Oakland Youth Orchestra Spring Concert

On Sunday, May 20, 2012, the Oakland Youth Orchestra under the direction of Principal Conductor Bryan Nies, will present the final concert of the 2011-12 Season.  Program will include Leonard Bernstein's "Overture to Candide" and Saint-Saens "Cello Concerto No. 1" featuring a solo performance by Jiho Choi, winner of the OYO 2011-12 Concerto Competition.  The Oakland Symphony Chorus will join OYO for Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Dona Nobis Pacem."  OSC Music Director Dr. Lynne Morrow and the chorus will also offer the West Coast Premiere of a new work by Dr. Andre J. Thomas, "Someday is Today", a piece for voice and piano commissioned by a consortium of choruses this year.