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BY Kyle Wiley Pickett, Music Director
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We’re back to normal and
ready to dance!
After an unusual year of limited audiences, smaller orchestras, and maybe a lot of time
alone on our couches or in front of our screens, it’s time to get back together, get on our
feet, and dance! Dance is universal and is an important part of many celebrations and
social gatherings. What better way to celebrate a year when we are all gathering again
than with a musical collection of dances from around the world?
This season is full of energetic and upbeat music that was either written for or inspired
by dance. It’s going to have us all tapping our toes and itching to dance along. We’ll
be playing familiar selections like Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker ballet and Strauss’s
Voices of Spring Waltz, as well as less familiar but just as danceable pieces like
Dances in the Canebrakes by Florence Price and the show-stopping Danzón
No. 2 by Arturo Márquez. You will experience Flamenco romances and elegant
court minuets in addition to Cuban, Russian, African, and Italian dances. We’ll
hear dance styles from across many cultures and see them emerge in many
symphonic forms.
We look forward to seeing you at our season of dance!
Kyle Wiley Pickett, Music Director
A Letter from the Executive Director
I am overjoyed that we are able to present to you our newest season. We
are excited for you to come along with us as live music returns in its fullest
expression at Hammons Hall.
As the Springfield Symphony opens its 2021-22 season and launches its 87th season
of bringing music to our community, we find ourselves emerging into a new world—
ourselves and our surroundings undeniably changed after an unusual and isolating
pandemic year. If ever there were a time for new beginnings and celebrating the many
music connections that held us together this past season, it is now.
Your Springfield Symphony Orchestra was one of only 23% of American orchestras
that played live concerts in 2020-21. You should be extremely proud of our
extraordinarily brave and forward-thinking team consisting of the staff, board
members, orchestra musicians, and music director—they are quite special.
This past season was unlike any other, however, I hope we were able to provide
you with musical joy during the many months of uncertainty, bring light to the
darkest of times, and fill your heart with hope.
We cannot wait to see you at the Symphony.
Jennifer Cotner-Jones, Executive Director
Thank you to All Subscription Concerts are held
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our 2021-2022 the Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m.
Brochure Sponsor.
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Rachel Lee Priday, Violin
Homecoming Dance | SEPTEMBER 18, 2021
PERFORMANCE: 7:30 PM Don’t miss the Homecoming Dance! Our opening performance will be a
Arturo Márquez – Danzón No. 2 joyful celebration of thrilling dance rhythms to usher in our new season.
Pablo Sarasate – Carmen Fantasy There will be orchestral fireworks with Stravinsky’s Firebird ballet score
With Rachel Lee Priday, Violin and you’ll have a hard time not dancing along to Márquez’s Danzón
Sarasate – Zigeunerweisen No. 2. We will also feature a true star soloist — virtuoso violinist Rachel
With Rachel Lee Priday, Violin Lee Priday will thrill you with sultry, ecstatic, and spectacular dances for
Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird violin and orchestra.
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2021 Hellam Competition Winner,
Simon Karakulidi, Piano
Fancy Footwork | OCTOBER 9, 2021
Don’t look at your feet! Enjoy an eclectic concert of orchestral PERFORMANCE: 7:30 PM
and piano show-stoppers, including Dvořák’s high-spirited Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Petite Suite de
Slavonic Dances and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s lively concert
Petite Suite de concert. We welcome to our stage 2021 Dvořák – Slavonic Dances, Op. 46
Hellam Competition Winner Simon Karakulidi for Prokofiev’s
Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 2
astonishingly technical and enchanting Piano Concerto No. 2.
With 2021 Hellam Competition Winner,
Simon Karakulidi, Piano
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Highland – Broadway in Concert | NOVEMBER 6, 2021
LERNER AND LOEWE’S BRIGADOON; Book and Lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER; Music by FREDERICK LOEWE; Original dances created by AGNES DE MILLE
PERFORMANCE: 7:30 PM Come away, ye lads and lassies, for a concert of Scottish song and
POPS!
Lerner and Loewe – highland dance from the Broadway classic, Brigadoon. You will
Brigadoon in Concert be transported to the mystical hills of Scotland by the talented
With Missouri State University students of the Missouri State University BFA Musical Theatre and
BFA Musical Theatre and
Dance Programs Dance Programs under the direction of Broadway legend Robert
Is presented through special arrangement Westenberg, featuring enchanting songs like Almost Like Being in
with Musical Theatre International (MTI). All Love, Waiting for My Dearie, and Heather on the Hill.
authorized materials are also supplied by MTI.
www.mtishows.com
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En Pointe | DECEMBER 11, 2021
POPS!
