By Treva Lind The Spokesman-Review May 22, 2023 Music by the Spokane Symphony will lead off a little softer Friday evening. Lights in the auditorium won’t go abruptly to dark, but rather stay low. In the lobby, audience members can check out weighted blankets or weighted vests along with fidget toys. Ushers ...

By Larry Lapidus The Spokesman-Review Nov. 13, 2022 Updated Sun., Nov. 13, 2022 at 9:42 p.m. Tanya Gabrielian made her Spokane debut this past weekend, performing Edvard Grieg’s piano concerto with the Spokane Symphony Orchestra. (Courtesy) In recent months, the Spokane Symphony and its generous supporters have brought some remarkable pianists to ...

By Larry Lapidus The Spokesman-Review September 18, 2022  To launch the 77th season of the Spokane Symphony in a spirit of optimism and commitment to the power of human creativity, Music Director James Lowe chose three works that embody those qualities: The Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major Op. 73 ...

 By Larry Lapidus The Spokesman-Review Oct. 9, 2022  For the second concert in the Masterworks Series of the Spokane Symphony, music director and principal conductor James Lowe selected works that some people might choose to dislike, even without hearing them. Even avowed lovers of classical music have their prejudices, which might have ...