Press Release
January 24, 2011
Orchestra Nova Back In the Ranch
Orchestra Nova San Diego, under the leadership of Jung-Ho Pak, will be performing its Nova Classics series of concerts in Rancho Santa Fe again, beginning with its Nova Intimately concert on Sunday afternoon, February 27, at 3:00 p.m. in the new Rancho Santa Fe Performing Arts Center on the grounds of the Rancho Santa Fe School.
Orchestra Nova was founded in Rancho Santa Fe 27 years ago as the San Diego Chamber Orchestra and performed its Classics series at the Fairbanks Country Club and the Del Mar Country Club as well as its Pops series of outdoor concerts in the town center throughout most of the first 25 years, until its move to the Irwin M. Jacobs Qualcomm Hall in Sorrento Valley for the 2009-2010 season.
A resounding success story during a time when many orchestras are experiencing downturns in attendance, Orchestra Nova continues to fill seats and will continue to perform its Nova Classics series of concerts downtown at St. Paul’s Cathedral, at the Sherwood Auditorium in La Jolla and at the Irwin M. Jacobs Qualcomm Hall and its POPS! series of concerts at the California Center for the Arts in Escondido.
“We are absolutely thrilled to be coming back to the Ranch,” says Jung-Ho Pak. “Our Rancho Santa Fe supporters are very important to us and we have been so grateful for their support throughout the years. We are excited about performing in this wonderful new venue and especially looking forward to our opening concert there next month.”
Nova will present its “intimate side” in this opening concert with a selection of masterpieces written by a diverse group of composers who capture some of life’s most treasured moments, celebrating love. Included in the repertoire will be Debussy’s Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun, Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll, the young Schoenberg’s Transfigured Night (before his atonal music) and Mexico-Bolivar Tango by contemporary composer Randall Davidson.
Also featured in the program will be soprano Maria Lozano singing Heitor Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras (Brazilian Bach) arias. Maria was the winner of Orchestra Nova’s The Next Star talent competition last season.
Maria is the epitome of a success story based on passion and determination. She began her studies as an undergraduate at San Diego State University by riding the bus nine hours a day for two years from her home in Mexico, finally earning her B.A. in music. She is currently studying for a post-graduate degree.
Photos available upon request. More information and tickets available at orchestranova.org or by calling 858-350-0290.