We will be en pointe for a classic holiday with music from The PERFORMANCE: 7:30 PM
Nutcracker. This beloved ballet is as much a part of the holiday Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker
season as Santa and Christmas carols. It is thrilling to hear this Selections
music played by a full symphony orchestra. Our holiday concert And more holiday favorites!
is always one of our biggest hits all season long, and this year will
be no exception. Get your tickets early! You won’t want to miss our
wonderful holiday music, annual visit from Santa, and a return to our
audience carol sing-a-long.
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PRESENTING HOLIDAY SPONSOR
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Sentimental Sarabande | JANUARY 15, 2022
PERFORMANCE: 7:30 PM We’ll start off 2022 with an intimate concert of romantic and soulful
Gabriella Lena Frank – Coqueteos – dances, including Gabriella Lena Frank’s flirtatious Conqueteos from
from Leyendas Leyendas and William Grant Still’s transcendent and enchanting
William Grant Still – Summerland Summerland. The Springfield Symphony’s wind section will get
a chance in the spotlight with Dvořák’s Serenade for Winds, and
Britten – Simple Symphony
the string section is featured in Benjamin Britten’s playful Simple
Dvořák – Serenade for Winds Symphony, full of dance motifs and charm.
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Pas de Deux | FEBRUARY 5, 2022
The Pas de Deux is a grand duet — a love story in ballet form PERFORMANCE: 7:30 PM
— and at this concert we present the epic love story of Ravel’s Amy Beach – Bal Masque
Daphnis and Chloe. Gorgeous and lush, this orchestral Brahms – Gesang der Parzen
masterpiece also features our local university choirs. With the combined choirs of Drury,
Evangel, and Missouri State Universities
Additionally, we are delighted to present American composer
Amy Beach’s courtly and elegant Bal Masque for the first time Ravel – Daphnis and Chloe
With the combined choirs of Drury,
in Springfield, Missouri. Evangel, and Missouri State Universities
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Symphonic Dances | MARCH 5, 2022
PERFORMANCE: 7:30 PM Hear the orchestra dance in this night of catchy rhythms and toe-tapping
Florence Price – Dances melodies. We open with the evocative, jazzy, and nostalgic Dances in
in the Canebrakes the Canebrakes by Florence Price, the first African-American woman
Sergei Rachmaninoff – composer to have her work performed by major orchestras. We will also
Symphonic Dances play Rachmaninoff’s fascinating Symphonic Dances, which was originally
intended to be a ballet score, but eventually became a meditation on
ecclesiastical chant motifs.
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Bryan Cheng, Cello
Dance Around, Around | APRIL 2, 2022
At our final Classical masterworks concert of the season, we bring Europe’s PERFORMANCE: 7:30 PM
many dance traditions together. You will hear a traditional, elegant, and Strauss – Voices of Spring Waltz
swirling Viennese waltz by Johann Strauss, Jr., the “Waltz King.” You will
Tchaikovsky – Variations on a
enjoy the stately and classical Rococo Variations with Hellam Competition
Rococo Theme
Winner Bryan Cheng on the cello. We conclude our concert with Mahler’s With Hellam Competition
epic Symphony No. 1, which includes foot-stomping dances and yodeling Winner, Bryan Cheng, Cello
from one of Mahler’s early songs, Hans und Grete. “Dance around, around!”
Mahler – Symphony No. 1 –
the song goes. “Let whoever is happy weave in and out! Let whoever has The Titan
cares find his way home.”
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Flamenco! | MAY 7, 2022
PERFORMANCE: 7:30 PM P We will finish our season of dance music with a Spanish flourish! Join
OPS!
An Evening of Flamenco us for a thrilling performance of Flamenco music with Kansas City’s own
With Ensemble Iberica Flamenco group — Ensemble Iberica. Hear the rhythms and melodies
of Spain as the orchestra is joined by guitar, percussion, and vocals.
Watch as the drama of the Flamenco dance is brought to life on stage at
Hammons Hall. It will be a great way to cap a season of our Dance Mix!
THIS CONCERT SPONSORED BY
Carla L. Calvin
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and Special Events
Behind the Baton Spooky Symphony
This program is a FREE event where you have the The Springfield Symphony invites you to the 13th
opportunity to meet Music Director Kyle Wiley annual FREE Halloween concert! You and your kids will
Pickett, along with our guest artists, to hear about the shriek with delight as you listen to spooky sounds and
upcoming Classical concerts. Behind the Baton will Halloween favorites.
take place LIVE on the Springfield Symphony Orchestra Admission is free and seating is limited. Tickets will
Facebook page and will be at an in-person location to be required for entry and are available through the
be determined at a later date. Please stay up-to-date on Hammons Hall box office starting October 4th. Please
times and locations for our Behind the Baton series at visit www.springfieldmosymphony.org for up-to-date
www.springfieldmosymphony.org. information on seating capacity guidelines.
