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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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Symphony Youth Strings, Symphony Youth Chorus,
and Not Quite Ready for Carnegie Hall Players
present "Music with Friends" Concert
Thurs., Dec. 12, 2024
Carson City Symphony's Youth Strings ensembles, Youth Chorus, and Not Quite Ready for
Carnegie Hall Players (NQR) adult intermediate string ensemble, will perform a "Music
with Friends" concert on Thursday, December 12, 2024, 6:30 p.m., at the Carson City Community
Center, 851 E. William Street. This family friendly concert is open to all, and admission
is free.
Performances are by students from Pre-K through high school age and adults, including
beginning violins and cellos; the Allegro and STRAZZ youth strings ensembles; youth chorus;
and the adult string ensemble. The program includes traditional, folk, fiddle, and
classical selections. Instructors and conductors are Suzanne McGarraugh, Micah Dunn,
Nancy Jones, Nancy Scott, Melinda Reynolds, Jaden Caraway, and Priscilla Hawkins.
Symphony Youth Strings and Symphony Youth Chorus are Carson City Symphony Association's
tuition-free, after-school program for young musicians. The Symphony's Not Quite Ready
for Carnegie Hall Players is open to all adult intermediate-level string players. These
programs are supported, in part, by public funds through grants from Nevada Arts Council
and National Endowment for the Arts, Nevada Humanities and National Endowment for the
Humanities, Carson City, and by private donations.
For more information about the educational programs, see CCSymphony.com or call
Micah Dunn at 775-741-6544.
Photo: Symphony Youth Strings will perform at the Community Center on December 12.
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Carson City Symphony and Carson Chamber Singers present
The 41st annual "Holiday Treat" Concert
Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024
It's a Holiday Treat for all - a feast of seasonal and holiday entertainment in many
styles! The Annual Holiday Treat Concert will return this year on Sunday, December 15,
2024, at 4:00 p.m. at the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William Street. The Carson
City Symphony, conducted by Music Director David Bugli and Assistant Director Brian Fox,
will be joined by the Carson Chamber Singers, conducted by Choral Director Gary Schwartz,
and the Victorian Dancers, choreographed by Tiffany Alm.
The combined symphony and chorus will open the concert with Leroy Anderson's familiar
"A Christmas Festival." The dancers
will swirl and twirl to the music of Johann Strauss Jr. and rag time innovator
Joseph F. Lamb. And there will be more holiday music, both old and new, to entertain you.
Musicians will entertain concert-goers at
3:00 p.m. in the lobby.
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)
or at the door. Blood donors at Vitalant's Carson City Donor Center
from December 7 through December 14 may receive a complimentary ticket to the concert.
Carson City Symphony is a community orchestra of about 55 players who perform music
from the 15th to the 21st centuries in six concerts each year. The Carson Chamber Singers,
perform three or more concerts with the Symphony and additional independent concert
programs each year.
The 2024-25 concert season is supported with public funding through the Nevada
Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, Carson City Cultural Commission,
Nevada Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and by private donations.
For information, see CCSymphony.com or call (775) 883-4154.
Buy button is here:
Dec. 15, 2024, Holiday Treat Concert
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$15.00 - $18.00
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Photo: Victorian Dancers will perform on Holiday Treat concert December 15, 2024.
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Carson City Symphony Association Announces
Ninth Annual Scholarship for Music Education
Media Release - Nov. 2, 2024: The Carson City Symphony Association announces
the ninth annual instrumental music scholarship for Carson City students age 5 to 17.
The scholarship was established by a generous gift from Jennifer and John Webley in
memory of Rosemary Nebesky, former board member and friend of the Carson City Symphony
Association.
The Carson City Symphony Association announces the ninth annual instrumental music
scholarship for Carson City students age 5 to 17. The scholarship was established by a
generous gift from Jennifer and John Webley in memory of Rosemary Nebesky, former board
member and friend of the Carson City Symphony Association.
The award of $250 to $1,000 is to further the student's music education. It can be used
for lessons, workshop, music camp, master class, or other educational opportunity.
To qualify, the student must live in Carson City, attend school in Carson City, or study
with a music teacher in Carson City.
Funds will be paid to the teacher or program, not to the individual applicant. If the
award includes travel expenses, it will be paid on reimbursement basis.
Applicants must be enrolled in their school instrumental music program unless the student
is home-schooled or their school does not have an instrumental music program. A waiver of this
requirement can be requested with written explanation signed by the school instrumental music
instructor. Students may reapply each year, but no more than two scholarships will be awarded
to any individual.
The application form in English and Spanish can be downloaded from the Symphony website,
CCSymphony.com (see links below), and may be available from school music teachers. Completed applications and
supporting documents will be accepted by the Symphony at P.O. Box 2001, Carson City,
NV 89702-2001, and must be received by Monday, November 18, 2024.
Click HERE to download
application form in English.
Haga clic AQUÍ para
descargar el formulario de solicitud en español.
(Click HERE to download
application form in Spanish.)
For more information, contact the Symphony at 775-883-4154.
Photo: Rosemary Nebesky at age 16 with cello. Scholarship will be awarded in her memory.
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Future Events (list updated as of Nov. 19, 2024)
- 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., 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.
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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 12/3/2024
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