Dear Friends,

Click here for more information about Leslie Holmes   Welcome to the 59th season of the Wellesley Symphony Orchestra! We have a particularly wonderful season for you this year.  Max Hobart, Music Director, has worked his usual magic in programming the familiar, the unfamiliar, the old and the new to make for a season with never a dull moment and lots of enjoyable listening.

Two special concerts this season include - Holiday Pops and the Family Concert.  This season we are offering OUR GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY by making the Family Concert FREE for everyone! It will be an exciting afternoon, hosted by Elizabeth Scanlon, with special events, such as the Suzuki Ensemble, media celebrity Dixie Whatley, the Instrument Petting Zoo and Show 'n' Tell.  Bring the entire family to t

  Our soloists for the season are really spectacular.  Violinist Angel Valchinov is a rising star from Bulgaria.  Angel has won many prestigious awards and was concertmaster for the Aspen Music Festival Concert Orchestra. Pianist Amira Acre will play Tchaikovsky's beloved first Piano Concerto.  Besides performing internationally as a solo artist, Ms. Acre is a distinguished chamber musician and has performed many times at Lincoln Center.  At the Holiday Pops,  William Bulger, past president at the University of Massachusetts, will narrate  Twas the Night Before Christmas and soprano Karol Carroll - a New England favorite  - will sing favorite holiday songs

February finds internationally acclaimed soprano, Joanna Mongiardo, singing opera arias.  Recently returned from an extremely successful two years in Germany performing leading opera roles, Ms. Mongiardo has performed at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and with major orchestras and opera companies around the U.S.  Our season ends with the beautiful Faure Requiem, featuring The Wellesley High Concert Choir, with soloists soprano Maria Ferrante and baritone Ron Williams, both of whom received enthusiastic praise for previous performances with the WSO.



The February Symphonic Potpourri brings together three twentieth-century composers and one from the previous century. It is a delicious mix light-hearted and serious music. Elizabeth Scanlon will again be the Host for the Family Concert, featuring Casey at the Bat (Go Red Sox!) and the winner of our Young Soloist Competition.  Our pre-concert Show 'n' Tell and Instrument Petting Zoo have been enormously popular. In a special tribute to mothers on Mother's Day, we present the Ungerleider twins, Oren and Tavi in Brahms Double Concerto for Violin and Cello. Sign your mothers, grandmothers, daughters and granddaughters up now.

Remember, if you purchase a subscription, you receive ONE CONCERT FREE.  This is a season you won't want to miss.  I, personally look forward to seeing you at my pre-concert talks.

Sincerely,
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Leslie M. Holmes, President

Honorary Board
Denise Bacon
Julia Scott Carey
Laura Carlo
Ron Della Chiesa
Phyllis Curtin
Virginia Eskin
John Finney
Everett (Vic) Firth
John Harbison
Bayla Keyes
Thomas Oboe Lee
Ned Rorem

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