Cal Poly Chamber Orchestra Plays Beethoven March 16 1 of 2 file:///X:/Copyright/Submissions/_PressReleases%20&%20Cal%20Pol... Skip to Content Cal Poly News Search Cal Poly News Go California Polytechnic State University Contact: Jo Ann Lloyd (805) 756-1511 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cal Poly Chamber Orchestra To Perform 'Mostly Beethoven' March 16 SAN LUIS OBISPO -- The Cal Poly Chamber Orchestra, conducted by founder and Music Professor Clifton Swanson, will perform a "Mostly Beethoven" program at its Winter Concert at 3 p.m. March 16 in the Cal Poly Theatre. The concert will open with Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 in F major, the last symphony he composed before becoming completely deaf. Following that will be Sir William Walton's incidental music for the film "Henry V." Featured soloist for the concert will be pianist Music Professor William Terrence Spiller performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major. Spiller, a Cal Poly faculty member since 1991, is well known to Central Coast and other audiences. He specializes in the music of Beethoven. Tickets for the concert cost $5 for students and senior citizens and $8 for the public. They may be purchased at the Performing Arts Ticket office from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and noon to 4 p.m. Saturdays. The concert is sponsored by the Music Department, College of Liberal Arts and Instructionally Related Activities program. For more information, call the Music Department at 756-2406. - 30 CP Home • CP Find It Get Adobe Reader • Microsoft Viewers Events • Recent Releases • Cal Poly Magazine • Cal Poly Update E-newsletter • Contact Public Affairs • Alumni • Giving • Athletics Cal Poly Public Affairs California Polytechnic State University 10/2/2009 11:01 AM Cal Poly Chamber Orchestra Plays Beethoven March 16 2 of 2 file:///X:/Copyright/Submissions/_PressReleases%20&%20Cal%20Pol... San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 805.756.7266 polynews@calpoly.edu 10/2/2009 11:01 AM