Mayor Bob Crowell Has Died
Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020

Carson City Mayor Bob Crowell and his wife were great supporters of the arts in Carson City. He supported the Symphony over the years. (He even confided in me that he used to give trumpet lessons himself long ago.) Bob died this morning. He had many talents including being a Navy pilot, a story teller, a good listener, and, above all, a talent for making friends. We will miss his warmth, dedication, and smile.

Click HERE for a beautiful photo montage prepared by photographer Cathleen Allison. I feel it captures so much that we loved about Mayor Bob.
- David Bugli

Carson City Symphony Announces
Project Euterpe - Episode 6 with Carson Chamber Singers
Media Release: September 10, 2020

Carson City Symphony Association announces release of Project Euterpe Episode 6 with the Carson Chamber Singers. In this Episode, Choral Conductor Ricky Hutton leads the Carson Chamber Singers in their first virtual performance. Katie Cardoza accompanies the 21-voice choir on organ. The performance can be viewed on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM57-Ar-y6Q or via the Carson City Symphony's YouTube Channel.

Hutton said he chose Johannes Brahms' "Geistliches Lied (Sacred Song), Op. 30" for the Singers' 2020 Summer Project because "it is a song about endurance during difficult times, perseverance, resilience... something we all can relate to now!" Brahms composed the piece in 1856, at age 23, setting his music to a poem by Paul Flemming (1609-1640).

Carson City Symphony and its associated ensembles have been entertaining people in the Carson City area for 36 seasons. Because they can't currently perform live and in person, they are producing a series of video episodes to showcase the talents of their local artists, ensembles, and guest artists. These episodes, named Project Euterpe ("you-TER-pee") after the Greek muse of music and poetry, include new productions, excerpts from past concerts, solo and small ensemble performances, previews of things to come, and master classes taught by guest soloists.

Carson City Symphony ensembles hope to return to regular performances in the future. Meanwhile, they invite the public to enjoy Project Euterpe videos at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVti_Ih_3sSvQcC_jaljuYw. Links to episodes are also available on the Symphony website CCSymphony.com and posted on the Facebook page at facebook.com/CarsonCitySymphony.

For more information on Carson City Symphony, its educational programs and performing groups, see CCSymphony.com.

Photo: Project Euterpe Episode 6 - Carson Chamber Singers.

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Notification
Updated: June 1, 2020, at 7:40 p.m.

Most Carson City Symphony events and rehearsals are on hold, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. If there will be any changes, we will post them on this website, notify CarsonNow.org, and make efforts to contact all participants. The health of our musicians, audience, and volunteers is our concern. We will be following advice from city/county and medical professionals as we make our decisions.

Carson City Symphony rehearsals are on hold until further notice. The April 26 Symphony concert with violin soloist Andrew Sords was cancelled, but some of the works planned for that concert will be worked into future concerts, and Mr. Sords is planning to perform on our Feb. 228, 2021, concert. The June 14th Pops Party concert planned for the Capital Amphitheater was cancelled. The Genoa Americana Festival event on Julhy 4, 2020, in Mormon Station State Park that was to feature the Carson City Symphony, was canceled by the event organizers. In addition, activites of the Carson Chamber Singers, Symphony Youth Strings, Consort Canzona, Not Ready for Carnegia Hall Players (NQR), and Joyful Noise Carson Childrens Choir are on hold.

We will be evaluating if there need to be changes to other programs, due to the Coronavirus situation. However, we are hoping to be able to resume rehearsal and plans for events in the fall if the situation permits.

Carson City Symphony Association presents Project Euterpe
Updated: June 21, 2020

The Carson City Symphony and its associated ensembles have been entertaining people in the Carson City area for 36 seasons. Because they can't currently perform live, in person, they are producing a series of once-or-twice-weekly video episodes to showcase the talents of their local artists, ensembles, and guest artists. These episodes, called Project Euterpe ("you-TER-pee"), will include excerpts from past concerts, some solo and small ensemble performances, previews of things to come, and perhaps some of the master classes taught by our guest soloists.

