CSO Youth Orchestra to Perform Winter Concert, 3/9

February 25, 2015 - Chattanooga, TN

The Chattanooga Symphony & Opera Youth Orchestras (CSOYO) continue their 2014/15 season on March 9 at 7:30pm at Brainerd Baptist Church with a concert performed by the CSOYO Symphony with Gary Wilkes conducting, featuring An American in Paris by George Gershwin and Polovtsian Dances by Alexander Borodin. Gershwin's orchestral masterpiece, featured in the MGM movie of the same title, takes us musically through the streets and shops of Paris as American tourists gawk and take in the wonderful sights, from the Eiffel Tower to Montmartre (listen for the French taxi horns). Borodin's wonderful dances from his opera Prince Igor are still delightful to listeners today. It is Russian music at its best with beautiful exotic melodies and powerful rhythms.

The CSOYO Philharmonic, conducted by Sandy Morris, will open the concert with a variety of delightful works, featuring several musical selections by John Williams from the Star Wars movies. Also featured on the program are the third place winners for the 2014 CSOYO Concerto Competition: Josh Wallin and Monte Coulter.

CSOYO Fall Concert

Monday, March 9, 2015 at 7:30pm

Brainerd Baptist Church

Sandy Morris, conductor, CSOYO Philharmonic

Gary Wilkes, conductor, CSOYO Symphony

Program

CSOYO Philharmonic

VAUGHAN WILLIAMs Overture to The Wasps

SMITH By Loch and Mountain

WILLIAMS Main Theme from Star Wars

Suite from The Star Wars Epic-Part I

The Empire Strikes Back

CSOYO Symphony

GERSHWIN An American in Paris Suite

KROMMER Concerto for Two Clarinets, Op. 35 - 1st Movement
Josh Wallin and Monte Coulter, soloists

BORODIN Polovtsian Dances

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 Josh Wallin

Josh Wallin has been a member of the Chattanooga Youth Symphony for four years. He is a senior at Ringgold High School and has served many leadership positions in the band program, such as section leader and band captain. He has played with the Georgia District Seven Honor Band for seven years and the Georgia All-State Band for four years. In the summer of 2013, Josh was selected as one of three high school clarinetists to attend the Georgia Governor's Honors Program. Throughout high school, he has played in masterclasses for artists David Schifrin, Oscar Espina-Ruiz, and Jose Franch-Ballester. Other honors include performing onstage with the United States Navy Band, and playing as a member of the Chattanooga Clarinet Choir at the International Clarinet Association's ClarinetFest 2014 in Baton Rouge, LA. After high school, Josh plans to major in Music Composition and go on to teach composition and theory.

About Monte Coulter

Monte Coulter IV is a senior at the Chattanooga School of Arts and Sciences, where is he principal clarinetist with the Symphonic Band, and is currently in his third season with the CSO Youth Orchestras. His earliest musical experiences were as a soprano in the Chattanooga Boys Choir, and he sang the Role of Amahl in the 2010 and 2011 Chattanooga Symphony and Opera productions of "Amahl and the Night Visitors" at the Tivoli Theater with Bob Bernhardt conducting. As a clarinetist, Monte is a three-time All-State musician in Tennessee, earning the first chair in East Tennessee for the past 2 years. As a recipient of PAL scholarships, Monte studied at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival in 2013 (Rob Patterson) and 2014 (Chad Burrow). He was selected to perform in Master classes with Jose Franch-Ballester (2014) and Anthony McGill (2015). He performs in the Chattanooga Clarinet Choir alongside his teacher, Nick Hartline. Monte lives in Harrison with his parents Monte and Monica Coulter, and his Labrador, Luke.

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 2014/15 season marks 82 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.

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