NOvember 7, 2007
53rd Season Opens to Sold-Out Crowd, Accolades, and a Champagne Reception
The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) and new Music Director Steven Schick kicked off the season with a sold-out opening-night performance on Saturday, November 3, featuring the American premiere of Philip Glass's Cello Concerto with cellist Wendy Sutter, John Luther Adams' The Light that Fills the World, and Beethoven's Fourth Symphony.
Philip Glass attended the premiere, hearing for the first time a live performance of his concerto. After the concert, 125 guests gathered at the UCSD Faculty Club for a private reception celebrating Steven Schick's debut as music director and orchestra conductor, and in honor of special guests Philip Glass and Wendy Sutter. In attendance were Supervisor Pam Slater-Price and her husband Hershell Price, Del Mar Deputy Mayor David Druker and his wife Kristen, Gary Margolis of the City of San Diego's Commission for Arts and Culture, and Felicia Shaw from San Diego Foundation. Composer and UCSD music faculty member Roger Reynolds was on hand as was Rand Steiger, music department chair.
The season also celebrates LJS&C's 40th year on the UCSD campus as an affiliated organization – an occasion marked by the attendance of the organizations' three music directors from that 40-year period: Tom Nee (1967-1998), now music director emeritus, Harvey Sollberger (1998-2005) and Steven Schick. Choral Director David Chase joined the festivities, celebrating the beginning of his 34th season with the ensemble. The reception was underwritten by Ida Houby and Bill Miller.
Reception Photos
Supervisor Pam Slater-Price with husband Hershell Price |
(l. to r) LJS&C Board Vice President Liza Perkins-Cohen, Gary Margolis, and Felicia Shaw |
(l. to r.) Choral Director David Chase, Music Director Emeritus Tom Nee, former Music Director Harvey Sollberger, and new Music Director Steven Schick. |
(l. to r.) Steven Schick, Philip Glass, Wendy Sutter |
