2023/24 Season Brochure

KAMLOOPS SYMPHONY 2023/24 SEASON

Welcome to our 2023–2024 season!

With great pleasure, I invite you to discover our 2023/24 Season, one that features local and international artists and celebrates tradition—and innovation— in symphonic music. Rich and diverse, our programming this season highlights beloved works by Mahler, Mozart, and Ravel, and gives you the opportunity to hear many exciting pieces for the first time in Kamloops. You’ll be at the edge of your seat with some of the most riveting American music, such as Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, and immersed in the tragic love story of Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet. Your young ones will even have a chance to discover the KSO with a special Family Concert, the Canadian premiere of author Dan Brown’s Wild Symphony.

Celebrate the festive season with Christmas with the KSO, then come on a Hypnotic Journey with a multisensory experience featuring the music of Julie Thériault. We will then bewitch you with music from the Red Violin, and Light the Night will carry you into Alma Mahler’s world through projected illustrations, in a symphonic graphic novel. You’ll also get to hear a different side of your orchestra when we perform the music of Pink Floyd with Jeans n’ Classics, mash up expressions of struggle, mourning, and hope for the future when Mozart Meets Margit Sky, and share the stage with versatile Juno Award winner Jeremy Dutcher.

From celebrating the 100th birthday of the Kamloopsborn “Dean of Canadian Jazz” Phil Nimmons, to sharing the stage with our very own KSO Chorus, we will also collaborate with stellar artists from our region, including Rachel Casponi, Heidi Muendel, Martin Krátký, and Margit Sky Project.

We can’t wait for you to join us for this exciting season!

DINA GILBERT Music Director

The Kamloops Symphony is honoured to perform within Secwépemc'ulucw, the unceded traditional lands of the Secwépemc peoples.

Season at a Glance

Daniel Clarke-Bouchard

Rhapsody in Blue

Hypnotic Journey

Light The Night: A

An Evening of Pink Floyd

Mozart Meets Margit Sky

Dutcher & The KSO

RHAPSODY IN BLUE

Sagebrush Theatre

Saturday September 23, 2023 • 2:00pm

Saturday September 23, 2023 • 7:30pm

A Fairfield by Marriott Kamloops Signature Performance

The Nexus at First

Sunday September 24, 2023 • 3:00pm

A Salmon Arm Series Performance

Sagebrush Theatre

September 22

Friday • 7:30pm

Enter into Autumn with musical musings on summertime, an enticing piano concerto composed by Florence Price, one of the first female AfricanAmerican composers to achieve success in her lifetime, and a tribute to Kamloops-born jazz clarinetist and composer Phil Nimmons. Cap it all off with Gershwin’s immensely popular Rhapsody in Blue.

Dina Gilbert • conductor

Daniel Clarke-Bouchard • piano

Rachel Casponi • soprano

PROGRAMME

Samuel Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915

George Gershwin Summertime

Florence Price Concerto for piano

Phil Nimmons Arrangements of Original Tunes

Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue

Daniel Clarke-Bouchard SOLO PIANO RECITAL

ROMEO & JULIET

Sagebrush Theatre

Saturday November 4, 2023 • 7:30pm

A Fairfield by Marriott Kamloops Signature Performance

Music from Prokofiev’s classic ballet is paired with a ground-breaking cello concerto that is taking the world by storm, performed by our very own Principal Cellist Martin Krátký. Ravel’s stunning masterpiece, his Mother Goose Suite, will open the concert.

Dina Gilbert • conductor

Martin Krátký • cello

PROGRAMME

Maurice Ravel Ma Mère l’Oye

Anna Clyne DANCE, for cello & orchestra

Sergei Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet (red. François Vallières)

DAN BROWN’S WILD SYMPHONY

Sagebrush Theatre

Sunday November 5 • 3:30pm

A Family Concert

Travel through the trees and across the seas with Maestro Mouse and his musical friends! You’ll meet a big blue whale and speedy cheetahs, tiny beetles, and graceful swans. Each has a special secret to share. Number 1 New York Times bestselling author Dan Brown makes his picture book debut with this mindful, humorous, musical, and uniquely entertaining book!

