Join us at Freight & Salvage on Sunday, December 8 for the Awesöme End-of-Year Concert!
Sunday, December 8, 2024
Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Doors @ 6:15pm, Concert @ 7pm
All ticket proceeds go towards our annual fundraising goal of $40,000, so help us get there by getting your tickets today!
End-of-Year Concert Program
conducted by Artistic Director David Möschler featuring several guest conductors:
Mestizo Waltz by Gabriela Lena Frank
Shadow Worker by Lillian Yee
The Rocketeer by James Horner
”If It’s Magic” by Stevie Wonder, featuring PHER
Sentience by Prasad Vidhyabaskaran
”A Change is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke, featuring Keith Lawrence
Libertadores by Oscar Navarro
… and another exciting top-secret piece!
Awesöme Orchestra is honored to be collaborating again with vocalist PHER and arranger Mike Blankenship for the Stevie Wonder classic "If It's Magic" as well as guest vocalist, violist, and arranger Keith Lawrence will be performing his stirring arrangement of Same Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come". We also have a special surprise guest vocalist we can't announce yet, but it will be an exciting musical adventure as always!
Alongside our Artistic Director Dave Möschler and Associate Artistic Director Brian Adam McCune, we're honored to to welcome back three local conductors who have long been part of the Awesöme Orchestra Collective community - Sue Crum, Martha Stoddard, and Dr. Sixto F. Montesinos Jr. who will lead the orchestra through new pieces by celebrated Bay Area composer Gabriela Lena Frank, Lillian Yee, and Prasad Vidhyabaskaran.
We'll close out the evening with a new arrangement of music from James Horner's score to The Rocketeer and Oscar Navarro's soul-stirring Libertadores. You don't want to miss this amazing line up!
FULL DETAILS
WHEN: Sunday, December 8, 2024, Doors @ 6:15pm, Show @ 7pm
WHERE: Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA
COST: Free for participating musicians. Audience members can buy tickets here ($32). A limited number of seats will be saved for walk-ups on the day of the concert for donation. No one turned away for lack of funds (until we hit venue capacity!)
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES: Would you like a free ticket to the concert? Sign up to volunteer as an usher or Front of House staff member for the evening. We need about 6 volunteers, so first come first served! For more information, email operations@awesomeorchestra.org
TRANSPORTATION SUGGESTIONS: Just over one block from Downtown Berkeley BART. Parking in downtown Berkeley can be very crowded, so as always, we strongly suggest public transit, biking, or ride-sharing. Here's a list of parking garages in the area.