2010 Wennberg Music Festival

Saturday, March 27, 2:30 p.m.

Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts

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"The elementary musicians sounded like high school performers, the junior high students sounded like college musicians, and the high school students sounded professional!" Delaine Eastin Former CA State Superintendent of Public Instruction and 2009 Wennberg Festival Master of Ceremonies

The Bodil Wennberg Music Festival provides an annual opportunity for orchestral musicians from Davis public schools celebrate their musical achievement with our community. Musicians from 6^th through 12^th grade perform in the world-class performance venue of the Mondavi Center for Performing Arts, at UC Davis. Each year the Wennberg Festival features the All-District Elementary Strings students (primarily 6^th graders), the Combined Intermediate Junior High Orchestra (7th graders), the Combined Advanced Junior High Orchestra (8^th and 9^th graders),  and the High School Baroque Ensemble,  Chamber Orchestra &  Symphony Orchestra (10^th -> 12^th graders).

The mission of the Festival is three-fold:

• To support music program development in the Davis schools;
• To foster the integration of music training resources in our community;
• To support community efforts which enrich the cultural soul of Davis.

Proceeds from the Wennberg Music Festival fund various needs of the Davis Joint Unified School District’s strings and orchestral program: Strings and upkeep of school owned instruments throughout the district; master classes; scholarships for participation in fieldtrips; adjudication for seating auditions and the numerous other needs of running a program of this caliber.

This concert usually features the winner of the DHS Concerto Competition for Davis High School students. The competition has both an instrumental and a vocal category. Recent concerto competition instrumental category winners include:

2010 Isabel O., cello

2009 May Z., piano,

2008 Angela Y., piano

2007 Elaine F., cello

2006 Cynthia H., piano

2005 Serena Y., piano

2004 Nick W., violin

This community concert features Angelo Moreno directing the DHS Symphony Orchestra, DHS Baroque Ensemble and DHS Chamber Orchestra.  Along with Mr Moreno, Greg Brucker directs the Jr. High Advanced and Intermediate Orchestras (from Emerson, Harper and Holmes Junior High Schools).  Kim Cole and Sherie Wall direct the All District Strings (selected students from all of Davis’ public elementary schools).

This Annual concert draws community leaders, public school officials, and private music teachers who support the music program in the Davis schools. Without the support of these citizens, our program would not be the caliber it is today. With the size of this venue, we are able to provide the entire community an opportunity to see what the students of Davis have achieved.

Click on the pieces below to see videos from Previous Bodil Wennberg Music Festival