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Principal Auditions
Auditions are open to people new to the festival who are interested in a principal position, and to prior participants who have never been principal before who are interested in a principal position.

Previous seasons’ principals need not audition unless they wish to, but must indicate their interest in being principal to be considered.

Auditions are not required for general section seating in the concert. 

Please see more information in the Concert Part Assignments section.

Auditions are submitted via recording. They are to be recorded on cell phones and sent via YouTube (private or public link), Dropbox or Google Drive.

Due to the necessary nature of the additional work needed to fulfill these roles, the Concertmaster and Percussion/Timpani principal are appointed by the board earlier in the year.

Audition repertoire this year consists of:

  •  Your choice of 3 or more contrasting (fast/slow) Mahler symphony excerpts to show versatility, musicianship and technical ability: 7-10 minutes
  • An excerpt from a standard sonata or concerto for your instrument:  5 minutes

For any questions, please contact us at auditions@nwmahlerfestival.org

Principals

The principals will play first chair in the major work at the July concert, but will not play first chair in the other work(s) unless there is no one else qualified.

Section members should communicate with principals and the orchestra personnel manager over scheduling issues. Principals are required to be at all rehearsals in preparation for the festival concert.

Principal appointments are for one season only. Other equally qualified players can be invited to be principals in subsequent seasons. It may be that one person repeats as principal of a section for one or more years if, in the judgment of the Festival, that person is best qualified.

The appointment of principals is by audition and by invitation of past principals. In the rare circumstance when no applicants are deemed qualified, a musician who has not auditioned or previously participated in the Festival but who is known to be well-qualified by the Music Director and/or the board may be recruited to be principal.

Concert Part Assignments
We try our best to match concert parts to the abilities of each player. If we are unfamiliar with a registrant’s playing ability, they might not get a concert part. Prior Festival participation and/or participating in this year’s reading sessions assists the Festival in that process.

Unfortunately, we sometimes get more people wanting parts than we can accommodate in the concert orchestra. Please understand that we are doing our best to fit a large pool of players into the best concert orchestra possible, and please accept our sincerest apologies if we cannot accommodate you.

    Reading Sessions

    Reading sessions allow musicians to explore the symphonic repertoire in an open  informal  setting with leading conductors.  These evenings are open to all interested musicians with no parts assigned and rotation within the wind sections strongly encouraged.

    Shorewood High School
    17300 Fremont Ave. North
    Shoreline, WA 98133-5299    2025 Reading Session Dates
    All Reading Sessions are from 7-10PM

    Monday, June 16 – Reading 1 Shorewood Performing Arts Stage
    Nielsen Symphony No.3
    Laura Loge, Soprano
    Kevin Helppie Baritone
    Marcin Pączkowski, Conductor

    Thursday, June 19 – Reading 2 Shorewood Performing Arts Stage
    Mussorgsky, Night on Bald Mountain (Rimsky-Korsakov arrangement)
    Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel  orchestration)
    Tigran Arakelyan, Conductor

    Monday, June 23 – Reading 3 Shorewood Performing Arts Stage
    Stravinsky, The Firebird (1919 version)
    Paula Nava Madrigal, Conductor

    Wednesday, June 25 – Reading 4 Shorewood Performing Arts Stage
    Tchaikovsky, Manfred Symphony
    Joseph P. Scott, Conductor


    Concert Rehearsals Dates and Concert


    Orchestra Rehearsals: 7-10pm
    Wednesday, July 15 Full Orchestra
    Monday, July 20 String Sectional
    Tuesday, July 21 Wind Sectional
    Thursday, July 23 Full Orchestra
    Monday, July 27 Full Orchestra
    Wednesday, July 29 Full Orchestra
    Friday, July 31 Full Orchestra Dress Rehearsal

    Concert 
    Saturday, August 1 at 7:00pm
    Call Time 6:30pm


    2025 Instrumentation

    The 2026 Concert will Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 3.

