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Pete NowlenCONDUCTORS

Pete Nowlen Tim SeeligJadine Louie Mike Wong

Saturday,April 14, 2018

7:30 PM

Palace of Fine Arts Theatre

San Francisco

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For 30 years, Pete Nowlen has been a fi xture on the Northern California classical music scene.Since 1989, he has served on the faculty of Sacramento State and of UC Davis, where he is the Director of Concert Bands.

As the 11th Artistic Director of the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band’s concert band program, Pete merges his musical career with his activist spirit to lead a passionate group of volunteer musicians to dynamic performances of socially and locally relevant programs.

At the San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Free-dom Band —and in his capacity as Artistic Director of the Camerata California Cham-ber Chorus, the Rancho Cordova Civic Light Orchestra, and the CalCap Chamber Music Workshop—Pete inspires adult musicians to a continued life in music.

Under his leadership as Artistic Director since 2013, Nevada County’s Music in the Mountains has enjoyed a renewal of excitement, vitality, and viability.

Pete is an international prize-winning French horn soloist and an active orches-tral and chamber musician, having per-formed with the San Francisco Symphony, Opera and Ballet Orchestras, the Sacra-mento Symphony, and the International Orchestra of Italy amongst others.

He is the founder, Artistic Director, and driving force of the Vocal & Instrumental Teaching Artist (VITA) Academy in Sac-ramento, which brings music and music education to underserved schools and communities while mentoring emerging professional musicians on a viable, reward-ing and impactful career path as music teaching artists.

Pete Nowlen | Artistic Director

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Saturday, May 5Concert in Sacramento

American River College, 6pm

Sunday, May 6Harmony for the Homeless Concert

Sacramento, 2pm

Saturday, May 19Harvey Milk Day, The Castro, SF

Thursday, June 21LGBT Night at the SF Giants

June 22-24San Francisco Pride

Sunday, July 29Free outdoor concert at theYerba Buena Gardens - SF

Saturday, October 6Community Concert - SF

December 8&9Dance-Along Nutcracker® - SF

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