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Louise Farrenc
Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 36

I. Adagio—Allegro

II. Adagio cantabile

III. Scherzo: Vivace

IV. Finale: Allegro

INTERMISSION

Leonard Bernstein 
Songfest

1. To the Poem (Frank O’Hara)

2. The Pennycandystore Beyond the El (Lawrence Ferlinghetti)

3. A Julia de Burgos (Julia de Burgos)

4. To What You Said (Walt Whitman)

5. I, Too, Sing America (Langston Hughes)/ Okay “Negroes” (June Jordan)

6. To My Dear and Loving Husband (Anne Bradstreet)

7. Storyette H. M. (Gertrude Stein)

8. If you can’t eat you got to (e.e. cummings)

9. Music I Heard with You (Conrad Aiken)

10. Zizi’s Lament (Gregory Corso)

11. What Lips My Lips Have Kissed (Edna St. Vincent Millay)

12. Israfel (Edgar Allan Poe)

Mary Evelyn Hangley, soprano

Natalie Image, soprano

Ashley Dixon, mezzo-soprano

Chris Oglesby, tenor

SeokJong Baek, baritone

Christian Pursell, bass-baritone

The 2018–2019 Season of Oakland Symphony is generously funded in part by the East Bay Community Foundation; the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; the California Arts Council, a state agency; the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency; and the Oakland City Council and the City of Oakland’s Cultural Funding Program.

MUSE Orchestra 

The after-school MUSE Orchestra is one component of Oakland Symphony’s MUSic for Excellence (MUSE) program. Aimed at 4^th-6^th graders, the MUSE Orchestra is open to students from schools not served by our in-school mentoring program, as well as the 22 schools that are, ensuring all Oakland students have the opportunity to participate in our All-City Elementary Orchestra. This weekly program is designed to serve as a first training ground for the orchestral experience. The tuition-free program is fully sponsored by Oakland Symphony and hosted by Franklin Elementary School and the Oakland Unified School District. 

During the 2018-19 season, participating students unite from the following 12 Oakland schools to form the MUSE Orchestra: Bella Vista, Cleveland, Franklin, Glenview, La Escuelita, Laurel, Lincoln, Sequoia Elementary Schools, as well as Edna Brewer, Claremont, Oakland Military Institute, and Roosevelt Middle Schools. Students gain unique opportunities being part of the MUSE Program. This past February, students worked with Michael Morgan and internationally acclaimed pianist Emanuel Ax.

First Violin 

Ava Calibuso, Concertmaster

Ava Lau

Darlin Diaz-Velazquez

Ella Bohanna

Emiliano Parker

Macie Chao

Nishant Rout

Sela Sumii

Second Violin

Aadam Aleem

Ava Victoriano

Benjamin Luong

Bridget Epstein

Edamevoh Ajayi

Gavinjon Luong

Lucy Lagrone

Zia Owens

Zoe Khuu

Third Violin

Adelina Lopez

Alyssa Saechao

Bronwen Cornford

Cherise Nguyen

Chi Sieu Huynh

Darren Zou

Devayani Singh

Davianna Nguyen

Garvin Xu

Elie Calibuso

Leah Ho

Rosa Parker

Sol Hegarty Alcantar

Winne Xu

Viola

Gabe Gray

Kiran Beattie

Liam Kinguyen

Oliver Arnold

Cello

Abigail Tyrvanen

Aleya Lopez

Amalia Campbell

Bailey McAlister

Isaac Pinon

Itsuka Sumii

Kaylee Quach

Quentin Collins

Bass

Alexander Tyrvanen

Clarinet

Mizuki Williams

Antonio Rivera García

Trumpet

Johan Rivera García

Kayla Sisavat 

Matthew Beardsley