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Dear ,
It's almost that time of year again: Picnics on the lawn, free ice cream and warm summer evenings filled with great music. The Symphony's all-free outdoor music festival, Target Summer Pops, returns July 28-August 3 to the great lawn at San Jose State University. Already a beloved South Bay tradition, last summer the festival drew over 16,000 listeners of all ages.
The concerts are presented at no charge, thanks to our generous sponsors: Target, joined by Applied Materials, KCBS Radio, the City of San Jose and San Jose State University. With their support, Symphony Silicon Valley will bring five concerts, fun, informal, and perfect for listening, humming and even dancing along, to the grassy Campus mall at the foot of San Carlos Street in the heart of downtown San Jose.
Below you can preview this year's entertaining concert line-up. We look forward to seeing you at the happiest event of the summer!
Andrew Bales, President
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Announcing the 2012 Target Summer Pops Festival
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Symphony Silicon Valley presents the 5th annual Target Summer Pops Music Festival -- a fun, festive and totally FREE music festival presented outdoors under the palm trees at San Jose State University.
Bring a picnic and a blanket or your low lawn chairs and join us for five warm evenings of grand music.
This year's festival opens on Saturday with the Symphony orchestra performing an evening of best-loved classics, including excerpts from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, Mozart's A Little Night Music and much more. For Sunday's Target Family Concert, the orchestra will conjure up the magical, musical stories that enchant every kid. The second week of the Festival kicks off on Friday with an evening of irresistible Latin jazz performed by legendary clarinetist and 9-time Grammy winner Paquito D'Rivera with his Quintet. On Saturday Broadway diva Christine Andreas returns, joining the orchestra in romantic songs drawn from the Great American Songbook; and the Festival closes on Sunday with a concert of Americana classics such as the Liberty Bell March, plus orchestra favorites from Aaron Copland to Artie Shaw. Read on for all the details! 
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A Little Classical Night Music
Saturday July 28, 7:00pm
 FREE! Popular light classics
An evening of musical gems drawn from Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty, Borodin's seductive Polovtsian Dances, Mozart's A Little Night Music, Satie's haunting Gymnopédie, and Mendelssohn's sunny Italian Symphony
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Paquito D'Rivera Quintet
Friday August 3, 7:00pm
FREE!
Tango-infused Latin jazz
Nine-time Grammy-winner -- Cuban-born clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera's tango-infused jazz rhythms get audiences on their feet. Join this world-renowned artist and band for an evening of hot jazz under the palms.
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Fiddles 'n Fables Family Night
Sunday July 29, 5:30pm
FREE! Musical stories for kids & adults A bonanza of musical stories -- William Tell, March of the Toys, Tubby the Tuba, Sleeping Beauty, Empire Strikes Back, Night on Bald Mountain - fill the evening with adventure. Come early for free ice cream, perfect for a family outing. |
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Great American Songbook
Saturday August 4, 7:00pm
FREE!
Rogers & Hart, Harold Arlen
Tony-nominated Broadway diva and chanteuse Christine Andreas and friends bring us songs like Blue Moon, Lady Is A Tramp, My Funny Valentine, That Old Black Magic and Stormy Weather. Revisit the era of romance!
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Join Us
ON THE LAWN
San Jose State University
4th Street at San Carlos Street
Paid parking lots available at 4th and San Salvadore, 4th and San Fernando or 2nd and San Carlos Streets. Easy access to Light Rail.
FREE FESTIVAL
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Strike Up The Band
Sunday August 5, 5:30pm
FREE!
Americana, marches & more!
Bigger than a brass band: the full orchestra plays favorites from Copland and Shaw, the Liberty Bell March and an armed forces salute. Come early for free ice cream, relax and enjoy a musical tribute to America.
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About Symphony Silicon Valley
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Founded
in 2002, Symphony Silicon Valley has progressed from a daring idea to
rapidly become the greater South Bay's premiere orchestra and a notable
community success story. The Symphony's artists, nationally recruited,
locally resident, with an average performance tenure in San Jose of over
20 years, are recognized as among the best in the greater Bay Area.
Led by an exciting roster of distinguished guest conductors on the
European model, the Symphony is an anchor tenant of San Jose's
magnificently restored downtown California Theatre, one of Northern
California's most outstanding music halls. Symphony Silicon Valley is
setting an example of an innovative business model in the arts -- market
driven and financially conservative, with low overhead and the
flexibility to match its programming to its support base.
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