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Carson City Symphony was founded in 1984 as the
Carson City Chamber Orchestra and gave its first concert in October that
year. It is a community orchestra
open to amateur and volunteer professional musicians.
Members come from all walks of life and have ranged from elementary school
students to senior citizens.
The Symphony performs five or more concerts each year for
audiences in Carson City.
It also
has performed in Minden, Gardnerville, Fallon, South Lake Tahoe, and Virginia
City. We play many works by contemporary composers and have commissioned and
premiered several pieces.
Our Mission Statement (2019)
The mission of Carson City Symphony Association is to
(1) enhance the quality of life in northern Nevada by providing creative, educational,
and social opportunities for amateur and volunteer professional instrumentalists
and vocalists of all ages;
(2) educate and entertain a broad and diverse audience, including residents, visitors,
and tourists;
(3) enhance music education for the K-12 student population and adults; and
(4) expand our reputation for adventurous programming by playing music by
contemporary composers and featuring non-traditional solo instruments.
The Carson City Symphony Assoc. is a member of the
Carson City Downtown Business Assoc.
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Carson City Symphony Presents "Here and There" Concert
Sunday, March 2, 2025
The Carson City Symphony continues its forty-first season with a concert called "Here and
There" featuring music by composers from Italy, France, Finland, and Argentina. The
concert will be on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. at the
Carson City Community Center. The concert will be under
the direction of Conductor and Music Director David Bugli and Assistant Conductor and Concert Master
Brian Fox. Joining the orchestra as oboe soloist is Aaron Hill from the
University of Nevada music faculty. He will be performing Antonio Pasculli's Simpatici Ricordi
della "Traviata" fantasticati per Oboe (Nice Memories of "Traviata" Fantasy) - a fantasia based
on themes from Verdi's famous opera - and Astor Piazzolla's Oblivion.
Brian Fox will conduct the Piazzolla composition. Dr. Hill was recently featured on the
Reno Chamber Orchestra's "Baroque to Beatles" concert.
The concert will also include Jean Sibelius' Karelia Suite and César Franck's Symphony
in D minor.
Tickets are $18 general admission; $15 for seniors, students, and Symphony Association
members; and free for youth age 18 and under. Tickets are on sale online (see
"Buy Tickets Here" below) and at the door.
"Flex" tickets at discounted prices are also available from the website. Your
receipt will be your ticket.
Aaron Hill serves as Assistant Professor of oboe and classical saxophone at the University of
Nevada, Reno. Prior to moving to Reno, he held appointments at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison, University of Virginia and James Madison University. He appears
frequently on oboe, English horn, and saxophone with the Reno Philharmonic and Reno Chamber
Orchestra and he has held positions as principal oboe with the Charlottesville Symphony,
Wintergreen Music Festival Orchestra, and Flint Symphony, and English horn with the
Roanoke Symphony. His academic affiliations have included extensive chamber music
involvement with the Wingra Wind Quintet and Albemarle Ensemble. Hill enjoys a performing
career with constant stylistic variety. Hill regularly premieres works by living composers
in partnership with reNEW Music and has performed as a guest with the International
Contemporary Ensemble. He travels around North America as an active recitalist and
masterclass clinician and has been a featured speaker at the TEDxSkidRow and Tom Tom
Founders Festival conferences, along with a featured guest appearance on the Double
Reed Dish and Detours in Music podcasts. This is Dr. Hill's first appearance with
the Carson City Symphony.
Pre-show entertainment begins at
3:00 p.m. in the lobby. A Meet-the-Soloist concert preview with Conductor David Bugli,
soloist Aaron Hill, and Assistant Conductor/Concertmaster Brian Fox begins at 3:15 p.m.
in the Bob Crowell Board Room.
Carson City Symphony is a community orchestra of about 55 players who perform music
from the 15th to the 21st centuries. The 2024-25 concert season is supported with public
funding through the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts,
Carson City, and by private donations.
For information, see CCSymphony.com or call (775) 883-4154.
Buy Tickets Here:
Photo of Aaron Hill, oboe soloist on March second concert, courtesy of University of
Nevada, Reno (UNR).
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Future Events (list updated as of February 2, 2025)
- Sun., March 2, 2025, 4:00 p.m., Carson City Community Center - Carson City Symphony
"Here and There" concert with
guest soloist, oboist Aaron Hill. Lobby Entertainment 3:00 p.m. Concert Preview 3:15 p.m.
$18/$15/Free age 18 and under.
- Thurs., April 24, 2025, 6:30 p.m., Carson City Community Center - Symphony Youth Strings,
Symphony Youth Chorus, Not Quite Ready for Carnegie Hall Players present
"Music Around the World." Free.
- Fri., April 25, 2025, 7:00 p.m. Carson Chamber Singers Spring Concert at Shepherd
of the Sierra Lutheran Church. Admission free, donations accepted.
- Sat., April 26, 2025, 4:00 p.m. Carson Chamber Singers Spring concert at
First United Methodist Church. $18/$15/Free
age 18 and under.
- Sun., April 27, 2025, 4:00 p.m., Carson City Community Center - Carson City Symphony with
guest soloist. Lobby Entertainment 3:00 p.m. Concert Preview 3:15 p.m. $18/$15/Free age 18 and under.
