Welcome to the 5th Season of the Napa Valley Chamber Orchestra!
The Napa Valley Chamber Orchestra will present a free concert at 2:00 pm on pril 26, 2026, at Crosswalk Community Church, 2590 1st St., Napa CA 94558. The 24-member ensemble has invited Phillip Lenberrg, Professor of Music at Mendocino College, to conduct the concert, in celebration of the orchestra’s 5th complete season. Dr. Lenberg is also the Music Director of the Ukiah Symphony.
Featured viola soloist Paul Yarbrough is a founding member of the Alexander String Quartet. He performs frequently as an orchestra soloist and recitalist throughout the United States. Mr. Yarbrough will perform Benjamin Britten’s poignant “Lachrymae” for viola and strings.
The program begins with the Andante from the String Quartet #1 in G Major by Florence Price (1887-1953). A composer of more than 300 works, Price is the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, she came to prominence in Chicago, and her works were performed by the Chicago Symphony orchestra and other major American orchestras.
The concert concludes with the beloved “Serenade for Strings” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The orchestra has made a particular project of preparing this piece, which ranks among Tchaikovsky’s greatest in musical drama and lyricism.
- NVCO Welcomes New Artistic Advisor Daria Adams
A founding Artistic Director of Music in the Vineyards, violinist Daria Tedeschi Adams has been a member of the Grammy Award-winning St. Paul Chamber Orchestra for over 30 years. A graduate of the New England Conservatory and SUNY-Stonybrook, she considers herself a lifelong student, always interested in hearing and learning a new piece of music. As an Artistic Director of Music in the Vineyards, Daria enjoys curating programs that move, inspire, provoke, and delight audiences. Her choreographic arrangements of pieces by J.S. Bach, Aaron Copland, Kevin Puts, Arvö Part and Pablo de Sarasate have been heard frequently on MITV programs. A mother to three adult children, Daria and husband Michael relocated to Napa during MITV’s 30th Anniversary Season in 2024.
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Napa CA 94558For more information or questions, or to inquire about playing in the orchestra, please contact info@napavalleychamberorchestra.com
- Who We Are
NVCO is the one community orchestra in the Napa Valley for resident musicians and audiences. All our concerts are free to the public. We are funded by audience donations, community business sponsors, an annual wine and music fundraiser, and grants from the Napa Arts Council and the Gasser Foundation. We are proud to promote the love of Classical music to audiences throughout the Valley, including Napa, American Canyon, St Helena and Angwin.
