The DSO is proud to announce the winners of its 2009-2010 Young Artist Auditions:
1st Prize Winner ($500) Michael Rau, violinist & senior at Downers Gove South High School, will perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concert in D major, Op. 35 in the "At the Foothills of Spring" concert on March 20. Michael studies with Almita Vamos of Evanston.
2nd Prize Winner ($300) Alex Matranga, tuba player & senior at York Community High School, performed Edward Greyson’s "Tuba Concerto" and studies with Cyndi Stark of Chicago.
Honorable Mention goes to Marina Stingley, soprano and senior at Willowbrook High School, who performed "Mein Herr Marquis" by Johann Strauss. Marina studies with her father, Marc Stingley, of Villa Park.
Thank you to all of our participants, Steinway of Chicago in Downers Grove, and audition judges Elvina Pearce, Janis Wittrig, and Dan Fackler.
On Friday, Mar. 19 at 7:30, the DSO invites the public to a "Brownies with Barbara" open orchestra rehearsal followed by an
opportunity to talk with orchestra musicians and Maestra Barbara Schubert over snack in the lobby. There is no charge for this event, but
please make reservations at 630.778.1003.
At the Foothills of Spring
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Wentz Concert Hall
Young Artist Audition winner, Michael Rau, violinist & senior at Downers Gove South High School, will perform Tchaikovsky's Violin Concert in D major, Op. 35.
Two colorful, evocative works frame the DSO's fourth subscription concert, presented on the very cusp of spring: Alan Hohvaness's enticing Symphony No. 2, "Mysterious Mountain", and Schumann's joyful Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, sub-titled the "Spring" Symphony.
Baroque Special
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Koten Chapel
With Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, featuring violin soloists from the DSO.
Alpine Heights
Saturday, May 15, 2010 & Sunday, May 16, 2010 @ 8:00 p.m & 3:00 p.m.
Wentz Concert Hall
For a towering conclusion to our monumental 56th season, the DSO presents Richard Strauss's masterful Alpine Symphony, a vivid orchestral expression of a full-day excursion in the Bavarian Alps that recalls the composer's own experience hiking on a mountain at age fourteen. Scored for huge instrumental forces, this expansive and compelling tone poem is balanced by two delicate musical essays to open the program: Frederick Delius's In a Summer Garden and Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending, featuring violinist Bella Hristova, a rising star who took First Prize in the 2008-2009 Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York City.
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