Seattle Symphony Associate Conductor Carolyn Kuan and Seattle Symphony will explore the power of storytelling through orchestral music in Tell Me a Story on Saturday, January 19, at 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. The program will illustrate music's ability to bring actions and emotions to life through pieces, including Mussorgsky's A Night on Bald Mountain, Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee and John Williams' Harry Potter Suite.
The previously announced Saturday, January 26 performance has been rescheduled for January 19, at 12:30 p.m. Concert-goers can explore and expand their musical knowledge during pre-concert activities, which will include a performance by the Seattle Flute Society Flute Choir in the Samuel and Althea Stroum Grand Lobby beginning at 10 a.m.
Enhancement Classes also will be offered in conjunction with Tell Me a Story on Sunday, January 13, at 1 and 2:30 p.m. Each session lasts one hour and includes games and crafts based on the concert theme. Classes are held in Soundbridge Seattle Symphony Music Discovery Center and are limited to 20 students.
The Discover Music! series is designed for children ages 5 to 12 and their families. Subscriptions are still available for the remaining three concerts. Tickets are sold in either a series package or individually per concert for $20 per adult and $15 per child/senior. Subscriptions and single tickets to Discover Music!
Carolyn Kuan
In 2004, the Washington Post heralded Carolyn Kuan's Kennedy Center debut with the National Symphony Orchestra, noting, "It is exciting news when any young conductor makes a debut with a major ensemble. Kuan won her case." An advocate of new music, Kuan has served as Assistant Conductor for the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music under Music Director Marin Alsop since 2003. Recently, she led four world premieres in Merkin Hall in New York for Music for Japan. She was an Artist-in-Residence at the New York City Ballet in 2004 and 2005, and joined Seattle Symphony in September 2006. In 2003, Kuan became the first female to be awarded the Herbert von Karajan Conducting Fellowship by the Herbert von Karajan Centrum and American Austrian Foundation, which resulted in her residency at the 2004 Salzburg Festival.
Kuan was named the first Taki Concordia Fellow in 2003 and has received awards from the Women's Philharmonic, the Conductors Guild, the Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowship and the Susan W. Rose Fund for Music. -- www.seattlesymphony.org
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