Program Notes

Concert Etiquette

​Prokofiev's Cinderella
Saturday, February 8, 2020
7:30 PM | Wilson Center 

The Wilmington Symphony presents its third Masterworks concert of the season with Prokofiev's Cinderella. The concert will also feature special performances by the High School and UNCW Division winners of the Wilmington Symphony's annual Richard R. Deas Young Artists Concerto Competition winners, Sarah Wells (UNCW Division) and Amelia Smith (High School Division).

Prokofiev, who wrote quite well regarding his works, had this to say about his ballet: "The main thing I wanted to convey in the music of Cinderella was the poetic love of Cinderella and the Prince - the inception and flowering of the emotion, the obstacles in its way, the realization of a dream."


Selections for this concert include:

• Cinderella Suite No. 1, Op. 107  |  Sergei Prokofiev
• Oh! Quand je dors  |  Franz Liszt
• Violin Concerto, Op.14  |  Samuel Barber
• Overture to King Stephan, Op. 117  |  Ludwig van Beethoven​ ​

UNCW Division winner of the Richard R. Deas Young Artists Concerto Competition 

Sarah Wells, soprano
​Sarah Wells is a senior at UNCW pursuing a BM in Music Education and is the recipient of the Opera Wilmington’s Honor Student Scholarship.  In her time at UNCW, Sarah has performed in the UNCW Honors Recital, and is a member of the UNCW Chamber Choir. She has participated in Opera Wilmington’s Exploring Opera symposium in 2018 and 2019 and was the winner of the Caterina Jarboro Masterclass Award. Sarah sings at St. Paul’s Episcopal Choir in Wilmington, where she sang the role of Ancilla in Bach’s St. John Passion with the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra.

High School Division winner of the Richard R. Deas Young Artists Concerto Competition 

Amelia Smith, violinist
​Amelia has been studying violin with Anne Stohl since she was three years old and now, as a senior in high school she is planning to go to college next Fall to pursue a music major. In the future, Amelia hopes to play violin professionally. Amelia was also the 2015 Richard R. Deas Young Artists Concerto Competition Junior Division winner.

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Directions to Wilson Center
701 N Third Street, Wilmington, NC 28401  |  (910) 362-7999

From I-40:

Follow I-40E into Wilmington and turn right onto US-74 W/Martin Luther King, Jr. Parkway, heading towards Downtown Wilmington. Continue for 4.7 miles, until MLK Parkway becomes 3rd Street. Turn right turn onto Brunswick St. (please note that 3rd street is closed beyond Brunswick Street), then left on 2nd Street. This will take you directly to the North entrance of the parking deck.  The Center is across Hanover Street from the parking deck.

From Brunswick County:

Take US 74E/76N over the Isabel Holmes Bridge. In .7 miles, merge onto 3rd Street and take first right onto N. Front Street. In .2 miles, turn left onto Hanover Street. The parking deck for visitors to the Center will be located one block ahead, on your right. The Center is directly across Hanover Street from the parking deck.

From Jacksonville:

From US-17S, continue onto I 40 W/US-17 S (follow signs for Interstate 40/Shallotte/ Myrtle Beach).  Continue for 7.4 miles then take exit 14 to merge onto US-17 S/US-421 S . In 3 miles, turn left onto the Isabel Holmes Bridge. Merge onto 3rd Street and take the first right turn onto N. Front Street. In .2 miles, turn left onto Hanover Street. The parking deck for visitors of the Center will be located one block ahead, on your right. The center is across Hanover Street from the parking deck.