Concert to Feature Premiere of Saxophone Piece
Sunday, February 24, 2019

Celebrating its 35th season, the Carson City Symphony, directed by David Bugli, will perform its 200th concert, "Balance & Nature," on Sunday, February 24, 2019, at the Carson City Community Center's newly refurbished Bob Boldrick Theater, 851 E. William Street in Carson City. Featured guest soloist, saxophonist Rhett Bender, will perform the premiere of the orchestral version of Duality for alto saxophone and orchestra by Carleton Macy. The composer will attend the concert, which also includes Verdi's Nabucco Overture, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 (Pastorale).

Tickets are $15 general admission; $12 for seniors, students, and Symphony Association members; and free for youth age 18 and under. Tickets are on sale at the Nevada Day Office, 716 N. Carson St., online at CCSymphony.com (see "BUY NOW" button below), or at the door (cash or check only).

Pre-show entertainment by the Da Capa duo - Susan Cross-Stanley, flute, and Jim Stanley, clarinet - begins at 3:00 p.m. in the lobby. A Concert Preview begins at 3:15 p.m. in the Sierra Room. The preview, hosted by Conductor David Bugli, will include discussions with soloist Rhett Bender and composer Carleton Macy about the concert, composers, and music. A dinner reception follows the concert. For information and reservations, call the Symphony at 775-883-4154.

Dr. Rhett Bender is a Professor of Music at Southern Oregon University Performing Arts, where he teaches saxophone, clarinet, and chamber music. He performs and teaches throughout the U.S. and in Chengdu, China. In the summers Bender is the Director of the Ashland Chamber Music Workshop and the Siskiyou Saxophone Workshop. He is a founding member and soprano saxophonist with the Mazama Quartet and Globe Saxophone Quartet and is the Conductor of the Cascade Clarinet Consort and the Siskiyou Saxophone Orchestra. His website is at http://saxophone.sou.edu. The February 24 "Balance & Nature" concert will be Bender's second as soloist with Carson City Symphony.

Carleton Macy, Professor Emeritus of Music at Macalester College in Minnesota, is a composer, performs on several instruments, and has an active interest in non-Western music. His compositions have been performed throughout the United States, and in Europe and Asia. He wrote Duality originally for saxophone and wind ensemble, and dedicated the work to Rhett Bender.

The Symphony's 2018-19 concert season is supported, in part, with public funding through the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. The concert preview is funded in part by Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

For information, see CCSymphony.com or call 775-883-4154.

A Dinner Reception after the "Balance & Nature" Concert on Sunday, Feb. 24, will be in the banquet room at the new Basque restaurant in Carson City - the Martin Hotel, 308 N. Curry Street. It will be a buffet including salad, beans, vegetable, chicken, tri-tip, fish, (vegetarian pasta entree on request), bread, dessert, soft drinks, and wine. All inclusive price is $25, including tip. Audience members are invited to attend, along with orchestra members. Reservations must be made with the Symphony by Wednesday, Feb. 20. Audience members and orchestra players may make reservations by calling 775-883-4154. Pay in cash or check made out to "CC Symphony." Guests welcome.

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Photo on left: Saxophonist Rhett Bender will perform premiere of orchestral work on Feb. 24. Photo on right: Composer Carleton Macy will discuss his concerto, Duality.

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:

• Thursday, March 14, 6:00 p.m. - Workshop/Master Class for Strings at Carson High School
• Friday, March 15, midday - brief performance at location to be determined, in honor of Nevada Arts Day
• Friday, March 15, 7:00 p.m. - House recital "Russian Music and Cultural Traditions"
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• Saturday, March 16, 5:00 p.m. - Nevada State Museum, Concert in the Round. Free. Donations accepted.
• Sunday, March 17, 4:00 p.m. - Concert at St. Peters Episcopal Church
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Call 775-883-4154 for further details.

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.

Gregory Maytan Featured in
Amanda Maier Violin Concerto
Sunday, April 28, 2019

Violinist Gregory Maytan returns to perform the Amanda Maier Violin Concert with the Carson City Symphony in the newly renovated Bob Boldrick Theater in the Carson City Community Center. The concert starts at 4:00 p.m. Further details are pending as of Feb. 14.

The Symphony's 2018-19 concert season is supported, in part, with public funding through the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. The concert preview is funded in part by Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities. This concert is supported in part by the Women's Philharmonic Advocacy, a non-profit organization founded in 2008 in order to recognize the achievement of The Women's Philharmonic (1980-2004) over their 24 years of activity, and build on this work by advocating for the performance of women composers by orchestras and ensembles.