- June 8, 2025 (to be confirmed), 6:00 p.m., Governor's Mansion (outdoors) - Pops Party
Concert - Carson City Symphony and Carson Chamber Singers. Free.
- July 4, 2025 - 3:45 p.m., Mormon Station Park - Carson City Symphony and, Carson Chamber
Singers, and Symphony Youth Chorus. Part of Genoa Americana Celebration, 10:15 a.m.
to 5:15 p.m. Free.
Carson City School District Orchestras Concerts, Brian Fox, Director
(list updated as of Sept. 27, 2024)
- Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, 6:00 p.m. at Carson City Community Center
- Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, 6:00 p.m. at Carson City Community Center
- Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 6:00 p.m. at Carson City Community Center
- Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 6:00 p.m. at Carson City Community Center
Classes and Rehearsals
All free, donations or Symphony Association
memberships requested (list updated as of February 2, 2025)
Mondays:
- Consort Canzona early music recorder ensemble, 6:30 p.m. at Carson City Senior Center
Tuesdays:
- Beginning Cello classes with Priscilla Hawkins, 1:30 p.m. and 5:15 p.m. at Brewery Arts Center
- Beginning Violin classes with Jaden Caraway, 3:15 and 4:30 p.m.
at Empire Elementary School
- Carson Chamber Singers rehearsals, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., with Gary Schwartz and Katie
Cardoza at LDS Church, Carson City
Wednesdays:
- Symphony Youth Chorus rehearsals with Nancy Jones and Cristian Valenzuela
Gonzalez, 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. at Shepherd of the Sierra Lutheran Church
- Carson City Symphony rehearsals with David Bugli and Brian Fox, 6:20 to 8:30 p.m. at
Carson High School; string sectionals TBA
Thursdays:
- Not Quite Ready for Carnegie Hall Players (NQR) adult intermediate string group with
Micah Dunn, 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Carson City Senior Center.
- Beginning Violin classes with Melinda Reynolds, 3:15 and 4:30 p.m. at Bordewich-Bray
Elementary School
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- Allegro, introductory youth string ensemble with Suzanne McGarraugh, 3:30 to
4:15 p.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Family Church.
- Vivace, intermediate youth string ensemble with Suzanne McGarraugh, 3:30 to
4:45 p.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Family Church.
- STRAZZ, advanced youth string ensemble with Suzanne McGarraugh, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
at St. Paul's Lutheran Family Church.
- (Note: Overlap in time and location of the three ensembles listed above is intentional.)
Flex Tickets Available
Good for Multiple Events
The Carson City Symphony Association offers
Flex Tickets that can be used for various performances by the Carson City Symphony and
Carson Chamber Singers. Flex tickets are offered at discounted prices.
Discount Flex Pass -- Can't commit to concerts dates in advance? Get Flex Tickets!
Flex Tickets are good for four admissions to any Carson City Symphony and Carson
Chamber Singers concert(s). You may use the pass any way you choose: bring four people
to one concert, two people to two concerts, etc. Flex Tickets never expire.
To purchase them,
click on the "Buy Flex Tix Now" button, below. Remember
to keep your receipt...it is your ticket!
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Interested in being a member of the Carson City Symphony Association, and support all our non-profit
work? Just download a membership form in PFD format from our
here
and mail it in with your check. It will be appreciated.
To join the Carson City Symphony or Carson Chamber
Singers, call 775-883-4154.
For Association membership information, click here.
For feedback that we have received on Carson City Symphony concerts,
click here: reviews.
Read about Carson City Symphony's Symphony Youth Strings program.
This season's concerts have been made possible, in
part, by a grant from the Nevada Arts Council, a state agency, and the National
Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
The orchestra is a licensee of ASCAP and BMI and a member of the Carson City Arts & Culture
Coalition. 
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David C. Bugli, Music Director and Conductor, has a
Bachelor of Science Degree in music education from Ithaca College, New York,
where he studied composition for four years with Karel Husa. He has a Master
of Music Degree from the University of Massachusetts. In addition to
conducting, he plays classical and jazz piano, tuba, and trombone, and he
composes and arranges music. He was also an adjunct faculty at Western Nevada College.
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Conductor David Bugli
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Contact us:
David C. Bugli, Music Director and Conductor
Carson City Symphony
PO Box 2001
Carson City, NV 89702-2001
Phone: (775) 883-4154
Fax: (775) 883-4371
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Most Symphony rehearsals are on Wednesday nights (late August through late May), 7:00 p.m.
to 9:15 p.m., in the band room at
Carson High School, 1111 N. Saliman Rd., Carson City.
Map.
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The Carson Chamber
Singers is a choral
group that has been associated with the Carson City Symphony since 1985.
For chamber music, see the Silver Strings.
For youth string programs, see Symphony Youth Strings (formerly
Strings in the Schools).
For information on events at the Brewery Arts Center,
click here.
Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William St.,
Carson City. Map
Carson City Symphony is funded, in part, by the Nevada Arts Council, a
state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency;
Carson City; Nevada Humanities, the National Endowment for the Humanities,
and private donations.
This page last updated 2/6/2025
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