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🍉 Peter Piper Packed the Perfect Picnic for the Park.
Order your picnic for Pops in the Park at Quiet Waters Park from Main&Market by noon on August 28th for quick and easy pick up just in time for the concert by 4:30pm on September 1. Email [email protected] or call 410-626-0388 ext. 5.
The picnic menu is available on our website at https://annapolissymphony.org/events/popsqw/
“I very much look forward to presenting this fun-filled program to our community on Labor Day weekend in the incomparable scenery and surroundings of Downs Park and Quiet Waters Park.
We have created a program serving as a prelude to our upcoming unique sea*on celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. We will be honoring the achievements of this legal landmark by presenting music from composers of very diverse backgrounds and commending the achievements of role models for African American, Latinx, Asian American, and Women artists.
Complementing this program we will showcase blockbuster soundtracks, purely uplifting selections that will appeal to many different tastes and, why not, some surprises as well. This is truly an event not to be missed!” - Artistic Director and Conductor José-Luis Novo.
Learn more about our FREE Pops in the Park concerts on our website AnnapolisSymphony.org.
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Mozart was a hot commodity both as a composer and virtuoso performer during his years in Vienna. In the short period between 1782 and 1786, commissions were coming in like a flood, and he was able to live quite high off the hog. In fact, he composed 17 concertos during this time.
In 1786, Mozart wrote two masterpieces in one month: the first was "No. 23 in A major K. 488", one of the most consistently popular of his concertos. At the time, Mozart was also writing the opera "Le nozze di Figaro". K. 488 has all the characteristics of a composer at the height of his powers, although Mozart was only 30 when he wrote it.
Mozart’s piano concertos are structured in three movements, the first usually the most complex and longest, followed by a slower, quieter second movement, and then a rondo or sonata. K. 488 follows this pattern. Slow movements in minor keys are uncommon in works by Mozart. An “adagio” marking is rare, too. Listen for these in the performance, particularly the bassoon’s imitation of the clarinet and violins. The restrained first movement, and slow sad second are followed by a glorious third that will keep our guest pianist Brain Ganz in constant motion.
Want to learn more, experience the music, and enjoy Brian Ganz - Pianist live at Maryland Hall or Strathmore? Purchase a FlexPass to enjoy your choice of 3 or 4 concerts in our 63rd sea*on. A FlexPass offers the most flexibility at the best prices and comes with other great perks. Learn more and purchase your FlexPass today. Single tickets for Masterworks I with guest artist Brian Ganz will be available starting August 1, 2024 on our website.
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Photo: Pianist Brian Ganz at Strathmore.
Our Sea*on 63 opening night is less than 12 weeks away, and we're counting down the moments until we kick the sea*on off with music by composer Tania León. In case you're not familiar with Ms. León's work, we'd like to introduce you.
Tania León (1943 – ) is highly regarded as a composer, conductor, educator, and advisor to arts organizations. Just a few of her accomplishments include:
✅ Founding member and first Music Director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem, Founder of the Dance Theatre of Harlem's Music Department, Music School and Orchestra
✅ Founder of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Community Concert Series
✅ Founder of the Sampler Concerts series presented by the Whitney Museum of American Art at Atria.
✅ Co-founder of the American Composers Orchestra’s Sonidos de las Américas festivals
✅ New Music Advisor to Kurt Masur and the New York Philharmonic
✅ U.S. Artistic Ambassador of American Culture in Madrid, Spain.
Her awards include:
🏆 Chamber Music America’s 2022 National Service Award
🏆 Harvard University’s 2022 Luise Vosgerchian Teaching Award
🏆 A recipient of the 45th Annual Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievements (2022)
🏆 Grammy and Latin Grammy nominations for Best Contemporary Classical Composition
🏆 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Music
We're kicking off Sea*on 63 October 4th and 5th at Maryland Hall and October 6th at Strathmore with León’s composition "Pasajes", written in 2022 in collaboration with New Music USA’s “Amplifying Voices” program. "Pasajes" recalls scenes from León’s early life in Cuba, including reminisces of the melodies of Latin American cultures, rhythms indicating the pulse of Caribbean culture, and the dances of carnival.
