It's March 4th. So MARCH FORTH already!

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We're working on a big new edition. But here's a story that deserves solo billing. Enjoy.
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"OC Can You Play With Us?"

We just read an article that invites you to come out and play with OC's Pacific Symphony. We'll tell you how to register (you need to hurry), but first, we need to share the article's story of a musician who faced a life-and-death struggle, and the central role of music.

Guinevere Morones was sitting in the hospital undergoing treatment for breast cancer when she saw an advertisement for "OC Can You Play With Us?" — an annual program that invites community musicians to play alongside Pacific Symphony's professional musicians.

No stranger to performing, Guinevere, an elementary school vocal music teacher, had been playing the oboe for 30 years. She had happy memories of playing in her high-school orchestra's woodwind section, while her mother, a violinist, would assist the string section.

After eight months of chemotherapy and radiation therapy, she was left weakened and, she thought, unable to play. But could the power of music prevail?

“All I could think was, ‘That looks like fun — if I only had the energy,” says Guinevere, who decided to make it a goal to build up her strength over the next year to be able to participate in the next “OC Can You Play With Us?”

It proved to be a great source of motivation.

Guinevere polished-up her oboe and began practicing, slowly strengthening her lungs and confidence to play among others. One year later, she felt well enough to sign up — and the experience turned out to be more special than she’d imagined.

“I had absolutely no idea that they were going to pick ‘Swan Lake,’ which starts with an oboe solo,” she explains. “Then to be assigned first oboe was incredible — and to get to play that solo — it was just an amazing experience!”

That included sitting next to Pacific Symphony principal oboist Jessica Pearlman Fields.

Another treat was that one of her fellow performers turned out to be her mom, who was sitting in the violin section. Sharing the stage together again for the evening was as good as it gets.

She says: “It was just neat to be back together, playing music again. It was an amazing experience after everything I’d gone through.”

Like Guinevere, community musicians come from all over Orange County to participate in the special night, now entering its sixth season. By getting the chance to sit and play next to Pacific Symphony musicians, participants are able to soak up the expertise of the professionals and Music Director Carl St.Clair.

Guinevere joins many who have noted that playing on the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall stage is a dream come true. In her case, especially true.
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Wanna play with the symphony? Register promptly! It always fills-up. It's at:

https://www.pacificsymphony.org/about_us/sound_wave/sound_wave_2016/soundwave-march-2016/&article7

“OC Can You Play With Us?” is a unique opportunity for adults ages 22 and older, made possible by The James Irvine Foundation. Registration for the 2016 session began on March 4 at 10 am, and participants are placed on a first-come, first-served basis. No audition is required. This year, participants are playing the final movement of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4.

The public performance takes place on May 25.


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