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Sinfonia Gulf Coast
www.sinfoniagulfcoast.org
Office hours 9:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday
P.O. Box 6326
Destin, Florida 32550
Phone: 850.267.1478
info@sinfoniagulfcoast.org
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Sinfonia Music Director Named
Artistic Advisor for Seventh Annual September 11th Concert for Peace
in New York City.
Annual concert presented by NYC based Musicians
for Harmony at Merkin Concert Hall
New York City-based
Musicians for Harmony has announced that conductor
Demetrius Fuller has been invited to serve as
Artistic Advisor for the seventh annual "Concert for
Peace" at New York City's famed Merkin Hall. "This is an
incredible opportunity and I am honored to be a part of it. It will be
nice to reunite with several members of the Iraqi National Symphony
that I had the pleasure of working with during our historic visit to
Northern Iraq last summer," states Fuller.
Highlights of the
evening include the US premiere of "Janan-Requiem,"
composed by Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra's Music
Director Mohammed Amin Ezzat and will feature
Karim Wasfi, principal cellist of the Iraqi orchestra.
Maestro Fuller worked extensively with both Mr. Wasfi and the Iraqi
National Symphony during his historic trip to Northern Iraq in 2007.
At the time, Edward Wong of The New York Times described that somber
Baghdad event as follows:
But the mood soon darkened for a piece
called "Requiem." A cello solo, it was slow and mournful and haunting,
composed as an elegy for his country. "It's just like a person who's
dying," the conductor, Muhammad Amin Ezzat, 45, said after the
concert, held on a recent evening at a fading social club in western
Baghdad."
The hundreds of Iraqis and the handful of Western
diplomats in the audience seemed hypnotized, as did the burly guards
toting Kalashnikovs.
The evening also features a premiere of a Walt
Whitman themed piece commissioned specifically for Musicians for
Harmony as well as performances by the Shanghai String Quartet and The
Knights whose directors, Colin & Eric Jacobsen, are
the new Artistic Directors of Musicians for Harmony.
Colin
Jacobsen, a recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant, first played to
critical acclaim at age fourteen as soloist with the New York
Philharmonic under Kurt Masur and performs frequently with the Chamber
Music Society of Lincoln Center. Eric Jacobsen has appeared with Renée
Fleming at the opening of Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, and on the
Late Show with David Letterman.
For more information, please call
850-267-1478 or visit the following link:
http://kaufman-center.org/merkin-concert-hall/event/musicians-for-harmony
For more Sinfonia information please visit
www.SinfoniaGulfCoast.org
Sinfonia
2008 - 2009 Concert Season Calendar
An Unforgettable Evening with Natalie Cole**
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
7:30 pm
The daughter of
America's most beloved balladeer will tug at your heartstrings as she
exchanges verses with her father in the most beloved ballad of them
all, "Unforgettable." Have no doubt that the
rest of the evening will be a musical homage to great songwriters
past and present.
The Emerald Coast Conference Center ballroom will
be transformed into an elegant concert setting with table and single
seating. Members of Sinfonia will join Ms. Cole and her band
for
an amazing evening of musical storytelling.
Limited front seating
available.
$50, $75 or $125 each
**This Gala Event is separate
from the main season and is not included in the season tickets.
Save Money with a Season Ticket.
Bach & Beyond:
Classical Connections #1
Tuesday, November 15, 2008
Grace Lutheran Church, Destin
Daniel Alfred Wachs, piano
Travel back in time
with Sinfonia in the debut of Classical Connections as we explore the
great foundations of the classical repertoire. Conductor/pianist,
Daniel Wachs, will play and conduct from the piano in Beethoven's
triumphant first piano concerto. Maestro Fuller brings the performance
to a brilliant close in the regional premiere of Ludwig's witty fourth
symphony.
Tickets: $30 each
Sinfonia in G
J.S. Bach
Concerto for Piano no. 1 in C, Op. 15
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in B Flat , Op. 60
Ludwig van Beethoven
A Celtic Christmas
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Grace Lutheran Church, Destin
Featuring the instrumental ensemble Mithril.
Enjoy
your favorite holiday music and celebrate the season with Sinfonia and
one of the
most sought after Celtic/World music groups on the
concert scene today. The band's unique progressive style has its roots
in traditional Celtic music but moves far beyond that, weaving such
diverse influences as American folk, classical, and world melodies
into their full
tapestry of sound.
Tickets:
$30 each
Mendelssohn's Birthday Bash
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Grace Lutheran Church, Destin
Caroline Goulding, violin
Celebrating the 200th
Anniversary of Felix Mendelssohn's birth! Sixteen-year-old virtuosa
Caroline Goulding returns to perform Mendelssohn's enthralling Violin
Concerto. Prokofiev's whimsical Symphony no. 1 "Classical" and the
rhythmically invigorating Symphony no. 4 "Italian" book-end the
performance. Stick around for birthday cake after the performance.
Mendelssohn still sounds great after 200 years!
Tickets:
$37.50 each
Symphony no. 1 "Classical"
Sergei
Prokofiev
Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64
Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony no. 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"
Felix Mendelssohn
Beyond the
Score:
Classical Connections #2
EXPOSED
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Emerald Coast Conference Center
Treat your Valentine to dinner and
a concert! Taste the delicious creations of Aramark Catering as they
host an elegant pre-theater menu at the Emerald Coast Conference
Center.*
This performance explores the life and times of
Tchaikovsky with a multimedia presentation featuring narration by the
Seaside Rep, dancers from the Ballet Conservatory and vocalists from
Pro-Arte Chorale. The second half is the full performance of this
magnificent orchestral showpiece. Think of it as the classical version
of E! True Hollywood Story.
Tickets: $37.50 each
Symphony no. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
P.I. Tchaikovsky
“Beyond
the Score Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4”,
Beyond the Score® is
produced by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra”
Gerard McBurney,
Creative Director, Beyond the Score®
Martha Gilmer, Executive
Producer, Beyond the Score®
*Special Pre-Concert dinner available.
Elegant pre-theater menu at the Emerald Coast Conference Center
created by Aramark Catering.
Time Travel:
Classical Connections #3
Sunday, March
29, 2009 at 3:00pm
Good News United Methodist, Santa Rosa Beach
Manhattan Piano Trio
Demetrius Fuller,
clarinet
The internationally acclaimed Manhattan Piano Trio joins
Maestro Fuller (on clarinet) in a
very special performance
featuring the regional premieres of Olivier Messiaen's Quartet
for
the end of time and Peter Schickele's (aka PDQ BACH) whimsical Quartet
for Clarinet
& Piano Trio.
Tickets: $30
each
Quautour pour le fin de temps
(Quartet for the end
of time)
Olivier Messiaen
Quartet for Piano Trio & Clarinet
Peter Schickele
Performances begin
at 8pm so our patrons have time to dine before the concert at
any of the conveniently located restaurants around the ECCC. Check
your Sinfonia program for special offers from our partners.
Sinfonia Gulf Coast is committed to entertaining,
educating and inspiring the community through imaginative and innovative musical
programming. Our goal is to enrich and expand the traditional orchestral
experience through unique artistic disciplines and collaborations, enhancing our
region's cultural vitality.
Season Ticket Sponsor:
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www.sinfoniagulfcoast.org
Office hours 9:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday
P.O. Box 6326
Destin, Florida 32550
Phone: 850.267.1478
info@sinfoniagulfcoast.org
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