VENTURA COLLEGE ORCHESTRA PARTNERS WITH VENTURA COUNTY BALLET AT NUTCRACKER PERFORMANCES NOVEMBER 20-21
On November 20-21, Ventura College’s 52-piece orchestra (VCO) will incorporate live music into the Ventura County Ballet Company’s (VCBC) annual must-see holiday performances of The Nutcracker at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center.
“The Ventura County Ballet Company is excited to add a live orchestra to our ballet this year, making this world-class ballet production even bigger and better,” said Marina Fliagina, choreographer of The Nutcracker.
Similar to the VCBC mission of pairing professional ballet dancers with pre-professional dance students, the VCO combines pre-professional musicians with professional artists. The VCO’s contribution to this spectacular holiday production will highlight Tchaikovsky’s much-adored musical composition and will help bring to life America’s most beloved ballet.
Under the direction of recently appointed VCO Maestro, Robert E. Lawson, a music professor at Ventura College for over 30 years, this production of The Nutcracker will be the newly-formed VCO’s second public performance. “The VCO brings together some of the best professional and student musicians in Ventura, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles Counties and includes in its ranks dozens of students, college music teachers, as well as members of several prestigious local orchestras and symphonies,” said Lawson.
“The Ventura College’s renewed collaboration with VCBC is exciting for the community, enhancing both groups’ missions to serve young artists and the community at large,” said Norbert Tan, Executive Director of the Ventura College Foundation. “Ventura College looks forward to its ongoing artistic partnership with VCBC, especially leading up to the unveiling of its multi-million dollar theatre renovation in 2011. The Ventura College Foundation is delighted to sponsor the VCBC and Ventura College Music Department’s collaboration of The Nutcracker Ballet in November.”
Performances are on November 20 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and on November 21 at 2 p.m. at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center, 800 Hobson Way, in Oxnard. Following each matinee will be a Sugar Plum Cookie reception complimentary to all ticket holders.
Tickets are $10-$25 for general admission, $17 for seniors 65 and older, and $12 for children 12 and younger. Tickets can be purchased at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center Theater Box Office, online at www.venturacountyballet.com, or call 805-486-2424.
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