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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.
One Hundred Percent Giving Board Award for 2016
from Community Foundation of Western Nevada
The Carson City Symphony Assoc. is a member of the
Carson City Downtown Business Assoc.
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Concert to Feature Premiere of Saxophone Piece
Sunday, February 24, 2019
The Carson City Symphony will be presenting a concert with saxophone soloist Rhett Bender
on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, at the Carson City Community Center at 4:00 p.m.
Dr. Bender will be performing the orchestral premiere of the alto saxophone concerto
"Duality" by composer Carleton Macy. "Duality"
was originally written in 2003 for Bender to perform with wind ensemble. Carleton Macy will
be present to participate in the concert preview at 3:15 p.m. and other activities.
Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 ("Pastorale") and Verdi's "Nabucco" Overture will also be on the program.
Dr. Bender is a Professor of Music at the Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern
Oregon University where he teaches graduate and undergraduate saxophone performance and
chamber music. In the summers, he is the Director of the Ashland Chamber Music Workshop
and the Siskiyou Saxophone Workshop. Bender is a founding member and soprano saxophonist
with the Mazama Quartet and Globe Saxophone Quartet; the Artistic Director for the
Siskiyou Saxophone Orchestra (SSO); and saxophonist with the Rogue Valley and Britt
Festival Symphony Orchestras. He is the Region One Director of the North American
Saxophone Alliance (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming). Bender
travels to China as Guest Artist-Teacher at the Sichuan Conservatory of Classical Music,
Honorary Advisor to the Chengdu Saxophone Society, Visiting Professor at the College
of Arts of Yantai University, and Guest Artist for the Yantai Children's Palace of Music
and Art. Bender earned degrees from Iowa State University (Bachelor of Music) and the
University of Georgia (Master of Music, Doctorate of Musical Arts) where he was a student
of Kenneth Fischer. His website is at http://saxophone.sou.edu. He previously appeared with the Carson City Symphony
in 2011.
Tickets are $15 general admission; $12 for seniors, students,
and Symphony Association members; and free age 18 and under. Tickets will be available in
advance at the Nevada Day Store, 716 N. Carson Street; online at CCSymphony.com; and at the door.
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The Russians are Coming!
March 2019
The Carson City Symphony Association is working on a special project in March involving
some very fine Russian performers, the Rimsky-Korsakov
String Quartet from St. Petersburg,
Russia.
The Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet, formed in 1939, is a monument of Russian musical
history. Composed of four graduates from the prestigious St. Petersburg Conservatory,
they regularly perform in the most reputable festivals in Russia, Germany, France,
Italy, Malta, England, Switzerland and Finland. Their varied repertoire, ranging from
Russian music of the 19th and early 20th centuries to contemporary composers, is
enthusiastically enjoyed by a wide range of audiences.
The quartet will be involved in the following:
- Friday, March 15, 7:00 p.m. - House recital "Russian Music and Cultural Traditions"
- Sunday, March 17, 4:00 p.m. - Concert at St. Peters Episcopal Church
- Date & time to be determined - Workshop/Master Class for Strings
Please check back for further details.
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Symphony Youth Strings Spring Concert
Thursday, April 25, 2019
The Carson City Symphony's Youth Strings will present its spring concert on Thursday,
April 25, 2019, at 6:30 p.m. at the Carson City Community Center. Symphony Youth Strings
(formerly Strings in the Schools), Carson City Symphony's comprehensive program of
string instruction, inspired by the teachings of Kato Havas, creator and author of
The New Approach to Violin Playing, provides free beginning violin lessons for students
grades 2-5 and ensemble/orchestra experience for all interested string students in the
Carson City School District. Tuition and books are subsidized by the Carson City Symphony
Association. The instruction is guided by Sue Jesch, Carson City Symphony's Education
Director and former Concertmaster, who is assisted by Laura Gibson, Carson City
Symphony Associate Concertmaster, and Lou Groffman, principal cellist of the Symphony.
This is a free concert. Further details will be posted on this website.
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FURTHER INFO ON 35TH SEASON
- Sun., Feb. 24, 4:00 p.m. - Carson City Symphony with Rhett Bender, saxophone, and composer Carleton Macy, Duality for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra.
- March 2019 - special event featuring Russian musicians
- April 2019 - details to be determined - Carson Chamber Singers Spring Concert.
- April 2019 - details to be determined - Joyful Noise Carson Children's Choir Spring Concert. Free.
- Thurs., April 25, 6:30 p.m. - Music is for Life - Symphony Youth Strings conducted by Laura Gibson and Lou Groffman. Free.
- Sun., April 28, 4:00 p.m. - Carson City Symphony with Gregory Maytan, violin, Violin Concerto by Swedish composer Amanda Maier.
- Sun., June 9, outdoor Pops Party concert - Carson City Symphony & Chorus, location to be determined. Free.
- Thurs., July 4 - Mormon Station Park - Genoa Americana Celebration begins 10:30 a.m. Carson City Symphony & Chorus begins at 4:30 p.m. Free.
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advance? Get a Flex Pass! Flex Pass 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.
Season tickets and flex passes are on sale now. Call 775-883-4154 or download a PDF form from
here
and just mail it in with your check.
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
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and the League of American Orchestras.
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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. The Carson City Symphony
Chorus is a larger version of this group.
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,
Carson City Cultural Commission, the Community Foundation of Western Nevada; and private donations.
This page last updated 1/6/2019
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