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Simon Sinfonietta

Falmouth Academy is home to the Simon Sinfonietta, a professional chamber orchestra directed by Maestro Stephen Simon. Each season, the ensemble presents a series of four concerts with soloists. A reception with the artists follows each concert. The Sinfonietta concerts often sell out, so we encourage you to call early for reservations. Ticket sales benefit Falmouth Academy, Historic Highfield and the Cape and Islands public radio station WCAI. Concerts are held in the Falmouth Academy performance space. All tickets are held at the door. For reservations, please call (508) 457-9696, ext. 302. For more information or to purchase tickets online, visit www.simonsinfonietta.org.

2011-2012 Concert Season

Saturday, September 17, 2011, 7:30 p.m.

featuring Jorge Avila, Violinist

BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 in D Major
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto

Saturday, February 18, 2012, 7:30 p.m.

featuring Benjamin Verdery, Guitarist

MOZART Symphony No. 38 in D Major, “The Prague”
VIVALDI Guitar Concerto in D Major
JUAN RODRIGO Concerto De Arunjuez
CARL MARIA VON WEBER Symphony No. 2

Saturday, March 31, 2012, 7:30 p.m.

featuring Mark Miller, Clarinet

WILLIAM BOYCE Symphony No. 5 in D Major
ELLEN TAAFE ZWILICH Concerto Grosso 1985
CARL MARIA VON WEBER Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra
HAYDN Symphony No. 104 in D Major

Saturday, June 2, 2012, 7:30 p.m.

featuring Sarah Dananshpur, Pianist

STRAVINSKY Symphony in C
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K466
SCHUMANN symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major, “The Spring”

Music Director Stephen Simon comes to this orchestra after 26 years as the music director of the Washington Chamber Symphony in Washington, D.C. Through touring Europe, performing in Vienna, Prague, Paris and Venice, and conducting years of sold-out concerts at the Kennedy Center, Mr. Simon became a specialist in designing programs for orchestras of approximately 40 musicians that included music of all periods and styles. He was also music director of the Handel Society of New York, which performed at Carnegie Hall and the Handel Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. He recorded the Complete Mozart Piano Concerti with soloist Lili Kraus for CBS/SONY and has also recorded for RCA, Musical Heritage and Newport Classics labels.