Youth Concerto Competition: February 25 and 26!
Application deadline: January 27
Talented young music students are invited to prepare for and perform one movement of a concerto. Prizes include $1,000, $500 and $250 awards, SASO season tickets and the possibility of performing as a soloist with the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra.
If you are or know of a music student
from age 13 to 18, take advantage of
this valuable opportunity. Co-sponsored by The Symphony Women's Association. For more information, download the brochure and application form, email info@sasomusic.org or call 882-6653

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Performances in 2012:
February 11 and 12
Guest conductor Tao Fan returns with his sister, pianist Cong Fan, performing the challenging Yellow River Piano Concerto. Also on the program: Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 in D Major.

April 14 and 15
Whimsy is in the air with Saint-Saens’ Carnival of the Animals and a multi-media show. We also welcome the innovative HarpFusion ensemble, along with Copland, Handel, Sibelius and the winner of our youth concerto competition.

May 19 and 20
Our season closes with a rare concerto for two double basses by Bottesini, performed by Waldir Bertipaglia and Catalin Rotaru. The program opens with Isaac’s Patriotic Overture and ends with Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 in D minor.