In Wednesday’s (8/1) Canton Citizen (Massachusetts), Jay Turner writes, “It isn’t often that a professional symphony orchestra finds its way to the suburbs, but that has been the case in the Neponset Valley since 2007 and will continue this fall with the debut of Symphony Nova, a 65-member training orchestra featuring some of the region’s finest post-collegiate professional musicians. Formerly known as the Neponset Valley Philharmonic Orchestra, Symphony Nova will instantly become New England’s first and only training orchestra—and one of only four in the country—when it debuts with ‘Soloist, Soloist’ on Friday, September 28, at the Old South Church in Boston, followed by a repeat performance on Sunday, September 30, at King Philip Regional High School in Wrentham.” According to Symphony Nova conductor and music director Lawrence Isaacson, who had founded the Neponset Valley Philharmonic in 2007, most of the Nova musicians have already “earned a master’s degree from one of the area’s ‘internationally acclaimed music schools.’ … Not only will they be paid to perform, but they will also have access to a variety of programs not typically offered by standard professional orchestras, including courses on grant writing and personal finance, mock auditions, and the creation and performance of educational concerts.”
Posted August 2, 2012
