The Dates for the 2010 - 2011 Season are :

Concert I : Sunday October 3, 2010 4pm

All Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italian; Rococo Variations; Symphony 5

Haugh Performing Arts Center, Citrus College

(Dress Rehearsal Tuesday September 28th at Citrus College)

 

Concert II: Sunday January 9, 2011 4pm

Brahms meets Brahms:

Academic Festival Overture; Violin Concerto (Limor Toren, violin); Symphony 1

Haugh Performing Arts Center, Citrus College 

(Dress Rehearsal Tuesday January 4th at Citrus College)

 

Concert III: Sunday March 27, 2011, 4pm

Classical Classics:

Mozart- Overture to the Magic Flute, Arias from "The Great Mass", Coronation Mass

Haydn - Cello Concerto in D;

Beethoven - "Hallelujah" from "Christ on the Mount of Olives" and "Choral Fantasy"

Haugh Performing Arts Center, Citrus College

(Dress Rehearsal Tuesday March 22 at Citrus College)

 

Concert IV: Sunday June 12, 2011, 4pm

Young Artists Winners Concert & Mahler 4

Haugh Performing Arts Center, Citrus College

(Dress Rehearsal Tuesday June 7 at Citrus College)

AMAZING CONCERT -  CONGRATULATIONS!

 

So - Here We Go Again!

2010 - 11 Season

Music of the Masters Concerts: October 3rd, Jan 9, March 27, June 12. (Sundays at 4pm)

Special Events: Wednesday September 29. West Covina Day at the LA County Fair.

BIG NEWS - September 29, 2010

As part of West Covina Day at the LA County Fair, we will be performing on the community stage (Building 4). There is a parade, in which I will be riding in a vehicle practicing my "Parade Wave" - after that there is a Community Hero presentation - then we play! Our "set up" time is 5:30 - we play at 6pm! Repertoire to be announced soon.

 

Rehearsals:

Rehearsals usually take place on Tuesday Evenings from 7:30 - 10pm at the West Covina Senior Citizen Center 2501 E Cortez St, West Covina, CA 91791

The 4th Tuesday of each month we use an alternate site. Usually the West Covina United Methodist Church. 718 S. Azusa Ave, West Covina, CA 91791

The Tuesday immediately prior to each concert we rehearse at Citrus College, in the Haugh Performing Arts Center Auditorium.

See the interactive Calendar Above for the latest information!

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Contact Info for musicians:

Dr Sylvia Lee Mann Music Director & Conductor

Sandy Gunn, Manager

West Covina Symphony Orchestra 216 S. Citrus St.  #364 West Covina, CA 91791

(626) 771-0462 business/voicemail

drmann@westcovinasymphony.com

sgunn@westcovinasymphony.com

http://westcovinasymphony.com

Here's an interactive map to our venues

The five dots from left to right are:

1. Hurst Ranch (Some Rehearsals take place here)

2.West Covina United Methodist Church (Some rehearsals and our Artist Series Concerts take place here)

3. West Covina Senior Citizen Center (Some Rehearsals)

4. Haugh Performing Arts Center (Auditorium) at Citrus College. Music of the Masters concerts take place here. This location is to the North, in Glendora, but not really very far.

5. Sophia B Clarke Theater at Mt. San Antonio College (Some concerts)

Click on each dot for additional location info, and to get directions. Click on the plus or minus signs to zoom in or out, click and drag to move the map. You can also see a larger map by clicking on the link just under the lower left corner of the map.

View WCSO Venues in a larger map

WCSO at Citrus College: This special donation button is powerful - it will makes it possible for you to experience WCSO in a REAL WORLD-CLASS AUDITORIUM: our own community's CITRUS COLLEGE HAUGH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. Make your donation to this special project today! All contributors will be recognized in our program. Contributors at the $250 and above level will receive special recognition certificates.

Haugh Performing Arts Center Citrus College

   

The Haugh Performing Arts Center (HPAC) is a 1440-seat proscenium venue located on the 100-acre campus of Citrus College. Situated in the heart of the beautiful San Gabriel Valley, HPAC is host to over 140 performances annually, with over 100,000 patrons in attendance. Spacious continental seating affords patrons excellent sight lines and ample leg room, with no seat more than 90 feet from the stage.

Recent years have seen major upgrades to the Center, including a new box office, new lobby furnishings, additional restrooms, restored seating, and numerous accommodations for patrons with disabilities

  Visit our new "Instant Encore" Page -

and encourage your friends and families to do it - become fans - and you will be able to have event alerts sent to you (according to your own choices - you can set it up to notify you of concerts, music uploads, etc)

If you would like to be a musician member of the West Covina Symphony Orchestra, please contact us by phone at (626)771-0462 or email to arrange an audition. While we do a few "pros" among our ranks, most playing members of the symphony are unpaid volunteers. Positions are filled based on both playing ability and commitment to the musical ensemble. Auditions@westcovinasymphony.com

You may audition by attending one of our Tuesday rehearsals.

Rehearsals for our upcoming Concert are in progress now, so hurry in! If you wish to audition at a rehearsal, plan to be early or stay a bit after rehearsal.

We especially need good volunteer string players (students welcome) come join us!