Young Artist winners will perform in CdA

The Coeur d’Alene Symphony will feature winners of its 2005 Young Artist Competition along with established area performers in a “Showcase of Regional Talent” concert Friday night at North Idaho College.

Violinist Mikaela Holland, winner of the high school competition, will perform Ravel’s “Tzigane,” while collegiate division winner Chris Siegmund, an alto saxophonist, will play Maurice’s “Tableaux de Provence.”

The program also includes the orchestra’s conductor, David Demand, on piano for Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”; soprano Susan Windham in two operatic pieces, Puccini’s “Vissi d’Arte, Vissi d’Amore” from “Tosca,” and Mozart’s “Come Scoglio” from “Cosi Fan Tutti”; and the orchestra’s concertmaster, violinist Tony Ludiker, performing Mozart’s “Symphonia Concertante” along with violist Diana Clemons.

The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in NIC’s Schuler Auditorium.

Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 for students, through TicketsWest outlets (325-SEAT, 800-325-SEAT, www.ticketswest.com).

Spokane Symphony in CdA

The Spokane Symphony will present a program of Romantic music on Saturday in its second concert of the season in Coeur d’Alene.

Associate Conductor Morihiko Nakahara will lead the orchestra through Strauss’ “Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz,” Grieg’s “Peer Gynt Suite” and Brahms’ Symphony No. 1.

The concert begins Saturday at 8 p.m. in North Idaho College’s Schuler Auditorium.

Tickets are $28 and $20, through the Boswell Hall ticket office (208-769-7780), the symphony ticket office (624-1200) and TicketsWest.