NorCal Public Media to Televise Three SRS @ Home Virtual Concerts

Santa Rosa Symphony, in partnership with Northern California Public Media, will televise three of its SRS @ Home virtual concerts on two NorCal Public channels: Public Broadcasting Service channel KRCB and non-PBS channel KPJK in April, May and June. Through this partnership, these concerts, entitled Santa Rosa Symphony Presents, will reach 2.8 million households across nine Bay Area counties.

The Santa Rosa Symphony was one of the first California orchestras during the COVID pandemic to stream virtual orchestral concerts beginning monthly in October 2020. Online viewership averaged more than 5,000 from 22 states and three countries. Such success led to this new partnership. All three upcoming Santa Rosa Symphony Presents concerts are conducted by SRS Music Director Francesco Lecce-Chong at the Green Music Center's Weill Hall on the campus of Sonoma State University. Each concert includes a guest artist performing with the orchestra on stage for a work by SRS Artistic Partner Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, the first woman to receive a Pulitzer Prize in Music.

President and CEO Alan Silow said, “In a season of firsts that we never would have imagined before the pandemic, the Symphony is, once again, stretching and growing rather than closing its doors, as so many other orchestras have had to do. This is the first time, in our 93-year history, that we have televised a concert. The Symphony has enjoyed a long-standing relationship with NorCal Public Media over the years. We are very grateful for their similar commitment to delivering arts to the community, which allows us to expand our reach to the greater Bay Area and also into underserved communities.”

Darren LaShelle, NorCal Public Media President and CEO said, “We treasure our partnership with the Santa Rosa Symphony. This series on KRCB TV and KPJK TV extends the reach and the impact of the SRS into homes all throughout our region. Having this exciting new series on our air is a perfect fit for our mission as the Bay Area’s trusted, independent and essential public media broadcaster.”

NorCal Public Media's KRCB broadcasts, over the air, on channel 22.1. Viewers can access it on channel 22 on Comcast Cable (high definition on channel 722), ATT U-verse, DirecTV and Dish. KRCB reaches audiences in Sonoma, Napa, Marin, San Francisco, Alameda, Solano, Contra Costa and the southern tip of Mendocino and Lake counties.

KRCB broadcasts “Santa Rosa Presents” on Sundays at 8:00 PM on the following dates:

• April 18, 2021 (SRS @ Home March 28 performance)
• May 30, 2021 (SRS @ Home April 25 performance)
• June 20, 2021 (SRS @ Home May 16 performance)

KPJK broadcasts “Santa Rosa Presents” on Mondays at 7:30 PM on the following dates:

• April 19, 2021 (SRS @ Home March 28 performance)
• May 31, 2021 (SRS @ Home April 25 performance)
• June 21, 2021 (SRS @ Home May 16 performance)

KPJK’s over-the-air channel number is 60.1. KPJK is channel 17 (717 for HD) on Comcast, 43 on ATT U-verse and DirecTV, and 60 on Dish. KPJK’s over-the-air coverage is more to the south (parts of Sonoma, Napa and Solano; all of Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties).

The first of the three Santa Rosa Symphony Presents concerts, airing on April 18 and 19, features critically acclaimed, Grammy Award-winning cellist Zuill Bailey performing Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Zwilich’s Concerto for Cello and Orchestra. The program, also includes Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings, Jessie Montgomery’s Starburst for String Orchestra, Charles Ives’ The Unanswered Question for Chamber Orchestra and Johannes Brahms’ Serenade No. 2 in A major for Orchestra.

May Santa Rosa Symphony Presents:

• CAROLINE SHAW: Entr’acte for String Orchestra
• ZWILICH: Romance for Violin and Chamber Orchestra (featuring Concertmaster Joe Edelberg)
• ARTURO MÁRQUEZ: Danzón No. 4 for Chamber Orchestra
• TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade in C major for String Orchestra

June Santa Rosa Symphony Presents:

• ROSSINI: Overture to Il signor Bruschino
• MICHAEL DAUGHERTY: Asclepius, Fanfare for Brass and Percussion
• ZWILICH: Peanuts® Gallery for Piano and Orchestra (featuring pianist Elizabeth Dorman)
• PAUL DOOLEY: Sonoma Strong for Orchestra
• HAYDN: Symphony No. 45, Farewell