Suites and Schubert
Friday, November 5, 2021 I 7:30 PM
St. Mary and Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church, Nashua , NH
WELCOME! from Interim Executive Director Deanna Hoying Welcome to your Symphony NH’s 2021-22 season Homecoming. It seems a fitting title for the season as we return to the St. Mary and Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox church for our Suites and Schubert and Holiday Brass concerts. For our 2020-21 season, Symphony NH was able to provide livestreams of many of our concerts through the support of the St. Mary and Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox church. As we return to the stage, I want to take this opportunity to say thank you. Thank you to our musicians for allowing us to pivot to a digital format for livestreaming concerts for our 2020-21 season. Thank you to our board and staff who worked tirelessly to make sure that Symphony NH remained on solid financial ground. Thank you to our Music Director Roger Kalia for adapting the programming multiple times to accommodate pandemic restrictions. Thank you to our sponsors who continued their support in the new digital format. Thank you to our special 2020-21 livestream venues, St. Mary and Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox church and the Adult Learning Center, for their support. And thank you to our audiences and donors who continue to inspire us every day to bring exceptional music to our communities. Throughout the concert halls around the state, Symphony NH will be performing repertoire that showcases the depth and breadth of great orchestral music. Outside the concert hall, we will continue our education and community engagement programs that bring musical access and equity to communities throughout southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts. Symphony New Hampshire is dedicated to performing great music with an exceptional orchestra to enrich and delight our diverse audiences, expand the musical and humanitarian contributions of our entire arts community, and provide learning opportunities with performances that spread beauty, empowerment and good will. Thank you for joining us for this very special season as we return to stages around the state to share the beauty and power of live orchestral music
Deanna R. Hoying Interim Executive Director/Development Manager
A letter from Board President Robert Oot On behalf of the musicians, staff, and board of trustees, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the 98th season of Symphony New Hampshire. It seems like ages since we were able to bring live orchestral experiences to audiences around the state and the region. Through the largess of foundations, sponsors, and audience members like you, SNH was able to stay active over the last 18 months in smaller formats. We at SNH thank you for following the public health guidelines we currently have in place. We have made safety of all members of our community our highest priority during these challenging times. We look forward to the time when SNH will be able to perform without masks to an audience that includes people of all ages. The 100th anniversary of the first performance of this symphony orchestra is nearing. For the first 88 years of our existence, we were known as the Nashua Symphony, before changing our name to Symphony New Hampshire in 2012. We are very excited at the prospect of performing the 100th Anniversary Concert on April 29, 2023, kicking off a year of celebration. Most orchestras don’t reach this landmark and we are grateful to our community for the support we have received over the last near century.
We are proud to be led by our extraordinary conductor Roger Kalia. So sit back and relax and enjoy live music in Nashua!
Robert Oot President, SNH Board of Trustees
A letter from Music Director Roger Kalia
Dear Friends, It gives me great joy to welcome all of you to our 2021-22 season titled “Homecoming”! Symphony New Hampshire has been resilient during the pandemic, and throughout the past year we were able to share music and connect with our community virtually. This season we celebrate being back TOGETHER in the concert hall. We were unable to experience live music together last season, and we would like to welcome you back into the concert hall with music that is joyful, thrilling, and dynamic. Every concert will be an event where the experience begins the moment you walk through the door and continues long after the concert has ended. In addition to performing works by Beethoven, Mozart, and Schubert, we will feature works by composers from a variety of backgrounds including Florence Price, Frank Ticheli, Louise Farrenc, and Adolphous Hailstork among others. In addition, we will continue our engaging Holiday Brass program with performances around the Granite State, and we are looking forward to performing an all-James Bond program right before the New Year. We will also be performing two Symphony NH premieres: D.J. Sparr’s Concerto for Electric Harp and Orchestra featuring harpist Rosanna Moore, and Paul Dooley’s The Conductor’s Spellbook with the composer himself narrating. We look forward to continuing our Granite State Conversation series and featuring our musicians in unique chamber music performances in venues throughout the Granite State. As the oldest professional orchestra in the state, we cannot wait to share our music with you. I invite you to join us for another great season of memorable music with your Symphony NH! Sincerely,
Roger Kalia Music Director, Symphony NH
Suites and Schubert Symphony NH Friday, November 5, 2021 7:30 PM
St. Mary and Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church Nashua 39 Chandler Street, Nashua, NH, 03064 PROGRAM PRICE, Suite of Dances BACH, Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 SCHUBERT, Symphony No. 5 Roger Kalia, Conductor Reduced orchestra of 32
SAFETY Masks and proof of vaccination required for hall entry. In accordance with our Health and Safety practices, tonight’s concert will be approximately one hour, with no intermission. Food and drink will not be permitted in the church. See more on our safety practices at back of book.
