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Sunday, December 8, 2024
Join us as we hop back into the concert hall for an unforgettable evening of celebration, awesöme live music with a full orchestra, and fundraising! Get your tickets today for Awesöme Orchestra's eleventh annual End-of-Year Concert on Sunday, December 8, and come support your musical community!
Saturday, November 2, 11-2pm
Join us at Sports Basement, Berkeley for Duel of the Fates with the Awesöme Chorus!
Thursday, October 3 6:30-9:30pm
In partnership with After Dark at the Exploratorium, SF
Come join Awesöme Orchestra at The Exploratorium for another After Dark musical adventure! To kick off October, we'll be performing some spine-tingling film scores including Danny Elfman's main title theme to BATMAN 🦇 selections from James Horner's CASPER 👻 as well as his thrilling end credits sequence to THE ROCKETEER 🚀
Thursday, September 5 6:30-8:30pm
In partnership with Into The Streets SF
REPERTOIRE:
Randal Standridge: Vanishing Point (for wind ensemble)Oscaro Navarro Libertadores (for wind ensemble with cellos and basses)
Saturday August 10, 3-6pm
In partnership with the Activate Oakland Event Sponsorship Program and The Unity Council
REPERTOIRE
Juventino Rosas: "Sobre las Olas"
Arturo Rodriguez: Iridescent Fanfare
Gabriela Lena Frank: Mestizo Waltz from Three Latin American Dances
Friday, June 21, 2024
Join us for Internatonal Make Music Day in San Jose!
Friday, May 17, 2024 from 6:00-8:00pm
Join Awesöme Orchestra and 100+ musicians for a Friday evening serenade filled with internationally acclaimed guest artists and local composers!
Friday, April 26 from 6:30-9pm
Join us as we partner with 7th Street Thrives for an evening of new music by Oakland composers Destiny Muhammad with her trio and a new piece by Lillian Yee!
Saturday, March 16, 2024
Join us for Session 95: The Planets Extravaganza on March 16, 2024 from 11am-5pm at Uptown Body Fender in Oakland! 🚀✨ Featuring both a full orchestra and big band, this six-hour celestial celebration will feature The Planets Suite in full by Gustav Holst AND the The Planets: Reimagined arranged for big band by Jeremy Levy.
Saturday, January 13, 2024
Join Awesöme Orchestra at the Paramount Theatre, Oakland this Saturday, January 13, 2024 for a night of pure magic. We're bringing the vibes of Stevie Wonder to life in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for Oakland’s biggest MLK Weekend event presented by Living Jazz and SFJAZZ. We’re honored to participate in four pieces in the program for this amazing Tribute.
Sunday, December 3, 2023
Join us as we bring our 10-Year Anniversary Season to a close at Freight & Salvage on Sunday, December 3!
Thursday, October 26, 2023
An event with Halloween-themed film music, fun interactive science exhibits, AND costumes? Sign us up! No, literally—make sure to sign yourselves up for our most popular event of the year—Session 94 at The Exploratorium in SF! Costumes encouraged!
Friday, September 15, 2023
This event has been rescheduled for Spring 2024
Saturday, August 19
It's been ten years since Session #1, where we gathered as friends and musical colleagues in a West Oakland warehouse to drink PBRs and play some of our favorite orchestral works in a laid-back setting. We've since grown into this huge, wonderful, and AWESOME family of musicians, audience members, crew members, visual artists, vocalists, MCs, and the list goes on and on.
Friday, August 18, 2023
Join us at the world famous Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland for an epic new arrangement of a Billie Holiday classic and new music by Bay Area composer Sandi Poindexter and John Sims.
Sunday, July 9, 2023
The Ferry Building is celebrating 125 years of operation since the first ship docked and they’ve asked us to serenade the community! But we’re celebrating with a twist - we’ll be doing Christmas in July with a special Nutcracker session!
