A2SO Announces Schedule of Chamber Concerts for March 2016

Join in with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra's Chamber Concert Series at the Jewish - Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor on Monday, March 14th at 1:30 pm. Open to listeners of all ages, this hour long concert will feature Primor Sluchin, harp soloist at the A2SO mainstage concert Harp Magic on Saturday, March 12 and

Arie Lipsky, A2SO Conductor and Music Director (flute and cello).

The program will include:

Harp and Flute

Gabriel Fauré Sicilienne
Albert Franz Doppler Hungarian Pastorale Fantasy
Félix Godefroid Deuxième Mosaique sur des Motifs de la Norma de Bellini Jacques Ibert Entre'Act for flute & harp

Harp and Cello

Alexander Glazunov: Chant du Minestrel (Minstrel's Song)
Hector Villa Lobos Song of the Black Swan (O Canto do Cisne Negro) Camille Saint-Saëns The Swan from the "Carnival of the Animals" Pablo Casals The Song of Birds (El cant dels ocells)
De Falla Suite Populaire Espagnole

Primor Sluchin, trained in the French School of the harp by the greatest names of the instrument, perpetuates a tradition of excellence, virtuosity and poetry. Inspired, rigorous, and ever-exploring new musical fields, she offers the sound of a precise, assertive and sparkling harp.

Her talent and her work have been recognized with numerous awards in France and abroad. She was the unanimous 1st Prize winner during her studies at the

Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. She was awarded the 1st Prize at the International UFAM Competition, the Arles's Chamber Music Competition and the special Spedidam prize at the International Martine Géliot Harp Competition. In 2002, she was awarded the prestigious Karajan Scholarship and joined the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Sir Simon Rattle.

Since 2003 when joined the Opéra Royal de Wallonie as a solo harpist, Sluchin has promoted the harp in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. She has also performed with the Belgian National Orchestra, the Brussels Philharmonic, La Monnaie, the Luxembourg Philarmonic Orchestra, the Nuove Musiche Orchestra, the Orchestre National d'Ile de France and the Radio France Philarmonic Orchestra.

A passionate teacher, Sluchin taught in France, then at the Académie de Waremme, near Liège. Since 2010, she has been one of the driving forces of the Harpegio Association which supports and promotes the young Belgian harpists through master classes and the biennial international competition of the Musée des Instruments de Musique de Bruxelles.

This is Sluchin's second appearance with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra.

This season, Maestro Arie Lipsky is celebrating his 16th anniversary with your Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra. Arie continues to grow a tremendous and loyal audience in Southeastern Michigan with concerts where both discerning and casual listeners alike are calling what they hear "an Ann Arbor Symphony sound" of confidence and clarity. As one reviewer said, "under the baton of Music Director Lipsky, the Orchestra played with finesse and polish that experience brings to bear." Lipsky and the A2SO created a CD, distributed on the Naxos label, of three pieces by American composer Paul Fetler. CDs are available at the A2SO Office, Amazon, Naxos.com, and iTunes.

Lipsky is also the Music Director of the Ashland Symphony Orchestra (Ohio), Principal Guest Conductor of the Haifa Symphony Orchestra, and Director of Chamber Music at the Chautauqua Institute. Lipsky served as the principal cellist for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra for over 20 seasons. Lipsky, his wife Rachel, and daughter Inbal now call Ann Arbor home, having moved from Buffalo, New York, last season.

Join us for a special afternoon at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Ann Arbor for the continuing Chamber Concert Series. Single tickets are $10 and we encourage you to purchase your tickets in advance by calling (734) 994-4801, purchasing online at a2so.com, or by emailing tickets@a2so.com.

GROUPS & SENIOR CENTERS

• ? We welcome buses or groups to drop off/ pick up at the front door.

• ? Purchasing tickets in advance allows for quicker seating.

• ? Your party can buy individual tickets.

• ? Bring a list of names or email Kara Sudheimer at Kara@a2so.com on the Thursday

  before the concert for easy check in.

• ? When you purchase a series package you will receive a dollar off each ticket. The

  tickets can be distributed to anyone that you would like to give them to. This will save $5 dollars off the entire series package.

• The A2SO is a premier regional orchestra offering live symphonic music to over 80,000 patrons of all ages in venues ranging from the historic Michigan Theater and Hill Auditorium as well as schools, daycares, libraries, farmers markets, and various senior citizen centers in the five-county area. For tickets visit a2so.com, email tickets@a2so.com or call (734) 994- 4801. Single tickets range from $15 to $65, subscriptions start at just $60; Student, Senior, and Group discounts are available. First time subscribers buy one season subscription and

  get one FREE!

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