WICHITA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AUDITION INFORMATION 2013-2014 Season August 22-26, 2013 POSITIONS AVAILABLE: Permanent English Horn/3rd Oboe Fourth Horn Section Percussion Section Violin One Year Principal Flute (may be extended) Principal Trombone (may be extended) Section Percussion Section Violin ORCHESTRA: The Wichita Symphony primarily serves Wichita and south-central Kansas. The 2013-2014 season is the fourth for Music …
Wichita River Festival rounds out concert lineup with Go-Go’s, Big Head Todd and the Monsters: The Wichita Eagle
May 21st, 2013April 26, 2013 Denise Neil The Wichita Eagle Wichita Festivals Inc. announced Friday morning the rest of its musical lineup for the festival, which is scheduled for May 31 to June 8. The list includes Mike Finnigan and the Phantom Blues Band, Beatles tribute band American English, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, The Go-Go’s, …
Review: The Simon and Garfunkel Retrospective: The Wichita Eagle
May 6th, 2013May 5, 2013 David Baxter Eagle Correspondent The Century II Convention Center was aglow with nostalgia Saturday night as the Wichita Symphony Orchestra was joined by guest conductor Michael Krajewski and guest artists A.J. Swearingen and Jonathan Beedle to perform a Simon and Garfunkel retrospective. The guest artists established an amiable rapport with the audience …
Symphony program a tribute to Simon and Garfunkel: The Wichita Eagle
May 6th, 2013April 28, 2013 Alice Mannette Eagle Correspondent The Simon and Garfunkel Retrospective performers are not imitating a legend — they simply are honoring one. Singer/songwriter’s Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel’s ballads propelled them to stardom in the 1960s. A.J. Swearingen and Jonathan Beedle will sing several of Simon and Garfunkel’s Grammy Award-winning songs and well-known …
News Release: Debit, credit cards now accepted at Century II parking lot: City of Wichita
April 17th, 2013Contact: Arleigh Aldrich Marketing and Public Relations Manager aaldrich@wso.org 316.267.5259 April 17, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE City officials announced a new three-month parking test project that will make it even easier to park downtown. Starting today, visitors who park in the lot east of Century II Expo Hall and south of the Central Library will …
Review: Wagner, Beethoven cap Wichita Symphony’s season: Wichita Eagle
April 8th, 2013April 7, 2013 David Baxter Eagle Correspondent The Wichita Symphony Orchestra crowned its 2012-13 Classics Season on Sunday afternoon with great fanfare and flourish, performing a powerful program of works in the Century II Concert Hall under the baton of Music Director Daniel Hege. From the first notes of the overture to the final notes …
The Wichita Eagle: German pianist to perform Beethoven concerto with Wichita Symphony Orchestra
April 1st, 2013March 31, 2013 BY ALICE MANNETTE Eagle Correspondent The Wichita Symphony Orchestra ends its classics season next weekend with popular works by Ludwig Van Beethoven, Richard Wagner and Aaron Copland. Internationally renowned German pianist Markus Groh will perform a piano concerto written by his nation’s most famous composer, Beethoven. Beethoven wrote Piano Concerto No. 5 …
The Wichita Eagle: Wichita Symphony Orchestra announces lineup for 70th classics season
April 1st, 2013March 31, 2013 BY ALICE MANNETTE Eagle Correspondent Just as the Wichita Symphony Orchestra prepares to present its final classics concert of the current season, it also is ramping up for its 70th classics season, which begins in October and will include flying acrobats, guest artists and Beethoven’s Ninth. Music Director and Conductor Daniel Hege …
News Release: Symphony Launches Subscription Drive with Chocolate
April 1st, 2013Contact: Arleigh Aldrich Marketing and Public Relations Manager aaldrich@wso.org 316.267.5259 March 27, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Wichita Symphony begins its public subscription drive for the 2013-2014 concert season on the weekend of April 6 and 7 at the eighth and final Classics concerts of the current symphony season. What better incentive to subscribe is …
News Release: Wichita Symphony Announces 2013 – 2014 Classics Season
April 1st, 2013Contact: Arleigh Aldrich Marketing and Public Relations Manager aaldrich@wso.org 316.267.5259 March 27, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Insiders at the Wichita Symphony, including current subscribers and Facebook friends, have been learning about the Symphony’s plans for its 2013 – 2014 Classics season over the past few weeks. Today, the Symphony revealed its season to the general …