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<P><U><B><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>13<SUP>TH</SUP> ANNUAL WENNBERG
ORCHESTRA FESTIVAL</FONT></B></U> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Announcing: The 13th Annual
Wennberg Orchestra Festival</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">13<SUP>th</SUP> Annual Wennberg Music Festival</FONT>
<BR><FONT face="Times New Roman">Saturday, March 21, 2009, 2:30 p.m.</FONT>
<BR><FONT face="Times New Roman">Jackson Hall, Robert & Magrit Mondavi
Center for the Performing Arts</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Pre-Concert Reception 1:00 p.m. Grand Tier Lobby</FONT>
<BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Ticket Prices:</FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">
Orchestra/<BR>Orchestra Terrace Grand Tier
/<BR>Upper Tier <BR>Child (12 &
under) $9.00
$9.00 <BR>Adult $17.00 $13.00 <BR>Senior
$13.00 $11.00 <BR> </FONT> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Tickets available at Mondavi Box Office or at </FONT><A
href=""><U><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#0000ff>www.mondaviarts.org</FONT></U></A> <BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Reception tickets are $10 and are available in advance
</FONT><A href=""><U><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#0000ff>lnel@pacbell.org</FONT></U></A><FONT face="Times New Roman">
</FONT><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman">The</FONT><B> <FONT
face="Times New Roman">Wennberg Music Festival</FONT></B><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> provides an annual opportunity for orchestral musicians
from Davis public schools to celebrate their musical achievement with our
community. Musicians from 6<SUP>th</SUP> through 12<SUP>th</SUP> grade perform
in the world-class performance venue of the Mondavi Center for Performing Arts,
at UC Davis. The Wennberg Festival features the All-District Elementary Strings
students (primarily 6<SUP>th</SUP> graders), the Combined Intermediate Junior
High Orchestra (7th graders), the Combined Advanced Junior High Orchestra
(8<SUP>th</SUP> and 9<SUP>th</SUP> graders), the Davis High School Chamber
Orchestra & Davis High School Symphony (10<SUP>th</SUP> – 12<SUP>th</SUP>
graders). </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">This concert features the winner of the DHS
Concerto Competition. This year’s winner, May Zhang, DHS 10<SUP>th</SUP>
grade student, will perform the First Movement of Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A
Minor with accompaniment from the DHS Symphony Orchestra.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">The mission of the Festival is
three-fold:</FONT>
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<LI><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">To support music program development in
the Davis schools;</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman"> </FONT>
<LI><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">To foster the integration of music
training resources in our community;</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman">
</FONT>
<LI><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">To support community efforts which
enrich the cultural soul of Davis.</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman">
</FONT></LI></UL></UL>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Proceeds from the Wennberg Music Festival are
used to support the strings and orchestral program in the DJUSD including
purchase, maintenance and repair of school string instruments; master classes;
scholarships for participation in fieldtrips; adjudication for seating
auditions; music scores; competitions; and outreach concerts. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">The Wennberg Music Festival is underwritten and
sponsored by the Davis Schools Orchestral Music Association (DSOMA) with support
from orchestra families and private donors. For more information visit the
DSOMA website at </FONT><A href=""><U><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#0000ff>www.dsoma.org</FONT></U></A><FONT face="Times New Roman">
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