COMPLETED 2013-2014 PERFORMANCES:
FREE FAMILY CONCERT
Sunday, April 27, 2014 – 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by Southeastern Nephrology Associates
The annual Free Family Concert is sponsored by Southeastern Nephrology Associates in memory of Dr. Gary Hyman, and features the Junior Division Winner of the 37th Annual Richard R. Deas Student Concerto Competition, Caitlin Newton Patterson on violin. Caitlin Newton Patterson is a sixth grade student at St. Mary Catholic School in Wilmington. She began violin five years ago with Ms. Lorraine Westermark at Suzuki Talent Education of Wilmington and plays with the Wilmington Symphony Junior Strings ensemble.
Also included is the Cape Fear Dance Theatre in “A Golden Afternoon”, a dance on film excerpt from In Wonderland, with live dancers and a multimedia presentation, accompanied by the Youth Orchestra. In Wonderland is a physical theater show based on the literary work "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll.
The Wilmington Symphony is pleased to partner with Moe’s Southwest Grill on Sunday, April 27th for the makings of a great family outing! Families can eat at Moe’s either before or after the concert, and 20% of the bill will be donated to the Wilmington Symphony youth education programs.
Free Family Concert at UNCW Kenan Auditorium
Sunday, April 28, 2013 | 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by
Southeastern Nephrology Associates
The Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra & Junior Strings present a Free Family Concert on Sunday, April 28, 2013, at 4:00 p.m. in Kenan Auditorium. The concert will feature young pianist Daniel Cheng, the Junior Division winner of the Annual Student Concerto Competition. This season finale celebrates the 10 Year Anniversary of the Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra. Alumni musicians are encouraged to attend.
The Youth Orchestra, conducted by Steven Errante, will perform Glinka's Overture to Russian and Ludmilla, and also some music perfect for graduation season - Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1. Daniel Cheng will perform the Rondo all' Ungarese by Haydn, and the orchestra will also offer music from the sound track of Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
The Junior Strings will play James Horner's The Ludlows, the haunting and memorable theme from Legends of the Fall; Camille Saint-Saëns' Danse Bacchanale, a fiery dance from the opera Samson and Delilah; and Synergy, a dynamic and rhythmic piece by Deborah Baker Monday. The Junior Strings is directed by Jane Tierney.
Daniel Cheng is in the 5th grade at Holly Tree Elementary, and has been playing piano for six years. He was selected for the Elementary Honors Chorus twice. He comes from a Chinese background, and is the only person in his family who was born in America. The Wilmington Symphony’s Youth Orchestra and Junior Strings programs are made possible in part by the generous support from the Landfall Foundation, the Corning, Inc. Foundation and by theN.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra Concert
Sunday, March 17, 2013 | 4:00 p.m.
at UNCW Kenan Auditorium
The Spring Matinee will feature several Russian selections, including Rimsky-Korsakov's energetic Dance of the Tumblers and Tchaikovsky's familiar Waltz from Eugen Onegin. John Barnes Chance's classic band work Variations on a Korean Folk Song will be heard in its newly-published orchestral version, and the orchestra will conclude with a stirring medley of music from Les Misérables.
Tickets are by general admission, and available at the Kenan Auditorium box office one hour before the concert. Prices are $5 for adults, and free for ages 17 & under.
COMPLETED 2012 PERFORMANCES:
FALL MATINEE
10th Anniversary Season
Sunday, October 14, 2012 | 4:00 p.m.
at UNCW Kenan Auditorium
On Sunday afternoon, October 14th, at 4:00 p.m. the Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra celebrates its 10th Anniversary Season at Kenan Auditorium.
Youth Orchestra conductor Steven Errante has planned a program fitting the occasion, starting with Rimsky-Korsakov's famous "Procession of the Nobles from Mlada."
"The concert is a showcase for the young musicians' ability to play a wide range of orchestral styles, from Schubert's brooding 'Unfinished' Symphony to the exciting John Williams score for the 'Star Wars' series," Errante notes, adding "and Timothy Mahr's 'Carolina Folk Dream' is a distinctive new orchestral work that gives an orchestral twist to simple folk-songs imagined by the composer as he walked his young daughter to pre-school."
Sharing the stage on the program is the Wilmington Symphony Junior Strings, directed by Jane Tierney. The Junior Strings will perform Concerto for Two Guitars, The Far Away Place, and a delightful arrangement of The Bringer of Joy from Gustav Holst's "The Planets."
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Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra Concert
Sunday, November 18, 2012 | 4:00 p.m.
at UNCW Kenan Auditorium
With special guests the Girls’ Choir of Wilmington directed by Sandy Errante.
On Sunday afternoon, November 18th, at 4:00 p.m. the Wilmington Symphony Youth Orchestra continues the celebration of its 10th Anniversary Season at Kenan Auditorium.
Conductor Steven Errante has chosen Beethoven’s exciting Egmont Overture to begin the program, which also includes the serene and expressive second movement of Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony.
The 85-strong Girls’ Choir of Wilmington then takes the stage, performing vocal trio music originally written and performed by the Wailin’ Jennys. Other highlights include a tribute to slain journalist Daniel Pearl and the gospel song “Jordan’s Angels.
Then the choir and orchestra together will perform the stirring “Credo” by Mark Hayes and finish with “Let There Be Peace on Earth.”
