This Season's Concerts

All concerts* are held at the Bremerton Performing Arts Center at Bremerton High School
1500 - 13th St, Bremerton WA 98337 | Directions

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[C] FOR FRIENDS AND LOST HEROES   [Next Classic Series concert]
Saturday, October 6 2007, 7:30PM
  Brahms: Violin Concerto
  Simon James, violin
  Beethoven: Symphony No.3, "Eroica"

        Sponsor: Kitsap Bank

[F] SINISTER CINEMA   [Next Family Series concert]
Sunday, October 21 2007, 2:00PM

Continuing our popular Family Concerts with a Halloween theme, this interactive concert is all about the movies! Listen to the music that filled classic "creature feature" movie audiences with dread... Photoplay silent-film scores from the studio vaults! Younger audience members will recognize more current movie music from the scarier moments of "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark." Surprises are in store! Pre-concert activities for kids in the lobby starting at 1:00. Wear your costumes!

  Gregson-Williamson: "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe"
  Hermann: Silent Movie Photoplay Music
  from "The Phantom of the Opera, "Frankenstein," "L'Inferno," "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde," "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" and "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
  Williams: March from "Raiders of the Lost Ark"

       Co-sponsors: Bradley Scott, Puget Sound Energy

[C] HOMEGROWN TALENT: RELOADED   [Next Classic Series concert]
Saturday, November 3 2007, 7:30PM
  Griffes: Poem for Flute and Orchestra
  Lia Wax, flute
  Köper: Mytho-Logica
  Gary Dahl, timpani
  Holst: The Planets

        Co-sponsors: Anthony's Home Port Restaurant; George Shipe, CSA/ National Benefit Advisory

Handel: Messiah
Bremerton Symphony Orchestra and Concert Chorale Jessica Robins Milanese, soprano; Kathryn Weld, mezzo; Stephen Wall, tenor; Barry Johnson, baritone
Sponsor: Harrison Medical Center  |  Media Sponsor: Kitsap Sun

[F] BAD BOY BEETHOVEN
Saturday, February 2 2008, 2:00PM   |   Youth/School Concerts: Tuesday, February 5 [more information]

“Bad Boy Beethoven” will be a fun interactive concert about the life and times of Ludwig van Beethoven, one of the world’s greatest composers and musicians. We will be exposed to the music of Beethoven and his teacher, Haydn and learn how Beethoven’s music progressed and changed throughout his entire lifetime. In addition, we will have dialogue from the stage between our Music Director, Elizabeth Stoyanovich and Michael Robertson of California, acting as Beethoven, presenting us with the image of Beethoven in person as he reflects on his life and the nine symphonies that he wrote. The concert lasts about an hour without intermission.

  arr. Burden: A Fifth of Beethoven
  Haydn: Excerpts from Symphony #104, Mvt. 1
  Beethoven: Excerpts from Symphonies #1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9
  with Michael Robinson as "Beethoven"
  Kamen: Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves

       Sponsor: Family Pancake House
       Youth Concert Co-Sponsors: Key Bank; Wilma Martin and Linda Martin Briggs

PLEASE NOTE: NO ONLINE TICKET SALES AFTER 12:00 PM THE THURSDAY BEFORE EACH CONCERT.
    Buy tickets at the door or call (360) 373-1722.
Online Tickets purchased after Tuesday before the concert will be held at will-call.
 

[Ch] I LOVE MY LOVE*  
[Next Chorale Series concert]
Saturday, March 15 2008, 7:30PM
Bremerton Symphony Concert Chorale, Directed by LeeAnne Campos
*Concert at Sylvan Way Baptist Church, 900 Sylvan Way, Bremerton

Songs about love and lovers by Brahms, Gershwin, Wagner and more.

  Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes
  arr. Lawson: I Love My Love
  Morley: My Bonnie Lass She Smileth
  Gershwin: Embraceable You
  Arr. Shaw/Parker: Vive L'Amour
  Stroup: Amor de mi alma
  from The Kings' Singers Anniversary Jubilee: "Can't Buy Me Love", "And So It Goes," "You Are The New Day"
  Wagner (arr. Rutter): Chorus from Lohengrin

     Co-Sponsors: Ball & Treger CPAs, Parker Lumber, Phil and Mary Broms, Tim Quigley Insurance Services

[C] ROMANTIC LYRICISM   [Next Classic Series concert]
Saturday, March 22 2008, 7:30PM

Dvorak's Symphony #7 is the main course for this concert, but the tasty appetizer will be Strauss' Horn Concerto performed by Jeffrey Fair. Les Preludes by Liszt rounds out the evening's menu.

  Liszt: Les Preludes
  Strauss: Horn Concerto #1
  Jeffrey Fair, horn
  Dvorak: Symphony #7

     Sponsor: Center for Bone & Joint Surgery, Port Angeles

[CC] BRITISH INVASION
Saturday, April 19 2008, 7:30PM
Pre-Concert Chat: 6:30PM

The British are coming! Guest Conductor David Osbon of London's Kingston University will lead the Orchestra in his Symphony No. 2. Kitsap-based British transplant, music critic and gastronome Bernard Jacobson narrates Benjamin Britten's enlightening Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. Also enjoy Vaughan Williams' stirring Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.

  Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
  Bernard Jacobson, guest narrator
  Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
  Osbon: Nelson Overture
  Osbon: Symphony #2
  David Osbon, guest conductor

       Concert Sponsor: Yuen Lui Portrait Studio, Seattle
       Guest Conductor Sponsor: Thomas Bruckner, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
 

PLEASE NOTE: NO ONLINE TICKET SALES AFTER 12:00 PM THE THURSDAY BEFORE EACH CONCERT.
    Buy tickets at the door or call (360) 373-1722.
Online Tickets purchased after Tuesday before the concert will be held at will-call.
 

[C][Ch] HAPPY DELIVERANCE
Sunday, May 18 2008, 4:00PM

Finish the 2007-08 season with a performance of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony, Shostakovich's Festive Overture and a Chorale finale farewell, Fauré's Requiem Mass.

  Shostakovich: Festive Overture
  Schubert: Symphony #8, "Unfinished"
  Fauré: Requiem Mass
  Bremerton Symphony Concert Chorale, LeeAnne Campos, Director
  Soloists TBA

       Sponsor: Kitsap Credit Union

PLEASE NOTE: NO ONLINE TICKET SALES AFTER 12:00 PM THE THURSDAY BEFORE EACH CONCERT.
    Buy tickets at the door or call (360) 373-1722.
Online Tickets purchased after Tuesday before the concert will be held at will-call.

Concert Series Descriptions:

[C] Classic Series
This Series holds many possibilities for concert-goers who prefer evening concerts. These usually run for two hours including an intermission. Prior to these concerts, we have a “Preconcert Chat” for 30 minutes explaining some of the inner details of the music and composers’ background. Classic concert repertoire comes from a collection of the finest music written for full symphony orchestra. There are some concerts with full symphony and chorale as well.
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[Ch] Chorale Series
This Series includes selections from the combined orchestra/chorale repertoire and a chorale-only stand-alone concert at Sylvan Way Baptist Church. The Chorale is directed by LeeAnne Campos. These concerts last about an hour and a half including intermission and are designed to bring the world of vocal repertoire for choir to our audience.
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[F] Family Series
...is designed for younger folks and their relatives to enjoy a matinee concert commencing at 2:00 pm on weekend afternoons. The preconcert activities in the lobby are meant to inspire little hands to touch, tryout and get into the theme that will be presented on stage. These concerts last about 50 minutes with lively dialogue between selections meant to engage the audience.
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[CC] Conductor's Choice
This concert is an extension of our Family Series; it will be held in the evening, but have an extra entertainment/educational flair!
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Youth Concerts
These concerts are designed for Kitsap Peninsula school children 3rd through 8th grade and instrumental students. Children will be invited on February 6, 2007 to take a field trip to the Bremerton High School Performing Arts Center and listen to the Bremerton Symphony Orchestra. Free concert material will be sent to the participating classrooms. For more information about youth concerts for children’s teachers/chaperons, please call our Education Director at (360) 373-1722.

Bremerton Symphony Youth Orchestra
BSYO concerts are described in their own section of our website.