Purchase a subscription to 3 or 4 Masterworks performances today to save big and to access your favorite benefits. Explore our subscriptions on our website AnnapolisSymphony.org.
❤️🤍💙 Happy Independence Day! Celebrate safely, with good friends, and - of course - good music 🎶.
Remember: today marks just about 8 weeks to Labor Day and Pops in the Park! See you there!
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It was on this day, July 2, 1964, that President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law one of the most significant pieces of civil rights legislation in history — the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
This courageous and necessary act prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, s*x, or national origin. The Civil Rights Act opened a world of possibilities for working artists, especially those inspired to create art that reflected activism against social injustices in society.
Maestro José-Luis Novo will commemorate this important anniversary in his Sea*on 63 artistic programming. He said: "The Civil Rights Act codifies the core humanitarian values that have made our society so much richer. Regardless of how people embrace diversity in their political views, without it, we wouldn’t have the art, music, or culture in our society as we know it now. Art is always leading the way. The music of Sea*on 63 is a good way to make a connection between art and life, so we can see the role art plays in bringing us to where we are.”
Many of the classical composers presented in Sea*on 63 wrote music that foretold diversity, inclusion, and equity in terms of origin, education, social standing, and ethnicity. Theirs were some of the first steps taken to ensure that the world we live in now increasingly makes this diversity a possibility.
Please join us in Sea*on 63 to experience all the rea*ons that Music Matters, especially in the inclusion of important contemporary composers like Leonard Bernstein, Tania León, Adolphus Hailstork, and Sonia Matos-Morales, as well as the classical works of social and cultural vanguards such as Mozart, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Mussorgsky, and Alberto Ginastera. We will be joined this year by guest artists Brian Ganz, Netanel Draiblate, Alex Kovling, Noah Bendix-Balgley, and Dalí Quartet, whose members come from Latin America. Finally, join us to celebrate the World Premier of Canadian composer Dr. Roydon Tse, a co-commission with the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music.
Learn more about Maestro Novo's artistic vision in our Sea*on 63 booklet. Click here: https://bit.ly/3L8LSBr
Be sure to check out our friends over at Main & Market for your Pops in the Park picnic! Hey- why wait? They have THE BEST lunch and brunch- stop by today!
Mark your calendars and reserve FREE tickets at Quiet Waters Park for "Pops in the Park" on Sunday, September 1st at 5:30pm 🌳 Our friends at the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra are presenting the perfect end-of-summer concert for everyone in the family. Plan ahead and customize a catered picnic spread through Main & Market or keep things simple by calling ahead and ordering curbside pick-up from the cafe. 🎼🍔🥗🎻🥪🍰
😍 Maestro José Luis Novo is not only the Conductor and Artistic Director of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra. He's also a much-respected icon in our community, a cherished colleague, and a great friend to many!
🏆 This year we're celebrating 20 years of his leadership and impact. We want to hear from you! Please comment here with your favorite story, quotes, thoughts, or memories, or email us at [email protected]. DEADLINE: August 1
📸 Please feel free to post or email us your favorite photos too, as we're collecting them for a very special project. DEADLINE: August 1.
Thank you, and if you see Maestro out and about, be sure to congratulate him on 20 years at the A*O!👏 🎉
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Our performances at Maryland Hall always begin with a friendly message "please silence your mobile device". Should your mobile device ring during a performance, you may invoke the hard stare 🤨 of Conductor José-Luis Novo, especially if we're recording the performance 😨. His response isn't unusual.
In 2009, Captain David Alpar and the The United States Air Force Band of Liberty commissioned composer James Stephenson to write Concerto for Cell Phone📱. It's a light-hearted commentary on interruptions that take place in a concert hall. The piece is cleverly derived from 6 popular cell phone ringtones, in which the ensemble accompanies the "cell-phonist." Concerto for Cell Phone is always a huge hit for performers and audiences!👏
🌳 Bring your friends, family, and neighbors to enjoy Concerto for Cell Phone - and 12 other pieces! - at Pops in the Park at Quiet Waters Park and Pops in the Park at Downs Park. These events are completely FREE and open to young, old, and everything in between! Please visit our website for more information and to register for raffle prizes: https://annapolissymphony.org/events/pops-in-the-park/
This event is made possible by The Arts Council of Anne Arundel County and Anne Arundel County Department of Recreation and Parks
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The Annapolis Symphony Orchestra is Anne Arundel County's oldest and largest performing arts organization. We've been bringing beautiful music to our community since 1962. Join us in Sea*on 63 to celebrate this legacy, and the 20th anniversary of conductor José-Luis Novo's tenure at the A*O.
