The Crown City Symphony (CCS), directed by Mr. Marvin Neumann, will open their 11th season (2011 - 2012) with two concerts, November 12th and 13th, featuring Los Angeles Philharmonic violinist Larry Sonderling. 

Larry Sonderling has been a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for 33 years.  He has performed with many local orchestras including the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, California Chamber Symphony, Santa Monica Symphony, and the Ventura and South Coast Symphonies.  He is on the faculty of Occidental College as an instructor of violin, and has taught for several years at local string workshops including the Los Angeles Philharmonic Institute.  The Long Beach Press-Telegram has said of him, “Violinist Lawrence Sonderling set the tone of the performance—big ripe and sweet,” and the Los Angeles Times has called his playing “genuinely brilliant and gutsy…with polish and energy.”

November's program:

• Rossini: Overture, The Italian Girl in Algiers
• Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in e minor - Larry Sonderling, violin
• Mozart: Symphony No. 25 in g minor
  

More November concert details are available on our Concerts page or flyer.

Crown City Symphony, under the direction of Marvin Neumann, is an outstanding local symphony with a growing reputation in the community for presenting fine soloists and familiar standards as well as new music.  We will be premiering a new work composed by our clarinetist, Jim Stanley, on our third concert set in May 2012, and last season we premiered a work by our conductor Marvin Neumann.

The soloists for the rest of the season are violinist Lindsay Deutsch, March 17th and 18th, and Laszlo Meza, cellist, May 19th and 20th.  For more details on this season's entire concert schedule, see our Concerts page.

Crown City Symphony has been fortunate to receive grants from Showcase House for the Arts, Pasadena Tournament of Roses® Foundation, City of Pasadena, Los Angeles Breakfast Club, and Pasadena Arts League.  It is an all volunteer orchestra and depends on donations for all its expenses.  It was originally sponsored by the Pasadena Senior Center, but is now under the sponsorship of The Tuesday Musicale of Pasadena.

CCS concerts are made possible by the sponsorship of the Tuesday Musicale of Pasadena, and funds received through private donations.