WITH JOHN TURMAN, FRENCH HORN
BOBBY COLLINS, CONDUCTOR
SHORECREST PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
SUNDAY, MARCH 17 @ 2:00PM
Our final Music Director Finalist, Bobby Collins, presents a tableau of Germanic compositional style. Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel’s Overture in C major, her only work for orchestra alone, is a lively, melodic fanfare firmly rooted in early Romanticism. Seattle Symphony hornist John Turman joins the orchestra as soloist on Richard Strauss’s quintessential First Horn Concerto. Johannes Brahms’ Second Symphony closes the program with some of the most festive and triumphant music of Philharmonia Northwest’s season.
Note: Our previously scheduled soloist, Andrew Pelletier, has unfortunately withdrawn from this concert due to health reasons; the Concerto for Horn and Orchestra by Samuel Adler will also no longer be performed. We wish Dr. Pelletier all the best, and thank John Turman for graciously agreeing to perform in his place as soloist for this concert.
PROGRAM:
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel: Overture in C major
Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 11
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Join us after the concert for a Q&A with Music Director Finalist Bobby Collins!
SINGLE IN-PERSON TICKETS
Adult: $30
Senior/Student: $20
Child (under 18): Free
JOHN TURMAN, FRENCH HORN SOLOIST
John Turman joined the Seattle Symphony Orchestra in 2015 as Third Horn. Prior to becoming a member of the SSO, Mr. Turman was awarded the position of Principal Horn of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in 2015. During the 2013-2014 season, Mr. Turman performed with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra as Acting Third Horn.
In 2010, Mr. Turman was named one of the Yamaha Corporation’s Young Performing Artists, and in 2013 was chosen as a finalist in the Houston Symphony’s Ima Hogg International Soloist Competition. Mr. Turman was awarded second prize in the wind division of the Shepherd School of Music Concerto Competition in 2015.
In addition to his solo and orchestral playing, Mr. Turman is a dedicated chamber musician. He is a founding member of the award-winning Noctua Wind Quintet, the Olympic Winds, and the Southern Bells Horn Quartet. As a member of The Seattle Symphony Horns, he has performed and produced a substantial catalog of chamber music arrangements, recordings and videos along with his fantastic colleagues in the section.
Mr. Turman received his Bachelor of Music in Horn Performance from Rice University in 2015, where he studied with William VerMeulen.
BOBBY COLLINS, CONDUCTOR
Since 2015, Bobby Collins has served as Music Director and Co-Founder for The Sound Ensemble, a Seattle-based chamber orchestra that promotes diversity and equity, while seeking to be at the forefront of what it means to be a relevant orchestra in the 21st Century. He has also served as Music Director of Seattle Festival Orchestra since 2018, where he established the ensemble as the only orchestra in Seattle providing consistent, year-round access to great orchestral music for kids. In addition to this, Bobby serves as Assistant Conductor for Yakima Symphony Orchestra, a music educator, and guest conductor. With a repertoire spanning the ancient to the contemporary, Bobby has worked as a conductor and educator with the entire spectrum of orchestras.
As Co-Founder and Music Director, Bobby has contributed heavily to the growth and development of The Sound Ensemble. His work has helped establish TSE as one of the leading new music ensembles in the region. Bobby is uniquely gifted at crafting engrossing programs to enrich and entertain diverse audiences. With both Seattle Festival Orchestra and The Sound Ensemble, he has been instrumental in developing educational programs that engage kids of all ages in classical music.
Bobby has also appeared in concert with orchestras such as St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic, Yakima Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Collaborative Orchestra, Skagit Symphony, Saratoga Orchestra, Rainier Symphony, Cascade Symphony, Thalia Symphony, and Inverted Space Ensemble, as well as the Ludus and Leavenworth Summer Theater’s pit orchestras.
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