West Seattle Community Symphony Orchestra (WSCO) Concert
Friday, May 12, 7:30pm
“Love Stories and Dances”
Chief Sealth Auditorium

Led by conductor James Pham, the West Seattle Symphony will take the stage in a program of Love Stories and Dances. Pham has chosen romantic scores from the pensive Faure Suite from Pelleas et Melisande and the very exciting “Polovetsian Dances” from Prince Igor by Borodin and Saint-Saëns’ “Bacchanale” from Samson & Delilah.

A highlight of the evening’s performance will be Saint Saëns’ Morceau de concert for Horn and Orchestra, performed by Chris Blakely, the winner of WSCO’s second annual concerto competition.

Chris has been a valued member of WSCO’s horn section since February 2015. Originally from West Seattle, he reports that he “got hooked on horn” while in seventh grade on Vashon Island then continued on, playing in their high school band and in the Tacoma Youth Symphony. Due to travel requirements for his work, he had to set his horn aside for seventeen years. Currently, he plays horn in the WSCO Symphony Orchestra, a concert band, various community theaters, small ensembles, and “occasional pop up orchestras.”

Please join us for “Love Stories and Dances.” Admission is FREE, though donations are greatly appreciated as they support the provision of no-cost music programs for our student musicians as well as the gift of these performances to our community.

For more information on West Seattle Community Orchestras visit our website for more information on all concerts, as well as becoming involved with WSCO.