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Beautiful music is essential to the human spirit, and there has never been a better time to hear it performed live, according to Music Director Dan Allcott of the Bryan Symphony Orchestra at Tennessee Tech University.



The BSO’s 47th concert season opens Sunday, Sept. 13, in the newly renovated Dogwood Park. The six public performances of the symphony in 2009-2010 include three young international soloists and a collaboration with the Asheville Lyric Opera for a production of “The Marriage of Figaro” by Mozart.



“Now more than ever, especially in this challenging economy, music is hugely important,” said Allcott, who begins his seventh year with the symphony this season. “Music is uplifting, music is about community. We have people in our audience who have lost their jobs, people from Louisiana who never went back after Hurricane Katrina, families with children, older people – and what they all have in common is coming together as a community to celebrate 300 years’ worth of orchestral music.”



Season tickets are now on sale. Adult tickets for the five subscription concerts of 2009-2010 are $120; tickets for seniors 65 and up are $115; and tickets for students are $30. Individual tickets are also available: $28 for adults, $24 for seniors 65 and up, and $8 for students. Reserve tickets by calling the symphony box office at 931-525-2633 or visiting the BSO's web site at www.bryansymphony.org to download a season ticket reservation form.



Young international artists Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet, and Di Wu, piano, join the BSO for guest solos this season. Franch-Ballester, who will visit Cookeville in October to play during the first subscription concert of the season, was born in Moncofa, Spain, to a family of clarinetists and Zarzuela singers. Wu, who will return to Wattenbarger Auditorium in April 2010, was chosen as one of six finalists in the 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in June.



Also performing with the BSO this season is classical guitarist Petar Jankovic, a native of Belgrade whose performances are “full-bodied, rich, and brilliant,” according to Serbian music critic Borslav Hlozan.



The collaboration with the Asheville Lyric Opera is unprecedented for the BSO – and presenting the hugely popular comic opera comes at a good time, said Allcott.



“This music is relevant because it’s great. The timeliness of great art is why it’s so important to us right now. People have a need that we’re here to meet. There’s actually no more important time to offer this music to the community,” said Allcott. “We need this now more than ever.”



The Bryan Symphony Orchestra, a member of the League of American Orchestras, is the only professional symphony in a rural area of Tennessee. Its regular subscription performances take place in Wattenbarger Auditorium, the concert hall of the Bryan Fine Arts Building on the campus of Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville.