Garland Symphony Orchestra continues its 2015-16 Season, “Symphonic Treasures!” on February 19, 8 p.m. at the Granville Arts Center, Brownlee Auditorium in Garland. They are pleased to announce the members of the Lone Star Youth Orchestra who will be joining the symphony for a special performance of William Walton’s Crown Imperial March.
Casey Jones Jr., Rowlett High School, who is a member of the Lone Star Youth Orchestra will play the cello in the youth orchestra
Lone Star Youth Orchestra participants were selected based upon audition, musicianship and participation with the Lone Star Youth Orchestra.
GSO will feature Sara Daneshpour, pianist, performing the Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major.
Daneshpour is a finalist for the ProLiance Energy Classical Fellowship Awards of the American Pianists Association. She is the first prize winner of the XII Concours International de Musique du Maroc (Morocco, 2012), second prize winner of the 2007 William Kapell International Piano Competition, first prize and Gold Medal winner of the 2007 International Russian Music Piano Competition, and first prize of the 2003 Beethoven Society of America Competition. She is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music studying under Leon Fleisher and has studied under the direction of Dr. Oleg Volkov. She is presently pursuing her master’s degree at the Juilliard School with Professor Yoheved Kaplinsky.
Daneshpour has performed not only in her native city of Washington DC, but also in New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Russia, Germany, Finland, Estonia, Denmark, and Sweden. She has been heard on stages of such prestigious venues as the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Carnegie Hall in New York and at the Great Hall of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. She has also been featured nationwide on 160 public radio stations, including the venerable WGBH in Boston.
Ms. Daneshpour’s performances have earned high accolades of audiences and critics alike. The Washington Post wrote of her performance with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra “…she created transfixing poetry. And she found delightful details in passagework and incidents that other pianists treat as routine.” The Baltimore Sun stated that Sara “delivered a powerhouse account of Tchaikovsky’s Concerto No.1 producing enough tone for two pianists in the process”, while The Mercury News called her performance “…sensational. Strength, finesse, passion; it was all there.”
In addition to Ms. Daneshpour’s solo performances, the GSO will also feature the annual Great Movie Scores Quiz.
GSO credits its Music Director, Robert Carter Austin for its continued outstanding and diverse orchestral programming. Maestro Austin’s background encompasses over 30 years of professional music experience and includes degrees from MIT, Cambridge University, and Stanford University. Maestro Austin’s musical experience includes conducting performances in countries including: Korea, Ukraine, Canada, Italy, Spain, China, France, Germany, Mexico, Bulgaria, Ecuador, Colombia, Philippines, Guatemala, Dominican Republic and the United States.
Season tickets as low as $60! Single tickets are priced at $16.50, $26.50, $36.50 and $46.50. All are available by telephone 972-926-0611, fax 972-926-0811 or email (info@garlandsymphony.org). Group discounts are available. The Granville Arts Center is located at 300 N. Fifth Street in Garland.
More information: www.garlandsymphony.org and www.garlandsymphony.org/lsyo.