Chattanooga Symphony & Opera Youth Orchestras Present Fall Concert, 11/18

The Chattanooga Symphony & Opera Youth Orchestras (CSOYO) opens their 2013-2014 season on November 18 at 7:30pm at Brainerd Baptist Church with a concert performed by the Symphony Orchestra with Gary Wilkes conducting, featuring a new work by Frank Ticheli, Angels in the Architecture.

Ticheli writes: "Angels in the Architecture unfolds as a dramatic conflict between the two

extremes of human existence-one divine, the other evil. The work's title was inspired by the

Sydney Opera House with its halo-shaped acoustical ornaments hanging above the stage, and

by Thomas Merton, the 20th century Catholic mystic and writer, who wrote: 'The peculiar grace

of a Shaker chair is due to the fact that it was built by someone capable of believing that an

angel might come and sit upon it.'" Ticheli's music includes a solo boy soprano, organ, and an

interesting collection of percussion instruments.

The CSOYO Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sandy Morris, will open the concert with a

variety of delightful works, from John Philip Sousa to Pirates of the Caribbean. Also featured on

the program is the winner of the 2013 CSOYO Concerto Competition, Bethany Thornton.

Program

CSOYO Philharmonic Orchestra

DEL BORGO Essay for Orchestra

SOUSA Presidential Polonaise

SWEARINGEN Flight of Valor

BULLOCK Patriotic Melodies That Stirred Our Nation

BADELT Pirates of the Caribbean

CSOYO Symphony Orchestra

BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide

WIENIAWSKI Violin Concerto No. 2 - 3rd

TICHELI Angels in the Architecture

Tickets: $6 for adults, $4 for children, students, and seniors, available at the door. Call

423.267.9011 for more information.

About Bethany Thornton

Bethany Thornton is a high school senior currently studying with Weiyi-Cai Yu at Lee University.

She is currently the concertmaster of the CSOYO Symphony. Previously, Bethany was assistant

concertmaster and soloist of the Collegedale Academy Orchestra, and while in Lincoln,

Nebraska, she served as a guest artist and soloist with the Union College Orchestra and as

concertmaster of the Junior Youth Orchestra and the Youth Ensemble for Strings. After a

successful audition in 2011, she was selected as co-concertmaster and soloist for Southern

Adventist University's Music Festival.

In addition to private violin instruction since the age of three, she has studied piano and

voice. She currently teaches several violin students. She will be attending Southern Adventist

University as a National Hispanic Scholar where she plans to study primarily either English or

Music.

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