Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes Gregory Youtz: Suite from Tacoma Method Brahms: Symphony No. 4 OUSTED: Britten’s Four Sea Interludes tells the story of Peter Grimes, a psychologically troubled outcast from an English fishing village. Local composer Dr. Gregory Youtz sheds light on perhaps the most tragic chapter of Tacoma’s history in Tacoma > Continue Reading
Viet Cuong: Bullish Franck: Symphonic Variations Andrée: Andante quasi Recitativo Avner Dorman: Concerto in A Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 “Classical” FRESH PERSPECTIVES: Viet Cuong’s Bullish is testimony to Bach’s continuing influence on today’s musical scene. Franck offers a rethinking of variation form in his Symphonic Variations. Elfrida Andrée was the first woman to compose and > Continue Reading
Ahoy! The Symphony Tacoma Brass Quintet is hitting the high seas and taking you with them! Join the crew of the mighty brass-beards for a sea-themed musical adventure and search for musical treasures like timbre, pulse, dynamics and range. Featured music includes a variety of tunes inspired by pirates, the sea and Russian Sailors. Come > Continue Reading
Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances Nick DiBerardino: Double Percussion Concerto Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 RESONANT RHYTHM: Bartók invokes the rawness of Eastern European tunes originally played on fiddle or fife in his Romanian Folk Dances. Composer Nick diBeraradino conceives fantastical tales through his wide-ranging, story-driven musical language. His newest commission will be debuted in Tacoma by > Continue Reading
Take a whirlwind tour of the percussion family with the Symphony Tacoma Percussion Quartet! Explore the elements of rhythm, timbre and pulse and get an inside look at the world of percussion instruments from around the world. Pack your imagination as we embark on this exciting adventure! Come early for the instrument petting zoo at > Continue Reading
Sergei Prokofiev‘s Peter and the Wolf tells the story of a young boy living with his grandfather in a forest clearing, and the adventure he and his animal friends have when a wolf comes through the garden gate. Written as a child’s introduction to the orchestra, each character is represented by a different instrument or > Continue Reading
Claudio Constantini: Concerto for Bandoneon & Orchestra Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue Price: Ethiopia’s Shadow in America Gershwin: American in Paris GLOBAL MELANGE: Multi-instrumentalist and composer Claudio Constantini will share his unique style that fuses classical, contemporary and Latin music genres in his performance of two pieces—his own tango-inspired Concerto for Bandoneon and Gershwin’s gem of > Continue Reading