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SLO Symphony breaks through barriers

From left, violinists Sharon Holland, Grace Seng and Karen Loewi Jones of the San Luis Obispo Symphony practice at the Performing Art Center on Cal Poly’s campus in 2013.
From left, violinists Sharon Holland, Grace Seng and Karen Loewi Jones of the San Luis Obispo Symphony practice at the Performing Art Center on Cal Poly’s campus in 2013. Laura Dickinson ldickinson@thetribunenews.com

In one evening, the San Luis Obispo Symphony broke through two barriers: the first female conductor (the excellent, intuitive Laura Jackson); and the rare work composed in the current century (“Violin Concerto: The Infinite Dance” by Zhou Tian, 2015) — a fiery, furious composition given a fiery, furious performance by Caroline Goulding, with the symphony right alongside.

The adventure continues (here’s hoping).

Marvin Sosna, Morro Bay

This story was originally published February 26, 2016 at 8:11 PM with the headline "SLO Symphony breaks through barriers."

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