2026/27 Season
CONNECT
Trees speak. Water sings. A storm gathers. And somewhere beyond it, the air clears.
Sunday, March 21, 2027, 3:00 p.m.
Capital High School Performing Arts Center
● Concert Overview
What You’ll Hear
Inspired by the abundant nature and breathtaking landscapes that surround Olympia, CONNECT listens to the living world through trees, water, weather, memory, and renewal. This is not nature as background scenery. This is nature as presence, as motion, as something that speaks when we slow down enough to hear it.
Iman Habibi’s Jeder Baum spricht, or Every Tree Speaks, opens the concert in conversation with Beethoven. Written as a response to Beethoven’s Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, the work listens to the natural world through a present-day lens, where beauty and fragility exist side by side. The piece’s direct connection to Beethoven makes its place beside the Pastoral Symphony feel less like a pairing and more like a conversation across centuries.
Then, water takes center stage. In Tan Dun’s words, “Water is an element you can’t block. You can block land...but water has no such frontiers.” In the Water Concerto, percussionist Svet Stoyanov turns that idea into something you can see and hear. Bowls, basins, splashes, ripples, and touch become sound, creating music that feels heard and seen at the same time
Program
Iman HABIBI: Jeder Baum spricht (Every Tree Speaks)
Tan DUN: Water Concerto
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral”
Artists
Alexandra Arrieche, conductor
Svet Stoyanov, percussion
Plan Your Visit
Frequently Asked Questions
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A typical concert runs about two hours, with one intermission. Program details are available above so you can read about the music in advance.
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Doors open 60 minutes before curtain. Come early: grab concessions in the lobby, read the program, and find your seat.
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Whatever you’d wear out to dinner in Olympia. You’ll see suits and you’ll see jeans. Come as you are, comfortable enough to sit and listen for two hours.
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Sit closer than you think you need to. Watch the players, not just the conductor. Then stay for a post-concert conversation with Alexandra and our guest artists.
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Nothing is required of you. Clap when everyone else does, or don't worry about it. There's no dress code and no wrong way to listen. Just be in the room.
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The Washington Center is on Washington Street downtown. City lots and street parking are free on Sundays. Give yourself fifteen minutes to park and walk, and plan a meal nearby before or after the concert.
At the Capital High School Performing Arts Center, plenty of free parking is available in the parking lots surrounding the venue.
Groups with accessible needs are welcome to flip on their hazard lights and drop guests off outside the venue doors before parking. -
Yes. Children are welcome at our concerts, and you'll see them in the hall. Bring a child who can sit through a movie, and pick a seat near the aisle.
