Youthful Passions (THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN CANCELLED)
Sunday, April 26, 2020 • 4:00 p.m. Mt. Nittany Middle School
Max Zorin, Violin
Powerful early works by two great composers
Featuring:
Barber - Symphony No. 1 (In One Movement), Op. 9
Barber - Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Shostakovich - Symphony No. 1 in F minor, Op. 10
Rogues and Rascals
Sunday, October 6, 2019 • 4:00 p.m.
Mount Nittany Middle School Auditorium
David Stambler, Alto Saxophone
Musical portrayals of notorious scoundrels
Featuring:
Copland - Suite from Billy the Kid
Glazunov - Concerto for Alto Saxophone, Op. 109
Milhaud - Scaramouche, Op. 165
R. Strauss - Suite from Le bourgeois gentilehomme, Op. 60
The Spirit of America
Symphonic Pops Concert
Saturday, November 2, 2019 • 7:30 p.m.
Eisenhower Auditorium
America, the beautiful… the land and its people
Featuring:
Lowden (arr.) - Armed Forces Salute
Custer (arr.) - The American Frontier
Grofé - Mississippi Suite
Holcombe (arr.) - International Dixieland Jamboree
Herbert - American Fantasia
Bagley - National Emblem March
Ungar (arr. Cerulli) - Ashokan Farewell
Anderson - Fiddle Faddle
Rodgers (arr. Bennett) - Selections from Oklahoma!
Dinosaurs on Parade
Family Concert
Sunday, February 2, 2020 • 4:00 p.m.
Bellefonte Area High School
Ann Keller Young Soloist Competition Winner
A program for the entire family, featuring a piece for narrator and orchestra and the winner of our annual young soloist competition.
Featuring:
Saint-Saëns - Fossils from Carnival of the Animals
Williams (arr. Custer) - Highlights from Jurassic Park
Trinkley - Dinosaurs’ Dance
Burry - Carnival of the Dinosaurs
Beethoven 250
Thursday, March 5, 2020 • 7:30 p.m.
Eisenhower Auditorium
Steven Herbert Smith, Piano
A celebration of the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth
Featuring:
Andriessen - The Nine Symphonies of Beethoven for Orchestra and Ice Cream Bell
Beethoven - Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Beethoven - Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60