SYMPHONY NH Musicians performing November 5, 2021 Violin Elliott Markow, Concertmaster Kun Shao, Acting Principal Second Violin Aleksandra Labinska Jane Dimitry Lisa Brooke Sargis Karapetyan Amelia Perron Jessica Heile Viola Elaine Leisinger, Acting Principal Elisabeth Westner Seeun Oh Cello Harel Gietheim, Principal Young Sook Lee Priscilla Taylor
Bass Volker Nahrmann, Principal Robert Hoffman Flute Peggy Friedland, Acting Principal Seungmin Oh Oboe Elizabeth England, Acting Principal Ronald Kaye Clarinet Alexis Lanz, Acting Principal Margo McGowan Bassoon Sally Merriman, Acting Principal Stephanie Busby Horn Nick Auer, Acting Principal Kristin Olsen
Trumpet Richard Watson, Principal Richard Kelley Percussion Jeffrey Bluhm, Principal Timpani and Percussion Timur Rubenstyn Deb Welsh Ibanez Jeff Sugarton
SNH Program Notes – November 5, 2021 Concert Suite of Dances • Florence Price (1887–1953) Born into a middle-class, mixed-race family in Little Rock, Arkansas, Florence Price was a well-beloved and recognized composer during her lifetime, but her music and achievements became largely forgotten following her untimely death in 1953. By all accounts, she was a musical prodigy, giving her first performance on piano at the tender age of four and having her first composition published at age 11. Having graduated high school at age 14, she went on to study music at the New England Conservatory. She served briefly as the head of the music department of Clark College (now Clark Atlanta University) but soon returned to Little Rock to raise her family. Although she and her husband, a dentist, did well and were respected in their community, the racial tensions in the South were enough to force the Price family to relocate to Chicago. There she immersed herself in the city’s cultural offerings, enrolling in local universities, where she took courses in composition, orchestration, languages and other liberal arts. Following her divorce in 1931, to make ends meet, she took on additional jobs as a composer of radio jingles (writing under the penname “Veejay”) and as an organist for silent films. Although the decade may have started on a difficult note, her music continued to gain local and national recognition through competitions and performances. In 1933 she earned the distinction of being the first African American woman to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra when the Chicago Symphony premiered her Symphony No. 1 in E minor. By mid-decade, she had established herself as a leading composer and would continue to compose until her death, writing in solo, chamber, orchestral, and choral genres.
Characteristic of Price’s music is the blending of European compositional practices with traditional folk and popular African and Southern music. Her music frequently employs standard classical forms while melodies, harmonies, and rhythms draw from vernacular materials. In 1933, she published one of her most famous works, Three Little Negro Dances for piano. The three pieces, titled initially “Hoe Cake,” “Rabbit Foot,” and “Ticklin’ Toes,” all draw on characteristic dances and feature jaunty, syncopated melodies set over a light accompaniment. The pieces became so popular that they were arranged for wind band and published in 1939, becoming a staple of wind band repertoire for many years. The dances were later rearranged for full orchestra and received their premiere as the Suite of Dances by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on February 18, 1951. Price wrote her own program notes to accompany the wind band version, and she explained that “In the dance it is a compelling, onward-sweeping force that tolerates no interruption… All phases of truly Negro activity— whether work or play, singing or praying—are more than apt to take on a rhythmic quality.” Among the dances incorporated into this suite is the juba, an antebellum folk dance that involved highly syncopated rhythms present only in accompaniment instruments but also in the tapping, clapping, and patting performed by the dancers who used their bodies as percussive instruments. In the Suite of Dances, which lasts about six minutes total, the instruments all take turns leading the dance, sharing and swapping syncopated melodies and accompaniment, and celebrating the best of both classical and folk traditions.
