Carson City Symphony begins rehearsals Wednesday for Mark Twain Days Concert
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Mon, 03/06/2023 - 9:40am
Attention musicians! The Carson City Symphony, conducted by David Bugli, will begin rehearsals for the second concert of 2023 on Wednesday, March 8, 7:00 to 9:15 p.m., at the Carson High School band/orchestra room, 1111 N. Saliman Road in Carson City.
The concert, "Becoming Mark Twain," will be on Sunday, April 23, at 4:00 p.m. at the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William Street. It is part of Carson City's three-day "Mark Twain Days" Festival.
Carson City Symphony is a volunteer orchestra of about 55 players who perform music from the 15th to the 21st centuries. It is open to string players at any time without audition, and to other instrumentalists when positions are available. Current openings are for harp, French horn, trumpet, clarinet, and bassoon. Musicians who are interested in joining should contact the Symphony at 775-883-4154, email carsoncitysymphony@gmail.com, or see the "Musicians Wanter" article on CCSymphony.com.
The "Becoming Mark Twain" program features two guest artists, violinist Andrew Sords, and "the ghost of Mark Twain," McAvoy Layne.
Andrew Sords, a noted soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician, will join the orchestra to play Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor. Sords has been cited for combining visceral virtuosity with a ravishing tone. This will be his fourth appearance with the Carson City Symphony.
To celebrate Mark Twain's time in Nevada, the orchestra will perform David Bugli's "Becoming Mark Twain: Sam Clemens in Nevada" with McAvoy Layne narrating as Mark Twain, one of Nevada's most prolific, witty, wise (and wise-cracking) writers. This will be McAvoy Layne's fifth appearance with the Symphony.
The program also includes Mozart's "The Magic Flute" Overture, Louis Moreau Gottschalk's "Pasquinade," and J.P. Meder's "Hank Monk Schottische."
Carson City Symphony, now in its 39th season, is supported in part by public funds through grants from Carson City Cultural Commission, the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, and by private donations. For more information about the Carson City Symphony, see ccsymphony.com.
