Meet The Special Guests for our End-of-Year Concert 2022!
We've got a stellar group of local collaborators joined by 100+ AÖC performers from all over the Vay Area, all coming together for this jam-packed event! Buy your tickets today for $30 before the price goes up on October 1st!
Awesöme Orchestra is honored to be collaborating for the third time with both Dia Luna (arranged by Holly Mead) and Raze The Maze for new songs arranged for full orchestra. Guest vocalist Yvette Pylant will be back performing The BeeGees “How Deep is Your Love” in a beautiful new arrangement by PJ Morton and Brian Adam McCune.
Alongside our Artistic director Dave Möschler and Brian Adam McCune, we’re honored to to welcome back two local conductors who are part of the of Awesöme Orchestra Collective community — Sue Crum and Dr. Sixto F. Montesinos Jr. who will lead the orchestra through new pieces by Alexis Alrich, Joshua idio, and Dale Trumbore.
And of course the Awesöme Big Band is back showcasing thrilling new arrangements by Jereld Wing of Elgar’s Enigma Variations and excerpts from Kristofer Maddigan’s smash-hit video game soundtrack to Cuphead. We’ll close out the evening with the earth-shaking final movement of Respighi’s The Pines of Rome. You don’t want to miss this amazing line up!
End-of-Year Concert Details
WHEN: Sunday, October 23, 2022, Doors @ 6pm, Show @ 7pm
WHERE: Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA
COST: Free for participating musicians. Audience members can buy tickets here ($30) - price goes up to $36 on October 1. A limited number of seats will be saved for walk-ups on the day of the concert for pay-what-you-can 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 development@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.
Concert Program
Destiny for a New - Joshua A. Idio
Infinitely and Without Apology - Dale Trumbore
"Breaking Broken" and "Under the Spell" from 7am Daydream - Raze the Maze
Bell and Drum Tower - Alexis Alrich
Enigma Variations - Edward Elgar
(arr. for big band by Jereld Wing)
"Clip Joint Calamity" from the video game Cuphead - Kristofer Maddigan
"June" from Camellia - Dia Luna
(arr. by Holly Mead)
"How Deep Is Your Love?" - The BeeGees
(arr. by Brian Adam McCune and PJ Morton)
"The Appian Way" from Pines of Rome - Ottorino Respighi