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Speaker 2:Hey, it is another Capital Chat. And with me today is not only Charlotte Truitt, the Executive Director of the Juno Symphony, but I'm so excited this morning because Troy Quinn, the former Music Director for the symphony is back for this weekend's, I wanna call it a pops like concert. It's moved. Right, Charlotte? Good morning, Joy.
Speaker 2:Good morning, Joy.
Speaker 3:We're back. Good morning. Great to see you, Sharon.
Speaker 2:So talk to me about the... Are the pops now in the fall to just kinda put us in a better... Oh my god. Happy music. Well,
Speaker 3:it was kind of a twofold decision. That's exactly one. That is right. We need a really strong boost and lift at this time of year. But also in next June, we have a new work that's being commissioned that's the Glacier Project.
Speaker 3:And so the programming on that June concert is not quite pops like. It's going to be new music and wonderful themed music around currents with our music director Brad Hogarth. But when that decision was made, we realized, you know what? Let's put the pops in the fall. And we were really thrilled for Brad and his wife, Jeannie, to have their first baby.
Speaker 3:So he's on paternity leave. I call up Troy and he's like, let me check my schedule.
Speaker 4:Here we are.
Speaker 3:It was amazing. His schedule was open and he's been so gracious and kind to us all these years to help out at every point. And so we're thrilled to have him back for
Speaker 4:It's this nice to be back. It really is.
Speaker 2:I'm thrilled to be back at Cap Chet to have an opportunity to speak to the two of you. This is incredible. So let's talk about the program because, you know, the Juno Symphony has music that's accessible for the entire community. But I will say there is nothing like TV or movie themes to move an audience into the seats that are awaiting them this weekend.
Speaker 4:Absolutely. And this is a special concert. You're not gonna hear this anywhere else in the country. This is all of the original music, all of the most popular TV scores that I have brought from Los Angeles and across multiple states across the country. And we are playing everything from Star Trek to The Simpsons, Bonanza to I Love Lucy.
Speaker 4:It's going to be in a fantastic
Speaker 2:heard I Love Lucy in my head. Wonderful Exactly. Yes.
Speaker 4:Really, it's a... And this is sort of... It's gonna be like you're watching a television show per se. I'm gonna talk about the pieces, and, you're gonna hear all... Almost without exception, all the original music.
Speaker 4:And a lot of these, composers composed for film, like The Simpsons' Danny Elfman, who wrote Spider Man and all of the famous Nightmare Before Christmas. And so same thing with Bill Conte who wrote Rocky. He also wrote the Dynasty theme, which we'll be playing. Remember Dynasty? Yeah.
Speaker 4:It was a big popular hit in the eighties. I just remember my parents watching it incessantly when I was, like, three years old. So it's in the back of my brain. But a lot of famous composers, John Williams on the program with the mission theme from, the NBC News... Nightly news theme, as well as some sports music, round ball rock.
Speaker 4:We've got football. We've got everything here.
Speaker 2:Well, there's something for everyone this coming weekend.
Speaker 3:Mhmm.
Speaker 2:And I do, before I ask you anything else, Charlotte, I just wanna do a little bookkeeping thing. Mhmm. I understand there might be a way for people who haven't bought season tickets in the past to take advantage of this weekend only kind of buy. Take it away.
Speaker 3:Oh, well, we have a great offer for people who've never bought season tickets. We were offering a special this week before the concert, buy one, get one half off. So it's a great value. If you've come to the symphony before and loved it, now's your chance to commit to like the full season. And our season ticket holders are so important.
Speaker 3:They support the work of the symphony. Not only is it you're attending the concerts, but it's your showing of support to the organization as well. And those seats, you can always share with a friend. If you can't come to all of them, give them as a gift to someone. It's a wonderful experience.
Speaker 3:You know, our hope is to lift up the community, provide music, and give people some joy and throughout the year. So, bring your, your grandchildren. Bring your friends, you know, your couples. It's... Now's the time to to commit to the symphony for the season.
Speaker 2:And one of the things I appreciate until it changes is there's always an evening concert. And then for those of us who can't stay up past 07:30 in the block, there's a Sunday concert. So talk about that for a minute.
Speaker 3:So we're Saturday night at 07:30. We're Sunday afternoon at 3PM. And so it's a great daytime concert. And also on our Sundays, for people that aren't able to do the full season, we have pay as you can on Sunday afternoon as well. So for families, we are sensitive to people's needs.
Speaker 3:And we want everyone to come. We want it to be accessible to the whole community. So lots of options and come and have a really great time with the symphony. Nothing like live music.
Speaker 2:Nothing. And isn't music the universal language, Todd? I mean, you've been doing a bit of work outside of Juno. Do they all understand you?
Speaker 4:You know, the thing I think that we forget too, Juno has a gem here in a cultural institution in the symphony. And it's been around for decades, and it was a privilege to to lead it for a while. But I think that's... You know, when I go out to these places and I back at the hangar having my fish tacos or having my white ale beer at Alaskan, I I tell people, some people still don't know that there's a symphony in Juneau, and this is the time to invest and come see what live visceral music's all about. You won't disappoint it, and there's gonna be some surprises from yours truly at the concert.
Speaker 4:So stay tuned.
Speaker 2:You or that Oh, you know, I was just sitting here thinking, gosh. If this were a little later, people could come dressed for Halloween as their favorite TV or film.
Speaker 4:There you go. Right.
Speaker 2:But, anyway, let's see. What else would you like to cover before we leave? Because I don't wanna leave anything out.
Speaker 3:Right. Well, I think just let people know that they can get tickets at junosymphony.org. If you're on your phone and you have a little technical difficulty, give us a call at (907) 586-4676 or send an email to infogenosymphony. And we're happy to talk with you and help you through. We've had some technical difficulties when people are buying tickets on the phone, so get on a laptop or an iPad or give us a call.
Speaker 3:We're happy to talk to you. And you are. And there's tickets at the door as well.
Speaker 2:Oh, okay. And is there anything else that we need to know about this weekend, or do you wanna talk about Christmas for one... The holiday concert for
Speaker 3:one minute? On the holidays. But one thing to note for people who normally come to the preconcert talk.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 3:This concert weekend, there's no pre concert talk.
Speaker 4:I'm gonna be doing the talk during the concert so you get a full show all in one.
Speaker 2:So I don't have to stay up... No. Right. It'll be perfect. It'll be perfect.
Speaker 2:And we'll just do a really quick plug for coming up after this.
Speaker 3:Is Oh, is holiday cheer, and that's December twelfth and thirteenth. We've we've sold out Thunder Mountain the last several years. And so this year, we're making the step to do Saturday night at JDHS, Sunday afternoon at Thunder Mountain. And so it's a little bit of a production work on the back end to make it happen. But we've realized we just need more capacity.
Speaker 3:So we've got holiday cheer coming up, Sicka Holiday Brass, Vox Borealis. We're doing the Rutgers Gloria. It's fantastic.
Speaker 2:And this weekend, we have former music director, now the star, Saturday night and Sunday, JD High. Be there. Go online to junosymphony.org for tickets or to learn more or buy a season ticket and get half off of another. I wanna thank you both for coming.
Speaker 4:Thank you, Sharon.
Speaker 2:I wanna thank you all for listening. Drive safely. Keep your lights on.
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