A Day With Mozart and Rimsky-Korsakov

Join music teacher Sandy Eastman and the San Luis Symphony for the dress rehearsal of "Orchestra Night" at Classics in the Cohan featuring two lush, romantic pieces that showcase the amazing orchestra. The classic tale of 1,001 Arabian Nights is set to music in Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's colorful and exotic Scheherazade. The story of the Sultana Scheherazade and the fascinating tales that saved her life have been told and re-told for hundreds of years. At this concert, you can close your eyes and… Show more imagine yourself in another world. Mozart's "Great G minor Symphony" will round out a night of classics with the Central Coast's favorite Symphony orchestra, your San Luis Obispo Symphony. Join us for a night of stories. 1,001 tales of music and mystery and more.
This course will be in two parts. In the morning, there Sandy will present a lecture about the composers and about the pieces that are to be played in the rehearsal. In the afternoon, the class, as a group, will attend the dress rehearsal of the performance. At the dress rehearsal SLO Symphony conductor Mike Nowak will speak as he conducts, giving background information, musicology, and notes on harmony. With Mike's broad knowledge and stage presence, the dress rehearsals are fairly comprehensive.
Saturday, February 2, 2013. 9:00 - 11:00 am. for course, followed by symphony dress rehearsal 1:00 - 3:30 pm.
The morning class will be at Ludwig Community Center, Room A. 864 Santa Rosa St. in SLO. The concert rehearsal will be in the Christopher Cohan Center in the PAC at Cal Poly.
Silsby Eastman (Sandy) grew up and spent his working life in the Los Angeles area before moving to Pismo Beach. He has taught at Cuesta and Allan Hancock Colleges and has been playing bassoon, baritone saxophone, and bridge as often as possible. After graduating from Occidental College and Indiana University, he studied conducting bassoon with Walter Ritchie and conducting with Lauris Jones and Richard Lert. He served as a bandsman in the Air Force and taught in San Bernardino, La Canada, Paramount and Agoura Hills. He is also a former member of the Long Beach Coterie Sinfonique, the Pasadena Community Orchestra and the Topanga Symphony.
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