IN THE NEWS
"Orchestra's new season has 'Follies'"
San Francisco Chronicle, April 23, 2007
"Americana from Oakland Symphony"
San Francisco Chronicle, November 15, 2006
"Gershwin Will Open, Close East Bay Symphony Season"
San Francisco Chronicle, May 5, 2006
"Composer Charts New Territory with Marriage of Classical and Trip-Hop"
San Francisco Chronicle, March 22, 2006
"Galindo's Trade Routes Score Captures Spirit of Oakland's Own Streets"
San Francisco Chronicle, November 22, 2005
"Bernstein's Relic of the '60s Gets a Lush Rebirth"
San Francisco Chronicle, May 24, 2005
"What's That you're Hearing?"
San Francisco Chronicle, February 23, 2005
"Oakland East Bay Symphony Sets Schedule"
San Francisco Chronicle, August 18, 2004
"Patron Keeps Symphony Humming"
San Francisco Chronicle, April 30, 2004
"DJ Spooky Mixes It Up with Oakland Symphony"
San Francisco Chronicle, March 22, 2004
"Conductor Reaches out to the Masses"
San Francisco Chronicle, November 19, 2001
"Oakland Symphony on the Ascent"
San Francisco Chronicle, November 12, 2001
"How Conductor Michael Morgan Turned the Oakland Symphony On - and Around"
San Francisco Examiner Magazine, March 26, 2000

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2007 @ 8:00 pm
Oakland East Bay Symphony
A GRAND OPENING: BEETHOVEN & BERNSTEIN
Conductor: Michael Morgan
Doors open: 7:00 pm
[Program]
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2008 @ 8:00 pm
Oakland East Bay Symphony
SWEET SORROW: THE VERDI REQUIEM
Conductor: Michael Morgan
Doors open: 7:00 pm
[Program]
- Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem
(1874)
Jonita Lattimore, soprano; Patrice Houston, mezzo-soprano; Dan Snyder, tenor; Kirk Eichelberger, bass
and the Oakland Symphony Chorus (Lynne Morrow, Music Director)
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2008 @ 8:00 pm
Oakland East Bay Symphony
SOUNDS OF CHINA: CELEBRATING CHINESE NEW YEAR
Conductor: Michael Morgan
Doors open: 7:00 pm
[Program]
- Igor Stravinsky: Fireworks (1908)
- John Adams: The Chairman Dances - Foxtrot for Orchestra (1985)
- Tan Dun: Water Concerto for Water Percussion and Orchestra (1998)
Ward Spangler, percussion
- Jon Jang: Chinese-American Symphony (2007)
Jiebing Chen, erhu
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FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2008 @ 8:00 pm
Oakland East Bay Symphony
NOTES FROM PERSIA
Conductor: Michael Morgan
Doors open: 7:00 pm
[Program]
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FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2008 @ 8:00 pm
Oakland East Bay Symphony
Transfigured Night
Conductor: Michael Morgan
Doors open: 7:00 pm
[Program]
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FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2008 @ 8:00 pm
SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2008 @ 2:00 pm
Oakland East Bay Symphony
American Masterworks Series
Conductor: Michael Morgan
Doors open 60 minutes before show times
[Program]
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NOW THROUGH 2008

Recordings by the
Oakland East Bay Symphony
Live at the Paramount Theatre!
New Works for a New Century
Michael Morgan, Music Director
Order the 2-CD SET: $15 (includes tax and shipping)
Featuring Jake Heggie's "Holy the Firm" - Essay for Cello & Orchestra
(recorded at the Nov. 15, 2002 concert)
Jack Perla - Pixels at an Exhibition
Jake Heggie - "Holy the Firm" - Essay for Cello & Orchestra
Peter Knell - Fanfares and Fantasies
Michael Fiday - Automotive Passacaglia
David Conte - The Journey
William Ludtke - La Madre
Pei-Kun Xi - Dance of the Yao Tribe, Sisters of the Grassland, The Flower Drum Song
Bonus Track: Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
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Oakland East Bay Symphony Web Site
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