On a recent visit to Seattle, I came across a wonderful quote of Aaron Copland, carved large into the upper facade of Benaroya Hall, the home of the Seattle Symphony: So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning. [...]

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Thanks to everyone who visited us on Tuesday! More than 400 of you came to Rush Hour - we hope you enjoyed Quintet Attacca’s awesomeness and the yummy pre-concert treats. We have just one more concert left in the season, and we hope to see all of you (plus many more) at St. James next [...]

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Lately it has become harder and harder to squeeze through the double doors out onto the sidewalk after Rush Hour. True, our audience has grown in the past few weeks; we had a record-breaking 461 attendees on August 14th! However, what’s really causing the back-up is the Whole Foods coupons handed out at the exit. [...]

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Rush Hour is excited to welcome Quintet Attacca! QA is an exciting Chicago-based wind quintet that won the prestigious Grand Prize at the 2002 Fischoff Music Competition - one of two wind quintets ever to be awarded the grand prize in the competition’s history. QA is currently part of the Chicago Chamber Musicians’ Professional Development [...]

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Tell us where this photo was taken and win a free Rush Hour t-shirt!

Email Hannah at hannah@rushhour.org by Thursday, August 23 with the location (please be as specific as possible).
 The winner will be randomly drawn from the correct answers submitted via email and at the Ensemble gift table. The winner will be announced on the [...]

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Wow. Everyone. Wow.
Rush Hour history was made at this Tuesday’s concert: 461 of you packed St. James Cathedral! That is the all-time high for us - who knew St. James’ little green organ has so much crowd appeal! Thank you all so much - we truly wish you all enjoyed the event, from the wine [...]

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 Tell us where this photo was taken and win a free Rush Hour t-shirt!

Email Hannah at hannah@rushhour.org by Thursday, August 16 with the location (please be as specific as possible).
The winner will be randomly drawn from the correct answers submitted via email and at the Ensemble gift table. The winner will be announced on the [...]

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The organ being played on Tuesday by David Schrader is from the Netherlands. It was “built” by the Flentrop Organ Company - I say “built” in quotation marks because it as actually assembled by a long-time parishioner of St. James Cathedral some twenty or so years ago as it made its way to this country [...]

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Many thanks to all of you (~390) who came to the Rush Hour concert yesterday! Special thanks to Kuang-Hao Huang, Jasmine Lin, and Jeremiah Frederick, who provided the splendid Brahms Horn Trio for everyone’s enjoyment.

In concert -Kuang-Hao Huang, piano; Jasmine Lin, violin; Jeremiah Frederick, horn.

 First-time concertgoers Julian and Matija. Thanks for checking us out!

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Tell us where this photo was taken and win a free Rush Hour t-shirt!

Email Hannah at hannah@rushhour.org by Thursday, August 9 with the location (please be as specific as possible).
The winner will be randomly drawn from the correct answers submitted via email and at the Ensemble gift table. The winner will be announced on the [...]

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