Walla Walla Symphony season kicks off Oct. 3 with violinist Tim Fain

Violinist Tim Fain will join the Walla Walla Symphony for its season opener on Oct. 3.

Showtime is 7 p.m. at Cordiner Hall on the Whitman College campus.

Fain is a celebrated violinist — a recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Young Concert Artists International Award. Accompanied by the symphony, he’ll perform Portland-based composer Kenji Bunch’s Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra and Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, among other pieces.

A pre-concert talk starts about 6 p.m. in the lobby.

Tickets are $18-29 for adults, $10-16 for university/college students with ID and $5 for kids 18 and younger.They’re available at wwsymphony.org, by calling 509-529-8020 and at the symphony office at 13-1/2 E. Main St., Suite 201.

This story was originally published September 21, 2017 at 5:20 PM with the headline "Walla Walla Symphony season kicks off Oct. 3 with violinist Tim Fain."