2025 Masterpiece Series
Winter Dreams
Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 7 PM
Bank of America Performing Arts Center, Thousand Oaks
Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 3 PM
Rancho Campana Performing Arts Center, Camarillo
Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite will swing you into the holiday spirit along with festive carols featuring the New West Symphony Chorus (sung in English and Spanish), a Las Posadas celebration, and seasonally-inspired music from Tchaikovsky’s “Winter Dreams” Symphony. The holidays never sounded so good!
THE PROGRAM
Michael Christie, conductor
New West Symphony Chorus, Wyant Morton, director
Los Robles Children’s Choir, Emma Roche, director
California Contemporary Ballet, Aerin Holt, Founder and Artist Director
Pauline Frechette, music & lyrics, additional music by David Campbell | Peace on Earth
World Premiere Performance
Tchaikovsky | Symphony No. 1, “Winter Dreams”, I. Allegro tranquillo
Ellington/Strayhorn/Tyzik | Nutcracker Suite
Trad./arr. Fernando Arroyo Lascurain | Las Posadas Celebration
Trad./arr. Jeffrey Biegel | Hanukkah Fantasy
Gary Fry | Allelujah, Venite Gaudete, Wexford Processional, World of Joy
This concert is generously sponsored by:
AmaWaterways
Westlake Physical Therapy
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Tickets start at $40
Children/students $15 (call to order)
Program and artists are subject to change.
THE ARTISTS
Michael Christie
conductor
Wyant Morton
New West Symphony Chorus, director
Emma Roche
Los Robles Children’s Choir,
director
Aerin Holt
California Contemporay Ballet,
founder and artist director
