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| Seven Hills Symphony is dedicated to providing performance opportunities to amateur, student and professional musicians throughout Central Massachusetts and Northeastern Connecticut as well as access to high quality, low cost symphonic music for members of those same communities. |
What began as a creative outlet for amateur, student and professional musicians has grown into a well-respected symphony that is celebrating its 10th anniversary by commissioning a piece by Gary Gackstatter, an award winning composer and performer.
Seven Hills Symphony was founded in 2005, when MD/PhD student Joanna Chaurette expressed an interest in starting a chamber group. She reached out to musicians in the UMass Medical School community, and due to an overwhelming response, the proposed chamber group quickly became an orchestra.
The group is dedicated to providing performance opportunities to amateur, student and professional musicians throughout Central Massachusetts and Northeastern Connecticut as well as access to high quality, low cost symphonic music for members of those same communities. The orchestra performs a varied repertoire under the leadership of professional conductor Scott Chaurette.
Seven Hills also promotes music appreciation through outreach programs, including an annual concerto competition for area student musicians. Winners of the competition receive a scholarship to fund further musical study, as well as an opportunity to perform at an upcoming Seven Hills concert. The next Young Artist’s Concert is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 6, 2015.
The fall concert on Friday, Nov. 14, will feature pieces selected by founding members of the orchestra. The program will include performances of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3; Strauss’s Tales from Vienna Woods; Walden’s Theme from West Wing; Brahms’ Symphony No. 4, Movement 4; and Holst’s Jupiter from The Planets. The concert will take place at the UMass Medical School’s Lazare Research Building in the Blais Pavilion, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
The spring concert on Friday, May 8, 2015, will feature the world premiere of the commissioned work by Gackstatter, who will rehearse with the orchestra and be in the audience at the concert to hear his piece played publically for the first time.
All concerts are free, but donations are accepted and are used toward funding educational opportunities and future performances. For additional information and a complete concert schedule, visit http://www.shsymphony.org.
