Save the dates for Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra's Winter Concert February 28 & March 1 at BPA!
PLUS- on Saturday afternoon (February 28) - a special chamber-music prelude showcasing rarely-performed works by American composers: American Chamber Works

Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra presents RAISE THE ROOF! February 28 & March 1

"This music brings together an army of musicians - orchestra, pianist, and chorus - in unity and strength. Bainbridge Island is an incredible place to make music, and this program is our gift to you." - Maestro Wesley Schulz

FEATURED TIMPANIST

Gunnar Folsom is one of the Pacific Northwest's most in-demand percussionists and has performed with such luminaries as Patti Austin, David Benoit, Sheena Easton, Marvin Hamlisch, James Ingrahm, Al Jarreau, Melissa Manchester, Doc Severinsen, the Smothers Brothers, the Three Irish Tenors, and Allen Toussaint. Read more. Photo: Steve Korn.

SCHULZ IN THE NEWS
Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra's Music Director Wesley Schulz conducts the Seattle Symphony on February 17 in a concert featuring singer/songwriter Gregory Alan Isakov! Schulz is the 2014-2015 Conducting Fellow at the Seattle Symphony appointed by Music Director Ludovic Morlot. He has been lauded by BSO musicians and Island audiences since 2011. Read more. Photo: Ben Aqua.

THE PROGRAM
STRAUSS. R.: Introduction to Also sprach Zarathustra
PUTS: Millennium Canons
COPLAND: Down a Country Lane and Variations on a Shaker Melody
DAUGHERTY: Raise the Roof!
DVOŘÁK: American Suite, op. 98b
BEETHOVEN: Choral Fantasy
Read more about the program.

GUEST PIANIST

Mark Salman at Orchestra Seattle; Courtesy Photo

Hailed as a "heroic virtuoso," and "a dazzling performer," Mark Salman's performances have been described as "powerful," "astonishing, exacting and evocative," "dramatic," "wildly imaginative" and "touchingly lyrical." Of his performance of Beethoven's Hammerklavier sonata one authority stated, "there are probably only five or six pianists in the world who can play [it] as perfectly." Read more.

Music Director Wesley Schulz. Photo: Ben Aqua

SPREAD THE WORD!

SAVE THE DATES
February 28 & March 1
Saturday @ 7:30 p.m. + Sunday @ 3:00 p.m. (pre-concert chat Sunday @ 2:15 p.m.)

TICKETS

$19/$16 + youths (18 & under) free with paying adults thanks to Wicklund Dental's Youth in Music Initiative sponsorship @ 206.842.8569 or ONLINE

ANNE PELL & THE AMABILE CHOIR

The Amabile Choir is a group of 50 singers who seeks to inspire singers and audience members by performing choral music with love and joyful intention, enriching lives through musical excellence. Founder and Director Anne Pell is also the Director of Side by Side, Schola Nova, and Compline Choir, and the creator of the "For Our Children" benefit concerts performed locally each fall. Read more. Photo: Diane Walker.

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FILL THE DAY WITH MUSIC FEBRUARY 28!

American Chamber Works
Make a day of it! Enjoy an afternoon of chamber music by Glass, Ginestera, Riley, and others (free with purchase of orchestra ticket, or by donation), and follow it up with an evening at the symphony!

American Chamber Works - February 28 at BPA

DON'T MISS OUT ON SONDHEIM'S SUBLIME MUSIC AND HEARTFELT COMEDY, OPENING FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13!

Side by Side by Sondheim trailer

by Northwest Films

Please join us in thanking the BSO's Youth in Music Initiative Sponsor Wicklund Dental!

Concert tickets are free for youth (18 and under) when they are accompanied by a paying adult.

In this concert, we'll showcase our new set of timpani thanks to the generous support of the
Fletcher Bay Foundation, who also funded music acquisition for the season.

Bainbridge Performing Arts is grateful to our 2014 - 2015 Season Supporters:

BPA is supported, in part, by Bainbridge Community Foundation and One Call for All.
We are pleased to support Helpline House as our Special Community Partner.

Bainbridge Performing Arts promotes appreciation of and participation in the performing arts to build, educate and inspire our vibrant, creative community.