Subscribe now for a Masterworks, FlexPass, or Strathmore package to get the best seats at the best price, ultimate flexibility, and many other perks! Subscribe on our website.
This year's programming includes Amazing Guest Artists, Contemporary Composers, a World Premier by new composer Roydon Tse, Traditional Classical Music, Revered Favorites, and so much that's new and exciting!
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🙋♂️ 🙋♀️ 🐾 Raise your hand if you've purchased your Annapolis Symphony Orchestra Masterworks, FlexPass, or Strathmore subscription for Sea*on 63!
If you're a returning subscriber who hasn't renewed, please remember that the deadline to keep your current seats is June 30 - 1 week from today!!! 📆
❗❗❗ After that date, any seats not locked in go on sale for new subscribers! Single ticket sales open on August 1, 2024.
🤔 What are you missing out on when you don't renew or purchase a new subscription? That's easy to answer: ALL THE PERKS!
Surveys show that our subscribers love ✅ choosing and keeping their seat all sea*on, ✅ locked in pricing, ✅ the ability to exchange tickets at no charge, and their ✅ 20% discount on Holiday Pops tickets. ✅ Plus, they really like being the first to know when we have exclusive drops, like the announcement for the next sea*on.
So hurry up! Get the best seats at the best price today - before it's too late!! Subscribe now on our website, or call the Box Office at 410-263-0907.
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It's International Picnic Day. This begs the question - What makes a great picnic?
💡We have some ideas:
1) An A*O Symphony+ recording in the background (check out our library of music on our website at annapolissymphony.org/symphonyplus-home/)
2) Good food, good company, good drinks, good blanket, good location, and all that jazz....
⁉️ Now you tell us - IYO what makes a perfect picnic? Best Music? Favorite or memorable locale? ⛰ Champagne recommendations? 🥂
Join us for a community BYO picnic at Quiet Waters or Downs Park this Labor Day weekend at Pops in the Park. This FREE event brings together family and friends and is open to the entire community! Tickets are not required, but when you register, you're automatically entered to win great prizes like tickets to our concerts. Register now on our website at annapolissymphony.org/events/pops-in-the-park/
As we look toward our Pops in the Park concerts at Downs Park in Pasadena and at Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis, we're thinking about picnics. What will be in your basket 🛒?
Have an idea or recipe you want to share? Drop it in the comments!
🌳 The Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maestro José-Luis Novo, is pleased to present the perfect end-of-summer soundtrack for everyone in the family.
Mark your calendar now to attend our Pops in the Park concert, sponsored by Anne Arundel County Arts Council and Anne Arundel County Department Of Recreation and Parks. This concert is for FREE for all.
August 31, 2024 at 11:30am at Downs Park
September 1, 2024 at 5:30pm at Quiet Waters Park Stage
Rain Date: September 2, 2024 at 5:30pm at Quiet Waters Park
BYO blanket, chairs, and a picnic! Alcoholic beverages are not permitted in Anne Arundel County parks. Get all the details on our website at AnnapolisSymphony.org.
A special thanks to Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman and Anne Arundel County Council members for your support!
🎊 Oh what fun they had at Annapolis Symphony Academy Day at Maryland Hall last weekend! Check out their page for this photo dump and one other! Thank you to everyone who supported this great event! See you next year!
This weekend, the Annapolis Symphony Academy celebrated ASA Day at Maryland Hall. 🌟What. A. Great. Day!🌟 More pictures, stories, and appreciation to come, but we wanted to thank FA*O - Friends of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra for their wonderful donation, presented by former President of the A*O Board of Trustees, Mr. Jim Cheevers to ASA founder Netanel Drailblate, Airline Violinist.
