New West Symphony Music Director Michael Christie conducts the National Anthem | Photo by Eugene Yankevich
Prepare to kick up your heels for a Hoedown and a tango at this weekend’s concerts by the New West Symphony, part of the orchestra’s 25th anniversary season under new music director Michael Christie. The concerts take place Saturday night at 7:30pm at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, and Sunday at 3pm at Camarillo’s Rancho Campaña Performing Arts Center.
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This weekend’s performances by the New West Symphony and music director Michael Christie include Gabriela Lena Frank’s Peruvian-inflected Leyendas, with LA-based Peruvian Ensemble INCA participating in the program, also Bartok’s Romanian Folk Dances, Copland’s Hoedown from Rodeo, the world premiere of Canvas by Julien Labro, who will also be the bandoneon soloist in the work, along with guitarist Jason Vieaux. The two will also join forces with the orchestra for Labro’s arrangement of Astor Piazzola’s The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. During intermission, the audience is invited to return to the auditorium early to hear a new work. Almost the entire audience does so at New West Symphony concerts! You can learn more at newwestsymphony.org.
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Gail Eichenthal
Gail Eichenthal is the Senior Director of Community Engagement for the USC Radio Group, which includes KUSC Los Angeles and KDFC San Francisco.
In 1978, Gail became the first woman to host the national radio broadcasts of an American orchestra, hosting and producing the LA Philharmonic broadcasts for more than 20 years. From 1994-2005, Gail expanded her career into news, working as a staff reporter and anchor at KNX-AM, the CBS news station. She is a member of the USC Thornton School of Music Board of Councilors.