Dina Gilbert • conductor PROGRAMME

Dan Brown Wild Symphony

CHRISTMAS WITH THE KSO

Sagebrush Theatre

Saturday December 16, 2023 • 2:00pm

Saturday December 16, 2023 • 7:30pm

A Fairfield by Marriott Kamloops Signature Performance

Sunday December 17, 2023 • 2:00pm

A Kelson Group Pops Performance

Get into the holiday spirit with our annual celebration of the festive season! Featuring the KSO Chorus and students from the Kamloops Symphony Music School, this concert boasts a sparklingly jolly programme with traditional hits from the Baroque to today.

Dina Gilbert • conductor

KSO Chorus • Thomas Bijok, chorusmaster

Ingrid Mapson • soprano

PROGRAMME

J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3

Leopold Mozart Toy Symphony

Johann Strauss Radetzky March

Robert Shaw The Many Moods of Christmas

And more festive surprises!

HYPNOTIC JOURNEY

Sagebrush Theatre

Friday January 12, 2024 • 7:30pm

A Kelson Group Pops Performance

Saturday January 13, 2024 • 7:30pm

A Fairfield by Marriott Kamloops Signature Performance

A concert like no other. Take a stunning and transformative journey with music from Canadian composer Julie Thériault, combining her solo piano, strings, and electronics, seamlessly woven into one continuous multi-sensory experience with masterworks by minimalist pioneers Philip Glass and Arvo Pärt.

Dina Gilbert • conductor

Julie Thériault • pianist & composer

PROGRAMME

Original works by Julie Thériault, woven continuously with works by Philip Glass and Arvo Pärt

THE RED VIOLIN

Sagebrush Theatre

Saturday February 10, 2024 • 7:30pm

A Fairfield by Marriott Kamloops Signature Performance

The Nexus at First

Sunday February 11, 2024 • 3:00pm

A Salmon Arm Series Performance

Virtuosity shows up in many forms in this evocative concert featuring violinist Lara St. John. Music from the film The Red Violin is paired with a stunning reinterpretation of classic tunes from Bizet’s forever-loved Carmen.

Dina Gilbert • conductor

Lara St. John • violin

PROGRAMME

Milica Paranosic Roma Suite (selections)

John Corigliano Red Violin Suite

Rodion Shchedrin Carmen Suite

LIGHT THE NIGHT

Sagebrush Theatre

Saturday March 9, 2024 • 7:30pm

A Fairfield by Marriott Kamloops Signature Performance

The Nexus at First

Sunday March 10, 2024 • 3:00pm

A Salmon Arm Series Performance

A SYMPHONIC GRAPHIC NOVEL

In honour of International Women’s Day, this unique audiovisual experience will bring you close to often overlooked

Alma Mahler, Gustav Mahler’s talented wife. Illustrations by Pauline Stive stitched together as a symphonic narrative by Catherine Varvaro, will guide you through the defining moments in the life of this incredible woman, who sacrificed her career for the benefit of her husband’s.

Dina Gilbert • conductor

Heidi Mundel • soprano

Pauline Stive • illustrations

Conceived by Catherine Varvaro

PROGRAMME

Alma Mahler Bei dir ist es traut / Die stille Stadt (arr. Kelly-Marie Murphy)

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 5 (red. by Klaus Simon)

AN EVENING OF PINK FLOYD

Sagebrush Theatre

Friday March 22, 2024 • 7:30pm

A Kelson Group Pops Performance

Saturday March 23, 2024 • 7:30pm

As time goes by, Pink Floyd simply gets better and better. Our audiences adore the music, we love to perform it, and there is no question it has found a very sweet spot with the orchestras. Jeans’ n Classics returns to Kamloops to present highlights from “The Wall” plus “Dark Side of the Moon” in its entirety.

