Concerts
- Monday, December 7, 2009 - 7:30pm
- Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 7:30pm
- Monday, June 7, 2010 - 7:30pm
All concerts are held at Western Washington University in the Performing Arts Center Concert Hall.
Reserved Parking is provided on concert days.
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Entrance to our concerts is free of charge, as a gift to the public and parents of our students, but your generous donations are accepted and appreciated, going to support NSYS and scholarship programs.
DVD recordings of our concerts are available. Please contact us if you would like to order a DVD of any past concerts.
FYI - here is the information on our most recent concert:
Spring Concert - Monday, June 8th at 7:30 p.m.
North Sound Youth Symphony will be presenting its spring concert at Western Washington University on Monday, June 8th at 7:30pm
As part of that concert, we will be featuring a young local musician who won our winter concerto competition.
Cassie Dickerson will perform as our featured soloist in the Cello Concerto in E Minor, Opus 85 by Edward Elgar.
Cassie Dickerson, a senior at Bellingham High School has been playing cello for the last eight years and has enjoyed every minute of it. She has studied with private cello instructor Coral Marchant for the last seven years and will be studying with John Michel next year at Central Washington University with the hopes of pursuing a Performance Major on cello.
Cassie has attended both Marrowstone and Chamber Days in the summers of 2006 and 2008 and attended the Meadowmount School of Music in Westport, NY the summer of 2007. For the last three years Cassie has qualified for the WMEA Solo and Ensemble State Competition and has gotten Superior ratings all three years.
Cassie also enjoys skiing and spending time with her friends. She would like to thank her family, and especially her teacher, Coral for their support and encouragement throughout her musical career.
This concert will feature performances by:
the Symphony, conducted by Grant Donnellan
- Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Franz Liszt
- Hungarian Dance No. 5 by Johannes Brahms
- Variations on a Theme of Hayden by Johannes Brahms
- Cello Concerto in E Minor, Opus 85 by Edward Elgar
featuring cello soloist Cassie Dickerson
the Philharmonia, conducted by Morgan Schwab & Coral Marchant
- Medieval Legend by Michael Story
- Simple Gifts (old Shaker Melody) Arr. By Marsha Chismir Shapiro
- Dark Advanture by Ralph Ford
Spring Concert Press Release - May 2009 (PDF document)