unravel SEASON - CELEBRATING 22 YEARS R. Joseph Scott CONDUCTOR & MUSIC DIRECTOR

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1 handed down from the giants of old revealing the depths of their story it besets your soul infecting the richness of our culture it is art it is beautiful overflowing expression listen feel experience the music takes flight it makes your soul sore it brings color to my ears music is defining as it stains our deepness with an unraveling let it compel you tempt you enrich your life let it seduce you through enchanting tones it is our art to which sharing brings inmost joy..... unravel SEASON - CELEBRATING 22 YEARS R. Joseph Scott CONDUCTOR & MUSIC DIRECTOR

2 R. Joseph Scott R. Joseph Scott has been a dynamic leader in the Northwest musical community for over 40 years. He is currently celebrating his 15th year with the Sammamish Symphony Orchestra. Maestro Scott has conducted concerts featuring a diverse array of artists, including Metropolitan Opera star Roberta Peters; violinist Pamela Frank; cellist Julian Schwarz; the Seattle Opera Chorus; the Empire Brass Quintet; the Seattle Symphony Choral; and vocalists Anna Maria Alberghetti, Lou Rawls, Maureen McGovern and Marni Nixon. Mr. Scott has also featured members of the Seattle Symphony: Kimberly Russ, piano; Ben Hausman, oboe; Simon James, violin. Mr. Scott founded the Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra, serving as Music Director, Conductor and General Manager from and served as Resident Conductor of Lyric Opera Northwest from He has appeared with numerous musical ensembles, including the Bellevue Opera and has conducted world premieres of works by Alan Hovhaness, Vaclav Nelhybel and various regional composers. Maestro Scott attended the University of Oregon, School of Music and studied conducting with Eugene Furst and Wolfgang Martin of the Portland Opera. After moving to Seattle, Mr. Scott continued his studies with Henry Holt of the Seattle Opera, Mikael Scheremetiew of the Thalia Conservatory, and Vilem Sokol of the Seattle Youth Symphony. Awards City of Sammamish SAMMI Award for the Arts; Bellevue, Best of Bellevue Musical Arts Pioneer Award; City of Sammamish Certificate of Recognition for Dedicated Leadership & Music Appreciation.

3 Sammamish Symphony Orchestra Sammamish Symphony Orchestra is the premiere symphony on the Eastside serving Sammamish, Issaquah, Bellevue and their surrounding communities. Our mission is to bring great works of music to the public through performances and educational programs. Coming this season to Bellevue in Photography by Cecilio Season Concert Branding & Brochure Design by Emaugo Creative

4 Romeo &Juliet Featuring Ravel Tzigane for Violin and Orchestra Chausson Poème for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 25 Walter Schwede Violin Delius Tchaikovsky Bernstein Gounod Walk to Paradise Garden From the opera A Village Romeo & Juliet Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture Overture to Westside Story Ballet music from the opera Romeo & Juliet

5 WALTER SCHWEDE Orchestral section leader, violin soloist, Friday OCTOBER 18, 2013 Bellevue 7:30 p.m. Sunday OCTOBER 20, 2013 Eastlake Performing Arts Center Sammamish recitalist, chamber musician, and teacher, Walter Schwede brings his soulful artistry to perform with the Sammamish Symphony in two renowned showpieces for orchestra and violin Chausson s sinuous Poème and Ravel s gypsy-inflected Tzigane. Mr. Schwede was Associate Concertmaster of the Seattle Symphony from 1984 to 1997and is now Professor of Violin at Western Washington University in Bellingham. TICKETS Adult $20 Senior/Student $15 Children 10 or under Free Available at the door or online at Ticketweb.com (206) Shakespeare s tale of the star-crossed lovers has inspired numerous composers over three centuries, and varied genres including opera, symphonic poem, ballet, Broadway musical, cinema and pop songs.

6 Featuring Arr. Lovrien Anderson Arr. Selfon Bizet Culross Minor Alterations Sleigh Ride O Magnum Mysterium L Arlesienne Suite No. 2 Christmas Fantasia Special guest Sunday only The Beaver Lake Middle School Choir Tina Worthington, Music Director...and more of your favorite Holiday Music!

