WVSO Performs on Campus March 5

The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra will perform on the Fairmont State University and Pierpont Community & Technical College main campus in Fairmont at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 5, in Colebank Hall.

For tickets, call the Box Office at (304) 367-4240 or the Marion County Chamber of Commerce at (304) 363-0442. Parking will be available on the top deck of the parking garage. FSU is committed to making its performances and facilities accessible to all patrons. Large print programs and other accommodations for those with disabilities are available.

The concert titled "On the Shoulders of Giants" will be under the direction of Grant Cooper, Artistic Director & Conductor of the WVSO, and will feature Lindsay Deutsch, violin soloist. The program will include selections from Johann Strauss, Sergei Prokofiev, John Coriglano and Maurice Ravel.

 

Lindsay Deutsch

In the 2008-2009 season, Lindsay Deutsch, 23, is making her debut with the South Carolina, Brevard, West Virginia and Norwalk symphonies, as well as the Portland and Mission chamber orchestras. She also makes return appearances with the National Academy and Oakville Orchestras in Ontario, Canada, and the McGill Chamber Orchestra in Montreal.

Recent performances include the Colorado Symphony and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, both conducted by Jeffrey Kahane, as well as a performance with the McGill Chamber Orchestra in Montreal.  She made her Walt Disney Concert Hall debut performing John Corigliano's "Red Violin Chaconne" with the California Philharmonic.

Deutsch made her solo orchestral debut at the age of 11 with the Clear Lake Symphony in Texas. As a recitalist, she has appeared on the prestigious Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series in Chicago, the Los Angeles Da Camera Society at the historic Doheny Mansion, at L.A.'s Gindi Auditorium, as guest artist at the PepsiCo Recital Hall at Texas Christian University, and several solo performances for the Leonard Nimoy Concert Series. Deutsch has also appeared at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles where she performed excerpts of Mark O'Connor's "Strings and Threads" with the composer and the Disney Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra. She was honored by being invited to perform the theme from "Schindler's List" for John Williams at a gala dinner in his honor.

As chamber musician, she has appeared at the La Jolla Summerfest and the Green Music Festival collaborating with artists Gil Shaham, Jeffrey Kahane, Adele Anthony, Cho-Liang Lin, Sheryl Staples, Arnold Steinhardt, Chee-Yun, Nokuthula Ngwenyama, Alisa Weilerstein, Gary Hoffman and the St. Lawrence String Quartet.

The internationally known Strad Magazine featured Deutsch as their pick of "Up-and-Coming Musicians" in their April 2007 issue. Her movie credits include playing the solo violin sound track for the 2006 movie "The Good Shepherd" starring Robert De Niro. She has also collaborated and is the featured "Pro" on the newly released "See-Like-Me, Play Like a Pro" DVD violin instruction series. Deutsch's performance of Astor Piazzolla's "Four Seasons of Buenos Aires" with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra was selected for NPR's "Symphony Cast" program. Deutsch has also appeared as a soloist on the national radio program, "From the Top" in which her performance of Bartok's "Roumanian Folk Dances" with Christopher O'Riley was selected for inclusion on the "Best of" CD produced by "From the Top." She was featured on "Live From WFMT" in Chicago and her performance of Vivaldi's "Summer" with the Colburn Conservatory Orchestra was presented on the "Sunday's Live Series" (K-Mozart radio), as well as numerous other performances airing on several National Public Radio stations including "Performance Today," which featured her in a performance of the Prokofiev "Duo for Two Violins" with Chee-Yun. Deutsch currently studies with Robert Lipsett at the Colburn Conservatory. She plays on a 1742 Sanctus Seraphin on generous loan from the Mandell Collection of Southern California.

In 2007, she and her sister, Lauren, co-founded a non-profit organization, Classics Alive (www.ClassicsAlive.org), dedicated to building classical music audiences. Classics Alive is currently developing a new web site which will allow student musicians from 4 to 18 to upload videos of their performances to be viewed by fellow young musicians from around the world.