October 29, 2021 at 7:00 p.m.
9/16/21 | 10/7/21
Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts
1/13/22 | 2/3/22 | 3/3/22 | 3/31/22
SPONSORED BY
Meet & Greet – 5:15 PM | Program – 5:45 PM
Swing for the
Symphony Golf
Tournament
2021
En Pointe Holiday Matinee
October 25, 2021
Admission is free and seating is limited.
Millwood Golf & Racquet Club
3700 E Millwood Dr, Ozark, MO 65721 Tickets will be required for entry and are
available through the Hammons Hall
box office starting November 8th.
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Sav for up-to-date information on seating
capacity guidelines.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC December 11, 2021 at 2:30 p.m.
Juanita K. Hammons Hall for
25th Hellam the Performing Arts
Young Artists’
Competition SPONSORED BY
HOLIDAY PRESENTING SPONSOR
March 26, 2022 PRESENTING HOLIDAY SPONSOR
Evangel University Barnett Recital Hall Dr. Michael and
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Krystyna Clarke
The Glendalough
Conference Center
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1 2: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Program
13: Behind the Baton
15: Sentimental Sarabande – Classical Concert
26: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Concert Broadcast
FEBRUARY
2: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Program
Symphony Season 3: Behind the Baton
At-A-Glance 5: Pas de Deux – Classical Concert
16: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Concert
SEPTEMBER Broadcast
15: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Program 19: Symphony Night Fever: Springfield
16: Behind the Baton Symphony Gala
18: Springfield Symphony Guild’s Opening Night
MARCH
18: Homecoming Dance – Classical Concert
2: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Program
29: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Concert Broadcast
3: Behind the Baton
OCTOBER 5: Symphonic Dances – Classical Concert
6: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Program 16: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Concert
7: Behind the Baton Broadcast
9: Fancy Footwork – Classical Concert 26: 25th Annual Hellam Young Artists’
20: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Concert Competition
Broadcast 30: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Program
29: Spooky Symphony
31: Behind the Baton
NOVEMBER
APRIL
3: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Program
2: Dance Around, Around – Classical Concert
6: Highland – Broadway in Concert -
Lerner and Loewe’s Brigadoon – POPS 13: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Concert
Broadcast
DECEMBER
MAY
8: Symphony in the Ozarks Radio Program
11: En Pointe Community Holiday Matinee 4: Symphony in the Ozarks Program
11: En Pointe – POPS 7: Flamenco! – POPS
Symphony in the Ozarks is a monthly radio program hosted by Randy Stewart on KSMU 91.1 FM.
Tune in the Wednesday before each concert at 10 a.m. to hear Randy and Kyle Wiley Pickett discuss
the music the orchestra will be performing at the upcoming concerts. KSMU will broadcast the
Classical concerts two weeks following the performance. See calendar above for broadcast dates.
Join us for Symphony Night Fever, the Springfield
Symphony’s biggest fundraiser of the season. Reserve
your table now for the party with groovy music, dancing,
live and silent auction, and delicious food!
February 19, 2022
Oasis Hotel and Convention Center
2546 N. Glenstone Ave, Springfield, MO 65803
Call 417-864-6683 to reserve your table.
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In order to grow our Outreach efforts, the Springfield SINGLE TICKETS ONLY
Symphony has dedicated the entire Petite Balcony as the
Musgrave Community Balcony. This balcony is designated
to youth or underserved people in the community free of
charge, in collaboration with partnering area nonprofits
and schools. This provides nearly 3,000 (300 per concert) SINGLE TICKETS ONLY
people the chance to see the Symphony for free.
Seating at JKH Hall is on three levels – Orchestra, Mezzanine
Balcony, and Community Balcony. The Mezzanine Balcony
overhangs the Orchestra level at row P on the sides and T in
the middle of the house; the Community Balcony overhangs
the Mezzanine at row G. Seats are numbered starting with 1
on house right (patron’s right when seated facing the stage).
Number of seats in rows varies from approximately 40-60. For
Box Seat availability call the Symphony Office.
For current updates on 2021-22 Springfield Symphony guidelines, concerts and events, seating, and more, please visit
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