Free Gile Series at Capitol Center for the Arts to Welcome Symphony, 11/2

Symphony New Hampshire will perform Picture This as part of the Free William H. Gile Series at the Capitol Center for the Arts on Monday, November 2nd.

Symphony NH Music Director Jonathan McPhee leads the orchestra in a program that will show how music paints pictures of character, emotion, story, time and place. The concert starts with high-impact excerpts from Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Sibelius, Holst, and others accompanied by slide projections and narration from the Maestro, and concludes with a complete performance of Ravel's glittering orchestration of Mussorgsky's thrilling "Pictures at an Exhibition." This eclectic evening of music is great for the whole family!

With a rich history beginning with its founding in 1923 by conductor and educator Elmer "Pop" Wilson, Symphony NH (until 2012 known as Nashua Symphony Orchestra) is the oldest professional orchestra in New Hampshire. Since 2008, when Music Director and Principal Conductor Jonathan McPhee joined the Symphony NH family, the orchestra has soared to new artistic heights, continually pushing the envelope with challenging programming and repertoire. Also serving as Music Director of Boston Ballet and Lexington Symphony Orchestra, Maestro McPhee was named the "Busiest Conductor in the World" in 2014 by bachtrack.com, beating out such notables as Andris Nelsons of BSO and Sir Simon Rattle of the Berlin Phil.

The William H. Gile Concert Series opened on December 16, 1960 after a legacy of more than $700,000 was left by Helen B. Gile to finance a free concert series for the residents of Concord. The bequest was made in memory of Miss Gile's father, William H. Gile.

Tickets for this free Gile Series Performance are available Monday, October 5, at 11am, by calling 603-225-1111, online at www.ccanh.com, and at the box office, located at 44 South Main Street, Concord, NH 03301, on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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