Photo: Richard Brown
The Annapolis Symphony Orchestra is proud and excited to present the 2024-2025 Masterworks Series of performances at Maryland Hall in Annapolis and Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda, Maryland. “We are thrilled to unveil our 63rd sea*on lineup, which promises to celebrate inclusivity, diversity, and the enduring power of music to unite us,” said José-Luis Novo, Artistic Director and Conductor of the A*O. “As we embark on this journey, we invite our community to join us in honoring the Year of Civil Rights in Maryland, as declared by Maryland Governor Wes Moore while embracing the spirit of belonging that lies at the heart of our shared humanity.”
The Sea*on 63 Masterworks series will captivate audiences with ten performances over five weekends. The program boasts a mix of classical and contemporary compositions, showcasing the timeless works of Beethoven, Mozart, Ravel, Bruckner, Shostakovich, and others, alongside contemporary composers like Tania León, Adolphus Hailstork, and Leonard Bernstein. Notable guest artists will amaze and delight our audiences, including pianist Brian Ganz - Pianist, Airline Violinist Netanel Draiblate, hornist Alex Kovling, violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley, and the string quartet Dali String Quartet.
Sea*on 63 will also include the world premiere of a new composition by Dr. Roydon Tse, co-commissioned by the A*O and the Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music (GLFCAM). This première represents Maestro Novo’s and the A*O’s commitment to nurturing new talent.
In addition to performances at Maryland Hall and Music Center at Strathmore, the A*O will host two FREE community concerts over Labor Day weekend at Anne Arundel County Department of Recreation and Parks Quiet Waters Park and Downs Park, offering the gift of music to audiences of all ages and backgrounds. The sea*on will also feature Holiday Pops Concerts at Maryland Hall and Severna Park High School and engaging School and Family Concerts at Maryland Hall.
Subscriptions are available for to the public on the A*O website at AnnapolisSymphony.org/subscribe, by calling the Box Office at 410-263-0907, or by emailing [email protected]. Subscriptions enable patrons and music lovers to benefit from significant discounts, guaranteed pricing, the best seats, the most flexibility, and first access to single tickets for the annually sold-out Maryland Hall Holiday Pops concert.
The Sea*on 63 Masterworks Series is presented by the Brian and Patricia Giese Foundation, giesefoundation.org.
Read the full press release here: https://annapolissymphony.org/news/sea*on63announcement/
Learn more about the music for each Masterworks concert here:
https://annapolissymphony.org/events/
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🇪🇸 Maestro José-Luis Novo, Director of Development Lauren Silberman, and Director of Education and Community Outreach Julie Nolan visited the Embassy of Spain in Washington, DC this morning to meet with Cultural Counselor Miguel Albero, Director of Cultural Programs Paula Sánchez Lahoz, and Alba Fernandez about potential partnerships. We look forward to creating exciting many musical moments with the Embassy in Sea*on 63!
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What a weekend!!! We wrapped up Sea*on 62 with two amazing concerts at Maryland Hall. We keep hearing from our patrons "Wow, that was the best concert we've ever attended", and we love this pressure to always grow, always amaze our audiences, and always share a love for music. Thank you to our supporters!
If you attended Masterworks VI: This Midnight Hour this weekend, let us know your thoughts in the comments.
Photos of our musicians are by our volunteer professional photographer Richard Brown. Thank you so much for your experience and skill, we love your work!
Today Maestro José-Luis Novo joined A*O musicians Netanel Draiblate (Concertmaster), Kimberly Valerio (Principal Flute), and Patrick Reynard (Principal Bass) at the home of President of the A*O Board of Trustees Shelley Row for a wonderful discussion about music and Masterworks VI. If you want to learn more about the captivating musicology for this weekend's performances, please be sure to join WBJC's Jonathan Palevsky for an informative discussion both evenings at 6:30 in the Maryland Hall auditorium.
Tickets available only on the A*O website. See you at the show!
The Annapolis Symphony Academy is delighted to announce that auditions are open for all ensembles. An audition is required to participate in the Academy’s four tuition-free ensembles. There is no cost to audition for any ASA program. Learn more at
https://annapolissymphony.org/news/asa-auditions/.
