Season at a glance
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THE SYMPHONY SERIES: 2012-2013
“Beethoveniana” – Tuesday, October 23, 2012, 7:30 p.m. at Cordiner Hall
“Inside the Music” pre-concert talk, 6:30 p.m., Reid Campus Center Ballroom
Beethoven - Overture to Creatures of Prometheus
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major “Emperor” with guest soloist Mei-Ting Sun, pianist
Beethoven – Symphony No. 8 Op. 93 in F Major
“Messiah” – Sunday, December 2, 2012, 3 P.M. at WW University Church
Handel – Messiah with soloists Molly Holeran, soprano; Angela Niederloh, mezzo-soprano; Wesley Rogers, tenor, and Jeremy Irland, baritone
Kraig Scott, organ
With Mid-Columbia Mastesingers, Justin Raffa, Artistic Director
“Romeo and Juliet” – Tuesday, February 12, 2013, 7:30 p.m. at Cordiner Hall
“Inside the Music” pre-concert talk, 6:30 p.m., Reid Campus Center Ballroom
Berlioz – Romeo et Juliette, Op. 17 Love Scene
Wagner – Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Prokofiev – Romeo and Juliet - Orchestral Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter
“Walla Walla Symphony and PROJECT Trio” – Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 7:30 p.m. at Cordiner Hall
“Inside the Music” pre-concert talk, 6:30 p.m., Reid Campus Center Ballroom
John David Earnest – Chasing the Sun
PROJECT Trio – Fast, Random Roads Suite
with PROJECT Trio, Greg Pattillo, flute, Eric Stephenson, cello, and Peter Ssymour, bass
Ferde Grofe – Grand Canyon Suite
“Verdi Requiem” – Tuesday, May 14, 2013, 7:30 p.m. at Cordiner Hall
Verdi – Requiem
with guest artists Janeanne Houston, soprano; Lucille Beer, mezzo-soprano; Carl Moe, tenor; and Richard Zeller, baritone
with Walla Walla Choral Society, Christine Janis, Music Director and Conductor
YOUTH AND FAMILY CONCERTS: 2012-2013
Family “Foodraiser” Concert, Thursday, November 15, 2012, 7 p.m. at Cordiner Hall
General Admission – free with non-perishable food item
Sarasate – Zigeunerweisen with guest artist Diana Wang, violin
Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf with NWPR’s Robin Rilette and Gillian Coldsnow, narrators, with dance students of Idalee Hutson-Fish from The Dance Center
Sponsored by Community Bank, Key Technology, Tallman's, Walla Walla UB, Whitman College
Family Concert, Saturday, April 20, 2013, 2 p.m. at Cordiner Hall
Featuring the Walla Walla Symphony, PROJECT Trio, and members of the Walla Walla Symphony Youth Orchestra
PROJECT Trio – Fast, Talking, Trio Solo Work, Beatbox Demo, Winter in June, Peter and the Wolf, performers Greg Pattillo, flute, Eric Stephenson, cello, Peter Seymour, bass
Sponsored by Columbia REA
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SPECIAL CONCERTS 2012-2013
The Nutcracker with the Eugene Ballet, Toni Pimble, Artistic Director, two performances:
Saturday, December 15, 2012, 2 p.m. matinee and 7:30 p.m. at Cordiner Hall
Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker
with students from The Dance Center, Idalee Hutson-Fish, Artistic Director; youth chorus directed by Christine Janis
Sponsored by Banner Bank; Lodging Sponsor Holiday Inn Express
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Midsummer Night Music
General Admission, Power House Theatre
Friday, July 13, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 14, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 15, 2012, 3 p.m.
Mozart – Overture from Don Giovanni
Mozart – Non piu, Tutto ascoltai from Idomeneo with guest artists Nicole Greenidge Joseph, soprano, and Lindsay Deutsch, violin
Mozart – Mi tradi quell’alma ingrata from Don Giovanni with Nicole Greenidge Joseph, soprano
Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major with Lindsay Deutsch, violin
Barber – Sure On This Shining Night (poem by James Agee), Nicole Greenidge Joseph, soprano
Floyd – The Trees on the Mountain, Nicole Greenidge Joseph, soprano
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue, Lindsay Deutsch, violin
Gershwin – Oh Bess, Where’s My Bess, It Ain’t Necessarily So, Summertime, Nicole Greenidge Joseph, soprano, Lindsay Deutsch, violin
Sponsored by Baker Boyer Bank
“Messiah” in the Tri-Cities, Washington, Saturday, December 1, 2012, 7:30 p.m., Faith Assembly Church, 1800 N. Road 72, Pasco, WA
Handel – Messiah with Molly Holleran, soprano, Angela Niederloh, mezzo-soprano, Wesley Rogers, tenor, Jeremy Irland, baritone, Kraig Scott, organ with Mid-Columbia Mastersingers, Justin Raffa, Artistic Director
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GUEST ARTIST SOIREE SERIES 2012-2013
Saturday, October 20, 2012, 7:30 p.m. at Catharine Chism Recital Hall, Music Building, on the Whitman Campus
Mei-Ting Sun, pianist
Saturday, April 20, 2013, 7:30 p.m., at Walla Walla Community College Fine Arts Auditorium
PROJECT Trio
Saturday, May 11, 2013, 7:30 p.m., at Walla Walla Community College Fine Arts Auditorium
Verdi Requiem vocal soloists: Janeanne Houston, soprano, Lucille Beer, mezzo-soprano, Robert McPherson, tenor, Richard Zeller, baritone