2019/2020 Masterpiece Series
25th Season Salute
We welcome Maestro Michael Christie and feature members of the New West Symphony orchestra alongside one of America’s great jazz legends, for a swinging start to a special season.
Saturday, October 5, 2019 | 7:30pm | Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
Sunday, October 6, 2019 | 3:00pm | Rancho Campana Performing Arts Center
Michael Christie, conductor
Marcus Roberts Trio, guest artists
Corigliano | Salute
Gershwin | Concerto in F
Rimsky-Korsakov | Scheherazade
Trip The Light Fantastic
From the dawn of humanity, music has made our bodies move and spirits soar.
Saturday, November 16, 2019 | 7:30pm | Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
Sunday, November 17, 2019 | 3:00pm | Rancho Campana Performing Arts Center
Michael Christie, conductor
Jason Vieaux, guitar
Julien Labro, bandoneon
Dancers
Bartók | Romanian Folk Dances
Frank | Leyendas: An Andean Walkabout
Labro | New West Symphony world premiere commission for guitar and bandoneon
Piazzolla | The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Copland | Hoedown
Happy 250th, Ludwig!
Beethoven ignited a fire of emotion in a way people had never before connected to any form of music.
Saturday, January 25, 2020 | 7:30pm | Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
Sunday, January 26, 2020 | 3:00pm | Rancho Campana Performing Arts Center
Stefan Sanderling, guest conductor
Eroica Trio, guest artists
Beethoven | Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, Piano, and Orchestra
Beethoven | Symphony No. 3
Dreams
Uplifting music that acted as a beacon of hope, buoying people’s souls in the darkest of times.
Saturday, February 29, 2020 | 7:30pm | Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
Sunday, March 1, 2020 | 3:00pm | Rancho Campana Performing Arts Center
Michael Christie, conductor
Vocal Soloists
Women’s and Children’s Choirs
Krása | Brundibár
Mendelssohn | A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Violins of Hope – POSTPONED
Select New West Symphony musicians will perform on the Violins of Hope, a collection of string instruments lovingly restored and with their own stories from the Holocaust. “Heichalos” was composed expressly for Violins of Hope.
Saturday, April 18, 2020 | 7:30pm | Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
Sunday, April 19, 2020 | 3:00pm | Rancho Campana Performing Arts Center
Michael Christie, conductor
Olga Kern, piano
Newman | Diary of Anne Frank Suite
Leshnoff | Symphony No. 4, “Heichalos”
Rachmaninoff | Piano Concerto No. 3
Sarah Chang | Brahms Violin Concerto – POSTPONED
Sarah Chang returns to perform majestic Brahms with the New West Symphony.
Saturday, May 2, 2020 | 7:30pm | Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
Sunday, May 3, 2020 | 3:00pm | Rancho Campana Performing Arts Center
Michael Christie, conductor
Sarah Chang, violin
Sibelius | Symphony No. 3
Brahms | Violin Concerto