Haven't purchased your tickets to Masterworks VI yet? Now is the time! Enjoy our last performance of Sea*on 62 this Friday or Saturday at 7:30 PM at Maryland Hall.
$10 student tickets are available by calling our Box Office at 410-263-0907.
Tickets @ AnnapolisSymphony.org
Joseph Haydn began his career in music as a young boy. At age five or six, Haydn moved from his parents’ home to live and study with his cousin, who was principal and choir director of the Hainburg church school. A few years later, Haydn moved to Vienna to be a choir boy, also studying music theory. His career as a choir boy was forced to end when his voice broke, and at age seventeen, Haydn entered the freelance professional world, making ends meet by performing, teaching, and composing. Under the patronage of Hungarian Prince Paul Anton Esterházy, he became one of the most notable composers in the world at that time.
🇬🇧 In 1791, Haydn made the first of two successful visits to London, each made possible by patronage from King George III and Queen Charlotte. Haydn was extremely popular with London audiences, where reviewers called his work “an object of homage,” “genius,” and “sublime”. Symphony No. 104 is the last of Haydn’s London symphonies. It premiered with great success on May 4, 1795, as part of a benefit concert in honor of the composer.
Join us to experience music as popular in 2024 as it was 229 years ago! Our Masterworks VI: This Midnight Hour performance music program includes Haydn's Symphony No. 104 in D major, “London”, living composer Anna Clyne's This Midnight Hour, and Sibelius' Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43. Tickets are available on our website.
$10 student tickets and discounts for active duty and retired service members, law enforcement and first responders are available by calling our Box Office at 410-263-0907.
🎨 Portrait of Jospeh Haydn by Thomas Hardy (1791)
Jean Sibelius began his epic Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43 in the winter of 1901, shortly after the successful premiere of his popular composition, Finlandia. He debuted the work in Helsinki in 1902, with Sibelius conducting. The performance sold out, as did three subsequent performances. Of the music Sibelius said, “My second symphony is a confession of the soul.”
Sir Colin Davis quoted Wordsworth for one of his recordings of the symphony with the London Symphony Orchestra:
Grand in itself alone, but in that breach
Through which the homeless voice of waters rose
That dark deep thoroughfare, had Nature lodged
The Soul, the Imagination of the whole.
Join the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra for Masterworks VI - This Midnight Hour, with works from Anna Clyne, Haydn, and Sibelius, May 10th and 11th at 7:30 PM at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis, Maryland. Purchase tickets only from our website: https://bit.ly/4aW0q2x
We love great reviews like this one:
"Dear A*O - before these tickets, I knew nothing about you. Now, I am so excited for the next opportunity that I can take in another performance. The event was fantastic and Mr. Pratt was fabulous. I loved the venue, parking and the friendly staff. It was an awesome evening. Thank you, thank you, thank you for making this possible. I scored huge with my date - she was in awe."
👍 ❤️ Like our performances? Comment here to let us know - we promise to pass on your kind words to Maestro José-Luis Novo and the A*O staff. Or even better: leave a review of your own right here on our page!
👏 👏 Yesterday, the 2024 Agatha Awards, representing the year's best traditional mysteries, were announced. Director of Development Lauren Silberman’s book Crime & Parchment won for Best First Mystery. Congratulations Lauren! We're so proud of your achievement! Daphne Silver, Cozy Mystery Author
Check out this great opportunity to experience A*O musician Hanbing Jia play with the NATIONAL CHAMBER ENSEMBLE on May 18th!
Now a resident of New Paltz, located in upstate New York, Anna Clyne was born in London, and studied in Edinburgh and New York City. Her interest in music began at age seven, when her family was given a piano; Clyne taught herself to play and composed pieces for herself and her friends to perform. She then started playing the cello, which began her love for orchestral music.
Clyne often refers to music as a “sound world,” a fitting term that encompasses her eclectic influences and exploration of the orchestra’s timbral potential. Her earlier style was electroacoustic, combining live musicians with prerecorded sounds, helping to push the limits of the orchestra. Her current style uses electronic processes in purely acoustic orchestration, which can be heard in This Midnight Hour, which was composed and premiered in 2015.
