Friends,
The Salisbury Symphony Orchestra, like all orchestras in the 21st century, is both an anachronism and a miracle. Intricate "machines" of human beings are from a millennium before our modern times. Generations of monks would hand-print illustrated bibles; tens of thousands of Egyptians must have worked together to build the pyramids. Early mankind realized what incredible monuments and phenomenal works of art could be created when many people collaborated, each giving their individually unique talents to create a unified masterpiece. This is what the modern orchestra is: a group of uniquely talented and trained people – some in training for twenty to thirty years! – combining to simultaneously create sounds that move people to tears, excite them to goosebumps, bring them to laughter, or make them forget their problems – at least for a short while.
I am so excited to continue to work with the musicians of the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra! Next season we will present Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" with solo violinists from within our orchestra along with Dvořák's "New World" Symphony. On another concert we'll perform Bartók's Divertimento for Strings, a Schubert Symphony, and one of Beethoven's great Piano Concertos with pianist Jesse Davis. A series of children's tales will be narrated by Rowan County teens on our Family Concert featuring the All-County Fifth Grade Honors Chorus. In May, Paul Oakley will join the orchestra in presenting Gershwin's Variations on "I Got Rhythm" in a program of American Light Classics. And once again we will present both The Nutcracker at Christmas with the Piedmont Dance Theatre and another "Pops at the Post" for all the citizens of Salisbury. All this will be done by this anachronistic human machine! Come see and hear one of the miracles of the 21st century!
