Civic Symphony Fall 2025 Set – Spinning Stories

Rehearsals for this set are on September 17, September 24, October 1, October 8, October 15, October 22, October 28, October 29, November 2.

Welcome to the Civic Symphony Fall ‘25 Concert with conductor Paul Schrage. Rehearsal dates are above at the Harvey Milk Center for the Arts at 50 Scott Street, they are on Wednesdays (and one Tuesday) from 7:15-10:00p with downbeat at 7:30p and the concert is on Sunday 11/2/2025 at 3p at the Herbst Theater. We ask that you bring your own stand and music. If you are signed up for the set, please plan on attending as many rehearsals as possible and the concert. If you sign up as a stand by player, please also plan to attend all rehearsals. If you sign up to participate, we ask that you consider a donation of $60-$100 to the Association to support our mission of free music by the community for the community. This is not a requirement for participating in any of our groups; however gifts of any amount help us pay for rehearsal space, music, and other operating costs. Repertoire: Strauss - Don Juan Ravel - Shéhérazade Schumann Symphony no. 3 Rehearsal dates: September 17, 24; Oct 1, 8,15,22,28,29 (dress)

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Civic Strings Winter 2025 – A Nordic Winter

Rehearsals for this set are on October 6, October 20, October 27, November 3, November 10, November 17, November 24, December 1, December 8.

Michelle has been struck by how SFSMA not only aims to give opportunities to musicians of varying levels, but also how Civic Stings has reached audiences of all experiences, from none to real music lovers. Her goal for this season is to create programs that are accessible to all, but still have a lot of variety and interesting things happening. In this set, we'll be playing selections in the theme of "A Nordic Winter": Sibelius Impromptu Vivaldi Violin Concerto in A minor, RV 357, yours truly, violin Vivaldi, Arranged by Mark Wood "Vivaldi Rocks" -- Wood's riff on Vivaldi's "Winter", Michelle Maruyama, violin Bach Two Selections from Orchestral Suite No. 3, Air, Gigue Grieg Two Nordic Melodies, Op. 63 Performance: Sunday, December 14, 2025, 3:00 pm First Baptist Church, 22 Waller St Rehearsals on Monday evenings, 7:00-:09:15 10/06, (skip 10/13), 10,27, 11/04, 11/10, 11/17, 11/24, 12/01, and 12/08. Location: First Baptist Church, 22 Waller St. Enter at corner of Waller and Octavia. (Two parking entrances on Haight Street and on Octavia Street – the frontage way, not the wants-to-be-a-freeway-ramp part of Octavia Blvd.) For general questions about this orchestra, please write to John Arnott, johnarnott@sfcivicmusic.org

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M2M Fall set 2025 – Beethoven and Reicha

Rehearsals for this set are on September 25, October 2, October 9, October 16, October 23, October 30, November 6, November 13, November 16, November 21, November 22.

Thank you for your interest in M2M‘s fall concert! M2M's first concert of the season features music for chorus and orchestra! This will be a collaboration between M2M and one of the other groups that JKB conducts: Chora Nova, a 60-voice chorus based in Berkeley! We'll get to perform this concert TWICE! -- one at Herbst Theater in SF and one at First Congregational Church, Berkeley. The program includes Anton Reicha's Te Deum, a 45-minute setting of the Latin text with soloists, chorus, and orchestra. The other half of the program features both Beethoven and Mendelssohn's settings of Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, plus two shorter gorgeous choral/orchestral pieces by both composers. The repertoire once again is: - Beethoven: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage - Beethoven: Elegischer Gesang - Mendelssohn: Verleih uns Frieden - Mendelssohn: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage - Reicha: Te Deum The rehearsal schedule will be: Thu Sep. 25 Thu Oct. 2 Thu Oct. 9 Thu Oct. 16 Thu Oct. 23 (String Sectional) Thu Oct. 30 Thu Nov. 6 Thu Nov. 13 Dress Rehearsal w/Chorus in SF **FRI Nov. 21 Dress Rehearsal w/Chorus in Berkeley CONCERTS: SUNDAY, November 16 1pm Call / 3pm Concert at Herbst Theater, SF **SATURDAY, November 22 6:00pm Call / 7:30pm Concert at First Church, Berkeley **Note that the Berkeley concert will have considerably fewer string players, so not everyone will get to do both.

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Community Night October 9, 2025 – For Trombone and Low Brass

Rehearsals for this set are on .

Greetings Trombone and Low Brass Musicians! Join us for a night of rich harmonies and glorious low brass as we read through some classic trombone ensemble repertoire. All low brass players (trombone, bass trombone, euphonium, tuba etc.) are welcome to play, and everyone is invited to come listen and enjoy the music. Got a fun piece or arrangement you'd like to play? Bring it along! (Psst...it's a secret, but there will be pizza too!) Guest Lead: Quinn Greven Repertoire Borodin - Choral from Prince Igor (arr. Yankelvich) (link) Haydn - Achieved is the Glorious Work from "The Creation" (arr. Miller) (link) Crespo - Bruckner Etude für das tiefe Blech (link) Reichenbach - Back to the Fair (link) Saint Saëns - Adagio from Symphony No. 3 (arr. Murley) (link) Beethoven - Drei Equali (link) Peeters - Suite for 4 Trombones, Op. 82 (link) Link to music: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lM9rrzs0vBMYVsku_1dlP_o38oRgHXWs?usp=sharing Please print music and bring stands- they will not be available at the venue. Any questions? Contact Vik@sfcivicmusic.org

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Community Night Oct. 23, 2025 For Strings – For String Esemble

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Strings Players! Check out the repertoire for the evening. Pieces range from a string sextet to string orchestra. Sign up here: https://members.sfcivicsymphony.org/member_sets/new Time & Venue: 7 to 9:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church SF, 22 Waller St. San Francisco. Parking lot on Haight St. before Octavia St. Guest Lead: Daniel Huang Repertoire Tchaikovsky - Souvenir de Florence, Op.70, i. Allegro con spirito, ii. Adagio cantabile e con mot Tchaikovsky - Serenade for Strings, Op.48, ii. Valse, iii. Élégie Grieg - Holberg Suite Op.40 Holst - 'St Paul's Suite' Op.29 Link to music to be posted here soon: https://www.sfcivicmusic.org/community-nights Please print music and bring stands- they will not be available at the venue. Thank You. Vik Sharma SFCMA Comm. Night Coord.

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