KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Mark your calendars for “Symphony on the Lake” on Saturday, Aug. 16, a special fundraiser event for the Lake County Symphony Association.

The chamber music concert and twilight dinner overlooking beautiful Clear Lake will be held at Riviera Hills Golf and Country Club restaurant, 10200 Fairway Drive in Kelseyville.

Proceeds will help the organization provide scholarships, fund their youth education programs as well as the symphony.

The Lake County Symphony Chamber orchestra, under the direction of John Parkinson, will be performing music of Handel, Mozart and Telemann, and there will be a special appearance of Brasstastic!, the popular Northern California brass quintet.

The evening starts at 5 p.m. with sumptuous hors d'oeuvres served to all guests, and there will be a no host bar.

The concert starts at 6 p.m. on the patio overlooking the lake, and at 7:30 p.m. there will be a dinner in the banquet room.

A glass of wine is provided with the dinner choices, and the door prize is a basket of assorted Lake County Wines.

The price for all of this is only $75 per person, and the proceeds will help continue music programs in Lake County.
 
Brasstastic! – composed of members hailing from several counties in Northern California – will open the show. The group features Gary Miller and Dale Spencer on trumpet, Mike Thompson on horn, Brynn Stirling on trombone and Jake Turner on tuba.
 
Then the chamber orchestra will play Baroque selections starting with Handel's “Entrance of the Queen of Sheba” from “Solomon” followed by the beautiful Telemann double Flute concerto in A minor.

Featured flutists are Patricia Jekel, principal flute from the symphony and Audrey Gramke from Ukiah.

The horn section will be featured in the next selection which is also by Georg Philipp Telemann. It is the Suite for 2 horns and orchestra in F major, and will be followed by Serenade No. 2, a lively contradance by W.A. Mozart.

The concert will conclude with three very familiar selections from the Watermusik Suite by Handel.

Reservations close on July 31 so hurry to get your tickets.

For tickets, credit card sales and information on this special event, call 707-277-8172 or 707-245-1755, or visit http://www.clearlakeperformingarts.com/schedule.html .