Chamber Series (Four
Performances)
The Free Spirits Ensemble of the
Raleigh Symphony
The Bushwakker
Six-Pack
Join the Free Spirits
Ensemble for a delightful brew of unusual musical works! Program will include two Phantasies for Saxophone and
Piano by Richard Faith; Sonata No. 1 “Desesperance” for Violin and
Piano by Brazilian composer, Heitor Villa Lobos; Sonata for Clarinet and Piano by
Leonard Bernstein; and The
Bushwakker Six-Pack for clarinet, saxophone and piano by
Canadian composer, Elizabeth Raum. For ticket information, call
(919) 567-4000
Sunday, September 23, 2007 at 3pm, Holly Springs
Cultural Center
Music of the Sea
Guest Cinematographer Bill
Lovin
Join us as we explore the music and film. Program will include Sea Pieces for Clarinet and
Piano by Richard Faith, and Sea Dances for clarinet, sax
and piano by Lanette Lind.
Some of Lovin’s movies will be playing during this
music. The program also
includes, Les Ombres for
violin and piano by Elizabeth Raum: Fantasie for tenor sax and
piano by Villa Lobos; and Café Music for violin,
cello, and piano by Paul Schoenfield. For ticket
information, call (919) 567-4000.
Sunday, November 18, 2007 at 3pm, Holly Springs
Cultural Center
Sizzle!
Guaranteed to make the coldest January a little warmer! The program will feature
music from Latin American composers, including Villa Lobos, and
Piazzolla and music inspired by Latin Americans. Featuring guest tango
dancers, Gulden Ozen and Jason Laughlin will bring the sultry tango
to life. For ticket
information, call (919) 567-4000.
Sunday, January 27, 2007 at 3pm, Holly Springs
Cultural Center
A Celebration of
Spirituals
Back by popular demand!
Join us as the Free Spirits Ensemble performs Raleigh
composer, Lanette Lind’s powerful work for chamber ensemble and
choir. The Baptist
Grove Chorus will join us as we celebrate, through music, dance and
the spoken word, the spiritual gifts that lead us through
adversity. For ticket
information, call (919) 567-4000.
Sunday, March 2, 2007 at 3pm, Holly Springs Cultural
Center
Family Series (Four
Events)
Look What I
Made!
Using the principals of
our unique award winning Science and Symphony workshop, we will be
creating instruments and explore how sounds are produced. For ticket
information, call the RSO box office at (919)
546-9755 Saturday, October 20, 2007 at
10:00AM, Room 121, Wainwright Music Bldg, Meredith
College
A Day in the Life….
Through anecdotes and music, the musicians of the Free Spirits Ensemble will
tell the story of how music comes to be. Our violinists will tell of
their early musical experiences as child prodigies in
China and
Poland. Children’s drawings are
featured as they bring to life their visions of a toy factory as
musicians play Toy Factory
2 for chamber ensemble and narrator. For ticket information, call
(919)567-4000.
Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 3pm, Holly Springs
Cultural Center
Lift Your Voices!
RSO joins forces with The Raleigh Boy Choir in a world
premier performance of a Christmas Holiday work for Boy Choir and
symphony orchestra by nationally recognized composer Michael
Braz. A wonderful way
to start you family’s holiday season. For ticket information call
the RSO box office at (919) 546-9755.
Sunday, December 9, 2007 at 8:00PM, Meymandi Concert
Hall, Progress Energy Center for the Performing
Arts
The Cinderella Suite and Other
Works
The Free Spirits Ensemble of the Raleigh Symphony joins
forces with The Concert Dancers of Raleigh in a presentation of a
much loved children’s ballet by Canadian composer, Elizabeth Raum
with original choreography by 2006 Raleigh Medal of Arts recipient,
Karen Edwards. For
ticket information call the RSO box office at (919) 546-9755 or
www.raleighsymphony.org.
Saturday, March 8, 2008 at 4:00PM, Jones Auditorium,
Meredith College
Classical Series (Three
Performances)
Classically
Speaking…
Join the RSO as we
perform the classic standards:
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, and
Brahms’s Double Concerto for Violin and
Cello with featured soloists Yang Xi, violin and Nate
Leyland, cello. For
ticket information call the RSO box office at (919) 546-9755 or
www.raleighsymphony.org.
Sunday, October 7, 2007
at 7:00PM, Jones Auditorium, Meredith College
Rising
Stars
RSO will present the
winners of its annual statewide concerto competition. Come see tomorrow’s stars
today! For ticket
information, call the RSO box office at (919) 546-9755 or
www.raleighsymphony.org.
Sunday, March 9, 2008 at
7:00PM, Jones Auditorium, Meredith College
Russian Night Under the
Stars!
RSO is joining forces
with The Concert Singers of Cary for an uplifting performance of
Sergei Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky for
chorus and orchestra.
For ticket information, call the RSO box office at (919)
546-9755 or www.raleighsymphony.org.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
at 8:00PM, Koka Booth Amphitheatre,
Cary
Raleigh
Symphony Orchestra Out and About!
Other opportunities to
catch RSO around town include:
Clay Aiken’s Symphony Tour with the
Raleigh Symphony Orchestra
Come see Raleigh’s own
at the Koka Booth Amphitheatre on Friday, August 10, 2007 at 8:30PM
For ticket information, contact www.boothamphitheatre.com.
Louisburg College’s
50th Anniversary Season Gala
Performance
RSO performs an evening
of light classical standards and popular show tunes. Sure to please both young
and old! For ticket
information, call 919/497-3300, 866/773-6354
(M-F, 1-5 p.m.), or http://www.louisburg.edu
Friday, September 14,
2007 at 8:00PM, Louisburg College
It Takes
Two!
RSO travels to Troy, NC to feature Sophia Pavlenko-Chandley’s
newest work: Piano Concerto No. 2 to
be led by husband and concert pianist, Paul Chandley. Other works include Saint
Saens’ Carnival of the
Animals. For
further information, call 910/576-8742.
Saturday, October 27,
2007 at 7:30PM, Troy, NC
Meredith
College
Aria Concert
RSO will feature the
winners of Meredith College’s annual Aria
Competition.
Free.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
at 8:00PM, Jones Auditorium, Meredith College
Audition Date of RSO Annual
Statewide Concerto Competition will be Saturday, January 19, 2008 at
Carswell Recital Hall, Meredith College. Application forms and rules
available by calling
the RSO office at (919) 546-9755.
