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THIS CONCERT SPONSORED Kyle BY
Wiley Pickett, Music Director
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We’re back to normal and
ready to dance! After an unusual year of limited audiences, smaller orchestras, and maybe a lot of time alone on our couches or in front of our screens, it’s time to get back together, get on our feet, and dance! Dance is universal and is an important part of many celebrations and social gatherings. What better way to celebrate a year when we are all gathering again than with a musical collection of dances from around the world? This season is full of energetic and upbeat music that was either written for or inspired by dance. It’s going to have us all tapping our toes and itching to dance along. We’ll be playing familiar selections like Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker ballet and Strauss’s Voices of Spring Waltz, as well as less familiar but just as danceable pieces like Dances in the Canebrakes by Florence Price and the show-stopping Danzón No. 2 by Arturo Márquez. You will experience Flamenco romances and elegant court minuets in addition to Cuban, Russian, African, and Italian dances. We’ll hear dance styles from across many cultures and see them emerge in many symphonic forms. We look forward to seeing you at our season of dance!
Kyle Wiley Pickett, Music Director
A Letter from the Executive Director I am overjoyed that we are able to present to you our newest season. We are excited for you to come along with us as live music returns in its fullest expression at Hammons Hall. As the Springfield Symphony opens its 2021-22 season and launches its 87th season of bringing music to our community, we find ourselves emerging into a new world— ourselves and our surroundings undeniably changed after an unusual and isolating pandemic year. If ever there were a time for new beginnings and celebrating the many music connections that held us together this past season, it is now. Your Springfield Symphony Orchestra was one of only 23% of American orchestras that played live concerts in 2020-21. You should be extremely proud of our extraordinarily brave and forward-thinking team consisting of the staff, board members, orchestra musicians, and music director—they are quite special. This past season was unlike any other, however, I hope we were able to provide you with musical joy during the many months of uncertainty, bring light to the darkest of times, and fill your heart with hope. We cannot wait to see you at the Symphony.
Jennifer Cotner-Jones, Executive Director Thank you to Creekside at Elfindale, our 2021-2022 Brochure Sponsor. ALL DATES, TIMES, AND PROGRAMMING ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
All Subscription Concerts are held at Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m.
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Rachel Lee Priday, Violin
Homecoming Dance | SEPTEMBER 18, 2021 PERFORMANCE: 7:30 PM Arturo Márquez – Danzón No. 2 Pablo Sarasate – Carmen Fantasy With Rachel Lee Priday, Violin Sarasate – Zigeunerweisen With Rachel Lee Priday, Violin Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird
Don’t miss the Homecoming Dance! Our opening performance will be a joyful celebration of thrilling dance rhythms to usher in our new season. There will be orchestral fireworks with Stravinsky’s Firebird ballet score and you’ll have a hard time not dancing along to Márquez’s Danzón No. 2. We will also feature a true star soloist — virtuoso violinist Rachel Lee Priday will thrill you with sultry, ecstatic, and spectacular dances for violin and orchestra.
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2021 Hellam Competition Winner, Simon Karakulidi, Piano
Fancy Footwork | OCTOBER 9, 2021 Don’t look at your feet! Enjoy an eclectic concert of orchestral and piano show-stoppers, including Dvořák’s high-spirited Slavonic Dances and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s lively Petite Suite de concert. We welcome to our stage 2021 Hellam Competition Winner Simon Karakulidi for Prokofiev’s astonishingly technical and enchanting Piano Concerto No. 2.
PERFORMANCE: 7:30 PM Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Petite Suite de concert Dvořák – Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 2 With 2021 Hellam Competition Winner, Simon Karakulidi, Piano
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Highland – Broadway in Concert | NOVEMBER 6, 2021 LERNER AND LOEWE’S BRIGADOON; Book and Lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER; Music by FREDERICK LOEWE; Original dances created by AGNES DE MILLE
PERFORMANCE: 7:30 PM
POPS!
Lerner and Loewe – Brigadoon in Concert With Missouri State University BFA Musical Theatre and Dance Programs
Is presented through special arrangement with Musical Theatre International (MTI). All authorized materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
Come away, ye lads and lassies, for a concert of Scottish song and highland dance from the Broadway classic, Brigadoon. You will be transported to the mystical hills of Scotland by the talented students of the Missouri State University BFA Musical Theatre and Dance Programs under the direction of Broadway legend Robert Westenberg, featuring enchanting songs like Almost Like Being in Love, Waiting for My Dearie, and Heather on the Hill.
