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For Sarah Fachada, joining the Cape Symphony faculty is a kind of homecoming. She taught here in her early years on the Cape, and also at Cape Cod Academy for 25 years. Following a hiatus during the pandemic, “I felt a hole in my soul… I knew I had to go back to music.” Today she teaches and music directs productions at Cape Cod Community College, and is accepting new voice and piano students at our West Barnstable campus.

Before each Masterpiece performance in the Cape Symphony Orchestra’s 2024/25 concert season, I’ll introduce our guest conductor and Music Director candidate here in the Concertmaster’s Corner. Today we chatted with Alyssa Wang, who will conduct Fantastique on November 16 & 17, 2024.

In her first voice lesson, five-year-old Grace Callahan declared “I’m going to be an opera singer.” “This was a first for me in 45 years of teaching,” recalls Cape Symphony teaching artist Angela Poirier. “Grace was an unusual student at a young age.” Now entering 6^th grade, Grace’s seriousness of purpose has not wavered, and she’s about to begin a exciting new chapter in her training.

Your Cape Symphony Orchestra will perform the music of Frank Sinatra at the Cape Cod Melody Tent on Sunday, August 10 at 8:00 PM. Award-winning Broadway star, hit concert headliner, and recording artist Sal Viviano will join the Orchestra to pay tribute to the music that defined a generation. “I am so looking forward to sharing this program with my good friend Maestro Francisco Noya, an intuitive and masterful interpreter of music of all kinds,” he says. “To have the pleasure of surveying these exquisite songs under his baton with the Cape Symphony is such a rare gift!” We caught up with Sal to talk about all things Frank:

“Music making is really for life,” says Cape Symphony teaching artist Alex Nelson, a classically trained bassoonist with a degree in Music Education. Her holistic approach to musicianship and teaching does more than just bridge those worlds—it’s about recognizing that every moment, as an instrumentalist, teacher, or student, is full of potential for connection through the power of music.

The Cape Symphony Orchestra presents “To The Sea” Saturday, June 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM and Sunday, June 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM at the Barnstable Performing Arts Center.