September 12
A Skirmish of Wit
The Chelsea Symphony kicks off its ninth season, Play On, with works that celebrate two Shakespeare comedies. The program features Mendelssohn's effervescent overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream and two works based on Much Ado About Nothing: Berlioz's Overture to Béatrice et Bénédict and Korngold's suite of incidental music for the play. Violinist Nell Flanders performs the solo in Chausson's Poème, inspired by a novella by Ivan Turgenev.
Conductors: Mark Seto, Matthew Aubin
Program
Poème, Op. 25
Featured Artists
Active as a conductor, violinist, violist, pianist, and educator, Nell Flanders brings her dynamic musicality to performances in a wide variety of genres, from orchestral classics to contemporary music, tango, blues, and period instrument baroque. Ms. Flanders is currently the Director of Orchestral Activities at Idaho State University, where she leads the Idaho State-Civic Symphony and the ISU University Chamber Orchestra. From 2018-2021 she held the position of Georg and Joyce Albers-Schonberg Assistant Conductor with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, conducting …
Conductor
A sought-after leader in today’s orchestral landscape, Dr. Matthew Aubin cultivates musical excellence through an innovative, community-minded, and inclusive approach.
Dr. Aubin serves as Music Director and Executive Director of the Jackson Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, and Artistic Director of The Chelsea Symphony in New York City. Through these positions, he has developed a reputation for imaginative programming, organizational leadership, audience engagement, and advocacy for historically overlooked composers.
With The Chelsea Symphony, Dr. Aubin …
Mark Seto leads a wide-ranging musical life as a conductor, scholar, teacher, and violinist. He is Artistic Director and Conductor of The Chelsea Symphony in New York City, and Associate Teaching Professor of Music at Brown University, where he directs the Brown University Orchestra and teaches courses in music history, theory, and conducting. Recent highlights include performances with violinist Itzhak Perlman, clarinetist Anthony McGill, and the Martha Graham Dance Company, and concerts with the Brown University Orchestra at Carnegie Hall …