    Orchestration 
    Mahler Symphony No. 3

    Woodwind
    4 Flutes (3rd and 4th doubling on piccolo)
    4 Oboes (4th doubling on English horn)
    5 Clarinets (3 B-flat/A clarinets, 3rd doubling bass and 2 E-flat clarinets, with the second E-flat often doubling the 4th B-flat) 
    4 Bassoon (4th doubling on contrabassoon)

    Brass
    8 Horns
    4 Trumpets
    4 Trombones
    1 Tuba

    String sections
    Violin I
    Violin II
    Viola  
    Cello
    Bass (with low C string)
    2 Harps

    Timpani
    8 Timpani (two players, four timpani each)

    Percussion, 3 percussionists
    1 Bass drum
    1 Cymbals
    1 Rute (birch brush)
    1 Glockenspiel
    1 Snare drum
    1 Tam tam
    1 Triangle
    1 Tamborine

    Voice
    Alto soloist (used only in movements 4 and 5)
    Women’s choir (used only in movement 5, “on a high gallery”)
    Boys’ choir (used only in movement 5, “on a high gallery”)


    Past Events
    2025

    June 16
    Nielsen — Symphony No. 3
    Marcin Paczkowski, Conductor
    Laura Loge, Soprano
    Kevin Helppie, Baritone
    Shorewood Performing Arts Stage

    June 19
    Mussorgsky — Night on Bald Mountain (Rimsky-Korsakov arrangement)
    Mussorgsky — Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel orchestration)
    Tigran Arakelyan, Conductor
    Shorewood Performing Arts Stage

    June 23
    Stravinsky — The Firebird (1919 version)
    Paula Madrigal, Conductor
    Shorewood Performing Arts Stage

    June 25
    Tchaikovsky — Manfred Symphony
    Joseph P. Scott, Conductor
    Shorewood Performing Arts Stage

    2024

    Reading SessionsShorewood Performing Arts Stage

    Gustav Holst—"Mars the Bringer of
    War" and "Venus, The Bringer of Peace"
    from The Planets, Op. 32

    Gustav Mahler — Symphony No. 7 "
    Lied der Nacht" ("Song of the Night")


    Saturday, July 27, 7:30
    Shorewood Performing Arts Center
    Tigran Arakelyan, Conductor
    2023

    Reading Sessions

    • June 12

    • Shostakovich—Symphony #5,  
    • Tigran Arakelyan, Conductor 

    • June 14

    • William Walton—Symphony #1,  
    • Gary Cannon, Conductor 

    • June 20

    • Tchaikovsky—Symphony #6, 
    • Teresa Metzger Howe, Conductor 

    • June 22 

    • Berlioz—Symphonie Fantastique, 
    • Alexei Girsh, Conductor

    Concert

    Saturday, July 29, 7:30
    Shorewood Performing Arts Center

    Bartok—Romanian Dances
    Mahler—Symphony #6
    Tigran Arakelyan, Conductor

    2022

    Reading Sessions

    June 14

    • Amy Beach—Gaelic Symphony
    • Teresa Metzger Howe, Conductor, 
    • June 16

    • Aram Khachaturian—Music from Ballet Suites, 
    • Jeff Lund, Conductor
    • June 20

      Ravel—Bolero
    • Tigran Arakelyan, Conductor
    • June 22

    • Prokofiev—Symphony #5, 
    • Eric Hanson, Conductor


    Concert

    Saturday, July 23, 7:30on
    Shorewood  Performing Arts Center

    Berlioz—Funeral March from
    Grand Triumphal Symphony
    Mahler—Symphony #9
    Tigran Arakelyan , conductor

    2019

    Reading Sessions

    • June 18
    • Prokofiev—Symphony No. 5, 
    • Alan Futterman, Conductor
    • June 20
    • Rachmaninoff—Symphony No. 2, 
    • Mark Perlman, Conductor
    • June 25 
    • Bruckner—Symphony No. 4,  
    • Tigran Arakelyan, Conductor
    • June 27 
    • Hindemith—Symphonic Dances , 
    • Anna Edwards, Conductor
    Concert

    Saturday, July 21, 7:30on
    Shorewood t Performing Arts Center

    Dvorak—Carnival Overture
    Bartok—1st Suite for Orchestra
    Mahler—Symphony #1
    Tigran Arakelyan , Conductor

