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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.
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Carson Chamber Singers, Judy Monson, Director
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The Carson
Chamber Singers, an affiliate of the Carson City Symphony, formed in 1985 and
premiered at that year's "Holiday Treat" concerts. Each year, the
Singers participate in the Symphony's "Holiday Treat" and
"Pops Party" concerts and the Reno Philharmonic's Fourth of July
concert, "Pops in the Park," in Genoa. They have also performed
separately at the Brewery Arts Center, Carson City Community Center, Old
Assembly Chambers, First United Methodist Church, and Western Nevada
Community College in Carson City; at St. Mary in the Mountains in Virginia
City; and for private functions.
The select group of singers performs a varied repertoire of classical,
popular, seasonal, and contemporary compositions. They have performed Beethoven's
Ninth Symphony, Orff's Carmina Burana,
Mahler's Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection), Borodin's Polovtsian Dances, and Brahms' German Requiem with the Reno Philharmonic. In April 2000, they
presented a concert in honor and celebration of eight performing groups in
Carson City. In October 2000, they were featured in the premiere performance
of the Carson City Symphony's Continental Harmony composition, A
Land of Sage and Sun. They were honored to sing at opening ceremonies for the 2005 Nevada Legislature, the 2006 National VFW Convention, and the 2007 National American Legion Convention.
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Carson Chamber Singers performing on a June "Pops Party" Concert
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Judy Monson,
Director of Carson Chamber Singers
Judy Monson, founder and director of the Carson Chamber Singers, director
of the Sierra Nevada Children's Choir - Dolce Choir, and former director of
the Sierra Boys Choir and Celebration! girls choir, has a music degree
from the Cherubini Conservatory in Florence, Italy, and a Master's in
voice from San Francisco State University. She taught voice for four
years at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, and has directed
and sung with numerous performing groups in California, Nevada,
Washington, and Maryland, and in Europe.
Locally, Ms. Monson has performed solo recitals at the Brewery Arts
Center and has been featured as soloist with the Carson City Symphony,
Sierra Sage Chorale, and Bella Voce women's choral ensemble. She is
Director of Music at the First United Methodist Church in Carson City,
sings with Bella Voce, is a Music Specialist at Elizabeth Lenz Elementary
School in Reno, a vocal instructor at the University of Nevada, Reno,
and teaches voice privately in Carson City and Reno.
Ms. Monson also has been on the faculty of Western Nevada College.
She directed the 1993 and 2002 Washoe County School District Sixth Grade
Honor Choirs, coached the children's choirs for two of the Reno
Philharmonic's Carmina Burana productions, and was guest conductor
of the 2001 and 2005 Northern Nevada Junior High Honor Choruses. In
April 2008, she led a choral-reading session at the University of
Nevada, Las Vegas, for part of the NMEA All-State Convention.
In July 2010, Ms. Monson plans to travel with three local
choirs -- Bella Voce, Sierra Nevada Children's Choir, and the
McQueen Core Jazz Ensemble -- to participate in the annual World
Choir Games (the Olympics of choral music) in Shaoxing, China.
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This page last updated 4/18/2010
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