News Release

Santa Ana College Fine and Performing Arts Department Presents "An Orchestral Celebration"

(Santa Ana) - Santa Ana College’s Fine and Performing Arts Department presents “An Orchestral Celebration” on Saturday, March 2 at 7:30pm in Phillips Hall. The Music Department of Santa Ana College (SAC) will be presenting a collaborative concert along with Santiago Canyon College (SCC) and the musicians of Symphony Irvine. Binh Vu, Professor of Music at SCC, will conduct the orchestra in their performance of Symphony No. 5 by Tchaikovsky as well as the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Franz Liszt, performed by Dr. Jungwon Jin, Professor of Music at SAC. The program will also present the premiere performance of the symphonic song, “A Noiseless Patient Spider” by Dr. Brian Kehlenbach as well as selections from Handel’s Messiah featuring the SAC and SCC choirs. Many thanks to our SAC Foundation for aligning this exciting collaboration with the next President’s Circle event.

For more information about this event please visit the Santa Ana College Fine and Performing Arts Department website at www.sac.edu/fpa.com

About Santa Ana College
Santa Ana College (SAC), which turned 100 years old in 2015, serves about 18,000 students each semester at its main campus in Santa Ana. The college prepares students for transfer to four-year institutions, provides invaluable workforce training, and customized training for business and industry. In addition, another 11,000 students are served through the college’s School of Continuing Education located at Centennial Education Center. Ranked as one of the nation’s top two-year colleges awarding associate degrees to Latino and Asian students, the college is also recognized throughout the state for its comprehensive workforce training programs for nurses, firefighters, law enforcement and other medical personnel. SAC is one of two comprehensive colleges under the auspices of the Rancho Santiago Community College District.

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