    2018

    Reading Sessions

    • June 5 
    • Strauss—Ein Heldenleben
    • Dr. Eric Hanson, Conductor.
    • Lake City Presbyterian Church
    • June 7 
    • Shostakovich—Symphony No. 7.
    • Alexei Girsh, Conductor.
    • Lake City Presbyterian Church
    • July 11
    • Bartok—Concerto for Orchestra.
    • Julua Tai, Conductor.
    • Lake City Presbyterian Church
    • July 12, 2018 
    • Bruckner—Symphony No. 7. 
    • Tigran Arakelyan , Conductor.
    • Lake City Presbyterian Church

    Concert

    Saturday, July 21st  7:30pm
    Seattle First Free Methodist Church

    Shostakovich—Festive Overture
    Dvořák—The Noon Witch
    Mahler—Symphony #5
    Tigran Arakelyan , conductor

    2017

    Reading Sessions

    • June 20

    • Hindemith—Mathis der Maler.
      Adam Stern, Conductor
      Lake City Presbyterian Church

      June 22
    • Bruckner—Symphony No. 6. Tigran
      Arakelyan, Conductor
    • Lake City Presbyterian Church

      June 26
    • Shostakovich—Symphony #12        
    • Robert Collins, Conductor
    • Lake City Presbyterian Church

      June 28
    • Mahler—Symphony #5
    • Jeff Lund, Conductor
    • Lake City Presbyterian Church

    ConcertSaturday, July 22st  7:30pm 
    Seattle First Free Methodist Church

    Wagner—Overture to Rienzi
    Mahler—Ruckert Lieder
    Kevin Helppie, Soloist
    Mahler—Symphony #10 
    Deryck Cooke completion
    Eric Hanson,Conductor

    2016

    Reading Sessions

    • June 20
    • Antheil—Symphony #4
    • Adam Stern, Conductor
    • Lake City Presbyterian Church
    • June 22
    • Rachmaninoff—Isle of the Dead 
    • Alexei Girsh, Conductor
    • Lake City Presbyterian Church

    • July 28
    • Rachmaninoff—Symphony #3 
    • Roupen Shakarian, Conductor
    • Lake City Presbyterian Church
    • July 30

    • Vaughan Williams—Symphony #2. 
    • Joseph Pollard White, Conductor
    • Lake City Presbyterian Church

    Concert

    Sunday, July 17  3PM
    Seattle First Free Methodist Church

    Wagner—Meistersinger Overture 
    Eric Hanson, Conductor

    Mahler—Das Knaben Wunderhorn,  
    Katie Weld Soloist, 
    Eric Hanson, Conductor

    Mahler—Symphony #3, 
    Geoffrey Simon, Conductor

    2015

    Reading Sessions

    June 23

    Rachmaninoff—Symphonic Dances
    Dr. Eric Hanson, Conductor
    Seattle Pacific University

    June 30

    Rachmaninoff—Symphony No. 1
    Alexei Girsh, Conductor
    Lake City Presbyterian Church

    July 2

    Tchaikovsky—Manfred Symphony
    Robert Collins, Conductor
    Lake City Presbyterian Church

    July 7

    Bruckner—Symphony No. 6.
    Michael Dunlap, Conductor
    Lake City Presbyterian Church

    2014

    Reading Sessions

    June 24 

    Debussy Iberia—Chadwick Symphonic Sketches
    Brad E. Cawyer, Conductor
    Saint Mark’s Episcopal

    June 26

    Bruckner—Symphony No. 4
    Jim Truher, Conductor
    Saint Mark’s Episcopal

    June 30

    Strauss—Alpine Symphony
    Dr. Mark Perlman, Conductor
    Saint Mark’s Episcopal

    July 2, 2014

    Berlioz—Symphonie Fantastique
    Dr. Johan Louwersheimer, Conductor
    Saint Mark’s Episcopal

    Concert
    July 19, 2014: 
    First Presbyterian Church of Seattle

    Wagner—Parsifal Prelude
    Mahler—Symphony No. 4
    Mahler—Das klagende Lied
    Dr. Nikolas Caoile, Conductor.
    Eleanor Stallcop-Horrox, soprano
    Melissa Schiel, alto
    Stephen Wall, tenor
    Glenn Guhr, baritone

    2013

    Reading Sessions

    June 25

    Nielsen Helios Overture, Elgar In the South. Joseph P. White, Conductor. 
    Saint Mark’s Episcopal

    June 27 

    Mahler—Symphony No. 5.
    Geoffrey Larson, Conductor. 
    Saint Mark’s Episcopal

