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The Southwest Washington Symphony is a nonprofit civic
organization, dedicated to providing culture to the citizens of
Southwest Washington and to encourage and develop music
for the youth.
Donations help keep our concerts free and support the
Symphony's annual Children's Concert for 2,400 elementary
students and other programs. Donations are fully tax
deductible.
Symphony concerts
are FREE!
Founded in 1966, the
Southwest Washington
Symphony is the region's
premiere all-volunteer
orchestra.
Welcome letter from
Music Director and Conductor
Dr. Rob Davis
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Dear friends, welcome to the Southwest Washington Symphony’s 57th
season! This year marks my 10th anniversary as director, and I, along with
the musicians of the orchestra, look forward to sharing the joy of live, local,
symphonic music with you once again.
We are happy to continue offering all our concerts this season free of
charge, thanks to the generosity of individual donors and the sponsorship
of local businesses. We invite everyone to make a supporting donation in
order to keep our concerts free and available to all.
Our season begins with a unique masterworks program at the Wollenberg
Auditorium on LCC campus in October, in which we’ll feature 8 of our own
orchestral musicians as soloists for a delightful and varied Evening of
Concertos. Additionally, the full orchestra will perform Leonard Bernstein’s
sparkling Overture to Candide, as well as the Ràkóczy (Hungarian) March from
“La Damnation de Faust” by Berlioz.
Our traditional Christmas concerts will be held in a new location this
December! By special invitation we will perform at the Journey Seventh Day
Adventist Church (1185 Westside Highway), where we’ll ring in the season
with festive and familiar music for choir and orchestra. As always, donations
collected at these concerts will be offered to local charities.
In February 2024 our Family and Children’s concerts at the historic Columbia
Theatre for the Performing Arts will explore music of mysteries, including
soundtrack music from Mission: Impossible, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find
Them, and Catch Me If You Can, as well as Grieg’s “Peer Gynt Suite” including
the well known In the Hall of the Mountain King. We will also feature A Major-
Minor Mystery: a delightful introduction to the instruments of the orchestra
framed as a farcical “who-dunnit” as we attempt to discover who was
responsible for turning the major to minor.
The season concludes in April at the Wollenberg auditorium with Spring
Concerts featuring this year’s Young Artist Solo Competition winner, as well
as singers from local high school choirs performing Vivaldi’s timeless Gloria
with the orchestra. Copland’s beloved Appalachian Spring and Brahms’
rousing Hungarian Dance no. 5 will form a fitting end to this special
anniversary season.
The printed programs contain dates, repertoire, and information for the
entire season, which we hope will allow you to learn about, and make plans
to attend, each concert. We also encourage you to note the advertisers,
friends, patrons, and sponsors whose faithful financial support is so critical
to our success. A directory of sponsoring advertisers is listed in this
program.
We look forward to bringing you a season of inspiring orchestral music. See
you at the concerts!
Sincerely,
Rob Davis, D.M.A.
Music Director and Conductor
Southwest Washington Symphony
Franz von Suppe
TBD
Aaron Copland
Antonio Vivaldi
Johannes Brahms
Spring Young Artist
Concert
Saturday, April 13, 2024
7:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 14, 2024
3:00 p.m.
Wollenberg
Auditorium
LCC Rose Center
for the Arts
1600 Maple Street
Longview, WA
Light Cavalry Overture
Young Artist
Appalachian Spring
Gloria
with Mark Morris, Kelso,
RA Long, and
LCC student choirs
Hungarian Dance No 5