RV Symphony Presents: Melissa White Plays Price

What's Interesting: Violinist Melissa White, along with her colleagues in the Harlem Quartet and wind quintet Imani Winds, won a Grammy for Best Classical Compendium in 2024. White and the Harlem Quartet, along with jazz duo Chick Corea and Gary Burton, won their first Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition in 2013. 150 years after its composition, George Bizet’s Carmen remains a household name. This concert features two orchestral suites featuring famous music from the opera such as the Toreador March and the Habanera. Florence Price’s first violin concerto was written in 1939 but was never performed in her lifetime. The piece was not discovered until 2009 when the owners of Price’s former summer home found a pile with dozens of manuscripts, including two violin concertos written by Price.

Program: STILL: Danzas de Panama PRICE: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor Melissa White, violin SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Melissa White, violin - 20 Min Intermission - BIZET/GUIRAUD: Carmen Suites 1 & 2 Don't miss a pre-concert lecture with Music Director Martin Majkut and our soloist Melissa White an hour before the concert time. This concert will last about 1hr, 45min. Tickets available online, over the phone, at our offices in Ashland, and at the door the night of the concert. $10 Tickets for Students and Oregon Trail Card holders only in office or at the door, otherwise ranged from $28-$78.