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Press Release:
Press Release:
Ludovic Morlot and Orchestra Further Their Commitment to Bring Music to Seattle Neighborhoods and Mentor Young Musicians
Orchestra Will Give Two Community and Five Side-by-Side Concerts
Seattle, WA — The Seattle Symphony will give seven free concerts at various neighborhood venues this season. These performances include two Community and five Side-by-Side Concerts. The Community Concerts are a part of the Orchestra’s Community Connections program with an ongoing commitment to broadening accessibility to arts programming. This season’s Community Concerts will take place at Rainier Valley Cultural Center on October 24 and Seattle City Hall on February 26. In addition, the Symphony will partner with local high school and community orchestras to present five Side-by-Side concerts, where musicians from community and high school orchestras will perform side-by-side with Symphony musicians during the concert. Concerts this season include performances with students from the University of Washington School of Music at Brechemin Auditorium on November 10, Cascade Youth Symphony Orchestra at Shorecrest Performing Arts Center on January 26, West Seattle Community Orchestra at Chief Sealth High School on February 24, Garfield High School at Benaroya Hall on March 1 and Roosevelt High School at Roosevelt High School on March 8.
Concerts and Program Details:
COMMUNITY CHAMBER CONCERT
Seattle Symphony at Rainier Valley Cultural Center
Saturday, October 24, at 2 p.m.
Rainier Valley Cultural Center
Natasha Bazhanov, violin
John Weller, violin
Rachel Swerdlow, viola
Walter Gray, cello
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 33, No. 2, "The Joke"
ALEXANDER BORODIN Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2 in D major
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Quartet in A minor, Op. 13, No. 2
A family-friendly tricks and treats themed concert featuring string quartet music by Haydn, Borodin and Mendelssohn. Costumes are welcomed!
SIDE-BY-SIDE
Seattle Symphony and University of Washington School of Music Students
Tuesday, November 10, at 7:30 p.m.
Brechemin Auditorium, University of Washington School of Music
Zartouhi Dombourian-Eby, flute
Chengwen Winnie Lai, oboe
Alexander Tu, clarinet
Paul Rafanelli, bassoon
Mark Robbins, horn
Steve Bryant, violin
Sue Jane Bryant, violin
Vijay Chalasani, viola
Joy Payton-Stevens, cello
Allan Dameron, piano
CARL NIELSEN String Quartet No. 4 in F major, Op. 44
CARL NIELSEN Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major, Op. 35
CARL NIELSEN Wind Quintet, Op. 43
School of Music students perform side-by-side with members of Seattle Symphony in a chamber music concert in honor of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Danish composer Carl Nielsen.
SIDE-BY-SIDE CONCERT
Seattle Symphony and Cascade Youth Symphony Orchestra
Tuesday, January 26, at 7 p.m.
Shorecrest Performing Arts Center
Pablo Rus Broseta, conductor
Gerry Marsh, conductor
Yesong Sophie Lee, violin
Cascade Youth Symphony Orchestra
Seattle Symphony
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Selections from Ballet Music from Idomeneo,
Rè di Creta, K. 367
SEATTLE SYMPHONY
FRANZ WAXMAN Carmen Fantasie for Violin and Orchestra
YESONG SOPHIE LEE, VIOLIN
SEATTLE SYMPHONY
IGOR STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite (1919 version)
CASCADE YOUTH SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
SEATTLE SYMPHONY
A family-friendly concert featuring young violinist, Yesong Sophie Lee, with the Cascade Youth Symphony Orchestra and Seattle Symphony.
SIDE-BY-SIDE CONCERT
Seattle Symphony and West Seattle Community Orchestra Side-by-Side
Wednesday, February 24, at 7 p.m.
