Chattanooga Symphony & Opera Youth Orchestras Present Winter Concert, 3/14

The Chattanooga Symphony & Opera Youth Orchestras (CSOYO) continue their 2015/16 season on March 14 at 7:30pm at Brainerd Baptist Church with a concert performed by the CSOYO Symphony with Gary Wilkes conducting, featuring the delightful España Rhapsody by the French composer Chabrier, and the final movement from Symphony No. 3 by Saint-Saëns with the addition of the glorious organ part.

The CSOYO Philharmonic, conducted by Sandy Morris, will open the concert with a variety of interesting selections, featuring music by Robert Sheldon, Enrique Granados, Vittorio Monti, and Antonin Dvo?ák. The "New World" Symphony by Dvo?ák, one of the great masterworks of the orchestral repertoire, was written while the composer was visiting in the U.S. Dvo?ák believed that Americans should look to their own native musical sources (esp. Afro-American spirituals) for inspiration, and this symphony was a demonstration of how that could be accomplished in our own country.

Also featured on the program is the third-place winner for the 2015 CSOYO Concerto Competition, Christy Song, and CSOYO alumna Sarah Ransom.

CSOYO Winter Concert

Monday, March 14, 2016 at 7:30pm
Brainerd Baptist Church
Sandy Morris, conductor, CSOYO Philharmonic Gary Wilkes, conductor, CSOYO Symphony

Program

CSOYO Philharmonic

SHELDON Resurgences
GRANADOS Spanish Dance No. 4, "Villanesca" MONTI Csárdás
DVO?ÁK Symphony No. 9 (from the "New World")

I. Adagio; Allegro molto

CSOYO Symphony

CHABRIER España Rhapsody for Orchestra PAGANINI Violin Concerto No. 1

I. Allegro maestoso

Christy Song, soloist KOUSSEVITZKY ConcertoforContrabass

I. Allegro
Sarah Ransom, soloist

This will be a "penny performance". All children and students accompanied by a (paying) adult may attend for one penny each. Regular admission is $6 for adults, $4 for children, students, and seniors. Call 423.267.9011 for more information.

About Christy Song

Born in Seoul, Korea, Christy began studying the violin at the age of three with Eun-Gyung Shin. At the age of 5, she won first place in a Classic National Competition, and the Korean-American National Competition at age 6. She was concertmaster of the Korean Youth Orchestra from age 9 to ll. Since coming to Chattanooga in 2012, she has been a student of Ann Rylands, and a member of the CSOYO. She also studies the flute with Kristen Holritz and was accepted into the GMEA All-State Band in 2015 and 2016. Christy is a freshman at Heritage High School in Ringgold, GA.

About Sarah Ransom

A native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Sarah Ransom enjoys her work as a double bass performer and educator. She earned her Bachelor's degree in Music Education with Steve Benne at Tennessee Technological University and is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Double Bass Performance with Micah Howard at the Carnegie Mellon University School of Music. Some of her other teachers include Taylor Brown, Eric Hanson, and her father, James Ransom. Sarah maintains an active performing career as an orchestral double bass player, chamber musician, and jazz bassist. As an orchestral musician, she has had the privilege of working with such orchestras as the Chattanooga Symphony, Huntsville Symphony, Bryan Symphony, Orchestra Kentucky, as well as many university orchestras throughout Tennessee. As a jazz bassist, she has enjoyed working with groups such as the Tennessee Tech University Faculty Jazz Ensemble, Uptown Big Band, Swing Street Big Band, All Of Us Jazz Combo, and frequently plays with the Creede Repertory Theater in Creede, Colorado as a resident pit musician and jazz bassist. She has also spent some time working on commercial recordings in Tennessee and Colorado. In addition to maintaining a private teaching studio, Sarah has worked with many public schools and summer music festivals throughout Tennessee and hopes to continue to do so in her new Pittsburgh environment. She is proud to be an alumnus of the CSO Youth Orchestras and is excited to come back and work with the organization that helped propel her into the career she has today.

About Us

The mission of the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera is to inspire, engage, and enrich the greater Chattanooga community through music and music education.

The 2015/16 season marks 83 seasons for the CSO, which played its first concert on November 5, 1933. The CSO, conducted by Music Director Kayoko Dan, consists of top players from the Chattanooga area as well as from across the southern region. The CSO performs a full season of Masterworks, Pops, Chamber, and Volkswagen Series concerts from September through May, as well as a variety of community, education and engagement events throughout the year.