This year we celebrated a milestone: 25 years of offering the beauty and power of orchestral music to everyone in Sonoma County. Join our challenge and help us keep the music alive for another 25.
Make a Year-end Donation Today The holidays are a time to be grateful, and we are so very grateful to you, our supporters, for allowing us to bring the joy of live orchestral music to thousands in our community over the last twenty-five years. Your gifts help us pay for our rehearsal space and the Jackson Theater, music rentals, community outreach, and our devoted and gifted music director.
Thanks to your ongoing support, we are able to offer concerts with ticket prices ranging from $20 to FREE: free to students, and free to anyone who simply can’t afford to pay. We never turn anyone away. Our Musical Family
SoCo Phil is more than just a volunteer orchestra. We are a musical community that brings together the people who love to play orchestral music and all those who love to listen to it, enriching the cultural fabric of Sonoma County. Over the years, we have expanded our audience by presenting bilingual children’s concerts in collaboration with Latino organizations and sponsoring small chamber ensembles to perform at senior centers throughout the county. We continue to seek out new connections and new groups of music-lovers of all ages and means. Season Highlights
To celebrate our 25th anniversary, we commissioned a special piece by local composer Robert Litton. The September premiere featured trumpeter Daniel Gianola-Norris in a moving performance of this new work. Each season, we sponsor a young artist competition in collaboration with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. This year’s winner, 11-year-old Cynthia Lu, performed a Mozart piano concerto to thunderous applause. One of the joys of this competition can be found in looking out over an audience that includes so many aspiring young musicians and their families. In October, we featured something new for us: a screening of the classic 1931 film Frankenstein. The Philharmonic teamed up with acclaimed composer Carlos Escalante to create and perform a brand-new score to accompany the film. Those in attendance will agree that it was a monstrous success! Our next performances promise to be equally exciting, including a concert set with a Spanish flair, and culminating in a performance of Beethoven’s monumental Symphony No. 9. THE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF THE PHILHARMONIC THANK YOU FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT!
Please Contribute Now Our year-end goal: $20K. A donation of any size means a world of music to us!
If you would prefer to donate by check, mail your contribution to: Sonoma County Philharmonic, P.O. Box 7438, Cotati, CA 94931, and indicate that it is for the Gift of Music 2024 campaign. |
Norman Gamboa, conductor
Chloe Tula, harp MASSENET Le Cid: Ballet Suite RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez TURINA Sinfonía Sevillana Buy $20 Tickets Journey with us as we explore the many musical traditions and regional sounds of Spain. ♪ We begin with a ballet suite from Massenet's opera Le Cid. Each of its seven movements is based on a particular Spanish regional dance. ♪ We feature local harpist, Chloe Tula, in Rodrigo’s famous Concierto de Aranjuez, inspired by the gardens at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez, just south of Madrid. ♪ We complete our tour with Turina’s Sinfonia Sevillana, a portrait of his home city that displays Seville and its surroundings in a wide range of moods and musical tones. ¡Buen viaje! Buy $20 Tickets 
2024/2025 SEASON
Jackson Theater, Sonoma Country Day School
Norman Gamboa, conductor
Daniel Gianola-Norris, trumpet Cynthia Lu, piano SFCM Brian Lloyd Piano Competition Winner ROBERT LITTON Royal Oaks for Trumpet & Orchestra (World Premiere) MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4 “Fate”
Norman Gamboa, conductor
RACHMANINOFF Isle of the Dead Frankenstein (classic 1931 film) CARLOS ESCALANTE New film score, performed live
Norman Gamboa, conductor
Chloe Tula, harp MASSENET Le Cid: Ballet Suite RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez TURINA Sinfonía Sevillana
Norman Gamboa, conductor Morgan Harrington, soprano | Courtney Miller, mezzo Chad Somers, tenor | Bradley Kynard, bass VILLA-LOBOS Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 |
