Young musicians to perform in Opus 17 concerts

The CWOTO Orchestra will present its Opus 17 concerts today, Fri., Jan. 12 and Sun., Jan. 14.

The event is sponsored by Concertos with Orchestra, Thousand Oaks, a nonprofit educational organization.

The Friday concert will be at 7:30 p.m. at Camarillo United Methodist Church, 291 Anacapa Drive. This performance is free with freewill offerings accepted.

The Sunday 2:30 p.m. matinee will be at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, Scherr Forum Theatre, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd. Tickets are $20 general and $10 students and seniors age 60 and up. Tickets will be available in the theater lobby one hour prior to the performance.

Featured soloists for Opus 17 are young artists ages 10 to 19 playing flute, violin and piano.

Daniel Chien, 10, will play the Bach Violin Concerto in A minor while Joshua Hong, 16, of Westlake Village will play the Tchaikovsky Violin Concert. Pianist Heidy Wang of Agoura High School will be featured in the Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2.

Beethoven will be featured in a piano concerto played by Moorpark College student Greg Fleishman and also in the fifth concerto by Maize Wang, a student at Oak Park High School.

Giselle Chang of Calabasas will be featured in the Saint-Saens "Allegro Appassionato," and Ty Fovel of Westlake High School will be the soloist in Faure's "Fantasy for Flute."

For more information, call (805) 376-2485.