    July 9 

    Mahler—Symphony No. 7
    Dr. John Falskow, Conductor. 
    Saint Mark’s Episcopal

    July 11

    Mahler—Symphony No. 1. 
    Michael Dunlap, Conductor. 
    Saint Mark’s Episcopal

    Concerts

    Open Reading Performance

    July 18 

    Mahler—Symphony No. 2
    Dr. Nikolas Caoile, Conductor.
    Saint Mark’s Episcopal

    2012

    Reading Sessions

    June 26

    Tchaikovsky Manfred—Symphony & Marche Slav
    Adam Stern, Conductor. 
    Saint Mark’s Episcopal

    June 28

    Mahler—Symphony No. 5
    Dr. Eric Hanson, Conductor. 
    Saint Mark’s Episcopal

    July 2

    Shostakovich—Symphony No. 7
    Alexei Girsh, conductor. 
    Saint Mark’s Episcopal

    July 9

    Mahler—Symphony No. 6
    Dr. John Falskow, Conductor. 
    Saint Mark’s Episcopal

    July 12

    Mahler—Symphony No. 9
    Dr. Nikolas Caoile, Conductor. 
    Saint Mark’s Episcopal

    2011

    Reading Sessions

    June 20

    Rachmaninoff—Symphony No. 2
    Geoffrey Larson, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    June 21

    Still Afro-American—Symphony No. 1 
    Gershwin—Cuban Overture. 
    Joseph P. White, Conductor 
    Shorecrest PAC

    June 23

    Bruckner—Symphony No. 8. 
    Huw Edwards, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    June 28

    Nielsen—Symphony No. 4
    Wesley Schulz, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC

    June 30

    Strauss Aus Italien—Barber Medea’s Dance of Vengeance
    Stephen Radcliffe, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    Concerts

    July 17

    Benaroya Hall Prior Horizons: An American Crescendo for Four Soloists and Orchestra
    Sviridov—The Snowstorm
    Mahler—Symphony No. 3
    Alexander Prior, Principal Conductor

    2010

    Reading Sessions

    June 15

    Prokofiev—Scythian Suite, Op. 20.
    Alexander Prior, Conductor. 
    Shorecrest PAC.

    June 22—23

    Duruflé—Requiem Op. 9. 
    Gary Cannon, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    June 24

    Rachmaninoff—Symphonic Dances
    Roupen Shakarian, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    June 29 

    Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
    Michael Miropolsky, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    June 30
    Students of Shostakovich —“Tribute to the Teacher”
    Alexei Girsh, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    Concerts

    July 18
    Meany Hall
    David Lamb—Lebe hoch, Gustav!
    Strauss—Death and Transfiguration
    Mahler—Symphony No. 7
    Dr. Eric Hanson, Principal Conductor

    2009

    Reading Sessions

    June 15

    Movie Music Workshop
    Mann Robin—Hood: Men in Tights + another classic score from a Hollywood favorite
    Hummie Mann, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    June 16

    Copland—Dance Symphony, 
    Copland Suite—from The Red Pony
    Adam Stern, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    June 17

    Janáček—Sinfonietta
    Paul-Elliott Cobbs, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    June 24-25

    Prokofiev—Alexander Nevsky
    Gary Cannon, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    June 30

    Bruckner—Symphony 9. 
    Dr. Eric Hanson, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    Concerts

    July 19

    Meany Hall
    Darko—Butorac
    2009 Principal,Conductor

    Wagner—Siegfried’s Funeral March
    Strauss—Dance of Seven Veils
    Mahler—Symphony No. 6

    2008

    Reading Sessions

    June 16

    Sibelius—Symphony No. 7
    Stephen Paulson, conductor 
    Shorecrest PAC.

    June 18

    Mahler—Symphony No. 5
    Brett Mitchell, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    June 24

    Mahler—Symphony No. 1
    Darko Butorac, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    June 26

    Shostakovich—Symphony No. 1
    Alexei Girsh, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    Masterclass

    June 17

    Masterclass for Woodwinds
    Stephen Paulson, Principal Bassoon
    San Francisco Symphony
    Shorecrest PAC.

