“I thought long and hard about how to close out the season, and I wanted it to be something intensely emotional and meaningful. Mahler’s 6th Symphony ended up being the perfect piece. In some ways, this season is a celebration of human resilience, and in other ways it honors the extraordinary sacrifices and dark times we all went through during the pandemic. And what better way to do all of that simultaneously than through the indescribably huge and powerful sound world of Mahler’s ‘Tragic’ Symphony. This is a perfect way for all of us to come together as a single body, to celebrate who we are and what we’ve been through.” — SoNA Music Director Paul Haas