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Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra and Master Chorale | Antelope Valley College Concert Choir

David Newby, Artistic Director

Classical Christmas Stars of Tomorrow Ode to Joy

December 12, 2015 | 8 pm March 26, 2016 | 8 pm May 21, 2016 | 8 pm

Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata 147, “Herz und Bach Competition Winners Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra
Mund und Tat und Leben” Recital | 7 pm Antelope Valley Master Chorale
Francis Poulenc, Gloria Concerto Competition Winners, TBA Antelope Valley College Concert Choir
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 123
With its timeless chorus “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring,” Winners of the AVSOMC’s 2016 Gail Newby Concerto
Bach’s Advent cantata offers a beautiful start to the Competition join the orchestra. Beethoven’s inclusion of choir in his final symphony
holiday season. helped establish it as a unique masterwork. Based
Poulenc’s masterwork for chorus and orchestra, Bach Competition winners perform a prelude recital on Friederich Schiller’s An die Freude, the symphony
Gloria, is a masterwork of sonority and color. at 7 pm. is a universal acclimation of brotherhood.

Tickets for each performance:
$20 | Senior, Military, AVC Staff $18 | Youth (Under 18), AVC Students $10

Antelope Valley College Performing Arts Theatre | 3041 West Ave. K, Lancaster, CA 93536 | (661) 722-6580 | tickets.avc.edu

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