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World-renowned pianist, Emanuel Ax is considered one of the finest concert pianists of the 21st century. He is a Grammy award-winning, Polish-born naturalized Ameri-can classical pianist, an internationally acclaimed per-former, a teacher on the faculty of The Juilliard School and the main duo recital partner of cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

From 1970, when Ax graduated from Columbia Univer-sity with a Bachelor of Arts degree in French, he partici-pated in many major international competitions, includ-ing the Vianna da Motta in Portugal, the Queen Elisabeth in Belgium and the Chopin in Warsaw. However, it was in 1974 that he won the inaugural Arthur Rubinstein Competition in Tel Aviv. It was this win that sparked the beginning of Ax’s successful career as a concert pianist. He continues to perform around eighty concerts a year.

Emanuel Ax has been an exclusive Sony Classical recording artist since 1987. Recent releases include Strauss's Enoch Arden narrated by Patrick Stewart; discs of two-piano music by Johannes Brahms and Sergei Rachmaninov with Yefim Bronfman; and soon to be released Felix Mendelssohn Trios with Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman. Ax has received Grammy awards for the second and third volumes of his cycle of Haydn's piano sonatas, and has also made a series of Grammy-winning recordings with cellist Yo-Yo Ma of the Beethoven and Brahms sonatas for cello and piano.

He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and holds honor-ary doctorates of music from Yale and Columbia Universities.A

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“The American musical experience offers music, traditions and cultures of the world, like a mosaic, to create a soundscape that defines our nation. It is music that captures tragedy and triumph, struggle and freedom, and conveys the essence of the American ethos. The Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra devotes its 2017-2018 Season to the American Mosaic with both new and familiar works for orchestra composed by the greatest generation of American composers as well as many of the most beloved works in the orchestral repertoire. The music of Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Ravel rubs shoulders with Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein and Barber as our orchestra celebrates richly diverse musical styles that are as evocative as they are sumptuous. Join us, as we come together to bring beauty and harmony to the Lowcountry.”

SPECIAL PERFORMANCE: MOZART FEST AND GALA

EMANUEL AX IN CONCERT MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 • 7:30PM

John Morris Russell Conductor • Emanuel Ax Piano

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 19 • Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27

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John Morris RussellMusic Director and Conductor *The conductor will give a pre-concert talk before each classical concert.

CINEMATIC CLASSICSSUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2017 • 5PM MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2017 • 8PMJohn Morris Russell Conductor Paul Huang Violin

Herrmann North by Northwest Overture Korngold Violin Concerto Williams Jurassic Park: Main Theme

Harry Potter Suite Schindler’s List: Main Theme The Force Awakens: Jedi Steps and Finale

JOY TO THE WORLD!SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2017 • 5PM MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2017 • 8PM(No pre-concert talk before concerts)

John Morris Russell Conductor Phoebe Liu, Violin, 2017 First Prize Winner, HHSO Youth Concerto Competition Hilton Head Island High School Chorus Hilton Head Dance Theatre Savannah Children’s Choir

A Holiday Spectacular! Ring in the Season with John Morris Russell’s festive holiday music, featuring all our favorite guest soloists. This beloved event is a must!

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITIONSUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2017 • 5PM MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2017 • 8PMJohn Morris Russell Conductor Robert Sullivan Trumpet

Ives/Schuman Variations on America Arutunian Trumpet Concerto Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

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SUNDAY CONCERTS WILL BEGIN AT 5:00 PM

PORGY AND BESS IN CONCERTSUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2018 • 5PM MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2018 • 8PM(No pre-concert talk before concerts)

John Morris Russell Conductor Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Gershwin/Bennett Porgy and Bess, Concert Version

Set in the 1930s in an African-American Charleston neighborhood known as Catfish Row, Porgy and Bess centers on the tragic love story of the cripple beggar Porgy, the beautiful cocaine addict Bess, and her abusive partner Crown- featuring such iconic songs as Summertime, It Ain't Necessarily So, and I Got Plenty of Nothing. In 1956, Robert Russell Bennett incorporated the principal musical numbers from the opera into one continuous work for concert performance to include mezzo and baritone soloists and chorus.

LOVE IN THE TIME OF WARSUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 2018 • 5PM MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 2018 • 8PMJohn Morris Russell Conductor Sterling Elliott Cello

Vaughan-Williams Symphony No. 5 Haydn Cello Concerto No. 1 Griffes The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan

BEETHOVEN’S EROICASUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2018 • 5PM MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2018 • 8PMJohn Morris Russell Conductor Ray Ushikubo, 2017 First Prize Winner, Hilton Head International Piano Competition

Walker Lyric for Strings Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1 Beethoven Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”

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THREE CENTURIES OF ROMANTICISMSUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2018 • 6PM* MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2018 • 8PMJohn Morris Russell Conductor Bella Hristova Violin

Gluck/Wagner Iphigénie en Aulide Overture Barber Violin Concerto Brahms Symphony No. 4

*Note: Sunday Matinee is at 6:00 pm for this concert.

