By Town Crier Staff Report
The El Camino Youth Symphony performs its season finale at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, at Smithwick Theater, Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills.
Conducted by Dr. Camilla Kolchinsky, the symphony will conclude its 38th season with performances of Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade,” Lalo’s “Symphonie Espagnole,” Debussy’s “Premiere Rhapsody” and Dvorak’s “Violin Concerto.”
Soloists include Stephen Au (clarinet), Anat Kardontchik (violin) and Quelani Penland (violin).
Penland, soloist for “Symphonie Espagnole” has played the violin since the age of 9. A senior at Gunn High School, she has been Gunn’s concert mistress for the past three years. As co-founder of the school’s string quartet, she has participated in several community events.
Au, soloist for “Premiere Rhapsody,” is a student at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he has studied the clarinet for five years. He has been a principal in the ECYS symphony for four years.
Kardontchik, soloist for Dvorak’s “Violin Concerto,” is co-concert mistress of the ECYS and attends Lincoln High School in San Jose. She has performed with the Peninsula Symphony and Saratoga Symphony and has won several local music awards.
Tickets are $5 in advance and $8 at the door.
For more information, call 327-2611.

















