SYMPHONY DANCE! Teen pianist to play with Capital City Symphony

CAPITAL CITY SYMPHONY
Fall Concerts 2010

The Capital City Symphony fall concerts both hold special appeal for young people, as well as for adults. Every other year the Capital City Symphony features the winner of the Ylda Novik Memorial Piano Competition. This year's winner, 15-year-old pianist Sarah Barham, will be the guest artist for the October 17th concert, playing Liszt's Totentanz.

The October concert takes the idea of the dance through some twists, from Liszt's “Dance of Death” to the dead dancing on Bald Mountain, and concluding with Beethoven’s 7th Symphony, which Wagner referred to as “the apotheosis of the dance” because of its lively rhythms. The program will include Liszt, Totentanz, with pianist Sarah Barham; Mussorgsky/Rimsky-Korsakov, Night on Bald Mountain; and Beethoven, Symphony No. 7.

Capital City Symphony
SYMPHONY DANCE!
With guest artist Sarah Barham, piano
Sunday, October 17 at 5:00pm
Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC 20002
Tickets: $20/25 Adult; $16/20 Senior/Student;
Free for age 16 and under (ticket required).
Tickets are available at capitalcitysymphony.org or call the Atlas Box Office at 202-399-7993.


Then, in November, CCS will once again offer two performances of its popular Family Concert, Sunday November 14 at 2:30pm and 4:30pm. Each performance is preceded by an instrument petting zoo, with members of the orchestra displaying their instruments and even letting the children try them! The concert itself includes a special program book just for the younger set and lots of audience interaction.

This year's Family Concert will explore "The Case of the Missing Melody." Maestro Victoria Gau will lead the audience on a search for clues in works by Adolphe, Rossini, Wagner, and Tchaikovsky.

Tickets for Children 16 and under are FREE for all Capital City Symphony main season concerts!

Capital City Symphony
SYMPHONY MYSTERY!
Annual Family Concert
Sunday, November 14 at 2:30pm and 4:30pm
(instrument petting zoo at 2pm and 4pm for ticket-holders)
Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC 20002
Tickets: $20/25 Adult; $16/20 Senior/Student;
Free for age 16 and under (ticket required).
This concert is recommended for children ages 3 and up (or able to sit through an hour-long program).
Tickets are available at capitalcitysymphony.org or call the Atlas Box Office at 202-399-7993.