Capital City Symphony - Concerto Concert 10/12/2014

CAPITAL CITY SYMPHONY 2014-2015 Season

CONCERTO CONCERT
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2014 at 5:00pm

Every season, CCS presents at least one Young Artist concerto concert. 

Our opening concert on October 12 will feature pianist Eric Lin, 

winner of the 2014 Ylda Novik Memorial Concerto Competition.

Prokofiev, Piano Concerto No. 3 ~ Eric Lin, piano
Dvořák, Symphony No. 8.

At the Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC 20002

Tickets for all seats are $25.
Tickets for children 16 and under are FREE.

Tickets available at www.capitalcitysymphony.org or 202-399-7993.

Brahms Meets Jazz! Rhapsody in Blue and Brahms Symphony No. 3 - May 13 at the Atlas

Scott Beard to play Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" 

with the Capital City Symphony

CAPITAL CITY SYMPHONY
Sunday, May 13 at 5:00pm
"Brahms Meets Jazz"

Featuring Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, with pianist Scott Beard, and Brahms' Symphony No. 3.

Watch a video interview with Victoria Gau, Artistic Director and Conductor.

Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC

Tickets $16-$25; children 16 and under Free

Available at http://capitalcitysymphony.org or by phone at 202-399-7993.

Dr. Scott Beard is a nationally recognized pianist, teacher, clinician, author and recording artist. Recognized for his outstanding teaching abilities, he was named 2006 West Virginia Music Teacher of the Year and runner-up for West Virginia Professor of the Year in 2009. His students have been top prizewinners in competitions at the state, regional, national and international level, including the Beethoven Society, Ithaca, Oberlin International, MTNA and National Symphony Concerto competitions.

Concerts as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral soloist have taken him throughout the United States and to Canada, Croatia, Ecuador, France, Italy and Spain. Recent recital appearances include Weill Recital Hall, the Tenri Cultural Institute (NYC), the American Embassy in Ecuador, the Polish, Belgian & Danish Embassies, the Russian Cultural Institute and numerous universities throughout the East Coast. In 2010, he completed his second European tour, performing in Palermo, Nice, Marseille, and Barcelona. His concerts have been praised for their poetry, passion and innovative programming.

Dr. Beard has published articles in several national publications and his anthologies of ensemble music for piano are published by Alfred. He is currently Chair of the Music Department and Dean of Graduate Studies at Shepherd University in West Virginia.

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.

Season Prelude - Capital City Symphony

The Capital City Symphony presents its first full concert of the season

Sunday, October 26 at 5pm
at the Atlas Performing Arts Center
1333 H Street, NE, Washington, D.C.

Every two years, the Capital City Symphony features the winner of the Novik Piano Competition, which fosters the development of young artists. This year's winner, Jesse Wong, will be the guest artist for the October 26 concert, performing the Piano Concerto No. 1 by Franz Liszt. The Capital City Symphony is also pleased to welcome a new assistant conductor this season, David Grandis, who makes his conducting debut with CCS with Sarabande by Claude Debussy (arr. Ravel).

The full program includes:

* Richard Wagner, Prelude to Die Meistersinger

* Franz Liszt, Piano Concerto No. 1 ~ Jess Wong, pianist

* Claude Debussy (arr. Ravel), Sarabande ~ conducted by David Grandis, CCS Assistant Conductor

* Igor Stravinsky, Firebird Suite (1919 version)

Tickets: $12-20. Discounts for students and seniors.

Children 16 and under admitted FREE (ticket required).

Tickets are available online at capitalcitysymphony.tix.com,
or by calling the Atlas Box Office at 202-399-7993.