Join us for our annual spring concert on Sunday, April 16, at the WRHS Performing Arts Theater at the Community Campus in Hailey. The concert is free to the public and will begin at 4 p.m.

Celebrating the season of new life, the theme of the concert is “The Springtime of Youth”, with a program of works by well-known composers written at the tender age of 17. These include the first movement of Mozart’s 25th Symphony, perhaps best known as the opening music to film Amadeus; two pieces from Mendelssohn’s incidental music to A Midsummer Night’s Dream; and Bizet’s Symphony no. 1 in C major. In addition, Wood River High School Senior and regular orchestra member Gracie Shiver will be leaving her usual chair in the first violin section to perform Vittorio Monti’s famous Czardas, a traditional Hungarian folk dance of alternating fast and slow passages, accompanied by the orchestra.
“The orchestra last played Bizet’s Symphony in C in the fall of 2015,” says conductor and musical director Brad Hershey. “We have grown so much musically since then and it felt like a great time to bring it back. When you think about the quality and quantity of work that came out of composers like Bizet, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Schubert in their early years it truly is remarkable. Given that we have several young players in our orchestra, I thought it would be great to highlight the hard work of young musicians.”

Now that Spring finally seems to be getting going in the Valley, come and help us give her a warm welcome!