Concert Previews
Each season the Rio Hondo Symphony Guild, the orchestra's major support group, hosts a Concert Preview Friday mornings prior to the concerts.
Music lovers gather at 10 a.m. at the First Friends Church of Whittier, 13205 Philidelphia Street. After light refreshments, an expert in the field of music offers fascinating facts and anecdotes about the composers and the concert offerings. Guests are always welcome.
Concert Preview
September 28, 2007
Williametta Spencer
Dr. Williametta Spencer was commissioned to write a new orchestral work for the 75th Anniversary of the Rio Hondo Symphony. She has a long association with Whittier College. She also serves as organist and director of music at Whittier Presbyterian Church.
Concert Preview
November 2, 2007
John Santana
John Santana is Director of Programming for KMZT, currently broadcasting on AM and on the new digital HD radio. He hosts Evening Concert, Southern California’s longest running radio program, now in its 67th year. John Santana's training as a musician and composer have put him in demand as a pre-concert speaker for such organizations as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the New York Philharmonic, Opera Pacific, Pacific Symphony, and the Angeles Chorale.
Concert Preview
February 29, 2008
Stephen Gothold
Dr. Stephen Gothold is the founder
of Chorale Bel Canto and has been the group's conductor
and music director since its inception in 1981. Dr. Gothold is preparing the Chorale Bel Canto for its part in this concert performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Concert Preview
April 11, 2008
Dr. H. Colin Slim
H. Colin Slim taught at the University of Chicago, 1959-65, and 1972-73; at the University of California, Santa Barbara, 1984-85; at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 1985-86; and at the University of California, Irvine from 1965 until retiring in 1994.