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Audience filling the 3000 seat Santa Monica Civic Auditorium for the Santa Monica Symphony's performance of the Beethoven 9th. |
A cross-section of the community, of all ages, fills the Auditorium to the top of the balcony for the Santa Monica Symphony. |
'Ode to Joy' in Beethoven's 9th Symphony |
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'Ode to Joy' in Beethoven's 9th Symphony |
Allen Robert Gross, the soloists, chorus, and orchestra acknowledge a thunderous standing ovation. |
Chorale Directors Dr. James E. Smith and Dr. Jeffrey Bernstein take a bow with Maestro Gross and the soloists. |
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Children brought from the audience get to bring the flowers to the soloists. |
Children brought from the audience get to bring the flowers to the soloists. |
The soloists Jinyoung Jang, Tracy Van Fleet, Elin Carlson, Jonathan Mack |
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Tracy Van Fleet, mezzo-soprano, & daughter |
Elin Carlson, sporano |
Jinyoung Jang, bass-baritone |
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Jonathan Mack, tenor |
Dr. Allen Robert Gross, Music Director & Conductor of the Santa Monica Symphony, Professor of Music at Occidental and Caltech. |
Professor Raymond Knapp's very popular lectures in the Meeting Room before the concerts, in which he plays violin. |
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Allen Robert Gross rehearing for a concert. |
The Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra, Allen Robert Gross, Music Director & Conductor |
Winner of fund-rasing raffle, Jan Rice, with Paul Dolid, treasurer and cellist, David Bendett, president and violinist, and Allen Robert Gross, Music Director and Conductor. |