Saratoga Orchestra's 15th Anniversary Celebration Concert

• Eva Nelson, soprano
• Sarah Pizzichemi, violin

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel — Overture in C major
Ludwig van Beethoven — Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 ("II. Allegretto")
Ralph Vaughan Williams — The Lark Ascending (Sarah Pizzichemi, violin)
Leonard Bernstein — Selections from West Side Story
Richard Rodgers — The Sound of Music (selections)
John Williams — Star Wars Suite

Whidbey’s Saratoga Orchestra concludes its 15th Anniversary season with a set of concerts on May 20, 7:00pm at South Whidbey High School and May 21, 2:00pm at Oak Harbor High School. Music Director, Anna Edwards, leads the musicians in a program featuring popular selections that have been programmed over the past fifteen seasons.

Music selections from stage and screen will be featured, including John Williams' Suite from Star Wars, Bernstein's West Side Story and even an audience singalong of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music featuring soprano Eva Nelson. Returning as special guest is Sarah Pizzichemi, former concertmaster, performing The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Fanny Mendelssohn's Overture in C and the Allegretto from Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 give nod to the orchestra's successful Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute established in 2017.

Tickets available at Click Music in Oak Harbor, bayleaf in Coupeville, and Moonraker Books & Blue Sound Music in Langley. Online tickets and further information at www.sowhidbey.com or by calling (360) 929-3045.

About Saratoga Orchestra of Whidbey Island

Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra formed as an expansion of the Saratoga Chamber Players founded by Whidbey Island's legendary violinist and arts supporter, Michael Nutt. Previously known as Saratoga Chamber Orchestra, the name is derived from the beautiful Saratoga Passage that flanks the east side of Whidbey Island and the stand of trees known as the Saratoga Woods. In 2007, Legh W. Burns, Music Director Emeritus, began a regular concert series performing throughout the island for Whidbey audiences. Dr. Anna Edwards has led the orchestra as Music Director since 2015, and has brought national attention to the ensemble for its innovative programming championing women, BIPOC and underrepresented composers and hosting the highly esteemed Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute held each summer.

TEL: (360) 929-3045

http://www.sowhidbey.com

About Sarah Pizzichemi, violin

https://www.skyrosquartet.com/about#sarah-pizzichemi