Oakland Civic Orchestra, Established in 1992
Artistic Director: Martha Stoddard
c/ o Studio One Arts Center
365 45th Street
Oakland, CA 94609
Phone (510) 597-5027
Fax (510) 985-8290
ococonductor@yahoo.com
The Oakland Civic Orchestra performs four concerts for the public each year.
Rehearsals
The Orchestra meets on Wednesday evenings from 7:30 ~ 10:00 pm, please see the rehearsal schedule below for more information.
Note: Member Handbook is also available.
Joining the Orchestra
Please direct all inquiries to ococonductor@yahoo.com. Admission to the Orchestra is at the discretion of the Music Director.
About Our Conductor
Martha Stoddard, Artistic Director earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Humboldt State University and her Master of Music degree from San Francisco State University, where she studied flute, conducting and composition. Her compositions have been performed at the American Composer’s Forum San Francisco Chapter, by The Avenue Winds, by Carla Rees at the San Francisco Chamber Wind Festival and in London, UK, by the San Francisco Choral Artists, San Francisco Composers’ Chamber Orchestra, Schwungvoll!, the Community Women’s Orchestra, Womensing, on the New Directions Series of the Bakersfield Symphony, in the Trinity Chamber Concert Series and the New Music Forum Festival of Contemporary Music. In 2008 she received a commission from the Community Women’s Orchestra (SF Bay Area)for a new work for the orchestra’s 25th anniversary celebration. Ms. Stoddard is a featured performer on alto flute on in John Bilotta’s Shadow Tree (Capstone Records CPS-8787) and in John Thow’s Cantico (Palatino label #1001) Marika Kuzma, conductor. Ms. Stoddard is the Artistic Director of the Oakland Civic Orchestra and Associate Conductor of the San Francisco Composers’ Chamber Orchestra.
Listen to Us
| Antonin Dvorak: Serenade Op. 44 Mvt 1 - MP3 |
| Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3 - MP3 |
| Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun - MP3 |
| Felix Mendelscohn: Violin Concerto - MP3 |
| Hilda Li, Violin |
| JS Bach: Concerts for Violin, Oboe Strings - MP3 |
| Christiana Carr, Violin Kymberly Speers, Oboe |
| Mahler: Songs for a Wayfarer - MP3 |
| Leslie Hassberg, Soloist Mezzo Soprano, movement 2 |
| Martha Stoddard: Duo Concertante - MP3 |
| Susanne Rublein, Flute Anne Szabla, Marimba |
| Modest Mussorsgky: Night on Bald Mountain - MP3 |
| Mozart: Symphony No. 35, movement 1 - MP3 |
| Sibelius: Finlandia - MP3 |
Civic Orchestra Concerts
Oakland Civic Orchestra Membership and Auditions
Members come from cities throughout the Bay Area to participate and the orchestra currently is at a membership of 50 with complete wind, brass and percussion sections. Players range in skills and experience from intermediate to professional levels.
New members are always welcome in the string section; interested string players should call or e-mail for more information prior to attending rehearsal.
Winds, Brass and Percussion are accepted by audition as vacancies occur. Interested players are encouraged to contact the director to learn about vacancies and/or to arrange for an informal audition.
Dues
Members voluntarily contribute dues, as they are able to help fund the activities. These dues cover sheet music rental, instrument rental, and guest artist fees and facilities rental expenses.
Currently dues are $60 per quarter. Members may donate services in lieu of dues payments.
Attendance
The orchestra presents public concerts and maintains a high performance standard. Regular attendance is essential to achieve this goal and is expected of all members.
Joining the Orchestra
Please direct all inquiries to ococonductor@yahoo.com. Admission to the Orchestra is at the discretion of the Music Director.
Civic Orchestra Rehearsal Schedule
Rehearsals are Wednesday Evenings 7:30 ~ 9:45 PM at Lake Merritt United Methodist Church unless otherwise indicated.
Rehearsal Location
Lake Merritt United Methodist Church
1330 Lakeshore Avenue
Oakland, CA 94606
www.lakemerrittumc.org
Repertoire 1997~2007
The Oakland Civic Orchestra is proud to present the repertoire it has been performing since 1997. We hope that you take advantage of this wonderful program, become a member, audition to be a part of the ensemble or attend one of the four annual concerts performed by the Orchestra.
