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