Valdosta Symphony Orchestra Opens ABAC Arts Series September 16

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Valdosta Symphony Orchestra Opens ABAC Arts Series September 16

Anonymous CNHI The Tifton Gazette Fri Sep 07, 2012, 08:10 AM EDT

TIFTON — The Valdosta Symphony Orchestra featuring cello soloist Steven Taylor will open the Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College performing arts series, “ABAC Presents!” on Sept. 16. The concert begins at 3 p.m. at the Tift County High School Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students 18 years of age and under.

Series Director Wayne Jones encourages advance purchase of tickets to ensure availability. Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.artsconnection.ticketleap.com or by phone at (229) 391-4895. Tickets will also be available at the door on the day of the event.

A season pass for all five events in the “ABAC Presents!” series is $50 for adults, $20 for students under 18 years of age, and $125 for a Family Pass that includes two adults and two or more student passes.

Future performances include Mike Wiley in “Dar He: The Story of Emmett Till” on Oct. 11, Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly” by the Peach State Opera Company on Jan. 31, 2013, the Vega String Quartet on March 21, 2013, and the United States Army Field Band Jazz Ambassadors on April 18, 2013.

Taylor and the orchestra will perform selections honoring the passion of the human spirit including Rodion Shchedrin’s “Symphonic Fanfares”; Dmitri Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op.107; and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, “Pathetique”.

Created in 1990, the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra serves both the cultural life of Valdosta and the regional academic mission of Valdosta State University (VSU). The high standard of performance of the orchestra enables it to draw guest soloists of national and international renown. The orchestra's membership is a creative blend of resident artist-faculty, students studying professional music disciplines, talented community performers, and carefully selected professionals from a five-state region.

Taylor studied at The Juilliard School from 1980-85 where he earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music and was a recipient of the Eva Shapiro Memorial Scholarship. While in New York he served as principal cellist of the Juilliard Conductor's Orchestra and was a member of the National Orchestra Association Orchestra.

A VSU faculty member since 1992, Taylor has also served as the principal cellist of the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra and the cellist for the Azalea String Quartet. He performed at the American premier of Johan de Meij's "Casanova" in 2001 and the world premiere of Arthur Rodriguez’s "Elegy and Rondo" in 2009 with the VSU Wind Ensemble.

The series is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. GCA also receives support from its partner agency, the National Endowment for the Arts. Other contributors include the generosity of the ABAC Advancement Foundation and grants from South Arts and the Fox Theatre Institute/Georgia Presenters.

To learn more about all the series, interested persons can visit the “ABAC Presents!” web page at http://www.abac.edu/arts/ap.

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