“Air” from Orchestral Suite No. 3, BWV 1068 • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
In the first half of the eighteenth-century, suites were one of the most common genres of music written for the emerging large ensemble that would become the standard symphony orchestra. These orchestral suites drew on the earlier established form of the keyboard suite, a collection of short movements that drew heavily on stylized dances such as the sarabande, gavotte, gigue, and courante. Although Bach wrote only four known orchestral suites, his lack of cultivation of this genre is not reflective of its contemporary popularity, especially in Germany—as points of comparison, Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767) wrote more than one hundred that survive, while Christoph Graupner (1683–1760) wrote 86. Despite the unique nature of Bach’s four suites among an opus of more than one thousand pieces, little is known about their provenance or purpose. The earliest set of surviving parts for the third orchestral suite dates to 1730, but many scholars believe an earlier version may have existed as far back as 1722. The entire orchestral suite contains a total of five movements, but the Air is by far the most famous and is frequently performed on its own. Part of this recognition is due, undoubtedly, to an arrangement of the work for solo violin and keyboard by violinist August Wilhelmj. Wilhelmj’s arrangement called for execution of the melody—transposed down one octave— solely on the violin’s lowest string, thus becoming known as “Air on the G String.” Although the entire suite calls for a small complement of winds, the second movement, the “Air,” was originally for only strings and continuo. The term “air” reflects the piece’s song-like quality— the word itself a variant of the more-commonly recognized operatic term for vocal pieces known as arias. In this piece, a walking baseline (executed by the cellos and basses) provides a feeling of momentum, and careful listeners will also enjoy how Bach seamlessly passes moving lines among the upper strings in such a way that the faster notes are also entirely continuous. Despite being only eighteen measures in length, this short piece has had a lasting impact and remains one of the most well-loved pieces from the Baroque era.
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, D. 485 • Franz Schubert (1797–1828) Undoubtedly one of the most prolific composers to have ever lived, Franz Schubert wrote more than 1500 works during his tragically short life. 1816 proved to be a particularly productive year for the young Schubert, who wrote nearly 200 pieces ranging from art songs and sonatas to large-scale orchestral and choral works. Among his orchestral pieces from this year are his Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5, the latter of which was written in September and October. In addition to singing and playing piano, as a child Schubert also learned to play violin and viola. While at student at the Stadtkonvikt (the Imperial Seminary School in Vienna), he joined a student orchestra where he became intimately acquainted with the symphonies of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, among others. Upon his return home in 1813, Schubert was able to cultivate his love of symphonic music as an amateur performer through a private orchestra that began as an outgrowth of his family quartet in which he played viola. By 1815, the ensemble had grown to include a full string section as well as horn, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon players. Having outgrown both the Schubert home and a larger drawing room belonging to the Viennese merchant Franz Frischling, the small orchestra began gathering
and performing in the home of Otto Hatwig, a professional violinist in Burgtheater orchestra. Here, in Hatwig’s home, on the evening of October 3, 1816, Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 received its premiere, with Schubert playing viola. The private nature of the salon concert, an intimate performance among friends and select guests, is easily reflected in the composition of this symphony. Written for an orchestra of strings, flute, oboes, bassoons, and two horns, Schubert’s Fifth Symphony 5 is the smallest of Schubert’s nine symphonies and was likely written with the salon orchestra in mind. With its restrained forces, concision of thematic material, and overall brightness, the symphony has invited comparisons with those of Mozart. The comparison between the two has also been reinforced by Schubert’s own reverence of the Viennese master evidenced in diary entries from that year. The first movement opens without an introduction, immediately presenting a joyful and lilting melody that recall the clarity of the Galant era. The movement is, however, still quintessentially Schubert, as the composer takes the orchestra on a harmonic journey that passes through distantly-related keys. Schubert’s renowned melodicism is on full display in the Andante, while the third movement, with its minor mode and chromaticism recalls—if not quotes—Mozart’s iconic Symphony No. 40. The finale, the shortest movement of the symphony, returns to the jovial nature of the first movement, interspersing brief moments of harmonic novelty and surprise amidst an otherwise light, classically-inspired movement that shows Schubert’s indebtedness to and appreciation for the Viennese masters who came before him. -Christine Wisch
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SYMPHONY NH EDUCATION PROGRAMS As a committed member of the Southern New Hampshire community, Symphony New Hampshire (SNH) seeks to engage and educate local youth through live music, developing educational opportunities and promoting an appreciation for symphonic music.
Symphony NH and Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute partner to present Link Up in the Nashua Public Schools, teaching students to play recorder throughout the year in the classroom. Link UpSNH, in partnership with Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute’s national Link Up program, supplies music instruction resources free of charge to local elementary school students in grade 3. Students: • Learn to sing and play the recorder in the classroom. • Explore orchestral repertoire through a hands- on music curriculum. • Interact with professional musicians.
