TICKETS: 559-261-0600
FRESNO PHILHARMONIC - THEODORE KUCHAR, MUSIC DIRECTOR
TICKETS: 559-261-0600FRESNO PHILHARMONIC - THEODORE KUCHAR, MUSIC DIRECTOR
The Fresno Philharmonic's newest free and fun educational program is supported by the Bonner Family Foundation and the Fresno County Office of Education.
These workshops allow the concert experience to go from a one-time exciting event to a lifetime of learning for our community!
To sign up for a workshop, email Lisa Stallings, Director of Operations & Education, at lstallings@fresnophil.org.
The Arts Access Workshop is a free, fun and interactive workshop that is focused on teaching common concepts in music and how to integrate these concepts into a student’s core curriculum. This program, sponsored by the Bonner Family Foundation & Fresno County Office of Education, invites everyone to participate, including teachers, educators, parent teacher associations, & senior groups, too!
At the end of the workshop, attendees will receive a special certificate that grants their entire family free concert admittance to one Fresno Philharmonic Masterworks concert of their choice in the 2011-2012 season. EDUCATOR BONUS – Teachers and educators may upgrade their certificates to include students in your classrooms. Ask us how!
These workshops allow the concert experience to go from a one-time exciting event to a lifetime of learning for our community!
HOW TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE WORKSHOP:
To sign up for a workshop email Lisa Stallings, Director of Operations & Education, at lstallings@fresnophil.org
If these dates do not work for you, please let us know and we can schedule another workshop that is more convenient for your group.
Tuesday, October 11 4:00 - 6:00pm at FCOEThis workshop will focus on the upcoming Youth & Family Concert, Mozart’s Magnificent Voyage.
Tuesday, November 14 4:00 - 6:00pm at FCOEThis workshop will have a more general focus on the many composers and pieces featured in our upcoming Masterworks season.
Bonner Family Foundation
Fresno County Office of Education
At the end of the workshop, attendees will receive a special certificate that grants their entire family free concert admittance to one Fresno Philharmonic Masterworks concert of their choice in the 2011-2012 season. See below for a listing of all Masterworks Concerts.
An Opera Extravaganza with Met Opera Star Isabel BayrakdarianSat. Sept. 24, 2011 at 8:00pm
Sun. Sept. 25, 2011 at 2:30pm
From the stages of the Metropolitan Opera, Tanglewood Music Festival, the New York Philharmonic, and other major opera houses and concert halls, soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian opens the season with dazzling arias by Rossini, Meyerbeer, and Dvorak, and pays homage to her heritage with a selection of Armenian folksongs.
Fresno Philharmonic • Theodore Kuchar, conductor • Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano
Schubert's Great SymphonySat. Nov. 19, 2011 at 8:00pm
Sun. Nov. 20, 2011 at 2:30pm
The newest star in the violin firmament, Bella Hristova, brings her impressive power and fervent virtuosity to the brooding Violin Concerto by Sibelius.
No one's experience with classical music is complete without hearing Schubert's "Great" C Major Symphony, one of the majestic monuments of teh 19th century.
Fresno Philharmonic • Theodore Kuchar, conductor • Bella Hristova, violin
The Nutcracker & Swan LakeSat. Dec. 17, 2011 at 8:00pm
Sun. Dec. 18, 2011 at 2:30pm
What's not to love about a holiday season concert with the greatest ballet music and a young artist acclaimed as "the most gifted young pianist of her generation" with a "million-volt stage presence."
Hear the beloved Act 2 from The Nutcracker in its full orchestral glory, plus music from Swan Lake that set the mood for the recent movie, Black Swan. Joyce Yang performs a Prokofiev piano concerto.
Fresno Philharmonic • Theodore Kuchar, conductor • Joyce Yang, piano
Lukas Vondracek & Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1Sat. Jan. 21, 2012 at 8:00pm
Sun. Jan. 22, 2012 at 2:30pm
If you love the emotional depth of romantic music, this concert is for you!
Our guest soloist conquered the Fresno audience at his 2010 debut. Lukas Vondracek will sweep you to your feet again with audiences' favorite Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1. Maestro Kuchar leads you on a monumental traversal of Bruckner's towering "Romantic" Symphony.
Fresno Philharmonic • Theodore Kuchar, conductor • Lukas Vondracek, piano
Carmina BuranaSat. Apr. 21, 2012 at 8:00pm
Sun. Apr. 22, 2012 at 2:30pm
Local choruses and world class soloists join the Philharmonic and Maestro Kuchar for Carl Orff's celebrated Carmina Burana. It will be your "good fortune" to experience this Bacchanalian conclusion to the orchestra's season.
Fresno Philharmonic • Theodore Kuchar, conductor • Fresno's Best Choruses and nationally acclaimed guest soloists