Thursday, May 25, 2023
Back by popular demand! It’s a repeat of our most DINO-MITE session EVER—Jurassic NightLife! (but our sequel will be much better than Jurassic Park 2) We’ll be revisiting our most popular session—complete with music from Jurassic Park and The Land Before Time.
Saturday, April 22, 2023
Come join Awesome Orchestra in celebrating Earth Day on Saturday, April 22 from 4-6pm for our first time playing in the Ask Jeeves Planetarium at Chabot Space & Science Center! We'll be playing a set of pieces for chamber orchestra based on nature and astronomy! Beginning with the rarely performed "Anakin's Theme" from The Phantom Menace, followed by a mysterious and evocative new piece about our perspective of Earth from outside ourselves called Inner Eye by Australian composer Alicia Grant. We'll conclude our planetarium adventure with Stephen Schwartz's epic mini tone-poem "Meadowlark" featuring local opera singer Molly Mahoney. Come ready for another unique musical adventure with us!
Thursday, March 23, 2023
The Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) descends on SF this week, so we’re teaming up with Cal Academy’s NightLife for a video game themed evening of music, games, and leveling up! The Awesöme Chorus will be joining us for some of your favorite video game music, curated by Awesöme Ambassadors Travis Kindred and Criss Bürki!
Saturday, February 25, 2023
We’re hopping over to SF to kick off our 10-Year Anniversary Season! Join us for a musical adventure including excerpts from Mississippi River Suite by Florence Price, and “Sunday” from Sunday in the Park with George by Stephen Sondheim (arr. Jason Robert Brown) for orchestra and SATB chorus, and one other piece (rep still being finalized and will be announced 2/7).
Saturday, December 3, 2022
The culminating event of our six-year project with local composer and flutist, Arturo Rodriguez. To mark the six-year anniversary of the Ghost Ship Fire Tragedy, Awesöme Orchestra is hosting a free concert of Rodriguez’s nine-movement requiem without words in Oakland to honor, grieve, and celebrate those lost.
Sunday, October 23, 2022
Our End of Year Concert will be earlier this year! Join us at Freight & Salvage on October 23 for our eighth annual End of Year Concert. It will be an unforgettable evening of celebration, genre-bending live music with full orchestra and fundraising!
Saturday, September 17, 2022
Join Awesöme Orchestra as we hop back into the SF Botanical Gardens at a magical intersection of music and nature—Flower Piano! An annual event that attracts thousands of people from all over the Bay Area, Flower Piano fills the SF Botanical Garden with pianos and invites people to come play and listen for an afternoon of adventurous serenading. Soloist Elektra Schmidt will be joining Awesöme Orchestra and performing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 (first movement only) and we’ll end the evening with selected movements from Respighi’s exciting Pines of Rome.
Thursday, August 25, 2022
Get ready to level up with Awesöme Orchestra as we head back to one of our FAVORITE venues - The California Academy of Sciences - for their popular NightLife Series on Thursday, August 25 from 6:30-9:30pm! It’s a video game themed event, jam-packed with amazing music curated by guest conductor and resident video game expert Travis Kindred and featuring members of local band Super Soul Bros! This event will also feature lots of fun exhibits, including a fossil-inspired Pokémon talk, classic board games, and a Super Smash Bros. tournament—you won’t want to miss this session!! This event is 21+
Friday, August 12, 2022
On Friday, August 12, join Awesöme Orchestra as we head back to Oakland Museum of California’s beautiful outdoor garden for Session 83 from 6:30-8:30pm (yes, it’s a 2-hour session!). Artistic Director Dave Möschler will start the session off with a big band arrangement of Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations I, II, IV and for the second half of the evening we’ll be joined by special guests RAZE THE MAZE (featuring Moorea Dickason and Tarik Ragab) for two pieces from their new album arranged for orchestra…
Saturday, July 16, 2022
Musician Sign-ups Begin 6/28
On Saturday, July 16, join Awesöme Orchestra at Oakland’s Uptown Body & Fender for Session 82 from 1-4pm, featuring the return of our Awesöme Chorus! Guest conductor Ondine Young will lead John Williams’ Hymn To The Fallen from Saving Private Ryan and we’re honored to have guest conductor Martha Stoddard back to lead the group for an exciting new piece by Alexis Alrich called Bell and Drum Tower (give it a listen!). Artistic Director David Möschler will then close out the evening with the thrilling "Dies Irae and Tuba Mirum" from Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem for orchestra and chorus.
