We’re pleased to announce concert dates for our 2024-2025 season:
Sunday November 10, 2024 4pm– Ascension Lutheran Church, Thousand Oaks, CA.
Sunday March 9, 2025 4pm– Ascension Lutheran Church, Thousand Oaks, CA.
Saturday March 22, 2025 – Shared concert with LA Winds. Civic Arts Plaza, Thousand Oaks, CA.
Sunday May 18, 2025 4pm – Ascension Lutheran Church, Thousand Oaks, CA.
Program information will be forthcoming.
Previous Concerts
May 19, 2024 4:00 pm. Season Finale
Michael Stanley, Conductor and Music Director
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No 2. Piano Soloist Jason Stoll
Dvorak Symphony No. 9 (From the New World)
The Quirky Villain Theme, Jordan Friedman
California Lutheran University
Samuelson Chapel
165 Chapel Lane
Thousand Oaks CA 91360
Saturday March 16th,2024
Westlake Village Symphony
Guest Conductor Brian Stone
Piano Soloist Sophia Chen
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
California Lutheran University
Samuelson Chapel
165 Chapel Lane
Thousand Oaks CA 91360
Sunday October 15th, 2023
Concierto de Aranjuez – Joaquín Rodrigo; Alex Park, Guitar
Huapango – José Pablo Moncayo
Estampas Mexicanas – José Elizondo
Danźon No. 2 – Arturo Márquez
Ascension Lutheran Church
1600 Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks CA 91362
Danse Negre – Samuel Coleridge Taylor
Gabriel’s Oboe – Ennio Morricone; feat. Ryan Golds Oboe
Symphony No. 8 in G Major Op. 88 – Antonin Dvorak
Sunday, March 26th, 2023, at 4 pm; Ascension Lutheran Church
1600 E Hillcrest Dr, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor – Carl Maria von Weber; feat. David Singer clarinet
Symphony No. 3 – Camille Saint-Saëns; feat. Adan Alejandro Fernandez, Organ
Sunday, June 4th 2023, 4 pm; Samuelson Chapel, CLU
60 West Olsen Rd #3100, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Processional For Christmas – Benjamin Harlan
Christmas Festival – Leroy Anderson
Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring – Johann Sebastian Bach
Hannukah Selections – Roger Ballanger
“Troika” From Lieutenant Kijé – Sergei Prokofiev
The Colors Of Christmas – John Rutter
December 10, 2022, at 1 pm St. Paschal Baylon Church, 155 E Janss Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Rockin’ Romantics
Overture to “Hiawatha” – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Piano Concerto in A minor – Edvard Grieg
Symphony No.2 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
October 16, 2022, at 4 pm
Ascension Lutheran Church
1600 E Hillcrest Dr, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
Summer 2022
Rossini – Overture to Barber of Seville
Barry Brisk – Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
Rhondda Dayton, flute
Barry Brisk, guest conductor
Mozart – Symphony #35, the Haffner
June 11, 2022, at 4 pm
The Chapel at Cal Lutheran University
165 Chapel Rd
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Belated Beethoven’s 250th
Verdi – Overture to Nabucco
Ballenger – Song of the Plains, Concerto for Horn and Orchestra (World Premiere) Jennifer Bliman, horn soloist
Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 “Pastorale”
April 9, 2022, at 6 pm
Thousand Oaks High School Performing Arts Center
2323 N. Moorpark Rd, Thousand Oaks
Candlelight Concert for the Holidays
Leroy Anderson, Sleigh Ride;
Leroy Anderson, Christmas Festival;
Tchaikovsky Suite from The Nutcracker;
Ralph Vaughn Williams, Greensleeves; Vivaldi, “Winter” from the Four Seasons, featuring Concertmaster Dianne Rammon as Violin Virtuoso accompanied by the orchestra
