"Music is for Life" Spring Concert
Symphony Youth Strings and Others
Thursday, April 25, 2019

Carson City Symphony's Youth Strings ensembles, Not Quite Ready For Carnegie Hall Players adult intermediate string ensemble, and Joyful Noise Carson Children's Choir will perform a "Music is for Life" concert on Thursday, April 25, 2019, 6:30 p.m., at the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William Street. Directors are Sue Jesch, Laura Gibson, and Nancy Jones. This family friendly concert is open to all, and admission is free.

The concert will feature performances by students from grade 2 through high school, including beginning violins; the Allegro, Vivace, and STRAZZ youth strings ensembles; the adult ensemble; and the children's choir, ages 4 to 12. Highlights include the beginning violinists playing "Twinkle Boogie," intergenerational strings with children's choir performing "Morning has Broken" and "This Little Light of Mine," and advanced strings featuring graduating seniors Emma Rosen and Eleanor Sturm on violin and Gabe Covington, mandolin.

Symphony Youth Strings is Carson City Symphony Association's tuition-free, after-school program for young string players. The Symphony's Not Quite Ready for Carnegie Hall Players (NQR) is open to all adult intermediate-level string players. Both programs were founded in 2005 by Education Director Sue Jesch. Laura Gibson is violin and ensemble instructor; Lou Groffman is STRAZZ and cello instructor. About 75 students currently participate. Joyful Noise Carson Children's Choir was founded by Nancy Jones and affiliated with the Symphony Association in 2017.

Carson City Symphony Association's programs are supported, in part, by public funds through grants from the Nevada Arts Council and National Endowment for the Arts, the D'Addario Foundation, and by private donations. For more information about the strings programs, see CCSymphony.com or call Sue Jesch at 775-450-5584. For information about the children's choir, call Nancy Jones at 775-400-1436.

Photo: Symphony Youth Strings advanced student ensemble, STRAZZ, performed at the Community Center in November and will play in the April 25 concert, Music is for Life.

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 in a concert called "Family Matters." The concert is on Sunday, April 28, 2019. It starts at 4:00 p.m. Gwyneth Walker's "Fanfare for the Family Farm," Florence B. Price's "Symphony No. 3," and Julius Röntgen's "Oud-Nederland" are on the concert. Röntgen was Amanda Maier's husband and a composer.

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).

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.

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

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Suggested listening for April 28, 2019, Concert.

• Amanda Maier (1853-1894) - Violin Concerto in D Minor - Claudia Bonfiglioli with Royal Stockholm Philharmonic
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• Amanda Maier (1853-1894) - Violin Concerto in D Minor (excerpts) - Gregory Maytan with
  Helsinborg Symphony Orchestra in pre-recording rehearsal
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• Florence Price - Symphony No. 3 in c minor - Yale Symphony Orchestra, 2016 East Coast Premiere, Toshiyuki Shimada, conductor
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• WQXR Feature: "The Price of Admission: A Musical Biography of Florence Beatrice Price:
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• Florence Price - Symphony No. 3 in c minor (4th movement) - The Concordia Orchestra,
  Minnesota. Dr. Kevin Sütterlin, Music Director. October 2018.
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• Gwyneth Walker - "Fanfare for the Family Farm" - University of Central Florida Orchestra
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• Julius Röntgen - Oud-Nederland (Old Netherlands Dances), Op. 46,
  NDR RadioPhilharmonie, David Porcelijn, conductor
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• Julius Röntgen - Oud-Nederland (Old Netherlands Dances), Op. 46,
  Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, Willem Mengelberg, conductor
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• The original tunes by Tielman Susato (16th cent.) that were the basis of
  Oud-Nederland (Old Netherlands Dances)
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Silver Strings Performs in April & May
Thursday, April 4, 2019
Saturday, April 6, 2019
Thursday, May 10, 2019

The Silver Strings string quartet, an affiliate of the Carson City Symphony, has a busy schedule in April and May.

The Silver Strings play on Thursday, April 4, 2019, at 4:30 p.m. for the opening of the new Carson-Tahoe Care Center on Mountain St., Carson City, just south of the old hospital.

The Silver Strings play on Saturday, April 6, 2019, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Nevada Artists Association (NAA) Gallery in the Brewery Arts Center building, 449 W. King St. The group is representing the Carson City Arts & Culture Coalition on the Wine Walk, which will be hosting it's wine-tasting table in the NAA Gallery. The Wine Walk is on the first Saturday of each month from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. For information about the Wine Walk, see www.downtowncarson.org.

The Silver Strings play on Thursday, May 10, 2019, for Western Nevada College's (WNC's) Mother's Day Gala Fundraiser at the Carson Nugget. The whole event, for adults only, starts at 5:00 p.m. and ends at 11:00 p.m. The quartet will be playing from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. (details subject to change). Come and enjoy a glamorous evening to honor the moms in a very splendid way! Formal wear is highly encouraged. Tickets are $50 per person in advance or $55 at the door. To purchase tickets, contact Lupe Ramirez at 775-445-3215. You must make reservations by May 1, 2019.

Consort Canzona Presents a Pair of Concerts
Friday, May 3, 2019
Saturday, May 4, 2019

Consort Canzona, the early music group of the Carson City Symphony Assoc., will present a pair of concerts at Shepherd of the Sierra Lutheran Church in Carson City (near Best Buy, south of Topsy Lane) on Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4. Friday's concert will be at 7:00 p.m. and the Saturday concert will be at 4:00 p.m. Admission to both concerts is free.

Consort Canzona's Facebook page can be found at https://www.facebook.com/ConsortCanzona. It is an ensemble in the Carson City Symphony Association family dedicated to bringing early music (Baroque and earlier) to the Carson City area.