A quick perusal of the itinerary of this great trip to Vienna, Venice, Lake Como and more this May and it will be clear why I’m so excited!  We’ll be hearing our SF Symphony perform live in Vienna, stay in a castle near beautiful Lake Bled in Slovenia and enjoy an opera at the legendary La Fenice Theater in Venice.  The trip includes city tours led by local experts, wine-tasting, great meals, 4-star hotels.  The list goes on and on.  Hope you can come with!

Dianne Nicolini

YouTube just announced the winners of their 2011 auditions for the YouTube Symphony Ochestra.  Musicians were invited to post audition videos on YouTube, the public voted and I’m happy to say that the Bay Area will be well-represented with 4 new members:

Violinist Leyan (LEE-an) Lo (Stanford)

Violist Omar Shelley (SF)

Cellist Stephanie Lai (Palo Alto)

Piccolo Daniel Sharpe (SF)

The group gets together this March in Sydney for a gala concert conducted by our own MTT that will, no doubt, be seen on YouTube!

YouTube Symphony Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas

One of the several ways in which I am still like a 5-year-old girl is my need to have fun things to look forward to.  Currently fulfilling that need is a spectacular trip to Europe coming up this May. The details are here and all I need is you to join me!-Dianne

Hear Vivaldi's Four Seasons in Venice!