This highly participatory program culminates in an exciting spring performance at the Keefe Center for the Arts in which the students perform with Symphony NH musicians and play the music they’ve been learning in the classroom. To learn more about Link Up, visit the Carnegie Hall website: https://www.carnegiehall.org/Education/Educators/Link-Up Adopt-a-school: Symphony NH is committed to providing music education programs that introduce students to instruments and live performances as well as helping to enrich existing music programs across the state of New Hampshire. Adopt-A-SchoolSNH gives back to the community by coaching the next generation of great musicians.
Through our Adopt-A-School Program, a service that is provided at no cost to participating students and schools, we offer: • Free, hour-long group coaching sessions to instrumental students • Coaching in a variety of strings, woodwinds, and brass instruments by Symphony NH musicians • After school group sessions • Schools the option of scheduling these coaching sessions on a weekly or monthly basis. The Adopt-a-School Program is a weekly after-school program, engaging band students in third and fourth grade with classes and coachings with Symphony NH musicians. Symphony NH collaborates with teachers to plan and implement interactive and engaging sessions with an emphasis on creating and exploring music while gaining technical skills on their instruments.
ROGER KALIA, Music Director
Innovation and dynamism are the hallmarks of Indian-American conductor Roger Kalia. A respected collaborator with orchestras and artists alike, and a compelling presence both on and off the podium, Kalia is known for his eloquent and passionate interpretations and for bringing a “fresh view to classical music” (The Republic). Music Director of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony NH (Symphony New Hampshire), and Orchestra Santa Monica, he is also the Co-Founder and Music Director of the celebrated Lake George Music Festival in upstate New York, which celebrates its ten-year anniversary in August 2021 (postponed due to Covid-19 from August 2020). The 2021-22 season sees Kalia leading his orchestras in live concerts. Of special note is the world premiere this fall of Orchestra Santa Monica’s commission by composer Derrick Skye for the art film “Santa Monica Black Life Expressed through Music, Visuals, and Narrative,” which combines musicians, artists, and local historians from the Santa Monica area. Maestro Kalia makes his subscription debut with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and Spartanburg Philharmonic this season, and returns for performances with Poland’s Szczecin Philharmonic, and the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra at the Redlands Bowl. During the 2020-21 season, Kalia reimagined the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra’s 202021 season around COVID-19 with great success, which featured the world premiere of Paul Dooley’s River City, celebrating both the Philharmonic and the city of Evansville. He also programmed works by living composers such as Jessie Montgomery, Jessica Meyer, T.J. Cole, and Reena Esmail, and curated unique collaborations with Evansville Civic Theatre, Historic Bosse Field, the Evansville Wartime Museum, Ballet Indiana, and tango dancers from the University of Evansville. With Symphony NH, Kalia celebrated the spirit of diversity in the arts with works by Sarah Kirkland Snider, George Walker, William Grant-Still, and Osvaldo Golijov, as well as introducing regional partnerships with Mayor Jim Donchess, classical musicians from the Indian community, and a new online series entitled “Granite State Conversations with Roger Kalia,” highlighting different New Hampshire artists, civic and business leaders. A versatile communicator, amongst the orchestras that Roger Kalia has appeared with are the National Symphony Orchestra at Washington DC’s Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Chicago Sinfonietta at Symphony Hall, the symphony orchestras of Lima, Long Beach, Adrian, Bakersfield, Great Falls, Owensboro, Redlands, Spokane, and Wheeling as well as the Boise Philharmonic, and Camarada Chamber Orchestra. Kalia has collaborated with a wide range of artists, including singers Shayna Steele and Steve Lippia, Electronic Dance Music (EDM) duo MAKO, singer/songwriter Randy Newman, Philadelphia Orchestra concertmaster David Kim, violinists Glenn Dicterow, Nikki and Timothy Chooi, and Sphinx Competition winner Annelle Gregory, percussionist Lisa Pegher, pianists Fei-Fei Dong and Misha Dichter, the B-52s, PROJECT Trio, the Brooklyn-based electronic Indie band Balún, actor Jack Black, and visual artist and astronomer Dr. José Francisco Salgado. Equally at home with modern repertoire as he is with popular warhorses, Roger Kalia is a passionate advocate of contemporary music, and has commissioned and/or programmed numerous works by some of today’s most exciting living American composers including Paul Dooley, Reena Esmail, Brendan Faegre, T.J. Cole, Missy Mazzoli, Narong Prangcharoen,
