Rhett Bender: Carson City Symphony

Carson City Symphony
at the
Carson City Community Center
851 E. William Street
Carson City

Sunday, October 16, 4pm

The Carson City Symphony opens its 28th season with an American Journey concert featuring guest soloist saxophonist Rhett Bender and compositions by American composers Paul Creston, Robert Russell Bennett, and Robert W. Smith.

Mr. Bender is a Professor of Music at Southern Oregon University, Director of the Siskiyou Saxophone Workshop and the Ashland Chamber Music Workshop, and Region 1 Director of the North American Saxophone Alliance. He performs throughout the U.S. and China, and teaches each year at the Sichuan Conservatory in Chengdu. He directs the Siskiyou Saxophone Orchestra, and plays soprano saxophone in the Globe Saxophone Quartet. Bender's live performances have been broadcast over several radio stations and he is featured saxophonist on the CD set "America's Millennium Tribute to Adolphe Sax" and on solo saxophone CDs "Transformations" and "Meldings."

Tickets: $15 general admission; $12 - seniors, students, and Symphony Association members; free for youth age 16 and under. Tickets may be purchased at Play Your Own Music in the Carson Mall, online at ActivityTickets.com, or at the door. Season tickets at discounted prices are available from the Symphony at 775-883-4154.

Concert preview in the Community Center's Sierra Room 3:15pm
Post-concert reception $17; for location, reservations, and directions, call the Symphony at 775.883.4154

[image from Mr. Bender's SOU webpage; text from the Symphony's press release]

Carson City Symphony's Railroad Tracks Concert

Carson City Symphony's
27th Annual Pops Party Concert: Railroad Tracks

Sunday June 12, 3 pm.
Free Admission

The beautiful back lawn of the Governor's Mansion is the site of the Carson City Symphony's twenty-seventh annual "Pops Party" concert on Sunday, June 12 at 3:00 p.m. The Railroad Tracks program features the Carson City Symphony, Carson Chamber Singers, Strings in the Schools youth orchestra, and guest singer Olivia Hakel. A versatile performer, Hakel sings many styles of music, from opera to pops. Grounds open and pre-concert entertainment begins at 2:00 p.m. Admission is free.

The Symphony, directed by David Bugli, will play railroad tunes, marches, and more. The Symphony will be joined by more than 30 Strings in the Schools students for Bugli's "I've Been Fiddlin' on the Railroad."

Admission is free. Seating is on the lawn; the audience is welcome to bring blankets (some chairs will be provided) and food. Snacks and beverages will be on sale before and during the concert. Proceeds from raffle and food sales benefit the Carson City Symphony Association's artistic and educational programs.

In case of rain, the concert will be held at 6:00 p.m. at the Carson City Community Center.
For information, call Symphony at 775.883.4154 or check the web site: CCSymphony.com.

[image and text Carson City Symphony website]

French Passion at the Community Center

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Free Pops Concert on the Governor's Lawn

Carson City Symphony
25th Annual Pops Party concert

Sunday June 14
3 pm. Free Admission

"The beautiful back lawn of the Governor's Mansion is the site of the Carson City Symphony's twenty-fifth annual "Pops Party" concert on Sunday, June 14, 2009, at 4:00 p.m. The program features the Carson City Symphony, Carson Chamber Singers, Strings in the Summer Youth Orchestra, and guest soloist CeCe Gable, whose swinging, passionate vocal style captivates music fans throughout northern Nevada. Grounds open and pre-concert entertainment by members of Chorus of the Comstock begins at 3:00 p.m. Admission is free.

Seating is on the lawn; the audience is welcome to bring blankets or lawn chairs (some chairs will be provided) and food. Snacks and beverages and raffle tickets will be on sale before and during the concert to benefit the Carson City Symphony Association's artistic and educational programs.

In case of rain, the concert will be held indoors at the Community Center gym. For information, call Symphony at 775-883-4154 or check the symphony web site.

[text from Carson City Symphony press release. Photograph of CeCe Gable by Jeff Ross.]

Seasons of Love

Carson Chamber Singers
May 3 - 4 pm
Spring Concert
"Seasons of Love"
First United Methodist Church
412 West Musser Street
Carson City

The Carson Chamber Singers, directed by Judy Monson, present a concert of poems set to music portraying the many "Seasons of Love".

The Carson Chamber Singers are accompanied at the piano by Nancy Mielke. Three pieces feature flute or clarinet.

Tickets: $15 for general admission; $12 for seniors, students, and Carson City Symphony Association members; and free for age 16 and under.

For more information, call the Carson City Symphony at 775-883-4154.

[photo from the Carson Chamber Singers website.]

Symphony Concert featuring Dan Barrett

Sunday, February 22, 2009 | 4pm
Carson City Community Center
Bob Boldrick Theater
851 East William Street
Carson City, NV 89701 |775.887-2290

Carson City Symphony

"... featuring guest soloist Dan Barrett. The program includes Felix Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave); Eric Ewazen's Concerto for Bass Trombone or Tuba and Orchestra, with guest soloist Dan Barrett on bass trombone; Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 1 ("Spring"), and David Bugli's new arrangement for orchestra of J.P. Meder's "My Own Waltz."

Dan Barrett, a former resident of Gardnerville and graduate of Douglas High School, is completing his doctorate in music at Arizona State University. Some of you may remember Dan--he played trombone with Carson City Symphony 1993-98."

Tickets: $15 general admission; $12 for seniors, students, and Symphony Association members. Free for children age 16 and under.
Tickets are available at Play Your Own Music in the Carson Mall, online at Activitytickets.com, or at the door.
Flex tickets at discounted prices are available from the Symphony at 775-883-4154.

[photograph of featured guest soloist Dan Barrett, and text from Symphony Web site.]

Carson City Symphony Holiday Treat

Sunday December 14 | 4pm
Carson City Community Center
Bob Boldrick Theater
851 East William Street
Carson City, NV 89701 |775.887-2290

Carson City Symphony

""Holiday Treat" concert - Symphony with Carson Chamber Singers directed by Judy Monson, and special guests, the Sierra Nevada Children's Choir, perform seasonal music."

Tickets are $15 general admission, $12 for seniors, students, and Symphony Association members, and free for children age 16 and under.

[image from Carson City Symphony Web site.]