Musicians and concert goers arrived for tonight’s “All Jazz” Northwest Wind Symphony concert to find three firetrucks parked outside Corbet Theatre. The hall’s fire alarm was tripped. Smoke was detected by fire department personnel, who narrowed the affected area down to somewhere backstage. The source remained unidentified, however. The fire alarm was deactivated and reset. While it did not reactivate, a warning remained on the panel, which meant that no one could be safely allowed into the building. NWWS personnel then cancelled the concert. Fire department personnel remained both inside and outside the building to escort small groups of musicians into the hall to retrieve equipment and instruments.
Tonight’s “All Jazz” music will be performed on April 18th. The April concert was to feature music of women composers. NWWS plans to reschedule the women composers’ concert for next season. We hope you’ll plan to join us April 18th for the rescheduled jazz concert. This is an exciting, energetic program with wonderful soloists, sure to please audiences of any age.
If you purchased tickets for tonight, or are a season ticket holder, we will be working to see that you are appropriately compensated. We don’t know the details of how that will work at this time, however. If you have any questions, please contact us at: secretary@northwestwindsymphony.org
We’d like to thank our local fire fighters for working to protect everyone’s safety. We want to express our gratitude to our loyal patrons and fans who turned out for tonight’s concert, and we wish to apologize for the inconvenience you may have experienced tonight.