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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 City Symphony's Youth Strings, Chorus, and NQR Present
"Around the World in Music"
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Symphony Youth Strings, Symphony Youth Chorus, and Not Quite Ready for Carnegie Hall
Players (NQR) present "Around the World in Music" on Thursday, April 24, 2025,
at 6:30 p.m. at the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William St., Carson City.
These educational programs of the Carson City Symphony Association feature string
instrument players and singers from Carson City and surrounding areas, including public-,
private-, and home-schooled students, and adults, who will perform classics to folk
tunes from many countries. Admission is free.
"Around the World in Music" is conducted by Carson City Symphony's Education Director
Micah Dunn, Lead Instructor Suzanne McGarraugh, Youth Chorus Director Nancy Jones, and
other strings instructors. It includes beginning violinists and cellists; three student
string ensembles; youth chorus ages 4 and up; and NQR adult intermediate strings.
"These musicians play a great variety of musical styles," said David Bugli, Music
Director of the Carson City Symphony. "The beginning strings students go on to play
in our Youth Strings ensembles, and in the Carson City School District and Reno
Philharmonic Youth Orchestras."
Carson City Symphony Association's Educational programs and concerts are supported
in part by grants from Carson City, the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment
for the Arts, and private donations. For more information, contact director Micah Dunn
at micahdunn@gmail.com.
Photo: Melinda Reynolds conducts Symphony Youth Strings and NQR in concert in
December 2024.
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Carson Chamber Singers to Present "North America: A Choral Tapestry"
Friday, April 25, 2025, at Shepherd of the Sierra and
Saturday, April 26, 2025, at First United Methodist Church
The Carson Chamber Singers, under the direction of Dr. Gary Schwartz, continues its
40th season with a pair of "North America: A Choral Tapestry" concerts on Friday,
April 25, and Saturday, April 26, 2025. These concerts celebrate music by composers
from the United States and Canada, including Andrew Balfour, William Billings,
Aaron Copland, Kinley Lange, Morten Lauridsen, Stephen Paulus, and Shulamit Ran.
The April 25 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 April 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 April 26
concert are $18 each. Discount tickets for seniors (age 62 plus), students, and
members of the Carson City Symphony Association are $15. Youth ages 18 and under
are admitted free. Tickets are available online at CCSymphony.com (see "Buy April 26 Ticket Now" button below) 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 and have performed at several venues in
northern Nevada and as far west as Sacramento.
Carson City Symphony Association concerts are supported in part by public funds
through grants from the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts,
from Carson City, and by private donations.
Photo: Carson Chamber Singers in Concert at Shepherd of the Sierra in October,
2024.
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CC Symphony Presents "Mountain Majesties" Concert
Sunday, April 27, 2025
The Carson City Symphony, conducted by Music Director David Bugli and
Assistant Conductor Brian Fox, will perform a "Mountain Majesties" concert on
Sunday, April 27, 2025, at 4:00 p.m., at the Carson City Community Center's
Bob Boldrick Theater, 851 E. William Street in Carson City.
The program opens with Mendelssohn's the Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave) and
Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King. Four guest soloist members of the
Salzburger Echo alphorn - Tony Brazelton, Brian Priebe, Robert Brazelton, and Shawn Hagen - are
featured in three pieces corresponding to a mountain view, climbing a mountain,
and the world premiere of Steven Rosenhaus's Other Side of the Mountain.
David Bugli, conductor, said, "This is an opportunity to see and hear these
graceful, 12-foot-long instruments play music redolent of the Swiss mountains."
The concert also includes Ruby Mountain Reflections, Rocky Mountain Majesty
(with photo images of the Rockies by Principal Flute Carol Grenier), and
A Night on Bald Mountain (Sopkin's short version).
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 at CCSymphony.com (see "BUY NOW" button, below)
and at the door. "Flex" tickets at discounted prices
are also available at CCSymphony.com. During the week before the concert, blood donors
at Vitalant-Carson City may receive a complimentary ticket to the concert.
Pre-show entertainment by the Consort Canzona, an early music recorder ensemble,
begins at 3:00 p.m. in the lobby. A Meet-the-Soloist concert preview with conductors
David Bugli and Brian Fox and members of Salzburger Echo alphorns begins at 3:15 p.m.
in the Bob Crowell Board Room.
Carson City Symphony is a community orchestra of about 60 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,
by Carson City, and by private donations.
For information, see CCSymphony.com or call (775) 883-4154.
Tickets for the April 27, 2025, concert are available here. Click
on "Buy Now". Your receipt is your ticket:
"Mountain Majesties" concert
$15.00 - $18.00
Buy now
Upper image: Salzburger Echo alphorns will perform with Carson City Symphony on
Sunday, April 27.
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Carson City Symphony to Begin Rehearsals for
June 8 and July 4 concerts on May 7, 2025
Attention musicians: Rehearsals for the June 8th Pops Party Concert and the July 4th
Concert in Genoa will begin on Wednesday, May 7.
Please take a moment let us know if you are playing (yes or no, etc.):
Click HERE to start the questionnaire.
Thank you. - David Bugli, Conductor
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Future Events (list updated as of April 17, 2025)
- 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 present
"Music Around the World." Free.
- Fri., April 25, 2025, 7:00 p.m. Carson Chamber Singers Spring Concert at Shepherd
of the Sierra Lutheran Church. Admission free, donations accepted.
- Sat., April 26, 2025, 4:00 p.m. Carson Chamber Singers Spring concert at
First United Methodist Church. $18/$15/Free
age 18 and under.
- 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.
- 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.
2025-2026 Season (only Carson City Symphony listed)
- Sunday, October 26, 2025, 4:00 p.m., Carson City Community Center - Carson City Symphony
- Sunday, December 14, 2025, 4:00 p.m., Carson City Community Center - Carson City Symphony
- Sunday, February 22, 2026, 4:00 p.m., Carson City Community Center - Carson City Symphony
- Sunday, April 26, 2026, 4:00 p.m., Carson City Community Center - Carson City Symphony
- A Sunday in June, 2026, (to be confirmed), 6:00 p.m., Governor's Mansion - Carson City Symphony
- Saturday, July 4, 2026, 3:45 p.m., Mormon Station Park (to be confirmed) - Carson City Symphony - (pending)
2026-2027 Season (listed only until end of 2026)
- Sunday, October 25, 2026, 4:00 p.m., Carson City Community Center - Carson City Symphony
- Sunday, December 13, 2026, 4:00 p.m., Carson City Community Center - Carson City Symphony
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 February 2, 2025)
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 Jaden 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 Cristian Valenzuela
Gonzalez, 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. at Shepherd of the Sierra Lutheran Church
- 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
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- Allegro, introductory youth string ensemble with Suzanne McGarraugh, 3:30 to
4:15 p.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Family Church.
- Vivace, intermediate youth string ensemble with Suzanne McGarraugh, 3:30 to
4:45 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.
- (Note: Overlap in time and location of the three ensembles listed above is intentional.)
Flex Tickets Available
Good for Multiple Events
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 4/23/2025
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