Welcome to the 2008 – 2009 season of Music at St. Matthew's.   As we approach our 25th anniversary season, beginning in October, 2009, we can look back with pride on the program we have built over the past twenty-three years.  St. Matthew's Music Guild is among the most respected music series in Los Angeles; we have a significant subscriber base, we attract wonderful support from the community and offer first-rate programs by our own St. Matthew's Chamber Orchestra and some of the finest guest ensembles from around the world.   Forget the hassle of getting crosstown on a Friday night for a concert. Come to Pacific Palisades. Have a light supper in Brentwood, Malibu, Santa Monica, Topanga or the Palisades village and pop over to the St. Matthew's for an eight o'clock concert. (To find a nearby restaurant, click here.) You'll find loads of free parking, free intermission treats, great company and fantastic music all in a casual atmosphere and at a low price. What more could you want? This season we will offer three world premieres, continuing the tradition the Music Guild established more than two decades ago of cultivating and supporting fine local composers. Our October Season Opener offers an exciting opportunity to hear two new pieces: a Music Guild commissioned concerto by Ross Wright for bass trombone, tuba and 40-piece orchestra (what a sonic extravaganza that will be in the resonant St. Matthew's Church!) and a new concerto for oboe d'amore and orchestra by David Angel for our longtime Principal Oboe, Phillip Feather.