San Diego Chamber Orchestra
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[edit] San Diego Chamber Orchestra
The San Diego Chamber Orchestra, founded in 1984, is the premiere professional chamber orchestra of San Diego County. Donald Barra was the first Conductor and remained as Artistic Director and Conductor through the 2004-2005 season.
Jung-Ho Pak was announced the Artistic Director and Conductor in the 2006-2007 season bringing with him a fresh new vision for the Orchestra. The Orchestra provides extremely high-quality concerts for a diverse San Diego County with current venues in downtown San Diego, La Jolla, and in the north county at Rancho Santa Fe. The Orchestra presents a variety of concerts all around the county and frequently performs for local organizations and corporations for special events. The Orchestra also has an annual holiday tradition of performing Handel’s Messiah in beautiful churches and the California Center of the Performing Arts, Escondido.
The Orchestra’s performance of major classical repertoire and its seven internationally distributed recordings on the Naxos label have earned critical acclaim. The San Diego Chamber Orchestra is a cultural leader and unique classical music experience for the San Diego community.
[edit] Jung-Ho Pak
Described by the New York Times as a conductor who "radiates enthusiasm", the Los Angeles Times as “a real grabber", and twice by the San Diego Union-Tribune as one of the most "impactful people to watch", Maestro Pak has developed a reputation as a visionary and influential leader.
His “new vision” for classical music in San Diego is to create a joyous, emotional and dramatic musical experience for today’s audiences, an experience that attracts a whole new generation to classical music.
Jung-Ho Pak has careers as both a Music Director with a revolutionary vision of classical music and as a nationally acclaimed educator. In 2007, Mr. Pak begins his tenure as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra (capesymphony.org), one of the largest orchestras in Massachusetts (second only to the Boston Symphony Orchestra).
Mr. Pak has recently been named Music Director Emeritus of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra after completing his eighth season with one the one of the largest and historic orchestras in the New England region. In 2003, he was appointed Music Director of the World Youth Symphony Orchestra and Director of Orchestras at the Interlochen Center for the Arts (interlochen.org). The WYSO is one of the oldest and most well known orchestras of its kind, as well as an international ambassador for the arts and peace.
From 1997 to 2002, Mr. Pak led the San Diego Symphony to become a nationally recognized artistic and financial success through a personalized and contemporary approach. His innovative creation, the "Light Bulb Series," was a revolutionary new concept in classical music, utilizing multimedia technology, non-classical connections, drama and theatrical staging in an interactive and approachable way. These concerts reached a younger adult audience while providing traditional audiences with a deeper appreciation of classical music.
Mr. Pak strongly believes an orchestra belongs to its community, and has produced specific concerts for the Latino, Chinese, Korean, Indian, Jewish and African-American communities.
He has served as Music Director with two important music conservatories: the University of Southern California (USC) Symphony and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He has also served as Principal Conductor of the Emmy-nominated Disney Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra for eight years and as Music Director of the International Chamber Orchestra, NEXT Chamber Orchestra, Interlochen's World Youth Symphony Orchestra, Colburn Chamber Orchestra and Diablo Ballet.
Guest conducting has taken him to Europe, the Soviet Union, South America and Asia. Mr. Pak is also a frequent speaker on television and radio about the relevance of art in society and the importance of music in education.
[edit] Musicians
Violins
Alex Palamidis, Concertmaster
Healy Henderson, Assistant Concertmaster
Hernan Constantino, Principal
Andrea Altona
Victoria Bietz
Karla Contreras
Irena Fraden
Lynne-Marie Friedrichs
Tricia Lee
Yvonne Shay
Violas
Qing Liang, Principal
Judith Hendershott
Linda Piatt
Cellos
Erin Breene, Principal
Mary Alice Hendricks
Bass
Michael Wais, Principal
Flutes
Beth Ross-Buckley, Principal
Suzanne Kennedy
Oboes
Susan Barrett, Principal
Scott Paulson
Clarinets
Frank Renk, Principal
Robert Zelickman
Bassoons
Ryan Simmons, Principal
David Savage
French Horns
John Lorge, Principal
Barry Toombs
Trumpets
John MacFerran Wilds, Principal
Frank Glasson
Trombone
Richard Gordon, Principal
Timpani/Percussion
Patrick Pfiffner, Principal
Harp
Elena Mashkovtseva, Principal
Piano/Celeste/Harpsichord
Mary Barranger, Principal
