Season

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Union Symphony Orchestra
Deanna Tham, Music Director

Thank you to our Season Partner, Union County Community Arts Council.

The Symphonic Voice
Union Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, October 2, 2021
7:30 PM

The human voice, the original instrument, remains one the most expressive and emotional sounds in our lives. A voice can evoke deep memories, profound empathy, and ancient held remnants of our histories and ancestries. Composers of the orchestral medium, with their myriad of instruments and timbres, have for centuries tried to draw out with worlds of symphonies the intense sentiment that can be found in a single spoken word or sung note. The Union Symphony presents some of the soul-stirring repertoire that is inspired by the voice. Prepare to be immersed in the ringing depths of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Variations on a theme by iconic English choral composer Thomas Tallis, and risen by Mendelssohn’s “Choral” Symphony No. 5. Also featuring Gina Gutierrez in her City of Monroe Dowd Center Theatre debut with USO in a set of beautiful songs by Spanish composer, Manuel DeFalla. Read More.

The Notes That Changed the World
In Memory of W. Frank Dowd, III
Union Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, October 23, 2021
7:30 PM

Let the Union Symphony Orchestra rock you to your core with dramatic works by iconic composers. Operatic death and deception, and the four most famous notes in all of music are sure to shake the ground beneath your feet. Mozart’s Don Giovanni overture — a visceral and soul trembling work coined by the composer the morning of its premier — foretells the German masters’ obsession with destiny. Beethoven then wrestles with his mortal time in his most famous work, the fifth symphony, where four famous notes vividly depict fate knocking at the door. Additionally, we unveil the Dowd Piano with a performance by local piano virtuoso, David Brooks, in his mastery of Joseph Haydn’s most famous D major piano concerto. The piano is a gift to Union Symphony In Loving Memory of W. Frank Dowd, III. This opening season performance will take place at the City of Monroe Dowd Center Theatre. Read More.

The Union Symphony goes bohemian as we pair up with the City of Monroe Annual Art Walk in a finale afternoon of music inspired by painters, dancers, and artists. The painterly symphonic colors of Delius, Elgar, and the French impressionists will submerge you in a wash of hues. We finish our concert with a true and unique Dowd Theater experience, featuring the silent film, One Week, starring Buster Keaton. Be thrown back into the golden era of film in Monroe’s expertly restored and iconic theater as the Union Symphony plays the live film score, written by silent film organist expert, Ben Model. Read More.