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Maestro Claudio Vena
About the Orchestra
Gemini award winning composer & conductor Claudio
Vena has composed music for film, television and the
stage, including the 2011 Gemini award winning score to
TO in 24. Since 2008, he has composed and been musical director for several Stratford productions including
Hamlet, Peter Pan, and Romeo & Juliet. As a recording
artist, Claudio has released 3 solo CDs and 3 CDs with
Quartetto Gelato, which he co-founded.
As producer, Claudio has worked with Catherine Wilson’s Ensemble Vivant and has recorded with a variety of
artists including: Blue Rodeo, Jim Cuddy, Ron Sexsmith,
Ann Murray, Steven Page and Patricia O’Callaghan.
Claudio has held positions as Music Director for the
Huronia Symphony, The Hart House Orchestra and the
Toronto production of Miss Saigon. He made his debut
as conductor and arranger with baritone Louis Quillico
on the CD Ricordi d’Italia.
Symphony on the Bay is a community-based symphony
orchestra serving Hamilton, Burlington and surrounding areas.
We began in 1973 as the McMaster Symphony Orchestra,
left the university to become Symphony Hamilton in 1988,
and rebranded as Symphony on the Bay in 2011 to reflect our
role in the wider Hamilton-Burlington community. Maestro
Claudio Vena was appointed Conductor and Music Director
in December 2015. The 2016-2017 season marks Maestro
Vena’s first complete season with us. Come share in the
excitement!
Music Director & Conductor
Music that Inspires
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Burlington, Ontario L7L 6B2
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Website: symphonyonthebay.ca
Email: [email protected]
2016-2017 Season
Maestro Claudio Vena
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2016-2017 Schedule
October 30 – A Drummer’s Paradise
BRAHMS: Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
SAINT SAENS: Introduction & Rondo
Capriccioso, Op. 2
VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in A Minor
COPLAND: Rodeo, Four Dances
Soloist: Beverly Johnston, Marimba
December 4 – French Connection
MORAWETZ: Carnival Overture
SAINT SAENS: Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3 - Eroica
Soloist: Winona Zelenka, Cello
February 19 – Romance & Passion that
Rocks the Soul
COHEN/VENA: Hallelujah Suite
ZAPPACOSTA: Alfie Zappacosta Song Book w. Full
Orchestra
Soloist: Alfie Zappacosta, Singer/Songwriter
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(15% after July 15) and will receive:
LLOYD WEBER: Say You Love Me & Music of the Night
LYNN: We’ll Meet Again
Plus additional British favourites
Soloist: Robert Pilon
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May 14 – An Evening at the Proms
GERSHWIN: Gershwin Medley
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