EDMONDS—The Cascade Symphony Orchestra continues its 64th season on Thursday, November 13, at 7pm, with its Fall Chamber Music Concert at the Edmonds Waterfront Center.
Edward Benyas, Cascade Symphony’s Executive Director, says “the concert will present a wide array of classical music for ensembles including piano, woodwind, brass, string and percussion instruments.”
The program is bookended by the Cascade Symphony Orchestra Wind Quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon), which opens the concert with Beethoven contemporary Franz Danzi’s charming Wind Quintet in G Minor, and concludes with French composer Jacques Ibert’s delightful Trois Pièces Brèves. Also on the program is music for Marimba, Vibraphone and Piano by Darius Milhaud, W.A. Mozart’s “Kegelstatt” Trio, and several other short selections. The concert will last just over an hour without intermission
Concert ticket prices are: $15 for adults and $5 for students of any age and can be purchased in advance online through the Edmonds Center for the Arts website (https://www.edmondscenterforthearts.org/event-categories/cascade-symphony-orchestra/), by telephone (425-275-9595), or in person (Noon to 5pm Monday through Friday). Tickets are also available by cash, check or credit card at the Waterfront Center the night of the concert beginning at 6pm.
Additional information about the Cascade Symphony Orchestra is available online at www.cascadesymphony.org.
About Cascade Symphony Orchestra
At Cascade Symphony Orchestra in Edmonds, Snohomish County residents can catch breath-taking performances of the works of Beethoven, Strauss, and Wagner for a fraction of the price of major symphony tickets and without having to catch the light rail or combat interstate gridlock.
The Symphony, which performs at the Edmonds Center for the Arts (seating nearly 700 people), is offering a $125 season pass for its 64th Season, covering shows from October through May 2026. This is quite the steal compared to major Orchestra ticket prices ranging from $60 to $300 a show. Also, in an attempt to draw in a younger crowd, for the first time ever the symphony is offering a season ticket for ages 50 and below for only $115.
“The cost of a season ticket for our entire season is less than the typical cost for a single ticket for the Seattle Symphony,” said Executive Director Ed Benyas. “And we’re right in your neighborhood where you don’t have to fight traffic or pay for parking to go downtown to hear high-quality music.”
The Cascade Symphony Orchestra, which performs with approximately 45 to 75 musicians at a time, depending on repertoire, is the oldest community orchestra in South Snohomish County. It was founded in 1962 by Robert Anderson who, at the time, was conducting the Bremerton Orchestra – traveling back and forth across the Sound with a band full of musicians. One day he thought why not bring high-quality classical music to my home in South Snohomish County? That year the orchestra was adopted into the Washington Charter and the orchestra played its first show in June.
During the concert season, each player contributes over 100 hours a year in weekly rehearsals. This adds up to a staggering total of 9,000 hours annually — donated by these many people to their community.
The orchestra’s primary sponsor is acclaimed travel writer Rick Steves who has supported the symphony, and its venue – the Edmonds Center for the Arts – for many years. The orchestra is also widely supported by grants and private donors. Just this year the orchestra received $12,500 from the Community Accelerator grant sponsored by ArtsFund and the Allen Family Philanthropies.
Source: Cascade Symphony with contributions by Senior Reporter Kienan Briscoe
Author: Lynnwood Times Staff