Saturday, July 2, 2022
We’re finally doing it! An Awesöme Orchestra event that is purely social! Leave your instruments at home and come hang with our Awesöme Community for an afternoon of food, games, and chillaxing. We picked a park that has a radical playground, so bring the kiddos, too!
Friday, June 3, 2022
On Friday, June 3 as part of Oakland’s First Friday, we’ll serenade the stars for Session 81 at Chabot Space & Science Center. The public is invited to join Chabot astronomers on the Observatory Deck for a free telescope viewing. Weather permitting, this is a chance to explore stars, planets, and more through Chabot’s historic telescopes, and then wander over to the auditorium next door for a symphonic Awesöme Session you won’t forget!
Thursday, May 5, 2022
Awesöme Orchestra is excited to be heading back to the Exploratorium in SF for their After Dark series! Join us on Thursday, May 5 for Session 80 — curated by guest conductor Dr. Sixto F. Montesinos Jr. We’ll be playing the Mexican National Anthem, Huapango by José Pablo Moncayo, Intermezzo de Atzimba by Ricardo Castro, and “June” from Camellia by local singer / songwriter Dia Luna. Surrounded by interactive science exhibits, we are expecting this session to fill up quickly, so make sure to sign-up to play when the link goes out on Thursday, April 21 at noon!
Saturday, April 2, 2022
We’re headed back to Berkeley for Session 79 on Saturday, April 2 at Sports Basement! Repertoire and full schedule will be announced on Tuesday, March 22 when sign-ups begin.
Saturday, March 5, 2022
Join us in SAN FRANCISCO on Saturday, March 5 from 1-4pm for Session 78 at SF Sports Basement Presidio (right next to Crissy Field) in their amazing events space - The Dairy. We’ll be taking to the skies with John Williams’ Superman March, playing the Bay Area premiere of Dale Trumbore’s Infinitely and without Apology, and getting soulful with a new arrangement of “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” by Carole King and Aretha Franklin.
Sunday, December 12, 2021
Join us as we hop back into the concert hall for an unforgettable evening of celebration, genre-bending live music with full orchestra and fundraising! Get your tickets today for Awesöme Orchestra’s seventh annual End-of-Year Concert on Sunday, December 12 and come support your community as we gather together to make music again!
Saturday, October 16, 2021
Come join Awesöme Orchestra for the first FULL ORCHESTRA session in over 20 months! We’ll be hosted by OMCA in their newly remodeled outdoor garden performance space. Bring a picnic, or sign up to play with us and get ready for an afternoon of music including Danzón No. 2 by Arturo Marquez, songs from Dia Luna arranged for orchestra by Brian Adam McCune, “Sweet Thing” by Chaka Khan, and “That’s the Way of the World” by Earth, Wind & Fire…
Sunday, September 19, 2021
Come join Awesöme Orchestra for Session 76 on Sunday, September 19 from 2-5pm at a new venue - YMTC's Outdoor Stage in Aquatic Park in Berkeley! This brass and woodwinds session (sorry strings - but read below for Session 77!) will feature music from Star Wars, a new piece by Dale Trumbore, and another movement of The Planets suite arranged for big band by Jeremy Levy…
Saturday, August 14, 2021
Our amazing collaborators - Music In Place - are proud to present their newest video production, Unknown Tomorrows featuring members of Awesöme Orchestra Collective today Saturday, August 14 at 12pm PST on their YouTube channel!
