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Conductor Sonia Marie De Léon de Vega and the Santa Cecilia Orchestra (SCO) return to Occidental College with “Water Music,” a spectacular opening night concert of SCO’s 21st season on Sunday October 27, 2013, at Thorne Hall. Water Music will celebrating the 100 Year Anniversary of the Los Angeles Aqueduct and feature Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice and Handel’s Water Music Suite. Inspirational Maestra De León de Vega will start the concert with a delightful group of pieces from Gluck’s Orfeo ed…See More

Conductor Sonia Marie De Léon de Vega and the Santa Cecilia Orchestra (SCO) return to Occidental College with “Triumph,” a spectacular opening night concert of SCO’s 20th season on Sunday November 18, at Thorne Hall. Triumph will include Robert Thies, pianist, who will demonstrate his virtuosity and brilliance in a performance of Beethoven’s grandest piano concerto.Santa Cecilia Orchestra has taken great pride in presenting a Brahms Symphony countdown beginning in 2009 with Symphony No. 4. This…See More

After 17 years a touch of Hispanic culture will come back to Kansas City with an extraordinary event named Expo Americas (www.expoamericas.com). The event is scheduled to take place September 15 and 16, 2012 at Union Station, Kansas City's most prominent destination for cultural and entertainment activities to kick off National Hispanic Heritage Month. This jam packed two-day business and consumer expo is expected to draw an estimated 30,000 people of…See More

Conductor Sonia Marie De León de Vega will lead Santa Cecilia Orchestra performing Antonín Dvorák’s Symphony No. 7 and with special guest pianist Bryan Pezzone, playing George Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F.Santa Cecilia Orchestra will perform Dvorák and Gershwin, its next concert of the 2011-2012 season, which will take place at Thorne Hall, in Los Angeles on Sunday February 12, 2012 at 4:00 p.m.  Conductor Sonia Marie De León de Vega will lead the orchestra performing George Gershwin’s fused…See More

Conductor Sonia Marie De Léon de Vega and the Santa Cecilia Orchestra (SCO) return to Occidental College with “Romantic Offerings,” a spectacular opening night concert of SCO’s 19th season on Sunday November 6, 2011, at Thorne Hall.  Romantic Offerings will include the beautiful Bruch Double Concerto featuring the Orchestra’s own principal players: Michael Arnold, clarinet, and Lauren…See More

 Each year the Santa Cecilia Orchestra features its own orchestra musicians as soloists. Conductor Sonia Marie De León de Vega, the string section of the orchestra and SCO soloists explore time (Baroque) and place (Argentina) in a chain of gem-like pieces for string orchestra. Fresh off its sold out performance of Natasha Marin and SCO Friends, a concert featuring music for solo piano as well as duets, ending with the dazzling Mendelssohn trio, Santa Cecilia Orchestra (SCO) announces that it…See More

The 2010-2011 Season pays tribute to the company's history on its 18th anniversary, as the only orchestra in the nation with a specific mission to take classical music to the Latino Community.Santa Cecilia Orchestra (SCO) will host its second concert of the 2010-2011 season, “Passion Unleashed”, which will take place at Occidental College’s Thorne Hall on Sunday November 21, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. Music director and conductor Sonia Marie De León de Vega will lead the orchestra performing music by…See More

Sonia Marie De León de Vega, music conductor and founder of the Santa Cecilia Orchestra has been chosen to be the Grand Marshal for the Twelfth Annual Latino Heritage Parade on Saturday, October 9, 2010. Santa Cecilia Orchestra is the only orchestra in the nation with a specific mission to take classical music to the Latino Community."I am proud to that Sonia Marie De León de Vega has been chosen to serve as the Grand Marshal for the 2010 Latino Heritage Parade, said Roberta Martinez, Executive…See More