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  • 2022|2023 SEASON
  • About
    • Orchestra
    • Conductors
    • Musicians
  • Chamber
    • Performances
    • Opus Oakland
    • Cierzo Flutes
  • Documentary
  • Join
  • MAILING LIST
  • Support
    • Donors
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  • Media
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OAKLAND CIVIC ORCHESTRA
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CAFFÈ CHIAVE: BERKELEY
2500 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, CA 94702
We are excited to announce our next Opus Oakland event at Caffè Chiave in Berkeley on February 26, 2023 from 12:30 to 2:30 PM.

Please join us for an afternoon of chamber music featuring two groups playing pieces by Mozart, Beethoven, Shostakovich, and Schubert's monumental (and wonderful) Cello Quintet, all while enjoying food and beverages at the cafe!
Mozart - String Quartet #4 in C major, K. 157
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Beethoven - String Quartet #4 in C minor, Op. 18 #4
​(1st movement)

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Shostakovich - String Quartet #8 in C minor, Op. 110


​Violin - Susan White
Violin - Thomas Chow
Viola - Felix Chow-Kambitsch
Cello - ​Virgil Rhodius
Beethoven - Viola Quintet in C major, Op. 29
(1st and 4th movements)

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Schubert - Cello Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163
(1st and 4th movements)

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Violin - Christina Walton
Violin - Leila Hebshi
Viola - Sara Rusché
Viola - Linda Hsieh  /  
Cello - Bryce Mendelsohn
​Cello - John Schroder
OPUS OAKLAND was created in October of 2016 by members of Oakland Civic Orchestra, a community orchestra affliated with Oakland Parks and Recreation.

The goal of Opus Oakland is to provide a regular small ensemble performance opportunity where interested musicians can meet other chamber music enthusiasts and expand their repertoire. As a result, cafe-goers around Oakland get the benefit of receiving free mini-concerts of an ever-changing variety of classical genres with fellow friends and music lovers in a casual, intimate atmosphere.

Chamber music is a passion of ours, and as amateurs and sometime-freelance giggers with "day" jobs, we enjoy having the outlet of bringing the unique charm and intimacy of a small string ensemble, the pleasantries of a flute quartet, or even the mystique of European folk tunes for accordion/violin duo into the lives of any and all who would like to listen.

Opus Oakland is open to at least moderately experienced chamber musicians in the orchestra membership. Talk to Thomas Chow (viola) or Sara Rusché (viola) at rehearsal for more information.
Opus Oakland at Roberts Regional Park - October 9th, 2022
Photos by Carol DeArment
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The oakland civic orchestra 
proudly sponsored by our community partners
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