El Paso Symphony

December 30, 2010

18 year-old prodigies Matthew Allen, cello, and Caroline Goulding, violin, join conductor Sarah Ioannides and the El Paso Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 28-29 at The Plaza Theatre. Selections are Brahms’s Concerto for Violin & Cello, op.102, A minor and Schumann’s Symphony No. 2, op. 61 C major. Tickets: $11, $17, $28, $32 and $37, plus service charges (Ticketmaster). Student tickets: $6 and $8. Information: 532-3776

Allen and Goulding are already establishing themselves as leading young American artists performing with orchestras throughout the world. At age 17, Allen was named the Gold Medalist in the Gaspar Cassado International Violoncello Competition in Hachioji, Japan, where he was also awarded the Audience Award. He has been featured as a soloist with a number of orchestras including the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic, LaGrange Symphony Orchestra, Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, and the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra. Goulding has performed as a soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Cincinnati Pops, the Cleveland Pops, and the Aspen Concert Orchestra, to name a few.

The “Opening Notes” discussion with Andrew Moran is at 6:30 p.m. both nights in the Philanthropy Theatre. Discussions are free and open to the public.