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Edwardian Secrets | Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra
Class Description: Edwardian Secrets’ features the mystery of Elgar’s Enigma Variations, a piece said by the composer to contain a puzzle that has never yet been solved. Guest pianist Eric Xi Xin Liang joins VAMSO in Prokofiev`s formidable Piano Concerto No. 2 and a world premiere is unveiled, penned by VAM faculty member Douglas Gwynn Smith.The Genius of Tchaikovsky | Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra
Class Description: Under the baton of guest conductor Kathleen Allan, VAMSO presents the many faces of Tchaikovsky: the dance-like elegance of the Nutcracker Suite, the stately Piano Concerto No. 1, and the heroic Symphony No. 5. Joining VAMSO is piano soloist Amanda Chan, VAM’s new Head of Piano.Marian Schreiber Suzuki Festival Concert
Class Description: Free AdmissionGorgeous Gershwin | Vancouver Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra
Class Description: With a great bustling of commotion, the 2015/16 Orpheum Series comes to a lively end with the jazz-infused music of George Gershwin. Guests from VAM's Orchestral Training Program combine forces with VAMSO to turn the Orpheum into the streets of New York, presenting a variety of favourites including An american in Paris, Rhapsody in Blue, Porgy & Bess Suite, and selections from the Gershwin songbook.About Gershwin
George Gershwin’s compositional career spanned both classical and popular genres, and gave the world such instantly recognizable tunes as Embraceable You, I Got Rhythm, and the widely covered jazz standard,Summertime. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, he was hired at a young age as a songwriter in “Tin Pan Alley”, the Manhattan hub for music publishers of the late 19th century, and birthplace of the U.S. music industry.
The composer had his first song published at 17 years old, and his first national hit, Swanee, at age 20. Gershwin later went on to create music for stage, including the opera Porgy & Bess and musicals Show Girl and Girl Crazy, film scores such as the Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers classic Shall We Dance, and orchestral compositions that regularly debuted in Carnegie Hall. Gershwin’s legacy is all the more impressive given the short window in which it was established: the composer died from a brain tumor at just 38 years of age.
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue - Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic (1976)
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VAM's Orchestral Training Program is supported by RBC Foundation