December 12, 2021 at
7 pm at the Emmanuel Presbyterian Church,
588 Camino Manzanas, Thousand Oaks
A Concert of Strings, Winds, and Brass
Gabrieli Antiphonal Brass: Canzoni and Canzona
Dukas Fanfare La Peri
Richard Strauss Wind Serenade
Gounod’s Petit Symphonie
Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings
William Grant Still Mother and Child
October 10, 2021, 3:30 pm
Church of the Epiphany,
5450 Churchwood Drive in Oak Park.
A Musical Panorama – From Vivaldi to Bartok
- Vivaldi, Concerto for Two Violins and Cello
- Holst, St Paul’s Suite
- Coleridge-Taylor, Novellete #3
- Sibelius, Andante Festivo
- Bartok, Romanian Dances
May 23, 2021
4pm
Westminster Presbyterian Church
32111 Watergate Rd.
Westlake Village, CA
91361
Music for the Pandemic
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Online Streaming
Free to Watch
Mother’s Day Online Brunch Concert
Sunday May 10th, 2020
Noon
Online Streaming
Free to Attend
A Composer’s View of the World
- Mahler Symphony no 4
- Mendelssohn Hebrides Overature
- Ives’ Unanswered Question
Saturday March 7th, 2020
7:30 PM
Samuelson Chapel
The Westlake Village Symphony (WVS) incorporated as an independent entity in April 2016 and was granted tax -exempt status under IRC 501 (c)(3) as of the date of incorporation. However, prior to 2016, the Westlake Village Symphony (as a branch of the Pacific Pearl Music Association) produced many concerts in a variety of locations in and around the Conejo Valley.
During the years 2012 to 2015, WVS was a major contributor each year to the annual Chinese Moon Festival at Samuelson Chapel, Cal Lutheran University. We also produced the Community Concert Series at venues such as the Thousand Oaks Library, the Camarillo Library, University Village, Ascension Lutheran Church, St Mel’s Catholic Church in Woodland Hills, the Oaks Mall, and the Hillcrest Center for the Arts in Thousand Oaks.
Over the history of this orchestra from 2016 through 2019, WVS has delivered from 5 to 7
concerts per year. The Covid 19 Pandemic and required lockdowns brought us up short in
March of 2020, and we were unable to practice as an orchestra or to perform public concerts for more than a year. As the pandemic is gradually conquered, we hope to resume our regular rehearsals and invite all music lovers to join us for inexpensive public concerts of great music brought to safe local settings.
Concerts in List Format
Season Finale: May 19, 2024
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, Jason Stoll Piano Soloist; Dvorak Symphony No. 9 ; The Quirky Villain Theme, Jordan Friedman.
Samuelson Chapel, CLU, Thousand Oaks
Spring Concert: March 16, 2024
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1, Sophia Chen, Piano Soloist; Brahms: Symphony No. 1 ; Guest Conductor: Brian Stone.
Samuelson Chapel, CLU, Thousand Oaks
Hispanic Heritage Month: October 15, 2023
Concierto de Aranjuez, Joaquín Rodrigo; Huapango – José Pablo Moncayo; Estampas Mexicanas, José Elizondo; Danzon No.2, Arturo Márquez.
Ascension Lutheran Church, Thousand Oaks
Spring Concert: March 26, 2023
Danse Negre, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor; Gabriel’s Oboe, Ennio Morricone; Symphony No 8 in G Major Op. 88, Antonin Dvorak.
Ascension Lutheran Church, Thousand Oaks
Summer Concert: June 4, 2023
Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F minor, Carl Maria von Weber; Symphony No 3, Camille Saint-Saëns.
Samuelson Chapel, CLU, Thousand Oaks
Holiday Spectacular: December 10, 2022
Processional For Christmas, Benjamin Harlan; Christmas Festival, Leroy Anderson, Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring, Johann Sebastian Back; Hannukah Selections, Roger Ballanger; “Troika” From Lieutenant Kije, Sergei Prokofiev; The Colors Of Christmas, John Rutter.
St. Paschal Baylon Church, Thousand Oaks
Rockin’ Romantics: October 16, 2022
Overture to Hiawatha, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor; Piano Concerto in A minor, Edvard Grieg; Symphony No 2, Tchaikovsky.
Ascension Lutheran Church, Thousand Oaks
Summer Concert: June 11, 2022
Overture to Barber of Seville, Rossini; Concerto for Flute and Orchestra, Barry Brisk; Symphony No 35, The Haffner, Mozart.
Samuelson Chapel, CLU, Thousand Oaks
Belated Beethoven’s 250th: April 9, 2022
Overture to Nabucco, Verdi; Song of the Plains, Concerto for Horn and Orchestra, Ballenger; Symphony No. 2 “Pastorale”, Beethoven.
