Emily Ann Peterson

putting the "Oh!" in "Cello!"

Northwest Symphony Orchestra


2009-2010 Season

Keep the following dates reserved in your calendar.


Family concert


7:30 pm, Friday, October 30, 2009 Highline Performing Arts Center
Carmen Fantasy, Pablo de Sarasate      with student soloist Maya Cohon The Accursed Huntsman, Cesar Franck Ruler of the Spirits, Carl Maria von Weber Zampa Overture, Ferdinand Herold Overture for Home, Kimberley Blanchard** Prince Igor Overture, Alexander Borodin
Children are welcome to wear a family friendly costume

Seattle Children's Hospital Benefit Concert


8:00 PM, Friday, November 6, 2009 Benaroya Hall, Taper Auditorium
An annual benefit concert sponsored by the Symphony Guild with proceeds benefitting uncompensated care at Seattle Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center.
A concert composed and produced by Mateo Messina* with orchestration by Joe Trapanese.

Valentine's Concert


7:30 PM, Friday, February 12, 2010 Highline Performing Arts Center
Tango, Dell Wade* Cello Concerto, Edward Elgar      with guest artist John Friesen Symphony No. 5, Alexander Glazunov

Spotlight on the Orchestra


8:00 PM, Saturday, March 20, 2010 Holy Rosary Church, West Seattle
Elegy from Symphonic Suite, Dale Dykins* Symphony No. 4 (Italian), Felix Mendelssohn Symphony No. 8, Ludwig van Beethoven

East meets West - Music of the Pacific Rim


7:30 PM, Friday, April 23, 2010 Highline Performing Arts Center
Symphony No. 5, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Northwest Student Composers Composition (Title TBA)      music composed by student composers in the Highline School District Yuki no Niigata, Gloria Swisher* Tempestuous Timpanist, Stafford Miller**      with guest artist Mike Crusoe
* Northwest composer ** Northwest composer and NWSO musician


2008 - 2009 Season


Seattle Seahawks Half-time Special

Sunday, September 14, 2008 QWEST Field
Appearance with Seattle Rock Band Alice in Chains

Family Concert “Dance of the Dueling Violins”

7:30 pm, Saturday, October 25, 2008 Highline Performing Arts Center
  • Polovtsian Dances, Alexander Borodin
  • Hungarian Dance No. 5, Johannes Brahms
  • Ritual Fire Dance, Manuel de Falla
  • Marche Slav, Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky
  • Return of the Wooden Soldiers, Ed Hartman*
  • Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Camille Saint-Saens
         with student soloist Emily Choi
  • Tzigane, Maurice Ravel
         with student soloist Paul Kim

Seattle Children’s Hospital Benefit Concert,   "An American Symphony"


8:00 PM, Friday, November 7, 2008 Benaroya Hall, Taper Auditorium
A concert written & produced by Mateo Messina*
Not just a concert... an experience. Not just a concert... a benefit.
An American Symphony featuring...
  • Eisley (Warner Bros Recording Artists)
  • Total Experience Gospel Choir
  • Evans Sisters with Latasha Evans (former patient of Seattle Children’s Hospital)
  • Solo Electric Cellist Matthew Schoening
  • Pacific Children's Chorus
  • Northwest Chorale
  • Whittier Elementary School Choir

Valentine’s Concert

8:00 PM, Friday, February 13, 2009 Highline Performing Arts Center
  • Piano Concerto No. 2, Sergei Rachmaninoff
         with guest artist Yuka Sasaki
  • Prayer of Saint Gregory, Alan Hovhaness*
         with student soloist Natalie Dungey
  • Symphony No. 1, Johannes Brahms

Spotlight on the Orchestra

8:00 PM, Saturday, March 7, 2009 Holy Rosary Church, West Seattle
  • In Retrospect (from Janus), Samuel Jones*
  • Four Last Songs, Richard Strauss
         with guest artist Alexandra Picard
  • Mathis der Maler, Paul Hindemith

Reflections of the Northwest

Read the blog post from the Seattlest
8:00 PM, Saturday, April 25, 2009 Highline Performing Arts Center
  • Anniversary Overture, Roger Treece*
  • In Prospect (from Janus), Samuel Jones*
  • Redwoods Symphony, Jonathan Middleton*
  • Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra (World Premier), Glenn Crytzer*
         with guest artist Joshua Roman

* Northwest Composer