7 A concert experience sure to get you in the holiday spirit, Sammamish Symphony s Holiday Pops is a perennial audience pleaser. Embrace the beauty and warmth of the season with annual favorites and classical masterpieces. Friday DECEMBER 6, 2013 Bellevue 7:30 p.m. Sunday DECEMBER 8, 2013 Eastlake Performing Arts Center Sammamish TICKETS Adult $20 Senior/Student $15 Children 10 or under Free Available at the door or online at Ticketweb.com (206)

8 Sunday FEBRUARY 23, 2014 Eastlake Performing Arts Center Sammamish Thursday FEBRUARY 27, 2014 Bellevue 7:30 p.m. FEATURING Grieg Inger-Kristine Riber Alfven Piano Concerto in a minor, Op. 16 Piano Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19 Sibelius Symphony No. 1 in e minor, Op. 39 TICKETS Adult $20 Senior/Student $15 Children 10 or under Free Available at the door or online at Ticketweb.com (206)

9 Scandinavia is home to a rich musical history, and this concert includes Romantic era composers from three Nordic lands Sweden s Hugo Alfvén, Norway s Edvard Grieg, and Finland s Jan Silbelius. Each work on our program displays a distinctive style and attachment to the composer s homeland. This concert introduces our audience to Sibelius s youthful First Symphony the first in the composer s towering and highly personal symphonic legacy. INGER-KRISTINE RIBER Norwegian born pianist Inger-Kristine Riber joins the Sammamish Symphony in Grieg s beloved Piano Concerto. Riber has established herself as an active soloist, accompanist, and chamber musician, winning numerous artistic scholarships and grants. Riber will perform with the Norwegian ensemble BIT20 for a debut performance at the Ultima Festival in Oslo and on the main stage of the New Opera House in Oslo in the fall of 2013.

10 Wolfgang Amadeus Great Mass in C minor Mark Adrian, Conductor Benaroya Hall SUNDAY MARCH 30, 2014 SEATTLE TICKETS $30 Advance Purchase by calling (206) The Great Mass in C minor by Mozart is his most accomplished religious work. Composed in 1783, after a vow made to his father to write a sacred piece, its rich choral range, dramatic style, and beautiful airs for the soloists make it one of the monuments of the Classical era.

11 Sammamish Symphony at Benaroya Hall, Seattle FEATURING Mark Adrian, Artistic Director and Conductor Sibelius Mozart Finlandia R. Joseph Scott, Conductor Great Mass in C minor Mark Adrian, Conductor Mark Adrian, Artistic Director and Conductor of Cantaré Vocal Ensemble, earned his BA in Music from the University of Washington, studying with renowned conductors Abraham Kaplan, Geoffrey Boers and Peter Erös. He has since gone on to complete graduate coursework for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree, specializing in choral conducting. Involved in the Greater Seattle choral community since 1981, Mr. Adrian founded Northwest Associated Arts (NWAA), a family of children and adult choruses in the Burien area, along with Cantaré Vocal Ensemble. For 21 years he conducted Choral Sounds Northwest, the first of NWAA s choruses. He also serves as Artistic Director and Conductor of Sacred Music Chorale and is currently Director of Music at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church in Seattle. Since 2003, Mr. Adrian has lead many area ensembles at Benaroya Hall including Mozart s Requiem Mass and Verdi s Requiem with the Sammamish Symphony. He is a published composer and arranger, and coaches young conductors, singers, and instrumentalists. ALSO WITH... Sacred Music Chorale Vashon Island Chorale Northwest Chamber Chorus

12 A Performance of Mussorgsky s Pictures at an E HIBITION X FEATURING Winner of the 2014 Youth Concerto Competition Work to be announced. Mussorgsky/Ravel Donizetti Additional works to be announced Pictures at an Exhibition Overture to the opera Anna Bolena Sounds and ideas hang in the air, I am gulping and overeating, and can barely manage to scribble them on paper. The transitions are good on the promenade. I want to work more quickly and reliably. My physiognomy can be seen in the interludes. So far I think it s well turned... Ideas, melodies come to me of their own accord, like a banquet of music I can hardly manage to put them down on paper fast enough. Modest Mussorgsky, June 1874, written while composing Pictures.

