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Dear ALAN,
The final weekend of our free music festival, Target
Summer Pops, is almost here. Come swing with the world famous band Big
Bad Voodoo Daddy, savor the cool and classy songs of Frank
Sinatra, and thrill to the Imperial
March and Duel
of the Fates - the music of STAR WARS!
Our Facebook
fans have posted comments like "Enjoying my evening with beautiful
classical music. Thank you!" "It was fabulous!!!! So much fun
too!!! Thanks Symphony Silicon Valley!!!" "What a fab way to
spend a Saturday evening. The concert was outstanding." "It's
such a treat to hear live classical music." And "our three
year old enjoyed every minute!" Post
your own comment and let us know how you're enjoying the
fun!
See you there,
Andrew
Bales, President
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PLAN YOUR TRIP
WHAT TO BRING
- Low
lawn chair or blanket
- Sunscreen
or a hat
- Picnic
or snacks
- Perhaps
a camera
- Your
thirst for summer fun!
- Share
your photos on Facebook! Be sure to tag Symphony Silicon
Valley and Like us too!
- Use
#TargetSummerPops or #TSP2013 to Tweet to your friends!
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San Jose
State University, Tower Hall Lawn, behind the MLK Library. Entrance
at Paseo de San Antonio Walk, or San Fernando Street, at 4th
Street, San Jose
PARKING MAP
Nearby
parking garages include:
Corner of 4th & San Pedro
On campus, 4th & San Carlos
North of Santa Clara, between 4th & 5th
(city lot, free evenings and Sundays)
Leave the driving to someone else!
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Kids meet "Tubby The Tuba"
(Photo by Bill Batterson)
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Friday August 2
7:00pm
Grab the
chance to see this electrifying contemporary Swing Revival band live
and free! From '40s swing to Cab Calloway, boogie woogie to New
Orleans blues, its rhythm section is beat only by its horns - or vice
versa. "Go Daddy-O," "Mr. Pinstripe Suit," "The
Jumpin' Jive" - it doesn't get better than this.
2013 marks the
20th anniversary of Big
Bad Voodoo Daddy's remarkable arrival upon the music
scene. In its early years, having secured their legendary residency
at the Derby nightclub in Los Angeles, they reminded a world in the
middle of the grunge era that it was still cool to swing, big band
style. Today the high energy nine piece ensemble continues the party,
taking things to the next level with the release of Rattle Them Bones.
Following up their much-lauded 2009 release, How Big Can You Get?: The
Music of Cab Calloway, Rattle Them Bones
expands the band's horizons, while continuing to urge their millions
of fans worldwide to move and shake to their inimitable groove.
This concert promises to be a night to remember!
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A long time ago in a galaxy
far, far away...
Sunday August 4
5:30pm
Presented in
association with
STAR WARS
"Where Science Meets Imagination"
opening this
October.
STAR WARS
"Where Science Meets Imagination" is coming to The Tech
Museum of Innovation this October. Get a head start on the fun and
fascination: a summer evening filled with John Williams's
unforgettable music drawn from each episode of the legendary
cinematic saga. The 501st Legion will make a special appearance as
well! Everyone is welcome - families, men, women, children, wookies
and droids! May the Force be with you - and free ice cream, too.
- Main Title
- Flag Parade
- Anakin's Theme
- Duel of the Fates
- Across the Stars
- Battle of the Heroes
- Princess Leia's Theme
- Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme)
- Yoda's Theme
- The Asteroid Field
- Jabba the Hutt's Theme
- Throne Room and End Title
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Enjoying Target Summer Pops first weekend
© 2013 Don Abel
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Saturday August 3
7:00pm
When Frank
Sinatra's longtime bandleader Vincent Falcone first heard vocalist Steve Lippia,
he's said to have exclaimed "That's the old man!"
Since then, Lippia has become one of the most in-demand interpreters
of Sinatra's timeless music. He performs to sold-out audiences with
major symphonies across the nation and internationally, and headlines
for extended engagements in New York, Las Vegas and Atlantic
City.
Join us for a
romantic concert of Sinatra's greatest songs, performed by a
master. Backed by the Symphony Silicon Valley musicians, Steve
Lippia will bring us the best of the Big Band era and American
classic pop standards and leave us begging for more!
- I've Got the World on a String
- The Best is Yet to Come
- All the Way
- Witchcraft
- It Was a Very Good Year
- I've Got You Under My Skin
- The Way You Look Tonight
- I Have Dreamed
- That's Life
- Fly Me to the Moon
- The Good Life
- Come Fly With Me
- In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
- Saturday Night
- Let Me Try Again
- Luck Be a Lady
- My Way
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Quick-draw Maestro Jaffe moseys onto the stage. Our
audience loves the Wild Wild West!
© 2013 Don Abel
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Photos by Don Abel and Brian Allan Hobbs
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¡Viva Fest!
Mexico's leading operatic tenor
Fernando de la Mora comes to San Jose for the first
time!
Symphony Silicon Valley is proud to join this annual festival,
performing The
Romances of Mexico, Saturday, September 7th in the
SAP Center (formerly HP Pavilion) at 8:00pm with Sandra Rubalcava and Mariachi Sol de Mexíco!
Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com and at HP Pavilion
Box Office. Visit www.vivafest.org
for information.
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About Symphony
Silicon Valley
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Symphony Silicon Valley is the professional symphony
orchestra of San Jose. Founded in 2002, the nonprofit company has
progressed from a daring idea to rapidly become the greater South Bay's
premiere orchestra and a notable community success story. The
Symphony's artists, nationally recruited, locally resident, with an
average performance tenure in San Jose of over 20 years, are recognized
as among the best in the greater Bay Area. Led by an exciting
roster of distinguished guest conductors on the European model, the
Symphony is an anchor tenant of San Jose's magnificently restored
downtown California Theatre, one of Northern California's most
outstanding music halls. Symphony Silicon Valley is setting an
example of an innovative business model in the arts -- market driven
and financially conservative, with low overhead and the flexibility to
match its programming to its support base. Besides the
Orchestra's core Classics programming, the Symphony's other concerts
include Target Summer Pops free music festival, five diverse concerts
produced outdoors on the lawn and annually bringing nearly 17,000
people out to enjoy totally free and family-friendly music; and
ArtSPARK, the County's new arts education program for all elementary
students in grades 3-6. This school year the program will serve 33,000
students.
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