2012-2013 Season

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San José Chamber Orchestra makes music that matters!

Choose Life, Uvacharta Bachayim, is a dramatic oratorio by composer Mona Lyn Reese and librettist Delores Dufner OSB, that draws on Jewish and Christian music and scripture, as well as the writings of Holocaust survivors, to create an interfaith commemoration of the Holocaust. The Otto Bremer Foundation subsequently gave Reese a grant to write the symphonic version of Choose Life, which was nominated for a Pulitzer in 1995.

The San José Chamber Orchestra, soloists, and choristers from The Choral Project, Choral Cosmo, and Prince of Peace Lutheran Church recorded the symphonic version at Skywalker Sound. The CD, released last month, is now available from the San José Chamber Orchestra for $17.00, including tax and shipping.

For more details about Choose Life, visit the official Choose Life web site >. Or read the wikipedia > article.

The stunning cover art was created by Marie Olofsdotter >.

CDs are available online > from SJCO.

Music director

SMULE

for sponsoring our 20th Anniversary Concert.

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The San José Chamber Orchestra is a twenty-member professional string orchestra, founded in 1991.

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IBM Volunteer

Outreach Council

for their generous support of our youth orchestra programs.

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Choose Life

SJCO CDs

Now available online

Our newest release, Choose Life, plus old favorites like Mikey, by Michael Touchi, whose Tango Barocco will be featured in our special event with sjDANCEco, can now be purchased from our online site >

We also have a limited edition section featuring previous guest artists like Jon Nakamatsu and Ann Licater. There are not many of these left, so get them before we run out.

The $17.00 purchase price includes tax and shipping.

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CD Sales >

This column by writer/violinist Samuel Thompson showcases items of interest to SJCO and our fans. Keep checking for new columns to be added regularly. If you missed a column, there are links to previous columns on the Other Notes page.

Samuel Thompson is a Baltimore-based violinist and graduate of Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. He has contributed to Strings Magazine, Nigel Kennedy Online & violinist.com.

Dave Clementson

Samuel Thompson

Uvacharta Bachayim

THANK YOU!

“A man who is conscious of the past and its traditions, recording engineer Dave Clementson holds a special place in the history of the San Jose Chamber Orchestra as he has been recording the orchestra since its inaugural performance in 1992.  “

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Kenneth Renshaw

“...when a soul succeeds in accomplishing its goal, in fulfilling what it has agreed to do, there is a richness and specialness to the lifetime of that personality that is recognized and honored by its fellow souls, both physical and nonphysical.”

Gary Zukav, The Seat of the Soul

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Youth Orchestra

Spring Concert

Monday, May 20, 2013

7:00 pm

Le Petit Trianon

Tickets can be purchased online or by calling 408-295-4416.

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Sunday, May 19, 2013

NEXTGEN: A Very Special Young Artist Concert

The San José Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Anthony Quartucio premieres new works by young composers Rika Ellis and Brian Sears. They will perform the music of Maris, Mendelssohn, Williams, and Brubeck side by side with the SJCO Senior Youth Orchestra. The international award-winning young cello soloist, Austin Huntington will be featured in works by Tschaikovsky and Piazzolla.

Austin Huntington

7:00 pm

Le Petit Trianon

72 N. 5th St.

San José

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