Washington Center for the Performing Arts – Past Concerts near Columbus, OH
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Olympia Symphony Orchestra: Looking Forward
Sunday, November 14, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Ferruccio Busoni – Eine Lustspielouvertüre ("Comedy Overture"), Op. 38, BV 245
Richard Strauss – Serenade in E-flat major, Op. 7
Johannes Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Roupen Shakarian – Whimsy
Camille Saint-Saëns – Suite algérienne, Op. 60
Richard Strauss – Serenade in E-flat major, Op. 7
Johannes Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Roupen Shakarian – Whimsy
Camille Saint-Saëns – Suite algérienne, Op. 60
$6-$65 (discounts available)
Olympia Symphony Orchestra Season Opening Concert
Sunday, October 10, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Georg Philipp Telemann – Ouverture-Suite, TWV 55:G10 "Burlesque de Quixotte"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Divertimento in D major K. 136, "Salzburg Symphony No. 1"
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
Edvard Grieg – Holberg Suite, Op. 40
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Divertimento in D major K. 136, "Salzburg Symphony No. 1"
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
Edvard Grieg – Holberg Suite, Op. 40
$6-$65 (discounts available)
Student Orchestras of Greater Olympia: Dvořák and Price
Sunday, March 1, 2020 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
The Conservatory Orchestra pairs Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 with Florence Price's Dances in the Canebrakes, plus performances from the SOGO Brass Choir, Academy Orchestra, and Debut Orchestra.
$8-21 (age 6 & under free)
Emerald City Music: The Aizuri Quartet
Saturday, February 15, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PST)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Antonín Dvořák – Selections from Cypresses, B. 152
Lembit Beecher – These Memories May Be True
Rhiannon Giddens – At the Purchaser’s Option
Jean Sibelius – Voces intimae, Op. 56
Komitas – Selections from Armenian Folk Songs
Lembit Beecher – These Memories May Be True
Rhiannon Giddens – At the Purchaser’s Option
Jean Sibelius – Voces intimae, Op. 56
Komitas – Selections from Armenian Folk Songs
$10-$43
Olympia Symphony: Jazz-Colored Glasses
Sunday, February 9, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Ballade, Op. 33 "Ballade in A minor"
George Gershwin – An American in Paris
Ludwig van Beethoven – “Turkish March” from The Ruins of Athens, Op. 113
John Adams – The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra
George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
George Gershwin – An American in Paris
Ludwig van Beethoven – “Turkish March” from The Ruins of Athens, Op. 113
John Adams – The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra
George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
$6-$60
Messiah Sing-Along with Student Orchestras of Greater Olympia
Friday, December 6, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:15pm (PST)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Come to sing or come to listen to Handel’s glorious masterpiece. The annual Community Messiah Sing-Along is a true community event featuring the audience as the chorus!
Free
Olympia Symphony: Seeing is Believing
Sunday, November 17, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Franz von Suppé – Overture to Die schöne Galathée ("The Beautiful Galatea")
Jonathan Leshnoff – Starburst
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297 "Winter"
Antonín Dvořák– Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World”, Op. 95, B. 178
Jonathan Leshnoff – Starburst
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297 "Winter"
Antonín Dvořák– Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World”, Op. 95, B. 178
$6-$60
Emerald City Music: In The Dark
Saturday, November 2, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
On the heels of Halloween weekend, immerse yourself in a terrifying musical experience with Georg Friedrich Haas’ In iij. Noct. for string quartet, with the absence of light as the focus.
$28-$43 (students $10)
Olympia Symphony: Corrective Lenses
Sunday, October 13, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Richard Wagner – Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96
Claude Debussy – Danses sacrée et profane
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
Claude Debussy – Danses sacrée et profane
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
$6-$60
Emerald City Music: Bach's Complete Cello Suites
Saturday, May 25, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 11:30pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
British cellist Colin Carr performs marathon full-evening performance of Bach’s complete Cello Suites.
