San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra

My adventure with the San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra began on Saturday the first –  April Fool's Day.

Nothing about this evening in North Hollywood was a joke. Seriously great music and incredibly talented artists and musicians held court at…

I had left it to the last moment to decide if I could go as there were a few things going on over the weekend, but I am very glad that I made it. This was the third time that…

On Saturday evening, April 1, 2023, the orchestra, under the baton of Maestro James Domine, performed its third concert of the 2022-23 season at its new home: the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood. The Maestro came on stage to…

A young man, young enough to be my son, 
who lives in the Governor’s mansion, 
a man I believed in, 
at one time… 

has deemed me “non-essential,” 
my service to society 
dispensable, 
irrelevant. 

His edict came down from on high …

 In 2004, The 60's rock group Vanilla Fudge sought a musical collaboration with the San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra. The resulting performance is available as both a CD and DVD from numerous sources. To order from amazon.com, go to www.sfvsymphony.com…

Phenomenal performance of Maestro Domine's Violin concerto in G Major played by virtuoso violinist Ruth Bruegger. Ruth's musicality was unceasing throughout the entire three movements of the concerto. The concerto just kept getting better and better each week. It seemed…

Say, what about that english horn soloist playing the Largo from Dvorak's 9th Symphony at tonite's SFVO rehearsal! What a gorgeous tone. Didn't think it could get better than last week, but it was. Get this: the solo is better…

I love the Domine Violin Concerto, Professor Domine! Ruth's interpretation is absolutely magnificent. She plays the concerto with such brilliance and breathtaking sweetness. Such a sweet, delicate sound! 

When you asked the orchestra to play the third movement like the…

Oops. I made a boo-boo. It wasn't the Legend of Taliesin that I was listening to in my previous comment. I believe it was the Domine Piano Concerto #3 in A minor. As a matter of fact, it was the…

Ok. Here it is. I feel like such an idot! Call me "a psychotropic....." (C.J., Tomahawk); Oh, my Dogue! But if you haven't gone to Professor Domine's website where he lists his compositions and has them available for our enjoyment…