NFSO 2011-12 Concert Season

Upcoming Concerts

Saturday, April 28, 2012, 7:30 p.m. - Haydn Goes Hawaiian

It's Hawaiian shirt night at the symphony as we spotlight the father of the symphony - Franz Josef Haydn and two of his most famous pupils, Mozart and Beethoven. In addition we will feature a world renowned soloist. Put away your concert attire, put on your most colorful shirt and help us kick off summer!

Tickets: $22.50 each adult or $16 youth age 18 and younger or $115 Season Subscription (5 concerts). There is a $2 per ticket box office processing fee. Active duty Military discount available. Purchase Season tickets now through September 10 from the Mattie Kelly Arts Center Box office, by phone (850) 729-6000 or in person. Season tickets are not available for purchase by web. Individual concert tickets go on sale by web starting August 1, 2011. See www.mattiekellyartscenter.org to buy online.

CONCERT PROGRAM:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61
Franz Josef Haydn: Symphony No. 104 "London"

Past Concerts

Friday, February 17, 2012, 7:30 p.m. - The Stars of Tomorrow

The Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra (NFS0) presents its annual "Stars of Tomorrow" concert on Friday, February 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the mainstage theater of Mattie Kelly Fine & Performing Arts Center at Northwest Florida State College in Niceville. The family friendly concert features the orchestra in a salute to the Old West, with a presentation of Aaron Copland's Billy the Kid suite, and guest artist performances by the talented winners of the 25th annual Concerto Competition for young musicians.

The winners of the NFSO Concerto Competition who will perform as part of the concert are chosen by a panel of judges, receive cash prizes ranging from $500 to $1,500, and will also perform with the NFSO at the symphony's annual concerts for all fifth-grade students in Okaloosa and Walton County. The Northwest Florida Symphony Guild sponsors the annual competition and the cash awards.

Concerto Competition winners who will perform with the NFSO include:


•	Nicole Roman (2011 College Division winner), a junior at the University of North Florida where she is studying Music Performance under the instruction of Dr. Michael Bovenzi, will perform Glazunov's Concerto for Saxophone in Eb Major;

•	Geoffrey Stemen (2011 Senior Division Winner), a 16-year-old junior in the dual enrollment program at Pensacola State College and a piano student of Daniel Nagy, will perform the first movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor;

•	Sydney Chung (2011 Junior Division winner), a 12-year-old honor student at Liza Jackson Preparatory School in Fort Walton Beach, will perform the first movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 19 in F Major.

Friday, December 9, 2011, 7:30 p.m. - Holiday Pops!

Joining the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra in a holiday celebration of the season's most beloved music are Belle Voci and the Northwest Florida Symphony Chorale - two select vocal ensembles under the direction of NWFSC music professor Lois Van Dam. The 2011-2012 season marks the first for the Chorale, an audition-only group made up of college scholarship students and members of the community. The Holiday Pops concert will feature music sure to ring in the holidays in a festive style for one and all!

Tickets: $22.50 each adult or $16 youth age 18 and younger. There is a $2 per ticket box office processing fee. Active duty Military discount available. Purchase tickets from the Mattie Kelly Arts Center Box office, by phone (850) 729-6000 or in person. To purchase tickets online, go to www.mattiekellyartscenter.org.

Saturday, October 29, 2011, 7:30 p.m. The Barber of Seville

The NFSO continues its successful presentation of operas in concert version with the most popular comic opera of all time. A stellar cast includes mezzo soprano Michele Detwiler and tenor Adam Kirkpatrick with baritone David Murray returning to Niceville to portray the world's most famous and mischievous barber! Rossini's Barber has proven to be one of the greatest masterpieces of comedy within music, and even after two hundred years, its popularity on the modern opera stage attests to that greatness.

Tickets: $32.50 each adult or $16 youth age 18 and younger or $115 Season Subscription (5 concerts). There is a $2 per ticket box office processing fee. Active duty Military discount available. Purchase Season tickets now through September 10 from the Mattie Kelly Arts Center Box office, by phone (850) 729-6000 or in person. Season tickets are not available for purchase by web. Individual concert tickets go on sale by web starting August 1, 2011. See www.mattiekellyartscenter.org to buy online.

CONCERT PROGRAM:
Gioachino Rossini: The Barber of Seville

Saturday, September 10, 2011, 7:30 p.m. - The French Connection

A delectable evening featuring the works of renowned French composers Berlioz, Saint-Saëns and Bizet. Guest artist Gold Medal pianist Ko-Eun Lee will highlight the season opener with her performance of Saint-Saëns’ bubbly Piano Concerto No. 2. The orchestra's rendition of Berlioz' Corsaire Overture, op. 21 and the intriguing Symphony in C Major by Georges Bizet will round out the concert.

Click Here for September 10 Concert Program notes.

CONCERT PROGRAM:
Hector Berlioz: Corsaire Overture Op. 21
Camille Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Op. 22
Georges Bizet: Symphony in C Major