Media

Concert Recordings

• May 7, 2016: SOKA International Day Concert

  • Performance of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto

  • Also featuring violin soloist Yabing Tan

  • Venue: SOKA Performing Arts Center

  • Concert performance on YouTube

• May 16, 2016: 2016 Inaugural Concert

  • Venue: Laguna Hills Community Center

  • Concert performance on YouTube

• August 1, 2016: Summer POPS! Concert

  • Venue: Laguna Hills Community Center

  • Shelby Wong's piano performance on YouTube

  • Chris Bennett's performance on YouTube

• November 14, 2016: Winter Concert

  • Venue: Laguna Hills Community Center

  • Orest Smovzh, Violin Soloist

  • Concert Performance on YouTube

• December 5, 2016: 9th Annual OC ‘Messiah’ Sing & Play Along

  • Venue: Geneva Presbyterian Church

  • Valerie Geller, Conductor; Eileen O’Hern, Choir Master

  • Amanda Sumner-Harris, Soprano; Holly Moore-Harvey, Alto; Thomas Segen, Tenor; Michael Blinco, Baritone; Richard Warne, Organist

  • Concert Performance on YouTube

• May 15, 2017: Spring Concert

  • Venue: Laguna Hills Community Center

  • Performance of Dvorak's Cello Concerto & Symphony No.8

  • Special guest Michael Kaufmann, Cellist

  • Concert Performance on YouTube

• July 24, 2017: Summer POPS! Concert

  • Venue: Laguna Hills Community Center

  • “Stars of the Symphony” Valerie Geller, Conductor; Tony Wong, Violin; Shelby Wong, Violin; Roger Johnston, Violin; Manfred Chiu, Violin; Sarah Hsiao, Harp; Kazuaki ‘Aki’ Okada, Flute; Douglas ‘Darby’ Eccles, Oboe/Vocal; Kenneth Clemens, Clarinet

  • Concert Performance on YouTube

• November 13, 2017: Fall Concert

  • Venue: Laguna Hills Community Center

  • Valerie Geller, Conductor

  • Yasuko Furumi, Piano Soloist

  • Agnes Weitzner (Cello) & Roger Johnston (Violin) Featured

  • Concert Performance on YouTube

Media Appearances

• July 2, 2018: Summer POPS! Concert promo Channel 6

  • President Rita Holcomb & Board Member Betty Batenburg

  • thisday interview on YouTube

• May 6, 2016: Channel 6 Interview 

  • Maestra Valerie Geller & LWVS President Rita Holcomb

  • thisday interview on YouTube

• July 27, 2016: Summer POPS! Concert promotion

  • Maestra  Valerie Geller and Chris Bennett

  • thisday interview on YouTube

• November 9, 2016: Channel 6 Interview

  • Maestra Valerie Geller and Orest Smovzh

  • thisday interview on YouTube

• December 1, 2016: Messiah Concert promotion

  • Maestra Valerie Geller and Soprano Soloist Amanda Sumner-Harris

  • thisday interview on YouTube

• May 9, 2017: Channel 6 Interview 

  • Maestra Valerie Geller & Cellist Michael Kaufman

  • thisday interview on YouTube

• July 18, 2017: Summer POPS! Concert promotion on Channel 6 

  • Maestra Valerie Geller & Harpist Sarah Hsiao

  • thisday interview on YouTube

• November 9, 2017: Winter Concert promo Channel 6

  • Maestra Valerie Geller & Pianist Yasuko Furumi

  • thisday interview on YouTube

• November 28, 2017: 10th Annual ‘Messiah’ promo Channel 6

  • Maestra Valerie Geller & President Rita Holcomb

  • thisday interview on YouTube

• November 3, 2023: Fall Concert & 'Messiah' promo Channel 6

  • Maestra Valerie Geller & Shelby Wong

  • thisday interview on YouTube