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SF Ballet Orchestra
Martin West, Music Director
San Francisco Ballet Orchestra presents their 14th annual free chamber music event, which will include movements from Dvorak’s “American” String Quartet, Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet, Schulhoff’s Concertino and Dohnanyi’s humorous Sextet for Piano, Winds and Strings. They are pleased to announce that staff accompanist Britton Day will be taking part in this performance.
FREE ADMISSION
Advanced reservation required for entry.
We are offering a limited number of seats for this performance.
SAN FRANCISCO BALLET ORCHESTRA
The San Francisco Ballet Orchestra has been recognized internationally as one of the top Ballet Orchestras in the world. Formed in 1976, they have recorded numerous CDs including works of Debussy, Delibes, Shostakovich Cello Concerto with Zuill Bailey, Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker including a complete DVD of Helgi Tomasson's production, and Weber's Clarinet Concerti with Alexander Filterstein in which the SF Chronicle's Joshua Kosman said, "The orchestral playing is vibrant and wonderfully detailed." The New York Times recently described the SF Ballet Orchestra's playing as "luscious…The San Francisco Ballet Orchestra is in excellent shape." Many of the musicians of the SF Ballet Orchestra are also avid chamber musicians who perform in such groups as New Century Chamber Orchestra, Earplay, the Sun Quartet, Stanford Woodwind Quintet, Eos Ensemble, and Bay Brass among others. sfballet.org
BRITTON DAY
Britton Day was born in San Francisco, raised in Mill Valley, and attended college in Ohio. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree at the Oberlin Conservatory, he returned to the bay area, to continue his post graduate studies with Paul Hersh at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where Britt earned a Master’s Degree as well as a Professional Studies Diploma.
Since graduating, Britt works as a staff accompanist at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the San Francisco Ballet Company as a rehearsal pianist, and performs chamber music and recitals with musicians from the San Francisco Symphony, Opera Orchestra and SF Ballet Orchestra.