Who is the
Dust City Symphony
In 2024, the Dust City Symphony will launch as a small, elegant, classical ensemble. With a deliberate decision to have fewer musicians, we will our sense of popular and classical music on acoustic instruments to the Playa. Our focus will be on intimacy and a musical conversation through a unique repertoire.
Our concerts will be:
- Tuesday evening at 5:30 pm at Naga and the Captainess (final placement of this magnificent art piece pending) and the extraordinary “Project Empire” sound car of Jon Sarriugarte and Krysten Mate will join us. …AND…
- Thursday morning at 10:30 am at Frozen Oasis on the 3:00 side.
We will also be in the Who/What/Where/When guide, and will try to get an entry into the Rockstar Librarian’s indispensable guide.
MUSICIANS: We’re a Chamber Orchestra so our needs are smaller. Those familiar with the Playa’s other three ensembles may already know us. If you’re curious (not a call to defect!), perhaps we could be a fit. Particularly if you play viola (we always need violas! We LOVE violas). We’d love to have a conversation! Everyone who plays with us will expect to have reached out to talk to us first. We love you all, whomever you play with. You are the brave souls playing acoustical instruments in an utterly improbable place!
Musicians of The Dust City Symphony
Program 2024
We are excited to present a program of composers spanning from Bach to Bowie!
Our concerts will cover the classicism and precision of Bach’s baroque precision in the crispness of the desert air, the melodiousness of Strauss’ Blue Danube Waltz, the rhythms and eroticism of the Habanera from the opera Carmen, more pieces capturing the movement, essence, and liquidity of water in the middle of our shared desert — one piece having been Larry Harvey’s favorite — and will finish with a David Bowie piece that we want the audience to help us bring to life!
PREMIERE: JANUARY 5, 2020
Elizabeth McMillan
Red Giselle
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PREMIERE: JANUARY 5, 2020
Elizabeth McMillan
Le Corsaire
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PREMIERE: JANUARY 5, 2020
Elizabeth McMillan
Don Quixote
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About the Dust City Symphony
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Dancers & Guest Artists
Lube Svetlitsa
senior solist
Sonya Tasha
junior solist
Igor Ira
senior solist
Nadia Alina
senior solist 