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En Pointe | DECEMBER 11, 2021 We will be en pointe for a classic holiday with music from The Nutcracker. This beloved ballet is as much a part of the holiday season as Santa and Christmas carols. It is thrilling to hear this music played by a full symphony orchestra. Our holiday concert is always one of our biggest hits all season long, and this year will be no exception. Get your tickets early! You won’t want to miss our wonderful holiday music, annual visit from Santa, and a return to our audience carol sing-a-long.
PERFORMANCE: 7:30 PM
POPS!
Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker Selections And more holiday favorites!
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Sentimental Sarabande | JANUARY 15, 2022 PERFORMANCE: 7:30 PM Gabriella Lena Frank – Coqueteos – from Leyendas William Grant Still – Summerland Britten – Simple Symphony Dvořák – Serenade for Winds
We’ll start off 2022 with an intimate concert of romantic and soulful dances, including Gabriella Lena Frank’s flirtatious Conqueteos from Leyendas and William Grant Still’s transcendent and enchanting Summerland. The Springfield Symphony’s wind section will get a chance in the spotlight with Dvořák’s Serenade for Winds, and the string section is featured in Benjamin Britten’s playful Simple Symphony, full of dance motifs and charm.
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Pas de Deux | FEBRUARY 5, 2022 The Pas de Deux is a grand duet — a love story in ballet form
PERFORMANCE: 7:30 PM
— and at this concert we present the epic love story of Ravel’s
Amy Beach – Bal Masque
Daphnis and Chloe. Gorgeous and lush, this orchestral
Brahms – Gesang der Parzen With the combined choirs of Drury, Evangel, and Missouri State Universities
masterpiece also features our local university choirs. Additionally, we are delighted to present American composer Amy Beach’s courtly and elegant Bal Masque for the first time in Springfield, Missouri.
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Ravel – Daphnis and Chloe With the combined choirs of Drury, Evangel, and Missouri State Universities
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Symphonic Dances | MARCH 5, 2022 PERFORMANCE: 7:30 PM Florence Price – Dances in the Canebrakes Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances
Hear the orchestra dance in this night of catchy rhythms and toe-tapping melodies. We open with the evocative, jazzy, and nostalgic Dances in the Canebrakes by Florence Price, the first African-American woman composer to have her work performed by major orchestras. We will also play Rachmaninoff’s fascinating Symphonic Dances, which was originally intended to be a ballet score, but eventually became a meditation on ecclesiastical chant motifs.
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2019 Hellam Competition Winner, Bryan Cheng, Cello
Dance Around, Around | APRIL 2, 2022 At our final Classical masterworks concert of the season, we bring Europe’s many dance traditions together. You will hear a traditional, elegant, and swirling Viennese waltz by Johann Strauss, Jr., the “Waltz King.” You will enjoy the stately and classical Rococo Variations with Hellam Competition Winner Bryan Cheng on the cello. We conclude our concert with Mahler’s epic Symphony No. 1, which includes foot-stomping dances and yodeling from one of Mahler’s early songs, Hans und Grete. “Dance around, around!” the song goes. “Let whoever is happy weave in and out! Let whoever has cares find his way home.”
PERFORMANCE: 7:30 PM Strauss – Voices of Spring Waltz Tchaikovsky – Variations on a Rococo Theme With Hellam Competition Winner, Bryan Cheng, Cello Mahler – Symphony No. 1 – The Titan
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Alfonso Cid
Beau Bledsoe
Melinda Hedgecorth
John Currey
Flamenco! | MAY 7, 2022 PERFORMANCE: 7:30 PM P OPS! An Evening of Flamenco With Ensemble Iberica
We will finish our season of dance music with a Spanish flourish! Join us for a thrilling performance of Flamenco music with Kansas City’s own Flamenco group — Ensemble Iberica. Hear the rhythms and melodies of Spain as the orchestra is joined by guitar, percussion, and vocals. Watch as the drama of the Flamenco dance is brought to life on stage at Hammons Hall. It will be a great way to cap a season of our Dance Mix!
THIS CONCERT SPONSORED BY
Carla L. Calvin
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Free Community Events and Special Events Behind the Baton
Spooky Symphony
This program is a FREE event where you have the opportunity to meet Music Director Kyle Wiley Pickett, along with our guest artists, to hear about the upcoming Classical concerts. Behind the Baton will take place LIVE on the Springfield Symphony Orchestra Facebook page and will be at an in-person location to be determined at a later date. Please stay up-to-date on times and locations for our Behind the Baton series at www.springfieldmosymphony.org.
The Springfield Symphony invites you to the 13th annual FREE Halloween concert! You and your kids will shriek with delight as you listen to spooky sounds and Halloween favorites. Admission is free and seating is limited. Tickets will be required for entry and are available through the Hammons Hall box office starting October 4th. Please visit www.springfieldmosymphony.org for up-to-date information on seating capacity guidelines. October 29, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts
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Meet & Greet – 5:15 PM | Program – 5:45 PM
Swing for the Symphony
Golf Tournament 2021
En Pointe Holiday Matinee
October 25, 2021
Admission is free and seating is limited. Tickets will be required for entry and are available through the Hammons Hall box office starting November 8th.
