PAPA 2023-2024 Orchestra Season Schedule
Regular and dress rehearsals take place at 7:30pm — new rehearsal venue for this year is
Immanuel Lutheran Church
1715 Grant Road
Los Alto, CA 94024 (click HERE for Google-map, HERE for zoom-in map)
Any sectional rehearsals will be announced. Dress rehearsals will be in the performance venue unless otherwise noted.
Family Concert: "Flights of Fancy"
concert: 3pm Sun. May 19. 2024; Cubberley Theatre, 4120 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94306
dress rehearsal: Friday, May 17, 2024
Rehearsals at Immanuel Lutheran Church: 4/15, 22, 29 5/6, 13
+ conducted by Music Director Lara Webber
Rossini: La Gazza Ladra (10')
1+1.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - timp+3 -str
Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumble Bee (2')
2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - timp+1 - str
Prokofiev: Peter and The Wolf, "Bird" (1')
1.1.1.0 - 0.0.0.0 - Vln1
Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals, "Aviary" (1.5')
1.0.0.0 - 0.0.0.0 - pf - str
Respighi: The Birds, "Il Cuccu" & "The Hen" (7')
2d1.1.2.2 - 2.2.0.0 - hp - cel - str
Vivaldi: Spring (4')
hpschd - str
Stravinsky: Firebird Suite (1919) (23')
2d1.2d1.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - timp+3 - hp - pf - str
Summer Chamber Concert
8pm Sat. Jun. 22, 2024; First Lutheran Church (600 Homer Ave., Palo Alto)
dress rehearsal: Fri. Jun. 21, 2024
NOTE: Start-of-Year PICNIC and a NEW rehearsal venue
Baroque Concert
concert: 8pm Sat. Sept. 9 2023; First Lutheran Church (600 Homer Ave., Palo Alto)
dress rehearsal: Fri. Sept. 8, 2023
Orchestra Start-of-Year PICNIC
12-2pm, Sunday. Sept. 17, 2023
”Bobcat” picnic area, Blackberry Farm, Cupertino (see maps below)
We’ll bring (non-alcoholic) beverages, hamburgers, hot dogs, veggie burgers and trimmings/toppings.
Musicians, Board Members and their family-members are welcome — please feel free to bring a side dish or dessert to share.
(While beer & wine are technically allowed by the venue, we would ask you to stick to non-alcoholic beverages.)
Google-map to the front entrance HERE.
Facility map showing the location of the “Bobcat” picnic area HERE.
Orch I concert (“Melodic Impressions”)
concert: 8pm Sat. Oct. 21, 2023; Cubberley Theatre, 4120 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94306
dress rehearsal: 7:30pm, Fri. Oct. 20, 2023
Rehearsals at Immanuel Lutheran Church: 9/11, 18, 25 10/2, 9, 16
+ conducted by Music Director Lara Webber
Lili Boulanger: D'Un Matin de Printemps (5')
2+1.2+1.2+1.2+1 - 4.3.3.1 - 2perc - hp - cel - str
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 3, K.216 (24') [soloist: Robin Sharp]
2.2.0.0 - 2.0.0.0 - str
Schumann: Symphony No. 4, Op. 120 (1851 rev) (28')
2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.0 - timp - str
Fall Chamber Concert
8pm Sat. Nov. 4, 2023; First Lutheran Church (600 Homer Ave., Palo Alto)
dress rehearsal: Fri. Nov. 3, 2023
Orch II concert (“Paris to Prague”)
concert: 8pm Sat. Dec. 9, 2023; Cubberley Theatre, 4120 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94306
dress rehearsal: 7:30pm, Fri. Dec. 8, 2023
Rehearsals at Immanuel Lutheran Church: 10/30 11/6, 13, 20, 27 12/4
+ conducted by Music Director Lara Webber
Stravinsky: Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra (7')
2d1.1.2.2 - 1.2.1.1 - 3perc - pf - str
Francaix: Clarinet Concerto (25') [soloist: Steve Sánchez]
2d1.2.1.2 - 2.1.0.0 - timp/perc (sus. cym/SD/BD) - str (Schirmer)
Mozart: Symphony No. 38, K. 504 ("Prague") (28')
2.2.0.2 - 2.2.0.0 - timp - str
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Orch III concert (“Passionate Perspectives”)
concert: 8pm Sat. Feb. 17, 2024; Cubberley Theatre, 4120 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94306
dress rehearsal: Fri. Feb. 16, 2024
Rehearsals at Immanuel Lutheran Church: 1/8, 15, 22, 29 2/5, 12
+ conducted by Music Director Lara Webber
Revueltas: Janitzio (7')
2+1.2.1+1(Eb).2 - 4.2.2.1 - 3perc - str
Fauré: Pelleas et Melisande Suite, Op. 80 (18')
2.2.2.2 - 4.2.0.0 - timp - hp - str
Brahms: Symphony No. 4, Op. 98 (39')
2d1.2.2.2+1 - 4.2.3.0 - timp+1 - str
Spring Chamber Concert
8pm Sat. Mar. 9, 2024; First Lutheran Church (600 Homer Ave., Palo Alto)
dress rehearsal: Fri. Mar. 8, 2024
Note: Venue for April 6 concert + April 5 dress-rehearsal has CHANGED - now at VPAC, DeAnza College, Cupertino.
Click here for a venue map with the loading dock marked.
Orch IV concert (“A Premiere Fourth”)
concert: 8pm Sat. Apr. 6. 2024; Visual and Performing Arts Center (VPAC), DeAnza College, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino, CA 95014
dress rehearsal: Friday, Apr. 5, 2024
Rehearsals at Immanuel Lutheran Church: 2/26 3/4, 11, 18, 25 4/1
+ conducted by Music Director Lara Webber
Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture (8')
2d1.2d1.2.4 - 4.2+2.3.0 - timp+4 - str
Sibelius: En Saga, Op. 9 (20')
2d1.2.2.2 - 4.3.3.1 - 2perc - str
Actor: Symphony No. 4 (30')
2+1.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - timp+2 - str