Chief Sealth High School
Pablo Rus Broseta, conductor
Alena Hove, violin
Bronwyn James, viola
West Seattle Community Orchestra
Seattle Symphony
JEAN SIBELIUS Finlandia, Op. 26, No. 7
WEST SEATTLE COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA
SEATTLE SYMPHONY
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Allegro maestoso from Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra, K. 364 (320D)
ALENA HOVE, VIOLIN
BRONWYN JAMES, VIOLA
SEATTLE SYMPHONY
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 186a [201]
SEATTLE SYMPHONY
A family-friendly concert featuring young violinist Alena Hove and young violist Bronwyn James. Concert conducted by Assistant Conductor, Pablo Rus Broseta.
COMMUNITY CHAMBER CONCERT
Seattle Symphony at Seattle City Hall
Friday, February 26, at 12 noon
Seattle City Hall
Pablo Rus Broseta, conductor
Alena Hove, violin
Bronwyn James, viola
Seattle Symphony
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Overture to La finta giardiniera, K. 196
Allegro from Symphony in D major, K. 196
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Allegro maestoso from Sinfonia concertante in E-flat major for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra, K. 364 (320D)
ALENA HOVE, VIOLIN
BRONWYN JAMES, VIOLA
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Symphony No. 29 in A major, K. 186a [201]
Enjoy this all-Mozart concert featuring young violinist Alena Hove, young violist Bronwyn James and conducted by Assistant Conductor Pablo Rus Broseta.
SIDE-BY-SIDE CONCERT
Seattle Symphony with Garfield High School
Tuesday, March 1, at 7 p.m.
Benaroya Hall
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Marcus Tsutakawa, conductor
Garfield High School Concert Orchestra
Garfield High School Symphony Orchestra
Seattle Symphony
CLAUDE DEBUSSY La mer (“The Sea”)
GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SEATTLE SYMPHONY
Music Director Ludovic Morlot conducts Garfield High School Symphony Orchestra and the Seattle Symphony as they share the stage to perform Debussy’s La Mer (“The Sea”).
SIDE-BY-SIDE CONCERT
Seattle Symphony with Roosevelt High School
Tuesday, March 8, at 7 p.m.
Roosevelt High School
Ruth Reinhardt, conductor
Anna Edwards, conductor
Evan Johanson, violin
Roosevelt High School Concert Orchestra
Roosevelt High School Symphony Orchestra
Seattle Symphony
ERNEST CHAUSSON Poème for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 25
EVAN JOHANSON, VIOLIN
SEATTLE SYMPHONY
CLAUDE DEBUSSY La mer (“The Sea”)
ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SEATTLE SYMPHONY
A family-friendly concert featuring young violinist Evan Johanson, conducted by Conducting Fellow Ruth Reinhardt.
The Seattle Symphony’s Family, School & Community programs are supported by 4Culture, the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation, The Boeing Company, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation, The Clowes Fund, Inc., the Elizabeth McGraw Foundation, the Fales Foundation Trust, the League of American Orchestras, Richard and Francine Loeb, Kjristine Lund, the National Endowment for the Arts, New Music USA, Peach Foundation, the Peg and Rick Young Foundation, the Schiff Foundation, the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation, the Snoqualmie Tribe, Ten Grands Seattle, the U.S. Bank Foundation, Wells Fargo and the Wyman Youth Trust.
About the Seattle Symphony
The Seattle Symphony is one of America's leading symphony orchestras and is internationally acclaimed for its innovative programming and extensive recording history. Under the leadership of Music Director Ludovic Morlot since September 2011, the Symphony is heard from September through July by more than 500,000 people through live performances and radio broadcasts. It performs in one of the finest modern concert halls in the world — the acoustically superb Benaroya Hall — in downtown Seattle. Its extensive education and community engagement programs reach over 65,000 children and adults each year. The Seattle Symphony has a deep commitment to new music, commissioning many works by living composers each season, including John Luther Adams' recent Become Ocean, which won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Music and a 2015 Grammy for Best Contemporary Classical Composition. The orchestra has made nearly 150 recordings and has received 18 Grammy nominations, two Emmy Awards and numerous other accolades. In 2014 the Symphony launched its in-house recording label, Seattle Symphony Media.