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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's Youth Chorus and Youth Strings
After-School Classes Begin September 9 in Carson City
Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025
Carson City Symphony's after-school youth chorus and string instrument instruction
will begin in September at five locations in Carson City. Tuition is free; donations
and Symphony Association memberships are encouraged. These programs are for Carson City
area public-, private-, and home-school students, and classes are filled on a first
come, first served basis.
Symphony Youth Chorus provides group singing experience for ages five and up. Classes
meet on Thursdays, 4:00 to 4:45 p.m., beginning September 18, 2025, at Shepherd of the
Sierra Lutheran Church, 3680 N Hwy 395 (behind Best Buy). For registration and more
information, contact the youth chorus director Nancy Jones at 775-400-1436 or
nancyjones@fastmail.com.
Symphony Youth Strings provides beginning violin lessons for students grades 2 to 5,
a beginning cello program, and ensemble/orchestra experience for string students in
all grades. Enrollment is limited to provide maximum individual instruction in a
small group setting. The instructors request that strings students do not rent
or purchase instruments until after the first class. Some instruments are available
for loan. To register, and for more information, contact the Symphony's
Education Director, Micah Dunn, at micahdunn@gmail.com.
Beginning Violin lessons for elementary school students are held after school on
Tuesdays at Empire Elementary School, 1260 Monte Rosa Drive, beginning on September 9, 2025,
and on Thursdays at Bordewich Bray Elementary School, 110 Thompson Street, beginning
on September 11, 2025. Classes meet after school until 4:30 p.m. Students may enroll for
class at either location.
Beginning Cello lessons are held on Tuesdays at Empire Elementary School,
1260 Monte Rosa Drive, beginning on September 9, 2025, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
String Ensembles are for students who have had previous experience on violin, viola, cello,
bass, or harp. Classes meet on Thursdays beginning September 11 at St. Paul's
Lutheran Family Church, 1201 N. Saliman Rd. The beginning ensemble (Allegro)
meets 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. The intermediate ensemble (Vivace) meets 4:15 to 5:00 p.m.
STRAZZ, a chamber orchestra for advanced strings students is open to high school
students, and to middle school string students by invitation. STRAZZ meets on
Thursdays, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., beginning September 11 at St. Paul's Lutheran Family
Church, 1201 N. Saliman Rd.
All students will have the opportunity to perform in Symphony Youth Strings and
Chorus concerts on December 11, 2025, and April 23, 2026, at the Carson City Community Center.
Carson City Symphony's Youth programs are funded in part by grants from the Nevada
Arts Council, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency;
from Carson City; and by private donations.
Photos: Symphony Youth Chorus and Symphony Youth Strings performance last year.
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Carson Chamber Singers Present "Travel With Me"
Friday, October 10, 2025
The Carson Chamber Singers presents its fall concert, "Travel With Me," on Friday, October 10, 2025,
at 7:00 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 200 N. Division St., Carson
City. The chorus, under the direction of its
new director, Jordan Gotchy, will feature music by Amy Beach, Cy Coleman, Scott Farthing,
Marques L.A. Garret, Greg Gilpin, Jordan Gotchy,
Marc Caplan & Colin Britt, Julie Knowles, Thomas Morley, Sarah Quartel, and Randall Thompson.
Tickets are $18 for General Admission; $15 for Seniors, Students, and Symphony Association
members; and free for age 18 and under. Tickets are available at the door and online
(see "Buy Now" button, below).
For more information, go to CCSymphony.com or call 775-883-4154.
Buy tickets here:
Travel with Me
Tickets
$15.00 - $18.00
Buy now
Photo: Jordan Gotchy, new director of Carson Chamber Singers.
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Future Events (list updated as of Sept. 10, 2025)
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.
- - - LINKS - - -
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 9/10/2025
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