Reviews
Fall 2007
11/22/07 Redding Record Searchlight "Symphony brought out the magic of Mahler"
Chico News and Review "Best of Chico" edition, Editor's Picks
Best underappreciated music treasure - North State Symphony "The North State Symphony has many fans who know quite well, thank you, just how excellent it is, but it could always use a few more. Formed seven years ago, when the venerable Chico Symphony merged with the Redding Symphony, the group is led by Music Director Kyle Wiley Pickett, who has developed it into the finest orchestra north of San Francisco."
Winner of Chico's Annies Arts Award
North State Symphony won an Annies Arts Award for its 2005 performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.
Audio Samples of the North State Symphony Performances
Candide by Leonard Bernstein Audio clip [MP3 1.3 MB]
Tschaikovsky Symphony No. 5, end of 4th movement Audio Clip [MP3 3.2 MB]
Chico News & Review
11/23/06 Unusual concert for an unusual crowd
11/24/05 String Envy
9/29/05 The First Century
3/10/05 Threads of Passion
9/30/04 Bravo Italiano!
5/20/04 Euro-smash
11/20/03 Where the Music Grows
9/18/03 Dynamic Debut
5/22/03 Wowsky!
2/27/03 IMAGO Revealed
Redding Record Searchlight [note: Reviews are available online by registering on the Record web site]