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Cambrian Symphony 2025-2026 Season Rehearsal Schedule

INFO CURRENT AS OF DECEMBER 15, 2025
ADD CAMBRIAN SYMPHONY REHEARSALS TO YOUR GOOGLE CALENDAR!  Click the "+ Google Calendar" button at the bottom right corner of the calendar widget directly above this text.

Links to print parts from IMSLP are given below.  Pieces not linked below will be emailed to confirmed players when they are ready.

HELPFUL POINTERS:
 >> If you need help downloading parts from IMSLP, please check out this example.

 >> Shorthand for orchestra instrumentation explained here.

Please confirm your participation for sets to your section personnel manager:
  • Flutes - Amy
  • Oboes - David
  • Clarinets - Marcelo
  • Bassoons - Lettie
  • Horns - Joe
  • Trumpets - Laura
  • Trombones - Jackson
  • Violins - Malin
  • Violas - Ben
  • Cellos - Sung
  • Basses - Isabel
  • Percussion - Ralph​​

REHEARSAL SCHEDULE 2025-2026
Programs and venues subject to change.

​Set 1 -​ Saturday September 6, 2025, 7:30pm - Hammer Theatre.  RSVP by Tues 7/22/25
CONCERT Saturday September 6, 2025, 7:30pm - Hammer Theatre.  Call time 4:45pm for 5pm sound check.
Rehearsals - Obi Studios, Fremont HS, and Castillero, all 7:30-10pm
  • Tues 8/19 - Obi
  • Fri 8/22 - Obi
  • Tues 8/26 - Obi
  • Tues 9/2 - Fremont HS
  • Thurs 9/4 - Castillero
  • Fri 9/5 - Obi
Sound Check - Hammer Theatre, 5-6pm
  • Sat 9/6

Obi Studios - 320 Piercy Rd, San Jose, CA 95138
Fremont HS - 575 W Fremont Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94087
​Castillero Middle School - 6384 Leyland Park Dr, San Jose, CA 95120
​​Hammer Theatre - 101 Paseo De San Antonio, San Jose, CA 95113

PROGRAM - Thomas Alexander, conductor
Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake Suite (Version B on IMSLP) (40')
2+1.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - timp+4 - harp - str
Moncayo - Huapango (8')
2+1.2.2+Eb.2 - 4.3.3.1 - timp+2 - harp - str​
Frank - Three Latin American Dances (17')

2+1.2+1.2+1.3 - 4.3.3.0 - timp+4 - piano - harp -str
Marquez - Danzon No. 2 (10')

2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - 4perc - piano - str

Tchaikovsky parts linked above; other pieces will be sent to confirmed players when ready.

The Nutcracker with San Jose Dance Theatre
Scott Krijnen, conductor
Performances Dec 13-14 and 20-21, 2025 (Sat 2pm, Sat 7:30pm, Sun 2pm each weekend)
Rehearsals Mon 12/8, Thurs 12/11, Fri 12/19
  • Mon 12/8, 7-10pm, Obi Studios, 320 Piercy Rd, San Jose
  • Thu 12/11, 7:30-10pm*, SJCPA, 255 S Almaden Blvd, San Jose
  • Fri 12/19, 7:30-10pm*, SJCPA
*May be extended to 10:15pm if needed


Set 2 -​ Saturday February 28, 2026, 7:30pm - Hammer Theatre.  RSVP by Friday 1/16/26
CONCERT Saturday February 28, 2026, 7:30pm - Hammer Theatre.  Call time 4:30pm for 4:45pm sound check.
Rehearsals - Obi Studios and TBD, all 7:30-10pm
  • Fri 2/13 - Obi
  • Tues 2/17 - TBD
  • Fri 2/20 - Obi
  • Tues 2/24 - Obi
  • Thurs 2/26 - Obi
  • Fri 2/27 - Obi
Sound Check - Hammer Theatre, 4:45-6pm
  • Sat 2/28

Obi Studios - 320 Piercy Rd, San Jose, CA 95138
Hammer Theatre - 101 Paseo De San Antonio, San Jose, CA 95113

PROGRAM - Thomas Alexander, conductor
Mozart - Overture to The Magic Flute (8')
2.2.2.2 - 2.2.3.0 - timp - str

Debussy - Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (10')
3.2+1.2.2 - 4.0.0.0 - 2 harp - crotales - str

Haydn - Cello Concerto No. 1, movements 2 and 3 (15')
0.2.0.0 - 2.0.0.0 - str

Williams - Pennillion (16')
2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.0 - timp+1 - harp - str
Liszt - Les Preludes (17')
2+1.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - timp+1 - harp - str


Most pieces on IMSLP, linked above; Williams will be sent to confirmed players when ready.

Set 3 - Saturday June 13, 2026, 7:30pm - Hammer Theatre.  RSVP by Tues 4/28/26
CONCERT Saturday June 13, 2026, 7:30pm - Hammer Theatre.  Call time 4:30pm for 4:45pm sound check.
Rehearsals - Obi Studios and TBD, all 7:30-10pm
  • Tues 5/26 - TBD
  • Tues 6/2 - TBD
  • Fri 6/5 - Obi
  • Tues 6/9 - TBD
  • Thurs 6/11 - TBD
  • Fri 6/12 - Obi
Sound Check - Hammer Theatre, 4:45-6pm
  • Sat 6/13

Obi Studios - 320 Piercy Rd, San Jose, CA 95138
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Hammer Theatre - 101 Paseo De San Antonio, San Jose, CA 95113

PROGRAM - Scott Krijnen, conductor
Montgomery - Coincident Dances (13')
1+1.2.1+1.2 - 2.2.3.1 - timp+3 - str
Ellington - Harlem (15')
2+1.2+1.2+1.2 - 2asax(II:cl).2tsax(I:cl).bsax(bcl) - 4.4.3.1 - timp+4 - harp - str (+jazz double basses)
Grieg - Piano Concerto No. 1, with Vijay Venkatesh, piano (32')
2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.1 - timp - str
Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue (17')
2.2.2+1.2 - 2asax - tsax - 3.3.3.1 - timp+2 - banjo - str


Grieg on IMSLP, linked above; other pieces will be sent to confirmed players when ready.
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