Thomas Heuser, conductor; Kara Huber, piano soloist; Amy Beach, Piano Concerto in C-sharp Minor (1899), Kara Huber, piano soloist; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5 in E Minor; Kara Huber brings “effortless polish, maturity, insight, and grace” to the rarely performed Piano Concerto of pioneering American composer Amy Beach. The San Juan Symphony then delivers […]
Thomas Heuser, conductor; Elizabeth Maconchy, Nocturne; Maurice Ravel, La Valse; Sergei Rachmaninoff, Symphonic Dances; 20th century composers produced some of history’s most exhilarating orchestral music. Maurice Ravel changed the palette of the orchestra, and his groundbreaking La Valse is a choreographic poem depicting a dream-like ballroom with swirling dancers. The ravishing Symphonic Dances of Sergei […]
Join the San Juan Symphony String Quartet for an intimate and impactful concert of string quartet repertoire. The program features diverse works by Elena Kats-Cherrin (b. 1957), Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate (b. 1968), and an iconic "Middle Period" string quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). The SJS String Quartet includes Concertmaster Lauren Avery, Principal Second Violin […]
Thomas Heuser, conductor; Side-by-Side with Student Musicians. Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, Chokfi’: Sarcasm; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Ballade in A Minor, Op. 33; Antonín Dvorak, Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70. Chickasaw classical composer Jerod Tate writes music that expresses his native culture in symphonic form, and his Chokfi provides a brilliant, rhythmical introduction. Then a […]
Thomas Heuser, conductor; Inna Faliks, piano soloist. Johannes Brahms, Tragic Overture Clarice Assad, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: Lilith Inna Faliks, piano soloist Edward Elgar, Enigma Variations, Op. 36 Lilith is the symbol of a liberated woman, either demon or goddess, and Brazilian composer Clarice Assad has written a piano concerto for Inna Faliks in […]
