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Administrator — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:45:33 +0000

Join the Cascade Symphony Orchestra for a very special performance on Saturday February 25th at 3:00. The Olympic Ballet Theatre & the Cascade Symphony perform Prokofiev’s classic ballet, Peter and the Wolf, with narration read by Dave Dolacky. In addition, a young prodigy, the winner of the Cascade Symphony Rising Star contest, 11-year-old violinist Ria Honda (pictured) will perform the first movement of Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K.216.

Tickets and information online at : Cascade Symphony

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Administrator — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:08:00 +0000

Welcome Ludovic Morlot

Administrator — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:45:40 +0000

We are happy to welcome Ludovic Morlot to the Seattle Symphony. This recent article in the Seattle Times is very interesting, especially how it begins:

"Before the interview even gets started, Seattle Symphony director Ludovic Morlot has a question: Why does The Seattle Times, like some other newspapers, group its classical-music coverage with its dance, theater and other fine-arts coverage? Shouldn't it be in with the jazz, rock, folk and hip-hop?

After all, it is music."

The full article, Ludovic Morlot issues wide-open invitation to concertgoers written by Michael Upchurch can be read by clicking HERE.

September 17th is the Gala opening concert for the Symphony's 2012 series. Tickets are still available. From the Symphony's website, the evening includes:

Beethoven: Consecration of the House Overture
Gulda: Concerto for Cello and Wind Orchestra
Gershwin: An American in Paris
Ravel: Boléro

Ludovic Morlot takes the stage in his first concert as Music Director in a program that nods to his French roots, and features a Seattle favorite: star cellist Joshua Roman. Welcome the Maestro with us. Special-purchase Gala tickets including cocktails, dinner, dancing and champagne intermission are available. Call the Special Events Department at 206.215.4868 to reserve Gala tickets.

The world wide web

Administrator — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:05:30 +0000

We have created a page for Rafael Carrabba Violins on facebook. We will be posting current offerings and posting our schedules on the page. Like us and get updates!

Bringing the Symphony to Bumbershoot

Administrator — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:04:45 +0000

Morlot, symphony musicians added to Bumbershoot lineup ~ Seattle Times article

Just added to the Bumbershoot lineup: "Symphony Untuxed," a program hosted by Seattle Symphony Orchestra music director Ludovic Morlot in which he'll be joined by select members of the SSO.

Morlot will introduce each piece, interview the musicians on stage and share his plans for the symphony. He'll also join the musicians as violinist for one of the works.

The program includes: Tom Johnson's Failing: A Very Difficult Piece for Solo String Bass, in which bassist Joseph Kaufman will carry on a conversation with the audience while performing; a new piece for electric bassoon, written and performed by Seattle Symphony principal bassoon Seth Krimsky; selections from Philip Glass' String Quartet No. 5; Anthony DiLorenzo's "Street Musicians"; and selections from Vivaldi's Double Violin Concerto in A minor.

9:45 p.m. Sept. 4, Bagley Wright Theatre, at Seattle Center. Bumbershoot ticket info: www.bumbershoot.org.

Seattle Times staff

Oliver Aldort

Administrator — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:43:49 +0000

As a young cellist, Oliver Aldort has already gained much attention. From his website: www.oliveraldort.com

"Oliver won the 2007 Music Teachers National Association competition as well as the Seattle Young Artists Music Festival competition in 2008 and 2010. He gave his first full solo recital (playing both cello and piano) at the age of seven and has appeared as cello and piano soloist with orchestras around the United States. He has appeared in Carnegie Hall as a member of the New York String Orchestra under Jaime Laredo, and as soloist and chamber musician at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland and the National Arts Centre under Pinchas Zukerman. He has also played solo and chamber recitals at the Miami International Piano Festival, both in their main programming and as part of the "Prodigies and Masters of Tomorrow" series.

He was one of five young musicians from around the world chosen for the BBC Channel 4 program The World's Greatest Musical Prodigies and has been featured on CBC Radio, Komo TV and National Public Radio's From the Top."

Oliver plays on a beautiful Ravatin cello on loan from the Carlsen Cello Foundation.

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Live Chamber Music in July

Administrator — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:52:46 +0000

The Seattle Chamber Music Society has a series of live performances in July at the Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya. The performances are July 5, 6, 8 & 11th. All are at 8:00 P.M. Tickets and information can be found at http://www.scmf.org or by clicking on the image above, which is from their website. Their phone number is 206-283-8808.

You can also listen live at KING 98.1:http://www.king.org/Listen-Online/4029853

Reggie Watts Talks High School Drama, Making Money And His Comedy

Administrator — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:45:30 +0000

One of our favorite Seattleites, Reggie Watts, is getting some attention. This is a section from an article that appears online at the Huffington Post, click here to read more. Little known fact: Reggie started violin lessons at age five.

People tend to remember the first time they see Reggie Watts perform. His onstage persona is so uniquely his, so off-putting and hilarious and different all at once, that even if you're not quite sure what you saw, you'll probably be telling your friends about it the next day. "You have to see this guy," you'll say. "He delivered this monologue as a British professor and then launched into a gibberish R&B/hip hop hybrid song about pancakes."

But most impressive, perhaps, is that Watts has managed to forge a lasting career for himself doing whatever he wants, however he wants to do it -- a living example of that old mantra: Do what you love. Everything else will work itself out.

Armed with a looping pedal and a malleable, soulful baritone, Watts has become a favorite of fans and other comedians alike, and he's done it through a combination of international festivals, TV appearances, absurdist comedy shows, improv, Off-Off-Broadway theater, and viral videos.

Shortly after his opening slot on Conan O'Brien's national tour last Spring,..

American String Project 2011 Festival

Administrator — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:34:49 +0000

photo by Jeff Corwin Tickets for the American String Project Festival in May are now on sale. The fifteen member ensemble is comprised of five first violins, four second violins, three violas, two violoncelli and one double bass

Founders Maria Larionoff (violin) and Barry Lieberman (bass) will perform with other ASP members including violinists Emmanuelle Boisvert and Andrés Cárdenes and violist David Harding.

May 12, 7:30 PM ~ Johannes Brahms, Antoin Dvorak

May 14, 7:30 PM ~ Edvard Greig, Dmitri Shostakovich

May 15, 2:00 PM ~ Franz Joseph Haydn, Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky

All concerts are at Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle; single tickets $20-$28, $69 festival pass (206-215-4747 or www.benaroyahall.org).