Sarah Kirkland Snider, Harry Stafylakis, Jessica Meyer, Austin Wintory, Michael Daugherty, and Paul Chihara. Kalia has led the U.S. premieres of Michael Murray’s Pilgrims and King David’s Dance with musicians of Pacific Symphony and has commissioned and led several world and state premieres at Lake George Music Festival which are frequently broadcast on NPR’s Performance Today. They include Chris Rogerson’s Four Meditations for Orchestra, Sheridan Seyfried’s Double Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra, and the New York premiere of Paul Dooley’s Northern Nights. A staunch supporter of music education, Kalia’s tenure as Music Director of the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra (2015-2020) was highly praised and included numerous commissioned works and a three-city tour of China in June 2016, marking the orchestra’s second international tour and its first to Asia. Kalia has conducted numerous youth and collegiate orchestras, including the 2021 Georgia All-State Symphony Orchestra, the 2018 Missouri All-State Symphony Orchestra, The Colburn Orchestra, California State University Fullerton Symphony Orchestra, Charlotte Symphony Youth Orchestra, and the Irvine Seraphim Symphony. He has created family and educational concerts in a variety of concert formats, and has collaborated on the education platform with such renowned artists and ensembles as Cirque de la Symphony, Orange County’s Festival Ballet Theater, speed painter Dan Dunn, and the Magic Circle Mime Co. Furthermore, Kalia has also served as an instructor of conducting at USC’s Thornton School of Music. In 2011, Kalia and two of his colleagues co-founded the Lake George Music Festival, an original, ground-breaking, two-week nationally recognized music festival that presents cutting -edge artists and composers performing classical and new music, traditional and experimental concerts and recitals of various sizes, open rehearsals, informational talks, and a variety of community outreach programs. As Music Director, Kalia programs and conducts all orchestral and large ensemble concerts, including the popular “Sounds of Our Time” series (which he created and curates) highlighting connections between popular and orchestral music though multimedia concert formats, as well as the festival’s Family Concert Series. He also programs and conducts the “Uncorked” concert series, creating an immersive experience for the audience by performing chamber operas in unique settings. In 2018, Kalia introduced Symphony Happy Hours, informal, informative chats about music that take place in local breweries and bars. A native of New York State, Roger Kalia holds degrees from Indiana University, the University of Houston and SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music. His primary mentors include David Effron, Arthur Fagen, and Franz Anton Krager. Among his honors and awards are five Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Awards (2013, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021), a 2019 Solti Foundation Elizabeth Buccheri Opera Residency with Lyric Opera of Chicago (where he assisted Sir Andrew Davis for Rossini’s The Barber of Seville), a Project Inclusion Conducting Freeman Fellowship with Chicago Sinfonietta, and an American Academy of Conducting Fellowship at the Aspen Music Festival with Robert Spano. Recently, Kalia was recognized in the League of American Orchestras’ Symphony Magazine as one of five firstyear music directors for his innovative work during the pandemic. In 2011, Kalia won Second Prize in the Memphis Symphony International Conducting Competition, which led to his debut with the orchestra the following season and launched his professional career. Earlier posts include serving as Associate Conductor of California’s Pacific Symphony, Assistant Conductor of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, and Music Director of the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra, Young Musicians Foundation (YMF) Debut Orchestra, and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (IN). Kalia is married to musicologist / violinist Christine Wisch.
CHRISTINE WISCH, program notes
Christine Wisch is a PhD candidate in musicology with a minor in ethnomusicology. Her work as a musicologist focuses on early nineteenth-century Spanish classical music and issues of nationalism, patronage, and identity. She is the recipient of a 2019 Dissertation Fellowship from the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi for her in-progress dissertation, “Politics, Patronage, and Music in 1830s Spain.” Her research has been presented at both national and international conferences and has been supported by a number of awards and grants, including a 2017 Mellon Pre-Dissertation grant from Indiana University’s Russian and Eastern European Institute (REEI) and the A. Peter Brown Research Travel Award. Recently, she worked as a research consultant on Hispanic topics for the tenth edition of the History of Western Music and its corresponding anthologies, and she continues to work for Indiana University’s Latin American Music Center (LAMC). Additionally, she has written program notes for orchestras across the country and remains an active violinist.
