Utah Talent Abounds! Our April 25^th concert features home-grown talent like no other concert this year! We are pleased to welcome back to the podium Barbara Scowcroft, conductor of the Utah Youth Symphony and violinist with the Utah Symphony. Barbara is a favorite local personality, known for her insightful interpretations and gift of communication for musicians and audiences alike. We will open the concert with a performance of Utah composer John Costa’s Vignette, a work originally commissioned by Barbara Scowcroft and the Utah Youth Symphony to celebrate the Salt Lake Winter Olympics in 2002. Also featured will be Shenae Anderson, the winner of the Utah Division of the Stradivarius International Violin Competition. She will join the orchestra to perform Beethoven’s Violin Concerto. Long considered one of the quintessential concertos by any composer, this work sparkles with energy and clarity. The evening ends in sunny Italy with Mendelssohn’s ebullient Symphony No. 4 (Italian). Here the local talent of the Salt Lake Symphony musicians will shine as bright as the Italian sun in summer!

Conductors
Barbara Scowcroft

• Costa, John Vignette for Orchestra
• Beethoven Violin Concerto Stradivarius Competition Utah Division Winner Solo: Shenae Anderson, violin
• Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 (Italian)