The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra started off the New Year by presenting a chamber concert featuring two of its own members as soloists. The program was conducted by Maestro Lucas Richman, who is in his final season with the KSO. For this concert, the maestro selected a couple of concertos that showcase two new additions to the symphony: principal Bassoonist, Aaron Apaza, who performed Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major, and principal Trumpet, Phillip Chase Hawkins, who presented a trumpet concerto in D Major, which has been long attributed to Johann Stamitz. Also on the concert was Richard Strauss' rarely performed suite, "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme."
One of the soloists, Phillip Chase Hawkins, visited the station and talked with Melony Dodson about how he began playing the trumpet, memorable performance experiences, and also about the mystery surrounding this challenging piece that he performed.
