2008.9.14. Benaroya Hall's 10th birthday celebration. Free performances by various music groups, inside and outside of the concert halls, and Seattle Art Museum also opened for free.
Arriving late, I managed to see Seattle Men's and Women's choir, and Pacific Northwest Community Orchestra playing Mahler symphony no. 1. Captain Smartypants's song that rhymes with e was a lot of fun. Gerard Schwarz conducted (as he announced to be unrehearsed) Mahler's no. 1. Each section has at least one Seattle Symphony's core members, including the concert master Maria Larionoff. All was well and grand.
Time flies. I still remember going to Benaroya Hall's very first open house!