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San Clemente, CA – Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, a nonprofit southern California cultural center, is offering patrons a unique musical experience to start of 2019: a chance to experience a live performance of Mozart’s symphonies with seating ‘in the round.’
Guests will be seated around approximately 25 musicians from the Orchestra Collective of Orange County in Casa Romantica’s historic Main Salon, with its soaring solarium ceiling adorned with ornate coffers and skylights. The performance, featuring Symphony n. 35 and Symphony no. 41, will be conducted by Dr. David Rentz, who has served as the Orchestra Collective’s Music Director since 2016. Prior to that, he was the Music Director of the Orange County Symphony.
The Orchestra Collective of Orange County is Orange County’s only collaboratively-governed orchestra. The Collective seeks to produce music distinguished by its diversity and innovation in genre-bending arrangements.
“This performance is exemplary of our mission to make culture accessible for people of all ages,” said Casa Romantica Executive Director Berenika D. Palys. “To experience the symphonies of Mozart by the Orchestra Collective in Casa Romantica’s intimate setting is an incredible experience for the audience — unique in every way.”
Founded in 2016 by veterans of the Southern California classical music scene, The Orchestra Collective of Orange County believes that collaboration and self-governance can and will yield amazing results, both artistically and otherwise. A group that embodies and embraces diversity of all kinds, they strive to produce one-of- a-kind musical events that will thrill both longtime concert-goers and complete musical newcomers.
If you go: Casa Classic: Orchestra Collective of Orange County performs at Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens on Thursday, January 31 at 7:00 PM in the Main Salon. Doors open at 6:30 PM, and a donation bar will serve wine and non-alcoholic refreshments. Tickets are $30 for general admission and $25 for Casa members. Tickets are available online at CasaRomantica.org/Calendar, by telephone at (949) 498-2139, or in person at the administrative offices during public hours. The Casa Classic series is made possible with support from Fluidmaster.
