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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.

Carson Chamber Singers to Present "A Night on Broadway" Friday, Oct. 18, 2024 - at Shepherd of the Sierra 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. 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)

Carson City Symphony to Open 41st Season with Concert on Sunday, October 20, 2024 The Carson City Symphony begins its forty-first season with a concert called "A Bit of Vienna and Beyond." The concert will be on Sunday, October 20, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. at the Carson City Community Center. This will be the 226th Carson City Symphony concert under the baton of Conductor and Music Director David Bugli. Joining the orchestra as violin soloist is Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio, recently retired from the University of Nevada, Reno music faculty. She will be performing Franz Schubert's "Konzertstück for Violin and Orchestra" and Fritz Kreisler's "Caprice viennois" and "Tamborin chinese." Concertmaster and Assistant Conductor Brian Fox will conduct the two Kreisler pieces. The concert will also include Beethoven's "Coriolan" Overture, Alexander Borodin's "In the Steppes of Central Asia," and Hector Berlioz "Corsair" Overture. Tickets are $18 general admission; $15 for seniors, students, and Symphony Association members; and free for youth age 18 and under. Tickets are on sale online and at the door. "Flex" tickets at discounted prices are also available from the website (see "Buy ticket now" button, below). Your receipt is your ticket. Described as a "violinist who most often takes your breath away" by Gramophone Magazine, Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio enjoys a varied performing and recording career as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral leader. She has performed as a chamber musician on the foremost stages of the U.S., as well as in Canada, Estonia, Sweden, Ghana, Italy, Peru, Chile, and Mexico. Professor Emerita at the University of Nevada, Reno, she is also Artistic Director Emerita of Cactus Pear Music Festival, which she founded in 1997 while serving as Concertmaster of the San Antonio Symphony. Former First Assistant Principal Second Violin of The Cleveland Orchestra under Christoph von Dohnanyi, she toured and recorded internationally with this ensemble for eight seasons. Ms. Sant'Ambrogio has a discography of over seventy-five orchestral and chamber music CDs and serves as Concertmaster of the Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra and Artistic Director of Chamber Music Reno, Inc. This is her third appearance with the Carson City Symphony. Pre-show entertainment by the Carson Middle School Advanced Orchestra begins at 3:00 p.m. in the lobby. A Meet-the-Soloist concert preview with Conductor David Bugli, soloist Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio, and Assistant Conductor/Concertmaster Brian Fox begins at 3:15 p.m. in the Bob Crowell Board Room. Carson City Symphony is a community orchestra of about 55 players who perform music from the 15th to the 21st centuries. The 2024-25 concert season is supported with public funding through the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, Carson City, and by private donations. The concert preview is supported by Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities. For information, see CCSymphony.com or call (775) 883-4154. Buy tickets here: Your receipt is your ticket. A Bit of Vienna & Beyond $18 general admission $15 for seniors, students, and Symphony Association members Buy tickets now Photo: Violin soloist Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio will perform with Carson City Symphony on Oct. 20, 2024.

Future Events (list updated as of Sept. 27, 2024)

• Fri., Oct. 18, 2024, 7:00 p.m., Shepherd of the Sierra Lutheran Church - Carson Chamber Singers - "A Night on Broadway." Free, donations welcome.
• Sun., Oct. 20, 2024, 4:00 p.m., Carson City Community Center - Carson City Symphony with guest violin soloist Stephanie Sant'Ambrogio "A Bit of Vienna and Beyond." Lobby Entertainment by CMS Advanced Orchestra 3:00 p.m. Concert Preview 3:15 p.m. $18/$15/Free age 18 and under.
• 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, 10 a.m. to 4:00 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 and Carson Chamber Singers. 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! "Forever" Flex Tickets $54.00 - $66.00 Buy Flex Tix Now

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.

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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.

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.

Conductor David Bugli

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.

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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 9/29/2024