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Celebrate spring with ‘Pops and Concertos’
Grande Ronde
Symphony presents
concert May 25
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A GRANDE — The Grande
Ronde Symphony will present
a “Spring Pops and Concertos”
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concert Wednesday, May 25, at
McKenzie Theatre on the campus
of Eastern Oregon University.
The music begins at 7 p.m.
Tickets at the door are $12
adults, $10 seniors, $2 col-
lege students and $1 for youth.
Special pricing is available for
families and groups — inquire
about “Grace Notes” by emailing
grsymphony2@gmail.com.
Tickets are available online
at GrandeRondeSymphony.org,
Direct Music Source in La Grande
and Betty’s Books in Baker City.
Alice Trindle, president of the
Grande Ronde Symphony As-
sociation, said the performance
will feature “a delightful mix of
classical piano concerto pieces
by the winners of the student
categories of the ‘Concerto +
Aria’ competition, combined with
music from popular movies.”
The symphony will be joined
by members of the La Grande
School District’s Fiddle Club,
along with the Grande Ronde
Student Symphony for the piece
“Dragon Slayer” to conclude the
fi rst half of the concert.
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Zachary Banks
Lana Emerson, a sophomore
at La Grande High School who
is the 2022 winner of the Young
Student category of the GRS
“Concerto + Aria” competition,
will perform the second move-
ment of Dmitry Kabalevsky’s
“Piano Concerto No. 3.”
“This beautiful and challeng-
ing piece begins with string
accompaniment using pizzicato
and builds to a fast tempo with
melodic Russian overtones,”
Trindle said.
Yena Cho
Lana Emerson
Yena Cho, winner of the
Advanced Student category, will
perform the third movement of
Beethoven’s “Concerto No. 3”
for piano.
Cho was born and raised in
Chang-Won City, South Korea.
She began studying in the United
States as a sophomore in high
school. Currently she is attend-
ing Walla Walla University major-
ing in music and pre-dentistry.
“We are very excited to
showcase some of the amazing
talent we have within the region
and particularly highlight these
exceptional young musicians,”
said Zachary Banks, GRS music
director. “The symphony orches-
tra will be accompanying our
piano soloists, as well as playing
four fun pieces from well-known
popular movie scores. We are
being joined by a number of mu-
sicians from the La Grande High
School band, which adds excite-
ment to the brass and percussion
sections of the orchestra.”