Millwood Golf & Racquet Club 3700 E Millwood Dr, Ozark, MO 65721
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Please visit www.springfieldmosymphony.org for up-to-date information on seating capacity guidelines. December 11, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
25th Hellam Young Artists’ Competition
SPONSORED BY HOLIDAY PRESENTING SPONSOR
March 26, 2022 Evangel University Barnett Recital Hall www.hellamcompetition.com
PRESENTING HOLIDAY SPONSOR
Dr. Michael and Krystyna Clarke
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JANUARY 1 2: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Program 13: Behind the Baton 15: Sentimental Sarabande – Classical Concert 26: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Concert Broadcast
Symphony Season At-A-Glance
SEPTEMBER 15: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Program 16: Behind the Baton 18: Springfield Symphony Guild’s Opening Night 18: Homecoming Dance – Classical Concert 29: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Concert Broadcast
FEBRUARY 2: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Program 3: Behind the Baton 5: Pas de Deux – Classical Concert 16: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Concert Broadcast 19: Symphony Night Fever: Springfield Symphony Gala MARCH 2: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Program 3: Behind the Baton 5: Symphonic Dances – Classical Concert 16: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Concert Broadcast 26: 25th Annual Hellam Young Artists’ Competition 30: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Program 31: Behind the Baton
OCTOBER 6: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Program 7: Behind the Baton 9: Fancy Footwork – Classical Concert 20: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Concert Broadcast 29: Spooky Symphony NOVEMBER 3: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Program 6: Highland – Broadway in Concert Lerner and Loewe’s Brigadoon – POPS
APRIL 2: Dance Around, Around – Classical Concert 13: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Concert Broadcast
DECEMBER 8: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Program 11: En Pointe Community Holiday Matinee 11: En Pointe – POPS
MAY 4: Symphony in the Ozarks Program 7: Flamenco! – POPS
Symphony in the Ozarks is a monthly radio program hosted by Randy Stewart on KSMU 91.1 FM. Tune in the Wednesday before each concert at 10 a.m. to hear Randy and Kyle Wiley Pickett discuss the music the orchestra will be performing at the upcoming concerts. KSMU will broadcast the Classical concerts two weeks following the performance. See calendar above for broadcast dates.
Join us for Symphony Night Fever, the Springfield Symphony’s biggest fundraiser of the season. Reserve your table now for the party with groovy music, dancing, live and silent auction, and delicious food!
February 19, 2022 Oasis Hotel and Convention Center 2546 N. Glenstone Ave, Springfield, MO 65803 Call 417-864-6683 to reserve your table.
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Kyle Wiley Pickett, Music Director 417-864-6683 | springfieldmosymphony.org All concerts are held at Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts 5 25 S. John Q. Hammons Pkwy, Springfield MO 65806
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Musgrave Community Balcony In order to grow our Outreach efforts, the Springfield Symphony has dedicated the entire Petite Balcony as the Musgrave Community Balcony. This balcony is designated to youth or underserved people in the community free of charge, in collaboration with partnering area nonprofits and schools. This provides nearly 3,000 (300 per concert) people the chance to see the Symphony for free.
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Seating at JKH Hall is on three levels – Orchestra, Mezzanine Balcony, and Community Balcony. The Mezzanine Balcony overhangs the Orchestra level at row P on the sides and T in the middle of the house; the Community Balcony overhangs the Mezzanine at row G. Seats are numbered starting with 1 on house right (patron’s right when seated facing the stage). Number of seats in rows varies from approximately 40-60. For Box Seat availability call the Symphony Office.
For current updates on 2021-22 Springfield Symphony guidelines, concerts and events, seating, and more, please visit www.springfieldmosymphony.org. Questions? Call 417-864-6683 or email seasontickets@springfieldmosymphony.org
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Commitment to the Community By supporting the SSO, you are sustaining our community pride of arts and culture as we provide symphonic music at the highest degree of excellence in Southwest Missouri. Benefit Local Musicians Each concert, the SSO gives 60-100 local musicians an opportunity to play and perform onstage in Springfield, MO. Listen to World Renowned Special Guest Artists Not only do we have top notch musicians in our own symphony, we bring in special guest artists that are known around the world. Importance of Live Orchestra Music and Music Education Year after year, the SSO creates programs of music that are familiar, fun, entertaining, and exciting for adults and youth. Your support allows audiences to leave our concert exhilarated by the experience and be inspired to dig deeper into the realm of orchestra music.
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