PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

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ORANGE COUNTY YOUTH SYMPHONY

ORCHESTRA

SPAIN BARCELONA & MADRID

JULY 2016

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Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Daniel Wachs

Performance Summary Thursday 7 July Concert

Iglésia de Nuestra Senora de los Angeles Barcelona

Saturday 9 July Exchange Concert Basilica Santa Maria de la Seu Manresa With Manresa Conservatory Wind Band

Tuesday 12 July Concert Auditorio Caja de Musica Madrid

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CONCERT PROGRAM

Bernstein – Suite from Candide

Beethoven – Symphony No.5in C minor **

Albeniz (arr. Arbos) – Evocation & El Puerto from Suite Iberia

** Note – for the Exchange Concert some of the Beethoven will be cut

INSTRUMENT RENTALS

-1 set of timpani (32”, 29”, 26”, and 23”) -5 cellos -4 basses -Glockenspiel (musser m 646 -Harp -snare drum & stand -Triangle -Tambourine -Castanets -Cymbals -Suspended cymbal & stand -Temple blocks -drum kit::

Kick drum/pedal Floor tom Snare drum Crash cymbal/stand

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The Event

Concert

Date:

Thursday 7 July

Place:

Barcelona

Venue:

Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de los Angeles

Schedule:

Harp and percussion delivered to venue earlier in the day OCYSO arrives at venue Store concert dress Set up Rehearsal (90 minutes) Rehearsal concludes Store instruments Break for dinner Return to venue Change into concert dress Concert (approx. 1 hour) Concert concludes Pack up Depart venue Please refer to itinerary for timing

Equipment & facilities Harp Barcelona and Manresa is a Salvi Diana Harp Performance space: Flat floor and altar platform if desired Black vinyl floor will be laid to protect tiled floor Other: • chairs for the orchestra • music stand & podium for conductor • music stands for orchestra • podium for conductor Changing rooms

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Iglésia de Nuestra Senora de los Angeles, Barcelona Iglésia de Nuestra Senora de los Angeles is centrally located near the Rambla de Catalunya (famous shopping street), the avenue “Diagonal” and the University. Built in the mid-1500’s, the church was destroyed during WWII and had to be re-constructed. The architecture of the church Nuestra Senora de Los Angeles is directly influenced by the Catalan Art Nouveau movement called “Modernismo”. The church boasts a great number of windows and stained-glass windows, bathing the nave in natural light. There are 2 magnificent staircases, one either side of the altar which can be used during performances, as well as the altar area.

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The Event

Exchange Concert

Date:

Saturday 9 July

Place:

Manresa

Venue:

Basilica Santa Maria de la Seu

Schedule:

Harp and percussion delivered to venue earlier in the day OCYSO arrives at venue Store concert dress Set up Rehearsal (90 minutes) Rehearsal concludes Meet local ensemble Depart venue Dinner Return to venue Change into concert dress Exchange concert -performance by OC (45 minutes) -SHORT INTERMISSION -performance by Manresa (30 Mins) Concert concludes Pack up Depart venue

Name of partner group Director: Number or performers:

Manresa Conservatory Wind band Francisco Palacios Quixal Approx 50-60

Equipment & facilities Harp Barcelona and Manresa is a Salvi Diana Harp Performance space: Floor space between seats and steps up to altar is 8m deep x 14m wide. Seats can be moved to create bigger space Other: • chairs for the orchestra • music stand & podium for conductor • music stands for orchestra • podium for conductor Changing rooms

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Manresa’s conservatoire wind band The Manresa’s conservatoire wind band started in 2009 as part of the music studies at the music school. Its members are students from the wind department of the conservatoire, and their ages are from 13 to 19 years old. They have been working on the standard wind band repertoire, and appear regularly at mayor city events. Francisco Palacios Quixal “Kiko” (Vinaros Castellón,, Spain 1980) began his musical studies in his native city under professors Jose Ramon Renovell and Gabriel Sanchis. After finishing his official studies in Castellón, he moves to Barcelona, where he attends orquestral repertoire classes with professor Raúl García (ESMUC). He has been member of the Joven Orquesta de España (JONDE), of the Academy Orquestra in High School and the Jungend Mahler Orchestra. During the seasons 2002-2003, 2003-2004 he was bass trombone in the OBC – Barcelona Symphony Orchestra. During the seasons 2008-2009, 2009-2010 he was bass trombone in the Orchestra of Córdoba. As a free-lance he worked with big part of the spanish orchestras: National Spanish Orchestra, Orcheesta of Bilbao, Real Filharmonía de Santiago, Orquesta del Palau de les Arts, the Cadaqués Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchesta of Gran Canaria, etc. He also worked with the ESMUC Big Band, , Llibert Fortuny XXL Big Band and Big Band of Castello. Since 2007 he is professor for Trombone and since 2015 director of the symphonic band of the Music Conservatorium of Manresa (Barcelona) and since july 2013 he is bass Trombone in the Municipal Band of Barcelona.

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Basilica of Santa Maria de la Seu, Manresa The 14th-century Basilica of Santa Maria de la Seu stands on a rock above the oldest bridge in Manresa. La Seu is the principal monument of Manresa. The church we can see today was designed by Berenguer de Montagut who also designed the Santa Maria del Mar in Barcelona. The architectural style is characteristic of Catalan Gothic. Below this church is the cave in which St. Ignatius Loyola is said to have prayed and meditated.

Performance are in front of altar platform; pews can be moved

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The Event

Concert

Date:

Tuesday 12 July

Place:

Madrid

Venue:

Auditorio Caja de Musica

Schedule:

Harp and percussion delivered to venue earlier in the day OCYSO arrives at venue Store concert dress Set up Rehearsal (90 minutes) Rehearsal concludes Change into concert dress Concert (approx. 1 hour) Concert concludes Pack up Depart venue

Equipment & facilities Harp Camac “Atlantide Prestige Grand Concert” Performance space: Platform stage approx. 10m x 8m Other: • chairs for the orchestra • music stand & podium for conductor • music stands for orchestra • podium for conductor Changing rooms

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Auditorio Caja de Musica, Madrid The Music Box Theater is located in the Cibeles Culture and Citizenship Center in Madrid. A landmark building in the capital: the Palacio de Cibeles.

A century separates the two major architectural projects that marked the life of this building. A functionalist building that exalts the importance of the services provided, as its prime location next to the ancient pleasure gardens of El Buen Retiro located at the junction of the two main nerve areas of the city where there's Cibeles.

The building was declared of cultural interest in the Monument category in 1993.