Conductor Jonathan Pasternack, music director of the University of Washington Symphony and Opera, joins OSSCS for performances of Anton Bruckner’s magisterial Te Deum and Beethoven’s mighty “Eroica” symphony. The program opens with a seldom-heard but powerful Kyrie by Mozart, followed by Bruckner’s greatest choral work, an awe-inspiring hymn of praise. The OSSCS 2011–2012 season closes with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, a groundbreaking composition that changed the face of music forever.

Please join us at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 13, 2012, at First Free Methodist Church (3200 3rd Ave W), across from Seattle Pacific University, with plentiful free parking available. Tickets (just $20, less for students and seniors, and free for children!) are available online, by phone at 1-800-838-3006, or at the door on the afternoon of the concert.

Concert Previews Tune in to KING-FM each evening this week as Sean McLean boradcasts OSSCS recordings and selections from our upcoming concert: selections from a Bach cantata, BWV 21, on Monday (around 8:00), Wednesday (around 9:10) and Thursday (around 8:00); Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 on Tuesday (around 9:00); and Purcel on Friday (around 9:40).

A tremendous round of thanks to everyone who helped make Springtime Revels, our Eighth Annual Auction, a tremendous success on Sunday, April 29.

The process of selecting a new music director for Orchestra Seattle and the Seattle Chamber Singers is now underway. Applications will be accepted through December 16, 2011. The search committee will then contact a short list of candidates for interviews, resulting in several finalists who will each conduct a program during the 2012–2013 OSSCS concert season. For complete details, including an official job description and application materials, visit: www.osscs.org/mdsearch

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