Project Euterpe is named for the muse of music in Greek mythology. She and her eight sisters, the other muses, lived on Mt. Olympus and entertained their father Zeus and the other Olympian gods with their artistry. Symphony Conductor David Bugli said, "Euterpe was known by ancient poets as the 'Giver of delight,' and ancient Greek musicians would call on her aid in composing their lyric poetry and music. So, we are calling on her aid to help us communicate with our audience."

We have set up a YouTube Channel where you can see information on all our episodes. The channel is at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVti_Ih_3sSvQcC_jaljuYw.

Here is some information on our current episodes:

• Episode 1 - Introduction to Project Euterpe & Macy's "Duality" - Click HERE
  This first episode include a brief piano solo by conductor David Bugli, after which he explains the aims of Project Euterpe. That is followed by an excerpt from Carleton Macy's "Duality for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra," featuring soloist Rhett Bender.
• Episode 2 - Fanfare for the Family Farm - Click HERE
  In the first part of this episode, Carson City Symphony Conductor David Bugli interviews Lorraine Manatt, head of the Symphony's percussion section. They lightheartedly discuss on Zoom the process of preparing her section for a performance of Gwyneth Walker's "Fanfare for the Family Farm." The section uses some unusual instruments and takes an unusual approach to concert dress. The performance took place on April 28, 2019.
  In the second part, the Symphony performs "Fanfare for the Family Farm." It is a boisterous celebration of life on a family-owned dairy farm. The composer, who used to reside on the Brainstorm Dairy Farm in Braintree, Vermont, wrote this music as an expression of the joy and humor she finds in living on a dairy farm. See Dr. Walker's website at https://www.gwynethwalker.com.
• Episode 3 - Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet Plays Borodin - Click HERE
  In this episode, Carson City Symphony Conductor David Bugli presents the Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet from St. Petersburg, Russia, playing "Nocturne" from Alexander Borodin's String Quarter No. 2. The performance took place in a house recital on March 15, 2019. Members of the quartet are Mikhail Bondarev and Ekaterina Belisova, violin; Alexi Popov, viola; and Anton Andreev, cello. The quartet visited Carson City in March 2019, played a series of concerts, and held a master class at that time. The Symphony was prepared to have the quartet return in March 2020, but with complications from the Coronavirus and other factors, that visit was canceled. We hope to have them return in the fall of 2021.
• Episode 4 - Tom Miller at 2019 Pops Party - Click HERE
  In this episode, Carson City Symphony Conductor David Bugli interviews entertainer Tom Miller. Tom is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, flutist, saxophonist, and luthier (maker of string instruments), among other things. He was featured soloist on the Symphony's June 9, 2019, Pops Party Concert at Nevada's Capital Amphitheater. The June 14, 2020, live concert had to be canceled; in place, we present Tom performing with the Symphony in 2019 on two arrangements of his original compositions, "Mexicali" and "Somethin' About You." The Carson Chamber Singers, under the direction of guest conductor Ricky Hutton, joined us on the latter to sing and rock out to Tom's great music.
• Episode 5 - Fathers Day & Papa Haydn - Click HERE
  In this episode, in honor of Fathers Day 2020, we present music by the man considered the "father of the symphony" and the "father of the string quartet," Franz Joseph Haydn. He was a major and revered influence on composers who came after him, including Mozart and Beethoven. His patrons, the Esterhazy family, built a palace in a remote area of what is now Hungary and required Haydn to write many musical works to entertain them and impress their guests. He produced 104 symphonies, over 80 string quartets, numerous operas and masses, and other works.
  This episode features our concertmaster, Dr. Brian Fox, performing the second and third movements of Haydn's First Violin Concerto. The preview, concerning this piece, and concert were recorded Oct. 20, 2019.
• Episode 6 - Brahms' "Geistliches Lied (Sacred Song), Op. 30" - Click HERE
  In this Episode, Choral Conductor Ricky Hutton leads the Carson Chamber Singers in their first virtual performance. Katie Cardoza accompanies the 21-voice choir on organ. Hutton said he chose Johannes Brahms' "Geistliches Lied (Sacred Song), Op. 30" for the Singers' 2020 Summer Project because "it is a song about endurance during difficult times, perseverance, resilience... something we all can relate to now!"

Illustration: Painting of Euterpe, Muse of Music and Lyric Poetry, by Simon Vouet.