    Concerts

    July 20,

    Meany Hall

    Wagner—Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla from Das Rheingold
    Wagner —Final Destruction and Redemption from Die Götterdämmerung
    Strauss —Four Last Songs
    Catherine Haight, soprano
    Mahler —Symphony No. 9
    Dr. Eric Hanson, Principal Conductor


    2007

    Reading Sessions
    June 11, 2007. Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, Suites Nos. 1 and 2. Adam Stern, conductor. Shorecrest PAC.

    June 13, 2007. Debussy La Mer & de Falla The Three Cornered Hat. Christophe Chagnard, conductor. Shorecrest PAC.

    June 19, 2007. Strauss Alpine Symphony. David Waltman, conductor. Shorecrest PAC.

    June 21, 2007. Messiaen Turangalîla Symphony. Geoffrey Simon, conductor. Shorecrest PAC.

    Concerts

    July 22

    Shorecrest PAC.
    Geoffrey Simon, music director & principal conductor
    Ellington—Harlem
    Mahler—Songs of a Wayfarer
    Kathryn—Weld mezzo-soprano
    Dvořák—Symphony No.8 in G

    Concert

    September 9

    Benaroya Hall
    Geoffrey Simon, music director & principal conductor
    Ellington—Harlem
    Messiaen—Turangalîla Symphony
    Jay Gottlieb, Piano Solo
    Thomas Bloch, Ondes Martenot solo

    2006

    Reading Sessions

    June 12

    Shostakovich—Symphony No. 11
    Alexei Girsh, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    June 21—22

    Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem
    Anthony Spain, Conductor
    Gary D. Cannon, Chorusmaster
    Shorecrest Performing Arts Center
    Eckstein Middle School.
    Maria Mannisto, soprano
    Gary D. Cannon, tenor

    June 27

    Mahler—Symphony No. 7
    Dr. Eric Hanson, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC

    June 28

    Strauss— Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration)
    David Upham, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    Masterclass

    July 16

    Masterclass for Strings
    Hahn-Bin, Violin
    Shorecrest PAC.

    Concerts

    July 18

    Meany Hall

    Geoffrey Simon, music director & principal conductor
    Sarasate—Carmen Fantasy
    Hahn-Bin, violin
    Respighi Belkis—Queen of Sheba suite
    Mahler—Das Lied von der Erde
    Kathryn Weld, mezzo-soprano
    Stephen Rumph, tenor

    2005

    Reading Sessions

    June 15

    Mahler—Symphony No. 9
    Dr. Eric Hanson, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    June 20

    Shostakovich—Symphony No. 10
    Michael Miropolsky, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    June 22

    Khachaturian—Symphony No. 2
    Adam Stern, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    June 28

    Revueltas—La Noche de los Mayas
    Stoyanovich—He Dog. 
    Elizabeth Stoyanovich, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    Concerts

    July 19,

    Meany Hall

    Geoffrey Simon, music director 
    & principal conductor
    Gary Cannon, chorusmaster
    Copland—El Salon Mexico
    Barber—Prayers of Kierkegaard.
    Ann Basinski, soprano
    Mahler—Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”.
    Ann Basinski, soprano
    Kathryn Weld, mezzo-soprano

    2004

    Reading Sessions

    June 15

    Shostakovich—Symphony No. 4. 
    Alexei Girsh, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    June 22

    Stravinsky—The Rite of Spring
    Christian Knapp, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    June 24

    Vaughan Williams—Symphony
    No. 3 – “Pastoral” 
    Jim Truher, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    June 28
     
    Hindemith—Mathis der Maler. 
    David MacKenzie, Conductor. 
    Shorecrest PAC.

    Concerts

    July 20

    Meany Hall

    Bernstein—Overture to Candide
    Rachmaninoff—Piano Concerto #3
    Lei Weng, piano
    Mahler—Symphony No. 1
    Geoffrey Simon, Music Director 
    & Principal Conductor
    2003

    Reading Sessions

    June 17

    Stravinsky Petrouchka. 
    Joseph P. White, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    June 20 – 21

    Mahler—Symphony No. 10. 
    (Derek Cooke ed.) 
    Dr. Eric Hanson, Conductor
    Beegle Hall, SPU.

    June 20

    Scriabin—Symphony No. 3
     – “The Divine Poem”
    Troy Peters, Conductor
    Shorecrest PAC.

