from You You Xia at Seattle Symphony
ANNOUNCEMENTS
We are thrilled to let you know that recordings on Seattle Symphony Media have received wonderful coverage in major national and international media outlets this month. Releases appeared as a full-page collector review in Gramophone, and the first four recordings received five stars in BBC Music Magazine, see the attached. Additionally, The New York Times’ ArtsBeat called the Ives a “luminous conception” on a recent classical playlist. Stay tuned on news of our next release in November!
In the meanwhile, Become Ocean is still #1 on the Billboard Classical Traditional chart two weeks after its release! Buzz on the Symphony and this commission is rapidly spreading across the country once again. It was recently heard on Radiolab, Performance Today, All Things Considered, WQXR, Radio Open Source, Studio 360, in addition to receiving an Editor’s Choice from iTunes, which they posted along with a video on the iTunes Facebook page.
Back at home, this weekend marks the start of this season’s free Community and Side-by-Side Concerts. Come see us at the Chief Sealth High School on Friday night at 7 pm and hear the Symphony play Side-by-Side with the West Seattle Community Orchestra. On Saturday at 2 pm, we will give a free Community Concert at the Rainier Valley Cultural Center. The Seattle Symphony’s Community Connections program has worked with nonprofit organizations in the Rainier Valley area for the past three years in an effort to invite marginalized communities to attend Symphony performances for free, attend pre-concert workshops and participate in in-depth creative projects. Collaborations have included visits by Symphony musicians and teaching artists to Full Life Care to provide free recitals and instrument exploration, as well as plans to launch a 4-week songwriting residency for all three Full Life Care locations. Other Community Connections partners in the region includes the Mockingbird Society, Lighthouse for the Blind and the Southeast Seattle Senior Center. These ongoing community partnerships have resulted in the Symphony’s decision to bring a free Community Concert to this region, and the October 18 concert at Rainier Valley Cultural Center will be the Symphony’s first appearance in Rainier Valley.