Pete Nowlen, whose VITA Symphony Orchestra will perform Saturday at CSUS, has two audiences to serve. First there is the classical-music audience that comes to hear and enjoy this group of emerging professional musicians. Then there is the group of artists themselves. VITA stands for Vocal and Instrumental Teaching Artists -- and Nowlen helps to guide the musicians into a successful, satisfying career. Saturday's program "all flows from (Antonin Dvorak's) New World Symphony," Nowlen said. "One of the reasons that I wanted it to flow from that piece was Dvorak's intent when he composed it. It really pointed the way for American music to come." Other pieces on the program, all from the 2

Based on last night's rehearsal, tonight's Tribute to Freedom concert will transport listeners back to a time when Eastern Europe first tasted freedom from the oppression of the Berlin Wall. Tickets ranging from $15 and up are still available on ticketweb.com. Conductor Pete Nowlen and Choir Master Ryan Murray have been rehearsing for several weeks with the orchestra, chorus and solists of the Academy at All Hallows in combination with the Chamber Choir of Jesuit High School and the choruses of St. Francis, John Paul II and Adventist Academy. For more details, see the program posted on the Cathedral's website, www.cathedralsacramento.org. Photos feature members of the brass section of the