Northwest Sinfonietta

march 8 | 7:30pm rialto theater, Tacoma
march 9 | 2pm pioneer park Pavilion

freedom song

Jeffery Meyer conductor
Taylor Raven mezzo soprano
Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center
Tacoma Youth Chorus
Tacoma Youth Symphony Association

Quinn Mason Serenade for Strings (World Premiere)
Rollo Dilworth Dreams Take Flight Suite
Jessie Montgomery Five Freedom Songs
Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings

Featuring vocal sensation Taylor Raven and area youth from Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center, Tacoma Youth Chorus and Tacoma Youth Symphony, this program will inspire and move you. Northwest Sinfonietta opens with the premiere of a new Serenade for Strings by composer Quinn Mason, followed by a suite of works by Rollo Dilworth inspired by the poetry of Langston Hughes and featuring young dancers and voices from T.U.P.A.C. and Tacoma Youth Chorus. Jessie Montgomery uses the stories behind five spirituals to weave her powerful Five Freedom Songs for voice and strings, followed by Tchaikovsky’s beloved Serenade for Strings performed side-by-side with members of Tacoma Youth Symphony. Join us for this spectacular, four-way collaboration concert.

Running time with intermission — approximately 120 min

may 17 | 7:30pm rialto theater, tacoma
May 18 | 2pm pioneer park pavilion, puyallup

a midsummer night’s dream

Mei-Ann Chen conductor
Collaboration with Puget Sound Revels

Kian Ravaei Majnun in the Wilderness (World Premiere)
Richard Danielpour Breaking the Veil
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night’s Dream Incidental Music

Enter a Shakespearean midsummer night’s dream through Mendelssohn’s magical incidental music, where elves, fairies and spells have their way with we mere mortals. Puget Sound Revels partners for this performance, bringing the scenes to life with narration, costuming and tableau. This final program of our storytelling season, led by artistic partner Mei-Ann Chen, opens with two works drawing on the Persian heritage of living composers Kian Ravaei and Richard Danielpour.

Running time with intermission — approximately 95 min

october 25 | 7:30pm foss waterway seaport museum, Tacoma
october 26 | 2pm pioneer park Pavilion

fest

Yaniv Attar conductor
Kinan Azmeh clarinet

Johann Strauss II Tales from the Vienna Woods
Schubert Symphony No. 2
Jacobsen/Aghaei Ascending Bird
Kinan Azmeh Suite for Improvisor and Orchestra

Join us in October for music and merriment! A mini Oktoberfest opens the concert—local beers paired with Viennese favorites by Schubert and Johann Strauss II, the Waltz King. The party continues on the second half with the radiant Ascending Bird, followed by acclaimed clarinetist Kinan Azmeh performing his own, electrifying Suite for Improvisor and Orchestra.

dec 20 | 7:30pm courthouse square ballroom, tacoma
dec 21 | 2pm pioneer park pavilion, puyallup

flora & fauna

Rachell Ellen Wong violin
David Belkovski haprsichord

Telemann Violin Concerto in A Major, The Frogs
Biber Sonata Representativa
Vivaldi Violin Concerto in D Major, Grosso Mogul

Audience favorites Rachell Ellen Wong and David Belkovski return to bring nature-inspired soundscapes from the Baroque era to life with Northwest Sinfonietta strings. The inventive genius of Telemann, Vivaldi and Biber will surprise and delight you, with trilling birdsong, croaking frogs and even mewling cats. Let Northwest Sinfonietta entertain you and your family with a magical concert this holiday season.

mar 14 | 7:30pm rialto theater, tacoma
mar 15 | 2pm pioneer park pavilion, puyallup

Sky & stone

Yaniv Attar conductor

Angelique Poteat Pebble Conglomerate (Working Title) (WP)
Rautavaara Cantus Arcticus, Concerto for Birds and Orchestra
Beethoven Symphony No. 6, Pastoral

Experience the wonder of the great outdoors—inside the concert hall. We start close to home with a newly commissioned work by NWS clarinetist Angelique Poteat inspired by the unique Chuckanut Formation of sedimentary rock near Bellingham, Washington. Finnish composer Rautavaara's Cantus Arcticus takes us to the bogs of Finland and into the frozen tundra, using recorded birdsong to create a concerto for birds and orchestra. The concert concludes with Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony, where a dramatic storm interrupts but ultimately does not disturb our country idyll.

May 16 | 7:30pm asia pacific cultural center, tacoma
may 17 | 2pm pioneer park pavilion, puyallup

butterfly fantasy

Mei-Ann Chen conductor
Melissa White violin

Che-Yi Lee Dancing Strings
Chen/He Butterfly Lovers Concerto
Ravel Mother Goose (complete)

Artistic Partner Mei-Ann Chen joins us for this East meets West program. Following Che-Yi Lee's dynamic and virtuosic Dancing Strings, violinist Melissa White brings us the beloved Butterfly Lovers' Concerto, a tale of love, longing and transformation. Ravel's Mother Goose closes our season, with magical spinning wheels, pagodas, princesses and enchanted gardens.