Saturday, July 10, 2021
We've been waiting 17 months to say this - Come join us for our next IN-PERSON Open Session on Saturday, July 10 from 2-5pm at Sports Basement, Berkeley! It’s a STRINGS ONLY session including music by Astor Piazzolla, Edward Elgar, and Holly Mead (MUSICIAN & AUDIENCE SIGN-UPS REQUIRED)…
Sunday, December 6, 2020
Our annual End-of-Year Concert and Fundraiser is going virtual! While we won't be able to gather in person at Freight & Salvage this year, that won't stop us from celebrating our musical highlights from 2020 and sharing an awesome sneak-peek of what's in store for 2021. We’ll be toasting the best parts of the year, showcasing our community members, chatting with special guests, playing Encore Performances of two…
Sunday, November 15, 2020
Who is ready for Round 2 of Awesöme Trïvia?! After a very successful trivia event over the summer, we're back for more, so pick your teammates and be ready to SHOW US WHAT YOU GOT.
Saturday, October 17, 2020
Join us for our next (newly re-branded) virtual playing session - our Play@Home event. On October 25 we'll be bringing the community together to perform Sam Cooke's timely classic "A Change is Gonna Come" at home, in a thrilling new orchestral arrangement by local violist-singer Keith Lawrence with Cosa Nostra Strings. Download the sheet music ahead of time and play along with our conductor videos for this amazing collaboration.
Saturday, October 17, 2020
In November 2013 and again in 2015, over 100 artists walked through the doors of the legendary Fantasy Studios and spent over 22 days recording and mixing 14 tracks. We're going to take a walk down memory lane, hop into the Awesöme Archives…
Sunday, August 30, 2020
Join us for Awesöme Trïvia on Sunday, August 30 from 3-4:30pm PST as part of our ongoing virtual series. Resident Awesöme Musicologist Molly Phelan (of Canon Fodder) and her Trivia Master partner Tim Phelan will be hosting a raucous, and yet refined, virtual community-building series with us. We sure miss everyone and hope to see y'all there!
Sunday, June 28, 2020
Join us for another virtual session on Sunday, June 28 from 3-5pm PST as we rehearse and workshop the final movement of Brahms's Symphony No. 4! All are welcome and encouraged to participate, especially any musicians that live outside the Bay Area.
Sunday, May 10, 2020
Join us this Sunday, May 10 from 3-5pm PST as we gather on the interwebs (Facebook, YouTube, or Twitch) and make music together!
But How?!
We're testing out something brand new this weekend and we'd love to have you take part in our musical experiment 🧪We've been busy editing together a rehearsal video (complete with Dave conducting!) in an attempt to bring our community together virtually and host a digital open session. You're all invited to play along with the video from the comfort of your own home!
Sunday, March 29, 2020
Bust out the popcorn and don your most comfortable bathrobe this Sunday for Awesöme Orchestra's Inaugural Play-at-Home Watch Party! Join us as we go live on our Facebook Page from 3-4:30pm on March 29 to bring you a mini-documentary about the making of the 2013 orchestral pop album Petty Troubles by Matt Montgomery followed by a Q&A with Artistic Director Dave Möschler and Associate Artistic Director Brian Adam McCune.
Saturday, March 28, 2020
— This event CANCELLED due to COVID-19 —
We're excited to announce AÖC Session 74: Williams, Trumbore, Smetana! Come out and join us on March 28 at Sports Basement in Berkeley from 2-5pm . We'll be playing John Williams - Hymn to the Fallen, Dale Trumbore - Infinitely and Without Apology, and Bedrich Smetana - "Moldau" from Ma Vlast.
