Cascade Symphony Orchestra plans on packing a lot of entertainment into their upcoming 50th anniversary season, offering an evening with travel guru Rick Steves, a Messiah singalong and the children’s classic “Peter and the Wolf.”
The orchestra also offers a bargain.
Season tickets are on sale through June 15 for 10 percent off the regular price. Discounted season tickets are $90 for general admission and $72 for seniors.
Season tickets are available by calling 425-776-4938 or from the website at www.cascade symphony.org.
Concerts are held at 7:30 p.m. at Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. North, Edmonds.
Events for Cascade Symphony Orchestra’s 50th season are still in the planning stages, but so far here’s what’s on tap:
“Musical Europe Through the Back Door,” Oct. 23 and 24: Featuring Edmonds travel guru and Herald columnist Rick Steves in a combined musical and photographic travelogue. Steves, who plays the piano, will be a tour guide through music from Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Italy, Norway, England, France and Spain.
Holiday concert, Dec. 12: The holiday concert will be a collection of pieces by Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Leroy Anderson and others as well as a singalong to favorite choruses of Handel’s “Messiah.” Two championship ballroom dancers will also perform.
Rachmaninoff and Gerschwin, Jan. 23: This concert features Anastasia Solomatina in Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concert No. 2 in C minor. “Valse Triste” by Sibelius, “La Boutique Fantasque” by Rossini-Respighi and selections from Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” will be included on the program.
Kids concert, Feb. 25: The annual children’s concert features a collaboration with the Olympic Ballet in “Peter and the Wolf.” (Tickets for the children’s concert are not included in the season ticket price).
Brahms and Bernstein, March 26: The program includes”Brahms’ Fourth” along with Bernstein’s popular “Overture to Westside Story” and Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor.
Other events include a performance of the symphony’s small ensembles in April at the Edmonds United Methodist Church and the 50th season finale in May, which will be a joint concert of the Cascade Symphony and the Sno-King Community Chorale in a performance of “Symphony No. 9” by Beethoven.
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