Case High School senior Alexandria Schlitz will perform her winning entry to the RSO’s 2008 Young Artist Competition, Bloch’s Suite Hebraique.RSO Music Director Andrew Massey will conduct the local premiere of his own work, Early Mourning, which deals with 9/11, along with works by Sibelius (Symphony #2) and Rimsky-Korsakov (Russian Easter Overture). The concert is presented with support from Modine Manufacturing Company.
Tickets are $20 in advance for adults ($22 at the door; $5 students; $1 children) and can be purchased online or by calling 262.636.9285.
Ms. Schlitz, who plays the viola, won the annual competition, judged by an independent panel of musicians. Sponsored by the Lang Family Foundation, the RSO Young Artist Competition provides scholarships and performance opportunities to area students. Ms. Schlitz will also perform during the RSO’s fifth grade concerts in Memorial Hall on the morning of Thursday, May 15. Other winners of the competition this year were Bria Kaufman, second place, and Nina Fronjian, third.
Alex began playing the violin in second grade. Four years later, she switched to viola. She has participated in WSMA Solo & Ensemble, Wisconsin State Honors Orchestra, and the UW-Milwaukee High School Honors Orchestra. She played in the Racine Philharmonia summer orchestra for three years, after being invited to join by conductor Ralph Lane, who judged her first audition for the RSO Concerto Competition in 2005. She helped organize the Case High School quintet and participated in it throughout high school. Recently Alex began studying with Lewis Rosove, viola professor at UW-Milwaukee, and plans to study at the university and major in viola performance.
The Racine Symphony Orchestra, now in its 76th season, is the oldest orchestra in continuous operation in the state of Wisconsin.
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