About the Venue
St. Mary and Archangel Michael Orthodox Coptic Church
39 Chandler Street Nashua, NH 03064
The fifth tallest structure in the state of New Hampshire, and considered amongst the most commanding structural presences in the city of Nashua, St. Mary and Archangel Michael Orthodox Coptic Church stands tall above French Hill. Built in 1895 as a Roman Catholic Church known as St. Francis Xavier, it originally served the French Canadian immigrant population of the city.
Closed by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashua in 2003 the building was purchased in 2006 by Nashua developer and landlord Vatche Manoukian for $1 million, though he later sold the property to the Massachusetts-based Coptic church. As beautiful on the inside as on the outside, the church also is well-equipped acoustically, and serves as one of Symphony NH’s performance venues.
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SEASON SPONSORS Presenting Sponsors Audi/Porsche of Stratham
Northeast Delta Dental RBC Wealth Management Maestro Sponsors Audi Nashua Audio/Video Therapy Community Friends Enterprise Bank Hamblett & Kerrigan, PA
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UPCOMING NOVEMBER CONCERTS
Saturday, November 27, 2021 7:30 PM NASHUA St. Mary and Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church 39 Chandler Street
Nashua, NH, 03064 Sunday, November 28, 2021 3:00 PM MANCHESTER
Program: Gabrieli, Lauridsen, Holiday Classics and more! featuring Symphony NH Brass Symphony NH's Holiday Brass concert is back by popular demand! Join SNH Brass musicians for a festive program including both sacred and popular music of the holidays. Ticket Information here. Learn about our complete season at: https://www.symphonynh.org/symphonynh-2021-22-season
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In Your Community Since 1923, Symphony NH has fostered engagement, dialogue and a stronger sense of community through its various musical offerings. Committed to presenting performances for people of all ages and backgrounds, SNH presents several free and affordable series of dynamic musical experiences ranging from a half hour to an hour in length throughout the Nashua area year-round. Neighborhood Connections • In partnership with One Greater Nashua’s Cultural Navigators and the Adult Learning Center Celebrate the rich musical culture of Nashua’s residents and their native countries through intimate concerts of transcribed traditional works performed by small groups of SNH musicians •
• Held at Nashua’s Adult Learning Center and other locations. In-Town Concerts Compelling hour-long performances in accessible, public settings throughout Nashua, including the Nashua Public Library, Holman Stadium, Riverwalk Cafe and at local churches. SNH Where You Worship Symphony NH musicians are available to perform intimate concerts with ensembles of various sizes for houses of worship of all religions and denominations represented in the Nashua area as part of their services. Community Ticket Program Symphony NH believes that anyone should be able to attend our concerts. Our ticket programs provide free and discounted tickets to community organizations, from libraries, to music schools, to non-profits at no cost to the participating organization. To learn more about or to participate in our Community Ticket Program please contact us.
FROM the classroom to the concert hall, Symphony NH programs depend on you. PERSONAL Giving Thanks to you, our donors, Symphony NH continues to enrich communities across New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts through exceptional live orchestral music, world-renowned soloists, and our community engagement and education initiatives. By making your gift today, you continue to support Symphony NH’s mission to inspire and enlighten through exceptional live music. If you are interested in becoming a sustaining donor by giving monthly or quarterly, please contact Deanna Hoying at deanna@symphonynh.org or (603) 595-9156. SPONSORSHIP Opportunities Support from local corporations and businesses is essential to continuing Symphony NH's work in the community. A broad range of partnership opportunities, including in-kind, are available. Partnering with Symphony NH can increase your organization’s exposure in the region while supporting live music, arts education, and arts access for underserved communities. PLANNED Giving Leave a legacy for years to come through planned giving. By making a legacy gift through your will or trust, you will continue to support Symphony NH’s artistic excellence, and commitment to robust community engagement and education programs. Bequests can be given as a specific asset or dollar amount, or percentage of the remainder of your estate after providing for your family and other beneficiaries. For examples of language to include, please consult your legal expert. For more information, please contact Deanna Hoying at deanna@symphonynh.org or (603) 595-9156. OTHER Ways to Give You can ensure your legacy and play a crucial role in Symphony NH’s future in a multitude of ways. Contact your own tax and/or legal advisors to determine your best options, some of which include IRA Charitable Rollover and Gifts of Securities. To learn more about the endowment, or to make a contribution, e-mail or call us at (603) 595-9156.
