The North Bay Sinfonietta Announces its Inaugural Concert Sinfonietta announc-


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Santa Rosa, CA. ~ The North Bay


es the first concert of its Inaugual 2014 Season. This new chamber orchestra, under the aupices


Junior College, will present their premiere concert under the direction of its Music Director/Conductor Cynthia Weichel, on Friday, March 14, 2014 - 8:00 pm at the First Presbyterian


Pacific Ave.). General admis- sion tickets are $5 and may be purchased at the door prior to the concert. The North Bay Sinfonietta is comprised of 31 amateur


Church of Santa Rosa (1550


musicians from Sonoma County. The orchestra’s mis- sion is to look for fresh excit- ing ways to present classical music with quality intimate performances and innovative


tra repertoire,


programming. In addition to performing classic pieces from the


chamber


is committed to presenting lesser-known works that will delight their audiences. Each concert will also present a guest soloist from the com- munity as well as the greater Bay Area.


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will feature David “Gus” Garelick and Al Rossin per- forming Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Mandolins. Garelick is the Music Director of the Gravenstein Mandolin Ensemble, of Sebastopol, and has played the mandolin and violin for nearly 50 years. With formal classical train-


This premiere concert the orchestra orches-


ing on the violin, he discov- ered the mandolin informally, initially exploring Bluegrass music, and then learning other styles, including traditional Italian music, Brazilian Choro, Klezmer, and finally classical music. He leads a local quar- tet called The Hot Frittatas, specializing in Italian, French and Latin music and is com- pleting a book about mandolin playing, including 15 of his original pieces. His mando- lin is a Gibson A-50, made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1954. Al Rossini has been studying the mandolin for about three years and current- ly takes lessons with David Garelick. Al is a student at Summerfield Waldorf High School in Santa Rosa. Conductor, Cynthia Weichel,


is on the faculty of the SRJC, where she teaches Classical Music Appreciation and Music History. She is also the Founder/Conductor of the popular Symphonic Reading Orchestra she formed in the summer of 2008. She is a native of Santa Rosa and an alumna of the SRJC. She received her Bachelor’s degree in music from Sonoma State


University and a


Master’s degree in conduct- ing from CSU, Sacramento. Most recently she was con- ductor of the SRJC Orchestra for 13 years, and from 1985- 1998 Ms. Weichel was also the Assistant Conductor of the Santa Rosa Symphony Youth Orchestra. As a profession- al violinist, she has been a longtime member of the Napa Valley Symphony. At home in Santa Rosa she operates a violin studio.


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