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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 Chamber Singers to Present "A Night on Broadway"
Friday, Oct. 18, 2024 - at Shepherd of the Sierra (already performed)
Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024 - at First United Methodist Church
The Carson Chamber Singers, under the direction of Dr. Gary Schwartz, kicks off its 40th
season this October with a pair of "A Night on Broadway" concerts on Friday, October 18, 2024,
and Saturday, October 26, 2024. These concerts celebrate the history of Broadway and
heritage of music from Tin Pan Alley to contemporary Broadway. The narrator is Rita Geil.
The Fridy, October 18, concert will be at 7:00 p.m. at Shepherd of the Sierra Lutheran Church,
3680 N. Highway 395, Carson City. The event is free; donations are welcome.
(Already performed.)
The Saturday, October 26, concert will be at 4:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church,
200 North Division St., Carson City, NV. General admission tickets to the Oct. 26
concert are $18 each. Discount tickets for seniors (age 62 plus), students, and
members of the Carson City Symphony Association are $15. Youth age 18 and under are
admitted free. Tickets are available online at CCSymphony.com (see "BUY NOW" button, below), on Facebook.com/CarsonCitySymphony, and at the door.
Founded in 1985 as a performing group of the Carson City Symphony Association, the Carson
Chamber Singers is open to singers high-school age and above. They perform in five or more
concerts each year. They have sung with the Reno Philharmonic and sing regularly with the
Carson City Symphony. They have performed at several venues in northern Nevada and as far
west as Sacramento. Participation is free.
For information about joining the choral group, call the Symphony Association at 775-883-4154,
or see CCSymphony.com/ccsingers.htm. Carson City Symphony Association concerts are
supported in part by public funds
through a grant from the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts,
grants from Carson City, and by private donations.
Buy tickets for Oct. 26 here:
Your receipt is your ticket.
A Night on Broadway,
Oct. 26 performance
$15.00 - $18.00
Buy now
Photo: Chamber Singers performing in First United Methodist Church last October.
Poster art: A Night on Broadway (art courtesy of Hal Leonard music publisher)
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Carson City Symphony Assoc. Presents "Cello Fest"
Sat., Nov. 16, 2024
The Carson City Symphony Assoc. presents "Cello Fest: On and Off the Page with
Sera Smolen" on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Eagle Valley Middle
School, 4151 E. 5th St. Carson City, NV. This one-day workshop is an opportunity for cellists of
all ages and experience levels to work on chamber music and improvisation.
Bring your cello, bow, and end pin holder, and join the fun!
Registration costs $25, and it includes lunch. To register, click on the "REGISTER" link
below.
Dr. Sera Smolen loves teaching cellists from age 3 up. In her cello program at
Opus Ithaca, she combines traditional cello study with improvisation, composition and
world musics, inviting guest artists to contribute to our program. Some projects she has done
are practice marathons, winter workshops, composers projects and "Dances from Around the World."
Smolen received her PhD in music education from the Union Institute in 2000. Her Doctoral
thesis, titled Moons of Osiris is inspired by her longstanding research into string
pedagogy in Waldorf education. Smolen has a deep understanding of how to present improvisation
parallel with repertoire study. She is a frequent guest clinician in Europe, the US and Canada
for workshops and teacher training seminars covering pedagogies of improvisation and
composition for string players. She has taught at Mansfield University, Alfred University,
the Kanack School in Rochester NY, and Hobart and William Smith College. Visit Sera's
website for the teaching calendar, free resources, articles, ideas, and more:
http://www.serasmolen.com/.
For further information about the workshop, call Priscilla Hawkins at 248-904-6013 or
email her at phawakins@dcn.org.
Carson City Symphony Association concerts and other activities are supported in part by public funds
through a grant from the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts,
grants from Carson City, and by private donations. This workshop is also funded by a special
grant from ACMP - Associated Chamber Music Players.
To REGISTER click HERE to use our convenient online
registration form. You may pay your $25 registration fee from the form. (If you need to pay your
registration separately - for example, if you filled out a paper form and mailed it in -
you may make your payment by clicking the separate payment link here.)
Photo: cello teacher and performer Sera Smolen
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Future Events (list updated as of Oct. 21, 2024)
- Sat., Oct. 26, 2024, 4:00 p.m., First United Methodist Church - Carson Chamber Singers - "A Night
on Broadway." $18/$15/Free age 18 and under.
- Fri., Nov. 15, 2024, 6:00 p.m., Carson City Historical Society Carriage House, Music teacher
training for strings and flute with Sera Smolen. Free, donations welcome.
- Sat., Nov. 16, 2024, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Eagle Valley Middle School - "Cello Fest: On and
Off the Page" with Sera Smolen and Priscilla Hawkins. Includes lunch and music. Registration $25.
- December date and time TBA, Consort Canzona and Not Quite Ready for Carnegie Hall Players
Holiday concert. Free, donations welcome.
- Thurs., Dec. 12, 2024, 6:30 p.m., Carson City Community Center - Symphony Youth Strings,
Symphony Youth Chorus, Not Quite Ready for Carnegie Hall Players. Free.
- Sun., Dec. 15, 2024, 4:00 p.m., Carson City Community Center - Holiday Treat Concert -
Carson City Symphony, Carson Chamber Singers, and Victorian Dancers. Lobby Entertainment
3:00 p.m. $18/$15/Free age 18 and under.
- Fri., Dec. 20, 2024, 5:00 p.m. (date and time to be confirmed), Carson Mall, Christmas
Carol Playalong for Strings. Free.
- Dec. 2024, dates, caroling at various venues, to be announced - Carson Chamber Singers
and Symphony Youth Chorus.
- Sun., March 2, 2025, 4:00 p.m., Carson City Community Center - Carson City Symphony with
guest soloist. Lobby Entertainment 3:00 p.m. Concert Preview 3:15 p.m. $18/$15/Free age 18 and under.
- Thurs., April 24, 2025, 6:30 p.m., Carson City Community Center - Symphony Youth Strings,
Symphony Youth Chorus, Not Quite Ready for Carnegie Hall Players. Free.
- Sun., April 27, 2025, 4:00 p.m., Carson City Community Center - Carson City Symphony with
guest soloist. Lobby Entertainment 3:00 p.m. Concert Preview 3:15 p.m. $18/$15/Free age 18 and under.
- Early May 2025 dates? Locations? Carson Chamber Singers Spring concerts. $18/$15/Free
age 18 and under.
- June 8, 2025 (to be confirmed), 6:00 p.m., Governor's Mansion (outdoors) - Pops Party
Concert - Carson City Symphony and Carson Chamber Singers. Free.
- July 4, 2025 - 3:45 p.m., Mormon Station Park - Carson City Symphony and, Carson Chamber
Singers, and Symphony Youth Chorus. Part of Genoa Americana Celebration, 10:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Free.
Carson City School District Orchestras Concerts, Brian Fox, Director
(list updated as of Sept. 27, 2024)
- Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024, 6:00 p.m. at Carson City Community Center
- Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, 6:00 p.m. at Carson City Community Center
- Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 6:00 p.m. at Carson City Community Center
- Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 6:00 p.m. at Carson City Community Center
Classes and Rehearsals
All free, donations or Symphony Association
memberships requested (list updated as of Sept. 27, 2024)
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 Nancy Scott and Mira Jade 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 Jami Hepworth, 3:45 to 4:45 p.m.
at Shepherd of the Sierra
- 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
- Allegro, intermediate youth string ensemble with Suzanne McGarraugh, 3:30 to 4:30 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.
Flex Tickets Available
Good for Multiple Events
Media Release - October 7, 2023: 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 10/21/2024
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