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Frieda Belinfante (May 10, 1904 – March 5, 1995) was a Dutch cellist, philharmonic conductor, a prominent lesbian, and a member of the Dutch resistance during World War II. After the war, Belinfante emigrated to the United States and continued her career in music. She was the founding artistic director and conductor of the Orange County ...
Segerstrom Hall, a 2,994-seat, opera house-style theater, is the campus' largest facility and often the venue for Broadway musicals, ballet, and other large productions. . Adjacent to Segestrom Hall is the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, a 1,704-seat theater-in-the-round and home to the William J. Gillespie Concert Organ (C.B. Fisk Opus 130), which has 4,322 pipes and 75 stops ...
He previously served as Director of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships at the Philharmonic Society of Orange County, a presenting organization in residence at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, CA, [1] and also served as Director of Innovation and Program Development at Music Academy of the West in Montecito ...
The Segerstroms owned a sizable amount of land in the Orange County region, generously donating five acres in 1979 to build the foundation for a cultural center that would eventually house three cultural institutions in Orange County—the Philharmonic Society of Orange County, the Pacific Symphony, and the Pacific Chorale.
Pacific Symphony was founded in 1979 by Keith Clark, who was a former student-assistant conductor of Roger Wagner at the Los Angeles Master Chorale, [2] and the principal guest conductor of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra.
In 1998 she was awarded a Golden Baton by the Orange County Philharmonic Society, which she had also supported for many years [18] (and in 1999 she co-sponsored the Society's exhibition of instruments from the Shrine to Music collection [19]).
In addition, the orchestra performs and collaborates with institutions both in The United States and abroad, including the Long Beach Opera, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Pacific Chorale, Los Angeles Opera, Orange County Philharmonic Society, Mark Morris Dance Group, Orchëster Wiener Akademie, Tölzer Boys Choir, the J. Paul Getty Museum and the ...
In 1991, the Society merged with the Orange County Philharmonic Society and expanded concert venues first to the Barclay Theater on the campus of UC Irvine, and then the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Santa Ana, California. The combined organizations also present a week-long chamber music festival in Laguna Beach annually. [4]