Starting with a groove laid down in the low strings, the piece juxtaposes pitch registers and melodies in different instrument groups, highlighting Clyne’s interest in melody and timbre. A sudden decrescendo leads to a thinner texture, introducing the second section of the piece that has a strong folk influence. The two sections of this piece are each based on a different poem, a process described in Clyne’s own program note that accompanies the score:
"The opening to This Midnight Hour is inspired by the character and power of the lower strings of L’Orchestre national d'Île-de-France. From here, it draws inspiration from two poems—one by Charles Baudelaire and another by Juan Ramón Jiménez. Whilst it is not intended to depict a specific narrative, my intention is that it will evoke a visual journey for the listener."
La Musica, by Juan Ramón Jiménez
(translated by Robert Bly)
¡La musica;
mujer desnuda,
Corriendo loca por la noche pura!
Music–
a naked woman,
Running mad through the pure night!
We can't wait to present Anna Clyne's work at Masterworks VI, This Midnight Hour, on May 10 and 11 at Maryland Hall. Please purchase your tickets on our website at
https://annapolissymphony.org/.
$10 student tickets and discounts for active and retired service members, law enforcement, and first responders are available. Please call our Box Office at 410-263-0907 to redeem these discounts.
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The Annapolis Symphony Orchestra’s Artistic and Conductor José-Luis Novo invites you to join our Double Your Harmony campaign! Three generous donors are matching all gifts to the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra up to $100,000 - but only through December 31st! 🎼 Here are just a few examples of how your gift, when matched, will bring sweet melodies to our community. 🎻 $50 becomes $100: Purchases sheet music for world-class performances 🎻 $100 becomes $200: Underwrites tickets for veterans and students 🎻 $500 becomes $1,000: Subsidizes tuition for an Annapolis Symphony Academy student 🎻 $1,500 becomes $3,000: Sponsors a talented section musician Donate today at www.annapolissymphony.org/support. Questions? Contact Lauren Silberman, Director of Development at [email protected] or call 410-267-3645. No matter the size of your donation, every gift will be matched, tax-deductible, and celebrated. Let's come together to create a harmonious chorus of support that will resound for years to come, ensuring the timeless legacy of music. Thank you for your generosity. #AnnapolisSymphony #ASO #AnnapolisClassical #DMVClassical #DMVSymphony #ClassicalMusic #Community #Orchestra #AnnapolisOrchestra
Pepe Romero playing his father’s music on a guitar built by his son Pepe Romero Guitars and Ukuleles in #AnnapolisMD at our Music at MidMorning event, in anticipation of Pepe’s performance of his godfather Joaquìn Rodrigo’s “Fantasia para un gentilhombre” at Masterworks II: A Taste of Spain at Maryland Hall November 3rd and 4th. Video is of classical guitarist Pepe Romero playing “Fantasia Cubana” by Celedonio Romero. #annapolis #marylandmusic #annapolissymphony #annapolisclassical #aso #annapolissymphony
About tonight at Maryland Hall … Gabriela Montero asked for a suggestion for music she could improvise from the audience, who offered her “Maria” from West Side Story. She wove this magic from that tune, an incredible and amazing sound that she says miraculously comes to her and can never be repeated because she creates it on the spot. We were so lucky to experience this mastery at Maryland Hall this evening! Thank you for the performance, Gabriela!
