Alton concert aims to warm hearts and souls
Vicki Bennington For The Telegraph
Feb. 16, 2021
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ALTON Alton Symphony Orchestra continues its virtual concert series, this time while also highlighting the latest Marie Stillwell Young Artists’ Competition first place-winner, Isabella Saldaña.
Maestro Wm. Shane Williams has kept the 76th season of the symphony on track with concerts that people can enjoy from the comfort and safety of their own home. Williams has created new concerts using pre-recorded selections from past performances.
The next one in the season’s offerings, “The Warmth of Music” will be available on the orchestra’s website, https://www.altonsymphonyorchestra.org/, on Sunday, Feb. 21.
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Vallejo Symphony offers streaming holiday concert
Bruce Chrisp, trombone. (Courtesy photo)
VALLEJO The Vallejo Symphony will stream a holiday performance at 6 p.m. Dec. 18 on the symphony’s YouTube channel.
This performance will be available for 48 hours.
Performers are Scott Macomber and Brad Hogarth, trumpets; Alex Camphouse, horns; Tim Carless, bass trombone; and Bruce Chrisp, tenor trombone.
Chrisp is the principal trombonist with the Marin, Santa Rosa, Fresno, Napa Valley, Santa Cruz County, Vallejo and Carmel Bach Festival orchestras.
He has been performing professionally in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1989 and records regularly at Skywalker Ranch in Marin County.