Grant Cooper, Artistic Director & Conductor

A NEW VISION FOR NEW TIMES:

Endowment & Recapitalization Campaign hits

$6 million mark - Clay Foundation Challenge announced

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WVSO 08-09 Season Tickets Now On Sale!!! - click HERE for full details on the season.

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Resident Chamber Ensemble

of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra

presents

“The Fifth Element”

with guest artist Joseph Higgins, bass

Program

Gioachino Rossini     

Duo for Cello and Bass in D Major

Dmitri Shostakovich      String Quartet in F Sharp Minor, No. 7, Op. 108

Antonin Dvorak       

String Quintet with Bass in G Major, Op. 77

Saturday, October 11, 2008 , 8 p.m.

Kanawha United Presbyterian Church

1009 Virginia Street East Charleston

Tickets: $10 adults, $5 students

In advance at 561-3570 or at the door

The 2008-09 Montclaire String Quartet Chamber Music Series is sponsored in part by

James Wilson Douglas and Rita Jo Douglas, by Dr. Steven Jubelirer, in Honor and Memory of Richard and Jean Jubelirer and Susan Jubelirer Nesi, and by Dr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Potterfield

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COMING SOON

Barry Douglas Returns!

Performing the Piano Concerto No. 2 by Johannes Brahms

Friday and Saturday

Oct 17-18, 8 p.m.

Clay Center

The Music of Harry Potter

City National Bank Family Discovery Series Concert

Saturday, Oct 18, 11 a.m.

Clay Center

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Programs of the WVSO are presented with financial assistance from the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts.

Upcoming

FAMILY CONCERT

The Music of Harry Potter

Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 11:00 a.m.

...instrument petting zoo

...costume contest

...make a wand, hat, glasses

...enjoy music

Join us for Kanawha County Public Library activities and the Gorby's Instrument Petting Zoo at 10 a.m.; stay for the concert at 11 a.m.

Ask about the Wizard's Pass and plan to stay for "Spooktacular."

Young People's Concerts

Field trips to see the WVSO!  Pre-concert materials are available which directly address 21st century Content Standards and Objectives.

Registration and Scholarship information

Andrew and Amy Vaughan Student Symphonic Fellowship

Student apprenticeship program continues in 2008-2009. Deadline for applications is November 13 at 5 p.m.   Details

Master Classes

What is it like to be 14 years old and a soloist with symphony orchestras? Musicians are urged to attend an informance wtih Shannon Lee, January 17 at 1:30 p.m.  

WVSO BLOG now on line!  Click HERE to visit!