Knox-Galesburg Symphony 2009-10 Season

The Knox-Galesburg Symphony, Bruce Polay, artistic director and conductor, announces its 2009 - 2010 season. The subscription season consists of five concerts in the Orpheum Theatre, with four non-subscription events, including a chamber music concert and a pops concert. Ticket and performance information is available from the Knox-Galesburg Symphony website, http://www.knoxgalesburgsymphony.org

Since its founding by Knox College and the Galesburg community in 1951, the Knox-Galesburg Symphony has received local, state and nation honors, including numerous recognitions from the Illinois Council of Orchestras. Artistic director/conductor Bruce Polay, professor and chair of music at Knox College, has received the ICO Cultural Leadership Award, Programming Award, and two Conductor of the Year Awards. The symphony has won three Illinois Orchestra of the Year Awards, most recently in 2008, while executive director Pearl Strickland received two General Manager of the Year Awards and a Community Relations Award. ICO Meritorious Awards have been presented to concert sponsors Knox College, Wells Fargo Bank, and NAEIR.

Knox-Galesburg Symphony 2009 - 2010 Subscription Concerts

Saturday, October 17, 2009, 7:30 p.m., Orpheum Theatre
Guest artist: Ariel Chapman, viola
Overture to Rosamunde ~ Schubert
Suite Hébraïque ~ Bloch
Sympony Nr. 7 in A Major, Opus 92 ~ Beethoven
Sponsored by Knox College

Saturday, November 14, 2009, 7:30 p.m., Orpheum Theatre
Guest artists: Nancy Gillett, oboe; Carol Neuleib, flute; Douglas Huff, bassoon
Divertimento K. 131 ~ Mozart
Concertino for Bassoon ~ M. Haydn
Concerto for Flute and Oboe ~ F. J. Haydn
Variations on a Theme of Haydn ~ Brahms
Sponsored, in part, by Humana

Saturday, February 27, 2010, 7:30 p.m., Orpheum Theatre
Guest artist: Russell Peterson, alto saxophone
Miacomet Dreaming* ~ Cooman
Concerto for Alto Saxophone* ~ Peterson
Symphony Nr. 4 ~ Tchaikovsky
Sponsored, in part, by Kleine Equipment, Inc.

Saturday, March 27, 2010, 7:30 p.m., Orpheum Theatre
Guest conductor: Carles Coll; guest artist: Huei Chiang, violin
Puigsoliu* ~ Serra
Violin Concerto ~ Tchaikovsky
Symphony Nr. 41, Jupiter ~ Mozart
Sponsored, in part, by Blick Art Materials and Wells Fargo Bank

Saturday, April 17, 2010, 7:30 p.m., Orpheum Theatre
Guest artist: Lisa Leonard, piano
Brazilian Fanfare* ~ Assad
Piano Concerto Nr. 4 in C minor, Opus 44 ~ Saint-Saens
Blue Cathedral* ~ Higdon
Danzas Estancia ~ Ginastera
Sponsored, in part, by NAEIR; Steinway Piano underwritten by Carl Sandburg College

* asterisk indicates selections chosen through the KGS International Call for Scores.

Non-Subscription Events:

Saturday, January 23, 2010, 6:30 p.m., Soangetaha Country Club
9th Annual Casino Night Gala & Silent Auction Benefit for the KGS

Saturday, February 6, 2010, 7:30 p.m., Kresge Hall, Knox College
Knox-Galesburg Symphony Trio, featuring David Suda, violin; Carolyn Suda, cello; Bruce Polay, piano, performing Robert Schumann's Second Piano Trio
Presented by G&M Distributors and Knox-Galesburg Symphony

Friday, April 16, 2010, 7:30 p.m., Orpheum Theatre
Bruce and "Old Friends" Lecture/Recital
Bruce Polay discusses and performs piano works by Chopin, Bach, Debussy, Grieg, Ginastera and others.
Presented by West Music and Knox-Galesburg Symphony.

Saturday, May 8, 2010, 7:30 p.m., Orpheum Theatre
"Celebrate Mom at the Pops": An evening of Broadway Classics highlighted by the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Sponsored, in part, by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation,
OSF St. Mary Medical Center, and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

Knox-Galesburg Symphony performances are sponsored, in part, by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency, and by Knox College, Kleine Equipment, Inc., OSF St. Mary Medical Center, West Music, G&M Distributors, Humana, NAEIR, Blick Art Materials and Wells Fargo Bank.