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Board of Directors President Bob Engelman Howard Engelman Founding President In Memorium Erin Prouty Chairwoman of the Board Grusha Paterson-Mills Executive Secretary General Manager George Beck Treasurer Robert C. Bruce Selma Daye Sydney Daye Leona Kline Staphanie Klopfleisch Roy Lewis, Ph.D. Louis Ravitz, M.D. Jamiela Self Helen Sinderman William R. Stephenson Natalie Stone Christine Taylor Mimi C. Yu, Ph.D. ADVISORY BOARD Ki Saing Bai Judith Karen Baker Annelise B. Bunzel Mary Levin Cutler Phillis Diller Hon. Edmund Edelman Morton A. Heller W. Edgar Jessup, Jr. Deborah Kreingel Mitchell Lurie Irene M. Oppenheim Paul Oppenheim Dori Pye Hon. Bill Rosendahl Esther Smith Edi Steel Bob Steele Jeorge A. Taylor Hon. Zev Yaroslavsky Alvin M. Mills permanent Conductor and Music Director* *Honorary Members		The Brentwood-Westwood Symphony Orchestra Association and our esteemed Maestro Alvin Mills invite you to 55th anniversary. This Gala Season will feature internationally acclaimed artists, noted guest conductors, talented young "Wunder Kinder" musicians and many other surprises. -- Sunday, October 14, 2007 at 3:00 pm -- Leslie Lashinsky, Bassoonist who toured the world with Zubin Mehta, Leonard Bernstein and Esa-Pekka-Salonen, will perform the 'Andante and Hungarian Rondo,' Op. 35, by Carl Maria von Weber; and Jon Titmus, Principal Horn with the Brentwood-Westwood Symphony, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Opera and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra among others
	will play the 'Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat Major' by Mozart. Maestro Alvin Mills will conduct 'Sheherazade' by Rimsky-Korsakov. This program is dedicated to Stanley Lefcourt whose devotion and dedication to our community will always be remembered. --Sunday, December 2, 2007, at 3:00 p.m.-- On the program will be sixteen year old violinist, Doori Na, student of Robert Lipsett of the Colburn school and the world renown Itzhak Perlman, will perform * Violin Concerto in E minor* by Conus; and a World Premiere of the * Celebration of World Peace (A Miracle)* by Debussy-Mills. Soprano Melissa Simpson will perform several Arias and then lead the audience in a Holiday Music Sing-a-Long. This afternoon is dedicated to the memory of our founding President, Howard Engelman. --Sunday, March 16, 2008, 3:00 p.m., Richard Kaufman, Principal Pops Conductor with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Orange County s Pacific Symphony, will share the podium with Maestro Alvin Mills. Richard Kaufman also conducts the Chicago Symphony Concert Series, the Florida Orchestra and many others throughout the United States. Maestro Kaufman will conduct music by Leroy Anderson, honoring the One Hundredth Anniversary of his birth. Nelson Kole, a musician of great diversity as pianist, composer, songwriter/singer, arranger, will share the program with Maestro Kaufman, Mr. Kole will play the * Leroy Anderson Piano Concerto.* Also on the program is fourteen year old pianist, Rachel Hyojae Chung, who began playing at age four and by eight, performed the Haydn Concerto in D Major at Zipper Hall. She is currently studying with noted pedagogue Mme. Mihaung Keel. Rachel has won numerous prizes from competitions: Los Angeles Korea Times Piano Competition; Puigcerda International Piano Competition in Spain, among others, and she was one of the winners of the Brentwood-Westwood Artists of Tomorrow competition. Rachel H. Chung will perform the Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 by Grieg. --Sunday, May 18th, 2008, at 3:00 p.m. Artists of Tomorrow Concert. We will award the Howard Engelman $1,000.00 Music Scholarship Prize. Dear Music Lover, Our 55th Aniversary Season promises to be truly exceptional. We have prepared four concerts, each offering different levels of musical experience. We are presenting world class soloists and top musicians, many of them from the Los Angeles Philharmonic and other first class orchestras. Our concerts are FREE, but we have to pay $10,000 to produce each concert. Money from grants and foundations is slim these days because of our faltering economy and current wars gobbling up funds. Please help us continue these wonderful Sunday afternoon concerts. Your contributions are greatly appreciated. Please be generous. Music is the universal language that enriches all our lives. Let s continue to share this treasure with each other. Sincerely, Bob Engelman

Sunday, October 14th, 2007, 3 p.m. ALVIN MILLS, Music Director / Conductor LESLIE LASHINSKY, Bassoonist JON TITMUS, French Horn JEFFREY HALL, Special Guest		ALVIN MILLS, Founding Conductor
Rimsky-Korsakov	Sheherazade
Mozart	Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat Major K. 495
von Weber	Andante and Hungarian Rondo

Sunday, December 2, 2007, 3 p.m. ALVIN MILLS, Conductor DOORI NA, Violinist MELISSA SIMPSON, Soprano		Leslie Lashinsky Bassoon Oct 14, 2007	Jon Titmus French Horn Oct 14, 2007
Beethoven	Egmont Overture, Op. 84
Conus	Violin Concerto in E minor
Debussy-Mills	Celebration of World Peace (A Miracle) world premiere
Christmas, Hanukkah and Holiday music	Audience Sing-A-Long
Sunday, March 16th, 2008, 3 p.m. Alvin Mills, Conductor RICHARD KAUFMAN, Guest Conductor NELSON KOLE, Pianist RACHEL CHUNG, pianist		Richard Kaufman Conductor March 16, 2008	Doori Na Violin Dec 2, 2007
Mozart	Overture to the Marriage of Figaro K. 492
Grieg	Piano Concerto in A-minor Op. 16
A Special Tribute to Leroy Anderson (1908-2008)
Anderson	Piano Concerto
Sunday, May 18th, 2008, 3 p.m. Award of the Howard Engelman $1,000 music scholarship Soloists to be selected in February 2008		Rachel Chung Piano Mar 16, 2008	Nelson Kole Piano Mar 16, 2008
{Programs Subject to Change}