Sunday, February 2, 2020
Will Winter continue to drag on, or are we getting an early Spring? Come join Awesöme Orchestra for Session 73: Groundhog Day on Sunday, February 2 from 11:00–2:00pm at Sports Basement in Berkeley to find out! We'll ask you to channel your inner Bill Murray for Sergei Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini featuring Naomi Stine on piano. Next, we'll dive into a premiere reading of Aeaea, by local composer Holly Mead, and continuing our Awesöme Big Band trend, we'll also highlight "Venus," another movement of Jeremy Levy's arrangement of The Planets by Gustav Holst.
Sunday, December 8, 2019
To close out our 2019, we'll be back at Freight & Salvage for our fifth annual End-of-Year Concert on Sunday, December 8. We'll be playing a diverse selection of highlights from our 2019 Open Sessions, but this time we'll actually rehearse!
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Who you gonna call? Awesöme Orchestra! We're teaming up with The Exploratorium to bring you the spookiest Awesöme Orchestra session ever - Session 72: Halloween After Dark @ The Exploratorium on Thursday, October 31, from 6:30-9:30pm. Join us for a night of rockin' tunes (ahem... Night on Bald Mountain, The Nightmare Before Christmas Suite, and Ghostbusters!!), creepy mini-lectures from Nerd Nite SF, stories from the odd corners of history, science, art, & adventure with Odd Salon, or stroll around and check out the 650+ interactive exhibits with Exploratorium scientists for an utterly eerie evening.
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Run, Sonic, Run! We're thrilled to be heading back to the California Academy of Sciences for another NightLife Session and this time we'll be playing your favorite '90s tunes and film scores. Join us for Session 71: '90s NightLife on Thursday, September 19 from 6:30-9:30pm as we take you on a nostalgic romp through the music of one of the best decades, including pieces from Forrest Gump, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Hook.
Saturday, September 14, 2019
On September 14, we'll be getting artsy at SFMOMA for Session 70 in their Public Knowledge Library Room. Repertoire includes The Planets by Gustav Holst (re-imagined for jazz orchestra by Jeremy Levy) and a Bay Area premiere of Marco Valerio Antonini's Butterfly's Metamorphosis.
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
At Session 69 on August 6, we'll be celebrating National Night Out at the Oakland Public Library for the fifth year in a row. Join us in the outdoor courtyard of their central branch while we make some awesöme music for this national community-building event from 6:00-9:00pm. Repertoire includes: a world premiere reading of a new movement of Requiem Sinfónica by local composer Arturo Rodriguez, Sensemayá by Silvestre Revueltas, and Boléro by Maurice Ravel.
Saturday, July 13, 2019
Things are going to get Botanical as we head back to SF for one of our most popular Sessions––Flower Piano! Join us in the SF Botanical Gardens on Saturday, July 13 from 2:00-5:00pm for Session 68 where we'll be joined by soloists Allison Lovejoy and Serene for some Chopin and Rachmaninoff.
Saturday, June 29, 2019
Most orchestras have a gala, and what’s an Awesöme Orchestra version of a gala? Awesöme Pröm! We’re throwing a 21+ prom-themed fundraiser party! Join us on Saturday, June 29, from 7-11pm at Omni Commons in Oakland!
Saturday, June 22, 2019
We hope you'll join us for Session 67 at Sports Basement in Berkeley on Saturday, June 22 for a fun mix of pieces by Libby Larsen, Johannes Brahms, and Austin Wintory. Come grab a comfy couch, a glass of wine, and spend the afternoon with us!
May 16-May 18, 2019
UnderCover Presents is honoring A Tribe Called Quest's Midnight Marauders, an album that bridged the gap between hip-hop and jazz. The show takes place May 16-18, at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Given that both YBCA and this album celebrated their 25th anniversaries, UnderCover felt it appropriate to continue to introduce this classic record to new audiences. Not to mention that the messages embedded in this album continue to echo resoundingly as we witness all that is taking place in the world.
