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SOUND CHECK
WHAT’S PLAYING AROUND
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
NOVEMBER 9�17, 2021
Grande Ronde Symphony
returns to in-person concerts
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L
A GRANDE, BAKER CITY
— The Grande Ronde
Symphony is back for its 74th
season, and this month marks
a return to in-person, live per-
formances.
The first concert is at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 17, at McK-
enzie Theatre on the Eastern
Oregon University campus in
La Grande.
Then the musicians travel
east for a performance on
Saturday, Nov. 20, at 1 p.m. at
St. Francis de Sales Cathedral
in Baker City.
Masks will be required to at-
tend all performances.
The featured artist will be
oboist Molly Trindle, perform-
ing Concerto in C for Oboe and
Orchestra by Mozart. The sym-
phony, under the baton of mu-
sic director Zachary Banks, will
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present two well-known pieces
to welcome back patrons.
These include Beethoven’s Fifth
Symphony and the Academic
Festival Overture by Brahms.
“We are very excited to work
with this talented musician,”
Banks said of Trindle. “The piece
she is performing has a won-
derful history and is comic and
charming. Known as the Mozart
Oboe Concerto, because only
this one example, written by
Mozart, survives today.”
Trindle is the 2021 “open”
category winner of the Grande
Ronde Symphony Associa-
tion’s Concerto+Aria Competi-
tion. She currently is pursuing
a graduate degree in oboe and
ethnomusicology at Washington
State University in Pullman.
Alice Trindle/Contributed image
The Grande Ronde Symphony rehearses for upcoming in-person concerts, on Nov. 17 in La Grande and Nov. 20 in Baker City.
TICKETS
Season passes are $30
adults, $20 seniors, $2 for col-
lege students and $1 for high
school students.
Tickets at the door for each
concert are $12 adults, $10 se-
niors, $2 college students and
$1 for high school and middle
school students.
Purchase tickets online at
www.granderondesymphony.
org, at Betty’s Books in Baker
City, or Direct Music Source in
La Grande.
STUDENT GROUPS
In addition to the main
symphony, GRSA has several
programs for youth, includ-
ing the student symphony for
all ages, and Fiddle Club for
grades 3-8.
This season will also see
a renovation of the chamber
series with CASES — Chamber
& Small Ensemble Series.
For updates, visit the sym-
phony’s website and Facebook
page.
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