Music In Public Places Event
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Wille Hall, COCC Student Services, Bend
Concerts are at 1:00pm and 4:00pm
"Two Pianos plus Two Voices"
Pianists Kathy Gault and Jean Shrader from the Central Oregon Symphony join with vocalists Katrina Hays and Trish Sewell to perform selected works for two pianos and two voices. Both performances are free and tickets are not required.

Full Orchestra Fall Concert Series featuring Dan Franklin Smith, piano
Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 7:30pm
Sunday, October 21, 2012 at 2:00pm
Monday, October 22, 2012 at 7:30pm
Bend High School Auditorium
Guest Artist Dan Franklin Smith, piano
Johannes Brahms, Concerto for Piano, No. 1
Jean Sibelius, Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52

Program Notes for this concert.

Music In Public Places Event
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Madras Senior Center at 1:00pm
Redmond Community Presbyterian Church at 4:00pm
"Piano Trio with Clarinet and Cello"
Lorell Girard, clarinet, and John Gibbens, cello, from the Central Oregon Symphony join with pianist Scott Michaelsen to perform Posadas El Simpatico for Clarinet and Cello, Max Bruch Kol Nidrei, Op. 47 for Cello and Piano, and Johannes Brahms Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A minor, Op. 114. Both performances are free and tickets are not required.

Chamber Concert Series
Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 2:00pm
Bend High School Auditorium
Central Oregon Chamber Orchestra will perform with guest artists Casey Bozell, violin, and Zeta Gesme, cello. The orchestra musicians are all members of the larger Central Oregon Symphony. This event is for donating members of the Central Oregon Symphony Association (COSA). Tickets are required.
Arcangelo Corelli, Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 7
Antonio Vivaldi, Summer and Winter from Four Seasons
     Casey Bozell, violin
Georg Goltermann, Concerto for Cello No. 5, Op. 76
     Zeta Gesme, cello
Felix Mendelssohn, Sinfonia No. 8 in D Major

Music In Public Places Event
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Touchmark at Mt. Bachelor Village at 1:00pm
Whispering Winds in Bend at 4:00pm
"Two plus Two plus Two"
Musicians from the Central Oregon Symphony will perform Ludwig van Beethoven, Sextet in E-flat, Op. 71 for two clarinets, two bassoon, and two French horns. Duets by each instrumentation will also be performed. Both performances are free and tickets are not required.

Full Orchestra Winter Concert Series featuring Kate Hamilton, viola
Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 7:30pm
Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 2:00pm
Monday, February 25, 2013 at 7:30pm
Bend High School Auditorium
Guest Artist Kate Hamilton, viola
Brian Balmages, Symphony No. 1 for Brass
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Suite for Viola and Orchestra
César Franck, Symphony in D minor

Music In Public Places Event
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Bowman Museum in Prineville at 1:00pm
Redmond Airport at 4:00pm
"Back from the Dead"
Central Oregon Symphony musicians join with other local musicians to comprise this "Back from the Dead" Band. This band blends country, jazz, blues, and folk genres and will play a variety of pieces including "I Feel Like Hank Williams" which has the same chord progression as Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D. The musicians all play a wide range of instruments including flute, flugelhorn, guitar, and ukelele. Both performances are free and tickets are not required.

Chamber Music Concert Series
Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 2:00pm
Bend High School Auditorium
Guest artists Lisa Robertson, violin, and Denise Fujikawa, harp, will perform. Program will feature works from composers spanning the Renaissance through the Twentieth Century including Piazzola, Saint-Saëns, Ibert, and Massenet. This event is for donating members of the Central Oregon Symphony Association (COSA). Tickets are required.

Virginia Riggs Children's Concert
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Instrument Petting Zoo at 6:00pm
Performance at 7:00pm
Bend High School Auditorium
We welcome kids of all ages to join us for an interactive concert that provides an educational and entertaining approach to classical music and orchestral instrumentation.

Full Orchestra Spring Concert Series featuring our Young Artist Winners
Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 7:30pm
Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 2:00pm
Monday, May 6, 2013 at 7:30pm
Bend High School Auditorium
Guest performers are our 2012 Young Artist Competition Winners David DeWilde, cello, Miya Saito-Beckman, violin, and Kiarra Saito-Beckman, violin.
Camille Saint-Saëns, Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah
Max Bruch, Kol Nidre
Henry Wieniawski, Concerto for Violin No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22
Camille Saint-Saëns, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Leonard Bernstein, Symphonic Dances from Westside Story

2013 Young Artist Competition
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Time TBD
Wille Hall in the Campus Center at Central Oregon Community College
Audition information and Guidelines