SANTA MONICA SYMPHONY'S BEETHOVEN 9TH - photos by D'Lynn Waldron & Tom F. Pittman ©2005

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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.

Santa Monica Symphony, Allen Robert Gross, Music Director and Conductor. May 29,2005, performance of Beethoven's 9th Symphony in the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.



Last updated: 05/31/05