Enterprise-Record from Chico, California • 15

Bay Area Group Youth Symphony Japan Bound SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) A group of youngster! In the San Francisco Bay Area are making plans for a summer of hard work they're wildly excited about it They are members of the California Youth Symphony Orchestra and they have been invited on a month-long tour of Japan beginning July 20 The trip is being sponsored by the Asahi newspaper group which also sponsors a number of youth orchestras in Japan The California Youth Symphony Orchestra is composed of 104 amateurs musicians who play to professional standards The reason is that their conductor Russian-born number of special concerts The boys and girls rrnge in age from 11 to IS "And we don't play any easy abridgements Sten said "We play the standard symphonic repertoire with emphasis on Mo-tart and Beethoven We play every work in its entirety and I let anyone skimp at the hard A number of the orchestra members intend to be professional musicians and music teachers but many do not purpose of the Sten said to broaden the children's musical education to give them something that will enrich them for the rest of their Aaron Sten insists on nothing less "I never conduct auditions for the Sten said "But our orchestra has developed such high standards since it was founded in 1952 that any youngster wanting to Join us starts working hard long before so hell be technically The orchestra rehearses every Saturday at Foothill College in Los Altos a suburb of San Francisco It rehearses 12 months of the year and even twice a week during Christmas vacation During the summer the youngsters go to a camp in the High Sierra The orchestra gives six regular concerts a year along with a Entertainment Highlights TV Log Movies Drama Music Books Bridge French Comedy Next for Center Players mmmmsmmm E-R MID-VALLEY the form of a profitable marriage with a millkn-frane dowry promises to save the Cleram-bards from sure disaster At this point Monsieur Cleram-bard has a vision which to changes his life that be insists on Ms marriage to occur with the most notorious prostitute in their town The east includes: Stanley Breyfogle Clerambard the father who is also directing Marie ON NEXT PROGRAM Carole Bogard lyric soprano of San Francisco Is one of the members of the "Bach to Mozart" group which will give the next Chico State College musical aeries program See story below 60011 to Mozart Group Plays at College Feb 25 Rhodes Louise his wife Ann Ei-dridge Madame de Lere the mother-in-law Dave Lavash Octave the son Judy James the a prostitute Charles Calkins the priest Kay Crowder Madame Galuchoa Anne Breyfogle Evelyne Gahichon her daughter and prospective bride Anita James second Galuchoa daughter and David Calkins a French comedy by Marcel Ayme will be presented by the Center Players opening at 8:20 pm Friday Feb 22 for a three-night stand at the Eastwood Recreation Center The play revolves around the misadventures of an aristocratk French family reduced to poverty to the extent where they moat eat eats and dogs to survive A stroke 'of hide however in ber Players and numerous community musical organizations Miss Bogard haa earned her wide recognition in Sap Francisco and fat many areas of California She haa performed as soloist with the San Francisco Symphony and with the Oakland and Fresno Symphonies Miss performances-in opera oratori recital and chamber musk have been enthusiastically received by the musk critics and audiences everywhere Bogas received his musical education at the San Francisco Conservatory of Musk studying piano with the late Ada Clement and with Adolph Bailer harmony and counterpoint with Lillian Hodghead and chandler music with members of the original Griller Quintet In 1958 a year's study abroad developed his interest in conducting and in early instruments Since that time his success in international piano competitions and a national concert career have left him little time for dumber musk but now he tokea pleasure in ensemble work and teaching' along with his many ado engagements Haug a veteran of many dumber and symphony concerts is currently assistant principal of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Coprincipal of San Francisco Opera Orchestra and trumpet so- loiat for the Carmel Festival In-addition Haug has been a faculty member of the San Francisco Conservatory for sixteen years Musk series season tickets will be accepted for this one-night concert Chico State College student body cardholders will be admitted free while individual tickets for adults are $1X5 and high school students 75 centa Tickets can be obtained from Valley Mu- sic Smiley's and the Chico State College Associated Students The Chico State College 196243 Music Series will reach its halfway point 'Monday Feb 25 with the presentation of the to group of San Francisco The Improvisation Chamber Ensemble originally scheduled for this date was being forced to relinquish its concert date due to unavoidable curcumstances according to Dr Fred Warren of the Chico State College music department The concert is scheduled at pm in the college auditorium The CSC Music Series ia a result of the combined efforts of the college Associated Students and musk department to bring to the people of Chico an outstanding and diversified program of excellent musical entertainment Awing the colleges yearlong 75th an-anniversary celebration Two of the outstanding concerts already presented in the Musk Series were the Kingston Trio and Bey De la Torre classic guitarist Concerts remaining betides the Bach to Mozart presentation are Natalie Bodanya Metropolitan Opera soprano March 15 and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Enrique Jorda on May -The Bach group is composed of musicians from the San Francis-eo Bay area and has gained great success in its concerts throughout central California Raymond Duste organizer and director of the- group has long been recognized as a leader In the field of chamber music Carole Bogard lyric soprano Edward Haug trumpet Everett O'Bannoo violinist Uoyd Gowen flute El-lea Dossier cello and Ray gas harpsichord and piano comprise the musical ensemble has long been active to auch groups as the San Francisco Uttle Symphony the California Wind Quintet the Berkeley Cham DESPAIR Octave aon of the aristrocratic Clerambard family is consoled by Ms mother Louise as he attempts to decide whether to marry a rich ugly girl or the voluptuous town prostitute Louise is puiyed by Merte Rhodes Octave by Dave Lavash will run for three nights starting Febu itwood Recreation Center Directed by Stanley Breyfogle it is being doba by the Center Players See story 12 at 8:30 pm in the Easts THE CHICO FEBRUARY 6 1963.