:: Concert Schedule ::
2009-2010 Concert Season (43rd Season)
Saturday, March 13, 2010
A Trip to Vienna
With Anton Shelepov, violin
Winner, William C. Byrd Young Artists Competition in 2008
Time 7:30 p.m.
Location Coughlin Saunders Performing Arts Center
 

All of the music on this concert comes from the birthplace of classical music, the city of Vienna. The centerpiece of this concert is Brahms’s epic “Violin Concerto” performed by outstanding violinist Anton Shelepov.

Saturday, May 1, 2010
“Carmen”
Time 7:30 p.m.
Location Coughlin Saunders Performing Arts Center
 

We will close our 43rd season with a semi-staged version of the opera “Carmen”. One of the most beloved in the repertoire, it has everything you want in an opera: love, tragedy, and beautiful music.

Educational Initiatives

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Youth Honor Orchestra
Time TBA
Location TBA
  The best young musicians from the central Louisiana area audition and rehearse with RSO musicians, as mentors, ending with an annual performance. This lively and casual setting provides these young musicians with the opportunity to perform for a varied group of listeners both young and old.
Past Concerts
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Pops on the River – “Red, White, and Boom”
Time 7:30 p.m
Location Alexandria Riverfront Amphitheater
 

Our annual "Pops on the River" concert will feature everything you love about this annual event – great music, a beautiful riverfront setting, good friends, great food and drink. This year, we will celebrate American patriotic favorites and feature some "home-grown" talent – singer Katelyn Sooter, and the winner of Fox 48 TV’s "Cenla Idol" competition. We’ll also end the show with a "boom." Don’t miss it!

The concert is free and open to the public. Special table seating is also available by calling the Symphony at 442-9709, ext. 1.

Saturday, October 17, 2009
Louisiana International Piano Competition Finals
With Kun Yao (Canada): Beethoven - “Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major”
Daniil Tsvetkov (Russia): Tchaikovsky - “Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor”
John Fisher (Australia): Tchaikovsky - “Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor”
Time 6:00 p.m.
Location Coughlin Saunders Performing Arts Center
 

Once again the Rapides Symphony is proud to perform with three world-class rising stars of the Louisiana International Piano Competition. The winner of the weeklong competition and festival will be named based on their concerto performances with the RSO on this concert. It is sure to be a great event where Alexandria takes center stage in the music world.

Louisiana Public Broadcasting has an online version of their story on the Louisiana International Piano Competition from the weekly news show Louisiana: The State We're In. The story features some of the contestants plus Nikita Fitenko and Maestro Joshua Zona.

The Louisiana International Piano Competition results:
I. Daniil Tsvetkov (Russia)
II. John Fisher (Australia)
III. Kun Yao (Canada)

Sunday, December 6, 2009
Heralding the Holidays
Time 2:30 p.m.
Location Coughlin Saunders Performing Arts Center
 

Our annual holiday concert has become a beloved Cenla tradition and this year’s holiday concert will feature the RSO’s outstanding brass section in music to bring you holiday cheer.

Sunday, January 24, 2010
Family Concert – “Peter and the Wolf”
With Lagniappe Theatre Company
Time 2:30 p.m.
Location Coughlin Saunders Performing Arts Center
 

This specially designed hour-long performance is for families and children who may be experiencing the magic of a full symphony orchestra for the first time. The RSO will be joined by the Lagniappe Theatre Company for a performance of Prokofiev’s timeless classic “Peter and the Wolf.”

You can also review the Maestro Zona's Educational Notes (PDF Format) for this concert.