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Seattle Symphony Spotlight

Dec 19, 2019

Though she came from a family of distinguished music teachers, performing is the first love of Seattle Symphony Principal Second Violin Elisa Barston. She'll do plenty of performing in December and January when she solos with the SSO in the demanding Four Seasons Violin Concertos. She'll present versions by both...


Dec 11, 2019

Performing on an instrument made of ice, introducing a high-tech concert hall and taking musical inspiration from the worlds of dance and martial arts are all in a day's work for the cellist Seth Parker Woods. He's the first ever Seattle Symphony Artist in Residence at the new Octave 9: Raisbeck Music Center in...


Dec 5, 2019

“Be Prepared” is not only a motto in the world of scouting, but it’s good advice for those who work as Associate Conductors of professional symphony orchestras. Lee Mills holds that position with the Seattle Symphony. When the orchestra’s music director, Thomas Dausgaard, was unable to conduct the season opening...