This week’s guest on It’s Your City is David Bugli, conductor or the Carson City Symphony. David provides a rundown of the symphony’s 30th season that begins Sunday, Oct. 20, with the “The Lure of Tropics and Travel,” at the Carson City Community Center’s Bob Boldrick Theater, 851 E. William Street in Carson City. Featured guest soloist is pianist Joshua Russell.
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 Play Your Own Music in the Carson Mall, online at CCSymphony.com (click “Buy Now” button, below), or at the door. Season tickets at discounted prices are available from the Symphony at 775-883-4154.
Russell, who is regarded as an expert on the piano music of Haiti, has performed as a pianist, organist, and conductor throughout the United States, Europe, and Haiti. He will play two pieces with the Symphony: Fantaisie tropicale by Haitian composer Justin Elie, and Grande tarantelle by New Orleans native Louis Moreau Gottschalk. The concert also includes Andalucia Suite by Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona and Symphony No. 1 by Franz Schubert.
The concert includes pre-show entertainment by STRAZZ in the lobby beginning at 3:00 p.m. STRAZZ, Carson City Symphony’s advanced youth strings ensemble, is led by Sue Jesch and specializes in alternative styles such as fiddle, jazz, and folk.
The audience is also invited to a free concert preview in the Sierra Room at 3:15 p.m. and a dinner reception after the concert. The preview, hosted by Bugli, will include discussions with soloist Joshua Russell about the concert, composers, and music. The post-concert reception is at Red’s Old 395 Grill, 1055 S. Carson Street in Carson City. For reception reservations, required in advance, call the Symphony at 775-883-4154.
This performance is part of World Music Days, an annual global event affirming the ideals of tolerance, friendship, and shared humanity, inspired by the life and work of journalist and musician Daniel Pearl.
Carson City Symphony is a community orchestra of about 60 players who perform music from the 15th to 21st centuries. The 2013-14 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 a grant from Nevada Humanities.
There will be a dinner reception after the concert in honor of the concert performers at Red’s Old 395 Grill, 1055 S. Carson Street in Carson City. Reservations required in advance, so call the Symphony at 775-883-4154 by Fri., Oct. 18 to make your reservation.
Bugli also tells It’s You City about the symphony’s ‘Youth Strings’ program and why it’s important to the community.
It’s Your City is a weekly program aimed at keeping you informed about city government and other organizations and happenings around Carson City, Nev. Go here to learn more about Access Carson City Television.
