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The Reno Phil extends Laura Jackson's contract as Music Director through 2028-2029 season
April 19, 2024
Reno, Nev. (April 19, 2024) — The Reno Philharmonic is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with Laura Jackson to continue to lead the orchestra through the 2028 – 2029 season. Jackson has spent the last 15 years as the Music Director and Conductor of the Reno Phil and will continue to champion the Reno Phil’s efforts to offer innovative musical experiences.
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Reno Philharmonic - Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto
Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts • Reno
Laura Jackson, Music Director
Sara Davis Beuchner, piano
Giuseppe VERDI: Overture to La forza del destino
William DAWSON: Negro Folk Symphony
Sergei RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, op. 18
feauturing soloist Sara Davis Beuchner, piano
If fate comes knocking - will you answer? A balance of dramatic intensity and heartfelt melodic expression, Verdi’s Overture from his opera La Forza del Destino is one of the most iconic and influential overtures of all time. Pianist Sara Davis Buechner, “a formidable soloist” (San Francisco Chronicle), returns to Reno to perform Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, a romantic, lush, and majestic work full of memorable melodies. In 1934, William Dawson imagined a symphony that would fuse African rhythms and American laments into the symphonic form. What Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony promised, Dawson delivered. His defiant, triumphant “Negro Folk Symphony” is the greatest symphony you’ve never heard.
Reno Philharmonic - Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto
Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts • Reno
Laura Jackson, Music Director
Sara Davis Beuchner, piano
Giuseppe VERDI: Overture to La forza del destino
William DAWSON: Negro Folk Symphony
Sergei RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, op. 18
feauturing soloist Sara Davis Beuchner, piano
If fate comes knocking - will you answer? A balance of dramatic intensity and heartfelt melodic expression, Verdi’s Overture from his opera La Forza del Destino is one of the most iconic and influential overtures of all time. Pianist Sara Davis Buechner, “a formidable soloist” (San Francisco Chronicle), returns to Reno to perform Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, a romantic, lush, and majestic work full of memorable melodies. In 1934, William Dawson imagined a symphony that would fuse African rhythms and American laments into the symphonic form. What Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony promised, Dawson delivered. His defiant, triumphant “Negro Folk Symphony” is the greatest symphony you’ve never heard.
Reno Philharmonic - AVA Ballet-The Nutcracker
Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts • Reno
AVA Ballet with Reno Phil
Laura Jackson, conductor
The stage at the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts will be alive with a sugar plum fairy and dancing mice as A.V.A. Ballet Theatre presents the annual Nutcracker Ballet on December 20, 21, 22, 2024. Artistic director Alexander Van Alstyne has choreographed an exciting rendition of the popular holiday ballet and the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra will perform Tchaikovsky’s moving score. Laura Jackson will be conducting the orchestra. Due to popular demand, we will continue to have a fifth performance.
Principal dancers who have performed with professional ballet companies such as Ballet West, Kansas City Ballet and the Diablo Ballet will perform the leading roles along side a large cast of local talent.
Nutcracker performances will be held Friday December 20th at 8pm, December 21st at 2pm and 8pm and Sunday December 22nd at 1pm and 7pm at the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Reno.
A special Sugar Plum party will be held after the Saturday and Sunday afternoon performances where children can meet the Nutcracker characters.
A.V.A. Ballet Theatre is the resident ballet company of the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts. They are northern Nevada's largest company under the instruction of a professional faculty with years of performing experience in renowned metropolitan ballet and production companies across the United States and Europe.