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Concert Program
| March from The Nutcracker | Piotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY |
| A Christmas Festival | Leroy ANDERSON |
| Concerto Op. 8, No. 6 in G minor “Christmas Concerto” | Giuseppe TORELLI |
| I Grave - Vivace | |
| II Largo | |
| III Vivace | |
| Lieutenant Kije Suite, Op. 60 | Sergei PROKOFIEV |
| I The Birth of Kije | |
| IV Troika | |
| Around the World with Old Saint Nick | Arr. Ted RICKETTS |
| Sleigh Ride | Leroy ANDERSON |
INTERMISSION
| Winter Wonderland | Felix Bernard (Arr. Custer) |
| Hanukkah Festival Overture | Arr. Calvin CUSTER |
| O Holy Night Adolphe Charles | ADAM (Arr. Calvin Custer) |
| The Twelve Days of Christmas | Arr. Scott LAVENDER |
| Christmas Singalong for Orchestra and Audience | Arr. John FINNEGAN |
Dana Sadava, guest conductor
In this fun year-end concert, the full complement of the North State Symphony will fill our halls with joyous music and a festive atmosphere to put you in the holiday spirit. Guest conductor Dana Sadava helps ring in the holiday season and will conclude with the traditional carol sing-along. Bring the entire family to get into the holiday spirit and celebrate the season!
About Dana Sadava
Dana Sadava enjoys a varied career as a conductor of opera and symphonic music. She was recently promoted to full-time faculty at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she serves as Associate Conductor of Opera. She has recently guest-conducted with the San Diego Symphony, Opera San Jose, Symphony of the Redwoods, Opera Steamboat, Island City Opera, Festival Opera, and Wexford Festival Opera (Ireland). Sadava has a particular affinity for contemporary music and has conducted new music at West Edge Opera, the University of California San Diego, Banff Opera as Theatre, and Pasadena Opera. Passionate about music education, she taught courses in opera, symphonic music, and J.S. Bach at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute for several years and is a guest artist at San Francisco Opera education events. Originally trained as a pianist, she studied piano performance at the Oberlin Conservatory and Aspen Music Festival. She studied conducting with Kenneth Kiesler at the
University of Michigan, where she earned a Master of Music degree on a full merit scholarship. Before delving into musical life, Sadava earned an undergraduate degree in engineering and literature from Caltech. While continuing to perform as a pianist, she was an Undergraduate Research Fellow at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and was awarded a fellowship to Cambridge University to complete her literature coursework. She is interested in the intersection of science and music and frequently collaborates with neuroscientist Indre Viskontas on opera productions that feature science and technology themes.