PERFORMANCES FOR 2008


Saturday, June 28, 2008, 7:00 PM
The Ormond Beach Symphony Orchestra will present the Annual Patriotic Holiday Concert at the Ormond Beach Performing Arts Center in Ormond Beach. The playlist includes the following:

National Anthem, Francis Scott Key/Anonymous

Royal Fireworks Music, La rejouissance, George Frideric Handel

Rhapsody in Blue, George Gershwin; orchestration Jerry Brubaker

Inchon - a Tribute to Veterans of the Korean and Vietnam Conflicts, Robert W. Smith

Casey at the Bat, Ernest Thayer/Bill Holcombe; narration Yogi Doug, Way Out Fielder of WELE Team; conductor Joe Corporon

        INTERMISSION

The Stars and Stripes Forever, John Phillip Sousa; orchestration Leopold Stokowski

America! Patriotic Themes, orchestration James Christensen

Sea Songs Quick March, orchestration R. Vaughan Williams

Satchmo! A Tribute to Louis Armstrong, orchestration Ted Ricketts

God Bless America, Irving Berlin; orchestration Bruce Healy; narration Doug Wilhite, soloist Valerie Pernice, soprano; conductor Joe Corporon

Let There Be Peace on Earth, Sy Miller/Jill Jackson; orchestrated by Hawley Ades


Tickets $35 reserved, $25 general, children's tickets half price
For information, please call 386-322-7117
To purchase tickets, call 386 677-4122

Other Scheduled Performances
October 4, 2008
December 6, 2008
February 14, 2009
June 27, 2009
October 10, 2009
December 5, 2009


SOLOIST PROFILE:
Valerie Pernice, soprano
Valerie Pernice is a professional vocalist, violinist, and violist. Her background experience consists of musical education at Kansas University, performing with local orchestras, symphonies, singing and /or playing with jazz groups and big bands, performing and touring with the following artists: 3 Tenors, Ray Charles, Steve and Edie, N-Sync, Sarah Brighton, Clay Aikins, Richard Plant and Jimmy Page (Led-Zepplin), Peobo Bryson and the “Colors Of Christmas,” Celine Dion, and Richard Marx, to name a few. Valerie is a member of the local musicians union in Orlando, performs in duos, trios, and quartets, involving a variety of combination of instruments, and also performs as a strolling musician. She also teaches violin, viola, voice, and acting and is on the music staff of St. Stephen’s Church in Winter Springs, Florida.


MUSICIANS:

1st Violin
El Gervasio, Concertmaster
Stephanie Bower
Colette Bradley
Jarrett Harpe
Connie Murray Lytle
Gilbert Stemm
Zoriy Zinger

2nd Violin
Lecy Fredo, principal
Bonnie Biedermann
Michele Gurevich
Ed Lindquist
Betty Spaulding
Kathy Finn Weis

Viola
Penny Crouch, principal
Angelo Goderre
David Laubheimer
Philip Pearson
Valerie Pernice
Kathry Poore

Cello
Joe Corporon, principal
Ruth Brin
Barbara Burton
Virginia Conrad
Marcie Ewasko
David Turner

String Bass
Denise Barnes, principal
George Osipian
Louis Wilden

Flute
Anne Cevasco
Paige Long

Oboe
Vicki Berney
Chris Jones Leese

Clarinet
Bruce Marking
Elise Curran


Bassoon
Lisa Waite
Lisa Williamson

Horn
Alyce Whitman
Dale Whitman

Trumpet
Joe Vavruska
Roland St. Gelais

Trombone
Jim Willis
Cindy Fisher
Don Waldon

Tuba
Matt Simmons

Piano
Steve Hostetler

Percusssion
Deb Dirmeir, principal
Manny Simpson
Gary Rohe