Symphony on the Edge introduces exciting new music

Sep 27, 2006

For Immediate Release

Contact: Annie Matlow 326-3136

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SPOKANE: Symphony on the Edge will present a new program on Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Big Easy Concert Hall. Last year's sold out concert left the audience with a new energetic, exciting perspective of the Spokane Symphony. This year, Associate Conductor Morihiko Nakahara is preparing exciting new music with an edge.

The short selections include selections by 20th century American composers Samuel Barber and John Adams, music from three film scores by famous Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu, and one by Ruth Crawford Seeger, stepmother of singer/songwriter Pete Seeger.

Nakahara and the almost 50-piece orchestra will break the rules of dress and leave their tuxedo's at home, wearing jeans and polo shirts. You are invited to grab refreshments and listen to exciting music chosen to stimulate and excite the listener. .

Concert lighting, video close-ups of the conductor and the orchestra will complete the rock-music atmosphere of this popular Spokane nightclub.

The all-ages non-smoking performance will include seating for all ticket holders. Refreshments will be available for this general admission concert. Tickets are just $29 each. Due to demand, Symphony on the Edge will be performing two concerts, Oct. 13 and May 4. Both concerts can be purchased in a package for $50.

Tickets are available in advance without service charge at the Spokane Symphony Ticket Office, 818 W. Riverside, Suite100, or by calling 509-624-1200. Tickets are also available at all TicketsWest outlets or by calling 1-800-325-SEAT or at spokanesymphony.org.

Symphony on the Edge is underwritten by Wells Fargo Bank.

CALENDAR LISTING:
Oct. 13: Symphony on the Edge, Big Easy Concert Hall, Associate Conductor Morihiko Nakahara conducting. Tickets are $29 and are available at the Spokane Symphony Ticket Office at (509) 624-1200 or 818 W. Riverside, Suite 100, tickets are also available, with service charges, through TicketsWest at 325-SEAT, 1-800-325-SEAT and at www.spokanesymphony.org.