Carson City Symphony Launches
New Scholarship for Music Education

Media Release - Sept. 1, 2016: The Carson City Symphony Association is launching an instrumental music scholarship for Carson City students age 5 to 17. The annual scholarship was established by a generous gift from Jennifer and John Webley in memory of Rosemary Nebesky, former board member and friend of the Carson City Symphony Association.

The award of $250 to $1,000 is to further the student's music education. It can be used, for example, for lessons, workshop, summer camp, master class, etc. Funds will be paid to the teacher or program, not to the individual applicant.

Application form can by downloaded from the Symphony website (click here), CCSymphony.com, and may be available from school music teachers. Completed applications and supporting documents will be accepted by the Symphony at P.O. Box 2001, Carson City, NV 89702-2001, and must be received by Tuesday, November 1, 2016.

Carson City Symphony to Begin Rehearsals
For Thirty-third Season

Media Release - August 27, 2016: Attention musicians! The Carson City Symphony will begin rehearsals for the 2016-17 concert season on Wednesday, August 31, 2016, 7:00 to 9:15 p.m., at the Carson High School band room, 1111 N. Saliman Road in Carson City.

The Symphony, conducted by David Bugli, is a volunteer orchestra of about 60 players who perform music from the 15th to 21st centuries. It is open to string players at any time without audition, and to other instrumentalists when positions are available. Current openings are for strings. Musicians who are interested in joining should contact the Symphony at 775-883-4154.

The 2016-17 season includes six concerts, all featuring guest soloists or groups. The opening concert, with guest piano soloist Maria Fomina, will be on Sunday, October 16, at 4:00 p.m. at the Carson City Community Center, with a preview beginning at 3:15 p.m. Additional concerts will be on December 11, 2016, (Holiday Treat); February 26 and April 23, 2017, at the Carson City Community Center; a Sunday in June 2017 (Pops Party at the Governor's Mansion); and July 4, 2017, in Genoa. For more information, see the Symphony web site: CCSymphony.com.

The Symphony's choral groups, Carson Chamber Singers and Carson City Symphony Chorus, begin rehearsals on September 6, at 6:30 p.m., at the Carson High choral room. Choristers who are interested in auditioning for the Carson Chamber Singers or joining the Carson City Symphony Chorus should contact Director Michael Langham at ccsingersdirector@gmail.com or call the Symphony at 775-883-4154.

Pianist Maria Fomina Performs with Symphony
Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016

The Carson City Symphony kicks off its Thirty-third Season on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016, with guest pianist Maria Fomina at Carson City Community Center, 4:00 p.m. She will be performing Beethoven's First Piano Concerto.

Maria Fomina was born in Moscow into a family of musicians. She started studying piano at age 5 and made her debut with a symphony orchestra at age 8. She studied at Moscow Music College, UCLA, and the Manhattan School of Music, where she was granted a full scholarship and earned a Master of Music Degree in Piano Performance (2001). Her teachers included such distinguished musicians as Vitaly Margulis and Solomon Mikowsky. She has performed in solo recitals in the USA, Russia, Belgium, Spain, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Japan and Turkey. She has also appeared as a soloist with Moscow Symphony, Tenerife Symphony, Southwest Symphony, Delaware Symphony, and other orchestras. She has an extensive repertoire, which includes Mozart (Concerto No. 27), Beethoven (Concerto No. 1), Rachmaninoff (Concerto No. 2, Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini), Prokofiev (Concerto No. 3), and much more. Maria is a winner of several international competitions, including the California International Young Artists Competition and Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Competition. In addition to her active performance schedule, Maria has had extensive academic and private teaching experience. She has been a teaching assistant of Professor Solomon Mikowsky, and an instructor at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory while she was a post-graduate student.

(Note: This concert was originally scheduled for Oct. 23, 2016.)

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