Thousand Oaks High School Performing Arts Center, Thousand Oaks
Candlelight Concert for the Holidays: December 12, 2021
Sleigh Ride, Christmas Festival, Leroy Anderson; Suite from The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky; Greensleeves, Ralph Vaughn Williams; “Winter” from the Four Seasons, Vivaldi.
Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, Thousand Oaks
A Concert of Strings, Winds, and Brass: October 10, 2021
Canzoni and Canzona, Gabrieli Antiphonal Brass ; Fanfare La Peri, Dukas; Wind Serenade, Richard Strauss; Petit Symphonie, Gounod ; Serenade for Strings, Tchaikovsky ; Mother and Child, William Grant Still.
Church of the Epiphany, Oak Park
Strings and Winds of the Westlake Village Symphony: May 23, 2021
“ Summer Concert”: Holst, St Paul Suite; Coleridge-Taylor,
Novellette # 4; Vivaldi, Concerto for Two Violins and Cello;
Bartok, Romanian Dances
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Westlake Village
Chamber Strings of the Westlake Village Symphony: September 22, 2020
“Music for the Pandemic” featuring Elgar Serenade for Strings
Rutter, Suite for Strings, and Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Oak Park Community Center, Oak Park (Video only)
A Composer’s View of the World: Mendelsson’s Hebrides Overture March 7, 2020
Ives’ The Unanswered Question, Mahler’s 4th Symphony.
Cal Lutheran University Chapel, Thousand Oaks
4TH Messiah Sing-Along
Calvary Community Church, Westlake Village December 16, 2019
Innovations and Explorations: Elgar, Mendelsson, Haydn
Ascension Lutheran Church Thousand Oaks November 3, 2019
3rd Annual Gala and Fall Kick-off Concert
Private Home in North Ranch September 7, 2019
A Tale of Two Prodigies: Liszt and St Saens
Samuelson Chapel Cal Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks June 7, 2019
Fathers of Classical Music: Mozart, Beethoven & Mendelsson
Ascension Lutheran Church, Thousand Oaks April 14, 2019
A Musical Thank You for our First Responders
Calvary Community Church, Westlake Village February 24, 2019
3rd Messiah Sing-Along
Calvary Community Church Westlake Village December 17, 2018
Holiday Wonder with the Los Robles Children’s Choir
Samuelson Chapel, Cal Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks December 8, 2018
Songs for a New World: Dvorak, Beethoven, Fernandez.
St Jude Catholic Church, Westlake Village November 3, 2018
Chamber Music Concert (including Mozart Piano Concerto # 23)
Thousand Oaks Library, Thousand Oaks September 5, 2018
2nd Annual Gala – Chamber Music Fundraiser
Private Home in Newbury Park August 25, 2018
Here Come the Americans! Gershwin and More
St Jude Catholic Church Westlake Village June 23, 2018
Soloists and Stars of the Westlake Village Symphony
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Simi Valley April 27, 2018
Symphony in Brass
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Westlake March 3, 2018
Chamber Music Concert (including Mozart Piano Concerto # 23)
University Village, Thousand Oaks February 21, 2018
2nd Messiah Sing-along
Calvary Community Church, Westlake Village December 18, 2017
Holiday Wonder with the Los Robles Children’s Choir
Samuelson Chapel, Cal Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks December 9, 2017
Violin, Oboe and Piano – Recital
Private Home in Thousand Oaks November 5, 2017
A Bohemian Rhapsody: Dvorak, Strauss, Brahms
Ascension Lutheran Church, Thousand Oaks October 1, 2017
1st Chamber Music Gala featuring symphony ensembles
Private home in Moorpark July 28, 2017
Beethoven’s Fifth, Sibelius Violin Concerto, Opera arias!
St Jude Catholic Church, Westlake Village June 23, 2017
An Afternoon of French Impressionism: Debussy, Ravel, Chabrier
Ascension Lutheran Church, Thousand Oaks March 12, 2017
First Messiah Sing-Along
Calvary Community Church, Westlake Village December 19, 2016
Saluting Our Heroes: Veterans Day Concert
Ascension Lutheran Church, Thousand Oaks November 11, 2016
WVS Pops Concert – Under the Stars at Lindero Oaks Center
Across from the Four Seasons Hotel, Westlake Village September 10, 2016
Beethoven, Mozart and Dvorak
Calvary Community Church, Westlake Village May 6, 2016
