Crown City Symphony, founded in 2002, will open its 11th season with two concerts featuring Los Angeles Philharmonic violinist, Larry Sonderling. The concerts are Sat. Nov. 12, 2 PM at the Pasadena Christian Church, 789 N. Altadena Dr., and 2 PM Sunday, Nov. 13, at the First Baptist Church, 75 N. Marengo, Pasadena. Mr. Sonderling will be performing the Mendelssohn Violin Concert in e minor. Also on the program is the “Overture to the Girl in Algiers” by Rossini, and Symphony # 25 by Mozart. Both concerts are free.
Crown City Symphony, under the direction of Marvin Neumann, is an outstanding local symphony with a growing reputation in the community for presenting fine soloists and familiar standards as well as new music. We will be premiering a new work composed by our clarinetist, Jim Stanley, on our third concert, and last season we premiered a work by our conductor Marvin Neumann.
The soloists for the rest of the season are violinist Lindsay Deutsch, March 17 & !8, and Laszlo Meza, cellist, May 19 & 20. Crown City Symphony has been fortunate to receive grants from Showcase House for the Arts, Pasadena Tournament of Roses®Foundation, City of Pasadena, Los Angeles Breakfast Club, and Pasadena Arts League. It is an all volunteer orchestra and depends on donations for all its expenses. It was originally sponsored by the Pasadena Senior Center, but is now under the sponsorship of The Tuesday Musicale of Pasadena.
Larry Sonderling has been a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for 33 years. He has performed with many local orchestras including Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, California Chamber Symphony, Santa Monica Symphony, and the Ventura and South Coast Symphonies. He is on the faculty of Occidental College as an instructor of violin, and has taught for several years at local string workshops including the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute.
The orchestra has about 55 members and meets Saturday afternoons from 2—4:30 PM. Interested musicians may contact manager Roberta Wilcox at (626)797-1994. The orchestra website is crowncitysymphony.org.
