The Springfield Symphony Orchestra’s 88th consecutive season is all about love — music about love, composers in love and music audiences love to love.
The organization’s 2022-23 season is titled “Swipe Right” and will continue its traditional nine-concert subscription series. All concerts will be performed at Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts. The first show is scheduled for Sept. 17 and the finale is set for May 13, 2023.
“Romeo, Don Juan and Brunnhilde didn’t have dating apps on their cell phones to swipe right and make their matches,” said Kyle Wiley Pickett, music director and conductor for the Springfield Symphony, in a press release. “But their love stories endure to this day and are immortalized in some of the most beautiful and romantic music for the symphony orchestra.”
Pickett, in his 10th season with the Springfield Symphony, is featuring a concert of various works by Clara and Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms. The symphony will also perform the entirety of Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” ballet, including a live performance with the St. Louis Ballet.
He’s also selected works about love in all its forms, such as Rimsky-Korasakov’s Scheherazade, Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet — Suite 2 and Higdon’s Blue Cathedral.
“Join us for a season of music inspired by our deepest passions — romantic fairy tales, heroic love legends and stories of eternal family bonds,” Pickett said. “From the exotic and amorous tales of Scheherazade to the star-crossed romance of Romeo and Juliet, we’ll bring the world’s greatest love stories to our stage.”
Season tickets for the Springfield Symphony are available. For more information call 417-864-6683 or email seasontickets@springfieldmosymphony.org. For information and updates on upcoming Springfield Symphony concerts and events, visit their website.
Symphony auditions coming in August
Want to be part of the Springfield Symphony? Here’s your chance. The organization will hold auditions for the 2022-23 season to fill the following positions:
- Principal oboe
- Principal timpani
- Assistant principal bass
- Section cello (two positions)
- Section bass (two positions)
Woodwind, brass and percussion auditions will be Aug. 31 and string auditions will be held Sept. 1. To receive an audition packet, interested musicians must email a one-page resume to operationsmanager@springfieldmysymphony.org. The audition committee of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra reserves the right to dismiss any candidate’s resume that does not meet qualified standards.
An audition time will be scheduled following an approved resume and a $25 refundable audition slot deposit to the Springfield Symphony Orchestra office. Both resume and deposit must be submitted by Aug. 24.
Auditions for substitute positions will be available on the dates listed above, in which candidates will secure an audition time for the date that corresponds to their instrument. Substitute candidates may choose to send an uncut recorded video of audition materials at any time during the year for on-call consideration.
The Springfield Symphony Orchestra is a per-service orchestra with approximately 40 services available each season, which runs September through May.