Jennifer Tung • guest conductor*

Jeans’ n Classics

*Participation made possible by the Kamloops Symphony’s partnership with Tapestry Opera and the Women in Musical Leadership Programme.

MOZART MEETS MARGIT SKY

Sagebrush Theatre

Saturday April 27, 2024 • 7:30pm

A Fairfield by Marriott Kamloops Signature Performance

Sunday April 28, 2024 • 2:00pm

Filled with all the drama and humanity of his stage masterpieces, Mozart’s Requiem, his monumental final work, grapples with the mystery of death in the same way his operas grapple with the beauty and complexity of being alive. This magnificent masterpiece is paired with songs by local folk-rock duo, Margit Sky Project, expressing similar concepts of struggle, mourning a loss, and a sense of hope for the future.

Dina Gilbert • conductor

KSO Chorus • Tomas Bijok, chorusmaster

Margit Sky Project

PROGRAMME

Wolfgang Mozart Requiem

Margit Sky A Selection of Songs

JEREMY DUTCHER & THE KSO

Sagebrush Theatre

Friday May 17, 2024 • 7:30pm

A Kelson Group Pops Performance

Saturday May 18, 2024 • 7:30pm

A Fairfield by Marriott Kamloops Signature Performance

Vocalist, pianist, and composer Jeremy Dutcher exploded onto the Canadian music scene following his sensational debut album “Wolastoqiyik

Lintuwakonawa” which won the Polaris Music Award in 2018. Based on centuries old traditional Indigenous melodies from the Wolastoqiyik Nation, the songs have been re-imagined and reinvigorated with elements of pop, rock, and opera to create a dramatic and unique musical experience.

Dina Gilbert • conductor

Jeremy Dutcher • tenor & pianist

PROGRAMME

Jeremy Dutcher Various works (arr. Lucas Waldin)

New to the Symphony?

We get it. To outsiders, classical music can seem like a strange ancient ritual, something only enjoyed as a member of a secret organization. But we don’t want it to be. The two most asked questions people have before attending their first classical music concert are:

What should I wear?

First and foremost, you should be comfortable. We don’t have a dress code, so wear what feels right for you. If you love a good excuse to dress to the nines, go for it. Or if you would prefer to keep it more casual, you won’t be the only one dressed down. We’re happy to have you join us and hope that you have a wonderful concert experience; your concert attire doesn’t matter.

When should I clap?

Audiences used to be rowdier at classical concerts, and then around the 20th Century the “new normal” became to wait until a piece was finished before applauding. The problem is not everyone knows about this unwritten rule. Generally, if a piece has multiple movements (think different chapters in a book) most people now wait until they are completed before applauding. That said, if you feel moved to applaud before one of these “allowed” times, feel free to do so. Nobody on the stage is going to glare at you or try to make you feel bad. They’re probably going to be quite pleased to hear that you are enjoying the performance

We can’t wait to welcome you soon. For more commonly asked questions, go to kamloopssymphony.com/symphony101.htm

Patron Information

• In consideration of our performers and patrons, latecomers will not be admitted until there is a suitable break in the performance. If you need to exit during the performance, please do so quietly. You will be reseated at an appropriate time in the concert.

• Short video recordings and personal photos are allowed, but we ask that you do so only during applause, and to be mindful of those around you as the light from your phone can be a distraction.

• Please silence all personal electronic devices that may make sound during the concert.

• All of our venues are scent-free. Do not wear perfume, cologne, or other scented products. Some audience members and musicians are sensitive or allergic to scented products.

• Talking, coughing, or other noise disturbs both the performers and the other audience members. If necessary, please leave the performance area as quietly as possible.

Phone 250.372.5000

Email info@kamloopssymphony.com

Office Kelson Hall Centre for Arts & Education 330 St. Paul Street, Kamloops BC V2C 5R8 kamloopssymphony.com

Subscription Packages

PRESTIGE PACKAGE

11 concerts. Includes all Signature & Pops performances plus the Daniel Clarke-Bouchard Piano Recital and Dan Brown’s Wild Symphony

before August 31)

FAIRFIELD BY MARRIOTT KAMLOOPS

8 concerts. Includes all Signature performances.

