Joseph Pollard White
Music Director and Conductor
Music Director and Conductor
Thank you for supporting our first concert of the
2021-2022 Season!
2021-2022 Season!
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Information about our future concerts can be found here
We're Back!
We are excited to be able to announce that Thalia Symphony Orchestra under Music Director Joseph Pollard White will return to Town Hall on Sunday afternoon November 21 at 2:00 p.m. performing a program of music by Joseph Haydn, Charles Ives and George Walker.
Program
Lyric for Strings by George Walker
Symphony No. 85 'The Queen' by Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 2 by Charles Ives
American composer George Walker (1922-2018) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music in 1996, the first African-American composer to be so recognized. The Lyric for Strings is a beautiful, emotionally complex piece originally written for string quartet in 1946 and later expanded for string orchestra in 1990.
In the 1780s, Austrian composer Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), often regarded as the 'father of the symphony', was commissioned by an orchestra in Paris to write a set of symphonies. The symphony we will be performing was premiered in 1786, with the famous Afro-French virtuoso violinist Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges as orchestra leader. It was a particular favorite of Queen Marie Antoinette, hence the symphony's nickname, 'The Queen'.
Charles Ives (1874-1954) is the quintessential American modernist composer. His Symphony No. 2 was written before 1910 but not given a full premiere until the 1950s. He combines a love of traditional 'Americana' with innovative, sometimes extreme, compositional techniques.
We are excited to be able to announce that Thalia Symphony Orchestra under Music Director Joseph Pollard White will return to Town Hall on Sunday afternoon November 21 at 2:00 p.m. performing a program of music by Joseph Haydn, Charles Ives and George Walker.
Program
Lyric for Strings by George Walker
Symphony No. 85 'The Queen' by Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 2 by Charles Ives
American composer George Walker (1922-2018) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music in 1996, the first African-American composer to be so recognized. The Lyric for Strings is a beautiful, emotionally complex piece originally written for string quartet in 1946 and later expanded for string orchestra in 1990.
In the 1780s, Austrian composer Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), often regarded as the 'father of the symphony', was commissioned by an orchestra in Paris to write a set of symphonies. The symphony we will be performing was premiered in 1786, with the famous Afro-French virtuoso violinist Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges as orchestra leader. It was a particular favorite of Queen Marie Antoinette, hence the symphony's nickname, 'The Queen'.
Charles Ives (1874-1954) is the quintessential American modernist composer. His Symphony No. 2 was written before 1910 but not given a full premiere until the 1950s. He combines a love of traditional 'Americana' with innovative, sometimes extreme, compositional techniques.
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Thalia Symphony Orchestras thanks Seattle Arts & Culture for its Civic Partner 2021 grant.
We proudly announce that Thalia Symphony Orchestra has been awarded grants through King County’s 4Culture Arts Sustained Support program for 2020-2021. This will help us continue to bring outstanding music to the community.
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