Sunday, April 14, 2019
What is Sunday Streets SF, you ask? With car-free streets, free activities and plenty of chances to meet your neighbors, Sunday Streets creates a temporary, walkable park to offer guests an intimate way of interacting with the area’s array of authentic and affordable restaurants, small businesses and nonprofit services.
Saturday, March 23, 2019
Awesöme Orchestra announces their upcoming performance with Oakland’s Kev Choice on Saturday, March 23, 2019, 6:00pm at Oakland Center for Spiritual Living. Doors open at 5:30pm
Thursday, March 21, 2019
RRRAAAAAWWRRRRR! Come out and join us for Jurassic NightLife at the California Academy of Sciences for Session 64! On Thursday, March 21 we'll be playing all your dinosaur favorites inside one of SF's coolest museums, so sign-up early to participate!
Saturday, February 23, 2019
We're thrilled to return to Sports Basement for Session 63! Join us on February 23 as we celebrate black history with a session full of orchestral music from black composers. We'll be kicking off the session with Tribute to the Duke, a piece for jazz band honoring the musical accomplishments of Duke Ellington. Next, we'll dive into William Grant Still's Dismal Swamp (for piano and orchestra). And we'll be closing with Celebration! by Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork…
Sunday, December 2, 2018
A combination free community event and fundraiser, the End-of-Year Concert supports Awesöme Orchestra’s mission to make orchestral music accessible to players and audience members alike. Enjoy the epic sound of orchestral music in a relaxed and fun-loving environment…
Saturday, November 10, 2018
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Saturday, October 20, 2018
We're excited to be collaborating with Palette-Swap Ninja on the world premiere performance of PRINCESS LEIA'S STOLEN DEATH STAR PLANS!
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
We are honored to be asked to collaborate for a fourth time with Oakland Public Library for National Night Out, and we're excited to perform in their outdoor courtyard to help fight crime and make some awesöme music while we're at it!
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
We're beyond thrilled to have our first session at the Omni Commons this July 4! Come celebrate with us for our annual mid-year fundraiser with trivia and music from the world of Harry Potter! Costumes encouraged!
Thursday, June 21, 2018
South Bay, we're coming for you with Session 58! We're beyond excited that we've been asked to participate in Make Music San Jose this year on Thursday, June 21! Make Music San Jose is a free, outdoor day of music held on the summer solstice with performances and music-making events happening citywide from sunrise to sunset. Sounds like our kind of adventure!
Saturday, May 26, 2018
We're kicking off our summer season with Session 57 at San Francisco's Public Library Main Branch and it's all about the Gustavs! We'll be playing in the side courtyard outside the Fulton St. entrance so bring your music stands and sunglasses!
Saturday, March 24, 2018
We're excited to finally be back in San Francisco playing at the MOMA for the first time with a fun and eclectic set of pieces!
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Before session 56, join us as a listener at the San Francisco Public Library Main Atrium on Wednesday, March 14 from 6:15-7:45pm as we try out our inaugural Awesöme Chamber Session!
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Join Awesöme Orchestra as a musician or a listener for our next musical adventure: Open Session 55 at Sports Basement Berkeley.
Sunday, December 3, 2017
Join the Bay Area's adventure-seeking orchestra as we round up our 2017 highlights in one special event—our third annual End-of-Year Concert! The concert features special guests Kendra McKinley and Kiefo Nilsson, and the premiere performance of local composer Arturo Rodriguez's Introit from Requiem Without Words, written in commemoration of those lost in Oakland’s Ghost Ship Fire.
Sunday, October 8, 2017
Join Awesöme Orchestra as a musician or a listener for our next musical adventure: Open Session 54—film music at BAMPFA!
Friday, September 1, 2017
We're excited to be back at Drake's Dealership for another First Friday extravaganza! For Open Session 53 we’ll be collaborating with the local funk duo Heat Vision & Jack, with Geneva Harrison on drums and Josh Pollock on vocals and guitar. With a few super funky arrangements from TV and other media, this will be a super fun session.
