Welcome to our 2018|19 season
Upcoming Concerts
Season Finale: Tried, True, and New
Sunday, June 2, 2019 at 4:00 PM
Lake Merritt United Methodist Church
1330 First Avenue, Oakland, California 94606BRAHMS: Tragic Overture
UMAR-DURR: To Anacreon (World Premiere)
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 5, "Reformation"
SUPPORT OAKLAND CIVIC ORCHESTRA
The Bay Area is a wonderful place, but it can be an expensive place for the arts to flourish. OCO is facing a significant rise in costs next season. Please help us, if you can, to continue providing free concerts in Oakland.
We accept donations in many forms including cash, check, and on our new Go Fund Me page.
The Oakland Civic Orchestra is grateful for your support and generosity!
Past Concerts 2018|19 Season
Evocations of the Sea
A Collaborative Concert w/ Holy Names University Orchestra
Sunday, April 14, 2019 at 3:00 PM
Holy Names University Valley Center for Performing Arts
3500 Mountain Blvd, Oakland, CA 94619RACHMANINOFF: Isle of the Dead
WAGNER: Overture to the Flying Dutchman
DEBUSSY: La Mer
Honoring Black History
Sunday, February 24, 2019 at 4:00 PM
Lake Merritt United Methodist Church
1330 First Avenue, Oakland, California 94606Free concert (donations welcomed)
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Ballade Op. 33
ST. GEORGES: Violin Concerto Op. 5 No. 1
Featuring Christina OwensJAMES P. JOHNSON: Harlem Symphony
COPLAND: Lincoln Portrait
Narrated by L. Peter Callender
Season Premiere: Italian Infusion
Sunday, October 28, 2018 at 4:00 PM
Lake Merritt United Methodist Church
1330 First Avenue, Oakland, California 94606ROSSINI: Overture to Semiramide
MOZART: Symphony No. 32
DUKAS: La Peri Fanfare
SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2
Please join Oakland Civic Orchestra for an afternoon of free classical music on the shores of Lake Merritt! We kick off the 2018-19 season with a program featuring Sibelius' Symphony No. 2. Started in the winter of 1901 while the Finnish composer was in Rapallo, Italy, he described the powerful work as a "confession of the soul."
The program also includes other music infused and inspired by Italy: Rossini's Overture to Semiramide, Dukas' La Peri Fanfare, and Mozart's Symphony No. 32.
The Oakland Civic Orchestra is an all-volunteer orchestra lead by artistic director/conductor Martha Stoddard and assistant conductors Shannon Houston and Christine Brandes. We are particularly happy to perform free concerts in a kid-friendly and comfortable environment in the heart of Oakland.