THE ARTS Destination Westmoreland 2017 | 19 the community that people just really want to see them do well. You don’t see that as much in many other areas.” This season, the WSO continues to bring in up-and- coming young artists as soloists, showcase the community in its concerts and provide a wide variety of offerings to fit many different tastes. One such young performer who concert-goers will want to see in a smaller venue while they still can is Simone Porter, a 19-year-old violinist who made her professional solo debut at age 10 with the Seattle Symphony and has since appeared with the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orches-tra, Houston Symphony and Los Angeles Philharmonic. She will be performing Max Bruch’s “Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor” as part of the season’s opening concert on Oct. 21. “It’s a concerto that people love to hear because it’s so tuneful, but artists love to play it as well because it showcases their virtuosity and musicality,” artistic director Daniel Meyer said. Also on the program that evening are “On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring” by English composer Fredrick Delius and Johannes Brahams’ “Symphony No. 1,” which Meyer said is sometimes nicknamed Beethoven’s 10th symphony. “He waited a long time to write and finally make public his first symphony, and that’s just because he was intimi-dated, as many other composers were, by what Beethoven ac-complished with his 9th symphony. We finished last season with Beethoven’s 9th so it’s fitting that we start the 2017-18 season with Brahams’ 1st.” The orchestra then moves into holiday season with a performance of The Nutcracker featuring The Laurel Ballet on Dec. 21 and the Home for the Holidays concert on Dec. 16, featuring the All-Star Choir of Westmoreland County and special guests. On Feb. 17 the WSO will hold its “Keys to the Heart” concert that will include Claude Debussy’s “Claire de Lune” Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra Artistic Director “We have such a rich cultural heritage, not just Daniel Meyer historically but in having the art museum, having the different galleries, having Stage Right, having the choral society, and a lot of them — if not all — were started by a community member, whether it was 10, 20, 50 years ago, believing there was a need in the community that needed to be filled.” — ENDICOTT REINDL WESTMORELAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SUBMITTED PHOTOS
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