    June 24

    Honegger—Symphony No. 3, 
    Britten—Sinfonia da Requiem. 
    Adam Stern, Conductor. 
    Shorecrest PAC.

    Concerts

    July 22  

    Meany Hall 

    Shostakovich—Festive Overture
    Stravinsky—Symphonies of Wind Instruments
    Mahler—Symphony No. 5
    Geoffrey Simon, Music Director 
    & Principal Conductor





    2002

    Reading Sessions

    June 11

    Mahler—Das Lied Von Der Erde
    John Welsh, Conductor. 
    Eckstein Middle School.

    June 14—15

    Bruckner—Te Deum. 
    Lynn Hall, Conductor.
    Lannigan Gym, 
    Holy Rosary Church.

    June 18

    Nielsen—Symphony No. 4. 
    David Waltman, Conductor. 
    Lannigan Gym, Holy Rosary Church.

    June 20

    Bartok—Concerto for Orchestra
    David Seamon, Conductor. 
    Eckstein Middle School.

    June 24

    Shostakovich—Symphony No. 12
    Alexei Girsh, Conductor. 
    Eckstein Middle School.

    Concerts

    July 14

    Mahler—Symphony No. 4
    Geoffrey Simon, Principal Conductor
    Gary Cannon, Chorusmaster
    Barney Blough, Assistant Conductor
    Walton Portsmouth Point Overture
    Mahler Das klagende Lied
    Victoria Gydov, Soprano
    Diane Radabaugh, Contralto
    Les Green, Tenor
    Delphine Gillot, Sopran

    Meany Hall
    2001

    Reading Sessions

    June 11

    Kodaly Hary—Janos Suite
    Janos Sandor, Conductor.

    June 16-17
    Mahler—Das klagende Lied
    George Shangrow, Conductor
    Gary Cannon, Chorusmaster

    June 20

    Bruckner—Symphony No. 9
    Christophe Chagnard, Conductor.

    June 26

    Strauss—Don Quixote
    Roupen Shakarian, Conductor.
    Mariel Bailey, Solo Violin
    Bruce Bailey, Solo Cello

    Concerts

    April 14

    Meany Hall

    Dr. Eric Hanson, Conductor
    Mahler—Symphony No. 2
    Catherine Haight, Soprano
    Carmen Leon, Mezzo-Soprano

    July 15

    Meany Hall

    Geoffrey Simon, principal conductor

    Ravel—La Valse
    Mahler—Symphony No. 3
    Featuring Northwest Boys Choir, 
    Joseph Crnko, director
    Diane Radabaugh, alto

    2000

    Reading Sessions

    June 13

    Bruckner—Symphony No. 7
    Christophe Chagnard, Conductor.

    June 19

    Mahler—Symphony No. 4
    R. Joseph Scott, Conductor.

    June 21

    New Music. 

    Gerhard Samuel, conductor.
    John David Lamb In Taberna Diversions for Orchestra, Mvt. III
    Joshua Parmenter Fantasia and Passacaglia for Large Orchestra
    Morton Shafer Winning Number, 
    2nd Suite for Orchestra
    Keith Van Kirk—Symphony No. 1
    Gavin Borchert—Prologue. Sunset.
    Kam Morrill—A Munch Symphony, Pinocchio and the Whale
    Joseph Weisnewski—Sancte Dei Pretiose

    June 26

    Shostakovich—Symphony No. 15
    Alexei Girsh, Conductor.

    June 28

    Strauss—Alpine Symphony
    Jonathan Shames, Conductor.

    Concerts

    July 16

    Meany Hall. 

    (Broadcast live by KING-FM)

    Geoffrey Simon, principal conductor
    Strauss—Festival Prelude
    Mahler—Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand”

    Dr. Eric Hanson, chorusmaster
    Featuring Northwest Boys Choir, Joseph Crnko, director
    Victoria Gydov, soprono
    Hyun Joo Yang, soprano
    Catherine Haight, soprano
    Janna Wächter, alto
    Diane Radabaugh, alto
    Leslie Green, tenor
    Stephen Janzen, baritone
    Michael Delos, bass

    September 17

     Benaroya Hall 
    “Day of Music”

    Geoffrey Simon, principal conductor
    Curiale—Gates of Gold
    Warren Chang, ehru
    Strauss Festival Prelude
    Mahler Symphony No. 8, first part
    Dr. Eric Hanson, chorusmaster
    Featuring Northwest Boys Choir, Joseph Crnko, director
    Victoria Gydov, soprono
    Hyun Joo Yang, soprano
    Catherine Haight, soprano
    Janna Wächter, alto
    Diane Radabaugh, alto
    Leslie Green, tenor
    Stephen Janzen baritone
    Michael Delos, bass

    1999

    Reading Sessions

    June 14

    Strauss—Also Sprach Zarathustra
    Charles Bontrager, Conductor.

