Monterey Symphony Announces 70th Anniversary Season: Tickets on Sale for March Concerts

SALINAS, Calif. - Nov. 20, 2015 - PRLog -- The Monterey Symphony is excited to announce its 2015-16 Season, and its 70^th Anniversary!  International, award-winning artists will perform with the Monterey Symphony orchestra throughout the season at Sherwood Hall in Salinas and Sunset Center in Carmel. Come celebrate the 70^th Anniversary of the Monterey Symphony, led by Maestro Max Bragado-Darman! (Schedule and details below)

PROGRAM 4 – Mar 18-20

Dante          Enrique Granados

         Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano

Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53          Johannes Brahms

         Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano

         Men’s Chorus: Cabrillo College Choir

Daphnis et Chloé, Suite Nos. 1 and 2          Maurice Ravel

         Cabrillo College Choir

Voices return to the stage with the Monterey Symphony! The Symphony will present an engaging program for the fourth concert program of the 70^th Anniversary Season, led by our Music Director Max Bragado-Darman, featuring works by Brahms, Ravel, and Granados. Appearing with the Symphony will be Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano, lauded for her radiant, intense, and rich voice; and the Cabrillo College Choir, prepared by its director Cheryl Anderson.

The beautifully warm Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53, by Johannes Brahms is featured, Maurice Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé, Suites 1 and 2, and the Dante, by Enrique Granados will add a thrilling touch to this monumental program.


The Facts:

·Fridays at 7:30 p.m. at Sherwood Hall, 940 N Main St, Salinas, CA 93906

·Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. at Sunset Center, San Carlos Street at 9^th Avenue, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93921

·Pre-Concert Lecture Series: All concerts will feature a free pre-concert lecture at the concert hall one hour prior to the performance. These lectures, provided by Dr. Todd Samra (http://www.montereysymphony.org/?attachment_id=3832), offer intriguing facts and historical context about the composers and the pieces to be performed, which greatly enhance the concert-going experience. To learn more about Dr. Samra, visit: http://www.montereysymphony.org/?attachment_id=3832

·Fridays/ Sherwood Hall/ $20/ General Admission

o   Discounts:$10 Students and Military (Must present ID and can only be purchased the day of the concert)

·Saturdays and Sundays/ $79/ $59/ $39/ $29/ Assigned Seating

o   Discounts: $20 Students, Military, and Carmel Foundation (Must present ID and can only be purchased the day of the concert)

·To purchase tickets, call 831-646-8511 or visit http://www.montereysymphony.org/current-season/ for season details.

·Contact the Monterey Symphony Box Office at 831-646-8511 or email ticketing@montereysymphony.org to purchase tickets or for more information regarding discounted group rates.

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The mission of the Monterey Symphony is to engage, educate and excite our community through the performance and continual discovery of symphonic music.

The Monterey Symphony, under the artistic leadership of Music Director & Conductor Max Bragado-Darman, is the only fully professional, full-season orchestra serving the communities of the Monterey Bay, Salinas, Salinas Valley, Big Sur, and San Benito County. It provides triple performances of a six-concert subscription series at Carmel’s Sunset Theater and Salinas’s Sherwood Hall, as well as youth education programs that include visits to classrooms by musicians and culminate in full-orchestra concerts for schoolchildren.

The Monterey Symphony is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation, supported in part through the fundraising efforts of the Friends of the Monterey Symphony, and through grants from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, The Harden Foundation, The Robert and Virginia Stanton Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County, The Todd Lueders Fund for the Arts of the Community Foundation for Monterey County, The Community Foundation for Monterey County, The Berkshire Foundation, The Monterey Peninsula Foundation, The Pebble Beach Company Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, The Arts Council of Monterey County, The S.T.A.R. Foundation, The Hind Foundation, Upjohn California Fund, and many other generous foundations and individual donors.

For additional information, please call 831-646-8511 or visit our web site: www.montereysymphony.org.