WSO to perform ‘Something Wicked’
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The Washington Symphony Orchestra will open its 13th season with “Something Wicked” at 8 p.m. Oct. 11 at Trinity High School.
The concert will feature an evening of “truly terrifying and terribly fun” music, said Yugo Ikach, WSO principal conductor and music director.
In a nod to the more mysterious and darker aspects of human nature and the universe, the WSO will perform music that explores temptation and seduction, the Day of Judgment, evil monsters and a pact with the devil.
The repertoire will include music from stage and screen as well as classical music and original compositions. Danny Elfman, Stephen Schwartz, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giuseppe Verdi, Franz Lizst, Johann Strauss II, Graham Plowman and local composer Derek Pegritz, a recent graduate of California University of Pennsylvania’s commercial music technology program, round out the list of composers. The orchestra will be joined by the Cal U. choir.
In addition, sudents and faculty from the Special Make-Up Effects Program at the Douglas Education Center in Monessen will use their artistic skills to create a cast of the “undead” who will appear when least expected.
Tickets are available online at www.washsym.org or by calling 888-71-TICKETS. Advance tickets also are available at Washington Financial Bank branches, Citizens Library and Peters Township Public Library. Discounted season tickets also are available.