Richard Wagner Guest Conductor at TCC VanTrease PAC

The Signature Symphony Pops welcomes Richard Wagner Guest Conductor on Saturday February 14th for a special Valentine's day concert at Tulsa Community College VanTrease Performing Arts Center for Education. The symphony begins at 7:30 pm. Tickets for the event can be purchased at myticketoffice.com.

Valentine’s Day can only bring you music of love.  From the lush sounds of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 (Elvira Madigan) and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Rachmaninov, to the music of Borodin’s Prince Igor – a theme of which became a love song hit on Broadway 65 years later – this promises to be a night when love abounds.

Featured works, “Music of Love to Share with your Love,” include:

Saint-Saens - Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah
Borodin – In the Steppes of Central Asia
Faure - Pavane
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21 (Elvira Madigan), 2nd movement
Rachmaninov - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Delius – Calinda from Koanga
Khachaturian - Adagio from Spartacus
Mascagni - Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Elgar - Salute du amour
Borodin - Polovetsian Dances

Guest Artist:  Yun-Chin Zhou, piano

Valentine’s Fundraiser Dinner before the performance

About the Signature Symphony
The Signature Symphony at TCC was formed in 1978 as a small professional chamber orchestra, the Tulsa Little Symphony, under the direction of founding artistic director and conductor Dr. G. Barry Epperley. 

The small chamber orchestra grew, changing its name to the Oklahoma Sinfonia, and performed in venues and at events throughout Tulsa and Oklahoma. Eventually, the Sinfonia became the house orchestra for Tulsa's Brady Theater, where it not only performed with renowned guest artists but also presented a series of pops and light classics concerts  each year.

A move to Tulsa Community College in 1996 paved the way for further orchestral development for the Sinfonia. As the professional orchestra-in-residence for TCC's Performing Arts Center for Education, the orchestra soon began offering both a Pops and a Classics concert series as part of its regular season. Expanded concert seasons afforded the opportunity to add more players, more instruments, and more diversity and complexity in the orchestra's repertoire.  

In 2001, the orchestra officially changed its name to Signature Symphony at TCC and broadened its Higher Scale Music Education Outreach program. Higher Scale operates as a partnership between Signature Symphony, Tulsa Public Schools and Tulsa Community College to take music education and experiences into elementary schools where music programs otherwise would not exist. Twice each week, professional Signature Symphony musicians teach viola, violin and cello to third, fourth and fifth grade students in 12 Tulsa Public Schools. In addition, the Signature Quartet performs at elementary, middle and high schools, and the orchestra provides free rehearsal look-ins for students each season along with free ticket offers for classics performances. 

As it prepares to begin its next chapter under a new Artistic Director and Conductor, Signature Symphony at TCC includes 70 professional musicians who not only perform with the orchestra but also teach and coach music students at TCC, other colleges and universities, and various public and private schools and studios through the area. 

The Signature Symphony is also committed to mentoring opportunities for student musicians. For selected performances over the years, outstanding collegiate and high school student musicians have had the opportunity to perform side-by-side with Signature Symphony's professional players. For many of those students, these performing experiences have contributed to further educational opportunities at The Juilliard School, the Shepherd School of Music (Rice), the Oklahoma Philharmonic, the former Tulsa Philharmonic, the U.S. Marine Band in Washington, D.C., and the New World Symphony.

For more information vist signaturesymphony.org. Tickets can be purchased at  myticketoffice.com.

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