Repertoire Performed in Concerts
| Albinoni | Adagio in G Minor | |
| Alrich | Avenues | |
| Bach, CPE | Symphony in D Major | |
| Bach, J.C. | Sinfonia, Op. 18 in Bb Major | |
| Bach, J.S. | Brandenburg Concertos No. 1, 4 & 5 Cantata 140 Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra in D minor Magnificat in D Major | |
| Barber | Adagio for Strings Concerto for Violin and Orchestra First Essay for Orchestra Knoxville Summer of 1915 | |
| Beethoven | Egmont Overture Leonore Overture No 3 Piano Concerto No 3 Symphonies No. 2,4,5,6,7,8 | |
| Berio - Schubert | Rendering | |
| Bilotta | Concerto for Wind Quartet and Orchestra | |
| Bizet | Symphony in C | |
| Boccherini | Cello Concerto in Bb Major | |
| Borodin | In the Steppes of Central Asia Overture to Prince Igor | |
| Brahms | Academic Festival Overture Symphony No. 2 Variations on a Theme by Josef Haydn | |
| Britten | Simple Symphony | |
| Copland | Appalachian Spring (original version for 13 Instruments) Fanfare for the Common Man Outdoor Overture Rodeo Suite | |
| Couperin/Milhaud | Overture and Allegro from La Sultane Suite | |
| Daniels | Deep Forest | |
| Debussy | Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun | |
| Delius | A Walk in Paradise Garden Two Pieces For Small Orchestra | |
| Dukas | Fanfare from La Peri | |
| Dvorak | Czech Suite Romance Op 11 in F minor Serenade Opus 44 Symphony No. 5 From the New World Symphony No. 8 in G Major | |
| Elgar | Serenade for Strings | |
| Faure | Masques et Bergamasques Pelleas and Melisande Suite | |
| Fine | Diversions For Orchestra | |
| German | Three Dances from Henry the VIII | |
| Gounod | Petite Symphonie | |
| Grieg | Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1&2 | |
| Griffes | Poem for Flute and Orchestra | |
| Handel | Water Music Suite | |
| Hanson | Symphony No. 2 | |
| Haydn, J. | Symphonies No. 100, 101 and 104 Symphony No. 2 Te Deum | |
| Ives | Symphony No. 2 | |
| Josheff | The Lonely Elephant Variations | |
| Kodaly | Te Deum | |
| Kubik | Gerald McBoing Boing | |
| Liszt | Les Preludes Piano Concerto No 1 | |
| Ludtke | A Day in the Country Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra Suite of Psalms | |
| Mahler | Songs of the Wayfarer | |
| Mendelssohn | Fingal's Cave Overture Overture to the Fair Melusina Psalm 95 Symphony No. 5 (Reformation) | |
| Mozart | Horn Concerto No 1 in D Major Overture to the Magic Flute Piano Concerto No 23 Regina Coeli, K.108 Sinfonia Concertant (in Eb Major) Symphony No. 35 | |
| Prokofiev | Peter and the Wolf | |
| Rameau | Dardanus Suite No. 2 | |
| Respighi | Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 2 | |
| Rimsky-Korsakov | Overture on Russian Themes Russian Easter Overture | |
| Rossini | Overture to La Gazza Ladra | |
| Saint-Saens | Cello Concerto No 1 in A Minor | |
| Schubert | Rosamunde Overture Symphony No 3 Symphony No. 4 in C minor | |
| Shostakovich | Sinfonia from String Quartet no. 8 Symphony No. 9 in Eb | |
| Sibelius | Finlandia Symphony No. 3 | |
| Stamitz | Concerto for Clarinet and Bassoon | |
| Stoddard | Elegy and March Two Scenes from the City | |
| Strauss, J. | Blue Danube Waltz Die Fledermaus Overture Thunder and Lightning Polka | |
| Strauss, R. | Concerto No. 2 for Horn and Orchestra Suite Opus 4 Suite Opus 4; Serenade Op. 7 | |
| Stravinsky | Mass Suite No 1 for Small Orchestra Symphony of Wind Instruments The Fairy's Kiss | |
| Suk | Serenade for Strings | |
| Tann | Sarsen | |
| Tchaikowsky | Nutcracker Suite No 1, op. 71A Romeo and Juliet: Overture Fantasy Serenade Op. 48 Symphony No. 2 | |
| Thow | In the Trail of the Wind | |
| Wagner | Siegfried Idyll | |
| Weber | Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra Overture to Der Freischutz |
