Prior to joining the National Symphony Orchestra in 2005, Ira Gold performed with several American orchestras, as section bass with the Minnesota Orchestra and as guest principal bassist with the San Francisco Symphony and Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Gold continues his teaching commitment to the National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellowship program while holding faculty positions at The Peabody Conservatory of Music and Catholic University of America. PROGRAM: Bach - Suite no. 1, BWV 1007; Glazunov - Elegie, op. 17; Gorbos - Sounding Dawn (World Premiere); Schubert - Sonata in A Minor (“Arpeggione”) D. 821.