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Sunday, August 28, 2022 Pack Square Park in Downtown Asheville SYMPHONY IN THE PARK Darko Butorac Conductor Andrea Ross Vocalist “The Star-Spangled Banner” Rossini William Tell Overture Zimmer Pirates of the Caribbean Prokofiev “Montagues and Capulets” from Romeo & Juliet James S. Thompson, Guest Conductor Williams “Imperial March” from Star Wars Williams “Raiders March” from Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark Sousa Stars and Stripes Forever Mancini “Moon River” Lerner & Loewe “I Could Have Danced All Night” from My Fair Lady Wildhorn “Someone Like You” from Jekyll & Hyde Arlen “Over The Rainbow” Wonder “For Once in My Life” Wasson Jump Swing Fever Medley Rogers & Hammerstein Suite from The Sound of Music …Additional surprise works to be announced from the stage! Enjoy Symphonyyour your way. Welcome to the season.2022-2023 We are pleased to bring Symphony in the Park back to the stage at Pack Square Park for another year with a family-friendly Pops performance! Enjoy the best of classical, musical theater, jazz, and rock with your hometown orchestra all in the heart of beautiful downtown Asheville. KEEP IN TOUCH 27 College Place Suite 100 Asheville, NC 28801 ashevillesymphony.orginfo@ashevillesymphony.org828.254.7046
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THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS & SPONSORS This unique event would not be possible without the support of our incredible sponsors. Thank you for making the dream of outdoor performance a reality for our entire region. OFFICIAL HOTEL OF THE ASHEVILLE SYMPHONY ExploreBuncombe County Tourism Development Authority SUPPORT YOUR SYMPHONY... BY DRINKING BEER! Thanks to Hi-Wire Brewing and Highland Brewing, beer and other beverages are available for purchase at a nearby beverage tent. The best part? All proceeds from sales benefit your Asheville Symphony! So raise a Low-Pitch IPA or Gaelic Ale to support symphonic music.
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Distinguished collaborations include soprano Renee Fleming, pianists Garrick Ohlsson and Jon Kimura Parker, tenor Lawrence Brownlee, cellist Colin Carr, clarinetist Anthony McGill, and Oscarwinning actor J.K. Simmons among others.
As the Grand Prix Laureate and Gold Medalist of the Fourth International Vakhtang Jordania Conducting Competition, Butorac was invited to conduct orchestras across four continents. He was also selected to participate at the Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview hosted by the League of American Orchestras and the Jacksonville Symphony. Butorac served as the Music Director of the Missoula Symphony from 2007-2019, marking a period of tremendous artistic growth of the orchestra. He challenged the ensemble with a broader repertoire leading to greater engagement with the community and frequently sold-out performances.
Highlights of the 2021-22 season include performances with pianists Aaron Diehl and Stewart Goodyear, violinists William Hagen and Blake Pouliot, cellist Jamal Aliyev, and a New Year’s Eve gala with vocalists Morgan James and Erica Gabriel. Butorac helped his orchestras emerge from the pandemic by creating programs featuring over 75 short works for chamber orchestra formations, with a focus on presenting works by underperformed composers and minorities. The Tallahassee Symphony was one of the first orchestras in the United States to move to a fully virtual format, by committing to webcasting live performances in April of 2020.
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Butorac is also in demand as a public speaker on leadership. His TEDx Montana talk on the “Language of Conducting” has over a 150K views on YouTube. He has appeared as a speaker on behalf of Brighthouse, a division of BCG, and was the headline speaker at the Birla Carbon International Leadership Summit in Bangkok in 2018. He is an avid traveler, having visited almost seventy countries, and is passionate about discovering the world and bringing people together through the beauty of music.
Praised by the Westdeutsche Zeitung for his “exceptional combination of passion, elegance and well-timed pacing”, Darko Butorac has established himself as a conductor in demand with orchestras both in Europe and the Americas. He currently serves as the Music Director of the Asheville Symphony and the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. Following his debut with the Belgrade Philharmonic in January 2011, Butorac was reengaged to conduct both the season finale and the opening concert of the 2012 season. Other notable guest conducting engagements include performances with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Neuss and the Georgische Kammerorchester Ingolstadt (Germany), the Rubinstein Philharmonic of Lodz (Poland), the Xiamen Symphony (China), the Tallinn Sinfonietta (Estonia), and the Slovenian Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has appeared at such prestigious venues as the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Gran Teatro Nacional of Lima, Belgrade’s Kolarac Hall, the Teatro Magnani in Italy, and the Tartu, Aspen and St. Olav summer music festivals. From 2009 to 2013, he served as the principal conductor of the Fidenza Opera Festival.
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Andrea Ross has also performed solo shows at Feinstein’s/ 54 Below and other New York City Andreavenues.Ross is the Gold Medal Winner of the 2022 American Traditions Vocal Competition and a recipient of Boston’s most prestigious theatrical award, the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Actress.
Andrea’s recording credits include her solo album, Moon River, produced by Universal Classics and Jazz, multiple tracks on Andrew
Ross has been a soloist with top symphony orchestras including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix Symphony, South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, Bangor Symphony Orchestra, Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra in London, and KBS Symphony Orchestra in Seoul, South Korea. She has worked with conductor greats such as Simon Lee, Keith Lockhart, and Andy Einhorn. With Walt Disney’s music of ‘Swallow’ in the US tour of Whistle Down The Wind. Ms. Ross then went on to perform in the Broadway Tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music, directed by Jack O’Brien and music directed by Andy Einhorn. She has performed leading roles across the country with professional theater companies, including Theatre Aspen, Arizona Theatre Company, Pasadena Playhouse, Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Wheelock Family Theater and the Lyric Stage Company in Boston. Ms. Ross was featured at the esteemed 92nd Street Y in New York City for the celebrated ‘Lyrics and Lyricists’ concert series, which honored Broadway composer Jerry Herman.
Described by the Boston Globe as “a phenom, whose pose and pipes are astounding” and by Variety Magazine as having “a lovely, clear soprano,” Andrea Ross is an internationally recognized vocalist, theatre performer, and recording artist. Ms. Ross has been singing professionally for 20 years as an interpreter of musical theatre repertoire, bringing Broadway classics and the American Songbook to leading venues years. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Universal Classics and Jazz, produced Andrea’s solo album, Moon River, which debuted on the Top 50 UK Charts. During her time in the UK, Ms. Ross performed as a soloist at prominent venues including the Royal Albert Hall, Hampton Court Palace, St. Martin-In-The-Fields, and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sydmonton Festival. A highlight was a performance at Wembley Stadium, where she was a guest artist for Concert for Diana, hosted by the Royal Family to commemorate Princess AndreaDiana.
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