NWSO Composers Highlight for 2011 - 2012 Season

Mateo Messina Northwest Symphony Orchestra's 20th Season, completed in May, 2007, marked a major milestone by performing it's 100th composition by Northwest composers. This commitment to local composers has garnered seven national ASCAP awards for "Programming of Contemporary Music" (one second place national award in 2001, two first place national awards in 2007 and 1994, and four third place national awards in 2004, 1998, 1996, 1993).

Continuing its tradition the Northwest Symphony Orchestra's 25th Season presents compositions by the following Northwest composers.

Halloween March (World Premier), Matthew James Briggs
Arc, Fusion, Vapor, Texture, Phillip Peterson
Celebration (World Premier), Stafford Miller
Suite for String Orchestra (World Premier), Peter Seibert
Creatures of the Scale (World Premier), Huntly Beyer
Flute Concerto, Gloria Swisher
Tall Tale, Nathan Johnson
Petite Suite (World Premier), Samuel Jones
Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra (World Premier), Michael Nicolella

See the complete list of Northwest Composers works performed by the Northwest Symphony Orchestra.