The Central Ohio Symphony will open its 45th Anniversary Sapphire Season with many of the community’s gems on a dazzling display as the Symphony and Ohio Wesleyan officially celebrate their decades-long relationship with a series of special events to welcome new OWU President Matt vandenBerg and his family to Delaware.
Prior to the 7:30 p.m., Oct 21 concert, small student ensembles in Ohio Wesleyan’s music programs will perform in Gray Chapel for concertgoers. The Symphony and the City of Delaware will welcome President vandenBerg and his family with a Proclamation by City Council, presented by Delaware Mayor Carolyn Kay Riggle. Ohio Wesleyan students will also join the audience as ambassadors, assisting with way-finding and ushering for the concert.
Once the concert itself begins, it will include a performance of Ohio Wesleyan’s Alma Mater with an entirely new orchestral version commissioned by the Symphony. Hyer says the new arrangement will complement the night’s celebratory spirit.”
The concert program also features the Ohio premiere of the Pulitzer-Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon’s Cold Mountain Suite from her opera. It also features Miguel del Aguila’s Violin Concerto with world-renowned violinist Guillermo Figueroa (Artistic Director of the Santa Fe Symphony) on violin, and then, following a brief intermission, Camille Saint-Saens’ Symphony No. 3 (The Organ Symphony) featuring Ohio Wesleyan’s magnificent Rexford Keller Organ, built by the Klais Organ Company of Bonn, Germany.
Individual tickets are $29 for adults, $24 for seniors and $6 for students and are available online at the Symphony website at www.centralohiosymphony.org, by calling the Symphony at 740-362-1799, or in person from the Symphony office at 20 W. Central Avenue in downtown Delaware. Season tickets are still available for $124 for the five-concert series, the same cost as last year. Those interested in a first-time season ticket may purchase them for a reduced price in certain sections of the auditorium.
The Symphony is supported by the Ohio Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, the City of Delaware, and through partnerships with the Delaware City Schools and Ohio Wesleyan University.
Source: Central Ohio Symphony and OWU Office of Communications.