After 15 years as Director of the Campolindo High School Music Department, Maestro Harvey Benstein is retiring. Please join us as we bid him a fond farewell at his final concert…

The concert is free and open to the public.
Refreshments will be served after the concert in the cafeteria.

Date: Friday, May 18, 2012
Time: 7:30 pm
CPAC
Concert Attire

Music Boosters play an integral role in enriching our children’s music education. Being a Board member is also a fun way to get and stay involved in your child’s school and to connect with other parents. We hope you will consider joining the Music Boosters’ team to help keep these important traditions going. All the jobs are well established and none of them are a big time commitment.

Please contact sushiq@aol.com 925-377-7373 or Chitra Suri at chitrasuri@hotmail.com 925-310-4252 if you are interested or need more information. Here are the open positions in detail:

VICE PRESIDENT – The Vice President’s job is a transitional one – he or she assists the president – attends our board meeting (we have only one per year), helps man the table at Cougar Days, eighth grade parent meeting, and assists with the newsletter (3 times per year). Est. time commitment: 4-5 hours in late summer, maybe an hour a month the rest of the year. For this position, we would like to appeal in particular to freshmen/sophomore music parents.

WELCOME BACK BBQ – Only need to provide a venue (a home with a nice backyard and barbecue) and help chaperone the August welcome back party. The student council takes care of all the food and rsvps. Time commitment: 3 hours on party day.

POPS POTLUCK – Organize our kick-off event in early October. Send out invitations, and organize the event, with help from a team of volunteers. Time commitment: 3-4 hours of planning and shopping; working from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on that day.

HOSPITALITY – 2 parents needed (preferably a Band parent and an Orchestra parent). Organize the post-concert receptions for five Campolindo music performances. The job includes recruiting bakers and helpers, setting up the cafeteria, and acting as hosts after the concerts.

Thanks for your support!

Date: Saturday, April 28, 2012

Time:
    Orchestra – Performance time: 2:00 pm
    Symphonic Band – Performance time: 4:00 pm

Come early in case the festival runs ahead of schedule.
Students should be done approximately 90 minutes after performance starts.
Take everything you need to perform with you on Friday after school (instrument, music, mallets, etc.). We will meet directly at San Ramon High School.

This is free! Bring your friends and family and support your favorite Campolindo musician.
It is always more rewarding to perform for an audience.

Gold Coast Chamber Players, fresh from their sold out season opening, continue their 2012 season on March 24 at 7:30 p.m. with Rhapsody, an alluring mix of chamber music for winds, strings and piano. The program gets its title from the centerpiece composition, George Enescu’s ‘Romanian Rhapsody.‘ Read press release …

Orchestra
Thursday, February 23, 2012
7:30 pm, CPAC

Come support your fellow musicians at the
Chamber Music Club’s Student Recital
Monday, February 27, 2012
7:30 pm, CPAC

Concert Band, Symphonic Band & Jazz Band
Thursday, March 1, 2012
7:30 pm, CPAC

Jazz Dinner Dance
Saturday, March 3, 2012, 6:30 – 10 pm
Holy Trinity Church, 1700 School St., Moraga

Mark your calendars for March 3, 2012!; That’s the date you’ll be donning your dancing shoes and getting ready to have a great time at the Campolindo Jazz Dinner Dance. The Impro-Visors and The Jazz-Manian Devils will make you want to dance the night away! Good food and great company, too! Cocktail Attire.
Tickets are $55 and the sale is going on now. Download Jazz dinner dance invitation here and mail it with your check to the address on the form. We need to have your reservation by Monday, February 27.
Questions? Contact Diane Haley at 631-1439. We hope to see you March 3rd at the Holy Trinity Church in Moraga!

In today’s world of downloads and digital, there’s nothing quite like the experience of hearing LIVE MUSIC, up close, personal and fun! World renowned musicians will be performing one of the most popular pieces of chamber music of all time, the beloved clarinet quintet, featuring San Francisco Opera’s clarinetist Tony Striplen. Making his debut with Gold Coast will be legendary pianist William Corbett-Jones who will perform the Piano Sonata in b Flat major, K.570 as well as the “Kegelstatt” Trio with clarinetist Tony Striplen and violist Pamela Freund-Striplen.

Will listening to Mozart make you smarter? Come and find out! Meet the musicians after the performance.

Tickets are $30 general, $25 senior, $10 student and may be purchased online at www.gcplayers.org or over the phone by calling the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce (925) 284-7404. For more information, call the Gold Coast studio at (925) 283-3728.

Admission Free
Date:  Thursday, December 8, 2011
Time: 7:30 pm
Where: Camplindo Performing Arts Center

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