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The San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra introduced juvenile people into the symphonic music scene with its Sunday afternoon concert, “Marvelous Mozart,” at the California Theater in San Bernardino.
A full line, with plenty of well-dressed, well-behaved children, watched young people take in a string ensemble, heard the captivating interpretation of “Tubby the Tuba,” and heard four soloists from within the orchestra respond Mozart’s “Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat Major.” All this marvelous music followed a active pre-concert program of mini-performances by regional youth groups, crafts activities, cookies, and the way petting zoo — a Must-Not-Ever-Stop direct encounter between children and symphonic instruments.
Cultivated by accompanying a three-concert tour with American Idol finalist David Archuletta, the ligament ensemble Symphonie Jeunesse, conducted by founder Michele Tacchia, showed why they should be considered a first youth string ensemble in Southern California. Tight, select, and appearing to be thoroughly confident, the 33 musicians, ranging in age from 12 to 18, performed with blank musicianship, big energy, and a panache that shifted them out of the realm of ordinariness. Both works they performed demanded whole concentration, and they all delivered, with seamless tempo and meter shifts and Cyclopean artistry.
Source: InlandSoCal.com