September 9 – 10
Saturday | 9.10.16 | 7:30 PM
Join The Chelsea Symphony for the opening series of our eleventh season, "Flight Paths," featuring music written by composers who have visited or immigrated to the United States of America. This season celebrates the diversity of musicians who have been inspired by, and made their mark on, this land we call home. The September concert begins with selections from Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Zhou Long's Chinese Folk Songs. Rachel Seiden makes her TCS solo debut on Richard Strauss's oboe concerto on Friday and Saturday's concert welcomes back Erich Schoen-René as soloist on Elgar's cello concerto. Both performances close with Tchaikovsky's magnificent Symphony No. 4.
Conducted by Reuben Blundell and Matthew Aubin
Concerts will be held at St. Paul's Church, 315 W. 22nd Street
Friday, September 9 at 8:30 PM
Saturday, September 10 at 7:30 PM
Tickets are available at Eventbrite: http://thechelseasymphony.eventbrite.com
Program
Featured Artists
Erich Schoen-René was born into a musical family and began playing cello at the age of four. He is the recipient of a double undergraduate degree in music performance and German from Bard College, a master’s degree from Manhattan School of Music, and considers himself very lucky to have studied with cellists Maxine Neuman, Luis Garcia-Renart, and David Geber. Erich has played extensively in the New York area, as well as in Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, and Croatia, and can be …
Rachel Seiden is an oboist living and working in New York. She studied at Ithaca College, receiving her Bachelors in Music in oboe performance where she studied with Dr. Paige Morgan. Upon graduation from Ithaca, Rachel continued her studies at Stony Brook University, pursuing a Masters of Music under the tutelage of Pedro Diaz, solo English horn of the Metropolitan Opera.
Making the shift to arts administration following completion of her Masters, Rachel worked at Alliance Artist Management where she …
Conductor
A leader in the 21st century orchestral landscape, Dr. Matthew Aubin is constantly reaching new audiences through innovative performance formats and creative initiatives both on and off the podium.
The 2022-23 season kicks off Dr. Aubin’s inaugural year as Music Director of the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, he is Music Director of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra and serves as Artistic Director of The Chelsea Symphony. In his role at TCS, he has led highly visible collaborations with partners such …
Reuben Blundell has been a Chelsea Symphony conductor/violinist since 2012, enjoying collaborations with musicians, soloists, composers and other conductors. Conducting Aaron Dai’s The Night Before Christmas, first with B. D. Wong then Annie Golden narrating, he initiated, conducted and edited (in Premiere Pro) the orchestra’s 2020 remote performance, narrated by John Lithgow.
Blundell is Music Director of the Riverside Orchestra on the Upper West Side, rehearsing Mondays and performing five concerts each season. He also directs another outstanding community …