    June 16

    Mahler Symphony No. 5.
    Anthony Spain, Conductor.

    June 21, 1999. Strauss Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration.) Gregory Isaacs, conductor.

    June 23, 1999. Brahms A German Requiem. George Shangrow, conductor. Including chorus and soloists.

    June 29, 1999. New Music Reading Sessions. Local Composers including David Lamb, Gregory Nissen, Keith Wittmeyer and Keith Van Kirk. Parke Burgess, conductor.

    July 8, 1999. Szymanowski Concert Overture in E and Walton Symphony No. 2. Alexei Girsh, conductor.

    Concerts
    April 10, 1999. Meany Hall
    Dr. Eric Hanson, conductor
    Mahler Symphony No. 2

    July 18

    Meany Hall

    Strauss—Der Rosenkavalier Suite
    Mahler—Symphony No. 7
    Geoffrey Simon, Principal Conductor

    1998

    Reading Sessions

    June 15

    Bruckner—Symphony No. 4
    Jonathan Pasternack, Conductor.

    June 18, 1998. Mahler Symphony No. 3. Adam Stern, conductor.

    June 23

     Wagner—Excerpts from the Ring
    Kathy Kelly, Conductor.

    June 25

    Mahler—Symphony No. 2
    Dr. Eric Hanson, Conductor.

    July 1

    Strauss—Ein Heldenleben. 
    Gregory Issacs, Conductor.

    July 8

    Shostakovich—Symphony No. 7
    Alexei Girsh, Conductor

    Concerts

    July 13

    Meany Hall

    Geoffrey Simon, Principal Conductor
    Rachmaninoff—Variations on a 
    Theme of Paganini
    Craig Sheppard, Piano
    Strauss—Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
    Mahler—Symphony No. 6

    September 20

    Benaroya Hall 

    “Day of Music”

    Mahler—Symphony No. 6, excerpts + 3rd and 4th Movemements.

    Geoffrey Simon, Principal Conductor

    1997

    Reading Sessions

    June 16

    Strauss—Alpine Symphony
    Roupen Shakarian, Conductor.

    June 19

    Bruckner—Symphony No. 9
    Marsha Mabrey, Conductor.

    June 24

    Mahler—Symphony No. 7
    George Shangrow, Conductor.

    June 30

    Berlioz—Symphony Fantastique
    Paul Mori, Conductor.

    July 2

    Mahler—Symphony No. 3.
    Adam Stern, Conductor.

    July 8

    Elgar—Symphony No. 1. 
    Paul-Elliott Cobbs, Conductor

    Concerts


    July 20

    Meany Hall

    Geoffrey Simon, principal conductor

    Debussy—La Cathédral engloutie, (arr. Stokowski)
    Strauss—Don Juan
    Mahler—Symphony No. 9

    1996

    Reading Sessions

    June 11

    Holst—The Planets & Respighi Pines of Rome. Joseph P. White, Conductor.

    June 18

    Mahler—Symphony No. 6
    Dr. Eric Hanson, Conductor.

    June 25

    Mahler—Symphony No. 9
    Johathan Shames, Conductor.

    July 2

    Stravinsky—Rite of Spring
    Wagner—Parsifal 
    Parke Burgess, Conductor.

    Concerts

    July 14

    Roupen Shakarian Conductor
    Wagner—Overture to Die Meistersinger
    Strauss—Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration)
    Mahler—Symphony No. 1

    1995

    Reading Sessions

    June 1995
    Mahler—Symphony No. 1
    Joseph P. White, Conductor.

    Do you remember what else we read in that first summer? Let us know so we can complete the history! info@nwmahlerfestival.org