STRING SERENADESUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2018 • 5PM MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2018 • 8PMChelsea Tipton Guest Conductor Lizhou Liu Viola Peter Berquist Bass

Barber Adagio for Strings Dittersdorf Sinfonia Concertante for Viola and Double Bass Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings

AMERICAN ICONS: COPLAND AND BERNSTEINSUNDAY, MAY 13, 2018 • 5PM MONDAY, MAY 14, 2018 • 8PMJohn Morris Russell Conductor

Copland Fanfare for the Common Man Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes

Bernstein On The Town: Three Dance Episodes West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

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MAR 25/26BELLA

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SUNDAY CONCERTS WILL BEGIN AT 5 PM

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HILTON HEAD INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL: MARCH 8 – 12, 2018 The Hilton Head International Piano Competition is thrilled to announce a new and exciting addition to its schedule – the HILTON HEAD INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL. Debuting in March, 2018, this innovative event will spotlight outstanding former prize winners of our competitions, as well as other famous pianists, as they perform in solo recitals and chamber music programs.

You’ll also be able to attend lecture/recitals, film events and discussions about music, piano in particular. Especially exciting is the introduction of a jazz thread throughout the Festival! Steven Lin will perform at the opening of the Festival and Fei-Fei Dong will appear in the chamber music program. The grand finale of the festival will be a concerto evening featuring our own Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra and four spectacular pianists: Charlie Albright, Jon Kimura Parker, and Ran Dank and Soyeon Kate Lee playing a concerto for two pianos. Further information and schedules will be out in the fall of 2017.

With the addition of the Festival, the Hilton Head International Piano Competition will be changing to a three-year rotation. The next competition for pianists 18 – 30, will be held in March of 2019, followed in 2020 by the competition featuring pianists 13 – 17. The Piano Festival will return in the third year of the sequence in 2021.

The Piano Festival promises to be an exciting new part of the HHIPC!

NEW AND EXCITING SPECIAL EVENTSThe celebrated “Symphony Under the Stars” will be held twice next season – at Palmetto Bluff in October, 2017 and on Hilton Head Island in April, 2018 - under the baton of John Morris Russell.

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SYMPHONY UNDER THE STARS: HILTON HEAD ISLAND: APRIL 3 & 4, 2018“ALL THAT JAZZ” Join us again in April when the HHSO brings you the music of Gershwin, Chicago, Scott Joplin, Bee Bop and Duke Ellington, featuring Vocalist Tatiana Mayfield.

Table groups use the concert themes to inspire costumes, table decorations and dinner menus as they compete for a variety of prizes. Guests are also creative in selecting the food and beverage they bring for their tables. So mark your calendars now and enjoy this fabulous event, not once, but twice!

SYMPHONY UNDER THE STARS: MONTAGE PALMETTO BLUFF: OCT. 3 & 4, 2017 “SYMPHONIC SOUL” Join us in October as the HHSO brings you the music of Ray Charles, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder and Motown featuring the dynamic group, “DEAS GUYS”.

CHARLIE ALBRIGHT FEI-FEI DONG JON KIMURA PARKER RAN DANK AND SOYEON KATE LEE STEVEN LIN

TICKET CATEGORIESCATEGORY AOrchestra Rows 1-12Balcony All Rows Seats 1-14Wing Left Rows 1-4

CATEGORY BOrchestra Rows 13-19Balcony All Rows Seats 15-19Wing Right Rows 1-4Wing Left Rows 5-9

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Diamond Baton Circle: 25,000+ • Preferred Seating • Reserved VIP Parking Decal • Four Guest Passes to a Concert Performance • Acknowledgement in HHSO Program

Platinum Baton Circle: $20,000+ • Preferred Seating • Reserved VIP Parking Decal • Four Guest Passes to a Concert Performance • Acknowledgement in HHSO Program

Gold Baton Circle: $15,000+ • Preferred Seating • Reserved VIP Parking Decal • Four Guest Passes to a Concert Performance • Acknowledgement in HHSO Program

Silver Baton Circle: $10,000+ • Preferred Seating • Reserved VIP Parking Decal • Four Guest Passes to a Concert Performance • Acknowledgement in HHSO Program

Chairman’s Circle: $7,500+ • Preferred Seating • Reserved VIP Parking Decal • Four Guest Passes to a Concert Performance • Acknowledgement in HHSO Program

Conductor’s Circle: $5,000+ • Preferred Seating • Two guest passes to a Concert Performance • Acknowledgement in HHSO Program

Concertmaster’s Circle: $2,500+ • Preferred Seating • Acknowledgement in HHSO Program

Artist’s Circle: $1,000+ • Preferred Seating • Acknowledgement in HHSO Program

Principal: $500+ • Acknowledgement in HHSO Program

Supporter: $250+ • Acknowledgement in HHSO Program

Friend: up to $249 • Acknowledgement in HHSO Program

SELECT YOUR LEVEL OF SUPPORT

Please mail your completed application, along with your credit card information or check to:

HILTON HEAD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAPO Drawer 5757 • Hilton Head Island, SC 29938o: 843-842-2055 | f: 843-842-2032 | hhso.org

COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION

TICKET INFORMATIONAll ticket holders will be assigned seats at the First Presbyterian Church according to: your concert series of choice, date of postmark, and level of additional support. You may choose a series of nine, six or three concerts from any of the performance dates.

INVEST IN YOUR SYMPHONY Make a tax-deductible contribution with your ticket

order to support HHSO programs.

NINE CONCERT (Full Subscription) Seat Preference: A $450 B $364 Choose nine concerts; receive confirmed seats for the season; receive early notification of Special Events to purchase designated seats.

SIX CONCERT PACKAGE Seat Preference: A $301 B $245 Choose six concerts; seats determined after full subscription seats have been assigned.

THREE CONCERT PACKAGE Seat Preference: A $154 B $125 Choose three concerts; seats determined after full and six subscriber seats have been assigned.

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