Oakland Symphony

He has three in the World Series, two on Saturday in game one and one yesterday to give the A's a one to nothing lead.

Right now, the Oakland Symphony Orchestra, located behind second base, and the national anthem.

[orchestral music]

That's what I call bikers I've seen pushing their cycles down the highway.

What the trio did not have was a bass.

Vitt brought in a symphony player, Richard Favis, who also played in the Oakland Symphony.

It did not work out.

So the next time, Vitt called a bass player he knew from the Bloomfield Band and from a lot of studio sessions, John Kahn.

yes.

And I will be with the Oakland Symphony in October, on October 16th.

Right on.

Part of their Defiance show.

I, you know, the, the, the beauty of being surrounded by amazing and accomplished people is that you're constantly motivated to do more yourself.

[laughs] Um, yeah, I, I, I personally just greatly enjoy all the different facets of my career, so music, scholarship, and of course arts administration, which is my full-time job, um, in my role at the Oakland Symphony, which has also been incredibly rewarding.

Um, so, um, music, working on, on some programs, um, [sighs] would be wonderful to create.

So I think my, my lens, my thinking always shifts to, like, thinking about, I see the same people in Bay Area chamber music scene, for example, all the time, and I know, and my friends talk about this, there's so many talented musicians out here, talented creative musicians.

One of them centers on, um, this idea of invisible equity work that a lot of administrators and leaders have.

Um, you know, so community engagement, that includes, like, emotional labor and, and there's a reason why there's a high level of burnout, and how are these addressed at the institutional level? How are they supported operationally, financially, and so forth? Um, so there's a couple research projects, uh, proposals we've submitted.

And then, yeah, just, just, just really investing in my role at the Oakland Symphony in terms of, um...

Sometimes I think it's all about the, the daily building foundation of a healthy organization, because that's what ultimately creates lasting impact in a community.

Not recently?

With the Oakland Symphony.

[laughs] Yes.

I think you should bring it back again one of these days.

[cheering][crowd cheering]

And now to honor America, please rise and join in the singing of our national anthem as recorded by the Oakland Symphony under the direction of Mr. Calvin Simmons.

[national anthem playing] [crowd cheering]

So with the playing of the national anthem, we're getting ready here.