pm
Paramount Theatre, Oakland
Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
Marc Bamuthi Joseph, poet & speaker
GABRIELA LENA FRANK
Three Latin-American Dances
(a Side-by-Side performance with the
Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra)
DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN
Forgiveness: Suite for Spoken Word & Orchestra
MODEST MUSSORGSKY (orch. Ravel) Pictures at an Exhibition
PAUL ROBESON: HERE I STAND
Friday, May 16, 2025, 8:00pm
Paramount Theatre, Oakland
Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
Morris Robinson, bass
Oakland Symphony Chorus
JASMINE BARNES Sometimes I Cry
CARLOS SIMON WITH LIBRETTO BY DAN HARDER
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
JOHANNES BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D Major
Season Finale:
KEDRICK ARMSTRONG – BEETHOVEN’S NINTH!
Friday, June 13, 2025, 8:00pm
Paramount Theatre, Oakland
Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
Hope Briggs, soprano
Ashley Faatoalia, tenor
Adam Lau, bass
Oakland Symphony Chorus
ERROLLYN WALLEN: Mighty River
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9, “Choral”