💎💎 Orion Youth Orchestra is an elite-level, tuition-free youth orchestra for advanced strings, winds, brass, percussion, harp, and keyboard students ages 12 and up. Students work weekly with Annapolis Symphony Orchestra Conductor José-Luis Novo. "The Orion Youth Orchestra is the jewel of the Annapolis Symphony Academy," said founder of the Annapolis Symphony Academy, Netanel Draiblate. "Many of these kids started playing by age five and have progressed through the stages of ensemble musical training. Their participation in the Orion Youth Orchestra is the apex of their pre-collegiate musical education." Orion students: ✅ Join sectional rehearsals with professional Annapolis Symphony Orchestra musicians. ✅ Perform exciting symphonic orchestral works in various venues. ✅ Collaborate with professional musicians and outstanding guest soloists. ✅ Experience side-by-side rehearsals and performances with professional musicians ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ‼️AUDITION ANYTIME!‼️ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ go to Tunedtoyouth.org to learn more about auditioning. Included with all Annapolis Symphony Academy Programs: 🎻 Workshops with professional musicians, instructors and conductors 🎻 Character and leadership-building competitions and challenges 🎻 Full orchestral scholarships for ALL admitted students across all ensembles 🎻 Performances with assigned chamber music group or youth orchestra 💰Internships available 📝Assistance with college, summer festival, and camp applications and auditions ❣️Community service opportunities Learn more and enroll now at https://www.tunedtoyouth.org/orion
The Annapolis Symphony Orchestra is pleased to present our 2023-2024 Masterworks season! Get ready to "Expect the Unexpected"! Subscribe for our Masterworks Series of 6 performances, Chamber Music Series, FlexPass of 3, 4, or 5 concerts for any Friday or Saturday performance you choose, or Series @ Strathmore now at AnnapolisSymphony.org/subcribe #expecttheunexpected #annapolis #annapolissymphony #MoreMusic Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts The Ballet Theatre of Maryland Annapolis Opera Live Arts Maryland Downtown Annapolis Partnership Annapolis Arts District The Arts Council of Anne Arundel County
The mission of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra is to inspire, educate, and enrich lives near and far by creating extraordinary musical experiences with uncompromising artistic excellence. As we prepare for our 2023-2024 season, we are more intent than ever on bringing More Music, To More Places, For More People. Stay tuned for our Season Subscription launch in May! Get ready to Expect the Unexpected! Musicians: Julian Schwartz and Netanel Draiblate, November, 2022 at Maryland Hall.
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Incredible evening of music. We’re so proud and inspired by our amazing musicians and Maestro Novo. #Mahler #mahler6 #annapolis #annapolismusic
Bob Jenkins, Acting Principal Percussion, warming up for Masterworks III with guest artist Jon Nakamatsu, Pianist at Music Center at Strathmore. What a beautiful way to pass a Sunday!
Who is ready for Masterworks III this weekend? 👋👋 Annapolis Opera Ballet Theatre of Maryland Maryland Hall #Annapolis #annapolismusic #symphony #Beethoven #Emperor
Reason #1 we know the evening is going to be a good one…. our ASO musicians and favorite Conductor!
We’ve read the music and checked it twice and our conductor’s sleigh is loaded (here’s some video from rehearsal). We are ready for tonight’s Holiday Pops performance, are you?? We can’t wait to see you dressed in your holiday best, whether that’s a tuxedo and gown or an ugly sweater.  See you soon!
Need some background music while you prepare your holiday meal? Subscribe to Symphony+ to listen to our Masterworks 1 or Masterworks II performances from this season. There's a library of concerts to access for the perfect accompaniment to your culinary symphonics. Hint: You're in for a real treat right around the end of the first half of Masterworks 2! Access Symphony+ on our website: https://bit.ly/3GAUkIN
Still reeling from this encore performance at ASO Masterworks II. Concertmaster Netanel Draiblate and Guest Cellist Julian Schwartz were absolutely brilliant! #Annapolis #AnnapolisMusic #Liebermann
That time Concertmaster Netanel Draiblate went tete-a-tete with Cellist Julian Schwartz at our Masterworks II performance in a dramatic encore. We're still raving. WOW! Bravo!
Have you been naughty, or nice? ASO Artistic Director and Conductor José-Luis Novo has holiday fun ready for the entire family at our Holiday Pops concert on 12/16. This performance sells out every year. Get your tickets now! https://sforce.co/3fTKZ3H #Annapolis #AnnapolisHoliday
Pepe Romero and the ASO were recently featured on Valencia news! Thank you to RTVE for the spotlight. #ASOSpainTour
Bravo! Our fabulous woodwind quintet concert was a success! Enjoy this clip from the concert yesterday.
One Annapolis Inaugural Ball 2021
Compromise Street
Crab Soup Cook-Off at the Maryland Seafood Fe
E College Pkwy
The Brass Dragon - Maryland Renaissance Festi
Crownsville Road
12 Voices at 49 West, Annapolis MD
West Street
The Lightbox: a contemporary portrait studio
West Street
