2023-2024 Season
Night at the Museum
Saturday, October 14, 2023, 7:30 pm
John Adams Middle School Performing Arts Center
Troy Quinn, conductor
Roger Wilkie, violin
John Williams: The Adventures of Mutt from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
John Williams: Marion’s Theme from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre
William Walton: Crown Imperial
Modest Mussorgsky orch. Maurice Ravel: Pictures at an Exhibition
Walz and Schumann
Saturday, December 2, 2023, 7:30 pm
John Adams Middle School Performing Arts Center
Troy Quinn, conductor
John Walz, cello
Jean Sibelius: Finlandia
Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Cello, No. 1 i A minor, Op. 33
Robert Schumann: Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120
Annual MLK Holiday Concert
Saturday, January 13, 2024, 3 pm
SGI-USA World Peace Ikeda Auditorium
Gary Pratt, guest conductor
Bernard Brown, choreographer and dancer
John Daversa, trumpet
Mary Bond Davis, orator and vocalist
Mawiyah Dowd, dancer
Tonoccus McClain, orator
Jermaine Paul, double bass
Darrel Sims, tenor
Quinn Mason: Toast of the Town
George Walker: Lyric for Strings
James Weldon & John Rosemond Johnson: Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing
John Clayton: Home
Traditional: We Shall Overcome
Roman Holiday
Saturday, March 10, 2024, 7:30 pm
John Adams Middle School Performing Arts Center
Troy Quinn, conductor
Andrew Bain, horn
Gioachino Rossini: Overture from William Tell
Pietro Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Eric Ewazen: Concerto for Horn and String Orchestra
Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, “Italian”
A Night at the Oscars
Saturday, May 11, 2024, 7:00 pm
John Adams Middle School Performing Arts Center
Troy Quinn, conductor
Arr. John Williams: Tribute to the Film Composer
Alan Silvestri: Main Title from Forrest Gump (Feather Theme)
Jerry Goldsmith: Main Title from Star Trek
James Horner: My Heart Will Go On from Titanic
Nino Rota: Love Theme from The Godfather
Bill Conti: Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky)
Elmer Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven
John Barry: Main Title from Out of Africa
John Powell: Suite from How to Train Your Dragon
Alan Menken: A Whole New World from Aladdin
John Williams: Yoda’s Theme from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Henry Mancini: Moon River (End Title) from Breakfast at Tiffany’s
John Williams: Main Title from Star Wars