• Welcome •
A wonderful 20th Anniversary! Thank you to our
responsive audiences and our valued sponsors:

Additionally,
because of the generosity of our patrons, the Dayton Masonic Learning
Center received $180 to support their free tutoring of children witn Dyslexia.
Please check back for details about our upcoming concerts!

John
Seaton was named the winner of the Clark J. Haines Memorial Concerto
Competition held on Saturday, May 8, 2010. He has been awarded a $300
cash prize and the opportunity to perform his award winning selection,
"Scaramouche" by Darius Milhaud, with the Miami Valley Symphony
Orchestra at its winter concerts in February 2011.
Originally
from Washington Court House, Ohio, saxophonist John Seaton is an honors
student at Wright State University, majoring in music education. He
currently studies saxophone with Dr. Shelley M. Jagow and has studied
with Ron Aldridge, Joshua Baker and Adam Green. He has also had the
honor of attending lectures and performing in master classes with
Jean-Marie Londeix, French saxophone virtuoso and professor emeritus of
saxophone at Bordeaux Conservatory in France. John performs with the
internationally acclaimed Wright State University Saxophone Quartet and
the Wind Symphony, and was winner of the 2010 Concerto Competition with
the Wright State University Chamber Orchestra.
Darius Milhaud's
(1892-1974) ìScaramouche" is an exciting multi-movement work with
infectious melodies and engaging rhythms that the Miami Valley
Orchestra will be proud to present as part of its 21st season.
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MVSO
Mission Statement:
The
MVSO was founded and exists to promote and to offer to the general
public, opportunities for musical entertainment and enjoyment, the
development of the musical arts, the promotion, development, and
operation of musical enterprises in the performing arts, particularly
through concert programs, to provide opportunities for non-professional
musicians to engage in the performance of orchestral repertoire; and to
promote musical activities and programs for the cultural and
educational benefit of the public.
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