wcw DEC 2021

IS BACK AND LIVE
After
postp
o n i n g
its 2020-
1. 2.
21 season at
the Venice Performing
Arts Center, The
Venice Symphony
has returned live and
has every concert and
guest artist planned
for 2020-21. Music Director
Troy Quinn will
lead The Symphony’s
outstanding professional
orchestra in all
remaining concerts
through to April 2022.
“We promised to roll
over our concert programs
and guest artists
from last season to this
season due to the response
to the programs
and the great artistry
of these guest performers,”
said Quinn.
“I believe the themes
of these concerts will
resonate with our subscribers
and I am looking
forward to being
back on stage with our
3.
4.
musicians in the Fall to
present them.”
1. Troy Quinn Music Director 2. Eric Rigler 3. Coya Bailey Jones 4. Fabiola Kim
The Symphony’s
48th season includes masterworks by osity and optimism of our dedicated for Handel’s majestic “Hallelujah
Brahms, Schumann, Stravinsky and
Mendelssohn, contemporary classics,
music from Broadway, Hollywood, opera
and more. Among the many highlights,
supporters and subscribers, the majority
of whom retained their tickets
for the coming season. While we feel
fortunate to have shared our amazing
Chorus” and a traditional sing-a-long.
Under the Big Top: A Tribute to
the Circus | January 14-15, 2022
world-class piper Eric Rigler musicians with thousands of people
Celebrate our community’s ties to the
will reprise his performance on “My through our free virtual concerts,
circus with this captivating concert
Heart Will Go On” from the film Titanic
at A Night at the Oscars and superstar live orchestra performance.”
there is nothing like the thrill of a
accompanied by video and images
from the Ringling Circus Museum.
violinist Fabiola Kim solos on The Lark
The Venice Performing Arts Center
is a state-of-the-art building from Gypsy, music from The Lion
Selections include the Overture
Ascending. Several concerts including
Under the Big Top: A Tribute to the
located on the campus of Venice King and Swan Lake, The Can-Can
Circus will feature video and film clips
High School, One Indian Ave., Venice. and much more. Guest soloist Coya
to enhance the concert experience.
Concert information and updates Bailey Jones will perform “Never
The Venice Symphony will present
“Songs from the Stage and Screen
will be available at thevenicesymphony.org.
For more information,
Enough” from The Greatest Showman.
with Linda Eder” May 6-7, 2022 at the
call 941-207-8822 or email music@
A Night at the Oscars
VPAC. This concert was rescheduled
thevenicesymphony.org.
February 4-5, 2022
from May 2021 and is not part of the
World-renowned piper Eric Rigler
regular season.
THE VENICE SYMPHONY’S will reprise his original soul-stirring
Subscriptions and packages are
2021-22 Concert Season performance of “My Heart Will Go
available by calling 941-207-8822. The
Symphony’s popular Pre-Concert Talks
A Holly Jolly Holiday
On” from the movie Titanic, and music
from Braveheart in a concert that
will also resume before each concert.
December 17-18, 2021
includes beloved music from Forrest
This free series is moderated by Joseph A time-honored tradition with a twist
Gump, The Godfather, Rocky, The
Caulkins and features Troy Quinn, featuring classic carols and Chanukah
Magnificent Seven, La La Land, Breakfast
at Tiffany’s and much more.
Symphony musicians and guests. music, beloved standards Sleigh
Christine Kasten, President/CEO of Ride and White Christmas, music
The Venice Symphony said, “The one from The Nutcracker and holiday
Superheroes and Schumann
thing that has been a constant during film favorites. Sarasota’s Key Chorale,
February 25-26, 2022
this unpredictable and difficult year, the area’s premier symphonic chorus,
has been the encouragement, gener-
is scheduled to return to our stage The Venice Symphony Orchestra
transports you from
Jean Sibelius’, Finlandia
to The Dark World of
Thor, with stops in the
Marvel and DC Universe.
The concert will
conclude with Robert
Schumann’s Symphony
No. 4 in D Minor, featuring
Concertmaster
Marcus Ratzenboeck.
Game of Romes
March 18-19, 2022
The rousing score
of Ben-Hur opens the
program, followed
by intermezzos from
Mascagni and Puccini,
the theme from Game
of Thrones and Rossini’s
masterpiece, the
Overture from William
Tell. The finale is
Felix Mendelssohn’s
Symphony No. 4, also
known as “The Italian
Symphony.” What
better way to celebrate
The Symphony’s Gala
weekend?”
Fantasy,
Firebird, and
Fabiola
April 22-23, 2022
Hailed by the New York Times as
“playing with extraordinary precision
and luminosity,” violinist Fabiola
Kim solos on Ralph Vaughan
Williams’ The Lark Ascending. Wagner’s
Ride of the Valkyries and music
from Chariots of Fire and How to
Train Your Dragon lead to our season’s
scorching finale, Igor Stravinsky’s
The Firebird Suite.
Rescheduled from 2020 at the VPAC,
and not part of the subscription series:
Songs from the Screen and
Stage with Linda Eder
May 6-7, 2022
Broadway and recording star Linda
Eder joins The Venice Symphony
for an unforgettable concert of
classics from Broadway and Hollywood.
Eder has been called “one of
the greatest voices of our time” and
routinely sells out performances all
over the Country.
22 WEST COAST WOMAN DECEMBER 2021