13 Friday JUNE 6, 2014 Bellevue 7:30 p.m. Sunday JUNE 8, 2014 Eastlake Performing Arts Center TICKETS Adult - $20 Senior/Student - $15 Children 10 or under - Free Available at the door or online at Ticketweb.com (206) Sammamish A tribute to a departed artist, Pictures at an Exhibition, has become one of the most recorded and performed showpieces of the orchestral repertoire. Originally composed as a grand work for piano by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky, the suite intrigued musicians for decades thereafter to try their hand at turning the black-and-white of the piano keys into the full color of the symphony orchestra. Maurice Ravel s orchestration far outstrips all others in its brilliance and sheer ingenuity and in turn has been the inspiration for still further rescoring efforts, including rock band, brass ensemble, acoustic guitar, and massed accordions. However, Ravel s arrangement remains the best-known guide to Mussorgsky s picture collection. YOUTH CONCERTO COMPETITION The Sammamish Symphony Orchestra is proud to support young musicians in our community through our Annual Youth Concerto Competition. This event provides area high school students the opportunity to compete individually before a panel of professional judges. The winner performs a solo work with the symphony in June. The symphony also encourages music student participation throughout our concert season and is dedicated to providing educational outreach that promotes a lifelong passion for musicianship and instrumental performance.

14 Support SUPPORT THE SAMMAMISH SYMPHONY Become a Subscriber By purchasing season tickets, you receive one concert FREE. Season tickets also make a great gift for friends and family and saves you time at the box office. Donate to the Symphony The Sammamish Symphony Orchestra is grateful for the many generous donors who help to keep the music alive for our Eastside community. Donations may be made by mail, at our concerts, or online on our website. -Thank You! SEASON TICKETS Both series includes Benaroya performance. Please indicate your choice of either our Sammamish series or Bellevue series Adult $90 Senior $75 (Age 62 and over) Student $75 (Ages 11 to 18) SINGLE TICKET Please indicate your choice of either our Sammamish series or Bellevue series Adult $20 Senior $15 (Age 62 and over) Student $15 (Ages 11 to 18) Child Free (Ages 10 and under, must be accompanied by an adult) HOW TO BUY YOUR TICKETS AT THE DOOR ONLINE BY PHONE BY MAIL Ticketweb.com SammamishSymphony.com (206) Sammamish Symphony Orchestra Association P.O. Box 1173 Issaquah, WA CONCERT DATES Romeo and Juliet Friday, October, 18, :30 p.m. ~ Sunday, October 20, 2013 Eastlake Performing Arts Theater Holiday Pops! Friday, December 6, :30 p.m. ~ Sunday, December 8, 2013 Eastlake Performing Arts Theater Northern Lights Sunday, February 23, 2014 Eastlake Performing Arts Theater ~ Thursday, February 27, :30 p.m. Sammamish Symphony at Benaroya! Mozart Great Mass in C minor with combined area choruses Sunday, March 30, 2014 Benaroya Hall Pictures at an Exhibition Friday, June 6, :30 p.m. ~ Sunday, June 8, 2014 Eastlake Performing Arts Theater

15 THE SAMMAMISH SYMPHONY PERFORMS AT THESE LOCATIONS NE 10th Street 520 Redmond Way N S 108th Ave NE 110th Ave NE NE 8th Street Meydenbauer Theatre NE 6th Street 112th Ave NE I NE 6th Street - Bellevue, Exit 13A NE 4th Street 520 N S I-90 Inglewood Hill Rd. E. Lk Sammamish Pkwy Redmond-Fall City Rd. Sahalee CC SE 43rd Sahalee NE 8th NE 4th 228th Ave Eastlake High School Exit 17 Issaquah Eastlake High School th Ave NE - Sammamish, SR 202 Union Street Alaskan Way Alaskan Way Viaduct Western Ave. Post Alley 1st Avenue 3rd Avenue 2nd Avenue University Street Seneca Street 4th Avenue 5th Avenue 6th Avenue 7th Avenue I-5 Spring Street Benaroya Hall 200 University Street - Seattle, 98101

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