Michael Morgan News

Celebrating holiday musical traditions in the most festive and non-traditional way has been a year-end hallmark of the 25-year-old Oakland East Bay Symphony and Music Director Michael Morgan since 1992, and this year's edition of Let Us Break Bread Together promises seasonal sizzle today, December 15, at 4 pm at the Paramount Theatre.

Oakland East Bay Symphony and Music Director Michael Morgan continue their 25th anniversary season Friday, January 24, 2014, at 8 pm at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland with cellist David Requiro on a program featuring a host of evocative music. The young cellist will perform Kabalevsky's second Cello Concerto on a program with Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet overture, late Bay Area composer Conrad Susa's The Blue Hour and Elgar's 'Enigma' Variations. Requiro returns to Oakland East Bay Symphony after a successful performance of the Dvo?ák Cello Concerto in 2012. The concert will be preceded by a 7 pm talk by music historian John Kendall Bailey and is free to all ticket-holders. For more information, visit www.oebs.org .

The Little Orchestra Society presents Music Under the Big Top, an evening of entertainment and musical acrobatics for audiences of all ages at Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center on December 10, 2013. This first of its kind program for The Little Orchestra Society, conducted and co-hosted by new Music Director James Judd, will feature the Orchestra performing an eclectic array of classic and contemporary pieces in the ring of the Big Apple Circus joined by the talented violinist and composer Daniel Roumain. See Judd andRoumain discuss the upcoming concert on The Little Orchestra Society's YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/LittleOrchestraSoc.

The Little Orchestra Society presents Music Under the Big Top, an evening of entertainment and musical acrobatics for audiences of all ages at Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center on December 10, 2013. This first of its kind program for The Little Orchestra Society, conducted and co-hosted by new Music Director James Judd, will feature the Orchestra performing an eclectic array of classic and contemporary pieces in the ring of the Big Apple Circus joined by the talented violinist and composer Daniel Roumain. See Judd andRoumain discuss the upcoming concert on The Little Orchestra Society's YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/LittleOrchestraSoc.

Oakland, CA, December 2, 2013 – The world premiere of Bay Area composer Nathaniel Stookey's GO and a performance of Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto with guest soloist and Youth Orchestra alumnus Emil Miland highlight the February 2 concert by Oakland Youth Orchestra as its 50th anniversary season continues. Artistic Director and Conductor Michael Morgan will lead the award-winning and world-travelled Oakland Youth Orchestra Sunday February 2, at 1 pm at the San Leandro Performing Arts Center in San Leandro. Admission is free of charge and more information may be found at www.oyo.org .

Top-of-the-charts Romanticism meets a contemporary fusion of symphony, electronic music and improvisation in a tour-de-force concert that will open Oakland East Bay Symphony's 25th anniversary season tonight, November 8, at 8 pm at the Paramount Theatre. Music Director Michael Morgan has programmed the kind of musical range, interest and innovation for the opening that dynamically demonstrates the orchestra's long-established reputation for audience-captivating and imaginative music.

Oakland East Bay Symphony and Music Director Michael Morgan continue their 25th anniversary season Friday, January 24, 2014, at 8 pm at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland with cellist David Requiro on a program featuring a host of evocative music.

Oakland Youth Orchestra will open its 50th anniversary season this weekend, November 2 and 3 with a concert featuring two young soloists who are the winners of the Youth Orchestra's annual Concerto Competition, Artistic Director and Conductor Michael Morgan has announced.

On the heels of a successful inaugural tour to Argentina and Uruguay this summer, Artistic Director Michael Morgan has announced details of the Oakland Youth Orchestra's 2013-2014 50th anniversary season.

Celebrating holiday musical traditions in the most festive and non-traditional way has been a year-end hallmark of the 25-year-old Oakland East Bay Symphony and Music Director Michael Morgan since 1992, and this year's edition of Let Us Break Bread Together promises seasonal sizzle Sunday, December 15, at 4 pm at the Paramount Theatre.

