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Partnership in Music Orchestra ‘Tell Me a Story’

Fulkerson Recital Hall

New Orchestra Partnership Presents First Concert

Two long established musical entities, All Seasons Orchestra and Humboldt Symphony, have joined forces to present the new Partnership in Music Orchestra. PMO will present its first ever concert at 2 pm on Saturday, November 5, 2022 at Fulkerson Recital Hall, Cal Poly Humboldt campus in Arcata. The theme of the concert is “Tell Me a Story.” The orchestra will retell some of the most famous stories of all time through lavishly orchestrated music.

The Partnership in Music Orchestra will perform under the baton of Garrick Woods, Associate Professor of Music at Cal Poly Humboldt. His leadership has enabled this historic town-gown partnership. In this partnership, the long-standing practice of involving community musicians in the performances of Cal Poly ensembles has been formalized into a new and more robust entity, the Partnership in Music Orchestra. With the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement between Cal Poly Humboldt and All Seasons Orchestra, Cal Poly students are receiving academic credit for performing with All Seasons Orchestra. This concert is but the first of three concerts offered this fall with the next two happening in December. Saturday, December 10 at 2 pm PMO will perform at the Eureka Woman’s Club at 1531 J Street, Eureka. On Sunday, December 11, PMO will close the Fortuna Christmas Music Festival which runs from 3:00 pm to 5:40 pm at the Fortuna River Lodge.

The November concert will explore the world of storytelling through music. The orchestra will pay tribute to the most famous storyteller of all time, with Scheherazade Themes by Rimsky-Korsakov (transcribed by Richard L. Weaver). The most famous love story of all time will be elaborated from three composers’ perspectives (Romeo and Juliet Introduction and Finale by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikowsky (arranged by J. Frederick MÜller), Romeo and Juliet Suite by Serge Prokofieff (arranged by Merle J. Isaac), and the more modern version in which Romeo has been replaced by Tony, Juliet by Maria, and the Montagues and Capulets by the Sharks and the Jets, West Side Story, composed by Leonard Bernstein (arranged by Jack Mason)). The program will pay tribute to storytelling through the genre of operas with Ethiopian Dance from the opera Sylvia by Leo Delibes (orchestrated by Henry F. Gilbert), and through the more modern genre of the musical with Momma Mia composed by Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, and Bjorn Ulvaeus (arranged by Roy Phillippe). Momma Mia is a case of musical selections that were created independently, that were subsequently seen to be compellingly related in their own story. In this piece, the story was created from the music. The arts of animation, film making and musical composition combined to create the delightful How to Train Your Dragon by John Powell (arranged by Sean O’Loughlin). Finally, the pastoral life is depicted in the classic by Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 (The Pastoral Symphony), Movement 5 (The Shepherds’ Hymn) (arranged by Vernon Leidig).
The Partnership in Music Orchestra (All Seasons Orchestra and Humboldt Symphony) invites musicians to join. Community members may join the orchestra in all sections by contacting All Seasons Orchestra Manager Don Bicknell (707-599-4691, or don.w.bicknell@gmail.com). No audition is necessary. Cal Poly students may join the orchestra by contacting conductor Garrick Woods ((801) 857-5092, or (garrick.woods@humboldt.edu). The next open enrollment period for PMO begins now for the Spring Semester. Rehearsals for the Spring Semester begin January 21. PMO rehearses most Saturdays at the Eureka Woman’s Club, 1531 J Street, Eureka. Cal Poly students have an additional rehearsal most Wednesday evenings on campus during the semester.

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WHERE

• Fulkerson Recital Hall

PRICE

• $10
• $5 Children
• Free Cal Poly Students with ID