YAVAPAI SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION
FEBRUARY 18, 2025 PRESIDENT’S NOTES

The YSA Board of Directors joins me in welcoming Apollo’s Fire
Baroque Orchestra. Praised for their superlative music-making, energy,
discipline, style and pizzazz, Apollo’s Fire join together in this lively
evening of music by Bach and his colleagues. A famous coffeehouse in
18th-century Leipzig was the scene of virtuoso concertos by Bach and
his student orchestra.

The program opens with works by Bach’s admired colleagues: Vivaldi’s
Ciaconna in C Major, his Concertos for 2 Violins and for 4 Violins and
includes Selections from Telemann’s Ouverture-Suite for Recorder and
Strings. The program concludes with Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos
No. 3 and No. 4, and with selections from his Orchestral Suite No. 2.

We are hoping you are looking forward to our final concert on Tuesday
evening, May 20th, when we will be closing the season as we opened
it with the Phoenix Symphony performing two of Arizona’s favorite
works, Ferde Grofé’s Grand Canyon Suite and Aaron Copland’s El
Salón México.

In this program, you can find a page about the Yavapai Symphony
Association Music Scholarship Awards. This is a significant way in
which YSA helps perpetuate classical music, by supporting Yavapai
County students who seek musical careers. If you know a student who
fits this profile, please tell them about our scholarships. Details are on
our website, yavapaisymphony.org.

Our concerts this season are supported by the generosity of our
corporate sponsor, Findlay Prescott Subaru. We look forward to a
continuing relationship with this organization that is committed to
supporting classical music in the greater Prescott area.

Chip Shay, President
Yavapai Symphony Association