Philharmonia Healdsburg - Music for Lovers

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Music for Lovers – Romances for Sax
Featuring Jordan Wardlaw, Saxophone

• Romance – Elgar
• Vocalise – Rachmaninoff
• Pavane – Faure
• Siegfried Idyll – Richard Wagner
• On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring / Summer Night on the River – Frederick Delius

Music Director Les Pfutzenreuter continues to bring us professional classical musicians from across Northern California to create a beguiling season of music ranging from the 1700s (Mozart and Franz Haydn) to the early 1900s (Edward Elgar and Sergei Rachmaninoff), featuring violin, viola, saxophone, and cello. Audience members and season subscribers have been consistently raving about Philharmonia Healdsburg since its inception in 2011.

Saxophonist Jordan Wardlaw holds a degree in jazz studies from the Thornton School of Music at USC. While in Los Angeles he performed with such artists as Peter Erskine, Ndugu Chancler, Bill Watrous, John Clayton, Barry Manilow and Toni Tennille. Jordan has performed with the Santa Rosa Symphony since 1997. In the North Bay he has appeared with fine players such as Howard Wiley, Erik Jekabson, John Allair, and Mel Graves. Jordan has been a member of the acclaimed San Francisco based swing group Lee Press-On and the Nails since 2003. In addition to his diverse performance schedule Jordan does regular studio soundtrack sessions. His work appears in the popular video game Sam and Max. Jordan is also a jazz educator. He is the current director of the jazz program at Santa Rosa High School as well as the director of instrumental music as the Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts.

SUNDAY PRE-SHOW 1:15pm: Come early for an informative and entertaining discussion of the musical selections with director Les Pfutzenreuter.

Mar 1 & Mar 2
Start Time: Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm (Sun Pre-show 1:15pm)
General Admission: $25; $10 students with ID
More Info: http://www.raventheater.org/event_calendar.aspx

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