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Join Awesöme Orchestra as a musician or a listener for our next musical adventure: Open Session 52 with National Night Out at the Oakland Public Library!
July 2 - July 3, 2017
THE POINT! Live performance of Harry Nilsson's full album and excerpts of the animated story 'The Point!' with members of Awesöme Orchestra.
Saturday, June 10, 2019
Enjoy the last days of Spring outdoors with AOC and FIGMENT at Mosswood Park Amphitheater in Oakland!
June 3 - June 4, 2017
UnderCover Presents is working with over 100 artists from 13 Bay Area ensembles to pay homage to The Beatles’ 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' - one of the most iconic albums in the history of recordings. Music Directing and co-curating this lineup is Joe Bagale - multi-instrumentalist, producer, and composer.
Friday, May 5, 2017
Come celebrate 50 sessions with Awesöme Orchestra!
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Repertoire includes Nobuo Uematsu - "One-Winged Angel" from Final Fantasy VII, Feona Lee Jones - Symphony No. 1 (premiere reading by Oakland composer!) and Arturo Márquez. - Danzón No. 2
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
Awesöme Orchestra will be reading through four short works by Bay Area composers in an all world premiere session! Y'all know how enthusiastic I get about new works (nothing is more adventurous!), and this session promises to be truly awesöme, where we'll tackle three new orchestral pieces and even excerpts from an upcoming opera!
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
In our second collaboration with National Night Out, we're excited to perform in the outdoor courtyard of the Oakland Public Library. We're fighting violence in our communities, and making some awesöme music while we're at it!
Saturday, July 16, 2016
An open session at SF Botanical Gardens! Part of their awesome program to put pianos out in the park for a few weeks in July.
Repertoire:
Concerto for Flamenco Piano and Orchestra - Alex Conde
Piano Concerto No. 4 - Beethoven (featuring Allison Lovejoy)
Friday, June 10, 2016
Carl Orff - Carmina Burana (selected movements) with full chorus!
Friday, May 6, 2016
May the Fourth be with you! We're excited to celebrate the genius and legacy of American film composer John Williams. We'll be reading selections from his epic Star Wars: Suite for orchestra.
Friday, April 1, 2016
We’re heading to Uptown Boday & Fender with MoeTar!
Repertoire:
”You Only Get This Life” - Tarik Ragab
”Join The Parade” - Tarik Ragab
Symphony No. 4 (mvt 1, 6) - Philip Glass
Friday, March 4, 2016
Repertoire:
Akrillic from PLOK - Tim Follin
The Legend of Zelda Suite - Koji Kondo
Super Smash Brothers medley - Koji Kondo
Friday, February 19, 2016
Awesome Orchestra will be performing at the Fox Theater again with UnderCover Presents tribute to Green Day's iconic 1994 album DOOKIE! We'll be appearing onstage with guest artists Casey Crescenzo (of The Dear Hunter) and local band TILT.
Sunday, January 17, 2016
We're back at the Curran: Under Construction in San Francisco, and this time playing homage to the theater's historic run of The Phantom of the Opera next to Sibelius's awesome Symphony No. 3!
Sunday, December 12, 2015
Full Repertoire: ”Everything is Awesome” - Shawn Patterson and The Lonely Island
Fanfare to La Peri - Paul Dukas
Petty Troubles (“Petty Troubles”, “Though I Try”, “1000 Years”) - Matt Montgomery
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story - Leonard Berstein
The Nightmare Before Christmas Suite - Danny Elfman
Sunday, November 22, 2015
Repertoire:
Eudaimonia - Joowan Kim
Grand Pianola Music - mvt. 2 “On The Dominant Divide” - John Adams
”Boston” from Twelve - David Jenkins (arr. Brian Adam McCune)
Sunday, October 18, 2015
Repertoire:
Pines of Rome - Respighi
Waltz No. 2 - Joon Suc-Yu
”Emenius Sleepus” - Green Day (arr. Brian Adam McCune)
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Repertoire: Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 - Johannes Brahms
Tragic Overture, Op. 81 - Johannes Brahms
”Give Life Back to Music” & “Touch medley” - Daft Punk
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Repertoire:
”Stand!” - Sylvester Stewart (arr. Brian Adam McCune)
”Waiting for Earthquakes” - Meklit Hadero
”Brown Dreams” - Marcus Shelby”SB 1070” - Diana Gameros
”Some Famous Landmarks” - Carletta Sue Kay - Alex Van Gils
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 - National Night Out!
