Contact Information:
Phone: 937.602-4950; E-mail: BoardofDirectors@mvso.org; P.O. Box 164 Dayton Ohio 45409 | • Welcome • Thank you for your patronage of the 2008-2009 season.
We are happy to post the winners of this year's Annual Clark J. Haines Concerto Competition Holly
Attar and Amy Gillingham have been named the winners of the Clark J.
Haines Memorial Concerto Competition held on Saturday, May 16,
2009. They have been awarded a $300 cash prize and the
opportunity to perform "Concerto for Viola, Cello and Orchestra" with
the Miami Valley Symphony at its winter concerts on February 20 and 21,
2010.
Violist Holly Attar and cellist Amy Gillingham are both
doctoral students at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory
of Music. They have performed for audiences across the United
States, Canada, Latin America and Italy. Ms. Attar currently
studies with Catharine Carroll and Masao Kawasaki and is the Graduate
Assistant for CCM's Student Artist Program. Yehuda Hanani
currently teaches Ms. Gillingham who serves as a teaching assistant in
both cello and music theory.
David Gillingham's "Concerto for
Viola, Cello and Orchestra" has only been performed once and features
the rare pairing of viola and cello. Written for Carlton Woods
and dedicated to the two competition winners, this piece received its
premiere in Michigan in 2007. The Miami Valley Orchestra will be
proud to present this exciting piece as part of its 20th Anniversary
Celebration Season.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~We look forward to seeing you for the coming 2009-2010 Concert Season.Miami Valley Symphony Orchestra's 20th Anniversary Season!Please continue checking this site as details become available.We are excited to announce that for our Fall Program, we will be performing the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto, featuring Dr. Glenn Harmon If you would like a "taste" of this classic click on the link above. You will be leaving the site and will need to click on your browser back arrow to return. If you would like to receive e-mail notices of up-coming concerts, please e-mail: mvso@live.com with "upcoming concerts" in the subject line. Please place "mvso@live.com" in your address book so that the messages do not go to the junk or spam box. MVSO Mission StatementThe
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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