The Department of Theater and Dance at UC Santa Barbara has announced another exciting year of new work from its talented faculty and students. The 2013-2014 line-up of drama includes old classics and contemporary work from European and American playwrights. The two annual dance concerts will showcase original choreography from the advanced UCSB dance students in addition to choreography from faculty members.

Celebrating holiday musical traditions in the most festive and non-traditional way has been a year-end hallmark of the 25-year-old Oakland East Bay Symphony and Music Director Michael Morgan since 1992, and this year's edition of Let Us Break Bread Together promises seasonal sizzle Sunday, December 15, at 4 pm at the Paramount Theatre. Joining Morgan and the Oakland East Bay Symphony will beOakland Symphony Chorus, Mt. Eden High School Choir, Kugelplex, Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Linda Tillery's Cultural Heritage Choir and Crystal Children's Choir in a program that celebrates and festively fuses multiple holiday traditions including the world premiere of new Gospel settings of Christmas favorites and, of course, plenty of opportunities for audience sing-alongs. Let Us Break Bread Together is often a sold-out performance that, for many concert-goers, marks a high point of the season. For more information, visitwww.oebs.org.

Oakland Youth Orchestra will open its 50th anniversary season November 2 and 3 with a concert featuring two young soloists who are the winners of the Youth Orchestra's annual Concerto Competition, Artistic Director and Conductor Michael Morgan has announced. Flutist Hallie Jo Gist, age 17, will perform Frank Martin's Ballade for Flute, Piano and Strings (1941) and violinist Jo Griffin, age 15, will perform the first movement of the Barber Violin Concerto (1939) on a program that also includes Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17 “Little Russian” and Wagner's Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Conducted byMichael Morgan and Bryan Nies, the concerts will be given Saturday, November 2, at 3 pm at Allen Temple Baptist Church in Oakland and Sunday, November 3 at 3 pm at Holy Names University in Oakland and admission to both concerts is free of charge. For more information, visit www.oyo.org .

These cherished stories (and some forgotten classics) get a new breath of life and a newly found appreciation through a web of comedy, drama, romance and with traces of Cirque de Soleil with a set that is truly something to behold!

On the heels of a successful inaugural tour to Argentina and Uruguay this summer, Artistic Director Michael Morgan has announced details of the Oakland Youth Orchestra's 2013-2014 50th anniversary season.

Top-of-the-charts Romanticism meets a contemporary fusion of symphony, electronic music and improvisation in a tour-de-force concert that will open Oakland East Bay Symphony's 25thanniversary season Friday, November 8, at 8 pm at the Paramount Theatre. Music Director Michael Morgan has programmed the kind of musical range, interest and innovation for the opening that dynamically demonstrates the orchestra's long-established reputation for audience-captivating and imaginative music.

The Department of Theater and Dance at UC Santa Barbara has announced another exciting year of new work from its talented faculty and students. The 2013-2014 line-up of drama includes old classics and contemporary work from European and American playwrights. The two annual dance concerts will showcase original choreography from the advanced UCSB dance students in addition to choreography from faculty members.

METAMORPHOSES by Mary Zimmerman (directed by Geoffrey Kent) opens August 16 and runs through September 22, 2013 at The Aurora Fox Studio Theatre (9900 East Colfax Avenue). Tickets are $26 for adults and $22 for seniors and students. For tickets and/or group rates call: 303-739-1970 or visit: www.AuroraFox.org

Russian pianist Yevgeny Sudbin will make his Atlanta Symphony Orchestra debut playing Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 March 28-30, 2013, at 8:00 p.m. in Atlanta Symphony Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center.

'Memphis,' the 2010 Tony Award winner for Best Musical that blew the roof off Broadway, is playing at The Buell Theatre. Eden Lane meets with stars Bryan Fenkart (who has a Colorado connection) and Felicia Boswell on 'In Focus with Eden Lane'. Check out the interview below!