The Fraser Valley Symphony presents its spring concert, Rhapsodic Runs, featuring clarinet soloist Gene Ramsbottom on Sunday, April 7.
Ramsbottom will perform the Concertino for Clarinet and the Quintet in B-flat, both by Carl Maria von Weber.
Ramsbottom received the Tri-Municipality FANS 2015 Distinguished Artist designation for being recognized as Canada’s most recorded classical clarinetist.
In 1976, he was appointed the founding principal clarinetist of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra by Maestro Richard Bonynge and performed in that role for 20 seasons until 1996.
Ramsbottom has also been the principal clarinetist since 1984 with the internationally renowned CBC Radio Orchestra under Mario Bernardi.
He has performed across Canada, England, Ireland, the US, Israel, Europe and Asia. Currently, he is the principal clarinet of the West Coast Symphony.
Additionally, the orchestra will play the Overture to La Dame Blanche and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4.
The FVS is currently celebrating its 40th anniversary season and is composed of musicians from Abbotsford and surrounding communities. Lindsay Mellor is the conductor/music director.
The concert takes place at Matsqui Centennial Auditorium, 32315 South Fraser Way. Doors open at 2:30 p.m., and the concert begins at 3 p.m.
Tickets are $25 for adults, $18 for seniors/students, and $6 for children. They can be purchased at King’s Music in Abbotsford, online at fraservalleysymphony.org or at the door if available.