Happy Holidays

December 2024 concert - Happy Holidays

December 15 and 16, 2024

The Holiday Concert is sure to be a blast! Along with your favorite Christmas carols you’ll hear delights from Johann Strauss to John Williams. You might raise your eyebrows hearing Minors Alterations by David Lovrien, who called his medley “Christmas Through the Looking Glass.” Our concertmaster Christina Wu will indulge you with the gorgeous Meditation from the Opera Thais by Jules Massenet and stormy Winter from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Additionally, per CSO tradition, we are proud to welcome some of the best high school music students in our area to perform side-by-side with the orchestra during the Sunday Holiday Concert.

Christina Wu

Christina Wu, a Chinese-born violinist, is a versatile, charismatic, and passionate soloist, chamber musician, and educator. She was awarded the prestigious Cynthia Woods Mitchell International Young Artist Competition, and has given numerous performances across Asia, North America, and Europe. Currently serving as concertmaster in Cascade Symphony Orchestra, Christina also appears frequently with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, and plays as principal second violin with the Seattle Chamber Orchestra and Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra. She is a recurring artist at the AIMS Festival Orchestra in Graz, Austria. As an active chamber musician, her recent chamber music engagement includes playing on Classical KING FM 98.1 Northwest Focus LIVE, and performing in the concert series at Cascadia Art Museum. Past affiliations include playing first violin with Washington Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra, and Wheeling Symphony Orchestra. In 2010, she was a selected member of the Youth Orchestra of the World, performing at the Youth Olympics Games Opening Ceremony and Gala Concert. Her notable collaborations feature legends such as Leon Fleisher, Kiri Te Kanawa, the Vienna Boys’ Choir, Jose Carreras, Joseph Silverstein, Lang Lang, Ray Chen, and Alan Gilbert. Christina started playing the violin at the age of five, receiving her early training at the Wuhan Conservatory of Music. She obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in violin performance with honors under Zuo Jun and Alexandra Souptel at the National University of Singapore, and later was granted a full scholarship to pursue her Master’s Degree and Performance Certificate from Carnegie Mellon University, where she studied with the renowned violinist Cyrus Forough who himself was the student of the legendary violinist David Oistrakh.