Pacifica Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Fred Chu will perform its Summer Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday at First Presbyterian Church, 2936 Rockefeller Ave., Everett.
Tickets are $20 general admission and $15 for seniors and students. Tickets are available in advance through www.brownpapertickets.com/event/370616 and at the door on concert day.
The program includes “Two Swedish Folk Melodies” by Svendsen, “Sinfonietta for Ten Winds” by Raff, “Musique Pour Faire Plaisir” by Poulenc and “Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta” by Bartok.
Pacifica Chamber Orchestra is a nonprofit ensemble that performs five subscription concerts each season, each at 3 p.m. Sundays at First Presbyterian Church in Everett. The ensemble also performs outreach concerts for elementary students throughout Snohomish County.
To request an outreach concert or to become a sponsor, call 425-743-0255 or email infomypacifica@gmail.com, or go to www.pacificachamberorchestra.org for more information.
Before June 15, people can buy five concerts for the price of four for the 2014-15 season. An adult season ticket is $75 and a senior season ticket is $50.
On Oct. 5, the program includes “Divertimento No. 1” by Weiner, “Capriccio for Strings” by R. Strauss and “Symphonic Serenade” by Korngold.
On Dec. 14, the program is “Three Preludes for Winds” by Gershwin, “Concerto No. 1 in E Major” by Dittersdorf with Brian Hodgson on the bass, “Concerto Gross” by Vaughan Williams, “Trois Pieces Breves” by Ibert and Mozart’s Symphony No. 29.
On Feb. 22, the chamber orchestra plans to play “Divertimento Brilliante” by Glinka, “Concerto for Harpsichord, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Violin and Cello” by Falla and Chausson’s “Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet.”
The orchestra’s April 19 concert includes “Concerto De Camera for Flute, English Horn and Strings” by Honegger, Prokofiev’s “Quintet, Op. 39, for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, and Double Bass” and Enescu’s String Octet, Op. 7.
The June 7, 2015, concert program is “Overture for Strings” by Lutoslawski, “Three Shanties for Woodwind Quintet”by Arnold, “Prelude and Scherzo” by Shostakovich, “Quintette en Forme de Choros” by Villa Lobos and Elgar’s “Introduction and Allegro.”
