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Welcome
to the OPC Chamber Orchestra Page!
 Qualified
musicians are invited and encouraged to join us.
Broad
Repertoire from Baroque to 21st Century
Music for all
levels!
Open to mature teens and adults.
Rehearsals
begin
Tuesday,
September 9, 2008
6:30 to 7:30 PM
No one will be turned away due to lack of funds
$50 Materials Fee
Only 1 block from BART.
For
more information please contact
Music Director, Sandra I Noriega
snoriega@opcmusic.org
925-577-7443
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About the Director
Bachelor of Music, San
Francisco Conservatory of Music
Master of Arts - Music, CSU East Bay
Post Masters Professional Certificate – Instrumental Conducting, CSU, Sacramento
Sandra I Noriega received a
full scholarship to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, becoming the first
woman to graduate with a degree in Percussion Performance from both the
Conservatory in 1983 and CSU East Bay, where she earned her master's degree in
1985. Sandra held a tenured position as Principal Timpanist with the Women's
Philharmonic from 1981 to 2004, and has been honored on numerous "Who's Who"
lists. She has recorded four CDs with the Women's Philharmonic on the Koch
International label. Sandra served as a professor of music at the college level
for 11 years, and at the high-school and elementary levels since 1975, directing
and producing many public performances including a Community “Sing-It-Yourself
Messiah” in Oakland, Ca. Sandra also conducts the Bay Area Asian Children’s
Percussion Ensemble, an outreach program of the Wisdom Culture and Education
Organization. In addition, she is the co-founder and Artistic Director of the
Oakland Public Conservatory of Music Youth Symphony, and the OPC Youth
Percussion Ensemble. In 2005, she became the founder and director of The
Women’s Percussion Troupe, newly named Women and Percussion, Inc., a
professional group dedicated to highlighting and promoting the presence of women
in the field of Percussion Performance. In 2008, Ms. Noriega completed an
intensive Post-Master's Studies Program receiving a Professional Certificate in
Instrumental Conducting at California State University, Sacramento. Sandra also
teaches privately in her percussion studio in Castro Valley, California, in
addition to her performance schedule.
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JUNE/JULY
Calendar
JUNE 29
James Tinsley
trumpet recital
JULY 3
Alternative
4th of July Celebration
with
Upsurge Jazz Poetry
Ensemble
JULY 6
Backstreet Jazz Concert Series
Tribute to
Jackie McLean
4-7pm
$20 adults
$15-18 & under
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