Repertoire:
”Don’t You Worry ‘Bout A Thing” from 1973 Innervisions - Stevie Wonder (arr. Wayne Barker)
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story - Leonard Bernstein
”The Asteroid Field” from The Empire Strikes Back - John Williams
Friday, July 3, 2015
Repertoire:
Game of Thrones main theme - Dirk Epperson
The Canyon - Philip Glass
Robin Hood Suite (mvt. 1) - Dirk Epperson
Saturday, June 6, 2015
Repertoire:
The Carousel Waltz - Richard Rodgers
”Make Our Garden Grow” - Leonard Bernstein
Symphony No. 7 - Beethoven
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Repertoire:
Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin - Wagner
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Howard Stone
Symphony Fantastique - Berlioz
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Repertoire: Transvylania - Brian Adam McCune
Olympic Fanfare - John Williams
Serenade for Strings - Elgar
Monday, March 9, 2015
Repertoire:
Back to the Future Trilogy Suite - Alan Silvestri (arr. Dirk Epperson)
Promises, Promises - Bacharach (arr. Tunick)
Prelude to Partitta no. 3 for violin in E Major - Bach
Sunday, January 18. 2015
Repertoire:
”Stand!” - Sylvester Stewart (arr. Brian Adam McCune)
Concerto for Sax and Orchestra - Alex Van Gils
Friday, December 19, 2014
Repertoire: Everything is Awesome - Shawn Patterson and The Lonely Island (arr. Jason Eckl)
Final Fantasy Suite - Nobuo Uematsu (arr. Arturo Rodriguez)
The Nightmare Before Christmas - Danny Elfman (arr. Mark MacKenzie)
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Repertoire:
Appalachian Spring - Copland
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes - Britten
October 8 & 9, 2014
Repertoire:
An Invitation and VDP encores - Inara George and Van Dyke Parks
Friday, September 19, 2014
Repertoire:
Overture to The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart
”Non So Piu” from The Marriage of Figaro - Mozart
”Hoe-down” from Rodeo - Copland
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Repertoire:
Libertango - Piazolla
Symphony No. 1 excerpts - Casey Crescenzo
Slava! - Leonard Bernstein
Ballet at the Village Vortex - Leonard Bernstein
Sunday, August 3, 2014
Repertoire:
Symphony No. 1 (mvt. 1-3) - Mahler
No Interior de Rio de Janeiro - Keane Southard
Game of Thrones main theme - Ramin Djawadi (arr. Dirk Epperson)
Friday, July 4, 2014
Repertoire:
E.T. Adventures on Earth - John Williams
”The Forest Battle” from Return of the Jedi - John Williams (arr. Brian Adam McCune)
Princess Mononoke Suite - Joe Hisaishi
Forrest Gump Suite - Alan Silvestri
Friday, June 27, 2014
Repertoire:
”Man in the Mirror” - Michael Jackson (arr. Brian Adam McCune)
”Bad” - Michael Jackson (arr. Vamsi Tadepalli)
”Thriller” - Michael Jackson (arr. Vamsi Tadepalli)
”Beat It” - Michael Jackson (arr. Vamsi Tadepalli)
”Billie Jean” - Michael Jackson (arr. Vamsi Tadepalli)