KELSON GROUP POPS

4 concerts. Includes all Pops concerts.

SALMON ARM SERIES

3 concerts. Includes Rhapsody in Blue, Red Violin, and Light the Night.

EARLY

August 31

FLEX PASS

6 tickets to use however you want to any Signature or Pops concerts. Valid only for the 2023/24 Season. Best value if used for Tier One seats.

One Price: $239.95

SINGLE TICKETS

Tier One is rows A through S and the side sections of rows T, U, and V. Tier Two is the centre sections of rows T, U, and V and all of rows W through Z.

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*For Signature Concerts only, KSO Up Close seats are the front three rows in Sagebrush Theatre.

For ticket prices to the Daniel Clarke-Bouchard Piano Recital go to page 4. For ticket prices for Dan Brown’s Wild Symphony go to page 6.

KSOundcheck PROGRAM

Score symphony tickets for $15 when you sign up for KSOundcheck, our exclusive program for young adults under 35.

You’ll be able to purchase best-available seating for all KSO concerts. Just sign up for free membership in the program. Members can also purchase a second discounted ticket for a guest. Your guest can be any age–only the KSOundcheck ticket buyer must be 19-34 years old. Register at kamloopssymphony.com/soundcheck.htm

Ticket Packages

10

Subscriber Benefits

• First choice of available seats

• Ticket exchange privileges (fees apply)

• 10% discount on extra tickets all season

• Renew by August 31 to save up to 20% and retain your current seats

• Seating changes start August 31

Sponsors

POPS SERIES

SEASON SPONSORS

PERFORMANCE SPONSORS

SALMON ARM SPONSORS GRANTS

Support the Symphony

Did you know that ticket sales only cover 30% of the costs of putting on our concerts and educational programs?

The Kamloops Symphony relies on the support of government funders, foundations, local businesses, and patrons like you to put on engaging programming for all.

Consider a gift to the Symphony! Your support will ensure we can continue offering the experiences you love for all residents of the region. All gifts of $20 or more are eligible for a tax receipt.

Ways You Can Give Chair Sponsorship

Choose your favourite instrument and receive special recognition for your contribution to a specific position within the orchestra.

Donations

Give to the symphony on a one-time or monthly basis.

Volunteer

Give the gift of time and help us with one of our year-round opportunities.

Wanting to give? Or thinking of another way you can support us? Contact us today at 250.372.5000 or info@kamloopssymphony.com.

BARB’S USED BOOK & MUSIC SALE

Used Book & Music Sale

Spring & Fall

Most items only

$2

The biggest and best sale of gently used books and music, thanks to your generous donations and our fantastic team of volunteers!

All proceeds go directly to supporting the Symphony and the programs you have come to love.

Stay tuned for specific dates and locations. Go to kamloopssymphony.com/barbs-bookmusic-sale.htm for more information.

The Kamloops Symphony Music School offers music instruction for students of all levels and ages. Our programs range from classes for preschoolers, through private lessons for students of piano, brass, woodwinds, voice, and strings, to ensemble classes for adults.

PRIVATE LESSONS

Voice • Piano • Strings • Brass • Woodwinds

GROUP CLASSES

Group classes for all ages and experience levels.

KamloopsSymphonyMusicSchool.com

Educational Concerts

Each season we present Elementary School Concerts. These are a shortened version of a regular performance, providing students from kindergarten to grade 7 with a fun and educational live music experience. Check out kamloopssymphony.com for more details about the educational concerts for this season.

Pro-Am Jams

A Pro-Am Jam is a unique opportunity for local musicians in the community to rehearse and perform alongside the professional musicians of the orchestra in a stress-free setting. We present several of these jam sessions each season. Visit kamloopssymphony.com for more information about when the Pro-Am Jams for this season will be taking place.