$28–$43 ($10 students)
Olympia Symphony: Cast of Characters
Sunday, April 28, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Georges Bizet – "March of the Toreadors" from Carmen
Maurice Ravel – Mother Goose
Sergei Prokofiev – Suite to Lieutenant Kije, Op. 60
Jacques Offenbach – Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
Maurice Ravel – Mother Goose
Sergei Prokofiev – Suite to Lieutenant Kije, Op. 60
Jacques Offenbach – Overture to Orpheus in the Underworld
$7-$60
Olympia Symphony: Around the Horn
Sunday, March 17, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Carl Maria von Weber – Overture to Oberon
Richard Strauss – Horn Concerto No. 1, Op. 11
Percy Grainger – Irish tune from County Londonderry ("O Danny Boy")
Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82
Richard Strauss – Horn Concerto No. 1, Op. 11
Percy Grainger – Irish tune from County Londonderry ("O Danny Boy")
Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82
$7-$60
Olympia Symphony: Lovers' Lane (rescheduled)
Monday, February 18, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Edvard Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Edvard Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98
$7-$60
Olympia Symphony: We Shall Never Forget
Sunday, November 18, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Frank Bridge – Lament
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19
George Butterworth – The Banks of Green Willow
Samuel Barber – Adagio for Strings
Maurice Ravel – Le tombeau de Couperin
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19
George Butterworth – The Banks of Green Willow
Samuel Barber – Adagio for Strings
Maurice Ravel – Le tombeau de Couperin
$7-$60
Olympia Symphony: By Land & Sea
Sunday, October 14, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Leonard Bernstein – Overture to Candide
Alexander Glazunov – Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82
Michael Daugherty – Route 66
Aaron Copland – Down a Country Lane
Claude Debussy – La mer
Alexander Glazunov – Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82
Michael Daugherty – Route 66
Aaron Copland – Down a Country Lane
Claude Debussy – La mer
$7-$60
Not Even the Wind... by Emerald City Music
Saturday, September 16, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Bernstein – America!, for Violin and Piano
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
$28-$43 ($10 w/ student ID)
Emerald City Music: Back to Bach
Saturday, May 27, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Norgard – The Well-Tempered Percussion
Bach – Double from Partita No. 1 for Solo Violin
Francis – Sillage for Violin and Piano
Bach/Busoni – Chaconne for Solo Piano
Koppel – Toccata for Vibraphone and Marimba
Schumann – Piano Quartet
Bach – Double from Partita No. 1 for Solo Violin
Francis – Sillage for Violin and Piano
Bach/Busoni – Chaconne for Solo Piano
Koppel – Toccata for Vibraphone and Marimba
Schumann – Piano Quartet
$10-$28
Olympia Symphony Orchestra's Music for All Seasons: Summer Approaches
Sunday, April 23, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Rossini – Overture to William Tell
Mendelssohn – "Scherzo" from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Haydn – Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major
Dvořák – Slavonic Dances, Op. 46
Mendelssohn – "Scherzo" from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Haydn – Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major
Dvořák – Slavonic Dances, Op. 46
$12-$55
Emerald City Music: Without Words
Saturday, April 15, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Mozart – Kegelstatt Trio for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano
Wagner – Isolde's Liebestod for Solo Piano
Verdi – String Quartet
Grainger – Fantasy on Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
Schiff – Divertimento from Gimpel the Fool
Wagner – Isolde's Liebestod for Solo Piano
Verdi – String Quartet
Grainger – Fantasy on Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
Schiff – Divertimento from Gimpel the Fool
$10-$43
Olympia Symphony Orchestra's Music for All Seasons: Spring Freshness
Sunday, March 19, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Mozart – Serenade in G major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (1st mvt.)
Finzi – Clarinet Concerto
James Stephenson – Printemps
Puccini – Crisantemi
Britten – Simple Symphony
Finzi – Clarinet Concerto
James Stephenson – Printemps
Puccini – Crisantemi
Britten – Simple Symphony
$12-$55