Your Health and Safety Safety protocols For the 2021-22 Season We’re excited to welcome you back safely to live performances and the 2021–22 season! Symphony NH is committed to protecting the health of our guests, musicians, and staff. As recommendations around COVID-19 evolve, all health and safety protocols will be clearly communicated to ticket holders and posted on Symphony NH's website at: symphonynh.org/safety. Updates will be informed by recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the state of NH, and the City of Nashua. At this time, all audience members must show proof of vaccination and remain masked while attending our indoor concerts.
In recognition that ticket buyers may want additional flexibility, SNH is offering exchanges or refunds for ticket buyers up to 48 hours prior to the start of each performance. Please note that all 21-22 tickets are refundable and exchangeable without fees. Please read on for more detailed information about our requirements, protocols, and guidelines below. Safety Guidelines & Procedures Face Mask Requirement Face coverings are required to be worn by all in attendance at a Symphony NH concert or event. We encourage you to review the CDC guidelines for proper face coverings and mask-wearing guidelines.
Proof of Vaccination At this time, all staff, musicians, and audience members of Symphony NH concerts will be required to show proof that they have received a COVID-19 vaccine approved by the World Health Organization or the Food and Drug Administration. The final dose of the vaccine must have been administered at least 14 days before entry. If proof of vaccination is not brought with the patron to the hall, the patron will be unable to enter the concert. A refund or exchange will be offered. No exceptions will be made as this is in accordance with CDC guidelines. Accepted forms of proof of vaccination: Physical copy of vaccination card, accompanied by a photo ID Digital copy, i.e. photos on your mobile device, accompanied by a photo ID. Be sure to take a clear photo of the front and back of your card. Please Note: Because audience members under 12 years of age are unable to be vaccinated at this point in time, no children under the age of 12 may attend a Symphony NH concert. We are saddened that this policy currently excludes children under the age of 12 from attending our concerts but public health concerns must be at the forefront. We look forward to a time when we can safely welcome everyone back to share the experience of live music. Anyone who has purchased a ticket and is unable to be vaccinated due to disability or religious reasons will receive a ticket refund. For the safety of all audiences, musicians, and staff, we regret that we are unable to offer any exceptions for those who are not vaccinated.
When to Stay Home If you’re feeling ill or have symptoms related to a cold or infectious disease, please stay home. Ticket Exchange Policy In recognition that ticket buyers may want additional flexibility due to health and safety concerns, SNH is offering exchanges or refunds for ticket buyers up to 48 hours prior to the start of each performance. Please note that all 21-22 tickets are refundable and exchangeable without fees. Guests under 12 years of age and anyone who is unable to be vaccinated due to disability or religious reasons under the applicable laws will be accommodated with a ticket refund. Exchanges can be made by calling Symphony NH at 603-595-9156 or emailing snh@symphonynh.org What We’re Doing All Symphony NH concerts this fall 2021 will be approximately 70 minutes long, without intermission. In accordance with safety protocols, there will be no food or drink allowed in the hall or for sale in the venue. Our venues will be fully cleaned before each concert. Regular and thorough cleanings of all restrooms and public touchpoints, including tables, chairs, and handrails will be executed. Hand sanitizer will be available at entry to the hall. eTickets/contactless entry: We’re implementing contactless ticketing and entry. Print your tickets at home to show at the door, or save to your smartphone or iPad. Proof of vaccination will be taken by select trained staff before entry to hall. Following your first presentation of vaccination proof, your name and email will be added to the Vaccinated list, and you will not need to bring proof with you to future concerts in the season; you will only need to give your name and email at the checkpoint. In addition to visiting this page for health and safety information, sign up for our weekly eblast and monthly newsletter for the most up-to-date communications. Our policies have been and will continue to be based on guidance from federal, state, and local authorities and it is our sincere hope that we will be able to loosen requirements as our season progresses. Despite the implementation of enhanced safety measures, an inherent risk of exposure to infectious disease still exists. By attending a Symphony NH performance, you voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to infectious disease, including the risk of exposure to communicable diseases, viruses, bacteria, or illnesses that cause sickness, and hereby waive all potential claims relating to such risks. Contact Us If you have any questions about the health and safety guidelines, or require a refund, please contact us at 603-595-9156 or email us at snh@symphonynh.org *Due to the high volume of inquiries, responses may be delayed. Thank you for your patience as we respond as soon as we can.