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Sent semi-monthly, Semiquavers is an e-newsletter designed to inform the classical music community about the Association of California Symphony Orchestras (ACSO), its member organizations and other important news in the field.
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NEW RECORDING
LIVE FROM EUROPE
The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra released
its new recording Live at the Berlin Philharmonie, Mahler 
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Ojai Music Festival's Online University is offering a free online course, consisting of three classes, centers on topics such as the role of context in music and the relationship between place, ideas, movement, and music. Using the music and ideas behind the 2013 Festival as examples, the course will explore music's role in contemporary culture. Guest instructors include Mark Morris, Thomas W. Morris, Ara Guzelimian, John Luther Adams, Jeremy Denk, Mark Swed, Eva Soltes, and John Rockwell. For more details, visit the OjaiU website.
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TAKE PART! 
The California Arts Council is looking
for suggestions and feedback in their "listening tour" events around the
state.
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The Fresno Opera & Orchestra Summer Academy, created and led by artistic director Thomas Loewenheim (music director of Youth Orchestras of Fresno), offers a unique opportunity for orchestral musicians and aspiring singers to work side-by-side with professionals in producing three concerts - one at Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA, then two full operas at Fresno State - all in an intense atmosphere of daily rehearsals and focused instruction June 14-20, 2013. Click here to access application information.
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Oakland Youth Orchestra will embark on a tour comprised of performances, community outreach and educational exchanges with other youth organizations in Argentina and Uruguay June 26 through July 4. There will be a free public "send-off" concert at Oakland City Center on June 21. For more information, visit oyo.org
Started in 2000, the Santa Maria Philharmonic Society announced they are "closing their doors" and dissolving the Society. Despite their well-received programs, the Society has been unable to secure donations, grants and bequests needed to enable them to move forward into another season in a fiscally responsible manner.
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UP AND DOWN
THE SCALE
The Thousand Oaks Philharmonic is pleased
to announce  that an alumni performer,
Sean Chen from Oak Park, has recently been awarded the prestigious 2013 Classical Fellowship sponsored by the American Pianists Association.
 Gregory Cox has been appointed Pacific Symphony's new vice president for development. Most recently, he held the position of vice president for development at KPCC-FM, Southern California's largest NPR-affiliate station. Previously, he served in development leadership roles at the Long Beach Symphony, Cal State Long Beach, and Claremont Graduate School. John Farrer, who has conducted the Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra as conductor for nearly half the  life of the organization, will leave the podium after the 2013-14 season. "I am not retiring," Farrer stressed in an interview with The Californian. "I will continue my professional life full bore."
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ACSO
OUT AND ABOUT
 May 7: Kris Sinclair joins Oliver Theil and Ron Gallman at the 25th celebration of San Francisco Symphony's Adventures in Music (AIM) program at the Junipero Serra Elementary School in Bernal Heights.
SFS President Sakurako Fisher welcomes the press and guests.
Children completely engaged with the musicians and their instruments.
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May 7: Kris Sinclair and Michelle Lange join musicians from the Monterey Symphony performance in Sacramento at a gathering to promote Monterey County as a conference destination site.
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Register Now!
45th Annual Conference, July 25-27, 2013, Costa Mesa
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