By James Lowe Spokane County Library District Blog September 20, 2023 I had an interesting chat on KPBX the other day with E.J. Ianelli, who mentioned that many people think that symphony musicians grow up steeped in classical music, and it’s only that deep, life-long connection that allows anyone to understand the music we play. Personally, ...

By Kip Hill The Spokesman-Review April 27, 2023 Hundreds of elementary students from far-flung areas of the Inland Northwest brought their recorders to their lips Wednesday morning, awaiting instruction from Kelsey and Marissa Weddle. Improvise, the singing duo told the rapt pupils at the Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox. “Feel the ...

By Taylor D. Waring Huckleberry Press April 20, 2023 An international group of up-and-coming conductors converged in Spokane to partake in The Conductor Workshop, a weeklong program helmed by the Spokane Symphony’s own James Lowe and James Ross. Over the course of the intensive week, students worked with Lowe and Ross in order to transcend ...

By Larry Lapidus The Spokesman-Review April 16, 2023 Your normal concert program assumes that the audience needs a while to settle down and adjust to listening carefully. Thus, most programs start with a brief, easily digested work, followed by a dazzling concerto and conclude with the important, serious work of the evening. ...

By Ed Condran The Spokesman-Review September 15, 2023 Preseason games are often the bane of a season-ticket holder’s existence. However, the opposite is so for those who subscribe for the 2023-24 season of the Spokane Symphony. Iconic cellist Yo-Yo Ma, who will make his Spokane debut, is the preseason event. The virtuoso ...