Carson City Symphony to Perform April 26 'Spring Celebration' Concert
The Carson City Symphony invites the public to "Spring Celebration," a concert on Sunday, April 26, 2015 at the Carson City Community Center. The diverse program features soloists Sally Turk, flute, and Micheal Langham, harp, in Mozart's Concerto for Flute and Harp, and the Carson City Symphony Chorus in Mozart's early work in praise of God, Te Deum.
The Symphony will acknowledge graduation time by playing the Academic Festival Overture by Brahms Rounding out the program is the Lyric Suite, written by Grieg to celebrate his Norwegian Heritage. The 4 p.m. concert will be performed at the community center, 801 East William Street.
Pre-concert entertainment by the Sixteen Strings cello quartet begins at 3 p.m. in the lobby. A meet-the-soloist preview hosted by Conductor David Bugli, will include discussions with soloists Sally Turk and Michael Langham about the concert, composers, and music. The preview begins at 3:15 p.m. in the Sierra Room.
Sally Turk, a graduate of the Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music and the Indiana University of Music, has held the piccolo position in the Youngstown Symphony in Ohio and served as principal flute in the Amarillo Symphony and the Randel Chamber Orchestra in Texas. Before moving to Reno, she was professor of flute at West Texas A&M University.
Michael Langham, harpist for the Carson City Symphony, has served as principal harp in the Huntington Chamber Orchestra, the New Jersey POPS, the Marshall University Symphony Orchestra, and the Bay Chamber Orchestra. He holds degrees from Marshall University and Westminster Choir College. He is artistic director and conductor of the Carson Chamber Singers and conductor of the Carson City Symphony Chorus.
Carson City Symphony's 2014-15 concert season is supported with public funding through the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. Pre-concert talks are funded in part by Nevada Humanities, Nevada's nonprofit state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Tickets are $15 general admission; $12 for seniors, students, and Symphony Association members; and free for youth age 16 and under. Tickets are on sale at Silver & Brass, 710 N. Curry Street in Carson City, online at CCSymphony.com, and at the door. For more information, see CCSymphony.com or call 775-883-4154.
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