Text Box: Next season marks an impressive milestone for the Northwest Sinfonietta—15 years of critical acclaim, audience enthusiasm, and noteworthy growth. The Northwest Sinfonietta shares its anniversary with another ‘great’—the master composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whose 250th birthday will be celebrated all around the world. Music Director Chagnard has designed a Mozart-inspired program which will showcase the composer’s inestimable brilliance and the unquestionable talents of the Northwest Sinfonietta. We invite you to join us in a year-long celebration of the Text Box: Northwest Sinfonietta’s 15th anniversary. Festivities include: Gift of Music. In September we will present a free public concert in downtown Tacoma. There will be a proclamation from the Mayor of the City of Tacoma, and reception and commemoration ceremonies honoring the orchestra’s founders and early leaders. Special guests will include music faculty from the region’s schools and colleges. Mozartiana. Our concert season includes great works from the pen of Mozart and from other composers inspired by Mozart, as well as a daring co-production Text Box: with the Tacoma Opera in Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio. Northwest Sinfonietta Milestones. Add a new CD to your collection—released in honor of 15 years of musical excellence. Children’s Book. Own an autographed copy of the orchestra’s new children’s book about music. Our Education Program will use the book as an important addition to its work with schools. Dionysia. Attend the very special “Grand Gala Dionysia” in spring 2006. 15th Anniversary Ticket Packages. Take advantage of 15th Anniversary ticket packages, which include Text Box: On January 30, the Northwest Sinfonietta gave a special concert at the Rialto Theater in Tacoma to benefit the victims of the Asian Tsunami disaster. The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation which oversaw the collection of all proceeds sent a check for $8,245 to the American Red Cross for Tsunami related aid operations. This donation represented 100% of proceeds since all services Text Box: were donated. The all-Mozart Concert featured the Wind Serenade No.11, in E flat, K.375, the Symphony No. 31, in D, K.297, “Paris”, and the Piano Concerto No.24, in C minor, K.491 with Craig Sheppard as piano soloist. Christophe Chagnard was the conductor. Contributing to this special event were: The Northwest Sinfonietta staff, musicians and Board of Directors, Mr. Text Box: Craig Sheppard, the featured piano soloist, The Broadway Center for The Performing Arts, I.A.T.S.E. Local 15 Members, Scott Craven, The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, Tacoma City Ballet, TV Tacoma, The Fort Lewis Ranger Weekly Volcano, The News Tribune, Warfield Creative, Graphic Services, Inform Puget Sound, The Tacoma Youth Symphony, and Classical KING FM 98.1. Text Box: Northwest Sinfonietta To Celebrate 15th Anniversary Text Box: ‘Tide of Hope’ Raises $8,245 for Tsunami Relief Text Box: Volume 1, Issue 1 Text Box: Christophe Chagnard Music Director Paul Gjording Executive Director Sharon Andrus Office Manager Board of Directors Patricia E. Wooster President James Sorensen Vice President Albert Bacon III Co-Treasurer Bruce Mann Co-Treasurer Janet Joy Secretary Constance T. Bacon Sibyl Barnum Rebecca Bianco Betsy Buck Wendy Griffin Mike Lampton Justin Morrill John Ruze Mary Thomas Judy Wagner Robert B. Whitney James Wooster

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