Contact: Amanda McDonald
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (March 24, 2020) – The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra (WVSO) is cancelling all concerts through May 2 in response to the Centers for Disease Control’s advice to avoid gatherings of more than 50 people for the next eight weeks because of continuing concern about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
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CHARLESTON, W.VA. (10/29/19) – The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra invites all high school instrumental music students to apply for the Andrew and Amy Vaughan Student Symphonic Fellowship, a monitored and time-intensive training program for serious music students.
December 19 is the last date to apply for this program that focuses on developing and encouraging West Virginia students with a strong desire for success as a future professional musician, educator, composer or conductor.
Selected fellows will sit alongside WVSO musicians during the second half of the Elliot Foundation Symphonic concert series and conduct personal research about the music performed. Fellows will also meet and interact with renowned guest artists, guest conductors, and WVSO Music Director Lawrence Loh. Additional fellowship activities will be tailored to the winning candidates’ interests and abilities. Fellowship activities take place primarily outside of school hours. Fellows who live outside of Charleston will receive a stipend for travel to symphony activities.
Candidates should be serious instrumental students in grades 9-12. Applications will be accepted for students playing the following instruments: harp, violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, saxophone, trumpet, horn, trombone, tuba, pitched and unpitched percussion, and piano.
From the initial applicants, a small number of finalists will be invited to a two-part interview/audition on January 11 in Charleston. For the audition, students are encouraged to perform one or more movements from the standard concerto repertoire for solo instrument with orchestra. An accompanist will be provided, but students are also free to bring their own. Pianists should prepare a major solo movement from the standard sonata repertoire.
Applications are available at wvsymphony.org/fellowship. The program is underwritten by a generous donation from Dr. N. Andrew and Amy Vaughan.
The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra is West Virginia’s premier performing arts organization, presenting classical, pops, family and chamber-music concerts annually throughout the Mountain State. Currently in its 80th season, the WVSO is a proud member of the community and enriches the region by providing affordable, high-quality concerts, collaborations with West Virginia arts organizations and a nationally award-winning education program.
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CHARLESTON, W.VA. (9/18/19) - Students across the state are invited to explore the animal kingdom through classical music as the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra (WVSO) presents Symphonic Safari, a Young People’s Concerts written especially for children.
On Oct. 22 in Charleston and on Oct. 24 in Clarksburg, WVSO Music Director Lawrence Loh will lead the WVSO in performing works by Elgar, Strauss, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rossini and others. MazeToons Illustrator Joe Wos will draw cartoons of some of our favorite creatures as they are projected onto a large screen behind the orchestra. Supplemental classroom materials for these special concerts that bind classical music with other school subjects also are available online at WVSOKids.org.
The Charleston performances begin at 9:45 a.m. and 11:35 a.m. at the Culture Center at the Capitol Complex. The Clarksburg performances begin at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. at The Robinson Grand Performing Arts Center.
Admission for students is $4. One school chaperone for every 10 students is admitted free. Admission for all additional adults is $4.
Financial assistance for transportation or admission costs is available upon request thanks to generous support from the Clay Center, Daywood Foundation, EQT Foundation, Herscher Foundation, Jacobson Foundation, Katharine B. Tierney Charitable Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts and the West Virginia Department of Arts Culture and History.
Reservations can be made at WVSOKids.org or by contacting Betty King at (304) 957-9878 or bking@wvsymphony.org.
The WVSO is West Virginia’s premier performing arts organization, presenting classical, pops, family and chamber-music concerts annually throughout the Mountain State. Currently in its 80th season, the WVSO is a proud member of the community and enriches the region by providing affordable, high-quality concerts, collaborations with West Virginia arts organizations and a nationally award-winning education program.
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The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra is West Virginia’s premier performing arts organization, presenting classical, pops, and chamber-music concerts annually throughout the Mountain State. Currently in its 78th season, the WVSO is a proud member of the community and enriches the region by providing affordable, high-quality concerts, collaborations with West Virginia arts organizations and a nationally award-winning education program.
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