Capital City Symphony
| WISH LIST
$100: tickets to a Family
Concert for 5 children;
$500: a new
conductor’s music stand;
$1000:
concert-master’s salary for 1 quarter
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Capital City Symphony, once in residence at Georgetown University, now calls
H Street NE its home. Three formal concerts at the Atlas Performing Arts
Center explore classical repertoire along with the best of 20th century music;
two or three chamber concerts make music available in smaller venues; and in
alternating years a concerto features the winner of the Novik Piano Competition or the Levine School of Music
competition – often the first time a teenage soloist plays with a full orchestra. A family concert introduces young
audiences to classical music (an instrument ‘petting zoo’ lets children mingle with musicians, see instruments up
close, and get a chance to play); and the annual carol singalong (free) is especially popular with local residents.
Children under the age of 16 are admitted free to all CCS concerts. Of course, free performances, and nearly free
ones like the children’s concert, are not free to the orchestra, which already operates on a shoestring. But CCS
is committed to these rewarding experiences. Artistic excellence, imaginative programming, and community
engagement: now isn’t that worth supporting?
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