By Peter Tonguette / For The Columbus Dispatch
Posted Oct 18, 2018 at 4:00 AM
The Central Ohio Symphony will perform on Saturday in University Hall at Ohio Wesleyan University.
While growing up in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sonia Morales-Matos and her five brothers each played a musical instrument.
Sometimes, the six siblings performed together — sort of.
“Well, not together — at the same time — in our house on Sunday,” said Morales-Matos, one of whose brothers is Central Ohio Symphony music director Jaime Morales-Matos.
“It was a madhouse,” said Sonia Morales-Matos, now a composer and music educator in Cincinnati. “Everybody knew where we lived because, from the corner of the street, you could hear the music.”
On Saturday, three members of the family will unite to make music.
For the Central Ohio Symphony’s season-opening concert, Jaime Morales-Matos will lead a program featuring a pair of pieces composed by his sister; their brother, Rolando, will serve as a percussionist on one of the pieces.
Occasionally, siblings of the music director have collaborated with the symphony.
“I wish we can do it more often,” Jaime said. “Scheduling is a problem, and the opportunities to play together is sometimes difficult.”
Although Jaime, like Sonia, makes his home in Cincinnati, the other siblings are scattered across the United States.
Rolando, a percussionist who performs as part of the Broadway production “The Lion King,” resides in New Jersey. Mariano, a composer, lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico; cellist Jesus and clarinetist Ricardo both make their homes in Philadelphia.
Family gatherings can be a challenge.
“We used to get together for Thanksgiving, ... but we have not been able to be the six of us together,” Sonia said. ”(The) last time that we were together, it was for Jaime’s wedding (in 2014).”
Warren Hyer, executive director of the symphony, was in attendance at that event.
“My joke is, ‘We went to a concert and a wedding broke out,’” Hyer said.
At Saturday’s concert, however, the family’s talent for making music will be front and center.
Who: Central Ohio Symphony
Where: Ohio Wesleyan University, University Hall, 61 S. Sandusky St., Delaware
Showtime: 7:30 p.m. Saturday
Contact: 740-362-1799, www.centralohiosymphony.org
Tickets: $25, or $20 for senior citizens, $6 for students, $4 for age 6 and younger
Posted Oct 18, 2018 at 4:00 AM
The Central Ohio Symphony will perform on Saturday in University Hall at Ohio Wesleyan University.
While growing up in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sonia Morales-Matos and her five brothers each played a musical instrument.
Sometimes, the six siblings performed together — sort of.
“Well, not together — at the same time — in our house on Sunday,” said Morales-Matos, one of whose brothers is Central Ohio Symphony music director Jaime Morales-Matos.
“It was a madhouse,” said Sonia Morales-Matos, now a composer and music educator in Cincinnati. “Everybody knew where we lived because, from the corner of the street, you could hear the music.”
On Saturday, three members of the family will unite to make music.
For the Central Ohio Symphony’s season-opening concert, Jaime Morales-Matos will lead a program featuring a pair of pieces composed by his sister; their brother, Rolando, will serve as a percussionist on one of the pieces.
Occasionally, siblings of the music director have collaborated with the symphony.
“I wish we can do it more often,” Jaime said. “Scheduling is a problem, and the opportunities to play together is sometimes difficult.”
Although Jaime, like Sonia, makes his home in Cincinnati, the other siblings are scattered across the United States.
Rolando, a percussionist who performs as part of the Broadway production “The Lion King,” resides in New Jersey. Mariano, a composer, lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico; cellist Jesus and clarinetist Ricardo both make their homes in Philadelphia.
Family gatherings can be a challenge.
“We used to get together for Thanksgiving, ... but we have not been able to be the six of us together,” Sonia said. ”(The) last time that we were together, it was for Jaime’s wedding (in 2014).”
Warren Hyer, executive director of the symphony, was in attendance at that event.
“My joke is, ‘We went to a concert and a wedding broke out,’” Hyer said.
At Saturday’s concert, however, the family’s talent for making music will be front and center.
Who: Central Ohio Symphony
Where: Ohio Wesleyan University, University Hall, 61 S. Sandusky St., Delaware
Showtime: 7:30 p.m. Saturday
Contact: 740-362-1799, www.centralohiosymphony.org
Tickets: $25, or $20 for senior citizens, $6 for students, $4 for age 6 and younger
